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Vol. IV - No.4 NEW YORK, N. Y. December 17, 1971 - Byrn: Ahortions Sti",..an M@,..orial Are Illegal Pris@ Announc@d By GLEN WALKER By ALLEN P. KAREN Second-year evening students at Fordham's School of Professor Robert M. BYrn, a Law have established an annual award in memory of Andrew long time foe of the right of wo­ M. Stillman, whose 96.78 scholastic average in 1970-71 is be­ .men to have abortions, is currently lieved to be the highest of any law student in Fordham history. In October, Mr. Stillman was a central figure in a test case stricken with a paralytic disease in problems of poverty, and he which challenges the constitu­ of the spinal cord. He died Nov. spoke of spending time after grad­ tionality of liberal abortion laws. 10 in Montefiore Hospital in the uation in a neighborhood law cen­ Bronx. He was 24 years old. Prof. Byrn, a Catholic who is FATHER MICHAEL P. WALSJI, ter. A month before his death he forty years old, is the Chair­ S.J., the President of Fordham The Andrew M. · Stillinan Me­ told a friend that constitutional man of the Metropolitan Right-to­ University, will visit the Law morial Award was announced by law fascinated him and he was Section 2E classmates on Dec. 7. Life Committee, an umbrella or­ School tomorrow, Friday, Decem­ considering specialization in that ber 17. He will be appearing in It will take the form of an annual field. . ganization that coordinates the book award presented to the top­ the Moot Court Room at 4:30 P.M., With all his dedication, Mr. activities of the various anti-abor­ ranking first year stUdent in Ford­ under the auspices of the Law Stillman found time for other in­ Professor Robert Byrn ham's evening law school. The tion groups in the metropolitan Forum. terests. He was an avid sports fan, area. Prof. Byrn told the Advocate award fund will be administered attending basketball or hockey by Fordham. that this lawsuit is one of the have a fundamental right to life games regularly. He had an un­ anti-abortion actions that are be­ and to equal protection of the law. Schwartz Resigns Fund begun usual memory for. sports statistics, ing prosecuted by the New York Prof. Byrn rejected the right and he enjoyed listening to NBC Defense and Education FUnd for of the mothers to privacy, &elf­ From Law Forum John J. Keohane, class presi­ sportscaster Bill Mazer and catch­ the Unborn, the legal arm of the determination and equal protec­ On November 17, Michael A. dent, and David M. Trager, a close ing him in errors. He was active anti-abortion forces. Though he is tion of the law, and asserted that Schwartz, Chairman of the Law friend of Mr. Stillman, head the also in the North East Reform Catholic and ' unmarried, he said his right to demand that the fetus collection for the fund. They Forum, the Law School's speakers' Democratic Club in the Bronx, and he is not representing any par­ be allowed to live is superior. said tax-deductible contributions he assisted in the campaign of bureau, tendered his resignation, ticular religious viewpoint, but is Asked whether he would support should be made payable to the Assemblyman Anthony J. stella taking a civic position which has a change in the law that would effective December 7. Dan Keen- Fordham University School of Law (86-AD). broad-based support from all seg­ reduce the period permissible for aghan, the Deputy Chairman, an­ (Andrew M. Stillman Memorial ments of society. abortion from twenty-four to nounced that he had joined Mr. Award). Contributions are being An avid reader sixteen or twelve weeks, Prof. accepted at the law school ad-:­ Schwartz in resigning from the Mr. Stillman made 'it a point to Wins one, Loses one Byrn said he would not. He s~d ministration office and the SBA read at least one book a week The initial step of the current that the right to life attaches upon Law Forum. " office_ that was unrelated to the ' law, action took place in Queens Su­ conception and any compromise in A matter of honor "Andy was an extraordinary and during the summer-he took a preme Court two weeks ago, where the law would be an admission student and an extraordinary per­ Mr_ Schwartz, who is a mem­ speed-reading course so that ' he Prof. Byrn was appointed guar­ . that abortion is permissible for a son," Mr. Trager said. "His death could read more. He and Sheila dian ad litem of all human fetuses ' specified period, such position be­ ber of Section 3-A and is the was a shOck for all of us, and the Krilov, a graduate student in math in the fourth through the twenty­ ing antithetical to his views. Business Manager of The Ad­ id~a for a memorial seemed to at the University of Pennsylvania, fourth week of gestation that Prof. Byrn said that he would vocate, indicated that his resigna­ come spontaneously." had planned to announce their might be aborted in the municipal only permit an abortion where it tion was a matter of personal engagement soon. hospitals. is necessary to save the life of the honor. "I cannot continue to in­ Hard work~r Thomas J . Ford, Prof. Byrn's mother. He admitted to being supersti­ Mr_ Stillman was born Sept. 4, attorney, characterized the class vite distinguished speakers to ad­ tious, but he called it "being care­ 1947, the son of Morris and Rose action as one which has as its dress empty rows in the Moot ful." A friend recalled that be­ Stillman. He attended Bronx High goal the preservation of lives of cau,se Mr. Stillman had eaten pan­ SBA ·Notes Court Room" he said, alluding to School of Science and the City unborn infants who are "voice­ cakes and worn beige pants at the At an SBA meeting held on the poor attendance at Law Forum College of New York, where he less, voteless and friendless." • functions. Speakers this year, in­ time of a successful midterm ex­ Dec. 13 the body considered a was graduated in June 1969 with Prof. Byrn lost a round to the am, he decided not to risk a change cluding Senator Jacob Javits, Con­ a degree in mechanical engineer­ forces that support the right of proposal -to change our grading to at final exam time. He wore the gressman Edward Koch, and Is­ ing. He worked briefly for the women opt for abortion, when, one with broader categories (Le., same beige pants. And when some­ to raeli Ambassador General Yitzhak Butndy Corp_, a Connecticut firm, on Dec. 7, his motion to enjoin Rabin, have addressed sparse one offered him a sandwich, he High Pass, Pass Fail) and soundly before jOining Aetna Life and all abortions in municipal hospi­ gatherings of students, though the declined. "Today's pancake day," defeated it. Also rejected was a Casualty Inc. in January as a tals until the case is decided, was events were widely publicized_ he said. constitutional amendment that structural engineer. denied by Supreme Court Judge It was reported that the Law Friends say gOodbye Frances X . Smith. The suit, which would have permitted el~ven Forum program is in no admin­ Law study~ was a turning point is the first major test of the con­ Board of Governor Delegates to istrative jeopardy, as speakers for him. He told friends it was "Andy had a sense of humor stitutionality of New York's abor­ mandate an SBA Board of Gov­ have been programmed through like discovering a new world. and compassion," said one mem­ From a rarely distinguished aca­ tion law, is opposed by lawyers ernors meeting upon tendering of the duration of the academic year. ber of a study group to which Mr. Joseph Pandolfi, of Section 3-A, demic record in college, he quickly Stillman Nov. 12 at the Hirsch for the state attorney general and a petition to that effect. city ~orporation counsel as well Co,..Chairman of the Law Forum, emerged as the top student in all spend hours trying' to help some­ as by attorneys representing vari- will assume the position vacated of his law courses. In his first one understand a difficult concept. . ous social service organizations by Mr. Schwartz. examination in Contracts, he pOst­ We'd all get impatient and shout who have submitted amicus briefs On The Inside ed the only perfect score. at each other for awhile. Then in support of ,the constitutionality To do it, he studied intensively, we'd go out and have a couple of of the law. Schwartz on Peace Page 3 exploring ramifications of the law beers." Robbins on Opera Page 3 Egg Nog Party that took him far beyond assigned More than 300 friends, includ­ Rejects women's rights work. After classes, he grilled his ing classmates and faculty mem­ When asked by the Advocate Karen on Caldwell Page 3 The International Law So­ professors. Every Saturday he met bers, attended services for Mr. whether the question of abortion, ciety announces a Christmas a friend, NYU law student Peter Stillman Nov. 12 in the Hirsch 5 Year Plan Page 4 Bienstock, at the Columbia Uni­ a moral and religious issue, is a egg nog party to be held in the. Brothers Funeral Home in the proper legislative subject, Byrn versity law library to do legal Bronx. In addition to his parents, Letters to Editor Page 2 Student Lounge at 2:30 on Dec. replied that "law should be in­ research. Mr. Stillman is survived by a volved in protecting human life." Editorials Page 2 17. All are invited. He hadn't decided where law brother, Harold, 21, an art major He contends that unborn fetuses would take him. He was interested at City College. THE A D CAT E Page Two - .. V'O ". ~. December 17, 197'1 : ... ;:].1 i '. ,'. . \-, much. it costs 'other law schools to harder for , the administration to OPe Ed. offer a single course. It costs New cancel classes. The Adv,ocate York Univ.ersity only $16,250. At For the Fordham administra­ Dissent Duke, the 'cost is $9,200; and at tion, law school obviously is a The itudent newspaper of Fordham University By KEVIN C. REILLY University of Virginia, it costs a money-making business. Thus it School of Law mere $7,300. But at Fordham, it will continue to misrepresent "tui­ Professor Robert M. Byrn should costs $32,800. ' tion" in the school catalog an-d be praised for his court action Those figures are derived by contiIiue to siphon off, money. UD7' Editor-in-Chief testing the constitutionality of dividing the total of all courses til students show a litile muscle • ,ALLEf P. KAREN New York's abortion law, not offered into the total amount of in riegotiating. For llii-ee or' more criticized as The Advocate has Executive Editor ...... , ...... Michael McGovern tuition available at each school. years, student leaders apparently done editorially in this issue. At Fordham, there are about 4:J7 have accOl?plished little. Managing Editor ...... Kevin C. Reilly An important constitutional is­ evening students and 645 day stu­ Fordham's name certainly isn't sue has been raised and the courts' Associate Editor ...... Chuck Dubroff dents paying $1,400 and $1,900 worth 50 percent. If the students should settle the issue. It is iron- . News Editor ...... : ...... '...•... , ...... Robert Kelley each. The law school offers 56 get together and bargain, they ical that The Advocate - a' law Photo Editor ...... ; .. Alan Michigan courses. should be able to reduce the sub­ school newspaper - should critic­ By contrast, N.Y.U.'s 1,000 stu­ sidy, increase the quality of ed­ Business Manager ...... Michael A. Schwartz ize anyone for using the courts. dents eash paid $2,600, and the ucation at the law school and per­ The very foundation of o~ legal Staff: Glen Walker, Bill Robbins, Terri Aromando, John La Cava, school offered 160 courses. At haps, even get their money's system is protection of human life. Robert Minyard, Joe Kaestner. Duke, the 390 students paid$2 ,100 worth. Without this basic right to life, each, and there were 88 courses ~J45 our law is nothing. Our constitu­ offered. Arid at the University of tional rights are meaningless with­ Virginia, 808 students paid in a out this most basic right. total of $789,640 for the school's Advocate Can we expect an end