i The Weather "'Continuous News Service . Since 1881" Partly cloudy, chance of snow flurries. I Ie High in upper 20's. __ i i ~~~~~~~Vol. 89, No. 2 ~Cambridge, Massachusetts, 14 Febnrary, 1969 Five Cents Vol. 89, No. 2 1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ l, III Urban Center Head A,4strornalt [-r.rmoq "npll_Ir_ Ex-HUD SecretWary ood cites .. _m ta - 9 Need for overview inpl nigIF 9 B~~~~~~~~~IvJav 1Kumnin JM6 %-.f addressesuI aiJ mu···'· Institute community By Joe Kashi Astronaut James A. Lovell, Professor Robert Wood, Secretary Jr., navigator of the Apollo 8 flight to the of Housing and Urban Development moon, greeted the MIT community under Lyndon Johnson, reflected yesterday in a series of addresses and upon the many problems he faced meetings. during his three-year' .tenure in Lovell first spoke to Washington Tuesday night in the Instrumentation Laboratory Sala. personnel in, Kresge, congratulating them on the In his first public speech since performance of the Apollo navigation returning to head 'the Political and guidance systems which were Science Department and the developed at the Lab. He then joined MIT-Harvard Joint Center for Urban Christopher C. Kraft, NASA's director Studies, Professor Wood detailed the of flight operations at the Manned main elements involved in training a Spacecraft Center in Houston, and new type of planner: the "urban Robert Gardiner, head of the Guidance i professional." He-- emphasized that and Navigation Division at the Center, the prerequisites for effective in a press conference in the McCormick training of the urban professional lounge. Lovell described the navigation were projections into the future, system as a "man-machine integrated rather than merely reflections of loop," and stated that man was a past crises. I necessary part of the type of space II Change without Professor Robert i fear C. Wood flights now being undertaken. In order for the United States to begun last year. The only field A convocation in Kresge followed grow effectively and be assured of of the housing industry the press conference. President an adequate supply of well-trained which. has made any appreciable Johnson introduced Dr. C. S. Draper, urban workers and' planners, Wood headway in producing attractive units Head of the Instrumentation Lab, and cautioned, the U.S. must not be at low cost is the mobile home industry. David Hoag, Associate Director of the afraid of changing patterns and Prefabricated Lab, who explained the Laboratory's, courses of action. Unless the housing modules which are assembled involvement with Apollo and described American public accepts change at the factory and Photo by Al Goldberg then erected the navigation, guidance, and control. without fear,. he continued, it at the housing site President Howard Johnson greets Astronaut James Lovel Jr. may systems which worked so well. Draper cannot remain relevant and will be prove feasible in the near future, noted that taking technological "color slides. Lovell spoKe of the guidance and navigation unable to implement changes which but at this time, they. are system. confronted chances is nAeda'y to a venture of this preparations for and the actual After his speech, will be necessary to.ultimately, raise by such impediments as'4 flight of Lovell answered sort, but-. "if you don't the quality of urbanlife.- labor probiems, hoising- codes, ihnd make it, Apollo 8, his -third space flight His job questions, then went to the Sala to nobody's going In addition to- excellent zoning laws. oogive-you a damn bit as navigator required him to be sure of receive a book of signatures from UAP of sympathy." the craft's attitude Maria Kivisild specialized training, an adequate Model cities and position at all '69, congratulating him Johnson number of employment One of the HUD programs which then introduced Lovell, times, but especially when the capsule for his part in Apollo. He concluded his may prove very beneficial' to who showed a film taken of and by the was behind the moon. He also visit to the Institute with a dinner with opportunities is necessary to attract A .. C.... A m e rica n crew, 'and appended the President competent students into 'urban cities in general is the movie with commented on the performance of the Johnson. affairs. Model Cities program. Here, Wood The 1 9 6~8Houin-explained, the emphasis is on 68Housing Act community participation and represented al major committinent I Bishoff nnounees Cmajor a increase by the 89th comit exptdnt neighborhood action, but balancing Co ngresso endpure .community anld hvulie hnouiino law a democracy and real political M~~Anaak*&lla,; U~Y a problems will continue tfactor of ten over -the next ten to be a problem in the foreseeable futue. In years. The requirement now is for conmmlons, dormn rent fees Although communication By Steve Carhart and board I figure will comfortable housing at low