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...successful in making his peace with the new chief. Quickly calling off a general strike when Prío's men showed no stomach for a fight, Mujal offered Batista the support of his 1,200,000-member Cuban Confederation of Labor (C.T.C.) on the basis of a seven-point program. Chief points: recognition of the C.T.C., preservation of union gains, job security for Mujal and other leaders. Saying that he will "respect the C.T.C. as an organization," Batista promised only to leave Mujal on the job "as long as the workers want to keep him." Strikes...
...current tiff between the NCAA and the Educational Council over the seven-point program issued Saturday has no theoretical bearing on Harvard's stand on sports policies. The Ivy Group has been considering banning out-of-season sports ever since Yale announced its dropping of spring football, and the Ivies can make their own conference rules as strict as they want. Bowl game appearances, for example, have long been prohibited to Ivy Group schools...
...seven-point program, which also forbids the use of freshmen in varsity contests and limits basketball practice, was drawn up by 11 college presidents and approved by the executive committee of the ACE. President Conant is not a member of the 11-man group, contrary to an Associated Press story of last week, but is on the executive committee...
...from varsity teams, elimination of athletic scholarships. ¶The Pacific Coast Conference formally adopted an "honor system" for policing its own backyard against the evils of subsidization. The men put on their honor: the college presidents. ¶ The Eastern College Athletic Conference (representing 89 colleges) met to consider a seven-point reform movement. Salient point: elimination of outright athletic scholarships. ¶ The Big Seven Conference not only banned bowl games but even agreed not to play in postseason tournaments (e.g., the Madison Square Garden basketball championships) sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. ¶Southern Conference officials voted to suspend...
...point in the second period, the Crimson overcame a seven-point deflect to take a lead which they never lost afterwards. Blodnick, who started the second half to rest Lionette, and Dennis were the leaders in this rally, as they both scored several field goals on jump shots from inside the foul line...