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GLENDA MILLER INTERIM EDITOR HOLLY GATLING ART FRANK .INTERIM MNG. ED. AD MANAGER -MUM:s EDITORIALS. Congressional absenteeism Sen. Margaret Chase Smith, R-Maine, has rein troduced a bill which would make mandatory the expulsion of any member of Congress who is absent for 60 per cent of roll call votes in a year. in presenting the bill Smith said, "There are thousands of people back in our respective states who are smarter than we are, have more ability than we do and who could do a better job than we're doing. But they haven't had the breaks we've had and we are here and they are not."' We see no reason why there should be opposition to this bill. But there is. Especially among the can didates for the presidency. Absenteeism due to presidential campaigning is not justifiable. The candidates were elected to serve as representatives of the people-for the present term, not to campaign. 'Pure chance' laws Congratulations are in order for four USC students. Friday, Richland County Judge John A. Mason ordered Sheriff Frank Powell to enforce state gambling laws against "pure chance"' games at the State Fair in response to a suit brought against Powell last October by Dan Eckstrom, Mike West, Tom Stroudemire, and Barbara Price. The judge's order said "games where prize or profit results from luck instead of skill are unquestionably against the law." This apparently outlaws games such as "the mouse in the hole, bingo and picking plastic ducks out of water.'" During the controversy last October, Sheriff Powell said "'Bingo, raffles and other games of chance have been held in every section of South Carolina for many years. "These are sponsored by many civic, church, school and private organizations to raise money for some worthwhile causes. If these activities ar illegal, it is odd that they have been permitted to exist for such a long period of time (102 years) throughout South Carolina.'' Now that the order seems to indicate that the games were indeed illegal, this is perhaps a good time to ask Sheriff Powell just why he has allowed the games to continue while he has been in office? If the sheriff had been conscientious in performing his duties, he would not have suffered public disgrace by having to be ordered to do his job. And if something as blatant as the supposed gambling at the fair has been ignored, we wonder what other skeletons might be laying around, covered up by sloppy law enforcement. Association (Continued from Page 1) dcso fteNnhUS ici The SCPA, which represents allCorofpeaswihad,"e South Carolina dailies and 65 of the veycnptofrersseqis weeklies, stated, "Such ap-thttenwmdibeacrda pearances before grand juries ar.dmaueofatnm; htte similar bodies tend to have a sol efe opru hi w chilling effect upon journalistic ivsiain oteroned inquiries into subjects which need wtotfa fgvrmna investigations in the public in- itreec;adta hysol terest." h he t rtc hi n *.Te rsoltio qutedfr m esureauti ronom; tat.he shoud.befreeto.prsuethei.ow The capon Sexisi By SCOTT DERKS Columnist "The job is in accounting, general ledger accounting.. .No, I don't think a woman could handle the job. That's why I advertised for a man." Charles Vaden, vice president in charge of personnel at the First National Bank of South Carolina, made that statement Friday, just as USC's woman's week was drawing to a close. Some aspects of the week-long Feminine Forums attempted to explain to USC women that they are second class citizens and are being exploited . Vaden's ad, which was run in Wednesday's and Friday's edition of the Gamecock, explained this idea poignantly. PART TIME JOB IN BANK for young male requisites (sic); sophomore, must be able to work 20 hours a wk during school-full time summers. If interested call 256-3511. Vaden said he placed the ad with the job requirements in hand. "The job is only open to men," Vaden said in violation of Title Seven of the Civil Rights Act. "About 25 per cent of the job requires the moving of boxes in the mail room. A woman just would not be able to handle the job," Vaden said. Gutenberg experi By HARRY HOPE Columnist An informed janitor in McKissick Library revealed today that the alleged drug-pushing Professor X is in reality Howard Hughes, who has taken refuge from Clifford Irving somewhere in the basement of McKissick Library. The janitor, D.X. Foonman, a reformed philosophy professor, said that Hughes has been hiding in the basement of McKissick Library since November, 1970. Foonman is the only living person to have had contact with Hughes in that time. Hughes has been living off fried bookworms and vegetables from a garden planted in the dust on the Byzantine sec tion. Foonman described Hughes as "a little old man." The interview, according