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, THE WORLD TODAY Wallace Gain WAHINGTON(UPI)-Richard M. Nixon leads Hubert H. THE Humphrey, 39 to 31 per cent , in a Louis Harris survey published yesterday which also showed George C. Wallace gaining on both major candidates. The public opinion poll, published by the Washington Post, said 21 per cent of the voters now favor Wallace, an increase OBSERVERServing the Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College Community from 17 per cent in just three weeks. The former Alabama governor is hurting the Republican VOL. Ill, NO. 6 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1968 nominee more than his Democratic opponent, Harris reported. In a two way race, he said, Nixon would lead Humphrey by 14 points instead of eight, or 50 to 36 per cent. The Harris survey was conducted Sept. 11 to 13 among a Proposal For Student Role cross section of 1,322 voters it had interviewed previously on the eve of the Democratic National Convention Aug. 25. In that poll, Nixon led Humphrey 40 to 34 per cent. In AcademicChange At SMC Austrian Dissent St. Mary’s College Academic as well as on the two hearings matters come up that VIENNA (UPI) Austrian Roman Catholics do not have toCommissioner Sally Davis said subcommittees. This assembly, are not the type that con be confess the use of the pill, an extraordinary Austrian Bishops yesterday that she would appealcomposed of the President, Vicedecided by popular student vote. conference decided yesterday. f o r increased student President, Academic Dean andIn such a case, it would be In a carefully worded statement, the Austrian bishops under involvement on the college important that the student on the leadership of Cardinal Franz Koenig of Austria said: academic council and two of its the Council would not be “In his encyclical, the Holy Father did not define usage of committees A ca d em ic directly responsible to the the pill as a mortal sin. Therefore, whoever acts against the Standings and Curriculum electorate.” spirit of the encyclical is not necessarily parted from the love Study. Miss Davis is scheduled to Miss Davis also said that she of God and may accept holy communion without confession.” submit her proposals to the would recommend to the Danny In Jail Faculty Assembly tonight for Faculty Assembly that students comment and hopes to gain for the various committees be FRANKFURT, Germany (UPI) Police held “Danny the approval from the assembly appointed from the student Red”, Cohn Bendit, ringleader of the 1967 French student before going before the main Academic Commission, for thes rebellion, in jail today for leading German students into streetcouncil. year at least. “The students who brawls with police that disrupted ceremonies honoring a Miss Davis explained her are presently working on the visiting head of state. proposal as one that would “give commission have a greater Police braced for a possible resumption of the riots. adequate student voice and working knowledge of acodcmic Cohn Bendit was rapped with truncheons and hauled away Sally Davis representation on the affairs and are also in a position by police Sunday when he attempted to lead about 1,000 four elected faculty members, is committees that involve them to be closer to the faculty than demonstrators in a charge on historic St. Paul’s Church, where responsible for major policy the most.” She states that such a most of the other girls. It would President Heinrich Luebke was presenting the peace prize ofmove is in accordance withchanges in the area of education. seem to me that in an the West German publishing industry to President Leopoldrecommendations from the Miss Davis said: “Here the object experimental year such as this Senghor of Senfgal. Board of Trustees made after a is not so much student we should insist that the most Police fought four separate battles with students outside thestudy last year. At that time the representation as it is a student qualified people be seated on the Board suggested that there be viewpoint. I must emphasize church and at street barricades, wading through barrages of committees.” rocks and paving stones to fire tear gas and water cannon. Oneincreased student participationthat within the committee of the battles forced Senghor and Luebke’s motorcade toin the college policy making detour for an hour. structure. HHH Men Argue Police refused to give details or arrests or injuries. Senghor R ev. John J. M cGrath, was honored on the occasion of the Frankfurt Book Fair, anPresident of the college, agreed Richard Hunter, Chairman of policies on the Vietnam wer. I event sponsored by German publishers. with the Academic Notre Dame Students for feel the Vietnam question With HHH Commissioner on the concept ofHumphrey, strongly criticizedoverrides any other issue this student involvement but Notre Dame Young Democrats year.” Barbolla said, however, TOLEDO,O. (UPI)-With tears on his cheeks and sweat on expressed the desire that some President Pat Barbolla yesterday that he would support neither his back, Hubert H. Humphrey said yesterday it was “nothingdiscretion be used in thein the continuing