1969-09-26; Central Michigan Life

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CMU to take part in nation-wide Vietnam Moratorium
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By JOE BAKER
LIFE NEWS EDITOR
Central Michigan University faculty and students
will have the opportunity to take part in a nationwide moratorium against the war in Vietnam Oct. 15.
; Students on campuses from coast to coast have called, for a moratorium on 'business as usual'"' oh that,
-day to YfQrk for peace. The Vietnam Moratorium
is an effort to maximize .public pressure to end the
war by encouraging a broad cross section of Americans
to work against the war, according to the national
Vietnam Moratorium,Committee.
Heading the Central Michigan: committee is Paul
Puma, Arlington, Mass. senior.' He said'this is
the perfect opportunity for Central students to get in
step with the rest of the nation."
Puma said the Moratorium's plans are to stop business on Oct. 15 to allow concerned citizens to spend
that day participating in anti-war programs;
The committee has also urged all students and
faculty to stay from .classes on that day.  Puma
said, he plans to organize some sort of a peaceful
rally, discussion groups, and possibly some movies '
on the war.       - * - '       "" ■   f
Participation Stressed
He stressed that •'participation in the Moratorium I
. is a. committment to intense work and to peace. It is 1
a committment which signals the endtodivisivenessj
and the beginning of successful cooperative action."
Over 500 colleges and universities.across the United States have joined the Moratorium cause and will
take part in programs on their own campuses Oct. 15.
Bargaining agent accepted by
or contract negotiations
By JIM HANLON
. LIFE STAFF. WRITER """
In a close vote Wednesday, faculty members accepted the Michigan Association for Higher Education
as a bargaining agent for contract negotiations. This,
makes CMU the.first four year college in Michigan
to approve collective bargaining.
The* Michigan Employment Relations Commission
conducted the election.   The results were 239 votes
More de-escalation
come soon
By CARL P. LEUBSDORF
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
WASHINGTON (AP)       Amid increasing Republi-.
can pressure for faster UJS. withdrawal from Vietnam, Senate GOP Leader Hugh Scotthas hinted President Nixon might announce a hew de-escalation move
shortly. '*""-'.
•1 know he has in mind further de-escalation as
conditions permit," Scctt said Thursday in defending
! die administration's Vietnam policy..   -"    -
Another GOP senator said privately the President
told him at midsummer that if current efforts to end *~
.the war failed by fall, the administration would try
something else. "V-
Growing Republican" apprehension over the polit-
■   ;ical impact of -the., war^Surlaced .^Thursday with "
./speeches by Sens. Charles E. Goodell of New York
and* Charles H. Percy of Illinois, and a move by a •
•L   handful of younger House Republicans to force a total
UJS.pullout. \   . -..
: '. An aide said Rep; Donald W. Reigle Jr. of Michigan
and other, GOP House members hope to circulate a "
;>•' letter urging support for a proposal to.put a Dec. 31,
,_   1970, limit on the, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin^Resolution.
. .;■ This was cited by the JdhnSon adminstration as the   .
authority for sending U^i .forces to -Vietnam.
,  .'"' GoOdell proposed Congress enact legislation bar-,
ring use of funds to support UJS. forces in Vietnam.
after Dec. 1,1970. This drew sharp blasts from Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird and Gov. Nelson
of New York,, the man who appointed Goodell to the
Senate.jn 1968..
But Sen. J.W. Fulbright, CD.-Ark^chairman of the
Foreign Relations Committee, said he expects his
panel to hold public hearings on the entire Vietnam
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Petitions due today
Students planning to run for StudentSenate or freshman class officers must have, their petitions in the
student government office by 5 p jn. today.
.  Petitions for Homecoming queen must also.be submitted by this time.
the petitions will he validated by 5 p.m. Sept. 29, „
and campaigning may begin at 12:01 a.m. Sept„ 30,
in favor of MAHE, 221 opposing ballots and three'
challenged votes for a total of 463 ballots. About 85
per cent of the estimated 547 eligible faculty members
went to the polls.   .
The decision to accept MAHE-will affect all
regular faculty members' who hold lecture title or
above. Department chairmen, professional librains,
counselors, coaches and parttime instructors with a
two-thirds teaching load will also be affected. ~
Faculty members will now be questioned by the
CMU chapter of MAHE to determine methods of
selecting members to thejnegotiating committee. The
committee will be comprised of CMU faculty members
with MAHE giving services and assistance only if
requested. A survey will also be conducted to establish what changes in contract agreements are wanted by. the* facujty members. At present, faculty mem-
. bers have individual contracts with CMU.'
Negotiations with the Board of Trustees will begin as soon as the negotiating team is selected and
a beginning date is agreed upon.,   .
The MAHE is affiliated with theMichiganEducation
Association,. National Education Association, and the
National Society of Professors. These groups were
formed to promote more active programs for higher
education as well as professional services. , '
. President William B. Boyd said that the faculty's
decision represents only the first step in the development of new processes for university government. .     '
.- ""Now we must be imaginative enough to develop
procedures for negotiations which are compatible with
■ academic processes and which make the student the
ultimate .beneficiary of all that we do. I am confident that the present faculty and administration can
accomplish this with a minimum of, conflict/ •t*Boyd
said.   -*"  •    • ■'".•..."
Also taking part across the nation will be community groups, high schools,political and professional
people, businesses and labor groups'. ~~~" ~
Oct. 15 is just the first day of Moratorium and will
be directed towards building an enlarged and lengthened Moratorium for November. ' '
The committee plans to expand the Moratorium
by one day per month and is focused on ending the
.war with related issues (the draft, taxes, militarism,
inflation, etc J being brought in by participants on the
local level.
November dates for the Moratorium have been tentatively set -for the 13th and 14th with the possibility of a huge march in Washington D.C. on the 15th
by. students, faculty and any interested persons from
throughout the United States.
Members Emphasize  .
In a statement released by the national'Vietnam
Moratorium Committee, members emphasize that "It
does not make, sense to continue killing indefinitely
on behalf of a government of generals that maintains
power only behind an American military shield. It
does not make sense to waste money on destruction
abroad that is needed for social construction at home.
It does not make sense to wage a war that inhibits public hope and infects the quality of American Life."
The committee believes the majority of Americans recognize the senselessness of Vietnam and
desire an end to the war. .They said it is time •the
administration be given massive evidence of that
sentiment for peace,"
•If our leaders have not come to the realization
that gradual and partial displacement of American
troops is not the substantive change in policy necessary to end the war," the Committee said, ""the
public demand for rapid extrication is even more urgent.**
Coarse ovobalioB booklets
Course  evaluation  booklets  are expected to be
in the Bookstore within the next few days, according
to Chris Kjolhede, chairman of the survey.
"■* Originally planned to. be available to the student
at  no  cost,  the booklet in which students rated
their teachers and classes, is now being sold for
25  cents  due partly  to "the cost of printing and
the  tight budget Student Senate operated on last
year. -  *
It is hoped that the booklets will be available
at the bookstore before final exams' begin each semester. Students will then, have the opportunity before registration to choose a teacher and class
on the basis of how other students > have felt about,
them, Kjolhede said.
Included in the booklet is -an explanation of the
types of lectures, tests and course materials used
in a particular class.
FACULTY MEMBERS went to the polls Wednesday
and voted to accept the local chapter of the Michigan. Association for Higher Education as their bar
gaining agent. The margin was a slim 239 yes
and 221 no with 85 per. cent of the eligible faculty
members voting.