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9 I 3 I Boston Evening Globe Monday, November 8, 1971 Liberals bringing on curbs-Prof Skinner i -i L.ii I ,1.1. ii. ii.ynpiii i ii m'" I i I I droves or "giving them any reason want to go to school," Skinner insisted. Skinner described a reinforcement program in a training school for teenage delinquents in Virginia which introduced a point system with rewards for programmed learning and good behavior. Within six months, 90 percent of the boys showed four years of academic growth in at least one subject, he reported.

At the end of a year out the institution, the recidivisms rate was reduced from 85 to 25 percent. Three years after exposure to programmed learning and behavioral training, Skinner admitted that the gains were lost, "but only because the delinquents were not exposed to behavioral conditioning long enough affect permanent change." Skinner also proposed that 10 percent of the defense budget should go to behavioral scientists to learn how to avoid war. Skinner enraged his massive young audience during the question period when he compared mankind to crocodiles. The only reason for both to go on living, he suggested, was so that the species will survive. "I can't tell you why we're living," he told a questioner.

"There is no answer, but if your culture hasn't convinced you there is a reason, so much the worse for you." "Someone should get out and find why learning research isn't used in education," said the white-haired author, who insists that what he has learned from studies of pats and pigeons has given him accurate insights into human behavior. "All schools want now is nice teachers who have good relations with their charges." As subjects for attack, Skinner also singled out colleges, which he said have sacrificed the traditional liberal arts for teaching only "what is relevant." boston PM. Front office dispensation for star pupil By Ron Wysocki, Globe Staff Schoolteacher Alice Mamarchev held a note in her hand. Before her stood Caitlin White, daughter of Eos-ton Mayor and Mrs. Kevin White.

The note asked that Caitlin be excused for not completing her lessons due Wednesday morning. It was written and signed by Derek Sanderson of the Bruins. Sanderson and Bobby Orr had spent election night with the Whites. Caitlin had taken a special shine to Sanderson. When Caitlin showed some concern about not having finished her English homework, Sanderson came to the rescue.

He penned, "Please excuse Caitlin for not doing her English assignment. She was up with me at the elections." And he signed it with a flourish. What he didn't know was that his message was going into the Bruins' front office where it was Mrs. Mamarchev's husband, Jim, I works there. Caitlin was given a special "Higher education has given up on producing good students and concentrated on selection," he added.

"The colleges tend to select students who don't need to go to school at all." The psychologist took the position that the current state of young people, whom he described as "dirty, truant, willing to steal and condone stealing, ready to take long periods of time off from doing anything at all and ready to defect to other countries," is the fault of lack of reinforcement of good habits in their environment. "If a young person feels alienated, we try to make him feel wanted. If he lacks craftsmanship, we try to teach him to produce something. If he has no loyalties, we1 praise him for working for any cause," he pointed out. "We change his environment and what he does, but it's not working without reinforcement.

"We are not looking at the homes the young people are leaving in Boston heads home but there's always to of to By Jean Dietz Globe Staff WORCESTER Prof. B. F. Skinner of Harvard contends that the permissive attitude of American liberals is leading to controls" and the destruction of youth. The world-famous psychologist warned this weekend that failure to apply knowledge of the behavioral sciences to education, industry and child-rearing may leave US technologies to be used by other cultures and other people.

His unpublicized appearance before the annual two-day meeting of the Massachusetts Psychological Assn. attracted nearly 1000 college students. Skinner, now over 60 years old, proposed a Utopian society based on principles of the behavior modification in 1948 in a book called "Walden II." He has also aroused new controversy over the need for man to control his own behavior more effectively in a book called "Beyond Freedom and Dignity." FBI probes bombing of radio station PAXTON The FBI entered the investigation today of the bombing of a transmitter of Worcester radio tion WAAF last night. The bomb, which caused $4000 damage, knocked the station off the air after equipment in a one-story cement block building was damaged, police said. Emergency repairs are being made this morning.

Police Chief William O. Wylie said a six-inch homemade pipe-bomb was placed under the remote control unit, which is in a console in the middle of the transmitting building. The 186-foot transmitting tower was not damaged by the blast, police said. Assisting the FBI in the blast probe are State Police and the State Fire Marshal's office. The FM-stereo station was featuring a weekend of Beatles' music, 60 hours of nonstop programming.

