Council Langan R Elects Recall

Send Cards Scholar Speaks The Soledad Brothers SJS Chicano Scholar-Ln-resi- Defense committee is urging dence, Froben Lozada, wW students to send Christmas speak at noon today in the cards to political prisoners. College Union Loma Prieta For a list of the prisoners Room on "The Chicano contact Joan Hammer, 795 Struggle for Self-Determina- Morse, San Jose, 295-9096. tion, Past and Present." He Cards should be printed will give a brief historical for sender's artan Dail. except analysis of the Chicano signature. Serving the San Jose State College Community Since 1934 'Struggle. Vol. 58 SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 95114, THURSDAY DECEMBER 10,1970 No. 51 Ninth Street Rent Strike Council R elects Eradicated Langan Recall A.S. Council yesterday moved to Peace and Freedom Party which failed By RAY TESSLER "oppose any continuance of a recall last week. After recinding that motion Daily Staff Writer movement as being useless and that a by a vote of 13-4, they moved to It's getting hard to tell who's ahead in working relationship can be established override his veto, which they did by a the rent strike at 429 S. Ninth St. within the A.S. government with vote of 13-4. While a contingent of striking tenants mutual cooperation." Due to the success of this week's has claimed a preliminary legal The motion, approved by a 10-5-2 Fantasy Faire being sponsored by the victory, the owner says he has nearly voice vote, charged that the recall Student-Community Involvement eradicated the strike through nego- movement has been of no value to the Program SCIP ) in the College Union, tiations with individual units. student body, has lacked real support councilmen approved a resolution that and that the charges have not shown the Faire be continued until Christmas upheld in Strikers had a demurrer themselves to be valid. vacation begins. that a complaint filed court which said Four weeks ago, council members A motion was approved to allocate Sal A. Ruiz was "vague and by owner approved a motion to support the recall $350 to the Drama Department to put on uncertain." petitions by a vote of 10-2-0. the production of -Hair." The funds Although the first complaint was Immediately following the vote to will be used to have a band play and thrown out of court, a second is being oppose continuance of the recall move, hire persons for lighting and sound. prepared as the 19 litigants promise Councilman David Krawitz moved to Three performances will be given, two they're "willing to go all the way," recall A.S. President Bill Langan and of them free to students with an A.S. according to tenant Joe Lanspa. asked that a secret ballot be taken. The card. motion was ruled out of order by Terry After half an hour of discussion, Presently, attorneys representing Speizer, A.S. vice president. council members failed to grant a $385 Ruiz and the strikers are planning to Then, council members voted to request to have a woman attorney from meet in hopes of negotiating a settle- recind a motion approved last week Mexico come to SJS to review and ment with the apartments on strike. asking the A.S. Judiciary to make a analyze work done by the Business Originally 21 units joined the strike to ruling on the constitutionality of the Department on the "Mexican- force a lowering of rents and prompt required two-tirds voter ratification to American economic behavior." repair work in many apartments. approve the recall election. The motion An allocation of $274 was granted to failed by a 7-10 vote, therefore a judicial Warren Benjamin to But now strikers and Ruiz differ on represent SJS at interpretation will still be given. the National Speech estimates of the number of participants Communications In another move, Councilman David Convention. Some $236 in the month and a half long strike. was granted to Long moved to recind the pending case Jimmy Clewis who was injured in "He Ruiz) got a lot of people to go off last of the constitutionality of Steve spring's rock concert in Spartan strike...by making small repairs which Brennan, A.S. executive vice president Stadium and a request of $2,763 to the were mistook for improvements," said and upper division representative on Masters Candidates for film editing Lanspa. council, holding two offices. The case equipment failed. He denied, however, Ruiz' assertion has been pending in the A.S. Judiciary Appointments approved include that now only six units remain on since September. The motion failed by Preston Cox, Richard Kass, Gary strike. "He's gotten about five apart- a vote of 8-9. Cushing to Spartacamp; Stanley ments off strike by directly negotiating, In other action, council members Wilson, David Valdez to the Student but he's still been unsuccessful in moved to recind a motion to override Faculty Liaison; and Thom Chivers breaking the