to Foonman, was entirely contrived since "Hughes wanted somebody to talk to and why not some dumb hack writer for a two bit college newspaper who doesn't know what's going on anyway." Martha Mitchell, who doesn't have anything to do with this anyway, phoned a miscellaneous editor of a local magazine last night and said, "Malarkey!" it's all malarkey!" When asked to what she was referring she an swered "I don't know, but I just had to call someone." In anlother d'evelopment, lit'f Circuit Solicitor ~John Foardl said : policies i An offical with the Equal Em ployment Opportunity Com mission, based in Charlotte, disagrees. "That ad is definitely illegal. There is no question about it. That firm has no legal right to exclude women from the job under the law." He went on to say that the GAMECOCK was also in violation of the Civil Rights Act by accepting and running the ad. He said any woman that met the qualifications prescribed, except for the sex specification, could apply and file suit with the EEOC officals in Atlanta to stop sex discrimination. "No one can be barred from a job unless there are bona fide pre employment requirements that make it impossible...A woman could not be an attendent in a men's restroom nor could a man be a Playboy Bunny", the EEOC spokesman said. A recent Supreme Court ruling makes it illegdl for the airlines to bar men from stewardess jobs because of sex. But Vaden maintains that a woman can not do his job. "Why do you want to know all this?" Vaden demanded when asked some questions concerning the ad. "I find the ad discriminatory," this columnist replied. "Why should you worry about it," Vaden demanded, "you're male aren't you?" The First National Bank was not nent Loward I that "he didn't know, but would find out." Noted hack writer James Dickey said that Clifford Irving had contacted him, but had said "I don't know." Meanwhile, half the faculty at the small southern college is in consternation over "skeletons in the closet" which may be found out during one of the solicitor pro tem's witch hunts. "What if he finds all those copies of 'Sex to Sexty' in my desk drawer," asked one religion professor. Another hoped that Foard "won't find out about my love for banana and peanut butter sandwiches." A search party looking for Hughes-Professor X entered the bargain basement of the neo Gothic Renaissance post impressionistic building last Thursday but has not been heard from since. "We sent a search party in there ten years ago to look for a PiKa who stole the gold ball from the Maxcy monument and they haven't returned," commented one unidentified vice-president. The local chapter of the Young Americans for Freedom com mented today in a statement "We don't have anything to say, but we've got to get in the ne! in town. the only firm to run a sexist ad in last week's papers. The Ale House of Columbia advertised for: FEMALE HELP WANTED. Must be over 21; part time waitress, good wages, apply in person after 2:30 p.m. Ale House, 3137 Beltline Blvd. This ad is also a violation of the law, but, sadly enough these two examples are not exceptions. The STATE paper regularly runs ads under the male and female help wanted, analogous to advertising for white workers only. The attitudes of male supremacy run deep in this part of the country. Many people would like to believe that "women's lib" is just a fad and unimportant. Some people even say that women have nothing to gripe about, that they have it made in this society. One USC male recently asked a woman in the midst of a sexist discussion, "How would you like it if I treated you like a person." Yes, he really said that. Furthermore he ineant it. Victories may come slowly for the women, because in this movement, more than any other, those who are not part of the solution are part of the problem. It will take a united effort for women to obtain legal and societial equality, but yes Mr. Vaden, the women might just win. fughes Carolina Public Information Research Group said "YAF is wrong. We'll give back the money. Honest." Meanwhile, janitors all over the University report the stopping up of toilets in the mad rush by faculty and staff members to get rid of their stashes. One illegitimate instructor said "Damn! They're all over the place! Damn!" Letters policy We print all letters we receive. The only thing we ask is that the writer include his name, signature and address (this is in case of verification purposes). Please try to type the letter on a 65-space line. The letter should be double-spaced. We will withhold a name only if a valid reason is enclosed with the letter. To write to the Gamecock: The Gamecock Letters to the editor D)rawer "A" USC For those of you who are Onl campus, you can put the letter in the' "campus~ ma'l" slot at t he post