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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[July 23

to the following properties from the Foundation, subject to release of funds by the Governor, at the prices indicated, plus miscellaneous costs incurred in the acquisition of the properties: Property Amount 912 South Fifth Street, Champaign $ 28 500 905 West California Avenue, Urbana 75 000 1000-02 West California Avenue, Urbana 68 250 1001 West California Avenue, Urbana 50 000 1003 West California Avenue, Urbana 40 000 1004 West California Avenue, Urbana 40 000 1006-08 West California Avenue, Urbana 44 000 1208 West California Avenue, Urbana 100 000 506 South Gregory, Urbana 72 000 912 West Illinois Street and 911 West High Street, Urbana 120 000 1001 West Illinois Street, Urbana 53 500 1003 West Illinois Street, Urbana 40 000 1011 West Illinois Street, Urbana 41 350 1108 West Main Street, Urbana 25 750 1001 West Springfield Avenue, Urbana 28 500 1103 West Stoughton Street, Urbana 17 500 1112 West Springfield Avenue, Urbana 22 500 1111 West Stoughton Street, Urbana 19 500

Total

$886 350

Funds are available in state capital appropriations to the University, subject to release by the Governor. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d b y t h e following vote: Aye, M r . Clement, M r . H a h n , M r . H u g h e s , M r . Jones, M r . Pogue, M r . S w a i n ; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . Grimes, G o v e r n o r Ogilvie, M r . P a g e , M r . S t e g e r . PURCHASE OF 6 0 2 EAST JOHN STREET, CHAMPAIGN (55) The President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends that The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois request the University of Illinois Foundation to finance the purchase of and to purchase the property at 602 East John Street, Champaign, for the sum of $25,480 and to lease it to the University at a rental sufficient to enable the Foundation to pay the interest costs on a loan in the amount of the purchase price. The property is 54 feet by 24 feet (1,296 square feet). O n m o t i o n of M r . P o g u e , t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d b y t h e following vote: Aye, M r . Clement, M r . H a h n , M r . H u g h e s , M r . Jones, M r . P o g u e , M r . S w a i n ; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . Grimes, Governor Ogilvie, M r . P a g e , M r . S t e g e r . PENDING LITIGATION RELATING TO LOYALTY OATHS (56) In February of 1968, Suzanne McCormick Thalberg, a member of the faculty at Chicago Circle campus, filed suit against the University and certain of its administrative officers in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division (Civil Action No. 68 C 211), attacking the constitutionality of the Illinois statute requiring state employees paid from appropriated funds to execute and file a "loyalty oath." Concurrently, a kindergarten teacher in Jacksonville filed a similar suit against the Board of Education of the School District and others, including the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Auditor of Public Accounts. The two suits involved common issues of law and were consolidated. The Attorney General of the State of Illinois represented the state officials who were defendants in the kindergarten teacher case. On June 13, 1969, a three-judge United States District Court filed an opinion in the consolidated case which declared the Illinois "loyalty oath" statutes void, unconstitutional and of no effect, enjoined all defendants (including the University) "from enforcing said statutes and the loyalty oath required thereunder and deny-