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In first day Next years program funds uncertain Initiative Budget depends on initiative vote As voting opened yesterday in the Initiative on A.S. funding ot instructionally related proposal was $17,000. programs, the A.S. Budget Committee continued its preliminary planning in a tenuos A.S. women's intercollegiate activities originall), 'quested $19,120, but received turnout position. a recommendation of $12,298 from the committee. The work of the 13 -man committee is uncertain until the results of the initiative A.S. Judiciary received a recommendation of $500. At the committee's last meet- voting are in. If the Initiative passes, the committee will apparently be forced to leave ing, it recomniended a program board budget 01 $77.400. A.S. Program Board Chairman the funds of instructionally related programs at their present levels. That includes Ron Bergman and A.S. Pres. Mike Buck requested $66.900. They reianionended an more than $200.000 in A.S. funds. If it fails, the committee is free from restraints. additional $9.000. Part of the increases are due to expected additional telejatene is As committee member Andy McDonald said this week, "If the initiative is success- sparse Work study funds for A.S. projects received a recommended allocation of $8,000, ful we may have to reconsider some of the planning we've done so far." an increase of $2,500 over last year. The $8,000 was requested by Buck. By CATHY TALLYN In yesterday's budget session, one of the instructionally related programsthe The Intercultural Steering Committee received $400 more than Buck's recom- Scant voter turnout yesterday character- Music Departmentwas given a preliminary budget below its present level. mendation, with the budget committee approving $7,500. Last year's budget was $55,000. ized voting in the first day of the special (The budget committee recommendations must be approved by A.S. Council. A.S. The A.S. Legislative also benefitted with an $800 increase over last year. The election on A.S. funding of instructionally re- Pres. Mike Buck, and SJS Pres. John H. Bunzel.) committee recommended $36.000. $600 more than Buck recommended. lated programs. Setting up stiff stipulations for the marching band, the committee recommended While slight, balloting was almost twice a total of $23,960 for the Music Department with $17,000 going for music program- Other budget requests which will come up before the committee will be the A.S. as heavy in the first day as it was in February ming. It recommended that $3,785.85 be allocated for the last payment of the band's Executive, the athletic program, Spartan Daily, and the A.S. business administration. when the measure first appeared for voter uniforms, which were purchased two years ago. Buck has requested $15,000 for the A.S. Executive branch. Last year's budget approval. That election saw 881 ballots The marching band will receive, according to the committee, $3,174 if they march totaled $9,300, for the top three executive positions. cast in the two days of voting. Yesterday's by the first home game. If the band fails to march the money will revert back to the The increase of $6,000 will be considered at next week's meeting. total at 4 p.m. was 512. general fund. This recommended allocation compares to last years figure of $26,268. The next A.S. Budget Committee will be held Wednesday, April 12, in the A.S. Students are voting on whether "The The Music Department request was for $28,824 next year and A.S. Pres. Mike Buck's Business Office, at 1 p.m. funding of instructionally related programs currently funded by the A.S. Government Thursday, April 6, 1972 (Radio, TV News, Spartan Daily, Athletic and Intramural Programs, Marching Band and SC1P) shall continue to be Council funded at the present level by the A.S. until such time as alternative funding is avail- able." Today is the last day for voting. Ballot- ing will be from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the muzzles College Union and Science Quad and 9 a.m.