Saxon to Testify Tonight at State of California Building Downtown by J Ohn H
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Saxon to Testify Tonight at State Of California Building Downtown by J ohn H. Taylor Editor-ln-cbief UC President Saxon, the object of an anti-Central Intelligence Agency demonstration Nov. 25 that resulted in alleged violations of University regulations by 10 Triton Times staffers con tributing to this story were Sara Lowen, James G. Solo, Craig Uchida and Brian Davis. students, will appear tonight at disciplinary hearings for the students in downtown San Diego. Although neither the student affairs office nor the public affairs office knew if a decision on the location had been made, the Triton Times learned yesterday the hearings will be held in room B-I09 of the State of California building, 1350 Front St. Saxon was scheduled to appear Milton Gordon, UC counsel in student hearings. Feb. 27, and about 200 supporters of the charged students staged a students are urged to sign up early. am in the recreation gym Cl n rally to coincide with the UCSD police chief Hugh French ference room. President's testimony. The said last night the 16 UC police Two Phone Call demonstrators disrupted the officers-from RiverSide, UCLA, Interpreta tions hearings after a speech and a Irvine and Santa Barbara-who Hearings resumed on campu. pantomime on the gym steps. backed up UCSD officers Wed Wednesday morning for the firs But Saxon cancelled at the last nesday and yesterday would be time since the Feb. 27 demon minute, saying he had to appear at available for security at tomorrow stration, when a session was ad a UC budget hearing ' n night's hearing. journed after the room could not bE. Sacramento. There will also be morning and cleared of demonstrators. afternoon sessions, beginning. at 9 Continu~ on Page 8 A definite starting time for the evening hearing has not been Marco LiMandri released, but Saxon is scheduled to New Bill Requires Regents arrive in San Diego at 6 pm. A UC San Diego spokesman said the To Disclose Investments Members Question UMandri hearings would convene within 30 minutes to an hour ' after his by Cbris Bowman Dunlap said that since UC's arrival. Staff Writer investments are made with pubUc \ SACRAMENTO A bill money, they should be open to Use of Coop Monies Students will be allowed to at requiring full public disclosure of public inspection. tend the meeting if they sign up in by Jame. G. Soto the UC Board of Regents' in "Our vote should be cast to open the student affairs office City EdItor vesbnent decisions and stock corporate operations to public beforehand. Space is limited- Marco LiMandri, the fonner co-director of the student Cooperative's holdings was recently introduced scrutiny. This is just another area External Affairs Statewide Collective, has used over $100 in Coop um by State Sen. John Dunlap (0- where government has been less brella funds for the publication of a report calling for the abolishment of Yolo). than completely open. This fact, the Student Body Presidents' Council (SBPC) and a severe redirection of Weare Recall Under terms of the bill, the coupled with corporate student politics in the UC system. Regents' investment committee manipulation, has created a large LiMandri wrote the report after he resigned from the Statewide would be required to list for the void," he said External Affairs position and gave up his seat on the SBPC early in the Effort Fails public all their common stock According to Dunlap's staff, the fall quarter. holdings and how they vote as Regents have traditionally Members of the Coop, including the present SBPC co-representative shareholders in corporate elec followed corporate managements' Fred Speck, ' have questioned the expenditure of Coop monies for 'In Del Mar tions. reconunendatio~ in their voting LiMandri's project because the report is basically a private opinion by Sara Lowen UC presently has invested more and iInored questions of social rather than a statement of Coop principles or programs. CommunJty Editor than $647 million of endowment, responsibility. Speck said that although he had no reservations about the publication of Del Mar voters indicated their retirement pension and other funds John Harrington, Dunlap's aide, the report if LiMandri had done it as an individual, his use of Coop funds support for the environmentalist in common stock. said the Regents have voted has injected the Coop into the controversy, and raises the question of the policies of the city council in The Regents' portfolio includes against shareholders' proposals to propriety of his actions. Tuesday's election, electing three dozens of rn3jor domestic and prohibit sex discrimination in Of the $112.82 of Coop funds spent by LiMandri, $73.44 went to pay for 18 envirorunentalists to