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News Roundup Walker Meet s USG Members From the State By ALLA N YODER sues, speaks in circles and avoids Collegian Staff Writer any stand on any controversial is- sues." University President Eric A, Colleg ian Exclu ded; Pa rti ci pants In contrast to the comments of Walker, speaking to members Schwartz, Krivoy and Miss Ryan, of the Undergraduate Student other congressmen expressed satisfaction with the meeting. Government yesterday Bottle Breaks Lull in South Vietnam after- Report Hi hl Jim Womer, USG president, said, noon, said he is g y Varied Opinions SAIGON — A relative lull in South Vietnam was brok- 95 per cent in "Walker gave a very reasonable en yesterday by the fiercest battle in recent weeks near favor of the USG Bill of dents' maturity that few con- with his pants down. He con- such as new buildings. series of comments. He explained 'to 20,000 enemy troops the Cambodian border where up Eights. gressmen realized he had. tradicted himself a number of Miss Ryan asked Walker to ex- positions and defined University are believed massed. times and either he showed a plain the rationale for the Or- policy. It was constructive because The night-long battle was touched off by an attack _ Reporters from The Daily "President Walker told us that he severe lack of information ' he alerted some members of Con- goes along with the Bill of Rights 95 or he dnance Research Labora tor y s of about 1,000 North- Vietnamese on a camp manned by Collegian were barred from was lying to us. presence on campus. gress to problems we didn't know 500 South Vietnamese rangers and U.S. artillery 60 miles per cent. He said there are certain " the informal meeting "We asked him a lot of questions She said Walker explained, "We about before. north of Saigon. by Ad- areas where student government about the Board of ministrative Trustees and get money from the federal govern- Womer added , "Eric Walker is The enemy left 287 dead, including 120 who had Action Commis- should have authority because it is other relevant issues, and he just ment. Therefore, when the govern- not quite as frozen and hard as broken through the camp's barbed wire defenses, the sion Chairman Gwen Berman, more acquainted with the pro- couldn't answer us. His mind ment asks us to do research for most people think he is. He has a U.S. Command reported. Pour South Vietnamese were whose blems." couldn't grasp the concept that the them, we are obligated to do it. We great many pressures playing on casualties were re- committee sponsored Thompson said that Walker killed and 23 wounded. No American the tea. University should be run demo- have the facilities, so we do it." him, and he's trying to do the best ported. believed students underestimate cratically. I got the feeling I was Miss Ryan said she asked Walker job possible." their maturity. "He told us," • * • Miss Berman said Walker listening to a broken record if the University would construct a Town Congressman Terry Klasky ¦ Thompson said, "that we're respon- player." weapon that could kill a million expressed satisfaction with the me- Saigon Fears U. S. Concession had requested that no report- sible enough to handle the new Vietnam is worried that President Schwartz said Walker is not op- people in 10 seconds. Walker eting, but said, "It was evidence of PARIS — South ers come to the meeting, powers students are demanding." Johnson might yield to Hanoi on key points to achieve but posed to student representation on replied, according to Miss Ryan, the gap between the Administration break-through before his term expires, a through a series of interviews But there were some congres- the Board of Trustees, but the "The ORL isn't working on any- and the students. I think Walker a peace-making smen present who were completely ranking Saigon diplomat said yesterday. after the meeting, the Col- Trustees "couldn't get around to thing like that. But if it were, I may be interested in more me- dissatisfied with the President's making a committment on it." would find it very hard to justify." etings of this type. It was a wor- Pham Dang Lam, former South Vietnamese foreign legian was able to learn what government's chief observer".at the talk. Schwartz quoted Walker as say- Asked to state just where the thwhile meeting, but nothing really minister and now his happened there. When the meeting was over, peace talks, told a reporter Saigon was forming this im- Con- ing. "Students are a lot more University "draws the line" in such came of it. and nothing ever will gresmen Norm Schwartz, Alan responsible than the Trustees cases, Miss Ryan said Walker could come out of this