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Student Council Shuns
Active Boycott Action

A motion presented by Bud
Ogle asking the Student Council to
empower his Boycott Implementation
Committee to use selective
picketing in "continuing to work
toward integration of the barber
shops and beauty salons" failed to
pass at last night's meeting of the
Student Council.

Mr. Ogle presented the motion
because he said he did not want to
let the issue of integrating the
barber shops die now that the
Corner barber shops have
integrated.

Legislative Body

A lengthy debate ensued.
George McMillan was against the
motion because he viewed the
Council as "primarily a legislative
body." He pointed out that even
though the Student Council did not
take an active roll in the boycott of
the Corner Shops, other groups
were able to carry out the goal and
they were integrated.

Tom Slater was against the
motion because he felt that the
Council was already on record as
favoring the boycott of the barber
shops that discriminated.

Pieter Schenkkan pointed out
that "going on record" each week is
"awfully cheap." To that Walker
Chandler added that to him the
question seemed to be whether the
Council "would lead the student
body or endorse it."

Little Accomplished

Mr. McMillan became upset
when Kevin Mannix implied that
students thought that the Council
was a group that talked a lot and
did little. Mr. McMillan, speaking in
an angry tone, said that he resented
the implication.

Gordon Calvert then said "my
constituents do ask why the
Student Council does little more
than talk and pass motions and
send memorandum to the President
asking for action."

From that point the argument
degenerated and Mr. Ogle's motion
failed, 8-13.

Another motion presented by
Mr. Ogle, which passed with one
dissenting vote, asked that the
Student Council send an open letter
to the student body thanking them
for their participation in the
boycott.

Barber Boycott

Charles Murdock, in a related
motion, asked that the Cavalier
Barber Shop and the Varsity Barber
Shop be removed from the motion
passed last week by the Council
asking students to boycott barber
shops which discriminate.

In other business, the Southern
Student Organizing Committee
petitioned for permission to hold a
demonstration at the University
from October 20 to June 20, with
demonstrations beginning at 12
a.m. each day and ending at 11:59
p.m. The petition asked that
provisions be made for up to 7,000
student demonstrators and 1,000
other demonstrators.

The petition was not accepted,
as it was termed improper.

Ron Hickman presented the
following motion from his
committee: "The Organizations and
Publications Committee moves that
for the purpose of implementing its
rule against student organizations
patronizing facilities which
discriminate on the basis of race,
color, creed or national origin that
the Student Council change its
procedure of maintaining a list of
the establishments in Charlottesville
that 'do not discriminate' to a list
that 'do discriminate' and dispense
with the requirement that a file be
maintained of a written agreement
to the said policy by the officers of
the establishment. In lieu of the
requirement of a signed agreement,
the Council shall investigate each
establishment to determine whether
or not it discriminates on the basis
of race, color, creed or national
origin.

The motion passed.

Check Cashing

John Herring, the director of
Newcomb Hall, appeared at the
Council meeting to answer
questions on why Newcomb Hall is
unable to cash checks during the
hours that the bank is closed.

He told the councilmen that
Newcomb Hall could no longer
handle the cashing of checks
because it did not have the facilities
to handle the "substantial increase"
in the number of checks students
cashed.

He also pointed out that in the
agreement with the bank, it was
decided that the University would
not cash any checks for students.

Board Of Visitors

Pieter Schenkkan moved that
"the Student Council state its
support of efforts to obtain Board
of Visitors participation in an open
forum discussion of issues of
interest to members of the
University community. The
Student Council further urges all
members of the community to
petition the Board of Visitors to
this end, and to attend the general
meeting on October 29 from 12:30
p.m. to 2 p.m. in front of Cabell
Hall to discuss these issues.

The purpose of the motion, he
explained, was to have the Board of
Visitors' meeting more open to
students than they have been in the
past and to let the Board know
what student opinion is on student
issues.

His motion passed without
dissent.