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MIT after the initial definitioncontracts.

Third contractThe proposal for the contract

went out from MIT to the Navyon June 20 of this year from theD-Lab guidance group of SamForter. The current contractruns from August 15th, 1970 toJune 30, 1971. This is not thefirst contract that the Labs havereceived under the ULMS pro-gram; it will be the third. Therewas a one year gap in work onULMS from October 31, 1969to the beginning of the presentprogram in August, 1970.

The original contracts grewout of a series' of one-year con-tracts for Advanced UnderseasWeapons Systems. Thoughthese contracts continue to berenewed yearly, the D-labs willbe prohibited from ULMSproduction work because offederal contracting laws. If acontract is 'directed,' that is, if itis let out without competitivebidding, then the companywhich receives the develop-mental contract may not beginproduction.

Forter said that his group was

looKing at many design possibil-ities, and did not have to settleon a specific design or set ofspecifications "for a long time;deployment is a long way off."He further stated that althoughpredevelopment specificationdefinition work 'does not fallunder the category of an opera-tional weapons system, the hard-ware development would. Thereis some doubt, he continued,that the specifications contractswould have been.passed by theSheenan committee on lab con-tracts had the D-labs still beensubj e c t to the restrictionsrecommended by the Poundspanel. However, with the D-labsbeing spun-off from MIT, theguidelines on operational weap-ons no longer apply.

Labs independentPresident Howard Johnson

said that since the Labs are anindependent division of MIT, theformer guidelines no longerapply to the acquisition andproposal of new defense-relatedwork at Draper Labs. The con-tract decisions, he said, are thesole responsibility of the Board

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By Joe Kashi

The Draper Labs have receiv-ed a new $3.5 million contractfrom the U.S. Navy to beginpreliminary design specificationsfor the 'optimal guidancesystem' for the Undersea Long-range Missile System (ULMS),often cited as the successor toPolaris and Poseidon in the late'70s and '80s.

The contract is called a 'pre-definition contract', usually the"precusor of the developmentwork," said Vice-President forResearch Albert Hill. This wouldfollow the precedent of thePolaris and the Poseidon-MIRVprograms, both of which wentinto hardware development at

laureatedown a rat hole like Vietnam isridiculous."

Samuelson received his A.B.from the University of Chicago

; in 1935, M.A. from Harvard in; 1936, and PhD. from Harvard in

1943. He is a past president ofthe American EconomicsAssociation, member of theNational Academy of Science,an advisor to former presidentJohn F. Kennedy, a member ofPhi Beta Kappa, and numerous-other honorary and professionalsocieties.

Future lifestyle ·When questioned about the

effect of the prestigious awardupon -his future lifestyle, Sam-uelson smiled and said that itwouldn't make any difference atall, except that it would provide"an enjoyable trip to Stockholmto accept the award." "I'veevolved a standard answer overthe last few hours,''he intimatedto reporters. "About what I'mgoing to do with the prizemoney: No comment."

Dr. Paul A. Samuelson, winner ot the 1970 Nobel Economics prize,lashed out at the Nixon. Administration for failing to provideeconomic leadership for the nation. The press conference, convenedonly hours after Samuelson was notified of the award, was widelyreported in the national press. Photos by Joe Kashi

uments," had shown that theoverall deficit of the Servicewould have been $122,500under compulsory commons, allhouses open, whereas underoptional commons- tlis deficitwould have been only $118,600.

$163,700 deficitNow, however, the projected

deficit for 1971-72 underoptional commons is seen as$163,700, a 38% increase, whileunder identical conditions, thedeficit under compulsorycommons is projected at only$133,500, an increase of justunder 9%, making compulsorycommons 23% less costly toDining Service.

David K. Cantley, head of theDining Service, in a meetingjustprior to last week's vacation,outlined to the Ad Hoc DiningService Committee three reasonswhy the newer figures differ sosignificantly from the originals.

Arithmetic errorsFirst, he said, the older fig-

ures contained many arithmeticerrors, because they werehurriedly thrown together, so asto be presentable at a committeemeeting that week. Secondly, inorder to speed the initial calcu-lation process, only the releventdata for Baker House was con-sidered, and this data was extra-polated to the other houses, anerror which turned out to havesubstantial erroneous implica-tions. Finally, the cost of util-ities, reserve accounts, and man-agement fees were underestimat-ed, and had to be revised up-ward, adding additional expenseto the deficits.

Cantley stated also that thecost of converting the WestCampus area dormitories tooptional commons next semesterhad not been calculated yet forrelease on a presentable basis,but he noted that the cost wouldbe substantial.

Because of the high costsseemingly associated with op-tional commons, several plans

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By Harvey BakerThe MIT Dining Service,

citing errors in its previous com-putations, has retracted earlierfigures presented to the Ad HocDining Service Committee, andnow claims that the cost ofoptional commons meals, withall dormitory dining halls re-maining open, would be sub-stantially higher than if acompulsory commons plan wereretained.

The original figures, whichthe Dining Service says wereonly part of "working doc-

Throughout his career,Samuelson has been the leadingAmerican proponent of the NewEconomics, Which emphasizesgovernment regulation of the

'economrny through taxation andspending rather than restrictingthe amount of currency in cir-culation.

At a press conference lastMonday morning, scarcely hoursafter he was informed of theaward, Samuelson launched astrong attack on the economicpolicies of the NixonAdministration. Calling for anexpansion of the Federal budget,he said that fighting the recess-ion should be the first order ofbusiness for the Nixon Admin-istration. The economic retarda-tion, he maintained, was "madein Washington."

Create jobsThe creation of jobs through-

out the country should beachieved, Samtoelson insisted,not through artificial support ofindustries that are outmoded butthrough the development of newindustries based upon advancedtechnology. The U.S. leads theworld in new technology, hesaid; there is no sense in compet-ing with underdeveloped. nationsin the production of simplerproducts such as textiles. More-over, this would aid their devel-opment greatly.

Housing, environmentSome areas where the Federal

government can expand itsefforts to take up post-VietnamSpending slack are housing andenvironnment. '"There is a needfor a new institution to financehousing growth, if we are to ever

By Curtis Reeves ,Student members of the Cor-

poration Joint Advisory Com-mittee took advantage of thepresence of two members of theCorporation Executive Com-mittee at the September 22meeting to air their feelings onthe lack of a student committeeon the presidency.

Corporation members WilliamCoolidge and George Thorn lis-tened to complaints by thestudent members of CJAC thatthe student body felt slightedbecause it seemed that theadministration did not care fortheir opinions on' the new pres-ident.

The students pointed to thegood job that their colleagueshad done in researching the Gen-eral Motors issue last year, re-search that was largely neglectedby the Corporation. Further,they noted that more studentinput at an early stage couldhave prevented the Blanche-Greene apartment crisis.