cost. is of vital go from this conditions in the food and labor importance Rent and commons fees in the year's level of $970 to However, last year there was an here, the urban $1,035 next markets made it undesirable for the professional Institute dormitories will be higher fall. He also told 11% drop in new housing starts, should remember that the assembled Institute to continue its policy of continued dialogue next year, it was announced student representatives despite the growing shortages. This for unreasonable that a further raising room and commons charges lengths of time Wednesday. increase to 1,100 is planned drop was due in part to the can lead to for the every few years with the In a move which many students following restriction of exaggerated fnrustration. Too much fall. expectation of making money during I credit. have been expecting, f planning can be the downfall of the Laurence Reasons for rise the initial period following the Instead of the HUD ,.. SCal.% o 2.6 planner. To combat Bishoff, Director of Housing and In explaining the new increases, million starts per year, only about this tendency, increase and losing money later on. Dining Services, told a dinner Bishoff 1.5 million Prof. Wood suggested that a time and Dean of Student Affairs In addition, it was thought that the housing units were meeting of Dormitory Council (please tunm to page 9) - that Kenneth R. Wadleigh noted that old plan did not treat each the average annual combined room rapidly rising prices and unsettled incoming class equally. Undergrad support sought Bishoff also presented Dormcon , I . ,i with a number of options for cutting services provided in dormitories which could be used to March 4 str/ie gains momentum, reduce the size of the rent increase. ,oppos nv Dormcon showed little enthusiasm for eliminating An organized opposition to the which states, in part, "We MIT under- the house tax or dorm line March 4 research strike has begun to graduates support and commend the system. However, it was agreed grow, as anti-strike petitions began cir- faculty and graduate students who will that the reduction of desk operation culating in the lobby of the Armory on suspend research on March fourth in could be considered by individual houses. In addition, registration day. protest against our present uses of tech- an ad hoc committee will A group of graduate students, nology and who seek meaningful alter- be set up to consider mostly from Ashdown House, has star- natives to them." improving or eliminating porter service. ted a movement to protest the pro- Another petition being circulated Burton House committee posed work stoppage, perhaps changing calls for instructors in individual classes voted Wednesday night not to change its it to a day of discussion rather than to "devote (several recitation sections) current desk arrangement, protest. They feel that the publicity to discussion of the course in relation and Baker president Dariush Ashrafi '69 said that he did bcing given the strike is bad for MIT. to the present situation in America and not think Baker Leaders of the strike, however, believe the world. The sessions should be held would change its desk operation. that the students are not protesting the in the weeks before the Research Stop Figures presented strike Shelf, but rather the tactics of page on March fourth which may serve Bishoff's presentation was backed the SACC. Ira Rubenthal of SACC sta- as a focus for the discussions." Discus- by a variety of charts and figures ii ted that he would welcome discussion sion topics are to include MIT's affilia- outlining trends in living costs. He with the group, but thus far no move in tion with ,tte Defense Department noted that no increase in living that direction has been made. through Lincoln Instrumentation Labs, charges have been made in the The SACC has begun a drive to "classified I; theses, courses, and work Institute dormitories for the last interest and involve undergraduates in given credit by the Institute." five years, with the exception of the strike. At an organizational meeting Several announcements were made I the increase voted by students to Wednesday afternoon, about 80 stu- at the meeting. Senator George McGo- pay for unlimited seconds on dents received information packets and vern will be unable to participate as commons. He also presented figures instructions for canvassing in undergra- planned, but other speakers are still which showed the cost of food and duate living groups. It is SACC's hope expected. Similar strikes are being orga- Photo by'Gay labor rising rapidly during the last DeBani to `canvass every undergraduate, gra- nized at many other universities, Graduate students circulated petitions in the Armory on registration five years. In addition, he showed duate, and faculty member at MIT." among them Yale, Cornell, i day-in opposition' to the planned March 4 strike.