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that it canvassed the MIT cam-pus during the summer of 1972to determine what use could bemade of a cable on-campus net-work.

"We received replies from anumber of groups who wereinterested in -developing edu-cational 'software' to be usedwith the network," Pool said.These groups wrote their ideasinto proposal form, and sub-mitted them, with the proposal,to the Sloan Foundation.

Pool added that roughly$125,000 of the grant would beused for the setting up of thecable and other hardware in-cluding studios, cameras, moni-tors, and other equipment. Therest of the money will be dis-tributed to groups who wish todevelop programs for the net-work.

The spine cable will carrythree two-way channels ori-ginally, Pool said, and will havecapacity for developing 16channels. It will run in a"figure-8" pattern, with the cen-ter under the CAES head-quarters, which already housesseveral TV projects.

Pool said that the figure-8'configuration will "add free-dom" to the network, byallowing users to plug in any-where along the cable to send orreceive. This, he said, wouldreduce dependence on studios.

-A pCroposal.-by ehe Depart-ment of Humanities for a dramacourse, establishing an extensive

-Art and Architectural HistoryLibrary, complete with slidesand films, and greater utilizationof a collection of videotapescompiled by the News StudyGroup in the Department ofPolitical Science are among theprojects that would benefit fromestablishing the network, Poolsaid.

"I'm looking forward to ex-ploring greater use of televisionin the classroom," said EdwinDiamond, lecturer in PoliticalScience and faculty coordinatorof the News Study Group. "Wehave compiled a very valuablelibrary of audio-visual materials- from the Checkers speech tothe Ford inaugeration - and thiswill enable us to expand thatwork and evaluate its usefulnessin the classroom."

Diamond, a member of thetelecommunications group thatwrote the original proposal alsopointed out that student media,such as the student televisionnews operation MITV, wouldbenefit from the network.

By Mike McNameeThe Center for Advanced

Engineering Study has received a$500000 grant from the SloanFoundation for creating aneducational cable televisionnetwork on the MIT campus.

The grant.will fund setting upa cable spine with its hub at theCAES headquarters in Building9, and will also be used tosponsor a number of pilot pro-grams in use of television in MITclassrooms.

The grant will probably beadministered by the Center, withabout 10 MIT departments,laboratories, and centersexpressing interest in developingprograms for use of the network.

Outgoing CAES Director Pro-fessor Wilbur' Davenport toldThe Tech he would discuss thecable project in late Octoberwith his successor, Dr. MyronTribus, who will take over theCenter in January. Tribus willprobably accept responsibilityfor the program, Davenport said.

A proposal submitted about ayear ago by a group of tele-communications experts at MITforms the basis of the cableprogram. Professor of PoliticalScience Ithiel de Sola Pool, onemember of the group, explained

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Students-lining up for their Commons meals in Walker Memorial had to wait longer than they expectedWednesday, the first day of the strike by Dining Service cooks. Walker wag the only dining hall oncampus open. (Photo by Rich Reihi)

DMIT 'ci tes 'threats,vandalism'as strike starts second week

By Mike McNameeMIT officials charged striking

employees with "acts ofvandalism and threats ofviolence" yesterday in whatappears to be an answer toearlier union charges against theInstitute.

The charge, made by RobertJ. Davis, director of PersonnelRelations, was cited in a specialInstitute Report distributed bythe administration yesterday, asthe strike against MIT by ServiceEmployees International UnionLocal 254 entered its secondweek.

Davis reportedly. "had con-veyed to (Federal MediatorDaniel F.) Hurley the Institute'sdeep concern over the acts ofvandalism and threats ofviolence which have occurredduring the strike." Davis' com-ments, as reported in the Insti-tute Report, were in a reply to arequest by Hurley that MITmeet with the strikers at 3:30pmyesterday-in the Boston Officeof the Federal Mediation andConciliation service. Davis saidthat he doubted a "constructivemeeting could be held in thisatmosphere."

Investigation by The Tech,however has uncovered no spe-cific incidents of vandalism thatcould be attributed to thestrikers.

"We have had no reports ofanything alarming," CampusPatrol Captain Richard G. Dris-coll said yesterday. "There hasbeen nothingto our knowledgethat is violent."

Driscoll said that the onlyspecific acts of vandalisnl thathad come' to his attention were"incidents of toilet-paper

throwing. We have those everyyear at one time or another," hesaid.

The captian pointed out thathe might not have been fullyinformed of any incidents: "Ifthe administration knows some-thing about this, they might beright, but we dont't know."

Driscoll added that he did notwant to contradict the adminis-tration, and said he was "put onthe-spot."

Edward G. Sullivan, presidentof SEIU Local 254 and head ofthe union strike committee,stated that it was "impossible"for. union-members to -vandalizeanything except "the streets andsidewalks of Cambridge." "Ourmembers are on the picket lines,and they are being watched byhalf the Cambridge Police Forceand hearly all the MIT CampusPatrol," Sullivan said.

