Nixon Sends Troops to Post Office

Nixon sends troops to post office (United Press International) In South Bend, the mail ser nel from various areas in the return to work, but union lead other major cities, I will not President Nixon, declaring a vice continued as usual except New York area. They were un ers said the advent of troops in hesitate to act..." state of national emergency, yes that delivery to embargoed armed, but dressed in working the city would only stiffen the Senate Republican leader terday ordered 2,500 servicemen areas have been held. Among fatigues. resolve of the National Associa Hugh Scott, briefing reporters to help deliver mail in New York areas completely embargoed are Nixon issued the proclama tion of Mail Carriers and sym following a White House meeting City and promised to send the entire New York City metro tion declaring the national emer pathy strikers to remain off the of congressional leaders on the troops to other cities unless the politan area, most of New J er gency and the executive order job until wage demands were strike, said Congress would not mailmen end their wildcat strike. sey, all of Connecticut; and parts authorizing the call up of guards met by negotiation. act to raise postal wages until Eleven hundred Army troops of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wis men simultaneously with a seven At issue, the President said in the wildcat strike is ended. at Ft. Dix, N.J.. immediately consin, Minnesota, and Illinois. minute radio-television broad ordering the troops in, "is the "Congress is not going to act started for New York by bus but All 2nd, 3rd and 4th class cast to the Nation on his action survival of a government based under compulsion," he said. one postal union official said it matter was under embargo for to deal with the postal strike. on law. Essential services must Although Scott insisted Con would take nine months for the the Chicago area, but Post Mas About 168,000 postal work be maintained." gress would take no action as Gls to learn the job. ter Granville Ziegler, in an article ers, most of them in New York, New York, said Nixon, "is long as the walkout continued, Nixon authorized Defense in the South Bend Tribune, said Philadelphia, and Chicago, stay where the currently illegal stop House Democratic leader Carl Secretary Melvin R. Laird to call that first class mail was not ed off th~ job yesterday in the pages began. It is where the mail Albert said he would talk with into active service for an indefi being affected. walkout over wage interests. The has been halted the longest, and Senate Democratic leader Mike nite period "any or all units of But the 2,500 men ordered to strike, opposed by union leaders, it is where the resultant prob Mansfi'eld to see if Congres~ the Army National Guard and New York late Monday after began Wednesday in New York lems have become the most a could speed a postal pay bill to the Air National Guard" necess noon were regulars from Ft. Dix, and quickly spread to other ma cute. the White House. Both he and ary to restore normal mail deli McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., jor metropolitan areas. "If the postmaster general (Continued on page 7) veries. and Marines and naval person- Nixon urged the strikers to deems it necessary to act in SLC passes proposa favoringOmbudsma by Bill Carter cessful use of an office of Om The Student Life Council last budsman on over 40 campuses night passed a proposal calling around the country including for the council to advocate the Michigan State, Chicago Univer establishment of an official posi sity, SUNY at Stonybrook and tion of Untversity Ombudsman. Berkeley. The council agreed to recom "We feel there is a need for mend the formation of such an this office to serve every mem office to the Faculty Senate and ber of the Notre Dame commun College Councils, and to work ity," Houck said in presenting with those bodies in determining the rationale for the proposal. the details for the method of "We can't establish the office selection and specific duties of ourselves but we would like to the position. see the council go on record as The Council also discussed the encouraging other bodies on proposed changes in the body's campus to debate the issue and by-laws and successfully amend examine the possibilities of such ed and passed the first section of a proposal and its difficulties." the new document before the In outlining some of the possi adjournment time. The remain ble functions of the office, der of the changes will be taken McKenna noted complaints aris Phillip Faccenda, Special to t, told the yeste~day . _r~ of Trus up at the first meeting after the ing out of questionable grades in tees had reached a decision on its parietal hours proposal. J ne Hoard will present 1ts dec1s1on to the Easter vacation. a course, disputes over schedul SLC on April 6. In the meantime, the Board will be working on a rationale for the decision. At the outset of the meeting, ing of courses, and a system of Chairman James Massey intro examining some of t'he reasons duced three new members to the behind student cheating instead St. Mary's Staff Students: council. Joseph J. Weisenstein of mere disciplinary action. He was added as a representative of also mentioned the possibility of the law students, and Stanley turning the academic problems Liberty and Richard Humbrecht over to an Academic Grievances 'An impossible situation' were seated as representing the Committee as a means toward by Ann Conway m " to sickness or failure to report to graduate students. All three will eliminating some of the work to gra · work. In the new contract stu- St. Mary's staff students are Although the staff program is have speaking privileges but will be done by the Ombudsman, being gradually phased out at dents would not be compensated currently engaged in a dispute not have a vote on the council. because most of his work would SMC, the new contract affect for this time. Under the present with the administration over the Before beginning the official entail non-academic problems, terms of new contracts pre approximately 32 students. program, if a girl is sick the agenda, Administration represen such as those closely involved Under the new contract these nurse reports her ill and the girl sented to the students recently. tative Philip Faccenda, Special with student life in general. students would be allowed to gets earning credit. Staff stu This contract represents the first Assistant to the President, was The proposal was unanimous dents fear that changes in this asked to report on the proceed ly passed. written contract for the program continue in their respective pro- policy might endanger the health which has been in existence for grams (ranging from a 30 to a I 5 of other students. If staff stu ings of the recently concluded The remainder of the meeting hour work week), but would be the past 40 years. dents fearing loss of earning time Board of Trustees meeting in centered upon the report of the subjected to new policies. In an interview Friday even would report for work sick and Key Biscayne, Florida. Faccenda By-Laws Committee with their One of the contract changes ing, two staff student representa possibly contaminate the food said the Trustees had discussed three page revision of the Coun would deny staff students the tives, Chris Wedryk and Sue or infect other students. the student life proposals and cil's by-laws. The committee, right to count time spent eating Spanos, contended that the new · Selection of student super report of the council and had set which included Mr. Faccenda their meals during their working up a committee to draft a state and Prof. Charles Allen, was contract jeopardized the staff visors by the Food Service Direc students' academic life at SMC. periods as earning time ..Under ment for presentation to the headed by student representative tor has also come under attack They claimed it was also in the new contract, a girl would council. He said the statement Guy De Sapio. De Sapio in by the Staff Students. They feel direct contradiction to a promise lose 5 to 6 hours of pay a week. will be ready for the April 6 speaking for the document, that the administration is taking by Msgr. John J. McGrath, SMC "It would be impossible," ac meeting of the council. pointed out the major changes in cording to Miss Wedryk, "for a away their right to be student president, at a staff students' supervised by those that they The Ombudsman proposal the old system of the council's meeting before Christmas. girl to take a class load of I 2 elect. Under the present verbal was co-l>ponsored by Phil Mc structure. Most of the significant According to Miss Wedryk, hours a semester (minimum load contract, these staff officers are Kenna and Prof. John Houck. changes focused on questions of "Father McGrath announced to be officially designated as a in charge of meals and super Both expressed the idea that membership and the tri-partite that the staff program would be student) and work for this addi vision of the girls' activities. there was a need for some sort nature of the council. The com discontinued and assured us that tional period." "This action Although the staff students of service on campus to which mittee advocated a regulation there would be no changes in would increase the number of originally requested a written students and faculty alike could calling for a 2/3 presence of the our present program.

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