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Show closed meeting acuity vofe defeats Friday moratorium Dr. Pilgrim's motion was carried 431 to 177 and Dr. Van Alstyne's resolution was then passed by voice vote. Military Implications As passed by the faculty, the resolution expressed ex-pressed "deep concern for the moral, legal and prudential implications of our national military engagement in Indochina." It resolved that the "undersigned members of the faculty and teaching assistants" would petition Congress, particularly the Utah Congressional delegation, that it should exercise its constitutional powers to cut off further funds for military action in Southeast Asia except for the withdrawal of troops, exchange of prisoners and asylum for Vietnamese who might feel threatened threat-ened by the withdrawal. Following the meeting, 237 members of the fac-culty fac-culty signed the petition as they left the auditorium. A resolution to have no University exams or required re-quired assignments during October 26 to November 6, 1970 was not introduced as announced earlier. Provost Thomas King said that even if the resolution resolu-tion had been introduced it "most likely would have been referred to a committee to study it. It will probably come before Faculty CouncI later on and by current opinions expressed by the faculty, fac-ulty, I think it has a good chance of being passed." Over 600 of the 935 University faculty members attended the meeting. ,ng a closed faculty meeting Thursday a 1 was defeated calling for a moratorium Fri-couraging Fri-couraging students and faculty to "devote v to a discussion of the urgent problems con-g con-g our society." y faculty members said a moratorium on .5 would have been against the student vote turned down the strike last week. They expressed fear that a forced moratorium would 0 been against the principles of academic free-11 free-11 on campus. No Collective Stand The faculty passed a resolution declining to take a collective stand on political issues. The resolution on political stands was introduced jy dt h. Ira Pilgrim, associate research professor if surgery. It was a substitute resolution replacing a proposal calling on the faculty to denounce preset pres-et policies and memoralize Congress to suspend imther funding for military action in Southeast Ssia. Several professors expressed fears that such a resolution would "jeopardize the University's status is a sanctuary for minority opinion." Dr. Arvo Van Alstyne, professor of law, spoke in favor of Dr. Pilgrim's motion, declaring his intention in-tention of introducing a resolution making a petition peti-tion available to those members who wish to speak out against President Nixon's policy in Southeast Asia. |