VOL 47 — NO. 3
A LOYOLA-MARYMOUNT STUDENT PUBLICATION
October 20, 1969
Congressman Tunney urges
troop withdrawal by 1971
By Balak & Baker
Last Tuesday, October 14, Congressman John Tunney spoke be-
for a packed assembly of Loyola-Marymount students in St. Robert’s
Auditorium. Congressman Tunney focused his attention on the nation¬
wide Vietnam moratorium which was to be held on the following day.
Congressman Tunney, representing the Riverside and San Bernar¬
dino Counties, is a graduate of Yale University.
In his post-graduate years, he
studied at the Acadetny of Inter¬
national Law at the Hague, Neth¬
erlands, and at the University of
Virginia, where he roomed with
Edward Kennedy. He received a
law degree from Virginia in 1959.
Tunney, who is expected to seek
the Democratic nomination for
Senator George Murphy’s seat in
the Senate this year, is a mem¬
ber of the House Committee on
Foreign Affairs and its subcom¬
mittee on foreign economic poli¬
cy, State Department organiza¬
tion, and foreign operations.
He also holds a seat on the
House Committee on Interior and
Insular Affairs, and is assigned
to the subcommittees on Indian
affairs, public lands, and irriga¬
tion and reclamation.
Congressman Tunney opened
his remarks by stating that the
moratorium was not an attempt
to bring down a president, but
rather a step towards encourag¬
ing policies to end the war. He
viewed the moratorium as a “dis-
Farm labor
ciplined protest by those who dis¬
agree with the indefinite extension
of the war,” not as counter-pro¬
ductive and lawless dempnstra-
tions.”
The thirty-five year old Demo*
crat described Vietnam as a
“crisis for all Americans” which
has undermined and shaken our
economic foundations. ‘The time
has come to call an end to war,”
said Tunney, adding that Nixon’s
goal in South Vietnam is 'unattain¬
able as long as the Saigon gov¬
ernment persists in maintaining
itself in power, irregardless of the
popular will.
The congressman suggested a
total troop withdrawal from Viet¬
nam over a period of eighteeen
months, predicting that this would
be plenty of time for the Saigon
government to share its power
with other sections of the country.
He emphasized that, “Power must
be shared to evoke loyalty.”
Tunney was particularly critical
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organizer
talks on grape strike
By Anthony & Schwartz
“I wouldn’t even listen to Jesus Christ if he were giving a
speech about the Delano Grape strike,” was the comment of
one of the students who refused to attend the Loyola University
Community Action Program’s (LUCAP) most recent forum
In place of Jesus Christ LUCAP provided Richard Bailey of the
United Farm Workers.
Bailey began by contrasting his
union to -such groups as Hoffa’s
Teamsters. “It’s different be¬
cause of what we want. This is a
bread-and-butter strike. It is just
to be recognized as a union.”
He pointed out that farm work¬
ers are still excluded from the
Wagner Act, which protects the
right of workers to strike. He
compared the farm workers’ posi¬
tion to that of unions organizing at
the turn of the century and in the
thirties.
Bailey continued by enumerat¬
ing the goals of the strike. Higher
wages are among the most impor¬
tant. Bailey stated that the aver¬
age farm worker currently earns
approximately $2,000 annually.
If, as usual, his family works in
the field, they will make a little
over $3,000 altogether. He stated
that the hourly wage is deceptive,
as the harvest-season wages of up
to $2.50 per hour last only part of
the year. The United Farm Work¬
ers have proposed wages of $2 per
hour plus $.20 per box picked dur¬
ing harvest.
Richard Bailey
Bailey added that the second
goal of the strike is unemploy¬
ment compensation, as farm work
is seasonal. He stated that the av-
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Merrifield
Inauguration
To be held
CONGRESSMAN TUNNEY delivers first convocation of the year
before a packed house in St. Roberts.
Committee to explore
Loyola academic change
By Brian Gorey
Plans are underway this year to establish a single all encom¬
passing General Education Committee to explore the possibilities of
academic innovation.