Thorn, who is Physician-in-Chief at the Peter Bent BrighamHospital, noted the delicacy ofthe -situation as he answered thatthe Executive Comniittee haddecided to receive student inputthrough CJAC.

He and Coolidge, a life

member of the Corporation whoserves as the Corporate Director,explained their roles in the gov-ernance of MIT and their com-mittee.'s part in selecting thenext president of MIT.

Executive boardCoolidge began by comparing

the MIT Corporation heads tothe executive body of almostany large business. Of the group,he "said, "'It's powers and re-sponsibilities stem from beingthe 'cutting edge' of the Corpor-ation. They are the Corporationbetween Corporation meetjngs."

In explaining the ExecutiveCommittee's duties, Coolidgesaid that they help by "(1)keeping the administration wellinformed on how the alumnifeel, and (2) telling the alumniwhat the problem is. Also, theyapprove appointments and do agreat mass of other things."

According to Coolidge, theExecutive Committee is an advis-ory.group rather than a decisionmaking body. They were always,in his words, "trying to be help-ful, to support when the admin-istration.is having a bad time."

Thorn commented on thevast amount of organizationalwork needed for each of themonthly committee meetings,and noted..that there was little

time for prolonged discussion.He affirmed Coolidge's portrayalof the committee as an advisorygroup and said, "the idea is thatyou support the president untilyou can't anymore, and thenyou get a new one."

Commenting on the currentpresident, who is resigning at theend of this academic year, Thomsaid, "With Howard Johnson,we've kept pretty close to what'sgoing on." When asked aboutthe Executive Committee's view-point of the Brewster proposal,which would limit the term oftenure of the president, Thornsaid that any formal arrange-ment regarding the term of of-fice"would be very bad for themorale of the president."

CJAC credibilityGetting away from discussion

of the presidency, members ofCJAC questioned the ExecutiveCommittee members aboutCJAC's credibility with the Cor-poration. Said one CJAC mem-ber, "there's an incredible lackof communication between theExecutive Committee andstudent and faculty groups."Alluding specifically to theacquisition of the Simplex prop-erties, another member said,"Most people do not know, willnever know what went on."

Labs get missile contract

Samuelson: Nobel

Cantley revises datafor commons costs

CJAC. students complain

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field that previously were cov-ered as parts of largely "irrei-evant" courses.

Grading changedInstead of the usual five letter

grades, a new grading system- willinclude only the categories ofpass, high-'pass, and fail.Students will be required to passa comprehensive examination intheir major field after threeyears of study.

White related that many atWPI believed the standard engin-eering education to be toonarrow and too exclusive of thehumanities. The point has beenraised that eliminating human-ities requirements from the rulesmay not be a way of correctingthe deficiency.

help to remedy the currentabsence of the humanities fromengineering education. First,each student must-do one of histwo projects in an area of"hurane technology" whichmay involve political considera-tions or environmental engineer-ing. Secondly, it is expectedthat, through the closeassociation with faculty mem-bers, the students will see'thatindividual members of the fac-ulty are interested in the human-ities.

Calendar changeWPI's calendar will be

changed to better accomodatethe study projects. There will betwo 7-week terms before Christ-omas, a long intersession, two

By Duff McRobertsThe release by the MIT

Commission of their report isimminent, and the recommen-dations.made will prompt manyin the Institute community toreconsider the nature and futureof MIT as a technologicaluniversity.

Fifty miles away, the Wor-cester Polytechnic Institute hasthoroughly overhauled its owneducational program. An outlineof the "WPI plan" may provide aview of how another technicaluniversity has approached issuessimilar to those at MIT.

Glenn White, editor of WPI'sstudent newspaper, The TechNews, related that "there werest,,dents who came in here asfreshmen, very eager . . . byth; time they were juniors theydidn't care anymore." Under thosc tool's old way of operating, heso d, the engineering and sciencecl rricula were too standardizedaid too rigid. Two years ago,when only 350 students entereda freshman class that had roomfor 450, a planning commissionwas appointed by the presidentand instructed to recommendchanges.

Momentumn for reformThere was a "general mood to

try to liberalize the place,"according to White, although thecurriculum had already beenpartially reformed. Studentswere interviewed extensively-inprobes of possible directionsthat could be taken.

Next year will see the initia-tion of the plan as finally form-ulated, but it will be phased ingradually, beginning with the in-coming freshmen. Upperclass-men will have an opportunity totake advantage of some of thefeatures.

All specific course require-ments have been abolished in theoutline of the plan. Students willwork out their programs individ-ually with a faculty advisor;independent -study may coverareas of peripheral interest to a

The solution to this problem,it was decided, may be providedby what is perhaps the centralfeature of the entire plan: the"study project" idea. Studentswill be required to spend aboutone-quarter of their time on twointensive study projects involv-ing a faculty member and ten totwenty students. The projectsmay consist of off-campus workwith industrial companies, Vista,or other groups, or work oncampus.

Different from co-opAlthough the projects will

have some features in commonwith more traditional "co-op"arrangements, they will involve amuch closer association with theschool and an individual facultymember. There will be moreemphasis on group wor!, sincemodern engineering is rarelydone by one person working inisolation.

It is hoped that two-featuresof the study project plan will

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The poor turnout was partlyattributed to the boycott by theStudent Mobilization Commit-tee. About 20,000 had beenexpected to attend. SMC's ac-tion came after threats of vio-lence were repeatedly found onleaflets passed out by personsaround the Common. Other fac-tions of the sponsoring group,the Greater Boston Peace ActionCoalition, decided to continuewith their plans.

The rally broke up at 3:30,but five hours later about 200people met at the same spot fora Halloween "Yip-in". Alertedto the possibility of trouble,numbers of Boston's TacticalPolice Force encircled the

crowds and began to dispersethem. Several times the grouptried to reassemble, and eachtime they were broken up by thepolice.

In comparison to the riots inHarvard Square last year, thenight's events were very low-keyed. The police showed con-siderable restraint; injuries werefew. They proved to be not onlyefficient, but effective as well.Allegedly, one of the arrestedcarried a bomb, another a gun.

Also different from last year'sepisodes was the lack of massiveproperty damage. In general,things went quite smoothly, notear gas had to be used, and theflow of traffic never stopped.

By 10 pm the Commrfonappeared as it does on any otherSaturday night: drunks, welldressed couples, sailors, peopleon the make. The only evidenceof a riot was that the policewore helmets.

By Curtis Reevesand Ed Markowitz

Comedian Dick Gregorymade an unscheduled appear-ance at last Saturday's peacerally on the Boston Common asthe small crowd there was begin-ning.to disperse.

-He spoke out against theNixon administration, and re-minded the audience that "it'snot too late" to call for a nation-wide effort in support of thestudents indicted in -the KentState incident.

Comparing Kent State to thedeaths at Jackson State College,Gregory said, "A lot of blackfolks got upset, which .showsyou how dumb niggers are some-tim-es" since blacks have tradit-ionally been on the short end ofbrutal killings.