the city foreign firms including IBM, Continued on Page 8 hours of secretarial time to type the manuscrlpt. :sandra Sterling, the council, approving the Community BankAmerica Corp., Standard Oil Student Organizations secretary who typed the LiMandri paper, said she Plan and voting down a proposal to of California and Ohio, ARCO, typed the report because "as a founder of the Coop and a fonner member recall councilperson John Weare. General Electric, General Mills, Anti·Semitism of the External Affairs collective he (LiMandri) had the privilege." Hervey Sweetwood, Al Caterpillar Tractor, Union Pacific, , Coop Might CbaUenge Tarkington and incumbent Eastman Kodak, Hewlett Sterling said, however, that she had never been approached before with Richard Rypinski won council Packard, Hercules Inc., Squibb a demand for as much work as LiMandri's paper entailed. LiMandri's seats, receiving the most votes in a Corp., Pfizer and 3M Company. Examined request has been the only one made by someone who was not a Coop of field of seven candidates. File Annual Report by Nick Vanocur ficer at the time of the work order. Sweetwood and Rypinski voiced Dunlap's measure would require tafl Writer " The Coop structure doesn't allow for the type of introspection that support for the open space policies the University and all other state might challenge thiI type of request," sterling said. "However, since the agencies holding common stock to La t Tuesday night, the subject of the city council in their cam of antl-semitism was examined in costs were 10 high, the Coop might challenge this sort of request in the paigns and said they would pursue file annual reports with the future." . the second e ion of the Fourth them if elected. Secretary of State detailing the . Ac~rding to Sterlin& Coop umbrella expenses are budgeted with the number of shares owned and their College symposium on Race and Tarkington said he agreed with Racism. lntentl~ of paying for the operating expenses of that organization. In the the policy of preserving and votes on issues at all shareholder past thIS fund has been UIed by Coop members to pay for paper, ink, meetings. The session consisted of two acquiring open spaces, though he parts, a bic ntennial award win telephones and other miscellaneoua expenses. felt that the council must cut non However, the agencies would not LiMandri said Monday that he doesn't understand what the fuss has be required to explain their vote . ning film, "J ws in Am rica," and e sential services to finance th a c mmentary on anti emitism b been about. He said that the amount 'of money actually spent was small, open space purchases. These reports would be made just a few dollars for paper and postage. available to th public. Dr. Harry Nadler and hi wife Ross Wa Cl e t EI anor. adl r i the chainnan of LiMandri said that Sterling was able to answer and run the office and Marshall Ro s came clo est to other Coop duties while typing the report. Dunlap estimated that U~ cunl til UCSII ui" V\.· .. nvf the Jewish gaining a council seat, receiving various public retirement systems Anti-D Carnation League. "Everybody in the Coop kenw I was going to write the paper after I nine votes less than Tarkington. He resigned from the SBPC," said LiMandri. "Now that the thing has been in California have approximately In the fi part of the ion, was followed by Julianna Bar $15 bilUon invested in stocks and the adl rs plaini'd that anti- published people are getting upset." tanyl, Joe Frivaldsky, Clark S..... t Lobby Auex Faadt bonds. UC is one of the largest mitism is the oldest of all Almgren and Gordon [)enyes. institutional investors in the state, prejudices and is based upon a If Copies of the report -were sent out to all SBPC members, selected The Community Plan was passed newspapers, all Black Student Unions, MECHAs and Native American holding stock, bond and perpetuating cycle of myths. They by a sound margin, nearly a year miscellaneous equity porUolio said that once any pattern of Coatmaetllll Pap 8 •• t ••••••• <{9ptinu~ ~ Pa. 8 worth more than $1 .4 billion. CoaUaued OD Pa 8 - - - .---.. ----.-~- Pale! Friday, March 5, 1976 •r'.OII .'.U1('S Friday, March 5,1976 Page 3 LeHers 0 the Editor An Open Letter to the C arges of Hearings Bias. Refuted Chancellor from the GSU We would like to know what criteria was used in the selection of Some thoughts about the in 2) Because they are inherently help administrate." What has an Professor Lugannani as hearing officer for the limited access vestigative hearings: biased insofar as the hearing of individual's acceptance or proceedings against the 10 students who protested UC complicity with a (Much ·Jf the following will be an ficer is merely a puppet of some rejection of the institution of murderous, torturous agency of the Federal Government on Nov.