Deputy General Counsel Martin "Milo Minderbinder" Michaelson, who runs the University, said, "I don't ever, ever want to see my name in the paper, boys, and that's off the record." Asked if he is gunning for Steiner's job, Michaelson hummed into the telephone and said, "We're talking off the record, right? I'd be really careful with that one, boys. You're getting into a dangerous area."

Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence, reached in Canada, said through his secretary, Betty Woodward, that he "had no comment on anything, either now or ever, and that's all he said to me."

John Shattuck, University vice president for government, community, and world affairs, and Rosen's boss and about to be Charles's boss, too, said he was too busy monitoring federal legislation and working on the Safran report to speak with a Crimson reporter.

But, Shattuck said quickly, Rosen's departure would be a "severe blow to higher education."

"We're talking about financial aid aren't we?" he said.

Professor of Government Douglas A. Hibbs Jr., reached in Goteburg, Sweden, where he is on a medical leave that may or may not last as long as two years, said: "I'm feeling rather ill right now, so I can't talk. Call me in a year--I'll be in Morocco."

Staff members at The Harvard Independent said they did not know Harvard had a News Office.

The Crimson staff, on the other hand, said they wished Rosen the best of luck in his new job. One editor mumbled aloud his concern that the campus daily would not be able to function without Rosen, but his same and reasonable colleagues brought him back to reality. But they, too, had one question: "Is Buckingham Palace on Centrex?"