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...adoption of the PR voting system by the Faculty on November 18 was considered a victory for the liberal caucus. At that meeting the Faculty rejected the recommendation of the Fainsod Committee that the dean of the Faculty appoint the council's 18 members with elections being held only if the Faculty did not approve of the dean's choices...
...education, a reason that Rampart College sponsors class and home study courses on free enterprise, and that a dozen large newsletters and magazines now circulate Libertarian ideas. The Bucklcyites in Y. A. F., called the "trads," have reacted to this influence since the last National Convention, where a Libertarian caucus gained the support of more than 40 per cent of the delegates present for resolutions calling for an immediate end to the draft and the war and for immediate legalization of marijuana...
Nixon's words were wasted on the Republicans, however; the Democrats control Congress. After a Friday-morning breakfast caucus, Democratic leaders announced that they intended to ignore Nixon's warnings and might even try to override any presidential veto, though it is questionable whether they can muster the required two-thirds vote. Accordingly, they sent Nixon the mine-safety bill despite his threat. Though Congress appropriated $19.9 billion for HEW-roughly the amount Nixon requested-an additional $1.1 billion in spending is almost certain to be added later. Thus, the move was not likely to influence Nixon. Similarly...
...committee will be chaired by Kenneth J. Arrow, professor of Economics, who first proposed the proportional representation system. The other members of the committee are Sims; Andrew M.Gleason, Hollis Professor of Mathematics and a member of the conservative Faculty caucus: Michael L. Walzer, professor of Government and leader of the liberal Faculty caucus; and Charles Maier, assistant professor of History...
Pasey faced a less touchy situation when Dean Glimp resigned last summer. His choice of Ernest May former conservative, caucus member, caused little real dissatisfaction in the Faculty...