Gregory had been precededby several local speakers includ-ing a members of Women's Lib-eration and a lawyer who hasdefended radical groups on sev-eral occasions. Each speakeremphasized the main point ofthe rally: that the war in South-east Asia is still a major issueeven though many politicians areplaying it down in favor of thelaw and order question. Inresponding to the popular pleaof many citizens, one speakersaid, "This administration hasbrought the war home. Theyhave shown that -people can dieon college campuses as well asoverseas."

The Proposition, an improv-isational theater company inCambridge, did a take-off oncurrent political candidates. Butthe -crowd, estimated at 600 bythe police and about 4000 bythe sponsors of the rally, onlybecame noticeably attentivewhen Gregory arrived before themicrophones, which were set upon the steps in front of the State

By Harvey BakerLong oveidue, the official

dedication of the Frank S.MacGregor House as an under-graduate dormitory is now setfor the evening of Friday,November 6.

The dedication is expected tobe a festive affair; administratorsand top-level Institute officialsare slated-to be present. Theseinclude President Howard W.Johnson, Chairman of the MITCorporation James Killian, andFrank MacGregor, after whomthe house will be named.

Additionally, many prom-inent alumni have been invitedto be present, and will be enter-tained as guests of the house.Because of the large number ofguests, all will not be able toview the proceedings from themain dining room, where theceremony will take place. Hence,temporary dining areas will beutilized, 'and a closed circuittelevision system will link the

ceremony to those in other partsof the dorm.

Each entry, or living unit, willhost several alumni for discuss-ion groups after dinner, andtours of the house will be given.Several MacGregor Housestudent committees are alreadyworking to insure that the wholeprocedure will go smoothly.

As the Jackson ConstructionCompany prepares to leave, thefinal touches are being put onthe house.

Blinds for the windows ar-rived last week, and the sheetsthat had been temporarily actingas curtains came down. Also,mirrors and towel racks, lackingsince the beginning of the year,are also on the way. Three birchtrees have been trucked in andplanted in the courtyard, whichwill be completely landscaped intime for dedication. And, final-ly, the last locks for storageclosets and the like were putinto place last weekend.

By Alex MakowskiA more equal division of

power between students andfaculty heads a list of changessuggested for the MIT disciplineprocess.

Professor Campbell Searlechaired a faculty/student taskforce on discipline for the MITCommission. His group has notyet drawn up a final report, butsomne of the outlines will becovered briefly by John Krzy-wicki at the General Assemblymeeting tonight.

The main discipline com-mittee will consist of roughly twodozen members, with an equalnumber of faculty and students.

Half the members will form apanel to hear a particular case;the "jury" will- again be com-prised of roughly equal numbersof students and faculty. Theactual courtroom procedure maywell tie a little more formal thanit is now.

A task force member describ-ed faculty reaction to the pro-posal as mixed. Several profess-ors lauded the idea as moreequitable, but others were reluc-tant to let majority control slipfrom the faculty.

The task force rejected theidea of including staff in theprocess. Unions representingMII workers balkted at submitt-ing to the planned disciplineprocess; they will continue tomaintain their own practices.

Another feature would be awider dispersal of the right toinitiate charges. Administrators,students, and faculty would allhave the same privilege of filingcomplaints. Additionally, thereis no formal role set for theDean for Student Affairs. Hemay be asked by the two partiesof a student/student case tomediate their dispute out ofcour', but he will not sit on thecommittee itself.

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By Joe KashiThe Defense Department's:

decision to triple the budget forthe ULMS missile system rep-resents, a big step forward' iin aprogression toward. a new armsspiral..:Whether, ULMS would stabil-ize or destablize a world nuclearbalance depends greatly uponthe type of guidance that theDraper Labs develop for it,upon the strategies the US em-braces in the late seventies, andupon the extent an'ABM isdeployed. .

It is not possible to stateunequivocally whether ULMSwould tend to stabilize an in-vulnerable, assured deterrentforce or whether its deploymentcould be construed as anattempt to gain first-strikecapabilities. If the highly acc-urate, MIRVed warhead now be-ing discussed is emplaced on the

new generation of submarinemissiles, then it is likely that thearms balance would be destabil-ized (assuming the Soviets con-tinue to rely primarily uponnow-vulnerable land-basedmissies). The Soviet effortappears to be divided betweenbuilding land-based SS-9s andlaunching four to eight Polaris;type missile subs a year.

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Arms Limitation Talks (SALT), Ias it will undermine confidence ain any agreement. The implicit threat b y t h e NixonAdministration to build ULMS -aunless an accord is attained soon Emilitates against the atmosphere Rof confidence needed for any VEmeaningful arms control agree- Ement. .

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-own fraternity or collegiate club. othey should have the rioht toexclude anyone they wish to .exclude.

The N SA's pledge of S50.000'to the National . ssociatio of --Black Students is said to be "inthe interest of black students.." Ido not-see ho w iving money toa group of people xwho engaged [in violence to get wN-hat theywanted can be construed Lis help -ing black students. any niore -than giving money to the. Mifiahelps Italians. Iniedentalh' . itseems inconsistent to me that ith e N SA should opp ose racially asegregated social organizations :and support a segregate d pohltiical organization.

1 m mednaei ll y af ter iacknowledgingi- that ' the N.A SApledg ed twtice its annual buidget E pto the NABS. Wells tates thiatpolitical activities are -not tile Iprim nary drain o n NS A funds and ist aff time. H e goes o n to impl y othat leg al rights -senices.womens's ri eights se rvies. andftrstrict_ in inethod. -{ o t flt'h t- _ing racisnf1 are non1;-political. !

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west campus area, 2) the busses are often late, and3) some MIT students cross-registered for Welles-'ley courses have been refused a ride. because. thebus was already full. In fact, one 'student headedfor a 10 am hourly at Wellesley could not boardthe 9:10 bus from MIT-it was filled with girlsreturning from Cambridge. MIT students -note thatthe drivers are generally good-natured, but morethan a friendly attitude is needed. .

In the Student Center, someone is making aglaringly open attempt to exploit MIT students.Some of the new pinball machines recently in-stalled on the second floor only cough up. three balls(rather than the previous five) for a dime. Anypinball veteran will insist that three balls is just toofew. Surely Joe Bisaccio and the Student CenterCommittee can forego a little of their profit andraise the machines' yield. :

Finally, no one at Hamilton answers the damnphone on Sunday nights.

While we wait for the release of the MITCommission report (and the final figures oncommons), it seems appropriate to call attentionto a few of the minor problems pestering MITstudents. Non would merit a" demonstration out-side President Johnson's office, but perhaps .wecan stir the appropriate "powers that be" toremedy the situation.

The failure of this fall's TCA charity drive isdisheartening. Past efforts generally netted $2,000from the MIT community; two weeks of work thisyear have produced a bare $500. TCA will acceptcontributions for any charity; their appeal shouldbe broad enough to gain support from a largersegment of the student body and faculty. Thedrive will continue in Building IO through tomor-row afternoon.

