Miami Hurricane, November 03, 1967

              The Mia
Volume 43, Number 15
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Goldwater
—Photo by Ashwani Sharma
“ll-H-ll-Hellow” says I.ouis Sperling, USG Lecture Series chairman, as Goldwater lands in Miami during his swing through the college lecture circuit. This was his 49th stop aimed at students this year.
Supports Nixon for
Barry Goldwater spoke to a crowd of 2200 people Oc tober 31 in the third lecture of
the USG sponsored series.
He gave his definition of communism as “any' government that takes from its people the God-given right to freedom." This, he said, includes any country whether a communist country, such as Russia, or a dictatorship in Latin America. His fear is that this threat of aggression continues to burn whether in the Middle Fast or in South East Asia.
In explaining the position of the United States, Goldwater said that we have treaties with 42 or 43 different countries around the world which are more binding than that
treaty we have with South Vietnam.
All of these treaties had been voted on while he was in the Senate and all followed the theory that a show of force would be enough to halt any aggression.
Itiday, he suggested that all of the treaties should be reconsidered since once the United States has given its word it must abide by it.
In the past our country has blamed Russia as the source of many world trouble-spots. However, Goldwater feels that we may find ourselves allied with Russia (in the advent of a war, possibly against Red China.)
Commenting on President
Johnson's handling of th< Vietnam war, Goldwater said. "Johnson is running this war in the way that many of us felt that it should have been run years ago and he is
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ones like "snow-jobs” and things like that are a little better.”
Speaking of his own party.
Because of alleged poor quality in the production of the UM class ring, the University broke its contract writh the Elliot Company, the T producer, after two years of a 5-year contract. Because the action was taken in late September of this year, there arose the necessity to quickly call together an ad hoc committee to recommend a new class ring producer.
A committee of seven was selected with Edward J. Davis, UM Purchasing Agent, as the chairman. Invitations to vendors to bid on the contract were then sent out to four firms. Bid specifications were enumerated in the invitations to the vendors.
The first meeting was held and each of the four representatives presented their bids. Said Davis, "Not one vendor followed the procedures outlined In the original invitations. Therefore, it was necessary to ask for clarification on different points. If UM had had its own bid for mat sheet where the vendors w ould be expected to simply put in their prices, we would have been able to make the decision on the bids originally presented. Howrever, the vendors took it upon themselves to present the information asked for in all ways, they * added information not asked for, gimmicks were introduced, and the result was that it was an Informal type of solicitation.”
Of the original four vendors the committee settled on two candidates: John Roberts Manufacturing Company and Josten Jewelers. The representatives of these two firms w'ere asked to clarify points and to check their bid proposals for any alterations.
It was then revealed that Josten had submitted two
different bid proposals. The company was asked to clarify this and it was explained to be a clerical error. The company stated that its bid proposal was the lower price. This meant that Josten’s bid was 10% lower than that of John Roberts. At least one member of the committee felt that this error should remove Josten’s from the competition. However, Davis pointed out that because of the nature of the competition and on past experiences that this error w'as not unusual.
A vote was taken with the outcome a 3-3 tie. The chairman, in urging for a decision and stressing the importance of the matter, called for another vote. The second vote was 4-2 in favor of John Roberts. A report was drawn up and submitted to Eugene Cohen, UM treasurer, and Dr. William Butler, vice president for student affairs.
Cohen and Butler, upon examining the recommenda-ton, asked for a special meeting of the committee. The purpose of the meeting was to try to understand the justification for accepting a bid which was 10% higher when the other factors seemed to be comparable. The members W'ere asked for any comments which they thought would be helpful in understanding the situation. After the meeting Cohen and Butler exercised their right to reverse the committee’s recommendation and awarded the contract to Josten’s.
On October 28, Wayne C. Beckner, the John Roberts representative, wrote a letter to Cohen protesting the award. Reasons were given to support his protest, they mainly centered around the unorthodox proceedings.
In v>U Utter, Beckner stat-
Addressing a throug of over 2,000 people, Goldwater captured their attention with a former presidential nominees analysis of the war in Viet Nam and the Republican chance of victory over l.BJ in ’68,
running it in a way that I think will bring an end to it within the next 12 months.”
A question was brought up about Johnson’s reserving the right to lie to the general public. He replied "I don’t like this and I don’t think that anyone likes it — I don’t like
Parking
best interests he should let it ride and not antagonize people. lie interpreted this as a threat to his financial aid."
When Shapiro made the charge at the University Forum, Sutton was not present. His reply was made in a telephone interview' the next day.
Another highlight of the University Forum concerned the alleged censorship imposed on the Hurricane in the area of the Kennedy foundation Grant. Charles Estill, Vice President for Development, stated that he considered the w'hole affair to be a "tempest in a teapot," although “Mr. Jasper might have gone beyond his scope.”
At this time Jasper, asso ciate editor of the Hurricane, questioned Estill concerning his implied charges of irresponsibility. E s t i I i was reluctant to reply and felt that it would be more ap propriate at a later date after personal consultations with both Jasper and Larry Mans’ editor of the Hurricane.
The matter was pressed by Continued on Page 2
he endorsed and predicted that Richard Nixon would become the ’68 Republican Presidential nominee. Also h« did not feel that his party’s platform would differ greatly from the Democratic platform.
Concluding his speech, Goldwater stated that he Is supporting legislation in the state of Arizona to give 18 year olds the right to vote. He feels that the youth of today has an admirable trait in that they -stand up for what they believe. This trait must always be maintained.
On November 16, the lecture .Series will present Bar-neby Keene, past President of Brown University and present chairman of President Johnson’s Council on the Humanities.
Students To Evaluate
By CHERYL DOOLEY
Hurricant Rerarlt'
For the first time the UM student body will have an opportunity to evaluate the faculty as well as the courses they are taking.
This evaluation is de scribed by Dennis Richard, President of USG, as a new program which has prospects of becoming an annual tradition at UM. Richard went on to say, “This program will aid students in choosing their professors and help to improve faculty salaries.”
The program is under the Continued on Page 13
ed certain facts and figures which were supposed to be confidential information. The members of the committee were the only ones with ac cess to material and they were told by Davis that all bids and any other information were to be kept in strictest confidence. Beckner said that a member of the committee gave him the information and he was entitled to the information as he is “a part of this University.” When questioned as to what part he
answered, “As an alumnus.”
Davis, in remarking on the disclosure, said that it represented a “gross misconduct." He also said that Beckner “had the information before the contract was let. He had all information of the committee’s actions.”
Beckner feels that a wrong has been committed and stated that he is following Davis’ recommendation and will follow his convictions through.
Forum Looks at Aid,
Thomas Sutton, Director of Financial Aid. was accused at the University Forum this Monday of threatening a student with loss of financial aid if the student did not stop bothering Dr. Butler, vice president of Student Affairs and his office staff.
The accusation came from Jacob Shapiro, an international student, who claims that Sutton made the threat over a personal financial problem. According to Shapi-
ro, Sutton told him that if he did not quit trying to see Butler, he would have his financial aid cut off.
When questioned about this charge, Sutton denied making it. He stated “No, this is not true . . . (due to circumstances) Shapiro felt he should receive a scholarship. He did not qualify and so was over at Dr. Butler’s office bothering people with his persistence. I said that for his
President Henry King Stanford addresses the students present at the first Forum of the year in the Student Union. University administrators were available for the first time this year to answer all the questions the students could muster.
VM Breaks Ring Contract