COUNCIL DEMANDS REGISTRATION FOR NON-STATE AUTOS

At its last meeting before next Tuesday's election the Cambridge City Council last night passed a resolution which would require students in Cambridge who have out-of-state cars here to list them with local officials, but made no further reference to the University or to Plan E.

The resolution ordered the Chief of Police "to confer with the proper authorities at the various local institutions attended by students operating out-of-state cars with a view to having them cooperate with the local police department in an effort to list such automobiles with their owners, operators, registration and length of time they expect to be in the city."

The reason for the move was given as because "in cases of accidents it is sometimes impossible to secure satisfaction because of the lack of compulsory insurance, absence of proper records showing ownership, etc."

Landis Hits Contributions

Meanwhile, James M. Landis, Dean of the Law School, Chairman of the Committee for Plan E, issued a statement calling the collection of an anti-Plan E "war-chest" from city employees a "sin against political morality."

He said he was "shocked" to find this "concerted effort" to collect the money. "No decent citizen can but fail to be aroused over this effort which violates the spirit if not the letter, of the statutes of Massachusetts aimed at preventing public employees from being coerced into contributing to a political campaign and making it a criminal offense for persons to be involved in such an effort.

"The saddest part of this episode is that these contributions are being used in a desperate effort to defeat a charter which, if adopted, would bring greater security and better working conditions for every employee of the City."

Landis claimed that this was interfering with the right of "freedom of the ballot."