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Oregon # Emerald MARGUERITE WITTWER-WRIGHT Editor GEORGE PEGG Business Manager TED GOODWIN, BOB FRAZIER Associates to Editor BILLSTRATTON Managing Editor BILL YATES News Editor EERNIE HAMMERBECK Sports Editor DON FAIR, WALLY HUNTER Assistant Sports Editors WALT McKINNEY Assistant Managing Editors BOBOLEE BROPHY and JUNE GOETZE Assistant News Editors JEANNE SIMMONDS Feature Editor DOUG EDEN Advertising Manager mvmrkp_ASSOCIATED collegiate press ME Associated press wire service Beth Basler. Leonard BergstromL^ird*Jungle.’ Virginia Fletcher, Lejeune Griffith, Jo^n J » Olson Toan O’Neill, Nancy Peterson, &:hKR‘mtnKaUtte *SS£ Syrian. Jackie Tetz, ??W1i°3rTaLr^allvWai"er, Hans Wold, Phyllis Kohlmeier. Un‘VeEnw'red as second class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon._ Beavers Dam Clique Politics The simultaneous campaigns conducted by the Emerald nnd the Oregon State Barometer on behalf of better student government and campus politics have succeeded on the Cor vallis campus to a much greater extent than here. 1 he recen news from the north is most encouraging—the fact that ObC Students have elevated their student politics from a grab-bag. ■faction level to a platform level at least indicates that progress |js possible. Disregarding the Barometer-instigated feud between Cor vallis and Eugene sportswriters, we congratulate the OSC students for their forward-looking step toward demociatic •government and we are proud of the conspicuous part played 1 ,y the Barometer in pushing that move. . ' Thc Beavers last week voted into effect an amendment to the ASOSC constitution which changes election procedure. The amendment parallels attempts of the Emerald to clarify the "platforms" of Oregon political parties—an effort which has resulted only in promises from the political leaders that .platforms would be drawn up and publicized. Platform Investigations The Proppe amendment, authored by ASOSC s third vice president, Bill Proppe, provides for a political survey com mittee which will investigate the platforms of Beaver politi cal parties, and the petitions required to substantiate the plat forms and party members. To be recognized as a political party on the OSC campus, interested groups must present a constructive, practical plat form for registration, examination, and publication to the po litical survey committee. The committee is composed of six students and three faculty members elected by the executive council. The groups who submitted platforms are also re quired to submit a petition with at least 300 signatures of students who back their particular platform and party. The section of the amendment governing party nomina tions for student officers constitutes a block to clique pat tv ■control by providing that nominations must be held one week prior to general nominations. All party nominations are made from the floor, the meetings being scheduled and open to the public and covered by a Barometer reporter. If, after nominations are held, need is felt lor a coalition party the procedure will follow the pattern of the original platform and petition presentation. No Cure-all Clearly, the l’roppe amendment was riot offered as a cure all for student politics ills, it will have little or no favorable results without student cooperation. 1 he fact that only about one-seventh of the entire student body voted on the amend ment would indicate that m Corvallis, as in Lugene, student interest in their own government is apathetic. However, of the votes cast, 834 favored the amendment as against 207 negative tallies. We would assume from those figures that the students who arc concerned about student politics, are very much in favor of the progressive amendment. It should be noted that an amendment of this type would be almost impossible to pass on the Oregon campus because the ASUO constitution provides that one-half the student body cast ballots and that two thirds of the ballots cast must favor the amendment: it is interesting to note that shortly after the Pro.ppe amendment was passed, a new political party- named hree Staters” was founded. One of the foundejrs of the group ex plained that "The fundamental principle is that the party is made up of individual Oregon Staters rather than any social organizat ions.' Liberal Principles The published principles of the “Free Staters" are a direct attack on "selfish pressure groups within social organizations" such as the Theta Nu Epsilon group on this campus which the Emerald has long opposed. Included are these principles: 1. This party asks for endorsement of its policies and projects by individuals only. It does not seek or encourage endorsement by social group names. 2. This party strongly advocates platform politics because such politics bring constructive programs. 3. This party believes in true representative government and no other kind. 4. This party believes in maximum student participation in their government. 5. This party believes, that student authority and responsi bility must be developed to the greatest extent possible. We shall continue to follow Oregon State’s political prog ress with great interest, and we extend to the Beaver advo cates of liberal and progressive student government our warm est wishes for success. We hope that our own politicians take as seriously their responsibilities in bettering student government on our cam pus. We hope that the leadership evidenced by these “Free Staters” will find a following at Oregon. OF ALL THINGS! By LeJEUNE GRIFFITH Senatorial propwash — Senators Lynch and Wallace became involved in a verbal battle in Salem over a bill to limit the practice of chiro practics. Words turned into some thing with a little more weight, and Senator Wallace found himself on the floor. Senator Lynch is quoted as saying: “I was simply admonish ing Senator Wallace against un statesmanlike language — pointing my finger—and he ran into it.” Windy day in Wyoming—Wash ington, D. C., does not have a corner on windbags. In an effort to strike back against a so-called “unnec essary number of traffic regula tions, port of entry rules, many fines and penalties” in California, a Wyoming state representative in troduced a bill which would force cars from California to carry two red flags three feet square “both fore and aft,” and two bells not less than six inches in diameter to warn of their coming when entering Wyo ming. Corneas for sale — The offers to sell their corneas by people wishing to get food and clothing for their “poor starving family” seems to be breaking out like a rash all over the country. The sincerity of their of fers could easily be checked by someone actually offering to buy a cornea. If the offers are legitimate, then it is a sad state of affairs which leads people to offer such a prized SH &r. 31110 Willamette Park will be closed to the Public Sat.. I'eb. 22 Only Willamette Park Ph. — Springfield 326 sossession to obtain the necessities >f life. If the offers are not legiti nate, then it’s still a sad state of iffairs when people have to be vic timized by publicity seekers who prefer scheming to get money and :ood rather than working for this ;nd. Backwoods blues -— A local de mrtment store has taken all the 'un out of the prospect of going to :he country and hewing a home out )f the wilderness. They are offer r Telling the Editor ^ ABOUT CHURCHILL I was pleased to note that The Emerald was not taken in by all the specious arguments of Randolph Churchill. However, a few things may be said in Mr. Churchill’s be half. He was perfectly correct in ex posing American hypocrisy regard ing imperialism and in criticizing our still-prevalent disposition to oversimplify the problems of the British Empire. By the same token it was unfair for us to hold the speaker responsible for British pol icy of the past or for the policy of the present Laborite government. Moreover, it must be remembered that the Egyptian students did ask “loaded” questions. We should not allow our bias in Churchill to combine with our own prepossessions in prejudicing us against every worthwhile thing he said. 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