- partan Datib 7 p.m. on Seventh Street. A.S. Attorney General Steve Burch, one Serving the State College Community 1934 of the main sponsors of the initiative has San Jose Since been concerned over A.S. President Mike member Buck's proposed cutbacks of instruction- ally related programs since last fall. By RICK MALASPINA He claims Buck wants the money for his By a nearly unanimous vote, A.S. Council proposed co-op programs such as housing, yesterday censured Councilman Rich bookstore, and food co-operatives. Overstreet. Burch charges that Buck has "lied" In an 8-1-3 decision, Council passed a about the co-op housing project at Oregon resolution introduced by Councilman Bob State as an example of a prospering co-op Hansen charging Overstreet. a lower divis- venture. ion rept esentative, with "obstructing Coun- "There is no co-op housing at Oregon cil business, violating Council law and ignor- State," said Eric Whitland yesterday. ing the spirit of the A.S. constitutional Whitland did a report on this and other preamble. - programs which is scheduled to be printed Replying to Council's censure. Overstreet by the state of California. said. "It is pretty obvious why this censure "This shows that Buck is trying to came about, and that is because of my mislead the students," said Burch. participation in the initiative election." In answer to this Buck said, "I never Overstreet, along with A.S. Attorney said there was co-op housing at Oregon General Steve Burch. is one of the major State. There is co-op book program at sponsors of this week's initiative election Oregon State." He went on to say the asking for continued A.S. support of in- bookstore provided a 10 per cent rebate to structionally related programs until al- students. ternative funding is available. Michigan State is an example of co-op Earlier this week. Overstreet was quoted housing, he said. in the Daily as terming Council's overrides of A.S. Pres. Mike Buck's vetoes of pro- gram funding a "repudiation of Mike Buck.’ At yesterdays meeting, severe criticism flared against Overstreet's allegation. Agnew to get "The only two people authorized to issue official statements regarding the opinion of Council as a whole are Steve Takakuwa, A.S. vice president and myself, vice chair- man of Council," said Councilman Matt radical award Cusimano in a stinging attack against Overst reef . Bay area radicals plan to give Vice Overstreet, however, maintained his President Spiro T. Agnew an award when stand. he comes to Palo Alto Saturday. -Any override is in a sense a repudia- The Committee for Just Rewards, a tion." he insisted after the session. coalition of several peace groups, plans to Council's censure of Overstreet carries present Agnew with the "Mouthpiece of the "Tango," a modern Polish satire, by Slawonor Mrozek will be no power other than a voicing of opinion Empire Award" when he arrives at the David Simons, Janice Garcia presented by the Drama Department April 7 -8 -and 12-15 in the College against him. Cabana Hyatt House in the evening. Theatre at 8:15 p.m. Tickets will be $2 general admission and $1. In other major action. Council overrode Agnew will be speaking to a gathering of for students. Box office is open from 1 to 5 p.m. two presidential vetoes concerning special GOP members at a dinner in the Hyatt in Mrozek comedy allocations to the Asian -American Students House. Association. Opposition to Pres. Nixon's foreign and Council's two-thirds override of Buck's domestic policies will be the main topic of vetoes sent $850 to the Filipino-American the rally. Students Association ;FASA) for its cultural Mann county prosecutor Scheduled to speak is Robert Scheer of week and $812 to Asian -American Studies the Bay Area Anti -Imperialist Coalition. for special programming. A speaker from the United Farm Workers In support of his vetoes, Buck contended Organizing Committee, a guerrilla theater that the Asian groups were guaranteed suf- and music are also planned. Thomas reconstructs fatal scene ficient funds from the A.S. Program Board under Act 50 of the A.S. Constitution. The Gary Thomas, 34, the Marin County the am. with the procecution and knowing iii and as we reached the elevalot act guarantees 10 per cent of the program prosecutor crippled by a bullet on that the testimony of previous witnesses before there was a statement made 'we've got to get budget to Asian groups. This year it amounted fatal Aug. 7 morning in Marin, testified appearing. Willie Christmas.' to $5,000. yesterday in the Angela Davis trial, that he Thomas had testified seeing William At first Council upheld Buck's position, "Someone said we don't have time we One week left shot four abductors, three of whom died. Christmas in the back of the courtroom but later reversed its decision after learning only have five minutes, but they during the incident, He admitted in an earlier went back that Program Testifying from a wheelchair, in a anyway." Board funds were depleted. quavering voice, the deputy district attor- statement t ha t Christmas w a s not Council also approved the appointment of ney recreated the scene in the van out- present in the courtroom at the break Under defense questioning Thomas said a new graduate division representative. of registration side the courthouse as three armed con- attempt.