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Faculty May Face Vote On GM 'Proxy Fight' At April 14 Meeting

The Faculty will face a resolution-probably at its April 14 meeting-asking that the Corporation support Ralph Nader in his promised "proxy fight" against General Motors.

Martin L. Kilson, professor of Government, said last night that he has agreed to present the resolution to the Faculty.

"Hopefully this will meet with favorable Faculty response," Kilson said, "It seems a reasonable and sensible proposal."

Kilson was asked to sponsor the resolution by the Young People's Socialist League (YPSL), to which he is an advisor. YPSL earlier this month sent a letter to the Corporation asking that it support the Nader proposals.

However, George F. Bennett '33, Treasurer of the College, said last week that Harvard would definitely vote with GM management if the proxy fight materialized.

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Harvard owns 287,000 shares of GM common stock.

"I have a high degree of respect for the management of General Motors." Bennett said. "I think they are concerned with the environment."

Bennett also said then-at a meeting with six students-that no student poll or Faculty resolution would influence the Corporation's decision.

Bennett was not available last night for further comment.

The group of Washington lawyers initiating the proxy fight-supported by Nader and called "Campaign to Make General Motors Responsible"-has submitted nine resolutions to the company's stockholders for consideration.

However, General Motors announced last week that it would not put the Nader proposals on the ballot for its stockholders' meeting in May.

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This means that the Nader group will ask the shareholders to mail ballots to Campaign GM instead of the General Motors management.

The major resolutions would:

enlarge GM's Board of Directors from 24 to 27 seats, adding three representatives of the public. The group's candidates are Betty Furness, PresidentJohnson's special assistant for consumer interests: Rene Dubos, a University of Chicago biologist and environmentalist: and the Rev, Channing Phillips, a Washington, D.C. civil rights leader

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