to Viet­ 108 different courses. nams, Atticas, crime in the streets and other crimes of violence when Faculty ratios Changes Byrn v. WDmen S Rigbts the law sanctions the , taking of The drain oy Fordham's up­ human life, whether through capi­ The Editor-in-Chief of The town campus on law school tuition Professor Robert M. Byrn, in his continuous attack on tol punishment or abortion. While Advocate 'bas indicated that there also makes itself felt in the num­ there may be a, distinction be­ have belm some shifts in the struc­ the \New York abortion law, is spearheading a legal attack bor of fulltime facul~ members tween abortion-at-will and med­ ture of the newspaper. Uniden­ which challenges the constitutionality of N ew York's so­ at the law school., With a fulltime ical abortions, the courts should tified reliable sources have indi­ faculty of 20, the school's student­ called 'liberal' abortion law. draw that distinction, and give cated that several members of the faculty ratio is about 54 to 1. 'Evert staff and editorial board will ceas'e I This attempt by Professor Byrn to impose certain mo­ constitutional guidelines. two years ago the ratio was an to retain their titles, as they have ral precepts upon the laws of the states and nation, and to Not worthy of commen' appalling 38 to 1. It's 16 to 1 at already ceased functioning in their harass and subvert the right of all women to self-deter­ N.Y.U.; about 17 to 1 at the Uni­ assigned capacities. Also, these The Advocate's characterization versity of Virginia ~ and about 15 same sources have acknowledged mination and equal protection of the laws, is both an ar­ of the views espoused by Profes­ to 1 at Duke. that there is under consid~ration sor Byrn as "sexist" is not worthy bitrary and a sexist affront to the dignity of women and to Only one reason has been aa.­ an enlargement with respect to of comment, the concept of individual liberty. vanced for channeling tuition the positions on the editorial Likewise, it is ridiculous for this funds away from the law school: board. These sources, however, . We are confident that the courts will reject Professor newspaper to criticize Professor law students get the benefit of refused to specify the additional BYrn because his action was mo- ' Byrn's arguments and will not return' the state's abortion the "Fordham" name. To Dean positions to be created. tivated by "moral consideration." law to the dark ages. McLaughlin, however, a 10 per­ People interested in joining the Must law and morality be se­ cent subsidy seemed much more parated? Advocate, either in an editorial reasonable for that purpose than or staff capacity, should apply at Is a cause of action less valid . 50 percent. because it was motivated by moral The Advocate's office, Room 216, But why any subsidy at all? It's either in person, by proxy, or by considerations? Is a court t deci­ A Free Press? possible to argue that no subsidy sion made on such a cause of ac­ mail. should be required to share in A funny thing happened to the Advocate on its way tion and the less law? Professor Byrn is exemplyfying the school's name. The reason: to press last issue. Someone dropped the third paragraph of when law students leave Fordham an editorial concerning ,the existence of a secret five-year plan the ideal of the activist lawyer, Group Formed using his legal skills to bring and become famous, they in turn for the law school. The howfore's of this deletion are still a will be adding to the school's It was announced , today that about change. He is showing us there has been formed by stUdents mystery, but the whyfore's are discernible,. It seems that the our potential. Yet he is criticized prestige - and they won't be charging. of 'the Law School an organiza­ SBA's leadership thought that this report should be given to for precisely these actions and ironically by those who extoll this Other than the good will that tion, the United Students for Free­ the fac'\llty for their action without the benefit of a public virtue when it is shown by per­ results from use of the Fordham dom From Academic Irresponsib­ airing. As Thomas Jefferson wrote: "To seek out ' the best sons favoring their views. (Al­ name, no other benefits appear to ility. The goals of United Students accrue to law students from being through the whole Union, we must resort to the inf<;>rmation though he disagrees with the au­ are the strengthen\ng of student thor's view on abortion, Associate associated with the uptown uni- , which from the best of men, acting disinterestedly and with Editor Chuck Dubroff concurs versity. The law students have no morale by prpmotion of tradi­ the purest motives, is sometimes b;lcorrect." with Mr. Reilly's other substantive reason to use the uptown facili­ tional moral and ethical values, Not that we think that the SBA's five-year plan is incor­ views.) ties. The distance between cam­ and by vigorous opposition to the puses also makes it unlikely that irresponsible tactics of certain rect, but we do think that the report could have profited from the students would do so. a public consideration of its content instead ,of having the radical 'members of the Law Four solutions School. contents of the report presented to the students as a fait Letter T,o Four alternatives appear avail­ accompli. The five-year plan is a most comprehensive report able to students who wish to abol­ and the writers should be commended upon their great energy The Editor ish the uptown subsidy. They can Oren de-Rooted in drafting it. attempt bargaining with the up­ Oren Root Jr. resigned his posi­ By JEFFREY D. BOGART Recently in the New York Times decision, a due process town administration through SBA tionas News Editor (Day) of The One-third to one-half the tui­ officers. They can attempt to Advocate last month following a right to know what its government is doing was asserted and tion being paid by law school gather alumni support against the dispute about the content of a upheld. Justice Douglas stated in this case: "Secrecy in gov' students at Fordham goes to sub­ subsidy - through a letter-writing news story. campaign, for example - which ,ernment is fundamentally anti-democratic, perpetuating bu­ sidize the University's undergrad­ Root made. the following state­ might 'have some effect" since the uate school. ment: "When a newspaper allows reaucratic error." 