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...first place, the Council president had evidently neglected to ask his associates what they thought of the recommendations of the subcommittee on food, for during the meeting, only two Council members seemed to know what those proposals contained. Consequently, the meeting was barely under way when Councilmen began arguing among themselves, presenting motions and counter-motions, until they has bumbled away 35 minutes of radio time...
...second place, the Council was so busy thrashing out its won position, that some of Dean Bender's statements which should have been challenged, slipped by unnoticed. And because of the confusion, those Councilmen who had specialized information were unable to put the Dean under vigorous questioning. For one thing, they failed to challenge Bender's statement that the University could not afford to spend &5,000 for a food investigation. They might have pointed out--but they didn't-- that Harvard was able to lay out &75,000 to move Dana Palmer House across Quincy Street board by board...
Both University Hall and the Student Council recognize that this situation is inflammable, that there may be heated charges of discrimination if, for instance, a University policeman tells a soapbox speaker to move on. Therefore the Deans and Councilmen are meeting to fix a set of interim instructions...
Before the new Councilmen so much as clear their throats they should follow Dean Bender's lead and take up this business of political, editorial, and other rights. There is no more crucial issue facing the Council. Let us have recommendations that will carry us at least through this month of October...
...Citizens of Glendale, Calif, voted 11,109 to 8,211 to recall their mayor and three councilmen because they had installed parking meters...