Western Front - 1970 April 7

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Vol. LXII no. 27 Western Washington State College Bellingham, Washington 98225 Tuesday, April 7,1970 10c
Udall to open
ecology week
"Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their
planet. We have a cause worth fighting for: a new kind of war to
make the world safe for humanity against its own worst instincts.
"Perhaps this mighty global struggle to restore the quality of our
human environment may provide an effective and inspired substitute
for national conflict and bloodshed." _Le0 Burnett Advertising Co.
Colleges across the nation The week will be keynoted
have taken up the battle cry. on Sunday,; April 19, by U.S.
A lone flower stands vigil over beer bottles on Sehome Hill. Photo by Bent Meyer
Lawsuit nets
$850 for girls
Eight Western co-eds received
a settlement of $850 in their
lawsuit against their landlord,
Serge Slagle announced last
week.
Slagle represented the girls on
behalf of the legal aids
department.
The eight had filed
c o m p l a i n t s of general
z. inconsideration, lack of privacy,
insulting of tenants and guests
by the landlord, failure to make
repairs and other grievances, he
said.
The landlord had agreed to
return $895 in damage deposits
and unused portions of rent.
Legislature
to fill posts
Three AS legislature seats will
be filled by appointment at 4
p.m. next Tuesday in VU 224,
speaker Gail Denton announced
last week.
Applications are due Monday
and may be picked up at either
the AS government office, VU 1,
or from John Engstrom, election
board chairman. They should be
returned to the government
office, Miss Denton said.
Attendance at next Tuesday's
meeting is imperative to be
considered for appointment,
Miss Denton said.
Army recruiter
to face music
April 22, Earth Day, is a
nationwide day of action to
reclaim an environment ravaged
by years of technological
progress.
The teach-in. on Western's
campus has been expanded to a
full week of speakers, clean-ups,
trash-ins and rallies, in an effort
to re-examine the ethic of the
progress of man.
representative Morris Udall at 8
p .m. in the VU lounge.
Udall, a representative from
Arizona whose name is
synonymous with conservation,
will speak on "Man as an
Endangered Species."
On Friday, April 24, teachers
will be requested to give an
ecological slant to their class
discussions.
S t u d e n t government
leaders will attempt to expell
U.S. Army recruiters from
the campus placement center
tomorrow afternoon.
• The AS cabinet yesterday
agreed to demonstrate after it
was learned that the Army
would not honor a request to
subject the recruiters to a
one-hour questioning period
open to all students.
The cabinet will sponsor a
noon musical rally in the VU
plaza to draw student support
for the protest.
See editorial on page 4.
Whatcom may limit festivals
Hearings on a county
ordinance to regulate rock
festivals will be held at 10 am.,
Monday, in the courthouse
hearing room.
The proposed ordinance,
drawn up by James Thompson,
Whatcom County prosecuting
attorney, will limit festivals to
one day and require the approval
of facilities by the health
department and the county
sheriff.
Applications will be required
at least 40 days before the event
and applicants must submit
fingerprints to and be
investigated by the sheriffs
office.
Furthermore, the applicants
must submit a minimum cash
bond of $5,000 and give proof
of liability insurance of at least
$100,000 per person.
Dr. Robert Keller, professor
at Fairhaven and a member of
the state executive board of the
American Civil Liberties Union,
has asked the ACLU legal staff
to prepare a formal analysis of
the ordinance's constitution­ality.
"In my opinion the ordinance
violates the 1st, 5th, and 14th
Amendments of the U.S.
Constitution in that it prevents
freedom of assembly, violates
due process of law, and denies
equal protection under the law,"
Keller said.
"This ordinance is utter
hypocrisy and a corruption of
the power of the government. It
violates the idea that law should
be fair, rational, and clear, not
haphazard, discriminatory and
vague."
Keller plans to have an ACLU
lawyer at the meeting.
Phyliss Edwards of the
Activities Commission said that
she felt the county
commissioner's action is and
attempt to head off the
Multi-Arts Festival and any
other festivals Western may plan.
Moratorium leaders plan rally
Local Moratorium supporters
are preparing for Income Tax
Day on Wednesday April 15 to
hold their first mass anti-war
demonstration in Bellingham
since last November.
The main thrust of the
Moratorium and New Mobe
demonstrations across the liation
on that date will be directed
against the Internal Revenue
Service, which collects taxes to
financially support the Vietnam
war effort.
The day's activities locally
will begin with a peace march
from the campus to the Federal
Building downtown, at 10:30
a.m.
Carl Maxey, a Spokane
attorney who is running against
Henry Jackson for his Senate
seat, will be the featured speaker
at a noon rally at the Federal
Building.
Local Moratorium Committee
spokesmen explained that a
daytime march will give the
demonstration additional
exposure to downtown
merchants and shoppers while
enabling the marchers to
confront the bureaucrats
working in the Federal Building.
Maxey, who is also president
of the Washington Democratic
Council, will be joined at the
rally by speakers from the
American Servicemen's Union
Indian Servicemen's Union, and
the Student Mobilization
Committee. Musicians and poets
will be on hand for the program
also.
The campus Moratorium
Committee last month voted to
encourage people not to pay at
least $5 of their income tax in
protest against the war. The
committee requested persons
not to pay their telephone excise
tax as well, since that tax was
re-imposed to help pay for the
war.
Goltz discusses further
campus expansion plans
By 1974 Western's campus
will have a predicted population
of over 13,000 students, Barney
Goltz, campus planner, said
discussing accelerated campus
construction last week.
Goltz sees Western with a
population of 15,000 students
by 1978 and sees today's
construction as a road into the
future to handle the number of
students.
Workmen are now working
along High Street to replace old
utility cables, the first necessary
step before the library or
auditorium additions, Goltz said.
Also being developed is the
High Street by-pass project
which will cut down traffic
congestion on the campus. The
project will be open for bids
April 17.
The college and city are
working together on the by-pass
project. Once completed, High
Street will be restricted for
pedestrian use, except for an
emergency vehicle lane, Goltz
said.
Along with street and
academic improvements, Goltz
looks ahead to college housing
now being built and more in the
planning stages.
With these major changes in
Western's campus comes an
equal idea fostered by Goltz and
his staff: the search for people
who can create "inspired,
man-made developments." Western Front photo