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Boycott Receives Attem pt To Continue Today Favorable Reac tion On Downtown Merchant Student reaction to the boycott of the Student Book By KITTY PH BIN gested the establishment of a University- Store yesterday appeared to be favorable, according to IL Collegian USG Reporter operated bookstore. Undergraduate Student Government officials promoting There was no reaction to this report and the boycott. Approximately 15 members of the stu- suggestion from the Administration, while USG members in front of the store trying4o persuade dent government engineered a 12-hour boy- downtown merchants called the proposal students from entering estimated early in the day that cott yesterday of - the Student Book Store, ridiculous. ; the attempt was at least "60 per cent effective." 330 East College. Ave. A small flood of petitions from both By actual count, during the first hour of the boycott, The boycott is scheduled to continue to- students and faculty emerged near the end of 23 students either definitely agreed not to buy or sell books day and tomorrow, during the business hours the term. A campaign sponsored by a new there, or they turned away at the door and went uptown of the store. student group, Awareness through Investi- to purchase books. During the same time period, 16 stu- The boycott began at 9:00 yesterday gation and Discussion (AID), resulted in a dents entered the store, some without reading the infor- when Undergraduate Student Government petition containing over 9,000 names support- mation on the boycott being distributed by USG. President Jeff Long and Administrative Ac- ing a University-operated store. One student said, "I want to go in here and. buy some tion Commissioner Steve Gerson erected Faculty, Too books, not talk about it." signs on both sides of College Ave. The signs A faculty petition began circulating in Another stopped to tell a USG member that he had asked students not to buy new books or sell the eighth week, organized by Ronald R. imported books from England last term and that, even used ones at the Student Book Store. Maxwell, assistant professor of English. The with the import taxes, the book's had cost less than if he ' Gerson then presented Gerry Gruhn, petition as assembled to that point was pre- had bought them in State College. manager of the Student Book Store, with a sented to the University Senate at its final Several students asked where they were supposed to letter stating the purposes of the boycott. meeting March 4. At that meeting it was buy and sell books if not at the Student Book Store. They 50 ¦ 75 Per Cent decided to establish a committee to further were advised to go to any of the other downtown stores. The letter asked that students be given investigate the problem, and report its find- Several students said that they received the best prices 50 per cent of the original list price when ings to the satisfaction of a number of fac- at the SBS, plus the best service. selling used books, if the books are being ulty members, and representatives from the "I'm surprised at your choice," said one man. "I think used on campus. The letter also asked that offices of the vice president for resident in- it's by far the best store. On new book prices they're all used books be sold at 75 per cent of the list struction and the vice president for business. about the same, but the service is better. I " 1 price. Two boys at different times during the day approached L The letter concluded with the statement the store carrying stacks of books to sell. One, carrying USG OFFICIALS PASS OUT literature yesterday while explaining that upon receiving-a notarized letter from 19 textbooks, agreed to sell them elsewhere instead of boycott of the Slu- dent Book Store, on Gruhn stating that these price requests be the Student Book Store if someone would help him carry College Ave. At left is Harv Reeder. president of the sophomore granted, the boycott would be ended. them uptown. A USG member promptly took half the class; second from right is Kathy Rittner, secretary of the sophomore class. The boy- Gerson said that USG is asking the Stu- stack and escorted the student up College Avenue. dent Book Store to comply with the policy —By Kitty Philbin colt will continue todav and tomorrow. of the National Association of College Stores, of which it and the other downtown mer- .?**?* chants are members. He said that "the vast ** majority of other college stores in he coun- .•• * -*fft\~C^f Along the Campaign Trail try" who belong to the NACS follow these ** price policies. 