Minah fears Teamster reprisals By Dan Neuharth Teamsters said "our truck drivers aren't allowed In the continuing controversy over the United under the law to refuse to deliver to anybody." Farm Workers (UFW), boycott of non-union "Hot Cargo" iceberg lettuce Ted Minah, director of the Duke According to Durham, the "Hot Cargo Act," dining halls, said yesterday there is a "strong and act of Congress makes it illegal not to deliver possibility" the Teamster's union truckers would goods even in the case of a store or organization refuse to deliver any food to Duke if the dining boycotting Teamster goods, and only buying halls boycotted non-UFW lettuce. others. However, the President of Teamster's local Minah said he knew of at least one case where union 391 said it would be illegal for the the Teamsters had refused to deliver goods to an Teamsters not to deliver goods to any place that entire city. When asked what city, Minah said he boycotted Teamster's products, including did not know Teamster harvested lettuce. The lettuce controversy began when Minah Referendum said 75% of his lettuce was UFW, and 25% was Minah has said he will not boycott non-UFW Teamsters. Several Chronicle checks of West. lettuce unless more than 1,000 students request a Campus dining halls over the past week, however, boycott in the referendum scheduled for October revealed no UFW lettuce; most was Teamsters and 26. Minah said yesterday a possible Teamster's some was even non-union. refusal to deliver goods to Duke would have to be Lettuce check considered "very carefully and seriously" when Another check last night showed 19 boxes of he made a final decision whether or not to lettuce, 16 Teamsters packed, 3 non-union boycott non-UFW lettuce. "The Teamsters have every right not to deliver The concern over lettuce is part of a to us, and if they chose not to supply us* we'd nationwide boycott, initiated by Cesar Chavez' have to close down the dining halls," Minah said. UFW of California. Chavez charges that the R.V. Durham, President of local 391 of the (Continued on Page 12) the Volume 68, Number 27 Durham, North Carolina Eating a leaf of non-union lettuce, (photo by Frank Friday, October 6, 1972 chronicle Owen) CWRO hears Hobby, receives $100 grant By Jim Poles given to the 20 or so people an internal revenue official A meeting last evening of at the meeting. may come to a taxresister's the Community Welfare At the meeting, a check residence to ask questions. Rights Organization for $100 was presented by Snider explained that his (CWRO) occasioned a Lyle Snider, a member of group originally banded donation by a war tax the Community of War Tax together to ensure resisters group and a guest Resisters. friendship and security in appearance by former N.C. Snider explained that the the event that an internal gubernatorial candidate group is made up of revenue agent visited one of Wilbur Hobby. individuals who withold them. The CWRO, according to payment of the federal Since its original their publications, functions excise phone tax or the organization, Snider as an advisory group to federal income tax. explained, the group has low-income families in the ''We do not feel created an "alternative Durham area, concerning comfortable paying for the fund" whereby members welfare rights. killings of other people. can donate an equivalent The group is composed There are more pressing amount of tax-money they of low-income families, human needs to be attended have refused to pay. This many of whom are to," Snider said. money then goes to recipients of welfare, social Snider explained that philanthropic distribution security, food stamps, or one does not lose phone to human interest medicaid. service if the excise tax is organizations such as War tax not paid. He also said that CWRO. In anticipation of no individual has been Welfare "mess" Hobby, president of the prosecuted for non-payment Hobby spoke to the N.C. AFL-CIO, who was of the tax, and that there is group primarily on the scheduled as the evening's usually little harassment. welfare "mess," and he speaker, a description of the internal Revenue blasted the Nixon Wilbur Hobby at Friends Meeting House. (Photo by Mary Tietz) war tax movement was He said that occasionally Administration for its lack of concern with "the little man, the little person." Hobby pointed to Nixon's vetos of bills Grad center faces uncertain future already passed by Congress, including Day Care and Work-Aid programs and By Eve Silberman around eighty male grad students next year. came to Duke. three HEW bills on A decision on whether the Duke will be forced to leave the grad "We aren't sure," he added, "but "This issue of expanding into