T h e D a i l y T e x a n Student Nawtpapar at V o l 63 Pric# Rvo Cents AUSTIN, TEXAS, Smith to Make Plans For Granted Absence ■ti#y of Texas page 2: sc hlesinger on kennedy ' M Eight Pages Today No. 147 By RODNEY DAVES Texan New* Editor Dr. Hubert Winston Smith said Saturday night he expected to re turn to Austin Sunday to begin making plans for his newly granted leave of absence. 'T v * been oat of town and don't really know what all the ■tlpalatiom of the Regent* were, except they granted me

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... a leave,** Dr. Smith told the Texas la aa exclusive telephone interview. 'T m sorry I can't tell you any more, I'll have to see what the Smith Granted Limited Leave R ggtn h Adv i sod By Ransom, Kooton By DAVE MCNEELY Texan Editor Dr. Hubert Winston Smith got a restricted leave of absence from the Board of Regents to defend Jack Ruby. la a apodal Friday meeting. Bawd Chairman W. W. Beath mid the Board had acted on roe* ommeadattoao by Law School Dona W. Pogo Keeton and Chan cellor Barry l a mom that the Board grant Dr. SwHh's regar d tor leave without pay. The leave will not begin until April 15. to allow a smooth trans fer of Dr. Smith's Law School work load. The leave will continue until the beginning of the first Law School semester following termination of Dr. Smith's connection with the Ruby case. Heath said Dr. Smith, "without first severing completely his con nection with The University of Texas, . . . may not utilize any or ganizations of an academic nature or title which might reasonably be (See SMITH, Page 8.) Regents said first,'* he stated from Dallas. R6pift06D3€fit Picked The University professor of law will begin his leave April 15. Frank W. Elliott Jr., associate professor of law, will replace Dr. Smith for the remainder of the semester. Elliott said he woald teach Dr. Smith's o w coarse, Evidence 483, Haiti tim ead of the spring term. Dr. Smith abo teaches a course, Legal Medicine, in the fall. "I think he is a very wonderful and interesting professor to study under for he certainly knows his subject matter," Julius Glickman, law student said. Practical Knowledge Adds "His practical knowledge of trial practice always adds to the regu lar discussion and theoretical dis cussion," he said. Dr. Smith, unavailable for com ment since the Regents' Friday an nouncement, said he had been waiting to see what the Board's decision would be, before starting work cm the case. He explained he had no idea how long the leave of absence would last, and declined to comment on possible assistance from any other University law professor, until reading the Regents' statement Says Story 'incorrect' Dr. Smith said the story in the local Austin paper which stated he intended "to bring to bear the full facilities of the Law-Science Inst! tute which he directs at UT," when he took the job of counsel to Ruby was incorrect. Instead, the tow professor bos indicated he intends to w e the Law-Science Academy, a private organisation in which he ta a leader, and not the Universityaffiliated Institution, which he heads. NAACP Plans Monday Protest A IS Announces Junior Fellows Seventeen University have been named Junior Fellows In toe College (rf Arts and Sciences. The students were selected af ter individual interviews because of their intellectual promise. They will be given special opportunities for independent and accelerated study. J. Altern Bur dine, College of Arts and Sciences dean, announced their names Saturday at Honors [toy.