29 U.S.L.W. 4879 (1971). We feel that university, like most schools, pre­ The amount is indicated by a ' itself to be censored, through overt . sumably relies heavily upon secrecy in the law school governmept can only foster the study of tuition at three other or subtle preessure, it has betrayed alumni donations. Third, the stu­ same credibility gap and failure to communicate that besets schools: New York University, its primary duty to its readership." dents can turn to the courts. And our federal government today. In the words of James Madison: Duke and the University of Vir­ "Since The Advocate has suc­ &,inia, It shows Fordham students fourth, they ,can resort to tuition "A popular government without popular information, or the witholding. cumbed to such pressure - for pay extravagantly more per course what seems to the majority of the Concerning the courts, the stu­ means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a than elsewhere. editors the most honorable of rea­ dents might sue the university for tragedy; or, perhaps both." The study ,however, is not the sons - I feel compelled to resign misrepresentation. The university only indicator. Dean McLaughlin as News Editor CDay)." recently told students that he be­ has advertised in its law school lieves the amount approaches 50 catalogue that the money students percent. He added that he had pay will be used for "tuition" - 11 111111111 11 111 1111 11 1111 111111 1111 11 11 111 11 1111111 1111111111 1111 1111111111111111111111111111111 been told that accounts were not meaning n~t to subsidize the up­ The next issue of the Advocate being kept by the university to town campus, There is at least (the first of the Spring term) will THE ADVOCATE WISHES EVERYONE show the apportionment. some support for the notion that have an in depth analysis of A MERRY CHRISTMAS At Fordham, all tuition is sent "tuition" is money to pay for the I Fordham's controversial minority to the uptown administration, courses to be taken. The diction­ enrollment ,program and its pros and which in turn doles out' funds to ary defines the term in that way. and cons. Also, we hope to en­ the law school from the miiver­ So did the court in Lenton v. Lucy dorse a Presidential candidate HAPPY CHANUKAH sity's overall budget. The result , Cobb Institute, 45 S.E. 53, 55. . and present a study of the up­ has been to curtail the number of As for a tuition strike, the coming political year. Also plenty and courses and faculty at the law money could be placed in escrow of controversy. The Ellitorial school. during negotiations with the uni­ Board of The Advocate hopes you HAPPY NEW YEAR versity. The best time for such enjoyed this term's editions and ~t of subsidy action would be during the second we look forward to serving and The drain on the law school is semester - that is, during the stimulating you in the future.

evident when examining how school year when it would be 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111"1111111111111111111111111111111111' !,fUE ADVOCATB ~ustioe Qrld Ine Deterrents t10 Pea~e Environment 1 MICHAEL , A .. SCHWARTZ iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.:.l By fOHN N. MITCHELL Attorney o-eneral of the United states The world, at preSent, is wit.:. bat," fully equipped wtih Soviet religious places (lnchiding the con­ - .... . ness 'to three wars, each' of which pilots. The Nixon Administration, struction 'of the Intercontinental . Young people' ha.ie ' played ,a nalty actions. are brought agailist is of a generation's duration. during the same time, is refusing Hotel, owned by Pan American primary role in' focusing the' atten­ sporadic or accidental polluters, In Vietnam, the Indochina con­ Israel the right to purchase F-4 Airways, on top of a JewiSh tion of the Nation on' th€> quality as in the' case of oil ' spills from flagration is experiencing an end , Phantom jets, and is forcing the cemetery) ,the U.N. issued no pro­ of our envi'roninent' 'and the im­ ships or from shore installations. to Occidental physical involvement Israelis to construct their own jet tests, no resolutions, no condemna­ portance of insuring that 'clean air We found, however, that the -pe­ with the withdrawal of the Amer­ fighter factories, a considerable tions. It was only when the Is­ and water are available for, future nalties carried by these statutes icani, who were successors to the burden on an already over-bur­ raelis ousted the Jordanians from. generations. are ineffective against major in­ French, in that war. On the Indian dened Israeli economy. In view of their illegal occupation that the dustries with continuous dis­ During the past two and one­ the overwhelming superiority of U.N. retaliated. charges. subcontinent, the Indians and Pa­ a-half years, the Department of kistanis have renewed their 'feud, the Arabs in all military depart­ Justice has recognized ' the ur­ In mid-1970, the Justice De­ which originated with the simul­ ments, except the quality of the HiStory of UN action 'gency of their concern and has partment filed 10 civil injunction taneous independence of the two individual soldier, of intelligence, Furthermore, in the 1948 war, the given top priority to the enforce­ cases to halt mercury pollution. countries. In the Middle East, the and of the General Staff, it is Arabs took over Israeli territory ment of feder~ laws relating to Some of the companies sued were continuing conflict is headed to­ most difficult to accept the Nixon in contravention of the U.N. par­ environmental protection. dumping