Problems are developing with the MIT-Wellesleybus service. Riders have registered threecomplaints: 1) there is no bus stop in the MIT

Analysis:

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For some time now, Dining It had been hasService has been hedging on the dily prepared.question of voluntary commons fact, knowing tAfor West Campus. The Ad Hoc about how carDining Service Committee was was put togethe

assured last year that we would not to to credihave it this year sometime, and and Dining Offnow Dining Service is talking in ures were everterms of next year, if at all. the Ad Hoc

Part of the problem is that Committee, wlthe Institute is running out of Thursday of thlmoney, and as long as anything when The Techcosts more than it did previously Dean Nyhart ha(i.e. voluntary, commons), the that many of U.Institute does not smile on the fact,geauine.idea, and -makes it unpleasant for The problemthe perpetrator of said idea to ever, of just hasee the light of day. the people who

graphical studieBureaucracy results. Specifi

Yet another part of the prob- deficit projectelem is quite different and relates commons reallinstead to the bureaucracy of 38% in the wee]the Dining Service. For years, published, sole]there have been studies, cost meti error andprojections, committee meet- head costs, as Hings, bull sessions, proposals, and would lead us tcgeneral noise. Yet nothing seems not. I think rato get done. Frankly, this is due some adjustmenin large part to unimaginative the specter of ofpeople in the Housing & Dining looming' potent:Service Administration. They frightened thecan see only that it is easier to Housing & Dikeep o n doingwhatyou've done went out andin the past than it is to try projected costssomething new, and so in the they could, so tinterest of simplifying their jobs, of one week, tlthese middle-level bureaucrats of optional conhave tried to bullshit the rocketed, 'whilecommons question out of exist- compulsory waence. , ginal.

When The Tech, on October20, published the results of an Jugglecinter-office memo between This is not aCantley and Stoddard, a Vice-President, which showed that, lack the raw dtentatively, optional com mons, Housing & Dinkeeping all dining halls open, however, it is m

have fudged themight even 'be cheaper thancompulsory com mons, the the right dirHousing & Dining Office took a po ssble.fit. We were informed that the Soevinstudy in the memo was only a be seen in their"working paper", was "prelim- ar e prioinary," "tentative," and "subject The key one toto change." Indeed it was. that for some

wise id entic^ Red errors contrasting tClearly, there were so me real 'optional and c

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As a matter ofwhat we now dorelessly the dataer, it is distinctlyit of the Housingfice that the fig-released at all to

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n remains, how-)w much controlo make up suches have over theically, was theed for optionally increased byOk after The Techly due to arith-d neglected over-tousing & Dining:o believe? I thinkather, that whilent was necessary,iptional commonstially cheaper so

bureaucrats inining -that theyI jacked up the; just as fast asthat in the.period:he expected costmmons had sky-the increase for

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.d data?m idle statement,Ilt to prove, for Idata available toning. Essentially,iy guess that theye desired data inections, wherever

ace for this mayassumptions that,r to calculation.) mention here isreason, in other-al situations,the deficit forcompulsory cor-

mons in the event that AshdownDining Hall is closed (a likelypossibility), the dining magnateshave used a different price basefor the cost you and I would payfor commons! In other words,--

,they are contrasting the deficitincurred by optional commonswith a price to students per yearof $634 with the deficit incurredby compulsory at a price tostudents of $674! (Cantley madeit clear that he did not think$674 was a viable figure. Still,the revised figures contained noother calculation of the price ofcompulsory commons with Ash,down closed.) It is not highlysurprising, given these initialassumptions, that the- optionalplan loses more money, since theprice of the food to you & I isless to start with. Why are thedifferent prices assumed?

Housing & Dining is a littleunclear on this, but they saythat what it amounts to is thatwith compulsory commons, theInstitute would allow them tocharge an additional $40/year toeach student for commons,whereas under optionalcommons they could not. Lordknows why this is the case, butit is safe to say that it has a

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The effect of these two excep-tions has been that the vastmajority (85% in 1969],of thedelegates attending -the NSChave not been elected by thestudent-body.

Wells correctly states that thefederal regulation of fraternitiesand campus social organizationsthat the NSA has called forwould be to prevent discrimina-tion in membership policies onethnic, religion. or racialgrounds. In my opinion. moststudents believe that a person'sright to choose his life styleincludes the right to decide (onany basis) whom he wants to live

NSA replyTo the Editor:

It is always a pleasure to beattacked in the pages of TheTech. Wells Eddleman's letter onN SA gave some valuable lessonson how to reach unexpectedconclusions without going farfrom the truth.

The statement on the selec-tion of NSC representatives isnot quite true; all except two ofa school's representatives arerequired to be chosen democrat-ically by the students, unless thestudent government's constitu-tion or bylaws specify otherwise.

TE WIZARD OF ID by Brant parker and Johnny hast.

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If William Shakespeare werealive today, he would be makingfilms. If you doubt that, take alook at the latest adaptation ofone .of his plays to the filmmedium. While viewing JuliusCaesar, I experienced difficultyeven imagining it on the stage;it's as if, centuries ago, Shakes-peare were writing screenplays.Contemporargy theatre usuallyseems so out of place and staticon the screen, in comparison tothis.

How good an adal tation is it?Certainly not as good as theintense Olivier (Hamlet, Othello,Henry V) or vibrant Zefferelli(The Taming of the Shrew,Romeo and Juliet) adaptations.There are many things one canquibble about.here. Much of theElizabethan English sounds un-comfortable on Jason Robards'(Brutus) lips. The music is heavyand obvious. When CharltonHeston recites Marc Antony'sfamous eulogy ("Friends,Romans, countrymen..."), heunnaturally lowers his voice fordramatic emphasis at variouslines - an unlikely tactic forpublic speaking in an era whenmecrophones -were unknown.And the corpse of Caesar candistinctly be observed to twitchits eyelid.

But these are quibbles. At aconcert, when performers miss afew notes or misread a passage, Iforgive them if they have chosena great work and have renderedthe bulk of it intact. The sameapplies to the film Julius Casear.Whatever lapses occur in thisrendition, the brilliance ofShakespeare's language, and theclarity of his ideas, amply com-pensate for it.

In the classic sense, Julius

Caesar is the tragedy of a manwho had become too arrogantand pompous, of a man vyingwith the Gods. Caesar ignores anabundance of portents: a sooth-sayer's warning, Calpurnia'snightmare, unsettled weather, ananonymous petitioner. As inGreek tragedy, a mortal cannotget away with that kind ofhubris.

