President Neil L. Rudenstine said in an interview yesterday he was unaware of student public service leaders' warning that they may curtail service programming if the administration approves recommended changes to the University's public service structure.

The warning was distributed prior to Tuesday's faculty meeting in a letter to the faculty, which was signed by the president and vice president of Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA), the three central Housing and Neighborhood Development (HAND) coordinators, the Phillips Brooks House (PBH) executive and assistant directors and the director of the Office of Public Service.

The letter threatens shutting down some public service programs if Knowles does not reject the recommendations of the Report on the Structure of Harvard College.

"Therefore, as of December 15th for PBHA and January 31st for HAND, we will not commit to programming beyond June 1, 1995," the letter reads.

Rudenstine also said he was unaware of the current status of the Report on the Structure of Harvard College, which was supposed to have been discussed at Tuesday's faculty meeting.

Rudenstine expressed concern over the warning of PBHA President John B. King Jr. '96-'95, who said this week that his organization might reject University oversight and administer itself if some controversial recommendations in the report are implemented.

"From my point of view, Phillips Brooks, although clearly an independent organization, is a crucial part--both symbolically and substantively--of Harvard," Rudenstine said.

"I think it would be extraordinarily unfortunate in every way if any- thing like that happened," the president added.

The recommendations of the committee, which met to consider the structure of the College all last year, were presented to Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles in August.

The report was docketed for yesterday's faculty agenda, but the group did not discuss the report.

Faculty members present at the meeting said they were not surprised the report had been overlooked.

"The fact is that nobody had anything to say about it," Cabot Professor of American Literature Alan E. Heimert said last night. Heimert is the parliamentarian for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

Student service leaders have criticized the report's recommendation that Harvard's current public service programs (PBHA and HAND) be combined under a new assistant dean for public service and that the new, larger structure exist in the Phillips Brooks House building in the Yard.

The report also recommends creating a standing faculty committee on public service, which would oversee programming and direct University funding.

PBHA and HAND leaders have said repeatedly that they will be unable to commit to programming next year if they remain uncertain about the future structure of their programs.

Currently Gail Epstein directs the Office of Public Service and Greg A. Johnson is the executive director of the student-run PBH.