Students Support Nader Proposals In Lowell's Poll

Lowell House students voted overwhelmingly last week in favor of Harvard casting its General Motors stockholder votes for the nine resolutions proposed by Ralph Nader and a group of Washington lawyers.

The resolutions include adding three representatives from the public to GM's Board of Directors and increasing the emphasis placed on safety and pollution by the GM management.

George F. Bennett '31, Treasurer of Harvard College, said last week that Harvard would definitely vote with the management if Nader and his group succeed in their fight for a proxy vote.

In a poll sponsored by the Lowell House Committee, 82.7 per cent voted for the Nader resolutions, 13 per cent opposed them, and 3.7 per cent had no opinion. The 301 votes cast represent about 75 per cent of all Lowell House residents.

The Lowell House Committee will make the results of the poll known to Bennett in a letter to be sent the middle of this week.

"Bennett should be aware of how people feel. Although I don't think the letter will have much effect, at least if the issue blows up in his face he can't say he didn't know," said John A. Shutkin '71, chairman of the Lowell House Committee.

According to Shutkin, the Lowell House Committee feels that the poll is representative of how the entire student body views the GM issue, since the membership of Lowell House constitutes a random sample of undergraduate opinion.