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TUESDAY, NOV. 18, 1975
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THE CANNIBALS
Panther breaks parole
Fugitive returns
Associated Press
PARIS — Declaring “Prison
holds no terror for me,” Eldridge
Cleaver, the fugitive Black Panther
leader who has lived in exile for
seven years, announced Monday he
is returning to the United States
Tuesday.
“There are no deals . . .’’he said.
“If I was terrified I wouldn’t be
doing this. There is nothing compel
ling me to do this other than a desire
to turn a page in my life.”
Cleaver, 39, faces parole violation
charges. His parole from an assault
conviction was canceled following a
gun battle between police and
blacks in Oakland, Calif.
In a statement read to newsmen
at his lawyer’s office. Cleaver
explained his decision this way:
“A new situation now exists in the
United States. The war in Vietnam
is over. The status and condition of
black people has undergone a fun
damental change for the better. The
American people have been
shocked into objectivity and vigi
lance by the exposure of the mas
sive, systematic and conspiratorial
subversion of their democratic
rights.
“In such a situation, I believe I
can receive a fair and objective de
termination of my case in court.
Therefore I am returning tomorrow
to have my day in court.”
Speaking easily and with humor,
Cleavor did not explicitly say he ex
pected to go to prison, but recog
nized that he was a fugitive. “I think
I’ll be questioned and possibly de
tained,” he added.
Cleaver received a one-way U.S.
travel document earlier in tbe day
from William Krug, a vice consul at
the American Embassy. The black
leader said his lawyers had been in
contact with federal and California
officials and that he expected “there
will be people” — he did not explain
who — on the plane with him.
Cleaver, who is the author of rad
ical pamphlets and the book “Soul
on Ice,” fled the United States in
1968. He has lived in Cuba, Algeria
and France and has been the guest
of a number of leftist regimes. Over
the last year, he has made a series of
statements in which his bitterness
toward the United States appeared
diminished, comparing its freedoms
favorably with the dictatorship he
has seen.
Cleaver’s two children traveled to
the United States on Saturday and
his wife, he said, will be returning
after him. •
Campus
Comments
By SANDY RUSSO
Campus Editor
It is certain that there is at least
one woman on this campus who re
fuses to be called a man in any
shape, form or fashion.
SLOUCH
“It’s a lot of trouble to do this every time I park, but it has
eliminated tickets!”
It is also certain that the word
chairperson will sooner or later be
incorporated into the Merriam-
Webster Dictionary.
Is Williams trying to prove once
again that A&M is resisting trends
and is going to be 10 years behind
the times because of administrative
conservatism?
If chairperson can’t be used on
the A&M campus maybe chair-one,
convener, presider, head, mediator,
chief agent, principal or simply,
chair can substitute.
Have a chair, President Williams?
Another suggestion to those wish
ing a proper university vocabulary:
Avoid the word “non-word” because
it doesn’t exist in the English lan
guage either.
Bikes and KK
Editor:
Bicycle riders on campus seem to
be neglected by the University
Police. I realize that the people in
blue have their hands full guarding
staff parking lots and ticketing cars
that have no spaces to park, but
meanwhile, the silent two-wheelers
are causing chaos on campus.
Most cyclists show no respect for
the right of way of cars or the right to
life of pedestrians. And I have yet to
see more than a handful stop at stop
signs on any given day.
I do not put the blame on the
KK’s. There is no way they could
effectively control a problem of this
size. I do, however, blame the cyc
lists and consider it their responsi
bility to follow traffic regulations
just like everyone else.
Preston Jones
Cbe Battalion
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Staff feels underpaid, overworked
Wages worry custodians
By CHAROL SHAKESHAFT
Battalion Staff Writer
“Sure there are blacks and
Mexican-Americans at Texas A&M.
Who do you think cleans this place
up?”
This observation by an A&M stu
dent is supported by at least one
member of the custodial staff.
“Yeah, we’re mostly black. I did
see one or two white people once at
a meeting (of custodial workers)
though.”
Pay, not race, is the major con
cern of the custodial workers inter
viewed. All felt they were under
paid and overworked.
“I take home about $77 a week,”
said a worker. “That’s not enough
for a family. ”
Another worker said she took
home $77.50 for working eight
hours a day, 40 hours a week. The
51-year-old woman says she dusts.
sweeps, cleans bathrooms and 75 fa
culty offices for her pay.
“They put too much on us.
There’s too much to do.”
If all the custodial help inter
viewed felt the pay was low, they
also were quick to point out that
A&M was a better place to work
than most local jobs.
“There are more benefits at
A&M. Vacations, sick leave, insur
ance.” Another worker admitted,
“It’s better than it used to be.”
The poor pay is the reason many
women who work 8-hour nights
cleaning the university also work all
day as housekeepers in private
homes.
“We need the money to support
our families and live a decent life,”
said one woman.
A different type of employe who
cites poor pay and exploitation bv
A&M is the secretary.
Three categories were delineated
by discussion with women in this
group. The woman is working as a
secretary as a short term job while
her husband goes to school.
The woman wanted a career, but
had to begin as a secretary because
of limited job opportunities in the
Bryan-College Station area. The
final group is the career secretary.
Linda Guthery, a secretary who is
working while her husband Fred
finishes school, says A&M is the
best place for her to work. She says
the pay is comparable with other
jobs in the area, but it’s still low.
She does see benefits at A&M. She
enumerates them as eating with her
husband, student scheduled vaca
tions, insurance and a pleasant, in
teresting atmosphere.
Sherry Garland says she is a
career person who’d rather not be a
secretary.
Her linguistics, French and Ei
glish backgrounds are the sortd
credentials which make hereligillf
for a job in publishing. Career of
portunities force her to be a secret
ary. Garland is a few hours short of)
Master of Arts degree.
A secretarial career was thehappi
choice of Helen Medlock.
Medlock, a senior secretary inti*
educational department, startei
working as a secretary 25 years ago.
She has scores of stories to tell aboil
her work experiences.
Most secretaries interviewed said
they command a lower status insoc
iety and within the hierarchy.
It’s unfortunate since the sec
retaries are just as important a oij
in the wheel as the professors*
deans, said one secretary.
“Everybody has to do her orb
share to make A&M a great plat*
Everybody is important.”
There is no such being as a chair
person.
President J. K. Williams sent a
memo to all staff and faculty person
nel saying that the nomenclature for
persons “heading up” committees
was chairmen. He went on to say
that chairperson was a “non-word.”
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