Senate Completes Work on Budget By)Y Steve Hoffman
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Vol. IV, No. THE37 Serving theOBSERVER Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s College Community WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1969 Senate completes work on budget by)y Steve Hoffman . The Senate, meeting as a Speaking for the Observer, Society which were carried over Speaking in opposition to After surviving initial Senate-of-the-whole, granted Publisher Don Holliday and from last week’s session. these proposals, SBP Phil indecision concerning correct formal approval to all but two ofEditor Guy DeSapio appealed Shortly after the meeting was McKenna and Stay Senator John parliamentary procedure, the the previous budget the committee’s recommenda convened, a motion was made to Zimmerman argued that Student Senate, last night, recommendations of the tion that the newspaper receive refer consideration of this indecisiveness of the Senate on finalized the student government committee-as-a-whole. only $9000. budget to the Human Affairs this question would recreate the budget. Apart from controversy Reversals of Senate opinion Their arguments, coupled Committee. sandbox image of last year. involving budgeting for the were focused on increased with the endorsement of Senators Thrasher, Hunter, McKenna felt that since other Afro-American Society, business budgetary allocations to the Student Body Vice-President and Guiffrida claimed that, since budgets were not requested to was conducted rapidly and Observer and to the Fred Dedrick, cited the need for hasty decisions involving this be referred to a special concisely. Contemporary Arts Festival. a daily paper to provide“ explosive issue” would be committee, the Afro-American necessary communication for detrimental to the community, budget should not be awarded the entire campus. In addition, an opportunity for the questionthis privilege. He struck out at they reiterated previous to be studied in depth is vital. * ‘guilt feelings,” and explanations that theObserver is Hunter contended that the “intimidations,” and said that if an expanding newspaper, and to Afro-American budget cannot be the motion was passed, it would cut back on its funding would be considered in the same vein as be a direct slap at the Finance to invite a reversal of this budgets of other campus groupsCommittee’s efforts. improvement. can. Stating that the issue was Zimmerman and McKenna The Senators were sufficiently not simply a monetary question, concluded that the Senate must impressed with these H unter raised philosophical be mature enough to cope with contentions, and with the questions of whether or not the the issue and any racist admission that the Observer is blacks deserved the money. implications it might entail. striving to become self-sufficient Reinforcing Hunter’s ideas, However, the motion as next year, to agree to the paper’sTom Thrasher said that if action proposed by the Human Affairs original request of $12,000. is passed quickly, the Senate will Committee was passed by a vote Also receiving additional do a disservice to itself and to of 27-19. allotm ents was the the blacks. He emphasized that It was at this juncture in the Contemporary Arts Festival. the Senate would not be dodging evening that parliamentary Emphasizing the bleak future of its responsibility in referring the procedure was contested, and the Festival without a more matter to the Committee, and Robert’s Rules of Order played generous budget, CAP that the Committee, whose its role. proponents succeeded in voting p r im a r y function is to Hunter first denied down the committee investigate racism on campus, McKenna’s suggestion that all recommendation of $2000. would thoroughly research the other budgets be referred to Stay Senator Tom Thrasher’s issue. (continued on page 3) further recommendation that the Finance Committee’s original proposal of no funds atMixed campus reaction all met with equal disapproval. Rick Libowitz then moved the allocation of $3000, and this to Nixon war speech motion was clearly passed. The greatest area of Phil Bosco by Bill Carter controversy during the meeting had said little new and didn’t The Senate reconsidered the 69-70 budget in a centered on the budgetary The reaction to President believe the speech really changed meeting last evening. requests of the Afro-American Nixon’s speech last night on the anyone’s mind, but he supported Vietnam war was expectedly Nixon’s aim in the speech. “I mixed among the more don’t think he could have said politically active members of the anything else. A pull-out now Draft resisters probed Notre Dame community. From would be political suicide and the comments received from by Paul Gallagher private interview with one of the or what they had in mind in setting up a definite time table both students and faculty