Brown and White Vol. 85 no. 15

              lehigh university brown and white vol 85 — no 15 bethlehem pa october 23 1973 866-0331 janeway terms u.s world's food market by pete barry food is the ultimate weapon today said eliot janeway writer and commentator on economic affairs speaking at the commodity futures conference in sin clair lab auditorium friday the world has nowhere to go for food except the united states janeway said he cited the following examples the russians are trying to convert to a protein diet without a corn belt mainland china has little water and the land is exhausted japan has no land or agricultural technology australia has the lowest ratio of water to land of any country in the world janeway also spoke of an incident where saudi arabia on whom the u.s depends for oil held back allocations of oil for the u.s as leverage to obtain american food janeway citicized the federal govern ment for not taking advantage of the american position in the food market he suggested that creditor countries who are continually expressing lack of faith in the u.s dollar be charged an export tax which would be used to support the dollar janeway also said u.s creditors have used the devaluation of the dollar to push inflation on the u.s he said the u.s can reinforce the dollar and the economy by intelligent use of the country's abundant agricultural resources in a separate talk held earlier gerald gold president of enterex commodities corporation said commodity futures are a major contributor to reducing the cost of living and inflation they can help to offset the u.s balance of payments they provide a hedge against world currency risks and a major stimulant to economic growth gold said that 400 billion of com modities were traded in the u.s druing the last fiscal year and that a half-trillion calendar issue faces possible reconsideration by gary levine several forum members said it might be appropriate to call a special meeting of the forum to reconsider the issue of the calendar said richard conway 74 vice chairman of the forum the problem is if the students and faculty have no strong feelings against the present calendar there is no sense in calling a special meeting it's a waste of every one's time he said consequently there will be a special meeting of the student caucus at 7:30 p.m tonight in uc3ob conway said that the number of students and faculty who attend the meeting and their reactions to the calendar will determine whether a special forum meeting is called when the calendar passed the forum the executive group the people presiding over the meeting made numerous errors in parliamentary procedure and we allowed the calendar to come to a vote without too much debate conway said conway explained the procedure the bfcw photo by heck howard whitcomb rhc votes to help sac cover any concert loss by dave arnesen in ah effort to insure against the possibility of taking any loss on the nov 16 quicksilver concert the student activities concert sac committee chairman jim shanley 76 has enlisted the financial backing of residence halls council rh c rhc voted to accept partial respon sibility for a loss by giving up to 2,000 as requested by shanley at its meeting thursday another development at the meeting was the resignation of john b kotto 75 as president of rhc shanley said that the rhc isn't being asked to pay for the concert but to cover losses on a pro-rated basis in case less than 1,500 people attend this means that the rhc will pay the first fraction of the loss sac will pay a smaller pari which will be matched by the rhc until the full loss is settled in this way sac should not take any serious loss said shanley . certain members of rhc concerned about the possibility of losing money were assured by kitto that rhc could withstand a total loss as the funds would be drawn from two committees and nothing else would be affected when shanley was asked whether the rhc would receive a pro-rated share of any profit he answered that it would not saying that it is for the good of lehigh to use the profits to buy better concerts the interfraternity council ifc who supported the last concert with 800 has refused to help an ifc representative at thc rhc meeting said that no more money could be taken from the budget in kitto's letter of resignation to the members of rhc and dean of residence prof given fellowship will work with courts by lauren eisenberg there have not been many research opportunities for those who possess academic exposure in the judiciary but lack the practicing experience of a lawyer the fellowship has opened up the federal judiciary to non lawyers now said howard r whitcomb assistant professor of government commenting on his selection as one of three government scholars chosen to study in washington this year the judicial fellowship program which began sept 10 grants the three fellows an opportunity to observe and assist mem bers of federal district and circuit courts while specializing in areas of their own interest the fellows will converse regularly with judges circuit executives and court clerks acquiring a grass-roots comprehension of the federal court system specifically they will be immersed in daily staff meetings speech writing drafting memos reviewing legal journals and the compilation of bibliographies for designated research projects they will report their progress to officials in the administrative office of the u.s courts the federal judicial center and the office of the administrative assistant of the supreme court chief justice warren e burger in addition each will be granted at least one project of immediate need to the staff or one that best suits the fellow's skills and background possible projects include grad complex still good idea stoops says by kevin flanagan despite the trustee's law school decision a new proposal for a professional school complex has been discussed by several members of the administration this should be looked into right now we can't wait said john a stoops dean of the school of education referring to the idea of a professional school complex which would include the graduate school of business and economics the school of education and a law school stoops said the complex could be located in saucon valley the three schools would share conveniences such as parking lots lounges snack bars and a library we ought to try to see what merits are in the professional complex it would enable us to share in the resources we have stoops said he said that the complex may cost as much money as building each school separately but it would be a better utilization of money we can't stay in these buildings forever he said brian g brock way dean of the college of business and economics and a strong law school advocate said i still think we need a professional education facility however the indication is that the trustees are committed to the new century fund both the school of business and economics and the school of education need new facilities and they both need them at the same time said brockway stoops said that a professional school complex would be better than separate renovations the complex would do more b&w photo by murphy eliot janeway alumnus cites money as law school obstacle by richard davis it is my feeling that most alumni believe a law school should be made part of the university's role in higher education said morgan j cramer immediate past national president of the lehigh alumni association but he said the law school was not feasible at this time giving his views on a comment made in the trustee law school report that alumni have serious doubts that a law school should be made part of the university's role in higher education cramer said the comment was probably true of some alumni but that the alumni in general don't have this feeling there are always opposing views in any group and of our 25,000-plus alumni most would be in favor of a law school he said the law school was not feasible at this time in ligiit of the new century cam paign cramer said the campaign is for the benefit of lehigh in all phases and therefore it is necessary that we follow it he said maintain balance for our continued existence we must try and maintain a balanced budget as we have in the past cramer continued if we say realign the budget and allocate more money for the law school then we will lose credence with everyone who is giving money and furthermore will ruin the campaign and ourselves he said cramer said that the door is not closed on the law school noting the law school report merely made a recom mendation that the board of trustees should not approve the law school at this time although the law school is not feasible at this time the establishment of a law school in the future will be of great benefit to lehigh and its students cramer said calling the law school a great step forward he said he envisioned students graduating from lehigh in six years with two degrees either law and engineering or law and business he emphasized that this would be down the line in the univer sity's future see stoops page 4 see calendar page 4 see whitcomb page 5 see world page 4 see rhc page 5 student caucus there will be a meeting of the student caucus at 7:30 p.m tonight in uc 308 all student forum members must attend the agenda includes 1 an nouncements 2 possibility of special forum meeting for recon sideration of the calendar 3 special caucus business