Assistant U.S. Attorney Warren P. Reese, the chief prosecutor in the Boston investigation, issued a curt "no comment" when asked what was taking so much time.

"We are not allowed to answer any questions on the investigation of the Pentagon Papers." Reese said.

Radcliffe Gets Richer

University presidents have been lamenting about hard financial times for several years, but this year alumni seem to have responded to the cry.

The nine University gift funds together received more money last year than ever before and three of the nine set individual records. Donations to Radcliffe showed the most spectacular increase--a 50 per cent jump over last year's figure. Harvard College and the Law School Funds also received record donation.

Private benefactors altogether gave $7,441,238 to the University funds--topping last year's record cache by over $850,000.

Yet in spite of record-breaking donations in 1971, University income fell $1.4 million short of expenses, and David W. Davis, consultant in the Office of the Financial Vice President predicted this year's record donations would not balance this year's budget either.

House Films Endangered

Students looking forward to returning to Harvard's usual weekend choice of ten $1 film favorites may find movie pickings slimmer and more expensive this Fall.

The University Council this summer canceled the student-run University Film Society's summer series of popular classics, setting a precedent which may result in a drastic change in this Fall's House film showings.

The cancellation came less than two weeks after the University had approved the entire 27-film series, to be shown in Emerson Hall.

The films were cancelled because they violated an agreement made last Spring between some of the Harvard student film society and local theatres. That agreement limited student films to intellectual and esoteric movies which would not compete with local theater shows.

However, the agreement was only tentative and not binding. Several film societies--each as the Quincy Cinema Guild and films Across the River which show popular classic--did not even participate in drawing up the guidelines.

The real reason behind the series' sudden death may have been threats from local theatre proprietors that a continuation of a 99-cent. House series, which competed with the theatres' 52 shown, may exempt status.

Buildings which are used solely for educational purposes are exempted from property tax Hats by Massachusetts law James A. Sharaf, attorney is the Officer of the General Counsel, admitted July 10 that a popular film series shown on University property posed "Hats to the University."