In the modern sense, how-ever, Julius Caesar is also thetragedy of a different man.Brutus is misled by jealous peersto make a grievous error, forwhich he is subsequently tortur-ed within as well as without.Brutus not only loved Caesar,'but he also misinterpreted themood of the masses. It was notsimply because of Caesar's am-bition that Caesar was on theverge of becoming a tyrant; themasses wanted a tyrant. AfterBrutus explains the reasons forthe murder to the populace, thecrowd now begins to call for thecrowning of Brutus - preciselythe kind of development hewanted to avoid by killingCaesar in the first place.

As is usually the case withShakespeare, one senses not onlya kind of timelessness, but evena contemporary relevance to theplay. Rome is about to become afascist state. Riots break out toprotest injustice. Civil war andmilitary coups are the order ofthe day. Passionate orators moveand exhort audiences to action.Shakespeare must have sensedthat what he wrote would beapplicable for some time tocome. It is at once a tribute tohis genius, and a measure of ourmisery, that his work is as timelynow as it was 400 years ago.

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without substantial subsidy."Jacques Brel," however, is ex-pected to be able to earn itsway.

"Jacques Brel Is Alive andWell and Living in Paris," theproduction at the SomersetHotel is a marvelous musicalexperience. The various styles ofmusic and the meaningful lyricsmoved the audience in a myster-ious manner.

Jacques Brel "prefers to writeseriously of the human condi-tion, the human comedy." Heattempts to make the audienceaware of how insensitive societycan be in relationship to the veryfeeling, "living" individuial. Hismaterial appears to be bitter,ironic, melancholic, and desolatethroughout most of the perform-ance. Howeveriinstances of joyand love are clearly visible.

The cast, which consists ofDenise -Le Brun, AnnettePirrone, George Ball and BobJeffrey, demonstrates a startlingamount of versatility both inacting and singing. Each of themembers of the cast has appear-ed in a "Jacques Brel" produc-tion in various sections of thecountry. The simplicity of the

By Lisa DonahueThe Charles Playhouse, long

one of Boston's premiertheatres, is one of the first majorcultural establi sh m en ts to feelthe national economy slump. Ina press conference on Friday,October 23, the Playhouse madethe announcement that due toworsening financial burdens,they have been forced to cancelthe remainder of the run of theiropener, Wilford---- Leaches' "InThree Zones," and to postponethe rest of the 1970-71 season.Playhouse Boston (the Charles'operator) will continue to runit's othier production, "JacquesBrel is Alive and Living in Paris."

The annual operating deficitfor the cuTrrent season wasprojected at $211,000. The-Charles hasbeen- plagued foryears with indebtedness goingback to the fire of 1963, but hasmanaged to pay its bills throughtransfusions of cash from a fewclose supporters. Frank Sugrue,producer, stated, "Of our per-petual crises, tis is the worst:inevery way. Increasing costs inthe fact of a declining audiencehave created a deficit that can-not be managed at this 'time

stage design draws immediateattention to the actors and theirinterpretation of the twenty-fivesongs of the show. One is heldcompletely. spellbound as hewatches the cast clearly conveyBrel's feeling and thoughts. '

"Marathon," the openingnumber, establishes the mood ofthe entire production. The songbegins with a consistent rhythm.As it progresses and the viewerpasses from the 1930's era to-wards the end of the century,the tempo accelerates rapidlyinstilling a state of exhaustingfrenzy within the audience.

The "Middle Class," diagramsthe process of aging, touching onthe areas of youth, middle ageand old age. Through theirchanges in voice quality andphysical stature, Mr. Jeffres andMr. Ball portray each age groupexquisitely. The tone is one ofsarcasm- but implants the bittertruth of its statement in thelistener.

The finale, "If We Only HaveLove," leaves the audience withhope that this confused worldcan be saved from total collapsethrough love."If we only have loveLove that's falling like rainThen the parched desert earthWill grow green again."

If you are brave enough tosee life as it really is, JacquesBrel is here in Boston and heknows. Go to the SomersetHotel; discover and awaken.

Two really good things com-ing up soon, the Jefferson Airk-plane concert at B.C. this week-end, and the Grateful Dead,presented 'by B.U. on November21. Noting both of these, it'salso appropriate to note that thespinoffs from both groups mayprovide the best part of theshow; Hot Tuna, the Airplane'sJorma Kaukonen and JackCassady, does some of the bestjammings around. Kaukonen isthe Airplane's highly underratedlead guitarist, while Cassady hastwice been elected rock-pop'sbest bassist . . .

little more that -that; DeepPurple In Rock is a welcomereturn to the field that they,now best.

Led Zeppelin 11I, (Atlantic)This must be the surprise of

the year. Anybody who receivesas great a hype as Led Zeppelindoes has to try really hard to liveup to it. And it seemed that theyhad.' nowhere to go-but down.Yet, in spite of the unreal pro-motion and AM -exposure theirsecond album received, it stillstands up as. good, first class,haid-driving, rock music. Andafter the disappointment ofBlood, Sweat, & Tears 3, every-body expected the same thing tohappen to Led Zeppelin. Theirpopularity had been waning. ButLed Zeppelin III is far from theletdown. They had the goodsense to avoid'getting into a irut.While there is still plenty of theirold type material ("Since I HaveBeen Loving You," "Out OnThe Tiles"), performed withexpertise they have always beenable to show, there are quite afew other things here. Most not-able are the acoustic numbers,"That's The Way" and "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp." Jimmy Page gets toplay many different styles ofguitar (and also banjo) andshines on all of theme(with theexception of the slide-guitar, onwhich he could use a little morepractice). And - Robert Plant,whose fine voice is featuredprominently, shows that hereally is one of the best singersaround.

The album is occasionally alittle weak, but, on the whole, isa highly respectable effort andshould keep most of their fansfrom becoming disappointed. Itmigh even win back a few oftheir skeptics.

Deep Purple In Rock, (WarnerBros)

Deep Purple's latest' album isa surprising change of directionfor those who've been followingthe group. Their last album, arather intricate exploration ofthe potential of the symphonyorchestra in rock music, was wellreceived critically and seemed tojustify further expansion of thismedium. The new album, DeepPurple In Rock, is just that: asolid performance by some ofrock's better musicians playinggood, driving rock.

It would be remiss to say thattheir sound has been unaffectedby the excursion into the kindof "longhair" music; in fact, ithas noticeably matured. Thesound lines have more intricicy,the base is a little bit heavier;there is a noticeable improve-ment from the early days of"Kentucky Woman" and othertop-40 singles. Another-'side-affect has beeh the production,mainly by Dan Gillan, of a newrock opera titled, fesus Christ,Superstar. This -work does in-volve the- use of an orchestra,along with a chorus and fullpopular instrumentation.

Several of the cuts on thisalbum are reminiscent of thesongs done by the Nice, whichhas since disbanded. Notably,"Child in Time" utilizes a slowincrease in tempo culminating ina strong organ expression whichcould easily be mistaken for thework of Keith Emerson. Astrong base line is characteristicof most of the songs on thealbum, as is, unfortunately,rather unexciting vocals whichare one of the few low spots onthe album. The only other poss-ible complaint is the weakness ofthe lyrics on several tracks, in-cluding a fairly average songcalled "Hard-Lovin' Man,"which sounds ' like somethingthat Three Dog Night, or some-body like them, would do.

It's good to hear Deep Purpleback in the -rock field; theirexercise with the LondonSymphony was interesting, but'

... The Tea. Party is alsoproviding a dynamite double-bill: Leon Russell and ElvinBishop. Bishop is anotherhighly-underrated guitarist,known primarily for his bluesleads, while Russell needs nointroduction, his work with JoeCocker and Delaney and Bonniehave finally given him his duerecognition. ...

. .. The Band is makinganother, rare,' Boston appear-ance, this time through thecourtesy of Tufts University.Their popularity in Boston iscertainly deserved, and, of

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course, their "Stage :Fright,"album is now out and .doing verywell. They are definitely one ofthe most - together groupsaround, and always put on agood show ...

. . Also on record; newlyreleased: Sweetwater (WarnerBros.) which is finally comingback after a year-long wait;Nansi Nevins has finally recover-ed from her auto accident; theirsecond album, called Just ForYou, is more typical, good,Sweetwater. .

.. Ry Cooder, (also onWarner) fantastic slide-and-bottle-neck guitarist, has his ownalbum now, called just that: RyCooder. Worth looking into.

do' not sing as well as RogerMcGuinn does and their vocaltracks are. the weak points onthe record. But there still ismore than enough great Byrdsmusic here and this double sethas been specially priced byColumbia (a trend which hashappily been catching on). Thisrecord is their best in recenthistory and will keep the. Byrdsat the center of things in con-temporary music.

-Jay Pollack

(Untitled), The Byrds(Columbia)

This album doesn't need anymore of a title than it alreadyhas. This simply is ' the Byrds,from all angles. It is a fineoverall portrait.

The Byrds' sound has beenapproximately the same for fiveyears. Even though there havebeen so many changes in person-nel, it is not Mke with JohnMayall, whose band soundsdifferent every time he changesmembers. This has never beenjust Roger McGuinn and hisbackup group, They have beenand still are the Byrds. It isn'tfolk-rock or jazz-rock orcounitry-rock that they sound

Tambourine Man" sound asgood in concert here as theyhave for years.

This album gives you a goodchance to hear this. A compar-ison between the old material(done in concert) and the newsongs (done in the studio) showsremarkable similarities. They canstill turn them out witb no lossin bounciness and vitality overthe years. You could swearyou've heard "Just A Season"and "Hungry Planet" before, butyou haven't. They may bereminiscent of old songs, butthat doesn't make-them any lessgood.

All four of the musicians areexcellent players and Skip Battinand Gene Parsons have a longduet on bass and drums in"Eight Miles .Egh" that couldhardly be duplicated by anyother pair with such' taste andrestraint yet still so tightly to-gether. Unfortunately, these two

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Just, in passing, how manypeople in the Institute knowthat Baker House is losing itsMain House Desk next year,along with all its. porter service?Don't you think that the Baker.ites would prefer -instead to losetheir graduate tutors and keepthe desk? A random sample ofthat House indicates that thismay well be the case.

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significant impact on the results.The other matter to be taken

up here is the one of closingdining halls to save money. For afew years, H & D has gone onthe assumption that the bestway to pay for voluntarycommons is to close some dininghalls, thus cutting expenses.However, they have gone on thefurther assumption, with their1963 CSE report clenched intheir hands, that house dininghalls are GOOD, and are a thingto be desired above all else.Ergo, it follows, optionalcommons is- undesirable. Thisdelightfully macabre. chain. ofreasoning has led us to the point.where now it is highly likelythat, in an economy move, wewill b.e bifssed with both com-pulsory commons and closeddir/ing halls at the same time,thus having two undesirableswhere before we might have hadonly one.

New directionsIt strikes this writer however,

that there may well be a way tokeep our dining halls open andhave optional commons too. Theanswer lies in not assuming thatthe only way to have optionalcommons is to close'dining halls,.an assumption which ff discard-ed would stupefy the :H & DService, who have spent theirwhole lives formulating it. There

are other cutbacks in:the area ofH & D that would be much morepalatable to the student body,and would in the long run, save alot more money than runningaround putting No Admittance

_signs on cafeterias..The thing to do is to get rid

of the 'housemasters, the seniortutors, and the graduate tutors.While I have nothing against anyof these people personally (byand large, they're fine people),the roles they have to play havebecome roles of parasites. Theircontributions to the Houses areminimal (often close to non-;existent, as some of them willadmit) and wlhat they cost theHousing Service is phenomenal.If the purpose of H & D is trulyto serve the housing and diningneeds of the students, then the

way to -do this's to stop servingthe needs of ..a few privilegedfaculty members and graduatestudents.

Beautiful suites.ot only do housemasters get

to live free in beautiful modemsuites, but they get paid for ittoo. Similarly for the seniortutors and graduate tutors. Icannot estimate the total savingsof eliminating all these "jobs,"but I can safely predict that theamount saved would be far inexcess (an order of magnitudeperhaps?) of the $100,000 din-ing deficit. The last time a studyof these positions was done anda recommendation of their con-tinuance was made was 1963.-Inlight of the fact that we all haveto pull in our belts a little tighteruntil the recession passes, ;itseems clear that the peopleaffected (i.e. students) should atleast be given a choice as towhich of their priorities theywould like to retain as the' cut-backs are being made.

Academicexpense 'According to the 1963 CSE

report the housemaster-tutorprogram is funded as anacademic expense rather than asa housing expense. Thus, H & Ddoes not really have the com-plete authority to take this step,and if the program is discontin-ued cannot count. on receiving

Sloan rallyprotests' racist' waepractices

By Curtis Reeves -the cleaning that the other Jan-About 100 people met in itorsdo.

front of the Sloan School Build- The protestors say thating last Friday afternoon to Morrison has stalled signing theprotest the allegedly racist prac- contracts to get more work outtices of the MIT Faculty Club of these men. Already they work

'and its manager, William nine hours a day, six to sevenMorrison. days a week. All the contracts

Speaking at the meeting were covering other janitors at MITthree black employees of the have already been signed.Faculty Club, Alan Gilbert of At the rally, the groupthe Progressive Labor Party, and demanded for the workers: (1)Debbie Goland of MITSDS. Equal pay with other custodians

They charged Morrison with and a signed contract; (2) nousing the black workers asalets, more racist harassment; (3)often sending them out to get hiring black workers as cookshis shoes shined and suits press- and in other skilled trades; anded. Further, they report, he has (4) promoting black workersstalled for three weeks in signing preferentially.the contract to cover these men. Their leaflet goes on to say;. One of the workers has been "The' conditions of the blackat MIT for sixteen years, and the workers at the Faculty Club areSDS leaflet referred to "over not, as MIT will claim, single$15,000 that MIT has stolen isolated examples of racism.from him because he is black." MIT's hiring and promotionAccording to the leaflet, these policies are systematically rac-three men have been paid 42 ist."-cents per hour less than stage- The protestors say that MIThand janitors doing the same cannot claim ignorance or ni-work. They get five cents per nocence since its racism has beenhour less than the lowest paid brought to the administrations'scategory of janitor even though attention in past years by work-they have to move furniture up ers and students, both black andand down stairs in addition to white.

