The Social Relations Department yesterday condemned the Joint Committee for its handling of the Stauder case and asked that the Corporation appoint him as a lecturer for two years. Jack R. Stauder '61 was the highest ranking Corporation appointee arrested in University Hall.

In a second resolution, the department asked that the Faculty discuss the procedures used against Stauder, rather than considering his case a fait accompli.

S. Franklin Sampson, lecturer on Social Relations, presented the first resolution on reinstating Stander. It passed by a 13 to 10 vote, and states:

"The full faculty, Department of Social Relations, expresses its strong objection to the methods by which the Joint Committee was established, some procedures by which it operated, and some of the statements used to justify its action in Dr. Stauder's case. We, therefore, request the Corporation to act favorably on the department's original recommendation of appointment as Lecturer for two years, pending establishment of a procedure more appropriate to the administration of justice in an academic community."

Second Resolution

The second and less controversial resolution, asking the Faculty to consider Stauder's case, was presented by Ervin Staub, assistant professor of Clinical Psychology. It passed by an 11 to 6 vote, and states:

"That the Faculty consider the procedures used in the disciplinary proceedings against Jack Stauder, and if they are judged inappropriate, establish procedures to reconsider the decision."

The department's vote to reinstate Stauder challenges directly not only the Joint Committee and the Corporation, butalso the senior members of the Soc Rel Department.

On Sept. 25 the senior members met and asked the Corporation to approve Stauder's appointment on the terms which the Corporation had suggested a few weeks earlier. The Corporation, accepting in full the report of the Joint Committee, favored:

reducing Stauder's term of appointment from two years as lecturer to one year as instructor;

suspending Stauder from all teaching privileges during the first semester;

denying Stauder a $1200 pay raise which he would have otherwise received.

On October 1 the department met to consider Sampson's motion to reinstate Stauder. Sampson's resolution, however, was not on the ballot and was tabled by a two-vote margin after 40 minutes of debate.

Commenting on the department's two resolutions, Roger W. Brown, chairman of the Soc Rel Department, said last night, "My feeling remains that I've studied the procedures and I feel that they've been fair. But I do admit there are several points where it is a matter of judgment, and well-intentioned men can disagree."

Aspects of the Stauder case which irked members of the department include: