Council Might Restudy Club Bias Decision

Reconsideration of the anti-bias resolution passed Monday by the Student Council appeared possible last night after three Council members who had opposed the anti-discrimination provision announced that they would ask for a review of the Council decision.

Council President Edward F. Burke '50 said earlier yesterday that since four Council members were absent from the Monday meeting, he would favor reconsideration of the disputed resolution provided there were no absences when the topic came up again.

Burke, who introduced the approved resolution, said that his chief desire is that everyone who wishes to vote has the chance.

On Monday the Council voted to recommend the inclusions in the "Rules for Undergraduate Organizations" a provision making illegal the constitution of any undergraduate organization if the document includes a discriminatory membership clause. The resolution, beaten the first time it was introduced, passed by one vote on a later vote.

Deans Will Study It

Despite the possibility of dispute the approved resolution is being turned over to Dean Bender and Associate Dean Robert B. Watson '37. Bender said that the anti-bias clause will be studied by the Faculty Committee on Student Activities, probably beginning late in January.

Commenting on the Monday meeting, Burke, said yesterday that he had given a week's notice that Roy M. Goodman '51, Council treasurer, would occupy the chair at the meeting. Burke added that Goodman had not made up his mind on the resolution when he took the chairmanship.

Several Council members yesterday criticized the tactics in the meeting in which Burke's resolution, one of four presented, was voted on again shortly after it had been rejected. Burke was attacked for reading his resolution just before the revote very slowly, while Chase N. Peterson '52, who had left the meeting, was summoned back to take part in the vote.