And after some debate, the council backed theexecutive board's decision during its meeting lastSunday.

In his presidential remarks to open themeeting, Gabay announced the executive boarddecision, asked if there were any objections, andsaw none.

But at the end of the meeting, Kevin C. Scott'97 made a motion to overturn the executive boarddecision.

Nineteen council members voted for the motion,but that number fell far short of the majorityrequired to overturn the executive board'sdecision.

In another failed attempt to get all fivepetition issues onto the ballot, Rudd W. Coffey'97 proposed six individual measures, each ofwhich required a two-thirds vote by the counciljust for consideration and debate.

Five of Coffey's resolutions would have addedvarious combinations of the questions barred bythe executive board to the referendum ballot.

The final piece of new business would haverequired the council to call 200 of the petition'ssignees at random and ask them which of the issuesthey wanted to see on a referendum. The councilwould then have put on the referendum any issuereceiving more than 100 votes.

The council refused to consider any of the sixmeasures.

Davis has criticized the council's reluctanceto put all five issues on the ballot. She calledthe decision to eliminate four of the issue "aninsult to the intelligence of Harvard students andsay they want a vote."

Preparing for a Vote

The council made an all-out publicity push insupport of the term bill hike in preparation forthe vote, which occurred on April 20-22.

The Yard and the Houses were decorated withposters listing various groups which receivecouncil grant as well as various social andservice activities sponsored by the council.

And on Monday night, Gabay and Davis, alongwith two other student leaders, participated in apanel discussion of the term-bill hike at theKennedy School of Government.

Gabay reiterated the council's argument insupport of the fee hike. He called the $10increase a "need, not a want."

Gabay said dramatic cuts in grants to studentorganizations would be necessary if the councildid not receive undergraduate backing for the termbill hike.