UCLA DAILY BRUIN Friday, May 24, 1968

Gross defeats

Anderson in

undergrad polling

By Allan Mann and Mark Goodman

DB Staff Writers

Riding on the coattails of a massive mobilization of the Greek letter houses, Admistrative Vice President Richard Gross pulled a slim victory yesterday over General Representative Edward Anderson for the undergraduate presidency.

At least six people voted twic, according to Anderson, because identification had not been accurately checked during the balloting. He also said that there was an unlocked, open ballot box during the polling. He also cited several other smaller complaints.

"Improper run"

"The whole electoi was improperly run from a procedural point of view.

A hearing of Student Judicial Board to consider the case has been tentatively set for 3 p.m. today.

Anderson wouldn't state specifically that the Phi Psi-UMAS controversy effected the voting. "That would be just heresay on my part."

Gross, asked how the UMAS-Phi Psi controversy may have influenced his election victory, said that "It's a very difficult question. I think it unified the Greeks, and that helped me."

Gross pulled 2641 votes out of the unprecedented 4592 total vote for the presidency to Black Students Union member Anderson's 1951 votes.

Apparently riding on the same crest as Gross, Campus Events Commissioner Glen Leichman outpolled UMAS member George Aguiniga for the vice-presidency.

Dan Douglass polled 2217 votes out of 3466 cast to beat Alan Silver's 1319 votes for the office of student facilities commissioner.

The General Representative spots went to Jeff Lebow (2144), Morgan Chu (2030), and Janet Oliver (2010) who beat Geoff Oblath (1993) and Llon King (1875) in a race in which 10052 votes were cast.

For head yell leader, "Engineer" Geoff Cooper edged Fred Douglas 2429 to 1901 out of 4330 votes cast.

Mobilization began Tuesday

The mobilization of the Greeks began shortly after the original flare-up over the Phi Kappa Psi issue.

Beginning at noon Tuesday, groups of fraternity men began to circulate along fraternity row in support of Gross' candidacy. During the evening dinner hour, teams of two and three circulated on both fraternity and sorority row with same message, and a petition asserting the Greek's system's lack of discriminatory tactics.

The speakers said that Gross represented "the views of the system" and urged all Greeks to turn out to vote for him.

In one instance, a groups said they were speaking in favor of Gross because they believed Anderson was behind the UMAS demands. They claimed that a member of the Phi Psi house had seen Anderson with the UMAS people who had come to the Phi Psi house to take pictures of the "decorations." Anderson later convinced them that this was untrue and the group rescinded its assertion.

By yesterday morning-the day of the election-it had developed into a full-fledged Greek vs. UMAS/BSU/white radical race. Gross posters appeared up and down the rows and heated discussions sprung up all around Elections Walk.