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The Kentucky Kernel
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1952

VOLUME XLIII

NCAA Head Says Committee
To Study Athletics Program
As Result Of Streits Blasts
6.

Rill Spivey Indicted

For Perjury; Line,
By Earl Cox
BULLETIN

Hugh C. Willctt, president of the
National Collegiate Athletic Association, said Wednesday that
the membership committee of the
NCAA would make an investigation of the athletic policy and
practices at the University.
The membership committee governs membership, and is the enforcement arm of the association.
Willett said that Judge Streit s
criticism prompted his decision.
The basketball fix scandal involving former University basketball
players reached a crux this week
when :
1. The University, Coach Adolph
Rupp and the University's athletic
set-u- p
were blasted by New York
Judge Saul S. Streit who dealt
suspended sentences to
Alex Groza and Ralph
Beard and Dale Barnstable.
2. Former Wildcat
Center Bill Spivey was charged with
first degree perjury by a New York
grand jury which indicted him on
that charge. A fugitive warrant was
wvfc'aed f ir Spivey's arrest.
Judge Streit lashed out at University officials for making basketball a tlOO.OOO-a-yebusiness and
even encouraging players to crib in
their examinations.
University officials were silent following
Judge Streit's criticism.
President Herman L. Donovan and
Coach Rupp both were reported out
of town when news of the blast
reached Lexington. None of the UK
officials reached by newsmen would
comment.
(In a statement released later. Dr.
Leo M. Chamberlain, vice president,
said, "In view of the serious character of the charges made by Judge
Streit against the University of
Kentucky and University officials
it is my opinion that these charges
should be considered and answered
only after study by the highest
authorities of the University, and
after President Donovan's return
to the campus.'
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Organ

To Be Dedicated
On Tuesday Night
UK's new $33,000 pipe organ,"

Tom McKenney

education" for four years
of service for football or basketball.
Blasting Rupp, Judge Streit said
the coach discussed the point
spreads on games with the boys,
that he passed out $50 bills when
they played good games, and that
on at least one occasion he bawled
them out for losing a game and
costing Rupp's friend $500.
The Judge said that Rupp admits
the bawling out incident but denies
that he showed players betting slips
so they'd know by how much they
were favored. Groza testified that
he saw such slips.
"Coach Adolph Rupp failed in his
duty to observe the amateur rules to
build character and protect the
morals and health of his charges."
Judge Streit charged.
Specifically, Rupp was accused of:
sacrificing the
1. "Deliberately
physical welfare of star athletes."
2. "He openly
subsidized the
players."
3. "He referred to gambling on
the games and the point spread."
Thus, Judge Streit said, the University and coach must share the
responsibility with the fixers for
corrupting and demoralizing Groza,
Beard and Barnstable.
Judge Streit said that the National Collegiate Athletic Association was unable to enforce its rules
on amateurism and he urged colleges
to adopt the strict program suggested by the American Council on
Education.
Judge Streit praised Gov. Lawrence Wetherby, President Donovan
and Dean A. D. Kirwan for "their
during
wholehearted
the investigations.
For Groza, Beard and Barnstable
it was as happy an ending as they
could have expected. The men
actually were placed on probation.
Barnstable was told that he should
have been sentenced for his aid in
corrupting Jim Line and ' Walt
players
Hirsch, two other
charged with fixing the point
spread of games, but that, because
of his war record, the court exercised
clemency in his case.
Barnstable received two battle
"so-call- ed

Hirsch To Appear

$33,000

At Parade
Receives Trophy
For Citizenship

That the athletic scholarship

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cently installed in Memorial Hail,
will be dedicated at an organ recital at 8 pm. Tuesday.
Arthur Poister, professor of organ
at Syracuse University, Syracuse,
N. Y, will present the dedicatory recital which will be open to the
public.
The Memorial Hall organ was
purchased for the University from
the income of the Haggin Fund.
The fund was given to the college
by Margaret Voorhies Haggin in
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COACH ADOLPH RUPP
Target Of Judge's Attack

