Burroivs:
Committee reports on Davis
The University Liaison Com
mittee said in a report Tuesday
that they "are not in complete
agreement with the decision of
the Regents' to reject the
teaching appointment of
Michael Davis. But, the Com
mittee refused to release the
reasons why the Regents re
jected Davis.
The liaison Committee
stated they could not relate the
full factual background of the
Davis case because their in
formation was obtained In
confidence through discussion
with the Board of Regents and
through information possessed
by the Philosophy Department,
the College of Arts & Sciences,
and the President's office.
However, the Committee's
report urged the Regents "in
the interest of clarity, to
reconsider their reluctance" to
state publicly the facts of the
Davis case.
Davis, a graduate student at
the University of Michigan,
submitted a complaint to the
NU chapter of the American
Association ofUniverslty
Professors after the Board of
Regents rejected his appoint
ment as a philosophy instruc
tor. The Committee said that
from what they have been able
to uncover the Davis case was
not initiated by any specific
complaint. The information
upon which the Regents action
was based was not available to
the Philosophy Department at
the time of its initial recom
mendation of the appointment,
according to the report.
The Davis case falls in the
"area In the hiring process
where subjective judgments
Hie liaison
'It's all
"I don't want my campaign
labeled a student campaign, a
farmer campaign or any other.
It Is for all the people," Bill
Burrows, one of three con
tenders for first district
Congressman, told students.
Burrows, a farmer, National
Farmers Organization (NFO)
member and Democrat, talks
about the war, personal
freedom and his opponents, but
is basing his campaign on
economic issues.
Speaking to students in Abel
Hall Monday night, he said,
"I'm afraid of economic col
lapse in this nation".
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must be made and where
reasonable men may
disagree," according to the
Committee's report
"The Board may well have
deprived some students of what
appeared to be a teacher with
excellent academic creden
tials," stated the report "Yet
despite this, we have concluded
that the action was taken
within the borders of the
legitimate discretion of the
Board and that there. Is no
threat Intended to the ' fragile
fabric of academic freedom.
The nine-member Committee
believes the Regents are will
ing to "rely heavily" on any
statement prepared by the
faculty which outlines the ap
propriate qualities for pro
spective members. "A large
part of the problems of this
case might well have been
it
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Committee ... "not tho final judges."
for the people'
Comparing Nixon's economic
planning to Herbert Hoover's in
1929 he stated that the govern
ment must act as a "referee"
on the economy. In his opinion,
price and wage controls will
soon be a big issue in Congress
and will probably be necessary.
In Burrow's view some of the
rich have found it cheaper to
buy politicians than pay taxes.
He said he wants to close the
loopholes and broaden the tax
base.
In reference to Charles
Thone, his Republican op
ponent, Burrows claimed
Thone's chief experience has
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resolved had such a statement
been thoughtfully prepared
prior to this action of the
Board."
A statement of faculty
responsibilities is now being
prepared by the Liaison Com
mittee and is scheduled to be
presented to the Regents by
Nov. 15.
The Liaison Committee
report stated that the interval
between the date Davis was
offered the position subject to
approval by the Regents (May
15) and the day he was re
jected (Aug. 18) was too long
considering the Importance of
the issue and the inconvenience
to all parties. Davis, if ac
cepted, was to have begun
teaching this fall.
The report urged the Regents
to make "prompt and fair"
restitution to Davis if the in-
been working for Roman
Hruska in obtaining tax write
offs for bfg business.
Burrows- concedes that his
funds are much more limited
than Thone's because "I
haven't any contacts in the oil
business." However, Burrows
hopes people will start voting
for candidates with little
monetary support because
"maybe they don't have their
hands tied."
When asked about Clair
Callan, his Democratic opposi
tion, Burrows replied that, "he
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case
terval created any
undue
financial burden to him.
An open hearing to discuss
the Liaison Committee report
was held Tuesday afternoon.
However, many of the au
dience's questions were not
answered by the Committee
since they refused to reveal the
facts behind the Davis case.
Liaison Committee member
David Levine said the Regents
"did a reasonable job of in
vestigating" the charges
against Davis. However, he
said the Liaison Committee
"didn't check the accuracy of
the Regents' information."
Richard Gilbert, Liaison
Committee chairman, said the
report "is an opinion and is not
a final judgement on the case."
About 40 persons attended the
meeting.
