Daily ® Trojan
University of Southern Colifornio
Vol. LXVII, No. 14	Los Angeles, California	Thursday, October 3, 1974
Board postpones decision on $4.50 programming fee
BY NANCY SHINABARGAR
Staff Writer
A decision on the abolishment ofthe mandatory $4.50 student activity fee was postponed until December by the Board of Trustees at its meeting Wednesday.
An informed source told the Daily Trojan that President John R. Hubbard needed more time to study the proposal before discussing it with the trustees. Proposals for dropping the mandatory fee came to Hubbard's attention too late for him to discuss the matter with the board, the source said.
Other business
A Center for Public Affairs was unanimously approved yesterday by the board.
The center will include the newly reorganized School of Planning and Urban Studies, which was formerly the graduate program in Urban and Regional Planning. The School of Planning and Urban Studies will then be joined with the School of Public Administration to form the Center for Public Affairs.
“This is an administrative reconstruction of units which we already have.” said Betty Murray, secretary of the Board ofTrustees.
Nelson to step down
E.K. Nelson, dean of the School of Public Affairs is serving as interim dean for the Center for Public Affairs.
He will step down from his administrative positions in June. He will continue teaching at the university. Robert Carter, professor of public administration, is in charge of a search committee to find a permanent dean for the center.
"We have an agenda of integrative steps to be taken this year.” John Kirlin, associate dean of the School of Public Affairs, said.
One idea istoreorganize the undergraduate programs in both public administrative and urban and regional planningto make an academic major common to both schools. More cooperation in grantingthe doctor of philosophy degree and the doctor of public administration degree was also a possibility Kirlin said.
Proposals for changes in the undergraduate and doctoral programs will be channeled through university committees before any final action is taken. Kirlin said.
A research center for exploration of public policy is a possibility for the public affairs center, he said.
Campus security
Other resolutions passed by the Board ofTrustees dealt with campus security and naming a new trustee.
About $40,000 was earmarked for expansion of campus security into the streets surrounding the university, particularly on the Row. The trustees unanimously concurred with the executive committee's finding that additional security patrols were needed near the campus.
The question of uplifting the status of campus security from guards to peace officers.thusgivingthem powerto make arrests, was alsodiscus-sed. Security guards currently have power only to make a citizens’ arrest off campus. Although tighter security on and off campus was discussed at the meeting, no details of the plans were available from persons attending the meeting.
Paul A. Miller was named as a trustee with the unanimous approval ofthe Board ofTrustees.
Miller is chairman of the board and chief executive officer ofthe Pacific Lighting Corp.
DT photo by Renee Cottrell
JAMES E. FOY
BY MIKE MEYER
Staff Writer
“The history of mass transit in Los Angeles is nothing more than the history of the techniques devised to defeat every proposal for a new system,” said James E. Foy, editorial director at KNBC-TV, who spoke in favor of Proposition A in the Student Activities Center Wednesday.
Foy, representing Citizens for Better Transportation, said the Nov. 5 election will give the voters of Los Angeles County only their second opportunity to vote directly on the mass rapid transit issue.
“And when we were given the chance to vote in 1968, better than one million favored the measure, but it still didn’t pass because it required 667c approval,” he said.
Foy, speaking to an argumentative audience of about 30. said. “The system that Proposition A advocates is hardly extravagant. It would cost approximately $5 billion, whereas the automobile-street system we rely on now is valued at $250 billion.
“There is nothing wrong with the discussion of rapid transit, but sooner or later the discussion has to end. We’ve been debating the transit issue for 40 years.”
A report printed by Citizens for Better Transpor-
tation said, “The first comprehensive proposal for mass transit in Los Angeles County was introduced in 1925 at an estimated cost of $323 million.
“Between 1925 and 1968, when the estimated cost had escalated to $2.4 billion, 19 separate studies were conducted on the subject of public transportation in Southern California.
“The Los Angeles Basin has developed to the point where additional studies cannot hope to break new ground. They will only cost more time and money.”
Foy said that several measures for mass transit systems have been proposed and voted on by elected representatives, but have been defeated for three primary reasons.
“Criticism of the system’s method, criticism of its taxing plans, or criticism of its routing has made it impossible to reach an agreement,” he said.
Ifthe proposition is passed, a one-cent increase in sales tax would become effective in the county, creating an annual revenue estimated at $200 million.
Half ofthe revenue would be spent to improve ail Southern California Rapid Transit District System buses—in addition to municipal bus lines—and maintain the present 25-cent flat fare.
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The ‘McKay’-for-lunch bunch
DT photo by Mike Ito.
Customers of the Sidewalk Cafe, located behind the Student Union, may now eat a “McKay” for lunch.
The sandwich is a double hamburger, selling for 65c. It is part of a new system at the cafe to enable students to buy lunch for under $1. Another change at the cafe includes an addi-
tional cash register so students don’t have to wait in line so long. The cafe won't offer as wide a variety of foods as last year but will keep prices comparable to those at hamburger chains.
The hours are from 10:30 a.m. to2 p.m. DT photo by Mike Martinez.
Treasurer candidate calls
cites problems in Los Angeles
for public involvement
California needs a more activist-oriented electorate to help solve the state’s social and economic problems. John Kehoe, Republican candidate for state treasurer, said.
Kehoe addressed about 400 studentsin a Political Science 100 class Wednesday. Although he is a long-time Republican, he didn’t mention that factduringhistalk.
“He never once said the word Republican,” Larry Berg, professor of political science said. “He said he was an independent person, not responsible to the power brokers.”
Kehoe stressed the need for California to maintain its credit rating with banks and the federal government. The state was allowed to sell$500 million in low-interest rate bonds last year be-
cause of its high credit rating.
“Since he’s a candidate for political office, it was a political speech.’’ Berg said. “One of the
DT photo by Mike Ito.
JOHN KEHOE
most interesting things, which was good for students to know, was that he outlined the job of
state treasuere.
He summed it up by saying the treasuere is the banker of the state, responsible for handling $11 billion a year.
“It's very difficult for him to even know what his chances are. I'm afraid they aren’t so good.” Berg said.
The problem ofgaining public exposure in a large state and campaigning against a well-known candidate like Unruh are the main obstacles in his campaign, Kehoe said.
Gov. Ronald Regan appointed Kehoe as Director of Consumer Affairs for California in 1972.
Despite his ties with the Reagan administration, he declined to say ifhe would support a Reagan drive for the Presidency in 1976
Newsman favors rapid transit,