Dr. Leo Chamberlain, vice president, said that Judge Streit had four
months in which to prepare a statement and that he thought the University should have at least a few
days before making any comment.
Specifically, Judge Streit, in a
prepared statement that took over
an hour to deliver, charged:
1. That Kentucky spent $107,000
on il basketball team in 1951. A
professional team spends only $25,-0more, he said.
2. That cribbing by Groza, Beard
and Barnstable was "encouraged and
tolerated by University officials."
3. That UK subsidized athletes in
violation of amateur rules.
4. That unqualified students got
into the University through athletic
scholarships. Judge Streit charged
the extensive use of athletic scholarships in certain colleges is "the
darkest blot on American college
athletics."
5. That Coach Rupp, alumni and
townspeople of Lexington all shared
in "demoralizing" the athletes.
Judge Streit went further with
this charge when he said:
"The present athletic scandal at
Kentucky can be traced directly to
the inordinated desire by the trustees and alumni of Kentucky University for prestige and profit from
sports."
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New Budget Smaller

Than Present Costs

UK budget calling for the
penditure of $7,676,157 in 1952-5about $5000 less than is being spent
during the present fiscal year, was
approved, by the Board of Trustees
last Friday.
The expenditure for next year.
President H. L. Donovan said, will
be approximately the same as is
now being spent. This will be made
possible because of a $646,738 increase in funds from the General
Assembly, a $5 hike in student fees,
and a balance of $466331 from this
year's income.
The total of these sums will offset the million dollars the University had anticipated losing as a result of the decline in the enrollment
of veterans at UK, Dr. Donovan said.
"In the preparation of this budget." he added, "I instructed the
deans and the heads of departments
to reduce as far as it was possible
the number of employees in their
colleges and departments.
Staff Reduced By 99
"I am aware that they made a
conscientious effort to do this. When
a vacancy occurred, wherever it was
possible we closed ranks and did not
employ a new staff member. By tak
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Two representatives to the Student Government Association and
two former representatives will seek
the offices of president and vice
president of SGA at the spring election, to be held Wednesday.
George Lawson and Henry Neel,
present representatives, will run on
the United Students ticket for president and vice president. Past representatives Jess Gardner and Pat
Patterson will be the Constitutionalist candidates.
' Polls will be open from 9 a.m. to
4 p.m. Wednesday. Arts and Sciences and graduate students may
vote in the SUB. Education students
may vote in the Education Building, '
commerce students In White Hall,
law students in LAiieriy tiau, agriculture students in the Agriculture
Building, and engineering students
in the Engineering Study Hall.
All candidates for president, vice
president, or representative must file
applications in the Registrar's Office
no later than noon Monday. Candidates must have at least a 1.3 standing before their applications can be
accepted.
Close Campaigning Out
Election rules specify that campaigning within 15 feet of the polls
will not be permitted. Persons attending the ballot boxes will have
authority to disqualify any vote. No
publicity can be posted on the voting
stand.
Lawson, classified as a senior in
Arts and Sciences, will graduate in
June 1953. His standing is 1.8.
Past president of Sigma Chi Fraternity, Lawson is now vice president
of Scabbard and Blade, an SGA
representative, and a lieutenant
colonel in Air Force ROTC.
He is a member of the Pryor
Society, secretary of Lamp
and Cross, a Distinguished Military
Student, and a member of the
Pre-Medi-

Council.
' Worked Ob Bureau '
Lawson
worked
with Charles
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"Red" Hale in establishing a lost
and found bureau on campus. He
introduced the recent Law Day appropriation.
Running with Lawson on the

