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Speaker Cites Misuse of Privilege
By CAROLE BURG, Daily Reporter
President Nixon’s executive privilege does not extend to covering up evi-
dence of high crimes and misdemeanors, Dr. Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. of
Harvard University said in a speech here Monday.
Dr. Mansfield, chairman of the government department at Harvard,
spoke to a crowd of about 50 on “The Modern Doctrine of Executive
Power."
EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE is intended to permit the President to have
a certain amount of secrecy concerning the functions of his office, but,
“He is taking a self-serving attitude by extending privilege to cover up his
evidence of high criminality,” Dr. Mansfield said.
Democratic and constitutional processes pertaining to impeachment were
discussed by Dr. Mansfield, whose field is political theory.
Ideas of Locke and Machiavelli pertaining to the executive and to im-
peachment are built into the U.S. Constitution, Dr. Mansfield stated. He
added that the Machiavellian theory deals with rewards and punishments
for the executive office.
“Forming the executive leads to a choice of electing one man,” the Har-
vard professor said. “The election is a kind of reward and the correspond-
ing punishment is impeachment.” /
“There is a generous alternative offered to the President impeachment
or resignation,” he explained.
Since Dr. Mansfield said he feels that resignation is not characteristic
of the way Nixon conducts himself, he favors impeachment proceedings.
“The Constitution says he can be impeached or not,” Dr. Mansfield said.
He pointed out that the Machiavellian theories result in clearing the air.
“The danger is that we may clear the air by taking a short cut around
constitutional format,” Dr. Mansfield said.
The Harvard professor stressed the importance of having a check on the
executive power. “By the very nature of the office, the executive power is
open to abuse and is unchecked until after the act," he said.
DR. MANSFIELD is certain that either alternative impeachment or
resignation would make a scapegoat of the executive. "II he resigns, those
who oppose him would say he resigned out of guilt, he said. On the other
hand, he noted, those who favor him would say he resigned because he was
hounded out of office.
Dr. Mansfield is the author of one book and several articles, all dealing
with political science. "Statesmanship and Party Government, A Study of
Burke and Bolingbroke,” is the title of his book.
The North Texas Daily
International
Talent, Arts
Open Week
By YORGO PASADEOS
Daily Reporter
International Week started Sunday
evening with a buffet dinner and social
in Kendall Hall at which North Texas
international students and TWU Aus-
tin Hall residents were guests.
Entertainment by international stu-
dents followed the dinner with the last
part of the evening consisting of a dance
attended by more than 100 people.
The exhibition of international arts
opened Monday at 10 a.m. in the Bruce
Hall Music Room It will be open all
week from 10 a.m. to 2 p in. each day.
A science class from Selwyn School
viewed the exhibition Monday. Selwyn
teachers Barbara Kushman and Julia
Hike said the children were 8- to 11-
years-old and were studying human
cultures.
The children seemed to be impressed
as they listened to Nigerian graduate
student Olayiwola Abegunrin tell them
about Nigeria arid watched Indian doc-
toral candidate Rahoul Mehta show
them Indian clothing and artifacts.
The children asked Brazilian graduate
student Vasti Souza what they could buy
with the various Brazilian coins.
A special invitation has been extended
to North Texas faculty and staff mem-
bers to view the exhibition Tuesday from
10 a.m. to 4 p in. Refreshments will be
served
Vote I
Doors of the round Denton
Community Building will be open
from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. today
as city voters determine who will
occupy the two contended places
on the City Council.
Five candidates are vying for
the seats, which are held for two-
year terms. Incumbents Tom
Jester and George Schneider and
newcomers Curtis Bagley, Ray
Campbell and Dr. Ray Stephens
comprise the field of candidates.
The two contestants receiving
the most votes will win the places.
For the views of the five can-
didates, see the two stories on
page two.
City Secretary Brooks Holt
said Monday that the City Coun-
cil will hold a meeting at 7 to-
night, although it is city election
day. The council is to continue
its public hearing on private liquor
clubs and hear a group of women
realtors talk about a beautifica-
tion program, he said. ,
Dallas Students Protest
Student Teacher Firing
general reply to the principal’s sugges-
tions was that children had been getting
so many years of biased history that
they deserved to hear the other side.