strike because of a Langan's veto of allocating $80 to the to the Recreation and Leisure Studies. developing core of activists there," Lanspa said. Ruiz and the strikers also disagree on the extent of repairs made at the 25 unit Psych Profs Attack complex. While strikers feel that recently made improvements are minor, Ruiz said he has spent about $6000 laying carpets in 18 units and painting six. Jensen Genetic Idea used to label ethnic groups in The tenants holding out seek to obtain SJS faculty and students systemati- tests are an insulting and defaming manner," he a lowering of rents and extensive cally refuted Dr. Arthur Jensen's tests were made repairs. In late October, the strikers controversial theory that blacks are said. -These exclusively for a white middle class decided a rent reduction was in order genetically inferior to whites at the first culture and it is a disservice to give this and pledged to pay the reduced amount session of a two-day symposium yester- test to any other people." of $140 a month. Although they con- FAR OUT. FUN IN For the past four days students have homemade wares, the Faire has been declared an unquali- day in the Loma Prieta Room of the Jensen's belief that environmental sidered the sum a just rent, Ruiz said he been buying and "tripping" within the atmosphere of the fied success. The Faire, sponsored by Student Community College Union. factors are minimal checked rates elsewhere and found his "Fantasy Faire." Designed to create a friendly atmosphere Involvement Program, opened Monday and will continue There were few blacks in the in determining intelligence original scale comparable. offering students and non-students a place to sell or buy through 5 p.m. tomorrow. See story, more pictures, page 6. audience of about 300. The s.,mposium, was also attacked by Dr. -Daily photo by Ron Burda entitled "The Unintelligent Use of Andersen. The testing situation Intelligence Tests," sponsored by SJS strongly influences tests scores tutorials and Psi Chi, psychology because the scores are obtained in an Semana Chicana society, will continue today in the Loma artificial hot house situation, Dr. Prieta Room at 1 p.m. Andersen said. "The effects of the Dr. Bernadene Allen, Tutorials, testing situation"destroy what we're presented a brief introduction and testing. definition of the Jensen theory. Jensen Ayesha Andersen, a student in theorizes that black people preform, on genetics at U.C. Berkeley referred little 'Community Oppression' Topic the average, more poorly than whites to Jensen's theory, but said "Racists on standard IQ tests and that special have consistently attempted to equate programs of compensatory education socio-political data with biological By KEN ENCINAS experience" for all, Semana Chicana "Our language is the most important Speaking in both Spanish and so far tried have not had much success origin. Daily Staff Writer has been just that. Tuesday night's thing to help us grow as a family and English, he provided comic relief, as he in removing this difference. Jensen "Race," she said, "is a useful and audience was spotted with students, reflect our culture," he said. Semana Chicana, the week-long Chi- filled his speech with humorous events proposes separate educational systems valid term." One may count a sample parents and young children. has been of the chromosomes cano symposium currently underway, HISTORY that have taken place while he for blacks and whites since intelligence of an individual to Chicano involvement in community get an ended its second evening of Chicano The second guest speaker, Jack active in community affairs. arises primarily from genetic causes. indication of race. But, she said, problems to fight those wishing to Brito, came right to the point, "We're "We'll never be without problems but Dr. Milton Andersen, psychology, categorizing a person as to race LI speakers, scholars, entertainment and oppress them was the main theme of going to surprise a lot of people, but the beautiful thing happening now is spoke chiefly on IQ tests but contended arbitrary. community people Tuesday night. The Tuesday night's program. This theme we're going to make it," he said. that we're becoming part of the that Dr. Jensen's theory is a "one- She said that the popular classi- Coma Prieta Room in the College Union was brought to life by Jack Brito and Brito gave the audience a history solutions," he said. sided, punitive, unintelligent attempt to fication of black and white do not mean Jose Villa, guest speakers who have lesson. He demonstrated the growth the Chicano Week will be continuing oppress people." that these people have different kinds of was filled with a proud, mostly brown, been actively involved in Chicano Chicano has made since 1950 and urged through Saturday from 7 to 11 p.m.

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