jet engine, a wind tunnel, a
thickener, and a fatigue
testing machine are some of the
features to be shown at the Engineer's Day open house today.
A tour of all phases of the Engineering College will be held at
1 p.m. in the study hall of Anderson
Hall. A second tour will be conducted from 7 to 9:30 p.m.
The open house, an annual affair of the Engineering College, is
sponsored by the Engineering Student Council and is designed to acquaint the students and public with
the activities of the college.
Tour of Laboratories Scheduled
The tour includes a trip through
the following laboratories: Foundry
and Metallurgical, Aeronautical Re- search, Electrical Power, Mining,
Communications,
Mechanical,
Civil Testing, and the Highway Ma- terials
Research.
In addition,
visitors will tour the machine shop,
drawing room, pattern shop, and
will see demonstrations in applied
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The faculty and students have
planned in all of the
laboratories and shops.
Some of the features of the
Foundry and Metallugrical labora- tory will be forging hammers, a
"Lectromelt" arc furnace, out of
which will be poured molten metal,
heat treating furnaces, and metal
saws.

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Bell.

Hostesses each night will be members of the League of Women Voters.
Curtain time for each night's performance is 8:30 p.m. All seats will
be reserved. The box office number is University extension 2396.

The Mechanical laboratory will
demonstrate a wind tunnel, a heat
pump, and a steam engine.
Remote control appliances, high
frequency heating, and a liquid elec- -

Students Must File
For Language Exams
Basic achievement examinations
in foreign languages will be held
in Room 111. McVry Hall. May 14,
15,

and

16.

Examinations in Spanish will be given at 4 p.m. May 14;
French, 4 p.m.. May 15; and German, Latin, and Italian, 4 p.m.,
May 16.

Students who wish to take the
examinations should sign up in
Room 128, McVey Hall, before May
14.

Draft Exam
To Be Given
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Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey,
tor of Selective Service, has an- nounced that another Selective
ice College Qualification Test will
be given May 22 for students who
were unable to take the previous
tests.
Officers at National Headquarters
emphasized that students who hold
old admission tickets for the tests
will have to apply for new ones be-- !
fore May 10. Applications for the
new tests should be mailed to the
Educational Testing Service, Prince-- !
ton. N. J.
To be eligible for the tests, a stu- -'
dent must be a selective service reg-- j
istrant who intends to request a stu-- i
dent deferment; must be satisfac-- (
torily pursuing a full time college
course graduate or undergraduate
leading to a degree, and must not
have previously taken the test.
The criteria for consideration for
deferment as a student at the present time is either a score of 70 or
better on the tests, or class standing
among the male members in the upper half of the freshman class, up- per
of the sophomore
of the
class, or upper three-fourtjunior class. Seniors satisfy the cri-- I
teria if they are among the upper
half of the class or if they make a
score of 75 or better on the tests.
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GEORGE LAWSON
JESS GARDNER
Vie For Top Position In Assembly

Dr. Weeks Refuses
To Accept Demotion
Says, 'They Can
Fire Me Or Leave
Me Where I Am'
Dr. Martin E. Weeks, head of
the Agronomy Department who was
replaced last week by the UK Board
of Trustees, said this week that he
will not accept a change of status.
"They can fire me or leave me
where I am," Dr. Weeks said. "Under
the circumstances, I can't accept a
change of status.'
The University Board of Trustees
last Friday appointed Dr. Gilbert
H. Ahlgreen, chairman of the Department of Farm Crops at Rutgers University, as head of the
Agronomy Department to be effective July 1. The Board said Dr.
Weeks would continue as professor
of agronomy, at no reduction in
salary.
Dr. Weeks said he was being relieved of his position by the school
administration because he refused
to go along with promoters of Kentucky Fescue 31, a forage grass for
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the fescue for the past 15 years. Dr.
Weeks said. Johnstone has promoted it, and Kenney has been
critical of it, he said.
Seed Producers Wanted Help
"When seed production got high.
a lot of seed producers got inter
trie motor are presented by the ested in fescue and expected help
from this department in promoting
Electrical Power laboratory.
it," Dr. Weeks said. "These men
Mining Lab To Show Equipment
Equipment, such as jaw crushers, were extremely reluctant to have
bucket elevators, and magnetic sep- anything brought out adverse to
arators will be shown in the Mining fescue."
The agronomist said that Dean
laboratory.
J. Welch of the Colleg of Ag- An electronic side show can be
and Home Economics has
;een in the communications lab.
In Aeronautical Research there been Influenced by the fescue group,
H. L. Donovan said it was Welch
will be a dynamometer test of an
automotive engine, a jet engine in a who recommended to the board of
test cell, and a large aircraft engine trustees that Dr. Weeks be re- placed.
in a test cell.
Highway materials and testing
will be presented in the Highway
Research laboratory.
Refreshments will be served between tours in the main study room
of Anderson Hall.