'We're Serious' Long said that "If we can prevent 10 per cent of their (the book store's) business, we can show the Administration we're ser- ious." McCart hy/ Kennedy Go/ "I hope the students will continue to « support USG for at least another few days," SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP)—Sen . Eugene J. McCar- he would enter his name in their state primaries. Gerson said. "We're very pleased with the thy eight-mile route and what has become a familiar said yesterday that the South Vietnamese gov- McCarthy had announced earlier\that he in- ritual of the Kennedy campaign took place. way things are going. The majority of stu- <*. ernment had collapsed, and urged that President tended to go into Indiana and was considering the They swarmed about dents are supporting us and buying their Johnson and Gen. the convertible as he Creighton W. Abrams consider urging of supporters, that he enter the primary clambered up on the back, two aides clutching at books at other stores." ways to rebuild it. contest in Florida. him to keep him from Gerson said that the Student. Book Store Johnson has been tumbling off. And Kennedy conferring with Abrams, - All told, this makes nine primaries that the leaned out, grinning, to touch as many hands as was selected as the target of the boycott be- who may be picked as Gen. William Westmore- senator has entered—including the one in New he could. The youngsters squealed and jumped. cause the store deals with the largest per- land's successor as commander of American forces Hampshire and the upcoming confrontation with At one point in centage of used books of any downtown in Vietnam. the downtown business district Johnson in Wisconsin. he seized a bull horn and appealed for help in his merchant. The Minnesota Democrat, campaigning in Wis- McCarthy said he would be able to carry on political challenge to President Johnson. 'Readily Yield' W consin for his contest with the President in the only a limited campaign in the Hoosier state be- voice, He also said that the store "would more m state' But the was not the familiar Kennedy s primary Tuesday, told ah audience at Super- cause of .the press of time. sound. It is sorely strained after nearly two weeks readily yield to this reasonable request than ^ ior State University that it "is really too kind" to But once-again he expressed confidence that of heavy campaigning other bookstores, because "of certain financial 4P-f describe the South / and has faded to a whisper. Vietnamese government as core he had an even chance against Johnson and Sen. On the plane from Salt Lake City, he communicat- situations." rupt and a dictatorship. Robert F. Kennedy in the California balloting, ed by scribbling notes like "I haven't eaten yet"— Gerson said that USG is "relatively con- • 'We Mean...' which McCarthy sees as the showdown state. and talked but little. fident" that if the Student Book Store lowers m To say that a government is a dictatorship or * * * its prices, the others will follow in order to Jet Age Campaign £ corrupt indicates that "we mean there is a govern- DENVER, Colo. (AP)—A thunderous western meet the competition. ment," McCarthy said. But in another marvel of this jet age campaign The decision was the result of hours of welcome and some quick medical treatment for his his personal physician from New York was waiting And, McCarthy argued , the heart of the diffi- dying voice greeted discussion by USG, Gerson said. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy yes- at Stapleton International Airport to meet and The current bookstore situation is a culty in South Vietnam is the failure to build a ' terday as he pushed his nonstop campaign for the treat him. viable government in Saigon. carry-over from USG's efforts last term. Dis- Democratic presidential nomination. James Gould , an ear-nose-throat specialist, had He said even U. S. government officials admit Kids were let out of school to line the streets as cussion of the book-buying and selling prac- that there is fraud been on a skiing vacation-115 miles away at Aspen tices in State College began with the release , swindling and embezzlement of the tousled-haired candidate rolled by in an open and flew to Denver when summoned by the sen- V. S. aid. car flanked by police motorcycles with sirens ator. of a USG report at the beginning of last The Minnesota Democrat term. The report charged that books are not announced that he screaming. In a private room at the airport, Gould sprayed REEDER/ right, discusses the boycott with had told his supporters in Indiana and Florida that They forced it to a stop always available to students when they need four times along the Continued on vaae Eiahteen them at the beginning of the terms, and sug- passing students. 3K McCarthy Wins Favor Here By BIIL STREIN In just four hours yesterday, students Since delegates to the Pennsyl- Why are college students attracted Collegian Staff Writer collected the names of more than 100 vania Democratic convention are not to McCarthyls campaign? "Because volunteers to work for the senator.

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