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1 By NOEL RUBINTON Special Correspondent of The Newi A coeducational fraternity with a female president? Some of the times. Others contend that it's undesirable and sim- a in a perience of my life so far." He said that coed living "prepares you to work with women in the real world." "We have a real family feeling around the fraternity." Biological Fact The President of the international board of governors, E.O. Blackman, (University of Illinois '28), however, contended that "there is no way any group of men and women can change the biological fact that there is a difference between them a fraternity means a group of men and a sorority means a group of women." (Brown has no sororities.) Ms. Perron said that the letter about the governors' action "was totally unexpected," although she conceded that the Brown fraternity residents knew Providence, March 25-say it's progress and a sign ply heretical. Those are the battle lines shaping up between the chapter of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity here at Brown University and the fraternity's international governing body.

The fraternity, which has had women participants for two years now, ran into trouble recently when sophomore Michelle Perron was elected president. "She was just the best suited person for the job at the time," explained former chapter head Cliff Stevenson. They Get a Letter Several weeks ago the fraternity received a letter saying that the group's international board of governors had voted unanimoulsy to recommend a resolution to the national convention next September stating that "the Brunonian chapter has ceased to be a viable chapter of Alpha Delta Phi and that its charter should be suspended." The governors accused the Brown chapter of several violations of the fraternity constitution, which does not permit women to be fully initiated into the national group, they called the Brown chapter's actions "ad-verse to Alpha Delta Phi's -a A Michelle Perron, president of that her election "might head us into trouble." But all agreed, she said, that "we shouldn't compromise our principles." She stressed that "everyone in the fraternity is totally committed to fightin-f this women are an integral part of this fraternity." Perron and Stevenson vowed that coeducation will continue even if the chapter is sus- Income Tax Urged Again in Conn. Hartford, March 25 (TJPI) Several lawmakers today called for a state income tax, a move opposed by Gov. Ella T.

Gras so, who last week reiterated her pledge to pended. Stevenson, however, predicted, "The vote will be close, but I think it will be in our favor." After the chapter voted to go coed in the spring of 1973, Stevenson went to the national convention in September to seek the international's sanction. A motion at the convention to allow women to join all chap state's poorer communities to meet the rising cost of education. DeNardis said limits should be set on the amount of taxes that can be derived either by the state or municipality on various sources of wealth including property, income, sales and business taxes. Wants Commission DeNardis told the legislature's finance committee that Connecticut needs a fair share tax structure and a revenue policy commission.

The commission, composed of state and municipal leaders, would work on both the state and local level to set limits on the percentage of taxes that could be set on sources of wealth. Under DeNardis' proposal, property taxes could not exceed 40, income taxes would be limited to 2 0, sales taxes Portrait in standing at Brown University and its position as a whole." While the current controversy revolves around the fraternity constitution's ban on non-full members, as the Brown women are, from holding office, It also is just the latest part of the larger debate over coeducation in fraternities at Brown and elsewhere. The fraternity has 24 chaptes and 35,000 alumni. "Universal Brotherhood" Ms. Perron argued that the word fraternity "does not have anything to do with sex." AH members of the Brown chapter are called brothers, she said, 'and they see fraternity as 1 meaning a "universal brother-' hood, rather than a brotherhood of men.

When Alpha Delta Phi was set up in 1832 to "prepare young men for society," women were "not really part of society," Ms. Perron observed. "Now that women are no longer second-class citizens, to exclude women from such a group is irrational," she said, adding that I she hopes coed fraternities will I become a trend. "Women have certainly not destroyed the structure of our fraternity." Stevenson called his years in I the coed fraternity "the best ex Associated Press Wirephoio The cars have gained an fiver-age of $1,000 annually in value the past several years, Troxell said. A car that sold for $2,000 in 1963 is worth about $12,000 today.

Out of Stock Market "A lot of people are pulling their scared money out of the stock market and putting it into stuff like this." Troxell began his business 13 years ago when he restored a Model A Ford. His first Rolls cost him $770 and another $400 to restore. He then sold it for $2,100. Troxell, who does little advertising, says his business has increased in recent months as the nation has sunk deeper into the recession. 3 WM.

'''iilIlwM fee. Alpha Delta Phi, at Brown. ters, introduced by Stevenson, gained only half of the two-thirds support it needed. Stevenson did, however, reach an "informal agreement" with a member of the board of governors which allowed the chapter at Brown to have women as an experiment, as long as they were not initiated into the national membership. limited to 20 and business taxes to 10.

Committee Co-Chairman Sen. Audrey B. Beck (D-Storrs) said the committee hopes to have a revenue package ready for action in mid-April. The mayors said a new school aid formula was needed to provide a minimum level of state assistance and at the same time guarantee that no town should lose aid. "A Robin Hood scheme which takes directly from the wealthier towns to aid the poor is not politically feasible and it is not fair," the conference said in a statement for the legislature's education committee.

"No town, even the most affluent, can shoulder th property tax increases which would result from the taking away of state aid," the conference said. Junk Shop ship appears in the painting's background. "The only year the Washington was privateering was 1799," Millar said, explaining how he dated the painting. Flag of Privateer He identified the ship's type "because she is shown with the flag pf the privateer, 13 stripes without the canton in the corner." A privateer sia private armed vessel commissioned to fight the commercial or war vessels of an enemy. In 1780, the Providence ship was captured by the British and the following year was taken back by the American Navy.

In 1784, it was sent to England on a good-will mission. The ship eventually was recomniissioned to p'y the China trade routes. veto sucn a proposal. Rep. Irving Stolberg (D-New Haven) told the Finance Committee he was drawing up a graduated income tax package that included reducing the sales tax and setting up a statewide property tax system.

And Sen. Lawrence J. De-Nardis (R-Hamden) outlined a revenue proposal he said would take taxes "out of the unruly hands of politics" by limiting the amount of money that could be raised from each type of tax. School Financing At the same time, the Connecticut Conference of Mayors and Municipalities said the state's method of school financing must be changed to equalize funding for education in the state. The conference said an equalized funding formula is needed to pump more state aid into the Find a Rare Associatea Press Pnoio War portrait probably dates back to 1779.

Newport, R.I., March 25 (AP) A painting unearthed in a junk shop has been identified as a rare portrait of a black Revolutionary War sailor. Thomas Troxell. Coopersburg, says is never was so good. His Investment Steer Is a Bankrolls-Royce Coopersburg. March 25 (AP) Want a good hedge against inflation? Buy an antique Rolls-Royce or a Bent-lev.

There's only one catch the cars start at $10,000. The painting shows an uni- dentified free black sailor and probably dates back to 1779 said John F. Millar, vice president of the Newport Bicentennial Commission. "This is one of the most significant art finds of the bicentennial," he said. A friend of Millar found the portrait in a Warren, R.I., junk shop several years ago and was unaware of its uniqueness until the commission official saw it.

Generation to Generation Millar said a black family from the Warren area probably passed the portrait down from generation to generation. He declined to place a value on the painting. The sailr is believed to have been a crew member of the 20-gun American General Washington, said Millar. The But that high price tag apparently is not discouraging buyers, says Thomas E. Troxell, who sells vintage luxury autos in this east central Pennsylvania town.

"Right now, business is great. If I could find the cars, I could sell double what I did last year," the 39-year-old garage owner said Monday. "In fact, I just got off the telephone today with a $24,500 deal for a Rolls convertible. Surprisingly, it's not only the rich who are willing to pay up to $20,000 for one of the cars. "All types of persons are buying them these days college students, insurance salesmen, a lot of people who really have to cut corners to come up with the money," said Troxell,.