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Index Kndor<M'in««ntN 2 Sample Ilallnt f) Kook reviews H iMERALD Weather PARTLY CLOUDY —. mi.■■■■■a VoL MU UNIVERSITY OK OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, MAY 3, I Mi No. 121 World News IN BRIEF Ike urges no cut WASHINGTON (UPI) Presi dent Eisenhower has warned against any large cuts In his for eign aid program. Mr. Eisenhower told a Wash ington audience Monday night that any substantial cuts in hia program will mean a "criiKhing defeat” in the struggle against Communism. He sava a cut will also lead to grave new international tensions. Atlas firing planned THE PENTAGON (UPI) The Defense Department has an nounced plans to fire an Atlas in tercontinental missile on a 9.000 mile flight, in an effort to beat Russia's long distance missile word. Offirals say the try may be made this week. Rocketmcn will fire the Atlas from Cape Canaveral to a target area beyond the southern tip of Africa. Caryl Chessman dead SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (UPI i — Caryl Chessman died in the San Quentin gas chamber Monday to end bin 12-year legal battle for life. The 38-year-old convict died as a federal judge in San Francisco was trying to reach the prison to grnnt a one-hour stay. Chessman's body will be cre mated today without ceremony. Senate condemns UAR THE SENATE (UPI)—A for eign aid authorization bill of $•!, 125.000.000 has been approved by the Senate. The bill provides most of what President Eisenhower sought. However, it condemns the United Arab Republic for bar ring Israeli ships from the Suez Canal, a slap that has aroused State Department anxiety. Hoff a trial delayed WASHINGTON (UPI)- A U.S. Court of Appeals has delayed the Washington trial of Teamsters' President James Hoffa for at least one week. The trial was to have started today, but the three-judge court said the proceedings should be postponed until after it hears arguments on a variety of ap peals. Hoffa is charged with misusing union funds. Police club rioters ISTANBUL, Turkey (UPI)— Turkish police used their rifles as clubs Monday to break up a dem onstration by 3,000 students. The anti-government demon strators tried to march on the building where NATO foreign ministers are meeting in Istan bul. Police beat several students and arrested others. Clark accused CAPITOL HILL (UPI) — A House payola investigator has accused T-V disc jockey Dick Clark of violating the law. Representative John Moss accused Clark of plugging Amer (Continued on page 7) CANDIDATES’ FAIR on SI.' terrace had light moments as well as serious ones. From left, ASI.'O presidential candidates Bill Rutherford and Steve Schell, moderator Walt Grebe, and vice-presiden tial hopefuls Berna Plummer and Merv Thomps in chuckle over remark made early in the hour long session. Only 30 students attended the discussion. (Photo by John Risselli. ASUO candidates air platforms Bv MARGE LANGENES Emerald Staff Writer ASUO candidates presented their platforms and answered questions at the Candidates' Fair held on the SU terrace Monday afternoon. WALT GREBE, ASUO presi dent. and moderator for the dis cussion, introduced all the candi dates for the offices, then turned the meeting over to the ASUO 1 candidates themselves. Bill Rutherford, ASUO presi : dential candidate, began the dis I cussion by saying that he feels there arc two specific obligations ! of student government: to in ' crease tne academic side of the University, and to provide for student welfare. j He said that he feels there ! should be a “student voice in the ' dormitory policy,” and would ’ work toward establishing a 1 student dorm group to work to gether with the faculty-adminis tration group. "If the Senate could get some one on the dormitory policy com mittee, this would keep up the interest of the students," he said. Rutherford said that he would attempt "to halt the tuition in j creases.” Steve Schc-U, other ASUO presi dential hopeful, said "the Uni versity can't be furthered if stu dent government can't make effective recommendations to the faculty.’’ Schell stressed a cabinet re vision, ar.u would establish aca demic, activities, social and per sonnel committees with his re vision. “NEW ISSUES as well as the effective handling of the old ones will help make student govern ment better," he said. Berna Plummer, candidate for ASUO vice presdient. said in her platform statement that "stu dent government is not fulfilling the needs of the students ,.. the members are not mature. We Coeds to vote on amendment B.v ANNELLE DAVENPORT Emerald Women’* Editor A proposed amendment to the Associated Women Students con stitution that would add an upper j class dormitory representative and a freshman representative to ; the AWS legislature will be voted on by women students in Wednes day’s ASUO elections. THE PROPOSED amendment reads as follows: “It is hereby moved that the AWS Constitution be amended as j follows: Article V, Section II, Clause 1, shall be amended to j read: ‘The Legislature shall con- | sist of the AWS Cabinet; the I presidents of YWCA, WRA, Pan- ! hellenic, Junior