ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 186 or reading such work … a procedure which cannot be constitutionally imposed on the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs in this landmark action are: Everett T. Moore, Albert C. Lake, Robert E. Muller, Chase Dane, the Rev. Charles J. Dol­ len, Anita Iceman, the American Library Asso­ ciation, the California Library Association, and the Los Angeles Public Library Staff Associa­ tion. Together, the individual and organization­ al plaintiffs represent a broad spectrum of li­ brary employees in the State of California. Moore is assistant librarian at the University of California at Los Angeles; Lake is the director of the Riverside Public Library and the River­ side County Free Library; Muller is the Direc­ tor of Instructional Materials of the Jefferson Elem entary School District located in Daly City; D ane is the Director of Libraries and In­ structional Services of the Santa Monica Uni­ fied School District; the Rev. Charles J. Dollen is the Director of the Knights of Columbus Me­ morial Library of th e University of San Diego; Ms. Iceman is the Coordinator of Young Adults Services of the Alameda County Library. A copy of the complaint filed in U.S. District Court for th e Southern District of California is available from the Freedom to Read Founda­ tion, 50 E. Huron S t, Chicago, IL 60611. ■ ■ SCMAI SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT Doiron Request for Action After studying more than 250 documents, 29 transcripts of 30 interviews, and 18 responses from other individuals, the fact-finding sub­ committee appointed by the Staff Committee on Mediation, Arbitration and Inquiry (SCM AI) to gather the facts relating to Peter M. Doiron’s Request for Action, has subm itted its report to the American Library Association’s Executive Board. Doiron submitted a Request for Action to the SCMAI in accordance w ith the proce­ dures of th e Program of Action for Mediation, Arbitration and Inquiry, on January 11, 1972. In his Request for Action, Doiron asked that the SCMAI make an inquiry of his dismissal as editor of CHOICE, a review journal adminis­ tered by the Association of College and Re­ search Libraries (A C R L ), on July 29, 1971. Doiron, in his Request for Action, stated th at he considered the problem to be (1 ) a lack of due process; (2 ) unethical behavior; (3 ) intel­ lectual freedom; (4 ) unfair employment prac­ tices; and (5 ) tenure. Doiron alleges th at he had no prior warning of his termination nor had any of the ACRL officers. The subcommittee concluded that the Ameri­ can Library Association denied Doiron formal due process. This denial resulted from the ALA’s failure to utilize its formal, prescribed personnel performance procedures w ith Doiron during th e course of his employment as an ALA staff member. As a consequence of this failure, Doiron was deprived of the opportunity to ap­ peal an unsatisfactory performance evaluation. Among the other conclusions reached by the fact-finding subcommittee was th a t there was no evidence of unethical action, although the details of the m anner in which the dismissal was conducted displayed a lack of sensitivity and professionalism. In regard to Doiron’s al­ legations of violations of the principles of intel­ lectual freedom, the fact-finding subcommittee found th at at no time was there any indication or charge th at the editorial content of CHOICE magazine was under pressure or compromised. Further, except for the lack of formal due process noted above, there was no evidence of unfair employment practices on the p a rt of the ALA administration. The fact-finding subcom­ mittee stated th at “Doiron had been adequately warned and the executive director had full au­ thority to dismiss him.” The subcommittee also established that in ac­ cordance w ith ALA personnel policies, Doiron was not a tenured employee at th e time of his dismissal in July of 1971 and therefore, was not entitled to the protections of tenure. Finally, the fact-finding subcommittee con­ cluded th at it was formed in response to Doir­ on’s Request for Action seeking a resolution of his appeal of the method used in his dismissal. Recognizing th at the procedures of the fact­ finding inquiry do not allow all principals to be present during all the interviews and cannot, thus, be construed as constituting a hearing, the subcommittee determined that it would be inappropriate for it to rule on Doiron’s request for “restoration” to th e post of editor or upon the resolution of his appeal. Based on its findings and conclusions, the fact-finding subcommittee recommended as fol­ lows: 1. T hat th e ALA Executive Board grant to Peter M. Doiron a formal hearing. 2. T hat this hearing be conducted by a team of executive board members w ith a com­ plete report of findings and recommenda­ tions made to the full board for its deci­ sion. 3. T hat th e hearing be conducted in accord­ ance w ith the principles of the Statement on Procedural Standards and Faculty Dis­ missal Proceedings of the American Asso­ 187 ciation of University Professors, with par­ ticular attention to sections five and six on Committee Proceedings and Consider­ ation by a H earing Committee. 4. T hat the detail chronology and documen­ tation assembled by the fact-finding in­ quiry be made available to th e board for use in such a hearing and that, subject to th e approval of the witnesses, the tran­ scriptions of the interviews also be made available. W hen a hearing committee is appointed, all documentation is to be made available to the principals. The fact-finding subcommittee was composed of Robert Donahugh, Gerald R. Shields, and Myrl Ricking, chairman. The subcommittee was appointed by the ALA Staff Committee on Mediation, Arbitration and Inquiry, under the provisions of the Program of Action for Media­ tion, Arbitration and Inquiry. Upon receipt of the Request for Action from Doiron, SCMAI members J. Donald Thomas and David H. Clift, chairman, removed themselves from con­ sideration of the case because they were named as principals in the dismissal. For this inquiry, SCMAI m et under the chairmanship of Ruth Frame, w ith Judith F. Krug and Gerald R. Shields present and constituting a quorum. ■ ■ ALA / ACRL Representatives at Academic Ceremonies Throughout the year the American Library Association and the Association of College and Research Libraries receive invitations to a vari­ ety of academic ceremonies. In recent months members have been asked to represent A LA / ACRL at inaugurations of college presidents, anniversary celebrations, and dedications of new libraries. On Jan. 20 Mrs. Olive D. Brown attended the inauguration of Bobby Eugene Parker as the tw entieth president of Mary H ar­ din Baylor College in Belton, Texas. William Graydon Tanner was inaugurated president of Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, Oklahoma on Feb. 23. Clarice French attended the event for ACRL. John Zimmer­ man represented ACRL at the Centennial Founders D ay ceremony of Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, W est Virginia on Feb. 27. John W. Schwoda became the twentieth president of Arizona State University on March 10. Robert K. Johnson was the ACRL repre­ sentative at the ceremony in Tempe. The dedi­ cation of the new library at Valdosta State Col­ lege, Valdosta, Georgia took place on April 11 w ith W. Christian Sizemore in attendance. Kilborn L. Janecek and Kenneth G. Peterson attended the inaugurations of Thomas J. Clif­ ford and Richard Logan Irby respectively. Mr. Clifford became the eighth president of the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North D akota on April 14 and General Irby was inaugurated superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia on April 15. An inauguration ceremony held in honor of Ivan E. Frick, recently named president of Elm hurst College, Elmhurst, Illinois, took place on April 23. Representing ACRL was Kenneth Kirkland. Keith W. W arne attended the dedication of the Raugust Library at Jamestown College, Jamestown, North Dakota on May 26. ■ ■