education. center. Medical Center will expand its my guess is that the move would the grad center has been dragging Hobby also lambasted offices into a first floor wing of the Opposition not take place until next year and on for years," he said. "We hope to Nixon's proposed Graduate Center will be reached Acknowledging this opposition, maybe not even until the year after settle the question at this meeting." "workfare" program which within the next few weeks, Provost Cleaveland said that he hoped to that." In a separate interview that day, would get, welfare recipients Frederic Cleaveland said in a work with the graduate students "We're moving ahead with the the president of the Graduate working saying that 55 telephone interview on Wednesday. involved to reach "What he termed construction of more student Students Association, Ronald percent of welfare recipients "We plan to have a meeting on "a satisfactory solution." housing units," he said.( "These Bleier, talked of student opposition are children, 15.6 percent the matter soon," he said, "to settle When asked whether there units will be available to married to the proposed expansion. are aged and 9.4 percent are this question." would be a grad student at the students, grad students and junior "We see this situation as a crisis blind or are otherwise The question of the expansion forthcoming meeting, Cleaveland faculty members." one," he said, "which may disabled. has become controversial due to the replied, "I would hope so." We've got to come to terms with eventually lead to the takeover of Hobby said "the only strong protests of many of the Cleaveland declined to speculate the whole graduate student housing the entire grad center by the Health way that children can get graduate students living in the on the outcome of the decision issue," he said. Center." off welfare is to give them a center. now. He did say if approval is given Cleaveland pointed out that the Bleier said he has met with quality education and thus The students are concerned that for the Medical Ceter expansion, it decision to expand into the grad Cleaveland to discuss the question. if the expansion plans go through would probably not take place until center had been reached before he (Continued on Page 16) (Continued on Page 2) Page Two The Chronicle Friday, October 6, 1972 Burger subordinate worked to weaken bill By Fred P. Graham companies to follow safety standards or to pay damages if about consumer bills. <C) 1972 NYT News Service their products cause injuries. Rep. John E. Moss, D—Calif., who is the chief House WASHINGTON-The chief administrative officer of Corcoran was quoted yesterday by Jack Anderson, the sponsor of the bill, said yesterday, "If this is true, and the federal courts under Chief Justice Warren E. Burger columnist, as stating that Kirks, saying he was acting for there is very little evidence that has surfaced that it is not has worked with a Washington drug industry lawyer in an Chief Justice Burger, asked Corcoran to see the Speaker true, it is a shocking and offensive intrusion by the Chief effort to weaken the product safety bill now pending about watering down the bill. Justice into the legislative process, bordering on judicial before Congress. He said he was doing so to avoid Burger has warned in speeches against enacting misconduct." anincrease in federal court cases. consumer legislation that he contends would create more Albert said that he did not know whether Corcoran Rep. Carl Albert of Oklahoma, Speaker of the House, cases and clog the heavily burdened federal courts. In a was speaking as "a lobbyist for a lawyer" when he came acknowledged yesterday that a man "assiciated with speech before the American Bar Association four days to Capitol Hill with the man who has been identified as judicial administration" came to see him last August with before the approach to Albert, the Chief Justice called Kirks. Albert said he did not catch Kirks's name or title, a Washington lawyer, Thomas G. Corcoran. The man was upon Congress to refrain from passing any bills without but the Speaker added that he understood him to be an subsequently identified as Rowland F. Kirks, the director first considering their impact on the courts. official "associated with judicial administration', who was of the administrative office of the United States courts. Yesterday, Burger's office and Kirks's office referred there "to verify what Tommy was saying." Corcoran, a former New Deal official widely known as all questions about the incident to the Supreme Court's "He said a provision in the bill would throw a lot more Tommy the Cork, has several clients in the drug industry, information officer, Banning E.