Dr. Simms and his staff cooperated
with the school in handling the situa-
tion, Johnson said, although the situa-
tion did not help the relationship be-
tween the school and the WDTEP
Dr. Simms stated that he recognized
that this was a far-reaching kind of prob-
lem that had been going on all semester.
“Lloyd is a bright young man and has
a good approach with students, and I
think it was a shame he threw it all away,
because he has a contribution to make.
Dr. Simms explained that Gite would
have a difficult time being placed again
as a student teacher.
"Lloyd did not break any univer-
sity rules, but he was under Pinkston’s
regulations, and when he chose not to
follow them he was dismissed," Dr.
Simms said.
This means that Gite will not grad-
uate in May because he will not earn
the 15 credit hours usually received
after a semester in the program when
successfully completed. Dr. Simms
said.
He added that this is the first dismis-
sal of a student teacher by the princi-
pal, and that no other student teacher is
presently facing a similar problem.
"The university and the school dis-
trict leaned over backwards all semes-
ter to explain to Lloyd that he couldn’t
use the classroom as a forum," Dr
Simms concluded.
The Daily was unable to reach Gite
for his comments
Compiled from Daily Reports
Lasater Reminds Deadline Violators of Penalty
The last minute rush to purchase the new 1974 license plates was evidenc-
ed Monday by the swarms of people pouring into the County Tax Office at
300 E. McKinney.
George R. Lasater, county tax assessor-collector, warned that persons
who did not meet the April 1 deadline and who get ticketed by police will
be assessed a 20 per cent penalty charge on the price of their 1974 plates
He said, however, that persons who come in late who have not been tick-
eted will be asked to sign an affidavit saying that they have not driven their
cars since the deadline. No penalty charge will be assessed in their case,
he added.
Fraternity To Sponsor King Memorial Service
The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity will hold its annual Martin Luther King
Memorial Services Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Education Building Auditor-
ium.
Reverend Herman High of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Beaumont
will speak at the services, which are expected to last about one hour.
The fraternity urges all interested persons to attend.
Grand Jury Probe Opens on Aggressive Note
The Denton County Grand Jury’s investigation of the March 9 student-
police incident began last Friday with "thorough, lengthy and aggressive
questioning" of police and student body representatives, Mike Simpson,
SGA president who was questioned, said Monday.
"I was questioned aggressively (by the grand jury)," Simpson said, “but
I’m sure others were, too."
No action has yet been taken against the 48 persons arrested in the con-
flict, Ralph Mann, Denton city attorney, said. “No charges have been
dropped and probably nothing further will be done until after the grand
jury's investigation is completed," he said.
Voter Registration To End for May Primaries
The deadline for voter registration is 5 p.m. Wednesday for those who
wish to vote in the upcoming May 4 primaries, according to George R.
Lasater, county tax assessor-collector.
Registrars will be located at the Temporary Union Building all day until
the deadline, according to Dr Don Smith of the biology faculty
Offices from justice of the peace to governor will be voted on in the Dem-
ocratic and Republican primaries.
Funeral Services Set for University Employe
Funeral services for E. J. Milam Jr., executive foreman of North Texas'
custodial department, are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at St James AMF
Methodist Church. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Park.
Milam, 61, died Sunday night after a sudden illness He had been an
employe of North Texas for 32 years.
He was secretary of the Joppa Masonic Lodge No. 162 and was a board
member of the City of Denton Parks and Recreation Department
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Schmitz-FToyd-Hamlett
Funeral Home.
Registrar Validates Classification of Candidate
Registrar John H Brown issued a statement Friday certifying that Alan
Klotz, a candidate for Student Government Association (SGA) president,
is classified as a sophomore student Because of an error in university rec-
ords, Klotz was formerly classified as a freshman, which would have made
him ineligible as an SGA presidential candidate.