as much as 300 pounds ward a fourth major exacerba­ Administration's claim that its em­ tition agreement. However, no 0f mercury a day into rivers. One Our original approach was to tion in the past 23 years. bargo on jets to Israel 'is based resolution condemning the Arabs of the plants sued closed down give new emphasis to a 72-year­ While these wars involve dif­ upon its desire to maintain a mili­ for this act of aggression emanated and the other nine immediately old law - the 1899 Refuse Act - ferent parties in non-contiguous tary balance of power in the area. from the United Nations. Only reduced their mercury discharge and to use it as one of our most areas of the WOrld, there are cer-: For, as General Yitzhak Rabin, when the Israelis regained their to less than half a pound, a day. effective weapons against pollut­ tain features which they share in Ambassador of Israel to the United lost territory and secured lands Forty other plants discharging ers, Under the Refuse Act all in­ common. StateS) indicated in 'his address which were formerly under Arab mercury voluntarily cut back their dustries which discharge any here at Fordham last month, administration was the U.N. emissions to a fraction of a pound. waste into 'navigable waters or Areas in common American weaponry supply to Is­ prompted to respond with resolu­ their tributaries must apply for ' Thus, in a period of about six Firstly, the Middle East con­ rael never approached the magni­ tions condemning Israel. a permit to do so from the Corps months, we virtually eliminated tude of the Soviet supply to Egypt. flict and the India-Pakistan af­ In 1956, as part of a truce under of Engineers, stating that the the hazard, that faced the country fair are directly attributable to which Israel agreed to return the waste does not pollute ~he water. from the continual dumping of UN prejudice partition schemes foisted upon the Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza If a company discharges wihout a mercury into bodies of water. We parties by' the United Nations, and The United Nations has been Strip to Egypt, the U.N. estap:.. permit, it is in violation of the have not eliminated the problem the Indochina war has been ag­ particularly prejudiced in favor of lished a ' ~ permanent" peace-keep­ law and may be fined as much caused by the mercury already in gravated by a partition plan which the Arabs. ing force, ' which was to provide as ~2,500 a day upon conviction. the water, but we have brought to was the result of an international Following the 1967 e~sode in Criminal actions and civil pe- (Continued on Page 4) security in the area. However, at commission. Secondly, though the the Middle East war, the U.N. is­ the request of Egyptian President three wars were confined original­ sued a resolution 'calling for Is­ Nasser in 1967, the U.N. con­ ly to second- and third-rate pow­ rael to abandon territory which veniently removed the force so ers, the superpowers have become it had garnered as a result of its that Egyptian forces might mass deeply involved in all three con­ victory. This resolution was vigor­ on the Israeli border prior to the Nixon v. The People flicts, either as major munitions ously promoted by the Arab bel­ outbreak of organized h~stilities, suppliers and technical advisors, ligerents and their communist The "permanent" force thus was II ALLEN P. KAREN or, as with the Soviets in Egypt overlords. An area of particular a temporal device, whose exist­ and the Americans in Vietnam, concern in the resolution was Je­ ence was controlled by ·Arab de­ , The Nixon Administration, in intent. The fear that information as nations which have taken an rusalem, the historic capital of sire. its continuing attempt to control revealed irl confidence with the active role in the support of one Israel. The U.N. demanded that Currently, the U.N. is attempt­ and manage the news by means of understanding that its provider is of the belligerents by the intro­ Israeli jurisdiction over a United ing to coerce the Israelis into re­ selective harassment, has author­ to remain anonymous will be duction of substantial numbers of Jerusalem be terminated. linquishing the fruits of their last ized the Justice Department to forced out of reporters under the combat troops. One must view this resolution victory in exchange ' for a "per­ prosecute suits against newsmen threat of jail for criminal con­ in . light of the 1948 Indep~ndence manent" peace-keeping force, it la who refuse to reveal their confi., tempt is enough to persuade a * * * War. At that time, the Jordanian 1956, on the same site as the old dential sources and information. source to remain silent. In the Arab-Israeli hostilities, Arab Legion, led by British of­ "perrl,lanent" force. Considering In a case currently pending be­ 'the effect of efforts by outside ficers, and acknowledged as the th'e U.N.'s past history with regard for the Supreme Court, the Justice Power to suppress powers and international organiza­ tions has been less than even­ finest trained troops in the entire to the Middle East, it is not com..: Department has taken the position If you freeze ' a reporter's handed. With respect to materials Middle East, attacked and con­ pletely surprising that Israel is not that the government has the right sources, then you effectively pre­ supplied to the bellig&ents, the quered by force the eastern half overly enthusiastic about the pro­ to subpoena newsmen and ' their vent him from gaining informa­ Arabs have been favored. In su­ of Jerusalem by driving back a posal. work product, and to require them tion that · could lead to important personic aircraft, for example, beleaguered force of Irgunists who It is difficult to predict an end to reveal information disclosed to news stories and exposes. In amicus Egypt alone has more jets than were outnumbered 300 to 1, and to the Middle East struggle, just them in confidence. briefs in the case, many of the best does