"Wherever there are pickets,there are cops - sometimesmore police than pickets," Sul-livan continued. "Anyone whocan commit vandalism underthose circumstances should be inthe CIA."

Sullivan said that unionmembers have been threatenedby management personnel who_come out to the pickets andsay, 'When this is over we'll takecare of you."

Peggy Murrell, a staff memberon the Institute Report, saidthat the charges made inyesterday's report were based ona number of "unconfirmedbomb threats, punctured tires,and threats to families of MITemployees who have continuedto work." Murrell said severalcases of tires being slashed havebeen confirmed, and nails have

been found in driveways oncampus.

Murrell mentioned spe-cifically two trucks, one atLincoln Laboratories andanother in the E19 (Ford Build-ing) parking lot, that had tires"slashed". One truck had awindow smashed, she said.

The mention of vandalismand .threats . was "statedstrongly" in the Institute Re-

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By Michael GarryA record number of MIT stu-

dents registered to vote in Massa-chusetts general electionsWednesday at a Undergraduate-A ssociation-sponsored registra-tion session in the Student Cen-ter.

75 students were signed up tovote in this year's elections, tobe held Nov. 5. According toCambridge Election Commissionofficials, this was the highestnumber of students ever to regis-ter at a single session at MIT.

Wednesday' registration ses-sion was the first to be held atthe Institute under a law, ap-proved by the MassachusettsGeneral Assembly last fall, eas-ing the procedure for studentswho wish to vote in this state.

As a result, the session was instrong contrast to similar meet-ings in the last two years, whereas many as 50 per cent of thestudents who wished to registerwere turned away by CambridgeElection Commissioners on thegrounds that they could not

prove their "domicile" in Massa-chusetts.

The new law - the UniformVoter Registration Act- estab-lished uniform registration re-quirements for the state, andeliminated the question of domi-cile in registering Instead, itprovided that anyone of legal agewho signed an affidavit stating hewas a Massachusetts residentwould be eligible to register.

No students were turnedaway at Wednesday's session.

David Sullivan '74, a memberof the Cambridge Committee forVoter Registration, told TheTech that 117 Harvard Univer-sity and Radcliffe College fresh-men were registered, with noneturned away, at a session atHarvard Monday.

"I thought it [Wednesday'ssession] was pretty good,"Sullivan said.

Registration tables will be setup from 10am to lpm Saturdaymornings in Central, Harvard,and Porter Square until Oct. 5,Sullivan said.

renovation of MIT athletic facili-ties. The, first phase consistsmainly of constructing a new icehockey rink and indoor sportsfacility to replace the presentrink.

Eventually, the renovationplans call for replacement ofRockwell Cage and substantialimprovements in facilities allover . campus. Many of thechanges planned reflect increas-ing use of athletic facilities by,women students.

"Summer doldrums"Although the Murchison com-

mittee met in June, little actualfund-raising activity has taken

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By Mike McNameeFund-raising plans for financ-

ing a planned $4.8-million sportscomplex are being developed,and a full-scale drive is "almostready to go," administrationofficials have told The Tech.

A Corporation committeeheaded by Dallas, Tex., business-man Clint W. Murchison '44 metin New York in late June toconsider fund-raising strategiesto be used in the drive. Planshave grown from that meeting,and the dnrive will be launched"as soon as possible," accordingto a Development Office official.

The funds raised will be usedfor "Phase 1" of a long-term

Approximate location of the planned sports center (box) is in the place of the 'existing ice rink andoutdoor track. The new facility'will include an ice rink and a oneeighth mile indoor track. ,

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Inventions displayed at innovation showsystem, to the Center so thatstudent entrepreneurs can ex-plore its "commercializationalternatives." This system'sdemonstration, consisting of ahalf hour film including sceneswith people walking toward theviewer and ithrowing things outat the audience, proved to bespectacular.

While these inventions arespectacular, the core of the pro-gram is formed by the classes itsponsors. An hour long rap ses-sion provided- the heads of theprogram with a chance to ex-plain its value to students and to"plug" its courses.

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Student inventions include anew electric guitar, by JacobMoskowitz, that will allow itsplayer to control the soundenvelope of each string individu-ally, and a programmable recordturntable by Carl Bielenberg '75that will allow its user to play,automatically, one or two songsfrom each record in a stack.

Finally, an outside inventor,Floyd Ramsdell, has brought hisinvention, a 3-dimensional movie

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By Mitchell TrachtenbergThings that buzzed, clicked,

whirred, and went bump in thenight were on display, alongwith many other more practicaldevices, at the MIT InnovationCenter's exhibition held lastweek in 'the Center for SpaceResearch (Building 37).

The exposition washosted bythe Innovation Center - a year-old program co-sponsored by theSchool of Engineering and theSloan School of Management-to introduce the MIT commu-nity to the group's activities.

Courses in invention, entre-preneurship, and research anddevelopment are offered to "pre-pare students to be good inven-tors, and to teach them how tobring their inventions to produc-tion and marketing," said the

Center's director, Professor ofAeronautics and AstronauticsY.T. Li.

