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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1948)
Mayor Candidates Express Views Men Answer City Problems That Affect UO (Editor’s note: The following Interviews of the three candidates for the mayor of Eugene have been obtained so that student voters may be aware of the stands taken by these candidates on municipal problems affecting the University.) 'Vern' Hawn . E. H. Peterson, campaign mana ger for A Laverne Hawn, gave the Emerald a statement for the can didate, who is out of town until November 10. Hawn favors the taxpayers at large paying half the cost of the millrace and those living adjacent to it paying the remainder, Peter son said. Maintenance, he said, was another matter. He suggested that the city might pay half. Hawn as mayor would be un able to push for Immediate ac tion in the restoration of the race, Peterson said. Such action would have to wait for public opinion, according to Peterson. He assured that “everything will be done” to close Thirteenth avenue to traffic, but pointed out that Fairmount residents have no other way of getting to town. He mentioned that Eighteenth is now being considered as a through street and that the highway might ease congestion. In planning downtown parades and rallies “you have to contend with the other 60,000 or 70,000 people in Eugene,” he said. “Until We figure some way to handle traffic, we’ll have to go easy on parades.” “A man would certainly he foolish if he believed the Univer sity and Eugene weren’t interde pendent,” Peterson said. He sug gested that the greatest success could he attained when one re lies upon the other. Edwin Johnson Edwin Johnson, University grad uate of 1928, said he definitely fa vors closer cooperation between the University and the city. Johnson was one of those who were vitally interested in the pass ing of the mill race bill last spring. “I spent many an evening on the mill race myself,” he said, recall ing his student days. He suggested that- the best way to finance the mill race restoration is through joint participation by the city, the University, and the own ers of property adjacent to the race. “I didn't feel that the city could pay the whole cost, but the mill race is a community asset and well worth the investment,” he commented. The city could par ticipate in its main tenanee. he said. “As much as i would like to see Thirteenth avenue closed to traf fic through the campus, I don't see how it could l>e done under the present conditions,” Johnson said. He explained that right now Thirteenth and Nineteenth a is- the Only through streets east of the campus. To close off Thirteenth would leave too many people on the east side without easy access to downtown Eugene. Johnson explained that p ans art now being studied for an adequate solution of the problem and that consideration is being given to making the highway and Eleventh V. EDWIN JOHNSON or Eighteenth a through street to siphon heavy traffic away ffom the campus. The candidate for mayor said that the need for mbre adequate parking facilities and wider streets near the campus was rec ognized. He discussed the pro posed widening of Alder street, explaining that although there would be some inconvenience while any widening was being done, it would have to be done be cause of the increased amount of traffic bn the street. Ralph Newman Ralph Newman, Eugene busi nessman and candidate for mayor, said in an interview yesterday that he favors financial participation by the city in the restoration of the mill race. Newman pointed out that the towns-people had already ' voted RALPH NEWMAN money for this purpose. He said he was in favor of the city main tenance of the in-takes and out lets of the race, after it begins to folw again. In past years the city performed this duty with the aid of the property-owners along the race, he explained. If he is elected mayor, Newman said lie would investigate the problem thoroughly and try to see that action is taken on it as stoon as the highway is complet ed. Newman said he saw no reason why Thirteenth avenue between Emerald and Kincaid streets could not be closed to traffic after the city’s plans for cross-town arter ial traffic are completed. In his statement to the Emerald, he said he realized that the traffic and parking problems on and near the University campus were as acute as Eugene’s downtown traffic prob lems and the city and the Univer sity should “work closely togeth Revival of the KKK—racial discrimination Star Chamber proceedings—the growth of militarism—■ THEY’RE HERE! Freedom, Reason and Tolerance—where are they ? IS LIBERALISM ON THE WAY OUT? Rev. Frank Ricker, Executive Secretary of the Pacific Coast Conference of Liberal Churches, will lead an open discussion of this vital question Sunday evening, beginning at 7:00 o'clock. Bring your pipe or your knitting. Bring your friends or your date. When you’re tired of talking there’ll be dancing and cards. Around the fireplace at Unitarian Church llth and Ferry Streets FOR YOUR HOUSE DANCE " % / • Orchids • Carnations O Roses £uq ene 13 Hi. & fflTTEflSON STS. jtcme CUG6NE,OREGON I A. L. “VERN” HAWN er” in the solution or tnese proD lems. Newman, as a member of the committee which formed the ori ginal Monday Morning Quarter backs club, explained that he has always favored University-city cooperation. The Quarterbacks club, which was founded to fos ter this cooperation, evolved in to the present Oregon club. New man served as chairman of the original club in 1938 and 1939.. Newman said that he did not be lieve the University and the city of Eugene were “exactly interdepend ent,” but explained this statement by saying that Eugene was no long er just a university town, but was growing into a city with a city’s attendant problems. However, he said,.with the University’s expan sion and building program, the Uni versity is still of great value to Eu gene. * Jacklgn's Dance Studio No charge for guest lesson and all ballroom dance Rhumba — Tango Samba — Fox Trot Waltz Jitterbug Monday Through Friday 10 a. m.—10 p. m. Sat. 10 a. m.—6 p. m. 14 W 7th Phone 235-W Wonderful Wool And You Can Get It! A man really can go out anc get this marvelous new-look ing pullover in Janzen-Spur Snowshaver, 100 c/Q virgir worsted wool, hand finished for long kear. It's tailored full, for action . . . Free enough for skiing even . . And has the best looking neckline in years. $12.9? 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