Israel, and the evidence in­ who, to their credit, retained con­ as is the case wth the India­ , I known journalists are on record Caldwell v. U.S. dicates that ' these Egyptian jets trol of the western half of the Pakistan and Indochina struggles. as stating that a large percentage city. Following the war, there was However ,this appears certain - The case, Caldwell v. U.S., in­ are being piloted by Soviet air­ of their news stories originate no United Nations condemnation the more outsiders, irlcluding su­ volves Earl Caldwell, a New York m~n . Likewise, in armored ve­ / through confidential tips supplied of this Jo~danian aggression in perpowers and international or­ Times reporter who established hicles and in every other category by informants. Jerusalem, though the Jordanians, ganizations, interfere with con­ confidential relati~nships in the of weaponry, the Arabs have a Would the Panthers permit a by the partition agreement adopt­ flicts between small b.ations, the San Francisco chapter of the Black far greater stockpile than do the reporter the kind of access that ed by the U.N., were prohibited dimmer is the hope for peace. The Panther Party. Over a period of Israelis. Caldwell had if there existed a from exercising domain over the best course; therefore, would be months the Times pu!:?lished ,a Presently ,the Arabs are being possibility that the next week he city. During the 19 years of Jor­ for all non-parties to desist from series of articles by Caldwell, some supplied, gratis, with the most might be telling all to Johr). danian occupation, under which any participation, direct or indi'­ of which were based on informa­ sophisticated jet fighter in the Mitchell? Would a high Govern­ there were countless cases of gov­ rect, as accessories or as media­ tion obtained from high officials world, the Soviet MIG-23 "Fox- ment source reveal corruption in ernment-inspired desecrations of tors, in these disputes. of the Panthers: government if the people he ex­ The United States Attorney for posed could find ou~ his name? the Northern District of California It's w~ll known that most exposes CLASSIFIED subpoenaed Caldwell to appear be­ on corruption in government fore a closed Grand Jury hearing originate with 'high government Rates are 10¢ per word, with a which amounted to a fishing ex­ officials' anI;! equally documented minimum of 10 words. The Advo­ Teamwork pedition into 'crimes of the Pan­ is the retaliation that has been cate reserves the right to refuse thers' . .caldwell refused to appear, wreaked o~ those officials when any advertisements. WILLIAM ROB13INS even in view of a protective order their identity has been uncovered. In most areas of our world it is that would have privileged him Interested in activist Demo­ ence. I most important that one thing from revealing his confidential cratic Political Movement in the Tristan und Isolde is a hit! It is Public's right to know cooperate with another. To create sources in most cases. Bronx? Contact Allen P. Karen superlative in every one of the The right of readers and viewers a balance many considerations in the Advocate Office, Room 216. elements. Richard Wagner's score Caldwell felt a chill to be freely informed by the news must come into account. A good Also, those interested in joining is extremely strong and compel­ media is abridged and the First class results when the professor Caldwell contended that a forced a 'Kennedy in '72' Mobilization ling. The new production at the Amendment is violated if state presents good material by means appearance by him before a closed Committee, come on in to see us Metropolitan Opera House com­ grand jury would have the effect and federal governments can com­ of a good presentation in the pro­ in Room 216. bines the best of all possible coop­ of dr.ying up his news sources, pel reporters for such media to per surroundings. Opera more than eration. The staging complements thereby depriving the public of its identify confidential sources or to Woman Needed. Agile minded anything is much the same. the score and libretto and aids the right to information. Once Cald­ divulge information obtained in hard worker. Positions currently To effectively produce an enjoy­ audience in what could have been well entered that closed chamber, confidence. It is to be remembered available on The Advocate. Good able opera it is important that a long and dreary opera. Instead his credibility with a group that that it is the public's right to fringe benefits. Contact Allen P . many elements all contribute their the stage is' constantly in motion is deeply distrustful of the work­ know, not the reporter's right to Karen, Room 2r6. best so as to result in unity. Ef­ as Tri~tan and Isolde move from ings of this government would be make a living by plying his trade, fective opera must be well con­ reality to their world of love. It destroyed. that is being protected. When the Anyone interested in a ride to ducted, sung, acted, staged, direct­ is trUly a psychedelic experience. It is an easy task for a govern­ government's need to investigate Guadalajara, Mexico, following ed and most important of all be The direction of the opera is fluid ment whose power is as extensive conflicts with the public's Con­ the July Bar Exam? Will share well written. To be enjoyable all and always works in conjunction and pervasive as the United States stitutional right to information, the expenses. Not liable for losses due elements must be present and i.J! with the mood to be created. Erich to chill the First Amendment people must prevail if we are to to banditos. Please address inquir­ anyone is outstanding the per­ Leinsdorf conducts the opera as if Rights of its citizens if that is its remain a free and viable society. ies to Box 048. formance is a memorable experi- (Continued on Page 4) THE' ADVOCATB ~ber i7, 1971 SBA's Five-Year ,Plan Tearn~orlc (Continued from Pag,e 3) off .of opera and grand musical he were