In a crowded room in theCenter for Space Research, theparticipants were standing byprototypes, pictures, graphs andbrochures, explaining the pur-poses and functioning of theirdevices to onlookers, who in-cluded students, professors, andseveral industry representatives.

The program has had overone hundred students taking oneor another of its classes last year,with another hundred studentsparticipating now. Several differ-ent aspects of the program wererepresented by the studentstaking part in the exposition.

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* The Activities DevelopmentBoard is presently receiving appli-cations for capital equipment fundingfor student and community activitiesuntil September 25. Applicationsmay be secured from Dean Holden'soffice in Room 7-101.

* Wellesley College Madrigal Sing-ers will pertorm Wednesday, in theLobby of Building 7.

* September 23 at 4pro in Westlounge, Student Center. Forum onthe Legal Profession - Perspectiveson Law Practice: Individual - LawK'rm. Sarah Raney, Esq, privatepractice of law, Cambridge. DeborahWillard, Esq., Associate, Foley, Hoagand Eliot, Boston.

* Ecology Action revitalizationmeeting Thursday September 26th,7:30pm in our office in the basementof Student Center. New projects:camnpus recycling and national bike-way design collaborative. ElectionsIalso. Info: 494-8424 or 5474859.

* "Jack, or the Submission" by1onesco, and "Next" by TerrenceMcNally -- Two one-act plays pre-sented by the MIT Dramashop onFriday and Saturday, September27-28; 8:30pm. MIT's Kresge LittleTheatre. Open to the public free ofcharge.

* Science Contest: Sciencc andEngineering students have an oppor-tunity to be rewarded for creativethinking. The engineering school bul-letin board has flyers posted contain-ingr details on an energy storage con-test. Feasible ideas, rather thancomrpleted plans, are eligible torPrizes of $25.00. For more copies ofthe contst rules write to: FriedmanEnergy Contest, 6031 St. Clair Ave.,Cleveland, Ohio 44103. State howmany copies wan ted. Good luck.

* The US-China Peoples' Friend-ship Association will hold Boston'ssecond annual China Day on Sat,Sept. 28. This observance of the 25thanniversary of the Peoples' Republicof China will be held at Tufts MedicalSchool, 136 Harrison Avenue, Bos-ton, from 10:00am to 5:00pro. Theprogrn i will feature slideshows anddiscussl ns led by people who haverecently returned from visiting China,severa fihns, including a full-lengthanimated feature made in China, anexhibit of photographs and contem-porary Chinese art. Chinese crafts,food, and literature will be sold.Childcare will be provided. There willbe an admission charge of 50 cents.Children will be admitted free,."

* Free guided tour from BostonCity Hall to the sea. Includes Govern-ment Center, Quincy Market restor-ation, the Central Artery, and theLong Wharf area. Adjourn to theNorth End afterwards for pizza. Meetat the City Hall Plaza Fountain, Sept.28, 3pmo Info. 227-5339. Toursponsored by the Sierra Club.

(Continued Ji-om page 1)place so far, according toDirector of Resource OperationsKenneth S. Brock.

tion" of when to start con-struction of the facility -- howmuch money should be in handbefore construction actuallystarts - is also undecided, Brocksaid.

Inflation will definitely havean effect on the drive and con-struction plans, Brock said, but alarger effect might come fromthe current depressed state ofthe stock market. "Inflationdrives your costs up," Brockexplained, "but the stock mar-ket is what determines howwilling people are to donatelarge sums of money. Themarket has not been good forfund drives." '

Preliminary sketches of theproposed sports center havebeen given to architects, who arenow preparing detailed plans forconstruction. "When we havethose plans in hand, we will beable to tell what the thing willreally cost, and what effect in-flation has had," Brock said.

Replacing RockwellThe first part of a three-stage

plan, the proposed spores centerwill be located on the sites ofthe current skating rink and out-door track. Construction will in-

volve moving the track during asummer, when use is light. Therewill be a lag of about 15 monthsbetween closing of the old rinkand opening of the new one,during which time trade arrange-ments with other schools will bemade for intercollegiate hockeyand other skating, according toSmith.

The new hockey rink willdouble as an indoor eventscenter, taking the place of Rock-well for functions such as Com-mencement; the MassachusettsState Science Fair, and concerts.With a quick-defrost rink andportable floor sections, Smithpredicts that the center could beconverted from a hockey rink toan auditorium in four or fivehours.

The first phase of improve-ments also includes "interimplans" to upgrade facilities inRockwell and duPont Gym-nasium. The Cage's cinder floorwill be replaced with a com-position surface, to reducemaintenance and difficulty ofconverting the Cage for differentathletic events. The gymnasiumin duPont will also be renovated,and Smith said that varsitybasketball would be moved fromthe Cage into the gym, with

portable seats added to take careof spectators.

Improving sports facilities atthe Institute has been a fund-raising goal for some time, andwas listed among six top priori-ties cited last weekend byJohnson in his address to theAlumni Officers Conference.

