University of Virginia Library

"Not Convinced"

In a statement prepared before
the meeting, Mr. Godwin responded
specifically to each of the four
goals. On the question of appointments
to the Board of Visitors, he
said, "I am neither convinced that a
Board member has to be a member
of any ethnic or economic or social
group in order to represent the
public interest. That is not the way
the people of Virginia elect their
representatives in the General Assembly,
and it is not the way I
make appointments to college
Boards.

"As to the salaries of campus
employees, the State's policy is and
has been to relate them to comparable
work in private industry. The
salaries you are interested in have
been steadily increased in recent
years, the latest effective this past
February 1, and they will be
increased in the future, in accordance
with the regular restudy of
State salaries.

"Collective bargaining and
strikes by public employees are
prohibited by long-standing State
policy and by statute, and I am in
accord with these prohibitions.

"I do not believe the health, or
safety, or welfare of the public
should be a matter of bargaining."