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No Speakers

The opposition group will have
no chance to speak tonight, however.
Geoff Rubin, who represented
the Inter-Fraternity Council
at the February meeting, told
The Cavalier Daily yesterday that
"They're through listening to us
and will have to make up their
own minds now.

"After contacting concerned
and well informed parties involved,
I predict that the highway
program in total will be instituted.

"I expect that the decision
makers will eventually approve
action on the Gordon—Grady
avenue plan which will divide the
University community.

"Tonight the City planning
commission will adopt a resolution
to be given to the city council
recommending the highway
program in general be accepted.
It will, however, ask that the
Gordon—Grady Avenue area be
restudied."

"The city council in turn, I
feel, will ask the city manager
to study this area. The city manager,
I expect, will ask the state
highway department to 'restudy'
this area. I have reason to believe
that the state highway department
will report to the city
council that they can find no
suitable alternative program.

"The result will probably be
that the original highway program
which displaces students
faculty and citizens of the University
community, takes University
land and directs 'highway'
traffic toward University Hall
will be approved."

McLemore Birdsong, chairman
of the planning commission, emphasized
that a final decision
would be made at tonight's meeting.
"We have studied and restudied
this plan, listened to the
public, the state, and the University.
I feel that we have done
most of our thinking on this
thing, and that the members will
arrive tonight with their minds already
made up.