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THE VOL. KLXIV NO. 27 - U10WERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA. S.C. 29208 OCTOBER 29, 197 Delec BY BOB CRAFT he USC delegation South Carolina State St Legislature(SCSSL), W out on that body in its Si morning session after a four Saturday night caucus. The delegation decided at al a.m. they would leave the S( Among the reasons given for lo were, that the body had become for partisan politics, that it w fulfilling its role as a lobbying that small schools were being "i off" politically against larger a by certain members of the f that important legislation and such as the impeachment of R~ Nixon were shoved aside fc controversical measures, "machine politics'' pervad' SCSSL, and in toto, the SCSSL longer a viable vehicle for input on major problems and is the day. The caucus began at 11 Saturday with Jay Smith, chair the USC delegation, presiding. said he was very much In fa pulling out of the SCSSL and longer wished to remain chairman of the deleglation --A ation W tendered his resignation. He s SCSSL had become a toy o the wanted to have nothing mort udent with it. Smith had been a dele alked the SCSSL for four years. inday In the debate that followed, I hour delegation tried to decide whe not to remain with the SCSSL out 3 said they were in favor of leav SSL. SCSSL, but there was a split 1aving delegation. Trev Willia a tool delegate, said she wished to re as not the SCSSL because ther body, legislation that had been work layed committees that she wished chools followed through on. ~CSSL, The Idea to leave the SCSSL issues one that sprang up suddenly. ichard been tossed around by membei r less Carolina delegation for severa that Saturday afternoon, Mike Boll s the Joe Huddleston, both USC de was no said the idea had been expi tudent They cited the atmosphe ses of meekness and fear" that perva SCSSL's meeting. Boliver salt p.m. almost impossible for schools man of caucuses because there were Smith the delegation who reported vor of on. They said there were spy he no USC delegation. s the They said the seating in th' md he charnber was another eXampI P 4.. ' lks Out aid the fear of the large schools. USC ind he placed at the front of the chambe to do the way over to the far right o gate to aisle, and the Clemson delegatioi seated at the back of the chambe he USC the way over on the left side. Thl ther or done, according toBoliver, to kee Some two large schools from confe ing the with one another on piece! in the legislation. is, a At the Saturday night caucus main in delegation was not only split oi e was decision of whether to leave .d on in organization, but also on whe to see leave. The USC delegation wish nominate for Lt. Governor a me as not of the USC delegation, Toi It had Lavinder, a freshman law sti sof the who is a Clemson graduate. days. In the light of this, the deleg er and had trouble deciding when to le gates, The delegation felt that If the: ssed. before the election, that it would re "of Lavinder in a bad position dd the campaigning had already bej SIt was However, if they left after the e14 to have and Lavinder lost, It would be 1 pys In upon "as sour grapes" by the r< goings the SCSSL. in the The caucus felt that Lavinder i win, but that the ticket of Ji House Hitch and Tommy Cobb woul eao the tosuh If not impossible, to beat. Of scssL was news that the Clemson delegation r, all would back Cobb took some of the f the steam out of the hopes for Lavinder's was election. r, all -The caucus argued about the move p was to withdraw from the SCSSL until p the approximately 3 a.m. when the rring delegation voted to "absolutely pull out today," said Jay Smith. , the Smith, as well as many of the a the members of the Carolina delegation the was at Bell Camp Sunday afternoon n to for a Student Government Workshop. ed to "We voted to pull out today and to pull mber out publicly," Smith said. "Void" rnmy and "Inoperative" had been written ident across his delegate's credential ation badge. ave. 'Joe Huddleston, a USC delegate, i left announced to the SCSSL that the USC leave delegation was withdrawing. "It was since very simple. I got the floor on a Point un. of Personal Privilege and announced eo that we could not and would not par Be f ticipate any longer." Rita McKinney, a delegate to the night convention said, "As far as I'm mmy concerned, we're out," but she added 4d be that she couldn't tell what future SGA The aministrations might do.