type of meeting." pression .He called it "a cause for anxiety." Ted Thompson think is , USG vice Krivoy and Mary Ann Ryan expres- they are." According to Schwartz. not reply. Klasky added. "A lot of the ques- "If the only preoccupation of the U.S. government president to find something acceptable for the other side within the , said the meeting sed their disagreement with Walker said the Trustees <3i not Alan Krivoy, when aked to com- tions I'm sure he would rather not then we are very worried indeed," Lam was "wholly satisfactory." Walker. make the major student oolicv ment on the meeting, said. "After have answered. But a lot of the next two months, "Walker was giv- added. Thompson said Walker Schwartz said, decisions. He added that Walker having met with Walker before. I questions he answered as a human ex- ing information that was interest- said the Trustees concern them- can see that he is extremely consis- being, and not as a University presi- • * * pressed a confidence in stu- ing but irrelevant. He was caught selves mostl tent. He consistently ducks the is- Johnson Agrees To Consult Nixon y with financial affairs. dent." v NEW YORK — President-elect Richard M. Nixon an- nounced yesterday an unprecedented agreement with President Johnson that Nixon be consulted in advance of Opens Nov. 18 With $10,000 Mi nimum Goal assuming office on all major foreign policy decisions. Nixon named a veteran trouble shooter, former am- bassador Robert D. Murphy, 74, as his personal representa- tive in every foreign policy area to the outgoing adminis- tration. "This is one of those periods," Nixon told a news con- ference, "in which no constitutions can be written and no the situ- Walker Backs be written which can cover King Fund Drive position papers can ation." A Martin Luther King Fund drive will gel Rights Commission, Wilbert Manley, president * • * under way next week on campus with 510,000 as of the Douglas Association, Jim Womer, USG Health Assoc iation: Legalize Abortion the minimum goal. president; Eric Prystowsky, IPC president. DETROIT — The American Public Health Association President Eric A. Walker today designated In addition, Gottlieb's office has mailed let- declared yesterday that '"any woman in a free society the five-day period from Nov. 18-22 as "Martir ters to some 3,000 faculty members asking Luther King Fund Week" and hailed the drive their support of the drive, and the Penn State should have the rights to decide for herself if she wishes to have an abortion" and called for the repeal of laws re- as a "worthy undertaking" deserving the atten- Alumni Association has pledged its assistance. stricting abortions. tion of the faculty and staff. Panhel Pledges Support Abortions should be made legal and safe , and be per- In a letter to Ted Thompson, vice president The Panhellenic Council this week pledged formed only by well-qualified physicians, the assocation of the Undergraduate Student Government and to contribute S500 to the campaign. declared in a resolution. one of the leaders in the student-faculty en- The drive's slogan is printed on a black and The resolution was approved by the APHA's govern- deavor. Walker said, "I am most pleased tc ing council by a vote of 64 to 28 Wednesday night and give my enthusiastic support to the organiza- A proposed course entitled "The Black Man was made public yesterday. It becomes part of the offi- tions sponsoring the plans to honor the memory in White America" was the topic of discussion cial body of opinion of one of the foremost health organiza- of ,the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The drive at last night's White Liberation Front meeting. tions in the nation,- with 23.000 members. to develop the Martin Luther King Fund is a The' course, planned for Spring Term, will Gap constructive way to carry on King's ideals ol be worth three credits. The class will meet Negro Seeks To Close 'Hea lth ' justice for all." twice a week and will last two or three hours. DETROIT — The first Negro to be named president- (APHA) Aid for Deprived Students The first class of the week will be a lecture by elect of the American Public Health Association a guest speaker, with the second a discussion of says he will work to reduce the health gap between white / Its objective is to provide financial as- sistance to deprived . students from urban the lecture. Proposed topics for the lectures and black' citizens. include the Black Panther movement, blacks in Dr. "Paul Cornely, who will take office a year from poverty pockets who desire to enroll at Penn " see State. politics, the Wallace phenomenon and analysis nowv-^aid-jn.arj»^ter^w_yesterday_hfealsi0.^hpit^.