Students, Faculty
Give Demonstrations

and Ed Fallon will supervise the
house. Florence Becksted will handle
properties, assisted by Anne Hall
and Don Clayton. Dave Bere has
done the program advertising.
Mary Lewis Patterson is in charge
of box office and publicity. She is
assisted by Francis Mabelitini, Betty Compton, James Read, Dolly
Emma Bell Barnhill, Ann
O'Roark, Beth Gallivan. Jeanne
Willis, Pat Pauli, Cosette Baker, Peg
Apking, Janet Wood, Gayle Mohney
Jr., Jessie Sun, and Bettie Tuttle.
Stage crew members are Marshall Amos, Skipper Shaw, Dwight
Stevenson, Lee Shine, Bob Sexton,
Don Hartford, Anne Pruitt, Jim
Bob De Benedictus, Anne
Hall, Peggy Magill, Susan Schim-me- l,
Marilyn Remmers, Marilyn
Easley, Janet Fischer. Joellen
Dorothy Blackwell, and Carol

Henry Neel
Challenges
Statement

Engineers' Open House
Features Tours, Exhibits

'Slate Of The Union' Changed
For Guignol Theater Production
and electrician; Barbara Francis,
assistant electrician; and Arden
Milam, set design.
Leading roles will be taken by
Kenneth Scott, playing Grant Matthews, the presidential candidate;
Mrs. Hugo Bloomfield, Mary Matthews: Florence Scott, Kay Thorn-dyk- e;
s;
Frank Johnson, Spike
and Stopher Ringo, James
Conover. In supporting roles will be
Claude Trapp, as Judge Jefferson
Davis Alexander, and Maxine Per-rin- e.
as Mrs. Alexander.
Students appearing will be
Norah; William
Fields.
Eddy, bellboy; Marshall Amos, waiter; Gene Arkle, Sam Parrish; Don
Clayton, Swenson; Barbara Francis,
Jenny; Sheila Strunk, Mrs. Draper;
Jim Hollo way, William Hardy; and
Ray Marcus, Senator Lauterback.
Comedy
A Lindsay-C'rous- e
Wallace N. Briggs is producing diHoward Lindsay and Russell rector, Lolo Robinson is associate dicomedy rector, and Ernest L. Rhodes is
Crouse's satirical three-apro- technical director.
on politics will be a three-sduction, the first such staging done
Production Staff Listed
by Guignol in many years. Among
Bettye Deen Stull is assistant distudents working on staging are Meg
Bniley, assistant technical director; rector. Ruth Bishop will be promptJames L. Road Jr, stage manager er. Mac Wood is in charge of music.

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By Dolly Sullivcnt
The "State of the Union" may
not be the same next week as it is
today. That's because the Guignol
Theater's next production, which
y
opens Monday night for a
run, will have dialogue changes
made in line with current political
situations right up to curtain time.
The play is a story of political
intrigue. A group of men plan to
put up a presidential candidate they
expect to be able to control. But
has to
this businessman-candida- te
clean up his own affairs before
making the race, because he and his
wife must present a picture of happy married life, although there is
"another woman." A crisis comes
when his wife refuses to stay in
line with the politicians trying to
control him.