Committee To Review Funding
Controversy Arises Concerning Fine Arts
By TIM JONES
Daily Reporter
The Student Service Fee Committee
has asked members of the Union Build-
ing Board and Fine Art Committee
to meet with them to discuss different
possible avenues of funding the l ine
Arts Program other than with the stu-
dent service fee.
According to Mike Simpson, chair-
man of the Student Service Fee Com-
mittee and Student Government Asso-
ciation (SGA) president, the joint meet-
ing is the result of a controversy over
a motion that the committee not fund
the Fine Arts Program.
The motion was tabled until after
the joint meeting on Monday, he said.
"I have a memo from John Carter, vice-
president for fiscal affairs and treasurer,
which says there will be ample funds in
the Union Building fee to accomodate
the operation of the new Union Build-
ing and absorb other items," he said.
"If we are going to continue to
meet student needs, we are going to have
to find more money to fund programs
with," Simpson said. “One way to do
this is to find other means to fund pro-
grams previously funded by the student
service fee.”
Simpson said the Student Service
Fee Committee definitely supports the
Fine Arts Program but the committee
needs the cooperation of every unit
on campus to work things out for the
best interest of students.
“There is a possibility that Fine Arts
can be funded from the Union Building
fee," he said "There was a little over
$200,000 carried forwardinto the Union
Building fee from which it could be
funded,"
Dr. James Baird of the English
faculty and member of the Student
Service Fee Committee said the rec-
ommendations would be for this year
only and hopefully the committee would
have money to add to Fine Arts next
year. "The Fine Ars Program is of
benefit to students, but we are in a tight
situation now," he said.
Simpson said the committee is con-
tinuously looking for alternate means for
funding the programs and that it is pos-
sible that stadium operations might be
funded through another source "Fund-
ing the stadium operations through
another source would be helpful but 1
don’t think it would solve the problem,"
he said.
"I think that if there is a decision
to fund Fine Arts from another source,
we need to make the Fine Arts Com-
mittee and the Union Board aware of
the dilemma so there will be no misun-
derstanding between us as to the basis
of the decision," he said
By DIANE WINN1FORD
Daily Reporter
Students at Pinkston High School
in Dallas joined a demonstration Fri-
day led by ex-student teacher Lloyd
Gite, Houston senior, protesting his
dismissal Wednesday by Herbert John-
son, school principal.
Johnson, who like Gite is Black, stated
Monday that Gite was dismissed "for
not presenting a balanced picture ot
history in the courses, but instead pre-
senting one from which white students
might read an anti-white sentiment
and for making certain statements in
class about other white teachers when
he hadn’t even visited those teachers'
classes.”
APPROXIMATELY 50 to 60 stu-
dents and passers-by picketed the school
and marched in a vacant lot across the
street from Pinkston.
By late afternoon Friday the number
of protesters had dropped to five or
six, according to Dr, Richard Simms,
director of the West Dallas Teacher
Education Program (WDTEP) and ed-
ucation faculty member.
Dr. Simms helped create the WDTEP
in cooperation with the Dallas Inde-
pendent School District in 1972.
“The program was developed to give
education majors an opportunity to
teach in inner-city schools," Dr. Simms
stated. "Since 1972, 150 students from
North Texas have participated in the
program and this is the first problem we
have had."
GITE TAl (.II I four classes, two in
Black Studies and two in American
History with a total of approximately
150 students, according to Dr. Simms.
Dr. Howard Smith, assistant dean of
the college of Education, stated, “The
young man left his student teaching
assignment Wednesday, so he protest-
ed Friday as a private citizen without
the sanction of the College of Educa-
tion. The college did not try to inter-
vene either for or against him "
The Pinkston principal commented
further that “It is the responsibility of
school teachers to present the whole
truth to young minds and Gite was not
doing this."
Johnson added that he had held
several conferences with Gite who’s
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Foreign Flair
Jungwoo Lee, TWU sophomore from Korea, stands next to a look-
alike doll in the Korean display of the International Fine Arts Exhi
bition in the Bruce Hall Music Room Ibrahim Oudch. Arabia graduate
student, plays a musical instrument in the Palestinian display
Photos by TIM BULLARD
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