Brock said that he felt thesports center drive "would fitright in" with any other fundraising plans the Institute mighthave, including a large-scale over-all drive to raise the endowmentwhich was proposed last spring.

"There have been no in-tensive meetings or hard-coreattempts to contact prospectivedonors during the summer,"Brock said. "We've been makingarrangements, but there hasn'tbeen any selling yet."

Brock said the main purposeof the June meeting was to''"identify possible donors,develop some strategies, and as-sess some of the responsibilitiesof the committee."

At that meeting, Brock said,Chairman of the CorporationHoward J. Johnson describedthe Institute's fund-raising needsto the committee, which is com-posed mainly of Corporationmembers. Director of AthleticsRoss Smith also described theproposed sports facilities insome detail.

No timetable has been set forcompletion of the drive,according to Brock. "There werea couple of target dates pro-posed, but nothing definite wasset," he said. The "policy ques-

Responsibility for MIT'sgrowing body of minoritygraduate students has been dele-gated to Dr. John B. Turner, itwas announced this week.

Turner, a specialist in studentpersonnel administration, wasappointed Assistant Dean forminority graditate---students byProfessor Irwin W. Sizer, Deanof the Graduate School.

Turner replaces Dr. ClarenceG. Williams, who has served asActing Assistant Dean since lastJanuary when he was appointedspecial assistant to the Presidentand chancellor for minority af-fairs.

About six per cent of MIT's3,500 graduate students are mi-nority students, according toMIT statistics. That number has"increased rapidly" in recentyears.

Turner has been given respon-sibility for recruitment of minor-ity graduate students, assessmentof minority needs at the Insti-tute; placement counseling, andacademic advising. Currently an

Assistant Dean of the Freshman school and college minority stu-Division at Indiana University, dents.Bloomington, Ind., Turner has Turner is a mathematics grad-also served as educational direc- uate from Fisk University, Nash-tor for the Indianapolis, Ind., ville, Tenn., and received hisUrban League. While at India- masters and doctorate in studentnapolis, he administered a sum- personnel administration andmer job-search program for high higher education from Indiana.

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Starting with this issue, The Tech will bealternately running a nationally-syndicated college-oriented column byJack Anderson {Fridays) and a politicalcartoon by Mike Peters of the DaytonDaily News (Tuesdays). We hope that ourreaders will enjoy these additions andwould like any feedback - pro or con -on the two. - Editor

By Jack Anderson©by United Features Syndicated

WASHINGTON - Soviet leaders havesent secret signals to President Ford thatthey are eager to get along with him.They have deliberately down-played theirdisupute with him over Soviet bases inthe Indian Ocean.

Ford had scarcely moved into theWhite House before he told a pressconference that the Soviet Union was"operating three naval bases in the IndianOcean." This brought a quick denial fromthe official Soviet news agency, Tass,which called it a "regrettable inac-curacy,"

The President was speaking ofUmQasr, an Iraq port at the head of thePersian Gulf; Aden on the South Yemencoast, guarding the entrance to the RedSea; and Berbera across the Aden Gulf onthe African coast of Somalia.

Technically, Ford was wrong, and theKremlin was right. There are no actualSoviet bases at these three strategic ports.But Soviet war ships have, been grantedspecial privileges and priorities at all threeports. The Soviets use the ports, thereforeto refit and resupply their naval ships.

The Kremlin leaders have let Fordknow, meanwhile, that they don't wantthis dispute to interfere with the Soviet-American detente. As an added gesture,they have assured Ford that the harass-ment of Soviet Jews will stop and the50,000 Soviet Jews will be permitted toemigrate next year.

Nuclear SetbakcsThe world's statesmen are losing their

struggle to keep nuclear weapons undercontrol and, thereby, to reduce the risksof a nuclear war. Here are the latest grimdevelopments:

President Ford has decided not to sendthe nuclear test ban treaty, which wasnegotiated in Moscow last July, to theSenate for ratification. Instead, he willgo back to the negotiating table for moretalks. Our sources don't expect these toaccomplish anything.

The Soviets have admitted setting offfourteen nuclear blasts in-the past forpeaceful purposes. US intelligence, how-ever, has detected 32 explosions. TheSoviets, apparently, are attempting todivert rivers into the barren areas ofSiberia.

The Chinese communists have flatlyrejected all attempts to gain their coop-eration in controlling nuclear weapons.

Contrary to India's assurance that itsnuclear test last May was intended strick-ly for non-military purposes, intelli-gence reports claim that the nucleardevelopments began in 1971 as a militaryproject. This has already started ascramble for nuclear weapons by othersmall powers.

Our sources expect a dozen nations toprocess nuclear arms by the end of thedecade. This will ominously increase therisks that these doomsday weapons mayfall into the hands of irresponsible leadersand terrorists.

The Family HomeThe single-family home will become a

thing of the past - unless somethingdrastic is done to revive the depressedhousing industry.