Awards and medals were presented
to 11 UK Army ROTC cadets Monday in a regimental review on the
campus parade ground. Air Force
ROTC cadets will receive their
awards May 17.
The Rotary Club trophy, presented annually to the member of the
second year advance course for outstanding citizenship, was awarded
to Tom C. McKenney. Selection for
this award was made by a secret
vote of his classmates.
Other winners and their awards
include Armed Forces Communications Association Medal to second-yeSignal Corps advanced course
student showing outstanding interest and proficiency in communications, John A. Biggerstaff; to the
student in first-yeadvance, Stanley S. Dickson Jr.; and to the student in second-yebasic course,
Frederick L. Calhoun.
The Signal Corps Association
medal to the outstanding second
year student of advanced course who
is a World War II veteran, went to
John A. Sproule.
In addition, the Reserve Officer
Association award went to four students displaying outstanding interest and proficiency in military science. Jack C. Wilhoit, second-yeinfantry advance course; Robert G.
Fulton, first-yeinfantry advance
course; Charles N. Carnes, second-yeSignal Corps advance; Arthur
Signal Corps
K. Linville, first-yeadvance.
United States Army Association
Medal presented to the member of
infantry advance
the second-yecourse displaying to the highest degree those qualities and attributes
necessary for an officer of the U. S.
Army was awarded to Robert L.
Carter.
Charles D. Comps received two
trophies. He received the ROTC
Marksman Trophy, presented to the
member of the ROTC rifle team
having the highest average in competition during the past year, and
the Military Department Trophy,
presented to the outstanding member of the first-yebasic course.
The Col. George D, Freeman
trophy, presented to the company
winning the competitive drill, was
awarded to Company F. commanded
by Myer S. Tulkoff.
These awards had been made in
the past at the annual Field Day
program, but this event has been
discontinued.

ing advantage of retirements and
resignations of personnel to accept
other positions, we have been able
to reduce the staff of the University
by 44 full time positions and 55 part
time positions.
"In addition," he continued, "several leaves of absence have been
arranged for, and the assignments
of between 10 and 15 people have
been reduced from twelve months to
ten months.
"I Informed the deans at the
time they were making up the budget that whatever savings they could
make by reducing staff could be expended in salary increases, which
are very much needed if we are to
hold many of our best men and
women on the faculty.
Increases Made On Merit
"You will find, upon examination
of this budget, that a number of
small increases have been made
purely on merit basis. No
increase was possible with the
amount of money we had available.
Many employees who did not get increases may have merited some increase but there simply was not
enough money available to provide
an increase for everyone.

Parties Announce Platforms
For SGA Election Wednesday

IGct Awards

was used "as barter and trade under
the guise of philanthropy," gave a

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Last summer. Dr. Weeks declared,
President Donovan and Dean Welch
wanted him. as head of the depart- ment, to discharge Kenney. Dr.
Weeks said he refused to do so.
President Donovan said this week
he had never recommended that
Kenney be fired.
Dean Welch Denies Interest
Dean Welch sair he had never
asked Dr. Weeks to promote fescue
or any other grass. He said the
department head's demotion grew
out of the fact there was dissen- sion in the department.
The dean said any statement to
the effect that fescue brought about
Week's change of status is mis- leading. He said he understood there
had been some controversy in the
department about the merits of fescue in its relation to the total forage
in Kentucky.
Dr. Welch said the Agriculture
College was interested mainly in
research: to get facts and disseminate them to farmers to build a
more effective program to serve
Kentucky agriculture.
In a statement issued this week.
President Donovan said, "Dr. Weeks
was made head of the department
aDDroximately two years ago and
was charged with the responsibility
of working out harmonious rela- -;
tions among members of that de- partment. Unfortunately he has not
been able to do so.'
Dr. Donovan's Statement
"The Dean of the College of Ag- riculture and Home Economics, the
president of the University, and the
members of the Board of Trustees
were convinced that Prof. Weeks
could not restore harmony and good
will among some members of his
department." the president said,
"Therefore, a new head of the de-- 1
partment has been selected and
charged with the responsibility of
achieving this end."
Dr. Weeks said he had not been
given a fair trial, and that the ac-- (
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IFC Announces Plans
For Fall Rush Program