Panhellenic, Mor tar Board, Phi Theta Upsilon, Kwama, Coed-coop Council and Alpha Lambda Delta; the chair man elected by the scholarship board; a dormitory counselor rep resentative, one freshman class representative and one upper class dormitory rep’.” ARTICLE V, Section II. Clause [2, shall read: “At the beginning of fall term the Cabinet shall call for petitions for the positions of one freshman class representa tive and one upper-class dormi tory representative. Shortly thereafter, the senior membei s of legislature shall interview all pe titioners. ‘‘They shall construct a slate of at least two candidates for each position, which sail be ap proved by a majority vote of the legislature. Separate ballots shall then be prepared. Ballots for upper-class dormitory representa tive shall be pesented to the president of each upper-class dor mitory. Elections shall be held in each upper-class dormitory on a date specified by Legislature. The candidates must be elected by a majority vote. “The fieshman representative shall be elected during the time of, and with ASUO permission, at the same polling places as. the freshman class elections. She must lie elected by a majority vote, with at least ten per cent, of the freshman women enrolled in the University voting.” must prove to the administration that wp are mature and capable of handling issues.1’ Miss Plummer illustrated her point by referring to the meager audience at the Fair, while the inside of t a e Fishbowl was i crowded. She called this "an example of apathy." Merv Thompson, other A8UO vice presidential candidate, said that there is a lack of cohesive ness between committees. "Greater Oregon is a problem nothing has been done about,’’ he said. He called it a "political foot ball” and favors the establish ment of nine standing commit (Continued on t'oete 3) Caste!! scheduled at Browsing Room Alburey Castell. head of the philosophy department at the University, will speak at the Browsing Room lecture, 7:30 Wednesday evening. "Does Ac tivity Imply an Agent?” will be his topic; and Douglas Straton. head of the religion department, will be the discussion leader. C:\STELI, RECEIVED his B A. and M.A. from the University of Toronto and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He has taught at the University of To ronto and the University of Min nesota. He has been at this Uni versity since 1949. Castell was also chairman of the humanities courses at the University of Minnesota. He was a visiting lecturer and professor at Columbia University, Univer sity of Washington, Purdue Uni versity. College of the Pacific and Yale University. Castell has had several radio programs and has written numer ous articles for scholarly journals and book reviews. His books on philosophy include "College Logic," "Introduction to Modern Philosophy,” “Science as a Good to Philosophy” and "Adam Smith to Karl Marx.” HE WAS secretary-treasurer for the western division of the American Philosophical Associa tion, president of the Pacific (Continued on page 3) Author explains 'Parkinson Law' at assembly “Parkinson’s Law,-' which has created widespread reverbera tions on both sides of the At lantic, will be explained by its noted British author at today’s University assembly at 1 p.m. in the SU ballroom. C. Northcote Parkinson has been giving Americans samples of the traditional British combi nation of wisdom and humor dur ing his current lecture tour, which is his first in the United States. When he is not touring, he is Raffles Professor of History at the University of Malaya. WHEN “PARKINSONS Law’’ first appeared as an anonymous article in the London Economist, readers widely speculated that Parkinson was a legendary crea tion of the magazine's editors. The legend persisted when the original article was reprinted in this country by Fortune, Har per’s, The Wall Street Journal, The Reporter and Life. The law stated that work ex pands to fill the time available for its completion and that the size of the staff has no relation C. NORTHCOTE PARKINSON ... Assembly speaker to the amount of work to be ac complished. Supported by facts and figures gathered from ex amples in government and busi ness, Parkinson’s article drew immediate attention. PARKINSON has previously written scholarly books on naval, military and economic history. I “Parkinson’s Law’’ is his first venture in the field of satire. He states that "the form of the book is humorous but the joke in each essay contains a real (and some times disturbingi element of truth.” Book reviewers through out the country generally agreed that it is a hilarious and clever book as well as a “milestone of (Continual on page 3) Election Wednesday; poster cleanup set The ASUO general election will be held from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday. Polling places on the campus are the Student Union terrace, the Co - op. Common wealth Hall and Carson Hall. Students running for office are reminded that they are respon sible for taking down all cam paign material by 8 a.m. Wednes day. Candidates who fail to do so will be disqualified from the I race.