Judd Coursey, program director for WAAF, said no warning was received. Police said bombing a radio station is a Federal crime. Chief Wylie said the bombers broke into the station's transmitting station by forcing two locks, one a padlock on a metal door. No station personnel were in the building, according to chief Wylie. Local police notified the State Police bomb squad in Boston.

STATE HOUSE hi ss 'Alv I 1 PROF. B. F. SKINNER "It is clear that in international relations, we maintain peace simply by punishing those who break the peace," he said. "This only produces a stalemate." "The total budget of the Pentagon is now a waste because men and weapons become obsolete," he said.

"War will never be stopped by looking at history, but only by scientific examination of ourselves and others." Sam Yorty, McGloskey work N.H. Two Presidential primary hopefuls were in New Hampshire today, while in Providence, Sen. Mike Gravel (D-Alaska) charged his personal financial records are being scrutinized by the FBI "to see if I got any remuneration for my book on the Pentagon Papers." Gravel told some 500 students at Providence College he received no money from Beacon Press, the publishers of his book. He said the records of the non-profit, Unitarian Uni-versalist which owns the publishing house, are also being scrutinized. Meanwhile, the Administration's role in the Vietnam conflict came under attack from Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Sam Yorty and Rep.

Paul N. McClosky Jr. (R-Calif.) in New Hampshire meetings last night. Yorty told members of the New Hampshire Conservative Union that he anticipates President Nixon will announce on Nov. 15 a dramatic reduction in troop strength in Vietnam to about 40,000 men.

However, he warned that too rapid a withdrawal from Vietnam will lead to a Communist takeover of the Southeast Asian nation." He said he hopes that Mr. Nixon "will leave enough air power in Vietnam to prevent such a takeover. "Our professional military people are very concerned that the President for political reasons to appease the doves and public sentiment in the United States may withdraw too much air power and too much logistical support and leave the door open for the Communists to succeed in taking over in Vietnam," he said. He said he will make up his mind later this month on whether to seek the Democratic nomination in the nation's first presidential primary in New Hampshire on March 7 next year. McCloskey, the only announced candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, charged that the Vietnam was "in only symptomatic of this Administration an arrogant administration as seen in the Amchit-ka test with its refusal to tell the truth and concealment of information from newsmen." When asked why he was running for the nomination, McCloskey said there were two reasons: "The continuing war in Vietnam and the growing untruthfulness in government.

"Concealment, deception and management of news is commonplace in the Administration," he said. He also charged that "as long as the President insists on supporting the Saigon government we are not likely to get prisoners back and as long as we insist on the Saigon government, North Vietnam will continue to fight," he continued. "We are killing people in Indochina not to preserve freedom but to preserve our own pride," he charged. Gravel told the student meeting that his attorneys filed a petition Friday in Federal Court in Boston asking that three FBI agents investigating the bank records of the Beacon Press and the UUA be cited for contempt. The petition was later withdrawn when the Justice Department agreed to wait intil an injunction against the grand jury probe into the leaking of the Penatgon Papers is lifted before seeking more documents, he said.

A defendant stood. before Judge Francis J. W. Ford in Federal District Court. "Do you have a lawyer?" 'inquired the judge.

"No," answered the de-! fendant. Do you have funds? A I did have. But I had a fire and spent my money buying clothes and furniture. What do you do for a living? A I sold fire alarms. Didn't you use your own product? A They didn't give samples.

And on top of that, he had lost his job. Injured Patriots' defensive back Art McMahon is putting his time to good use. He is enrolled at Suffolk Law School as a freshman in the evening division. McMahon is the third Patriot to go the Suffolk Law School route. Preceding him were linebacker Nick Buoniconti, now doing well on the Miami Dolphins' football field and in the practice of law in the warmer climes, and Ross O'Hanley, a defensive safety, who has joined Atty.

Gen. Quinn's staff. Someone ought to inform Marshal Matt Dillon that the cattlemen won't be crossing the Arkansas River anymore on their way to Dodge City. That particular ribbon of water is now named the McLellan-Mills River after Arkansas Sen. John L.

McLel-lan and Cong. Wilbur D. Mills. Residents of Savin Hill are being plagued by an influx of rodents that evacuated the dump site at the end of Columbia Point where the University of Massachusetts Boston campus is being constructed. Two Boston police officers retired last week and a third switched jobs.

Det. Thomas E. Donahue of the auto theft squad was feted at a luncheon in the Red Coach Grill on Stanhope and Det. George Doyle of the identification section was guest of honor at a dinner in Amaru's in Dedham. Officer Vinson Weaver, who specialized in juvenile work in Roxbury, has become a juvenile court probation officer.

