Almost three months after Undergraduate Student Government President Seth Williams shocked University Park by revealing administrators' 1986-87 salaries, the administration's interest in the matter has subsided.

Last Nov. 1, administrative salaries - including University President Bryce Jordan's - were made public by USG executives, and weeks of charge-filled dialogue between the group and the administration concerning the released salaries survey hampered their relations for the remainder of the semester.

"The matter is closed," reported the office of William Asbury, vice president for student services. Asbury had ordered USG President Seth Williams to account for the survey's origin and also asked University Safety officials to investigate the survey issue internally.

"We're not actively pursuing that in any investigative effort," said Tom Harmon, assistant director of University Safety. "It never really was a case." Harmon said he made a report on his office's findings, but declined to elaborate because the results were not substantial enough to warrant releasing the details.

Craig Millar, associate vice president for student services, also closed the administrative door on the salaries survey issue.

"As far as I know (the administration) is not contemplating any more action," Millar commented, adding that he did not know the specific results of the official investigation and that the administration's agenda does not include plans to call Williams or his assistants to his office for further questioning.

This attitude differs from administrators' initial reaction to the survey's release.

In the afternoon following USG's Nov. 1 news conference, Jordan called the student government "irresponsible" and questioned the methods by which the document had been obtained. The police investigation began simultaneously.

On Nov. 2, USG executives said Jordan was making a "wild accusation" while the USG Senate, which was not informed in advance of the decision to release the survey, needed to be pacified by Williams.

Six days later, Asbury, in a letter to Williams ordered USG to return all University property because USG was "not authorized to hold the survey." On Nov. 14, Williams refused, claiming the survey did not belong to Penn State. The College and University Personnel Association, which prepared the survey, could not reveal the specific preparation methods because of confidentiality.