Two Regain Congressional Jobs; Three Others Remain Uncertain

John B. Fisher '41, a Washington, D.C., professional lobbyist, declined to comment Friday on why five out of seven summer jobs which he had previously said were "definitely available" to Harvard junior have since fallen through.

Fisher said that two students have regained their jobs as Congressional internes and that he was "still working" on other possible positions. But he refused to elaborate "until we wrap it up."

Richard G. King, director of Harvard's Office for Graduate and Career Plans, which sponsored the abortive summer intern program, stated that two more jobs are "still pending." King said he hoped "they will finally result in actual placement."

Of the other three students promised a minimum salary of $500 for the summer, King said one is going to Europe, another secured his own job, and a third hopes to find work in his home state. When asked what arrangements would be made if any of the five cannot find employment, King said: "I don't think any will be left without work."

The confusion began about ten days ago, when the Office received a letter from a Senator, stating that he had never heard of the Harvard student who had asked him when to start work. King explained that there had been a number of "communication problems" between Congressmen, their assistants, and Fisher.

One Congressman, however, "simply reneged" on his agreement to hire a Harvard student as an intern.

The Office of Graduate and Career Plans "attempted to begin in a small way an experimental program," King said. A similar but long-established program at Yale is successful--this summer 55 Elis will work as executive or legislative internes--because it is subsidized by the college and by a fund raised by an alumni group, he added.