Any action by the Faculty may be rendered mootif Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clintonis elected in November. Clinton has promised tostrike down the military's ban on gays byexecutive order.

In May 1990, the Faculty Council voted to severties with ROTC if it did not end its ban onhomosexuals. It said the policy of excluding gayswas incompatible with the University's policy ofnondiscrimination.

Last January, Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R.Knowles suspended the ultimatum and created thespecial student-faculty committee to reexamine theissue.

The committee, chaired by PforzheimerUniversity Professor Sidney Verba '53, wasscheduled to issue a report in May, but requestedan extension until this fall.

Green, who has not seen the final report, wouldnot comment specifically on its conclusions."We're very pleased with all the work that's goneinto this, and it's going in the right direction,"he said.

Confused Cadets

ROTC cadets interviewed yesterday expressedconfusion about the committee's recommendations.

Some cadets said they were unaware of Harvard'spayments. They said they were open to alternativeROTC schemes as long as Harvard continues toaccept their scholarship checks.

Javier Romero '95, a vice-chair of Bisexual,Gay and Lesbian Students Association, said lastnight that the committee "did the right thing,"

"The one thing that makes me wonder about ROTCscholarships is that they are discriminatoryagainst an oppressed minority," he said. "Notsending MIT money is a necessary step."

Gady A. Epstein contributed to the reportingof this article.