That's the message on President Ford'sdesk right now. It is contained in aconfidential memo tfrom Housing Secre-tary James Lynn.

The memo warns that few single-family dwellings are now being built.Most of the construction is centeredaround the booming condominium craze.Tenants all over the nation are beingsqueezed out as apartment, buildings areconverted to condominiums.

This has driven up the price of single-family homes. Many houses also requirea 25 per cent down payment. Withinterest rates at eleven per cent, onlythe rich can now afford to buy their ownhomes.

Those close to President Ford say he isgravely concerned about these develop-ments. He holds the belief that thesingle-family home is an important ele-ment in the social fabric. Like manysociologists,"he thinks that crowded, low-income housing projects strain the basicfamily unit.

The President, therefore, may pumpfederal money into the housing industryto save the traditional American single-family home.

Nixon's PardonWe have been bombarded with ques-

tions about the pardoning of ex-PresidentNixon. We have carefully investigated thestory behind the pardoning and havespoken to sources who are in a positionto know what happened.

Did Nixon make a deal for a pardonbefore he brought Ford into the WhiteHouse? We have found absolutely noevidence of any advance understandingabout a pardon. On the contrary, Presi-dent Ford specifically instructed hisrepresentative, Benton Becker, not topromise a pardon during the preliminarydiscussions at San Clemente.

Why did Ford grant the pardon? Heacted strictly out of compassion. He hadreceived reports that Nixon was terriblydepressed and despondent, that hisnerves were strung like a harp, that hewas deteriorating daily. Ford thought thehumane thing to do was to pardon hispredecessor.

Why didn't the President wait until thecourts had determined Nixon's guilt?Ford was told that a Nixon indictmentwas imminent. He felt the indictmentmight crack Nixon's emotional stability.Since Ford had already decided uponmercy, he thought it would be morecompassionate to act immediately.

Didn't Ford realize that a Nixonpardon would be unequal justice andmight upset the whole Watergate prose-cution? His lawyers told him that thepower to pardon had been used in thepast as the President's personal prerog-ative, without regard for equal justice.But the whole truth is that Ford simplydidn't consider all the implications.

Washington WhirlBy pardoning Richard Nixon, the Pres-

ident has revived the Watergate contro-versy after almost putting it to rest. Thiswill increase the risks that the GOP willbecome identified in the public mind asthe Watergate party. The voters won't beable to vote against either Nixon or Fordon November 5th. Therefore, many vot-ers will register their protests by votingagainst the Nixon-Ford party. Except inthe South, Republican candidates will behurt by Ford's action.... At the end ofthe Arab oil embargo, all companiesrushed to replenish their stock. This hasnow resulted in a surplus of gasolinewhich will force gas stations to lowertheir prices - slightly. In a few cities, gaswars will probably result as the stationscompete to get rid of their surplus gas.But the oil producers will hold backproduction in order to keep prices high inthe future.... President Ford is con-vinced that Watergate was caused by acampaign committee that was permittedto run wild. Therefore, he will keep a

tight rein on the Republican NationalCommittee. He will ask White House aide,Dean Burch, to keep a sharp eye on thecommittee.and to report back to him theslightest excess.

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If you have never wondered howExtras of The Tech come into existence,you should start now, because I am goingto tell you.

The timing of this expose is chosen, ofcourse, to coincide with the appearanceof our Wednesday Extra proclaiming thestrike by dining service employees. Thereason is primarily to give credit to thosewho stay up half the night to "bring youthe news."

Before we even consider an Extra, weneed an "occasion." On this occasion, theoccasion was the dining employees' strike(Strike 2?). For a week, rumors had beenflying about the campus about the possi-bility of the dining service employeesgoing out either in sympathy with theSEIU walkout (Strike 1) or because ofdissatisfaction with their own contractproposal. If you didn't hear any of theseflying rumors, don't worry, most of thehearsay we hear isn't worth listening to.

I knew that the union meeting was tobe held at 8pm on Tuesday night andsuggested to our News Editor (MikeMcNamee) that we should be alert fordevelopments.

We checked on the SNOW numberevery once ,in a while, but it was ourintrepid Ad Manager (Len Tower) whoaroused me from a homework-inducedstupor at about 10:30pm. The two of usnotified several other senior staff mem-bers (defined as those who won't tell youto go to hell when you ask them to workon an Extra), namely the ManagingEditor (John J. Hanzel), the afore-mentioned News Editor, and the Chair-person (Barb Moore, formerly a newseditor type). *

1 1: 00pm: the staff checks in. Dis-cussion on which MIT officials to wakeup. Allocation of these people toMcNamee; Moore, and self.

1I: 02pmr: nobody is home. They're allout making preparations for the strike-orimbibing spirits?

11:08 pm: success. I make first contactand ask brilliant, probing questions.Minimal information gained, but weknow the strike vote now.

1 1: 22pm: Another contact, the data isflowing in.

11:47pm: I make foray around Stu-dent Center in search of someone inunion; can't find one nor can reach anyon phone. It seems that the only peopleharder to find than MIT officials areunion officials.

