Freeze to Have E Little Effect on MIT's Financial Picture
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Frh _ _ _ . 11 TI. .,r _1I 'T Tl A " ? ' I'lI I T T Er .1 Ir . 'I T - - - - - A - - - - VOLUME 91, NUMBERK 31 -tUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1971 MIT, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS FIVE CENTS -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------171-II----I -------- --------------------- Freeze to have littlee effect on MIT's financial picture By Robert Fourer ationary periods end during the to make the policies in the The wage-price freeze will freeze are not allowed the pay question and answer sets official. have no immediate large-scale increases they would normally It declared that "Increased effect on the Institute's finances, usually receive. But even these school tuition rates for the according to John Wynne, Vice raises may be allowed: reg- 1971-1972 school year, an- President for Administration and ulations seem to permit an in- nounced on or before August Personnel. crease in pay if it has been an 14, are permitted because such However, losses during the "established procedure" after a rates are considered to be in 90-day period due to freeze probationary period of not more effect at the time of the an- rulings may slightly exceed than three months. nouncement." Administrators gains, stated Wynne, whose of- In addition, tuition, room were now quite confident they fice has overall responsibility for and board, and medical fees in- needed no longer be concerned determining the effect of the creases are unaffected by the with tuition. rulings on the Institute. Never- freeze, a gain in a negative sort But the first mention of room theless he was optimistic that if of way. Overhead charges for and board came two days later, President Nixon's new economic research projects will also be in another set of questions and program achieved its goals it unaffected immediately, since answers, and threw matters into would benefit MIT in the long they are generally part of long- confusion. Room and board run. term contracts. were declared not exempt from Meanwhile, in the initial Predictions of Nixonomics' the freeze: "[They] are handled three-month freeze period the effect on the Institute have not just like tuition. If there were Institute stands to lose anticipat- only been clouded by the unpre- substantial transactions during ed income from rents in East- dictability of post-freeze the base period (confirmed by gate, Westgate, and apartments measures. Contradictory and un- deposits), the increase may be operated by the MIT-owned clear rulings made even the charged. If there-was not a sub- Northgate Corporation. - Divi- 90-day freeze hard to assess at stantial volume, the increase is dends from stock investments- first. not allowed." This appeared to an important source of in- A case in point is tuition and contradict previous tuition come-are also likely to decline related fees (room and board, rulings, and cast some doubt on in total, due to voluntary comp- medical). These were raised ef- the original reasoning as well liance with Nixon's request that fective with the summer term, so (that increases were permitted no specific increases be declared at first it was assumed they because they took effect with during the freeze. would be unaffected. A state- the summer term). As for major savings, there ment in a list of questions and In any case, a "substantial are none in sight. Prices of ser- answers released three days after volume" had already been de- vices and supplies are largely the freeze began supported this fined as 10%, so that any price. fixed by long-term contracts assumption, but for different at or above which 10% of trans- running through the 90-day per- reasons: tuition rates were con- actions had been made was to be iod. Pay increases are reviewed sidered transaction prices, since considered the ceiling for the I between January I and July 1, commitments have been made, freeze. Thus if there were any Cambridge faces test so 1971 raises have already tak- and there are a number of cases transactions for fall term tuition 1 en effect; higher rates for re- where payments have been before August 15, one could 1 search and teaching assistants made." No mention was made of reason, they would qualify as a i on voter registration were put in effect for the sum- room and board or other fees. substantial volume sincee not 10 I mer session, and will govern any Further support came almost By Robert Fourer would be cleared for almost but 100% would be at the new new appointments. a week later in the "Economic rates. This turned out to be the A court test of Cambridge's every college student who wish- The Institute may gain slight- correct interpretation: a sum- continued refusal to register ed to vote in the town where he Stabilization Circular No. 1," ly if new employees whose prob- printed in the Federal Register (Please turn to page 21 most students as voters will attended school. Residents of reconvene in U.S. District Court Boston fraternities or apart- at 1 am today. ments should have no trouble At issue is a motion for a registering now if they lived in preliminary injunction against the same place last May 2 (and 1 draft ciling set at 140 the Cambridge Election Com- can prove it with a lease, letter mission in behalf of three local from a landlord, old utility or Men with draft lottery hum- the draft. Students are warned ident Nixon authority to freeze students. They were refused un- phone bill, or old phone listing). bers above 140 are almost cer- not to drop their deferments wages. To prevent such a break der Commission policy which Cambridge students will have tainly safe from the possibility hastily, however, since if their in the freeze, passage would have have to wait for the court ruling, requires that voters be self- of induction this year, even if numbers are reached they will be to be delayed while the bill was supporting, and which presumes unless they are apartment dwell- Congress passes a new draft law unlikely to get the 2-S back returned to committee for they will not remain indefinitely ers who can contrive not to look again. modification. after graduation. this month, according to "know- like students; but chances are ledgeable government officials" The total draft call this year When passed, the new draft An opinion issued by Attor- good a decision will be forth- cited -in The will probably be less than bill will also give the President ney General Robert Quinn last New York Times coming well before the October last week. I 10,000, compared with authority to eliminate student summer declared these res- 13 registration deadline. (Fresh- If the draft extension is 165,000 last year when the deferments, an authority he has trictions invalid, but it is not in men will be ineligible for this highest number was 195. The already stated he will use. itself legally binding. [Excerpts delayed - a prospect which is fall's elections, since they fail not unlikely - the top number longer Congress delays in passing College students who were from the Quinn opinion appear the residence requirement.) the draft bill, the fewer people enrolled full time in the on page 4.1 may remain below the present If Quinn's opinion is upheld ceiling.of 125. will be called this year, and the 1970-197 1 academic year will be Meanwhile, the Boston statewide-and chances seem No one has been drafted since more will be taken the year eligible for student deferments Election Commission has accept- good it will be-students will after. in the 1971-1972 school year, if ed Quinn's guidelines, and will June 30, when the government's comprise at least 25% of the basic authority to draft men into The bill is being held up by they continue to make satisfac- register anyone who can prove eligible voters in seven of the two factors not directly related tory progress in their programs residence the Army expired. Technically, for six months by state's communities, including to the draft. One is strong Sen- election day (November 2) and the government still has of study. However, those who Cambridge. In 17 more, includ- authority ate support for an amendment who simply declares he intends to induct men under enroll as freshmen this fall will ing Boston, they will make up 35 years of age who have had sponsored by majority leader not to remain in the city in- qualify for student defer- more than 10o. deferments, but -the Nixon Mike Mansfield which would ments once the law is passed. definitely. (Registration in Student voting has especially administration claims there are declare the policy of the country Boston resumes after the pri- Dr. Curtis W. Tarr, Selective great potential consequences in no plans to do so. to be that American troops are mary election today.) Service Director, said: "Few in- Cambridge, where there are car- Students born in 1951 or to be withdrawn from Vietnam coming students are likely to be Quinn's ruling would permit a rently less than 50,000 register- by the end of this year if pris- student to select his own earlier are ,ncluded in the draft- inducted in the near future ed voters out of a possible eligible pool this year if they are oners of war are released first. because of the student defer- domicile for voting purposes, 80,000 under Quinn's ruling. Of The amendment was passed by regardless of whether he lives in not deferred. Those who are i-A ment phaseout. Of the those unregistered, it is estimat- on December the Senate but considerably 1,034,000 incoming a dorm -31 and whose freshmen or fraternity, or whether ed that at least _14,000 are numbers have not been reached watered down in a House-Senate males estimated by the Office bf his parents support him.