Han also said staff evaluations of Phillips Brooks House Association programs were not brought to the attention of the organization's leaders even though they meet with Kidd on a weekly basis.

"[This] process is symptomatic of a lot of other things," Han said. "She's cutting students out of her loop unless we say, 'Hey, how come students aren't included?'"

King said he believes this is a crucial time for the student leaders of Phillips Brooks House Association.

"Students can choose greater autonomy and have a fighting chance at [having] an organization that's independent and true to its mission, or they can submit to this hostile takeover by University Hall administrators," he said.

"My sense is that people at University Hall are using every tactic of threat and intimidation to keep students from choosing greater autonomy, so they fire people or they make threats about whether the University would still support public service in the same way if Phillips Brooks House Association was independent," he said.

Mixed Messages

Kidd said yesterday that she is working to expand the scope of the administrative duties of those who work in her office. She said she is currently meeting with the staff of Phillips Brooks House and the Faculty's office of personnel to determine whether the staff would be able to take on new duties.

"We need to look at our existing resources to make certain that we're able to fully serve all the student programs," she said. "It's too soon to speculate on changes."

While Kidd said no members of the staff bave been informed they will be laid off, King says Canel has been targeted for firing in part because he only works four days a week.

The Phillips Brooks House administration forced Canel to work those hours because money not spent paying Canel's salary one day a week could be saved to hire an assistant bookkeeper, according to King.

"[Canel] is being fired for his committment to the principles that are behind Phillips Brooks House. That's why he's working with the union, because he cares about working people." King said. "Now for them to go back and say he's only working four days a week is crazy. They were too stingy to pay for an assistant bookkeeper."

Kidd said she is not concerned by Canel's union involvement.

"The Phillips Brooks House bookkeeper is [a union member] and a full-fledged member of the Phillips Brooks House staff, and we all get along very well," she said.

Roy E. Bahta '98, PBHA treasurer, said yesterday that he will meet with Kidd today to discuss staff support for bookkeeping. But he said he does not know specifically what Kidd plans to discuss with him.

Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 was unavailable for comment yesterday