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(Continued from page 1)of Directors. The Board has tworoles, he continued: to developthe Labs' final spin-off plans assoon as possible and 'to be re-sponsible for the operation ofthe labs in the interim. "MITwill not interfere with the Boardduring spin-off period." Johnsonlater stated that he expected toreappoint every member of theBoaxd, which is headed by Hill.MIT, he continued, will onlyprovide administrative supportfor the board.

' As presently conceived,ULNMS will be an ICBM-rangesubmarine-launched missle withabout the. same payload asPoseidon but twice the range.Plans call for about 15 ULMSsubmarines. In addition, theNavy now plans to use aMIRYVed warhead similar to theone now deployed on Poseidon

for, the ' ULMS missles. Thedevelopment of this MIRVedwarhead at MIT was responsiblefor much of the--student protesthere last year.

According to the WashingtonPost of October 22, the Navyintends to achieve- very highaccuracy with the ULMS war-head. This can be done in twoways: using star-sighting to con-trol mid-course corrections, andusing some sort of terminalguidance, which will guide thewarhead once it is in the atmos-phere and nearing the target.

The primary objective of theprogram is to make the sub-marines as invulnerable toforeign attack as possible bygreatly increasing the areas inwhich they can prowl-and stillbe within firing range and bymuch better sound-proofing andinsulation.

Sloan Building During lunch Stvdent CenterLobby In the afternoon Lobby of 26-100,Building 7

Thums. Nov. 5 In the morning Lobby of Building 7,26-100 During lunch Student Center Lobby

In the afternoon Lobby of Sloan Building andBuilding 7.

FrL Nov. 6 In the Morning Lobby of Building 7,26100

* U.A.G. will sponsor a seminar on Imperialism inLatin America. "Bolivia - The RestrainedRevolution: will be given by Professor James V. Kohlof the Humanities Department on Wednesday, Novem-ber 4 at 4:30 in Room 14E 307. The lecture will befollowed by a discussion period.

* By vote of the faculty, NO GRADED EXERCISES(exams, problem sets, take homes) may be due fromOctober 21-November 6 inclusive. Complains aboutviolations oft'his policy may be addresed in con-filence to Prof. C.L Searle, Rm 4-210. AU compl.intswill be acted on.

* Students inte in spending IndepenmntActinies Pod at another school contact BruceRummel at 8640254.

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*The first meeting of the Fnedian Council wM beheld Wednesday ekming at ?:3o pm n theinLOuDD of the Student Ceter.' ,

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* The Humanities Department's THURSDAYNOONHOUR CONCERT for Thursday, November 5,1970 presents "SONGS AND DUETS FOR TWOSOPRANOS" with Donna Klimoska, S.odra Stuartand John Cook- Harpsichord at the MIT Chapel at12:10 pm. Admission free.

* New Public Policy Graduate Program. Ph.D.,masters or joint masters-professional school degreesoffered. Write Dean Hany Weiner, Littauer Center,Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138.* Would you like to help elementary school childrenwith their studies? We need volunteer tutors who arewling to devote 3 hours a week to help children, ages8 through 13, with their schoolwork

Tutorg will be done on a one-to-one basis and cangive you the opportunity to guide a child in theprocess o'learning. If you'r interested and would liketo know more about hids paogr-m, please contactCamb YMCA, Youth Division, 820 Mas. Ave.,876-3860 or attend meeting at Cambridge YMCA onFriday, November 6, at 8:00 pm.

* Cinber music pus at MITfin November wfliuceW6 a piano concet by John Buttrick November17 and a flute and piano concert by John Heiss andGreoyWS Tuker November 24.

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(Continued from page.1).are under consideration to closedown one or more of the Insti-tute's dining halls, with the mostlikely candidate being the one inAshdown House. By eliminatingthe least profitable halls fromthe Institute dining system, theassociated savings are projectedto be large, thus cutting downthe overall deficit size.

There is, however, great reluc-tance on the part of the Dining

Service administration'to closedown any of the dining halls, thepredominant feeling being thathouse dining halls enhance stu-dent relationships within thedorm and lead to new and con-

Dining Service Committee meet-ing was the publication by TheTech of the figures related toDining Service projected deficits.Kenneth Browning, AssistantDirector of Housing and DiningServices, termed it "unfortu-nate" that the calculations relat-ing to Dining Service plansappeared in The Tech ofOctober 20, 1970, and expressedthe hope that the figures pre-sented at this latest meetingwould not also be passed on toThe Tech. Because the figureswere tentative in nature, Brown-ing felt that it was in the bestinterests of the Institute thatthey not see publication untilthey were finalized.

optional too costlyThe sentiment of the Dining

Service administration was infavor of moving to adopt anoptional commons system(sometime in the near future);their problem is, of course, find-ing some way to pay for it.Cantley made this quite clearwhen he hinted that higher-upsin the Institute administrationwere not pleased with the"projected commons deficit, andwanted some method to beworked out to lower the diningprice tag.

New figures comingAnother meeting of the Ad

Hoc Dining Service Committee isanticipated in the near future, atwhich time revised figures areexpected to be presented, inaddition to some estimate of thecost of switching to voluntarycommons next semester.

Howard Miller, Director ofHousing and Dining Services,Cantley, and Browning are allexpected to attend, along withsomeone from the Dean ofStudents office.

genial friendships. The student.embers of the Ad Hoc Dining-Service Committee, however,generally support the idea ofclosing'one or more dining halls,if that is the only way to getvoluntary commons. They pointout that the major documentsupporting the house dining hall.concept was a.report of theCommittee.on Student Environ-ment, issued in 1963, and nowsomewhat dated. Currently, it isthought that students would bewilling to give up one or moredining halls in order to makecommons participation optional.

One matter of concern thatcame up at the last Ad Hoc

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that the subs could patrol andstill be within range of theirtargets. Anti-submarine warfare(ASW) would be greatly com-plicated by this. However, thepresent shorter-range Polaris system is not in enough dangerfromnt Soviet ASW as to castdoubt upon its deterrent capabil-ities.

The problems of finding andtracking nuclear submarines areso great, now that the lesserpotential vullnerability of ULMSis not justified by its extravagentcosts. ULMTS ' subs, however,would be designed to elude veryadvanced detection systemsthrough sound-proofing and heatinsulation.