delivering birth - it is cQmedies. Yet, in its sPQ.of it man­ In A Nutshell so!t, gentle, careful and studied ages to bring .out in a delightful • • • wllere it should be and explodes manner a philQSQphy in which the Harvard 111, GeQrge WashingtQn grams tied tQ legal aid, gQvern­ FACULTY... with j.oy and drama at the ap­ good guy really might finish l~t 1,39, and BQstQn University 97. (A) An increase .of 10 full-time ment agencies, and private firms. prQpriate times. mQnetarily, but first in happiness. ,faculty members, in additiQn tQ LmRARY (F) The establishment .of a Re­ Th-e cast, which' included Birgit The cast included Mary Costa, the 2 full-time vacancies which search Institute fQr independent Nilsson as Is.olde, Jess Thomas as Robert Klein, Frank Porretta, Rae will develQP as .of September 1972. (A) Increases in acquisitiQns by student research prQgrams which Tristan, Thomas Stewart, JQhn Allen · and William r,ewis. They This, WQuid bring the full-time increments .of $27,000 in Years 2 WQuid receive CQurse credit. Macurdy, Grace H.offman and Rod all performed amply. Miss CQsta faculty tQ 30, and reduce the stu­ and 3. (G) The establishment.of a jQint MacWherter all deserve awards. and Miss Allen were convincing dent-faculty ratiQ frQm 52.1 tQ 1 (B) Increases in the library J,D.-M.A. prQgram - Their performances were not .only actresses and excellent in vQice. tQ apprQximately 34 to 1. staff. (H) The establishment .of sum­ excellent, but beyond belief. How Mr. Porretta and Mr. Lewis acted (B) 4 new part-:time prQfessQrs ANCILLARY CURRICULAR mer schQQI classes. many singers CQuld sustain almost well and sang even better. Robert fQr a tQtal .of 16. PROGRAMS fQur hQurs .on stage and keep up Klein was ample as an actor but (C) An immediate $5000 raise SERVICE AND SUPPORT a standard .of the highest level at his v.oice is really n.ot gQQd enQugh f.or full-time faculty salary with (A) A cQncentrated Legal Writ­ FUNCTIONS all times? tQ be used publicl,.. further increases in 2 years. ing PrQgram, t.o be administered in the 2 weeks priQr t.o the CQm­ (A) Establishment .of an Office Tristan und Isolde is an example (D) A 25% increase in part­ Fun performance\ mencement .of classes in the fresh­ .of Student Affairs, tQ be staffed of how teamwork can take a work time faculty salary prQPQrti.onate man fall semester, t.o CQver aspects by an Assistant Dean and a sec­ which has nQt always been suc­ The productiQn is light, airy and t.o the individual's teaching re­ dealt with in the current prQgram retary. cessfully presented and make an a great deal of fun. The sets and spQnsibilities. plUS: (B) Placing .of 2 students .on a exhilirating evening! costumes were most elabQrate. The (E) Starting salary .of full-time (i) HistQrical DevelQpment .of 5-man AdmissiQns BQard. Opera HQuse where the perform­ faculty t.o begin at $21,000 per Leinsdorf excels the Law (C) SchQlarship Assistance. ance was -held prQvide's a most annum, effective immediately. pleasant surrQundings for a per­ (ii) , InterpretatiQn .of Statutes (i) Increase in aid. Teamwork is the keynote of a (F) The hiring .of 4 additiQnal fQrmance. It is smaller thjl.n the (ii) Placing .of 1 stUdent .on a good performance. Tristan und full-time faculty secretaries. (iii) HQW t.o read cases MetrQP.olitan Opera HQuse and 3 - man SchQlarship Assistance Isolde proves how effective it can (iv) Weight .of authQrities therefQre less grand; yet, it con­ (G) The establishment .of a BQard, be, The performance of La Forza (V) RQle .of administrative veys a warm and intimate feeling. $24,000 fund fQr student research­ (D) Placement del destino on December 2, 1971, agencies The public prQmenades .or Hall of assistants fQr the faculty, which Staffing' .of a recQnstituted showed how a lack of teamwork 'fund WQuid be increased t.o $48,000 (vi) Attacking a legal research Placement Office with a prQfes­ can ruin a popular and usually NatiQns, Hall of States and Grand in the secQnd year, giving each prQject siQnal Placement Officer and a enjQyable opera. The music by I FQyer are m:mense and elaborate­ ly sheathed m marble and crystal. full-time faculty member a 400- ... _ (vii) Writing and research staff .of 3, Giuseppe Verdi has been well ac­ hQur share .of research assistance. cepted as a good wQrk. The CQn­ The effect they create is most (B) Freshman MQQt. C.ourt BUDGETARY ductQr, Michelangelo Veltri, how­ sterile and cold. The public access t.o be cQnstituted as at present. BASIC CURRICULUM CONSIDERATIONS ever did not contribute to the eve­ areas are not a designing success, (C) Required "Writing Credit" (A) Decrease in required cred­ Increase in the .operating bud­ ning. He raced through the first but the opera house is an elegant its frQm the present 66 t.o 42, with prQgrams scene ~nd created an effect which and intimate place while still ac­ Students WQuid be- required to get frQm the present $1,250,000 to decrease in required CQurses frQm , w~s m.ost humorous instead of cQmmQdating a large audience. If participate in prQgrams .of their $2,750,000 by Year 1976-1977. The 19 t.o 12. serious as it shQuld have been. in Washington, D.C. one should try chQice frQm amQng the upper class Five-Year Plan CQmmissiQn, UPQn (B) Establishment .of tutQrial Throughout the opera he always to attend a perfQrmance. mQQt cQurt prQgrams, the Law analysis .of the Law SchQQl's fi­ teaching prQgrams, limited to sec­ seemed to be at sorts with the Review, the Urban Law JQurnal, nancial situatiQn, has CQncluded tiQns .of 15 tQ 20 students in PrQ­ singers, The cast itself always clinical prQgrams, and faculty re­ that by 1976 - 1977, the Law perty, TQrts, C.ontracts, Civil PrQ­ seemed to be at the wr.ong place search assistance. SchQQl's internally-generated- in­ Dissidents' Plans cedure and C.onstituti.onal Law. at the right time. The cast, with (D) ExpansiQn .of current legal CQll).e WQuid be sufficient tQ fi­ .one n.otable exception, all sang The Advocate has learned from