12:18am: Interviews completed -everyone got home and we were able togrill them on cooks' strike (grill, get it?).

12:19am: McNamee wins (?) and getsto write story. I generate useless list offood sources near campus.

12:28am: Hanzel begins production ofpaper, typing first two pages written byMcNamee. Sometime in past hour', ever-alert-for-a-buck Tower has convinced theSCC to use the back page for an ad.Everyone groans.

1:24am: Paper almost pasted up. Weneed a graphic so I borrow dining servicesign announcing strike.

1: 57am: Corrections in place, paper isready for printer. Special arrangementshave been made with the LSC to print,our Extras, and sleepless John Sybalskyhas drawn tonight's assignment. ExitSybalsky to print paper.

2:21am: Hanzel, McNamee, and Iadjourn to nearby grease pit for ham-burgers.

About 3:30am: Time to give up theghost, turn in, buy the farm.

6:31 lam: Ironman Hanzel drags him-self out to distribute the paper so thatyou may read it with your morningcoffee.

And that's how we bring you thenews, whether you want it or not. Goodnight, David...

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"My goal is to-see humanitiesplay the important role that Ifeel they should for each MITstudent," Mazlish told The Techshortly after his appointment tohead the department wasannounced last week.

Mazlish was appointed byDean of the School of Humani-ties Harold J. Hanham to fill thepost- for the 1974-75 academicyear. Hanham has served asacting head since he came toMIT during the summer of 1973,replacing Professor of History

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The new humanities require-ment, approved last spring 'bythe faculty, "should bebeneficial for students," Mazlishsaid. "I hope to see humanitiesgetting the attention in practicethat, in theory, . they aresupposed to get," he added.

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minister and guide the humani-ties program. He said that"Departmental offerings shouldbe strengthened, not weakened,by the new humanities require-ment," the professor said.

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our programs quencies is fed into'an oven chamber one frequency and re-broadcasts

d would main- designed for steam injection and them at double that frequency and

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d engineering heating elements. The three cooking an identifying electronic signal. Inter-

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arnoff pointed med cooking sequences. A principal radar sensors could identify speeding

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ofary satellite roasts - beef is one of the meats the drivers. About 1 2"x6"x"', the

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tmutual inter- may be increased to 80 pounds with * HEWLETT-PACKARD has mar-

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The federal mediator, Hurley,told The Tech - yesterdaymorning that he shared MIT'spessimism about the usefulnessof the meeting scheduled foryesterday afternoon. Hurley saidthat he felt little could be ac-complished: "As far as thatquestion goes, that analysis hasnot changed."

Davis' charges of violence bystrikers seemed to be in reply tocharges made earlier this weekby Sullivan, who had told TheTech that MIT was refusing to'deal directly with the SEIU.

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About 75 signatures had beencollected yesterday afternoon,with the sponsors predicting thatmost of the faculty wouldsupport their move.

Meanwhile, the strike byCooks and Pastry Cooks Asso-ciation Local 186 against theInstitute, called Tuesday night,was inconveniencing members ofthe MIT community who sud-denly found themselves withouta place to eat.

throughout the negotiations.Davis also charged that

procedures used by the union indeciding to strike inevitably ledto a vote in favor of striking. Hesaid that the announcement ofthe meeting was vague, and thatthe meeting was scheduled foran hour which was "incon-venient" for union members.

A later strike vote by unionworkers at the Lincoln Labora-tories was a "foregone conclu-sion," Davis said. He said thatpressure had been applied to theLincoln Lab workers by unionofficials and MIT members.

Sullivan told The Tech thatthe voting procedures'used bythe union this year are "almostiderntical" to those followed twoyears. ago, when the union rati-fied the contract with MIT.

"What 'Davis calls 'pressurefrom union officials' is what theunion calls 'solidarity'," Sullivansaid. "There were no membersof the Cambridge group presentwhen the Lincoln employeesVoted to strike.",

Several members of the MITfaculty are circulating a petitionin support of the strike. Thepetition urges staff and facultymembers not to "scab" by de-

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By Nakir MinazianAfter 29 years as the MIT ice

hockey and lacrosse coach,Benjamin R. Martin, AssistantProfessor of Physical Education,retired this summer. Recognizedas the most respected of NewEngland lacrosse coaches andone of the pioneers of intercol-legiate ice hockey, "Ben"coached from the formative,right through the current thriv-ing years of both sports.

Ben was lengendary first as anAll-American lacrosse player forSyracuse University and then asone of the finest coaches in thepioneer years of the intercol-legiate game.

In 1958 and in 1959, histeams at MIT won the RoyTaylor Trophy, the forerunnerof the NCAA College DivisionChampionship. In 1959, Martinwas the coach of the Northsquad for the Johns HopkinsNorth-South All-Star LacrosseChampionship.