dispute overRichard Nixon nor George short of outrageous” that hippies, Yippies and Black Panthersnomination of students to the failure of the Young Wallace for the Presidency and get more attention than the majority of Americans. individual committees. Democrats to endorse Vice termed them “greater evils by Shedding his coat, the Democratic presidential candidate There are at present, President Humphrey and thefar than Humphrey.” told 500 Toledo housewives in a humid gymnasium “theapproximately eight committeesYD’s refusal to include Humter contended that the handful” of protestors were getting a “disproportionate” shareunder the Academic Affairs Humphrey in their literature. club, instead of refusing to of publicity. Council. Tire only two that dealHunter, who ran a Humphreyendorse Humphrey, should be PopeDisturbed directly with the student bodytable separate from that of the “attempting to educate the are the ones that Miss Davis’ Young Democrats at Activities student body on the positive VATICAN CITY(UPI) Vatican sources said yesterday Pope proposal affects. The first of Night last week, contended qualities of the Vice President.” Paul VI fears that some young rebel Roman Catholics are in these is the Academic Standing “After we had been assured by danger of coming under Communist influence and he plansCommittee. to At present it is YD V ice President Rick issue a public warning to them. composed of the Academic DeanLibowitz that Vice President Problems The sources said the Pope particularly has in mind Catholics and six elected faculty. ThisHumphrey would be given at who have recently occupied cathedrals in Italy and Chile andcommittee is responsible forleast moderate consideration byFor Sr. those who support armed revolution to obtain social justice,minor changes in policy such asthe club, we were completely lie may make this clear at his weekly general audience on pass/fail, comprehensive examsignored in all of the literature Citing incidents occurring Wednesday, the sources said. and senior exemptions. It alsoand recruitment material of theover the past weekend, Senior “The Holy Father will warn these young Catholics of the acts as a screening board for YD’s.” Class President Dave Witt said dangers of being taken in by Communists and serving the ends students being considered for Barbolla countered Hunter’syesterday that a policeman will of Communist propaganda,” the sources said. academic probation. Miss Daviscriticism by saying “We figuredbe present outside or near Club Vatican observers said such a speech by the Pope might have said that she thought that there that in our first piece of’69 during coming weekends. explosive consequences. They said it might reopen the cold should be at least four studentsliterature we did not want toWitt stated “The officers of the war between the Vatican and the Communists which reached a sitting on this committee, each endorse Humphrey. There isSenior Class and the staff of peak in 1948 when the Vatican excommunicated Catholics of them voting members. strong feeling against HumphreyClub ’69 are taking steps to who supported Communists in political elections. The Committe on Curriculumin the club. We had Congressmaninsure safety of people at the Bombing Vote At UN? Study is presently composed Brademasof in our literatureclub. A policeman will be UNITED NATIONS, UPI Secretary General U Thant seven elected faculty members. because we felt him to be a stationed in the vicinity of Club suggested yesterday that the question of a U.S. bombing ofTheir duty is to point out theDemocrat whom all can endorse’69 over the coming weekends North Viet Nam be put to a vote by the General Assemblyneed for changes in curriculumand support.” Barbolla went onuntil such time as trouble which opens today. and refer it to the Standing to maintain “Humphrey will bediminishes.” But he told a news conference he saw no break in the Committee. Miss Davis hopes to given consideration at a meeting According to Witt and others, Vietnamese deadlock “for another year or so’” gain seats for five students onwithin two weeks.” several incidents occurred Friday Although Thant suggested a U.N. vote on Americanthis committee; perhaps, she Barbolla reiterated his strong and Saturday nights between bombing policy he said the suggestion was not practicalsaid, a representative from the personal opposition peopleto loitering outside the club because the issues is not on the agenda of the assembly session.Made leva Scholars (Superior Humphrey, saying “As an and club patrons. Witt declined 11c said he was not formally proposing such a resolution Studentsbut Council) and the fourindividual I cannot supportto blame the incidents on race, was mentioning it because of widespread criticism of the standclass. Academic Commission- Hubert Humphrey. The reasonsaying “The essential point is he has held “for the past three years or more” that the e Miss Davis stated that she for my non-endorsement is thatthat people seem to have essential first step to Vietnam peace is complete cessation ofwill also ask for a seat on the Hubert Humphrey is for nothing better to do than loiter the bombing of all of North Vietnam.