One paradoxical advantage ofthe present Polaris system over

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ULMS is the longer time it takesfor boats near the US to arrivewithin airing range. Conceivably,this might give the US some timeto reconsider its actions, ratherthan firing quickly.

The present-P o lar is s y i t em isdesigned strictly for deterrencerather than for first-strike-trying to knock out enemyweapons. It does not have theaccuracy of payload needed by afirst-strike weapon. Changing theobjectives of this system maydrastically unhinge the precar-ious arms balance.

ing built almost exclusively onwhat is currently industrial landso that the damage to the pres-ent housing stock is virtually nil.

These, ag' see it, are some ofthe main dimensions of theSimplex Project story. TheTech's concentration on some ofGreen Street's delapidatedhouses displays an unusual per-spective. Excessive space isdevoted to the woes of somenew tenants who (unlike Mr.Herrey) must- surely have inspec-ted the apartments and decidedthat here was one of the all-timerental bargains in Cambridge.

Jason Fane '64{Editor's note. . . Please type

all letters double or- triplespaced, and please type the sig-nature. Already we've had todelay publication of a letter onthe Student Homophile Leaguebecause the signature wasn'tlegible. Letters may be sent viaInstitute mail to W20-483.)

(Continued from page-4]can only assume that Wells'definition of political- activitydiffers greatly from mine.

Since joining NSA was apolitical act, I can see no justi-fication for it. I think a student iscapable of deciding for himselfwhat special-interest groups hewants to support. No one elsehas any business making thisdecision for him.

Gary McGath'73Housing coverage

To the Editor:This is 'to protest the biased

handling by The Tech of storiesconcerning MIT's program toconstruct 1600 apartments onthe Simplex, site.

The first salient point is thatMIT's program constitutes farand away the largest and bestaddition to Cambridge housingsupply being made by any per-son or organization inCamn-bridge today. This single project

is equal'to alnost half of all theadditions to the Cambridgehousing stock in the entiredecade of the 1960's. As theysay in the advertising business,nobody else can make thatclaim!

Second, the MIT administra-tion is not required to build thishousing; however they volun-tarily elected to do sol Manyotheri organizations could, inprinciple, also build housing.Why, for example, doesn't the{UAG get off its ass to quitbitching and start building?

Third, Mr. Herrey is a highlycompetent real estate man withextensive experience in theBoston-Cambridge area andcritics would be hard put to findsomeone better able to guidethis project through to comple-tion.

Fourth, the new apartmentswill be of high quality anddurable construction and are.l be-

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Weatherall said, and- he addedthat it would be difficult toassess the effect of economicconditions on graduate schoolapplications. because of thesimultaneous influence ofchanges in draft deferments.

Master's and Doctor's degreeholders are also having troublefinding exactly what they want,he said. There is- increasingevidence that some PhD's maybe overspecialized, although lastyear was the first time the prob-lem was serious.

In spite of a much-publicizedrecent oversupply of PhD's. inphysics, MIT's have been, by andlarge, placed satisfactorily.

MIT prepares schedule- for January experiment

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Jobs are still available eveqry-where, Weatherall said, even onRoute .128, but graduates areless likely to find the jobs theywant. In no area is the-situationfor this year expected to irn-prove over that of last year.

Weatherall said that the em-ployment conditions iri fieldssuch as the humanities and, pol-itical science are worse than theyare in engineering, but explainedthat less adequate informationon how graduates in such fieldsactually fared last year is avail-able.

There has been no steadytrend in the percentage of S.B.'sgoing to graduate school,

By Duff McRobitsThe tightening job market in

engineering and science has sub-stantially affected employmentopportunities in several fields,according to Placenfent DirectorRobert K. Weatherall.

About 75 out of about 240companies have cancelled one or_more interview visits for thisyear. Many of this number willstill visit once, having cancelledonly additional visits.

Electronics, computers, andaerospace engineering have beenhardest-hit, according to Weath-erall, largely because of cutbacksin government spending. Otherfirms, however, basic "unglam-ourous" industries such as steeland rubber, are still begging forengineering graduates - last.,year, about forty cancelled visitsbecause'of lack of studentinter-est. The situation is expected torepeat itself this year, he said.

UnemploymentLast year, Weatherall said,

only a very small number ofstudents were actually unem-ployed, but the situation is ex-pected to be worse this year. Hedeclined to be overly gloomyabout the overall prospects forengineering students, saying "theintelligent engineering bacheloris really the most appropriatelyeducated person. . "

He added that MIT's goodreputation is very influential;,because even companies thathave been cut back are reluctantto pass up entirely a year's groupof new graduates.

By Harvey BakerThe trial of Paul Sedgwick, an

MIT senior and a member ofStudents for a Democratic Soci-ety, charged with assault andbattery and being a disorderlyperson, is set for Friday, Novem-ber 6 at 9 am in Third MiddlesexDistrict Court in East .Cam-bridge.

The charges stem from a dem-onstration on August 29 whenthe Radical Arts Troupe, in whichSedgwick is an actor, staged aguerilla theater style skit atHarvard-owned Holyoke Centerin Harvard Square.

Because Harvard had notgiven the Troupe permission tostage the skit at the Center'sForbes Plaza, Harvard Policemoved to clear the play offHarvard property. Accordingly,the group, with over 100 spec-tators, continued their skit onthe sidewalk, when CambridgePolice stopped the action be-

cause RAT did not have a permitfor demonstration on publicproperty.

The Troupe tried to draw thepolice into the play, i.e. make'.them a part of the skit. Thepolice, for their part, theirpatience wearing thin, moved toarrest the leading actor. At thispoint, Sedgwick moved in, ques-tioned the arrest, and was him-self arrested for doing so. Alleg-edly, he resisted arrest to someextent.

Sedgwick further alleges thathe was taken to the CambridgePolice Station in Central Squarewhere, prior to booking, heclaims to have been beaten bythe police, who, he says, punc-tured one of his eardrums. Thepolice, for their part, are charg-ing Sedgwick with being a dis-orderly person (for refusing todisperse on order) and assaultand battery on a Harvard Police-man in the initial scuffle.

which in most cases have beenpreparing since early in the term.

On October 20 the GeneralAssembly established a taskforce both to find out whatstudents wanted for January andto ascertain that the variousresources of MIT will be profit-ably used. Besides setting up theinformation center, the taskforce has set up graffiti postersand notebooks throughout theInstitute.

-So far, three subgroups havebeen established to 1) seek jobsfor students during January, 2)organize interdepartmental andinterdisciplinary laboratory ac-tivities, and 3) plan studentgovernment activities.

An Information Center hasbeen established to co-ordinatethe dispersal of informationabout the January independentstudy period.

Organizers hope to provideup-to-dat e information on events-and classes scheduled for themonth-long break, and also ex-

tpect students with ideas for Jan-uary to leave them- at the center,which will be open in room10-186 from nine am to five pmthis week.

Planning for the activityperiod has been proceeding onseveral levels. Furthest along are.the individual departments,

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