His MIT squad barely missedwinning the New England Cham-pionship in 1969, losing an over-time contest to the University ofMassachusetts. Ben has turnedout seven All-American lacrosseplayers in his tenure at MIT,including Marinos Gerakaris '56,Charles Fitzgerald '59, JoeSkendarian '61, Steve Reimers'69, Jack Anderson '69, WaltMaling '69, and Steve Cochi '73.

As hockey coach, Martin ori-ginated the MIT Hockey Tourna-ment the forerunner of theECAC Division II Championshipwhich was held every Januaryduring term recess.

Though starting in 1947 witha modest schedule including Bos-ton College, Boston University,and Harvard, the schedulechanged to include terms thatwere less competitive in theirrecruiting practices. Beginning

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The varsity wrestling teamwill hold its organizationalmeeting next Monday, Sep-tember 23 in Room 37-252 at5:00ppm. All t hsoe interestedin intercollegiate wrestling areinvited to attend.

with teams which did not havevarsity status, like UMass, Merri-mack, Connecticut, and Wes-leyan, MIT developed its ownschedule and New Englandhockey along with it.

In 1973, Coach Martin. re-ceived the Schaeffer Pen Awardfor his outstanding contributionsto hockey, presented by theNew England Hockey WritersAssociation.

Although always known as a"tough" coach, Martin com-manded a rigor, discipline, andrespect from his players thatendured. Many an ex-athlete,returning to MIT looked up Benfirst for a visit. No doubt hispresence and character will bemissed as a unique and irre-placeable figure in the MIT Ath-letic Department.

Former coach Ben Martin (right) is shown accepting the Schaeffer Pen Award for his long history ofcontributions to hockey. , hoto by Fred Hutchison

for.mnance enables MIT to sail inthe finals of the NEISA SloopChampionship.

The following day, the mensailed in.the Yale Dinghy Invi-tational, placing fourth behindYale, Tufts, and URI, whoplaced first, second, and third,respectively.

MIT's A-division wasskippered by Erb, with crewSteve Gourley '77, while theB-division skipper was BillCritch '77 with crew Bill Rizzi'76. Although MIT's sailorsshowed . occasional flashes ofbrilliance, their lack ofconsistency cost them a betterfnmish.

_ The MIT freshman sailingteam began its season Sunday,sailing in the Charles RiverBasin, where MIT entered twoteams. The MIT-A and MIT-Bteams finished third and fifthrespectively in a fleet of seventeams. Gary Smit ivas the out-standing MIT sailor in this regat-ta.

By Lila KobylakThe MIT men's varsity sailing

team opened its fall season lastSaturday by winning the elimi-nations for the New EnglandIntercollegiate Sailing Associa-tion (NEISA) Sloop Champion-ship at the Coast GuardAcademy.

Sloops are a twin-sailed classof boats, which are larger thanthe dinghies sailed on theCharles and are manned by ateam of four. They require bothcoordination of effort and goodseamanship on the part of allmembers of a team to sail well.

The MIT team of ChuckTucker '75 (skipper), Paul Erb'76, George Todd '76, and LarryDubois '76 demonstrated pre-cisely thses abilities by its firstplace finish in the eliminations,placing first in four out of sixtrials.

The final scores for theeliminations were: MIT 11,Coast Guard 13, Brown 18,Stonehill 24, Bowdoin 28, andTrinity 33. This fine per-

By Dan GanttHad the lowly New England Patriots not beaten the mighty

Miami Dolphins on Sunday, the opening of the National FootballLeague season last weekend might well have passed me by.

For you see, of late I've found it very difficult to takeprofessional football seriously. The season now runs from July toJanuary, with the two overlapping schedules of the two leaguesadding to the thorough confusion. Each league has a different setof rules, neither of which bears great resemblance to that towhich I am accustomed. Players are being bounced around likeping pong balls; the Lord only knows who plays for whom ...and I have great doubts that He cares.

Just to show the complete ridiculousness of the situation, try,if you can, to name one player from the Portland Storm, the SanDiego Chargers, the Detroit Wheels, or the Chicago Bears. I don'tthink I can. Can you name a World Football League coach? Forthat matter, can you name --I of the WFL teams, includingnicknames? Even all of the NFL teams may not be known by anybut the most interested of fans.

And the rules! What happens when a game is tied at the end ofregulation time? Is it still legal to signal for a fair catch on a punt?Right now it's even difficult to remember how many points atouchdown is worth. It all depends on what day of the week youhappen to be watching the-game and also on the color of thefootball being used.

Following football is just so frustrating! As far as I'mconcerned, there's no way you can beat a good pennant race inlate September.

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VOLUME 94. NUMBER 31!½ MIT, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS WEDNESDAY, SEFPTEMBER 18, 1974 FREE

Second strike in week

I 00 Cs I union votes to strike MIT

bWalker only hall opene Corrmmons gets priorityBy Storm Kauffman,

Mike McNamee,and Barb Moore

Members of Cooks and PastryCooks Association Local 186,AFL-CIO, voted to strike MITlast night over a contract disputedating back to June 30.