According to Fr. Donald Merrifield, President of Loyola Univer¬
sity, and Fr. John Clark, Academic Vice President, this committee
will largely supplant the various boards, task forces, and committees
which previously worked in this area. However, the university com¬
mittees will remain autonomous and will continue to function this
year.
This Wednesday, October 22, a
University holiday will celebrate
the inauguration of Donald Mer¬
rifield, S.J., as President of Loyo¬
la.
Official ceremonies will begin
with the celebration of Mass and
the inauguration at 10:45 a.m.
Speakers during the rites will in¬
clude Joe Deems, ASLU presi¬
dent, Fr. John Clark, academic
vice-president of Loyola, Rabbi
Alfred Wolf of the Wilshire Boule¬
vard Temple, and Fr. Merrifield.
The final benediction will be de¬
livered by Dr. John E. Contelon.
A coffee reception on the Re¬
gent’s Terrace will follow the in¬
auguration Mass, and continue
until time for lunch. Then ap¬
proximately 300 invited guests,
mainly university administrators
and organization officials, will at¬
tend a luncheon sponsored by the
University in the Terrace Rooom
at 1:00 p.m.
The last event of the day will be
an afternoon celebration party on
the Regents Terrace, beginning
at 2:30 p.m. It will be an informal
fest featuring a jazz or rock band
and will run for the remainder of
the afternoon.
All members of the University
community are asked to partici¬
pate in the celebration party.
At Fr! Merrifield’s request, full
traditional inauguration ceremo¬
nies have not been planned. The
money saved will be used for mi¬
nority scholarships.
One of the Committees affected
by this new group is the Com-
mittee on Educational Pro¬
gramming and Planning. Fr.
Clark, chairman of the com¬
mittee, described it as “the
sounding board for innovative
ideas.” The committee, which is
composed of fifteen members in¬
cluding two Loyola students and
one Marymount student, conducts
in depth studies of proposals for
various academic changes and
presents reports with recommen¬
dations to the Academic Council.
Although the committee will
continue to function, its main
thrust will be assumed by the
General Education Committee.
Members of the General Educa¬
tion Committee have not yet been
picked and its structure has not
yet been formulated. However, it
will be a joint effort of students,
faculty and administration.
The Committee is rooted in Op¬
eration Look Ahead, the Presi¬
dent’s Ad Hoc Committee on the
Aims and Goals of the University,
which met three times during the
summer.
The first meeting of Operation
Look Ahead, held last July, was
attended by 86 persons, including
administrators, faculty, personnel
and students. Fr. Merrifield, who
chaired this meeting, stressed the
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Independent colleges
lace ‘hopeless situation’
By Brian Gorey
A growing number of educators and businessmen now predict
that private institutions of higher learning cannot withstand the
growing financial strain which is looming upon them and survive for
another five years.
Fr. Donald Merrifield, President of Loyola University, upon re¬
turning from a trip to Washington to consult with Senators Cranston
and Murphy on the status of the tax reform and financial aid legis¬
lation presently before Congress, concurred partially with this view.
“You might say that the situ¬
ation is hopeless,” Merrifield
commented. “Independent col¬
leges simply cannot survive with¬
out more financial support from
state and federal governments. ’ ’
Merrifield stated, however, “In¬
dependent colleges are fairly con¬
fident that government funds will
become available before the situ¬
ation is extremely critical.”
In the meantime, private col¬
leges all over the country are suf¬
fering. The tax reform measures
before Congress which threaten to
eliminate the tax deductible status
for foundation grants to univer¬
sities has caused a drying up of
those funds.
Fr. Merrifield noted that in
Southern California alone, so far
this year, independent colleges
have lost $14^ million in founda¬
tion grants that have been held
back because of the uncertain
status of the tax reform bill.
The California legislature at¬
tempted to help alleviate this
crisis by doubling the amount of
money allocated for state scholar¬
ships. But this bill was vetoed by
Governor Reagan.
Loyola University belongs to the
Independent Colleges of Southern
California, which is currently try¬
ing to raise additional revenue for
its members. According to Fr.
Merrifield, this money, while
helpful, is not nearly enough to
meet any of the major needs of
the university.
Loyola’s problems are corn-
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