The Interfraternity Council announced completed plans for a formal rush program, to start in the
fall, at their meeting last night. The
new IFC program is similar to the
one which the sororities employ.
Along with the schedule, the IFC
set of rules
approved an
governing both fraternity and rushee
behavior during the rush period.
The rush program next fall will
start with a convocation of all men
students interested in joining a fraternity at 5 p.m.. Wednesday. Sept.
17, in the SUB. Prospective rushees
will be required to pay a $2 fee.
On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights the fraternities will hold
open smokers.
Parties To Start On Wednesday
The first round of invitational
parties will start Sunday, Sept. 21.
On Wednesday, the fraternities must
turn in their invitations for the second round of invitational parties,
and on Saturday, Sept. 27. the fraternities will turn in their invitational lists for preference night
parties.
Rushees will accept preference
bids from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday. All houses will be open for
preference parties Saturday night
from 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. Each
house will have four parties, lasting
50 minutes.
Fraternities will turn in their final
preference lists early Sunday morning. Rushees will fill out their preference cards later in the morning,
and those who do not receive bids
will be notified Sunday afternoon.

The accepted rushees will meet in
the SUB Ballroom at 5 p.m. Sunday
to meet representatives of their fraternity.
All fraternities on campus received mimeographed copies of the
set of rules at the Thursday
meeting.
Dick Cherry, editor of the
an informational booklet for freshmen, said the rules would be printed
in the book for the benefit of incoming students.

Platforms of the United Students
and Constitutionalist parties were
announced this week, and the
United Students president challenged a statement by the Constitutionalist publicity manager.
These actions were taken in
preparation for Wednesday's Student Government Association election.
Henry Neel, United Students
president and the party candidate
for vice president of SGA, took Issue
with a statement made last week
by Tom Wilborn, Constitutionalist
publicity manager, in which Wilborn said the Constitutionalists have
been unable to enact some of the
planks on previous platforms.
"To my knowledge, the Constitutionalist have never raised a motion of any sort at any meeting of
SGA to help work on a book exchange," Neel stated.
Neel Challenges Statement
"Concerning their last last year's
platform, they have made no motion
or brought up any plank of their
platform at any SGA meeting," he
charged.
Wilborn replied, "I did not mean
to misrepresent the Constitutionalist
Party. I merely meant to say that
there were some planks on the platform which had been on previous
platforms that had not been enacted.
"Henry's statement leaves the impression that the Constitutionalists
were entirely inactive during the
past year. This is erroneous.
"Polly Boteler. secretary of SGA,
was elected on our ticket. Jess
r.
Gardner, chairman of the SGA
diciary Committee and an assembly
member until the last election, was
mainly responsibly for the two all- campus dances and for the student
directory's publication, Wilborn add-le- d.
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Four Planks To Platform
Four planks comprise the United
They
Students platform for 1952-5are:
1. To continue the campus book
exchange investigation.
"Contrary to previous rumors, the
United Students Party has not given
up on the book exchange idea,"
Pete Carter, a member of the party's
platform committee, explained this
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week.

Carter said his party would prothat SGA work through a com- mittee recently formed to study stu
dent morale.
-j believe we can obtain Dr.
Donovan's consent to the exchange
if we WOrk through this committee,"
Carter said,
x Revise SGA Constitution
2. To seek revision of the SGA
constitution.
The present constitution causes
the presentation of the SGA budget
to be delayed until a late date.
ter pointed out. This makes it
ficult for other organizations to plan
r.
their budgets because of their
Uance on SGA for money, he said,
Under a revised constitution, the
budget could be required at an
earlier date. Carter said.
3. To operate the student placement bureau.
The present employment secretary
will soon retire. Carter said. The
United Students hope to have SGA
take over this function, now handled
by the YMCA. They hope to extend SGA's power by this move.
4. To try to get the SUB Music
Room opened for student use.
Constitutionalists' Platform
"We considered several other pointo.
such as a student bank, attempts to
have the Botanical Garden sidewalks improved, and attempts to
have a campus parking lot for students," Carter stated. "We did not
adopt them becau.se we do not feel
them within the scope of SGA
power. They sound good but would
not likely be approved. We have
tried to adopt planks which we wiU
be able to put through."
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