The strike closed all Institutedining facilities except WalkerMemorial, which will be usedto feed students who are enrol-led on Commons meals plans.

This is the second strike to hitthe Institute in less than a week.Members of Selvice EmployeesInternational Union Local 254,AFL, struck last Thursday over asimilar contract dispute.

Thile vote by the cooks, takenat about 9:30pm, was 26 againstthe contract offered by MIT,and 14 for. The union has about85 members.

Affected by the move to closethe dining halls are several hun-dred faculty, staff, students, andemployees who eat in the Lob-dell Dining Ilall in the StudentCenter, Walker Memorial DiningIHall. and halls in Baker andMcGregor louses. The two dor-mitory h.alls usually serve stu-dents on C('ommonll s three meals a

The above sign was posted at all(lining facilities soon after theLocal 186 called its strike.

day, while Lobdell and Walkerget most of their business duringthe noon lunch period.

The approximately 1000 stu-dents on Commons will be givenfirst priority in Walker under theplan devised for the strike. Otherstudents will be served if thecapacity of Walker allows.

The MIT Faculty Club, loca-ted on the sixth floor of theSloan Building, E53, will alsoremain open. The club usuallyserves faculty and staff who holdmembership cards.

MIT officials appeared to haveanticipated the strike vote, asimplementation of the contin-gency plans began immediately.A letter prepared in advance byDirector of Housing and FoodServices Harmon E. Brammerwas distributed to students inthe dormitories and postedthroughout the Institute shortlyafter the vote was announced,explaining the plan to useWalker.

MIT officials told The Techthat contingency planning forthe possible strike has existedsince the SEIU voted to refusean MIT offer last Thursday.They did not say, however, thatthe Walker plan was the originalplan formulated.

No special plans have beenmade to aid employees and staffwho usually lunch in the MITdining halls, according to MITNews Director Robert Byers.Plans to provide extra cateringor service through food-vendingmachines were "discussed butrejected as impossible," Byerssaid.

Brammer's letter to food ser-vice customllers sulresteci thatcustomers bring lu]ncIhes fromhome or plan to eat off campus(a list of nearby restaurants isprovided on this page).

The contracts of the twounlions both expired at the sametimee. June 30. lemnbers havebeen working under the oldagreemellnts while nIegocti tiatnswere being lheld since that tinme.

MIT offered both unions"essentially the same agree-ment," according to Byers.That agreement included a 7/2per cent wage increase, a movefor MIT to finance the workers'pension plan, and severalchanges in employee benefitsand working conditions.

A third MIT union, the Re-search, Development and Tech-nical Enployees Union, has al-ready signed its biennial contractwith the Institute.

MIT officials told The Techthat there had been "no study"of how long the two strikesmight last, or what effects theywould have on the Institute."Every situation is different,"said Philip Stoddard, Vice Presi-dent for Operations. "We couldgo for a short time with a strike,or we could go on forever."

An SFIU official predictedearlier this week that the union'sstrike would last "at least amonth."

Stoddard said that the strikevote had been expected: "Theywere under all kinds of pressure

- they had 600 people lookingdown their throats (the 600striking members of SEIU)."Stoddard would not elaborateon what kind of "pressure" hadbeen applied; "I used the wordin a general sense," he said.

Stoddard said that the firstconcern of the administrationhad been the welfare of MITstud ents living on campus."Those kids live here, and wehave to take care of them first,"he said.

Most student employees inthe Dining Service will be laidoff for the duration of thestrike, with only enough em-ployees retained to staff WalkerDining Hall. No plans have beenmade on whether those positionswill go to a fixed group ofstudents or rotated among allDining Service employees.

No special preparations forthe change in service at Walkerwere being nmade at press time,according to student employeesthere. "All we're doing isstocking up on ulcer and head-aclhe medicine," one said.

Sources of Food near MIT (Partial list)On -camzpus.

Coop Lobby Shop - supplies limited due to delivery difficulties24-Hr Coffeehou;e - supplies increased

Deliver' to cam pus:Gershman's Pizza (876-2882)Dino's Pizza (266-6381)Domino's Pizza (354-5750)

Cambridge restaurants and subh shops:Boston Sandwich (Mass Ave & Vassar)Campus House of Pizza (Mass Ave & Albany)F&T Restaurant (Main & Carleton, near T)Joyce Chen's Small Eating Place (Mass Ave)Simeones (Brookline, near Central Sq)Zorba's (Mass Ave, near Central Sq)New Town Variety (Windsor near Main)George & Nick's Steak House (Mass Ave, Centrai Sq)Jack in the Box (M ass Ave, near ('entral Sq)Brigham's (Mass Ave, near Central Sq)Ken's Pub (Central Square)

Surll' ark /ets:Purity Supre ne (Central Sq )Stop & Shop ( Mlell rive & River St Br idge)lalhlowitz Market ( SMain & Windsor)

For other places to find sustenance, try the list of restaurantsand supermarkets in lTo7'o,(;All/'.

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