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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1946)
Veterans Ask Eugene For 200 Housing Unit f By BRUCE BISHOP Government housing for veterans versus housing constructed and financed by private enterprise was the question before the Eugene Forum of the Air Tuesday night. Sponsored by the Amer ican Veterans Committee, the discussion ended in heated argu ments between the speakers and the audience. Reserve Book Regulation Set By UO Library According to Dr. Ray C. Swank, >iiead librarian, the new library rules and regulations for reserve books are as follows: 1. Your own library card must be presented for each new book and renewal. 2. Do not loan or lose your card. You are responsible for all books issued on it. 3. A temporary card may be ob tained from the circulation depart ment if you do not have the card with you. 4. Books may be taken out of the building, but must be returned when due. 5. Books for overnight use are issued one-half hour before the de partment closes. Books may be reserved for overnight use any time during the day by filing a reserve slip at the desk. 6. Fines are assessed for the fol lowing violations: books returned to the wrong department 25c; fail ure to recheck books for overnight use 25e; overdue books 25c for first ^xout or fraction and 5c for each suc ceeding hour or fraction. A maxi mum charge of $1.00 an hour may be made if circumstances justify. 7. Please return «your books through the book-chutes. Books may he returned when the depart ment is closed by placing them in book deposit chutes outside the main entrance of the building. 8. When asking for reserve books be sure of the author and title. One may check on these by using the card catalogue to the right of the circulation department. 9. The morning hours in the re serve room start at 8:00 to 10:00 on Monday to Thursday. The hours on Friday and Saturday are: 8:30 to 5:00; and from 2:00 to 9:00 on Sun day. 10. Two new study halls have been added to the reserve system. Leopold Stokowski has three middle names—Antonio Stanislaw Boleslawowicz. Rally Week-end is Sept. 27-28. The Forum opened with a short speech by Paul Campbell, local real tor, opposing- public housing for Lane county. Campbell’s speech was followed by talks from George Hall, veterans housing director for the University; George Heddinger, commander of the local VFW post, , and James Rodman Jr., chairman of the Oregon Republican central committee. 200 Units Wanted Heddinger threw a challenge at the Lane county realty board, in the course of his speech, when he said, “I challenge the realty board in this county, to build or have built, 200 low cost housing units within six months.” This request was an swered by Rodman, who stated that anything is possible, if the federal government will move out and give private enterprise the chance to ac complish something, without having to cut through miles of red tape and resort to black market methods. Rodman was joined by Campbell in this contention and stated em phatically that 500 units could be built in 90 days if OPA would re lease the materials to private con tractors. Red-Baiting1 "George Hall injected the first heat into the meeting when he said, “The moment something of this nature is brought up, the realty board and other staunch supporters of private enterprise, point their collective fingers and howl “com munist’.” He recounted his exper iences in getting housing when he returned to Eugene from the ser vice and ended his story with the statement that private enterprise has failed the veteran in this local ity. The audience directed several questions at the speakers, of vary ing degrees of heat, all questions markedly favoring a public housing project of some sort. Following the forum, the speak ers decided to hold a meeting today to discuss temporary public housing for veterans in the Eugene area. Night Staff: Roger Tetlow, Editor Martylou Coffey Annette Miller Bette Twedt Anne Fernandez Cy Laurie Virginia Fletcher If stale bread is frozen it becomes fresh textured when defrosted. DANCING FRIDAY & SATURDAY NIGHTS DANCING STARTS AT 9 P.M. MUSIC BY ART HOLMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA WILLAMETTE PARK • For Table Reservations—Springfield 326 • Oregon Given ROTC Air Arm Oregon is one of ten western col leges and universities to offer the /reserve air corps program just in stituted in the military science de partment. This program supple ments the ROTC infantry courses and has necessitated the addition of an air corps unit to the regular de partment staff. Schools in this area which will offer the air corps training during 1946-47 are the University of Ore gon, Oregon State college, Stanford, UCLA, Washington State, Univer sity of Montana, Montana State, University of Utah, Utah Agricul tural college, and University of Nevada. The University of California, Uni , versity of Washington, University of Idaho, and Santa Clara will add i the course next year. Complete information about the 1 new training offered may be secured at the ROTC headquarters on the campus. No Rally Broadcast The all-campus rally Friday will not be broadcast over KUGN as previously announced, Tom Haz zard, yell king, said Tuesday. I r Insignias Lost Rally squad insignias have been lost, Tom Hazzard, yell king, has announced. Anyone knowing of their whereabouts should notify Hazzard as soon as possible,. fc» it --- Music School Increases Staff Herman Gelhausen, baritone, has been appointed assistant professor of voice and Milton Deiterich new instructor of cello and theory cours es, Theodore Kratt, dean of the school of music, announced Tues day. Other changes at the music school are the new steel craft buildings to the north and south of the school. These will enable the majority of the music students to have private practice rooms. Unlike quonset huts, these new type of portable buildings resemble small houses of metal and contain on the average, ten rooms. They will be completed as soon as labor permits and have been labeled South annex and North annex. The word button comes from the French bouton, meaning something to be pushed out. • You'll look pert this Saturday night with the man of your dreams — if you buy your .... w DATE DRESS at WESTGATE DRESS SHOP Next to the Side EVERYTHING IN WOMEN’S APPAREL FOR YOUR FOOTWEAR ON CAMPUS • DATES 1060 Willamette New Libe Hours 8:00 to 10:00, Monday through Thursday 8:00 to 9:00, Friday 8:00 to 6:00, Saturday 2:00 to 9:00, Sunday Several new members have joined the library staff this year. Dr. R. C, Swank, head librarian; Mrs. Emma /G. Wright, reference librarian; and Miss Anita Brown, also a reference 1 librarian joined the staff last July; and were hefe during the summer, school session. Additional new! members are Miss Deborah Taylor Lewis, junior assistant in circular tion; Miss Ruth Marie Protzman, in the catalogue department; Donald Hunter, in the audio-visual depart ment; and Miss Mary S. Pratt. Tuesday & Wednesday Edward G. Robinson Margaret O’Brien "OUR VINES HAVE TENDER GRAPES" "Rulers of the Sea" Douglas Fairbanks Jr. "Walls Came Tumbling Down" with Marguerite Chapman. Lee Bowman "CANYON PASSAGE" with SUSAN HAYWARD DANA ANDREWS Filmed in Oregon Ends Saturday! BOB HOPE JEAN CAUFIELD "MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE" with Joseph Schildkraut iTATE . TH E. ATItt . "FRONTIER GAL" YVONNE DeCARLO