NATURAL CURIOSITY Bystanders look curious, and maybe even envious, as Sam D'Amico of South House approves treatment 'bill for alcoholics By John Abbott, Globe Correspondent A bill providing for treatment rather than arrest of alcoholics was given final approval by the Massachusetts House today on a rollcall vote of 197-4. This measure and a bill reforming the state's drug laws headed the list of items up for consideration by the Legislature this week as it attempts to end the 1971 session. The drug reform legislation will eliminate the crime of being knowingly present where marijuana is found, lessen the penalties for first time offense on possession of marijuana, and increase the penalties for. selling illegal drugs of any kind. This legislation will also tighten up restrictions on drug manufacturers and distributors.

after fishing. Fish weren't biting, tomorrow. (Ted Dully photo) David M. Bartley on funding of Sargent's 10 cabinet secretaries ended an impasse which had seen threats flying between the executive and Igislative branches. Sargent had threatened to keep the legislature in session until they gave him the funds he wanted for the secretariats.

In return, Bartley said that he would not allow that body to adjurn until the governor acted upon a bill creating a legislative post-audit commission. The post-audit commission would act as a watchdog agency on the executive branch to see that administrative bodies carry out their duties properly and economically. The bill creating the commission is on Sargent's desk. If he does not sign it within five days, it becomes law automaically. A-plant head named Man of the Year' Albert A.

Cree of Rutland, Vt, president of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power was selected yesterday as the New England Council's eighth 'Man of the Year." The council, a regional business and development organization, cited Cree as "a leader in the planning and industry coordination of New England's power supply." The group said it would present Cree's award at its 47th annual conference in Boston Nov. 19. would add five justices to the Superior Court and establish a six-judge intermediate appellate court -to reduce case-load pressure on the Supreme Judicial Court. Other bills on the governor's priority list include one to regulate Community Antenna Television (CAVT); a $90 million MBTA bonding authorization bill, to be used for new equipment and renovation; reform of the two-thirds parole law; a statewide building code; and a lead paint poisoning control bill. Also on Sargent's list is a series of housing bills, which include a measure allowing the state to pay full debt service for public housing authorities, a bill setting a 25 percent of income ceiling for rents charged to tenants with fixed incomes in public housing, and a bill increasing bonding for the construction of elderly housing.

A compromise last week between Gov. Sargent and House Speaker- Walpole prison was quiet over the weekend and that the men had their normal visiting rights. He described the situation at Walpole, however, as "tense." Several inmates were scheduled to appear before the prison disciplinary board and Supt. Moore and his assistants continued today to interview inmates in an effort to determine the cause of the unrest. The bill changing the way the state looks at alcoholism will eliminate the crime of being drunk in public.

Instead of being arrested, an intoxicated person could be held in a police station for 24 hours, taken home or to a hospital. The bill also sets up a network of detoxification centers for alcoholics, as well as providing counselling services. Total per year cost of the statewide program, once it's fully underway in 1973, is estimated at $9 million. Gov. Francis W.

Sargent said last week that he had a list of over a dozen bills he wants to see passed before the Legislature adjourns. As chief executive he has the power to keep the Legislature in session, but this power has been rarely exercised in the past High on Sargent's list is a two-part judicial reform package that shops except the kitchen, the dispensary and the printing facility staged a work stoppage and Supt. Robert Moore ordered the men locked in their cells. After the stoppage a search uncovered a homemade bomb and several knives, lengths of chain and files. A spokesman for the Department of Correction said that the prison Arms search continues at 'tense' QUICK NOTES: Brandeis University has dedicated a biochemistry lab in the name of Mr.

and Mrs. Harry Sher of Jamaica Plain. An active supporter of Brandeis since its formation, Sher is a financier The Stadium Club will fete Patriots' president Billy Sullivan at Schaefer after the Buffalo Bills game Sunday Essex County Sheriff Roger Wells is rumored to be considering a run as the Republican candidate against Democratic Cong. Michael Harrington the next time around Rev. William Kenneally, S.J., rormer dean of Boston College Law School and referred to as "the father of the law school" has been designat- ed dean and professor emeritus of the Chestnut Hill institution.

Walpole State Prison officials conducted a search of the institution's work shops today following discovery yesterday of incendiary devices and several knives. Today marked the ninth day of tension and inmate unrest at the maximum security institution since a loaded revolver was discovered Oct. 30 in the prison yard. Last Friday inmates in all the.