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USC Students to Vote on Scholarships Fee Welfare Officials and Minorities Seek Accord Five-Week Discussions End With Roport Tht Groups Are New Working Together (Ii Tan 7rn Mnit Hi Ana, it rificjl hflt-fttai no de't ilfilli hnv? V'. irtKI Itudfl nil hmv Hie fiirifi tn wiin 'iiiallfy for ld. "If 'lTt'K gff. th" money now and dwid how it' going to be nocnt later' vorl of thing," argued Chuck lienmnghoK, VII member. USC students now pay Slij a year in fees to finance health servicet.

student government and campus programs. Tuition at USC, now $1,800 a year, will go to $1,950 this fall and some believe this may hurt the chances of the fee munity rHtm CwUfiitt-lepf f'flwirlt. Kttdftif ofganlwUw Ii a I i )iri(," Mitm I 1 prnKrainn f'f Inner di children "Our feeling mi it." l)an Smllli, council prc.v Ident, that it r'nentlal Ihnt more low-income students become involved niili this university because of the present thrust of this university toward becoming an urban university." The measure also opposition, some of it because the fee would be mandatory instead of voluntary. nmmn'. It a vp.ii' and (nrtil aid iftflfefl "iludehl'V The ttlnck Union at.

'SO was the force behind I he fee proportion. The HSU took I he Idea to the campus student government, which endorsed the measure and placi-d it on the ballot. Hon Mi-Dulfey, a BSli officer and author of the proposal, said the student assessment is necessary "mainly because we don't sec another source for funding. The university isn't taking the initiative." Typical of campus support for the measure is JONES WrHtr Student i I SC vo.e mis veiH, mi wiictti tn assess Uinnf'lves them. sands of dollars annuall; In provide inonro ninths will to the university.

The unusual proposition, similar tn funds rstalv lished at only a few universities across the United States, will be put. to a vote in a campus-wide election Tuesday and Wednesday. If approved, in annual fees will be assessed as.d-i?! all use studenty, beginning thin fall. An would he raised by the fees In tlic first year. A i i onallv, up to SliUO.OOO in matching funds has been promised annually for at least three years by the USC Associates, a university support organization.

The total from the two sources, an estimated $360,000 in the first year, would be a significant addition to USC's scholar- proposal. One opposition group, that voiced by the com ll npen f. 1h4 fmmtinUy. It iutef helped clear mvay lh tMpl' aid "for I'l'! flrfl. limp, vc neeina homo Interdict inn ii t.

it prnplr and the community They 'unie brick with the kind. of recommendations that prompted Murphy In observe then: was new wave of understanding by his executives for the difficulties faced by black and brown people either as welfare recipients or employes who can produce attifcudinal changes in DPSS. There were suggestions, for example, that some way, be found to ease county civil service rules so that more minority employes can be selected for promotions and that more attention be paid to past performances and ability than to traditional testing. Others indicated that there should be more aggressive recruiting in minority areas, that examinations be written in the vernacular, that bonus points (for hiring and promotion purposes) be given for such things as bilingualism. It also was recommended that DPSS develop trainee or apprenticeship programs in lieu of the examination process, that examination notices specify the seeking of minority applicants and that minority-group directors be chosen for those areas where few minorities have been hired so far.

Montez advised them to "open your minds to the life styles of other people" and illustrated the frequently insensitive attitudes in officials by recalling one public servant who told a group of Mexican-Americans: "If English was good enough for Jesus Christ, it's good enough for us." BY JACK 7imn mil County welfare administrators and spokesmen for local minority community groups particularly in East Los Angeles may be starting to understand each other at last with the conclusion of a five-week discussion series. "As of now, we're working together," said Nate P. Cisneros. cochairman of the Mexican American Ad Hoc Committee for Affirmative Action, when the County Department of Public Social Services (DPSS) concluded the month-long program on Friday. "Now," added Cisneros, "we can get to work on how to improve the DPSS as a whole so it can really serve the people." Ellis P.

Murphy. DPSS director, declared himself "extremely hopeful and impressed" by what he saw as a "sense of commitment" developed by 300 DPSS district officials and other middle-management personnel attending the training sessions. Purpose of Meetings Basically, the series of meetings was designed to orient DPSS executives heavily Anglo to minority cultures and problems. It was prompted by approval in September, 1969, by the Board of Supervisors of an Affirma-tive Action Program aimed at eliminating racial barriers in the hiring and promotion of employes in all county The DPSS, ai the largest county department, was the first to begin implementing the ordinance, with the Executive Minority Program as one aspect. To sensitize DPSS supervisors and district officials to the black-and-brown feelings and problems they are so often accused of failing to understand, three weeks of sessions (three days a week with 100 attending each day) were held in Watts, and two in East Los Angeles.

Community Participation "We must," said Murphy, "inject a maximum effort to make our a ucratic activities more human." He noted that the sessions had been largely successful "because of the participation by community people." But much of that participation came as the result of complaints by the ad hoc committee that the community had not been included in planning the sessions. It disturbed the Mexican-American group, for instance, to rind that more sessions were held in Watts than in East Los Angeles; or that of the two weeks scheduled for the latter area, only one was to be "open" to the community while the other was marked "closed." Murphy conceded that DPSS had, indeed, shown how insensitive it could be and last week's sessions ST HALF PBICE SALE ON FAMOUS NAME STATIONERY a very rare very fine from a large assortment of letter paper, gift originally 1.75 to 20.00, now 12 price stationery, street floor A VERY SPECIAL FASHION JADE EVENT 15 to 20 less than our regular pricejdetightful time to start or add to your collection. rings: multi and apple green jade now 76.00 to 300.00 flexible and multi and green jade, now 92.00 to 350.00 earrings: drops, button and pierced.mutti and apple green now 54.00 to 170.00 pins: including circles and bug pins now 92.00 to 300.00 necklaces: Including a few multicolor styles, now 76.00 to 285.00 also: some pieces of rare lavtndar Jade fashion jewelry street floor accessory room Ufry.no tmphona.ordan PURE SILK.J'URE CLASSIC UNDERSTATED SIMPLICITY THAT FEELS SO WHITE. NAVY, BLACK OR AMERICAN BEAUTY WITH DELICATE CHAIN-BRAIDED GOLDEN BUTTONSFULLY LINED1Cto 18 SIZES, 125.00 SPORTSWEAR COATS, STREET FLOOR tarry, mttfaplMn erdan Ho bvAock'twtkMra pnfm wnrm.