who would mean suicide for the The South Bend office of the men involved in the ceremony. attempting to set up the private have been closely involved with negotiations. I think the best Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI officials confirmed that interview. the Vietnam issue it was clear thing he said was that the end of (FBI) has begun looking into the an investigation is underway. Contacted by the FBI was that the polarization of opinion October 15 draft card tearing However, they refused to answer Peter Smith, a soft-spoken U.S. involvement might not come on the war was affected very ceremony which took place onany questions about the state of mathematics professor at Saint from the negotiations, but from little by Nixon’s address. The the Notre Dame campus as part the investigation or to speculate Mary’s College who joined one something else like this Viet- one opinion shared by almost all of a Moratorium Day Mass. as to whether legal action would Notre Dame professor and five namization plan. of those interviewed was that News o the investigation was be initiated against those persons students in the Moratorium day “ His appeal for unity was the speech had essentially released to the OBSER VER late being investigated. action. According to Smith, the most likely an attempt to calm nothing new to say. yesterday afternoon in the wake They refused further to make FBI first contacted him by some portions of the population Student Body President Phil of the discovery that the FBI any comment as to how their phone on Monday night. “They but I really don’t believe it will McKenna didn’t find very much had taken steps to obtain a investigations normally proceed wanted me to give them a signed be very effective. It will in the speech to react to. “It’s statement as to why I tore up probably be about as ineffective hard to comment on a speech my draft card” , he explained. as the moratorium was in New York re - elects Lindsay that said nothing. I believe it was influencing him.” “ And they also wanted me to all merely an attempt to appease The demonstration of Nixon’s Stokes, first Negro to be elected sign a waver of my Student Senator Tom coattail pulling power on behalfmayor of a major city, was in a some people, especially theThrasher also backed Nixon’s constitutional rights to remain dissenters. But I don’t believe he of two GOP gubernatorial photo finish contest with his silent.” motives in making the address. candidates overshadowed several white Republican opponent, accomplished this at all. I know “I think it was the most clear, In Smith’s view, the FBI was he didn’t change my opinion and dozen tight city mayorality races Ralph T. Perk, in Cleveland. probably attempting to get him forthright, sincere laying of all in such big cities as New York, Stokes, a Democrat, trailed I don’t think he changed many the cards on the table that the to sign a statement of his own others. There were probably a Cleveland, Detriot, Pittsburgh County Auditor Perk by 44 because to date he had merely American people have heard so votes but the 24 precincts to be couple of million people around and Louisville, Ky. signed a statement prepared far. I believe his analysis of how counted were in black areas this country who wanted to In New York, incumbent jointly by the seven persons difficult the situation is was a John V. Lindsay, repudiated by where Stokes was assured a huge march on Washington as soon as good one, even though it’s sure involved in the resistance action. he finished talking last night.” his own Republican party in the majority. “ I deduce,” said Professor The figures were Perk Chris Wolfe agreed that Nixon (continued on page 8) primaries, spurted to victory Smith, “that they wanted the 1 1 5,752, Stokes 115,708. over Democrat Mario A. interview for use in court.” Procaccino and Republican John Stokes gained more than 6,000 At first Smith agreed to talk J. Marchi. votes in the last fifty precincts to the agent and suggested that With 2,326 of the city’s 5,293 counted, all from heavily Negro they meet at his home on election districts reporting, wards. Tuesday morning. The father of Lindsay had 409,903 votes as an The atmosphere at Stokes’ three felt that this might prove Independant and the Liberal headquarters remained calm, an opportunity to speak to a party candidate. Democrat however, as aides said the man who might not have been Mario A. Procaccino had nation’s first elected major city exposed to anti—military views 297,52 1 and Republican Negro mayor had received the before and thus an opportunity Conservative John J. Marchi had 20 per cent of the white vote he to change someone. 173,692. Voting was heavy. needed to win. However, later in the evening Negro candidates tested black As in his 1967 election Professor Smith called his lawyer political power at the polls in (continued from page 2) Dr.