publicati.ons and the additiQn .of ELECTIVES nance mQre than 98% of the rec­ well. It included Martin Arroyo, highly reliable sources that several an InternatiQnal JQurnal .of Law dissident students are formulating \ Increase in available electives Qmmended expenses fQr that year, RQbert Merrill, Ezio Flagello, Fer­ frQm 35 tQ a pr.oposed 96. Pre­ & WQrld Order. nando CQrena, James M.orris, Car­ a prQgram to undermine the the remainder to .originate frQm sently, CQlumbia .offers 113 elec­ (E) Clinical EducatiQn lotta Ordassy, Nedda Casei and Student Bar Ass.ociatiQn'S Execu­ tive CQurses, NYU 146, Yale 142, The initiatiQn .of clinical pr.o- the University. IQn Buzea, Mr, BUzea, whQ por­ tive Committee. Although the trays the major rQle, turned in -an sources indicated that the dissi­ absQlutely m.ost unenjoyable per­ dents declined to be identified, it formance. Sometimes .one may was disclosed that they include ~ustice and the make mistakes, but his voice con­ first all;d second year students sistently sounded forced and un­ whQ have expressed dissatisfaction fQrtunately most unpleasant tQ the with President Anthony SianQ's Environment ears. The PQor conducting and administration. singing by Mr, Buzea negated all (Continued from Page 3) Justice Department has filed mQre cQmpanies for failing tQ install the good qualities of the other safety devices .on wells IQcated in a virtual halt any additiQnal PQI­ than 300 criminal cases seeking singers and Mr. Verdi. If tWQ ma­ fines against PQlluters. In addi- ­ the Gulf .of Mexico, which resulted lutiQn. jQr supports of a work crack then tiQn, we -have filed mQre than 65 in the leakage .of thQusands .of READ S50 We have achieved a similar the wQrk crumbles. La Forza del barrels .of oil .off the CQast of FASTER solutiQn t.o,the discharge .of sulfite civil acti.ons fQr injunctiQns. destino crumbled, The first civil injunctiQn suit Louisiana. The companies paid 5 weeks guaranteed course wastes in WashingtQn State with Cq;ndide is an operetta by LeQn­ brQught under the, Refuse Act tQ fines tQtaling more than $2.5 DOUBLE or TRIPLE your ~peed the agreement .of the large ITT­ ard Bernstein and Richard Wilbur. abate PQllutiQn was filed against million: Understand more, retain more RaYQnier cQmplex to install up­ It is based .on the Voltaire classic. the FIQrida PQwer and LIght CQm­ The Department of Justice will Nationally known professor wards .of $20 milliQn .of PQllutiQn It was perfQrmed at the JQhn F. pany tQ halt the discharge .of continue and intensify its efforts Class forming now cQntrQI equipment. Kennedy Center for the Perform­ heated water frQm its PQwer gen­ tQ enforce federal anti-pollution READING SKILLS 864-5112 We have alsQ vigQrQusly en­ ing Arts. Candide is really a take- erating plants intQ Biscayne Bay. laws, but every segment .of .our forced the Refuse Ac~ against After the federal judge ruled society must share ,in the res­ cQmpanies that discharge tQxic that the discharge .of thermal ponsibility fQr improving the and hazardQus substances such as waste is a viQlatiQn .of the Refuse quality of our water and air. cyanide ,phenQI, chrQmes and lead Act, the utility c~mpany agreed tQ The full resources of states and into rivers and streams. The f~rst undertake a $30 milliQn cQnstruc­ localities must be br.ought to bear case t.o gQ tQ trial invQlving' such tiQn prQgram tQ IQwer the tem­ .on this problem. Ahd, in a natiQn discharges was against the ArmCQ JOBS AVAILABLE perature .of its water discharge where gQvernmental power is con­ Steel ,CQrpQratiQn .on the HQustQn tQ a biQIQgically accepted level. ferred by the people, the interest Ship Channel in Texas. In that and enthusiasm of young people One block from Fordham case the District CQurt held, in VolUntary compliance will cQntinue to be a primary 1971, that the ,CQm­ S~ptember, This case has resulted in VQlun­ factor in our campaign for a clean pany's tQxic discharges shQuld be tary cQmpliance by prQmises .of envir.onment. DALK SERVICE CORP. stQPped fQrthwith. additiQnal imprQvements tQ many 248 VVEST 60th STREET Injunctions issued PQwer plants in QperatiQn .or tQ be , built thrQughQut the United states. Graduation Fees Tel. CO 5·5015 TherefQre, in March 1970, we, The three United States Attor­ It was learned yesterday from \ ad.opted a second apprQach t.o st.op neys whQse districts CQver the sources within the Commence­ PQllutiQn by asking the c.ourts t.o New YQrk waterfrQnt are alsQ ment Committee that the $25 DAYS • EVENINGS • WEEKENDS issue civil injuncti.ons. The relief using the Refuse Act tQ clean up graduation fee for seniors would requested in an injuncti.on suit is the New YQrk HarbQr and other nQt be paid to the University with Make your own schedule that the c.ompany be .ordered t.o waterways in their areas. the spring tuitiQn fees. Payment st.op discharging its wastes intQ Of special interest tQ citizens is of the graduation fee is to be the tributary .of navigable water. the prQvisiQn .of the Refuse Act directed tQ the CQmmencement Generally, an att~mpt is made authQrizing payment .of half of the Committee. Checks should be made Drive 0 Met/ollion ToxitOb t.o negotiate a settlement which fines impQsed .on PQlluters to per­ payable to "Student Bar Associa­ specifies treatment facilines to SQns whQ prQvide infQrmatiQn tion." The regular tuition, $600 render the wastes harmless t.o the leading tQ a cQnvicti.on. CQurts for night students in 4-E, and Must ask for Roger Daly receiving waters. In the event a have authQrized such payments in $950 for day students in 3-A and settlement caii'nQt be reached, the recent years. 3-B, will be collected by the Uni­ Bring this ad with you CQurt is asked t.o totally stQP the And thrQugh the use .of still versity, and checks for tuitiQn discharge, anQther federal law, the Justice should be made payable t.o "Ford­ MANY FORDHAM MEN NOVV VVORKING Since the beginning .of 1969, the Department prosecuted several .oil ham University."