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Corporation and Trustees Jointly Hail Equal Access

* they expect that commitment to equalized recruiting and "whatever resources may be necessary to increase the pool of qualified women applicants" to ensure "maximum effectiveness" of equal access; and,

* they believe the three-year review committee set up to monitor equal access should present "annual public interim reports to the Joint Policy Committee."

Although no mention of the Trustee addendum was made in the joint statement, at least two of the points raised by the Trustees may still have to be negotiated with the Corporation.

Bok said yesterday he is not sure whether women could be admitted to both Harvard and Radcliffe under the existing arrangements between the two schools.

He said he has asked Daniel Steiner '54, general counsel to the University, to look into any possible legal blocks to such a practice.

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Steiner said yesterday he has "talked to the Radcliffe people about it and it seems like a sensible way to go," but he said he still has to examine the proposal from a legal and a policy point of view.

While the Trustees merely called for women in "top positions of responsibility" in a unified admissions office, most favor the appointment of co-directors, instead of one director as the Strauch committee recommended.

Bok and the Corporation have favored the appointing of one director. Bok said yesterday, however, that no final decision has been made on that question.

Sources said yesterday that since the proposal to appoint co-directors was not explicitly cited in the statements released. "Radcliffe probably capitulated" on the matter.

Both the Trustees and the Corporation set aside special meetings at which to debate and vote on the Strauch proposals last month. The Trustees met on Tuesday for an all-day meeting, but Horner said none of the recommendations was hotly debated because there had been so much previous discussion.

At the special luncheon meeting, the Corporation spent less than ten minutes in passing the report. "Most of that time," one source said, "was spent discussing tactics to make the Radcliffe Board feel more comfortable with it.

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