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> - Vol. I,XVI No. fil Oath Taken By Johnson (From AP, I/PI Report*) Lyndon B. Johnson capped his inaugural ceremonies in Washington Wednesday with an address in which he re newed his pledge to attack economic and social injustice in America while maintaining a tough but peace-oriented for eign policy. An estimated 10,000 persons watched the* swearing-in cer emonies in person on the Capitol’s plaza, while another esti mated 200 million witnessed it on television. The event was carried by Telstar relay satellite to 18 European countries. Johnson and Vice-President Hubert Humphrey attended church services, were sworn in, attended a luncheon at the Capitol, headed the inaugural parade as far as the White NSA Regionals Slated for UO February 12-14 The Anolilical Student" i« the topic of the Northwest Regional Conference of the National Stu d'-nt Association to he held Feb 12 '4 at the University Dean Krnnciskovich. campus NSA coordinator, expects about 20 members schools in Oregon and Washington to send repre sentatives to the meeting Nin separate programs plus a keynote address have been planned for the conference. FrancLskovich said of the theme chosen, "We already recognize a great deal of apathy among the students and their lack of the involvement in NSA activi ties We hope to encourage par ticipation by centering the pro grain around this presentation and exploring new possibilities." Others Invited He said that in addition to the member schools invited, non inem her schools in Oregon are being asked to participate He emphasized that any in terested students are welcome to attend any or all of the con ference sessions University President Arthur Flernming will give the confer ence keynote address if he is available. The programs will encompass (Ccmtinueit on f'luw .O Mouse, arid then witnessed the remainder of the parade from a reviewing stand The President’s inaugural ad dress was filled with allusions to his envisioned “CI real So ciety ” He said, "In a land of wealth, families must not live in hope less poverty. "In a land rich in harvest, children must not go hungry. "In a land of healing miracles, neighbors must not suITer and die untended “In a land of learning, young people must be taught to read and write "For 30 years I have believed this injustice to otir people — the waste of our own resources— was the enemy For 30 years I have fought against it; I know it will not surrender easily. "But change has given us new weapons Before this generation is finished, this enemy will not only retreat — it will be con quered ” Johnson pledged aetion on all fronts in seeking the Great Soci ety, saying. "I do not believe the Great Society is the ordered, changeless, and sterile battalion of the ants. "It is the excitement of be coming—always becoming, trying, probing, failing, resting and try ing again—but always gaining " Concerning civil rights. John son said. "Justice requires us to remember: When any citizen de nies his fellow, saying. His color is not mine or his beliefs are dif ferent, in that moment he be trays America . . .” On foreign policy, the Presi dent said, "We can never again < C onlinuctl on pane 3) SU Board Seeks Camp Property Bv STEVE BROWN Emerald Staff Writer Tiie Student Union Board, meeting Wednesday afternoon, passed the proposal asking per mission for Board members and associated personnel to make con tributions to the off-campus lodge fund. The request now goes to President Arthur Flemming for his approval. In other action, the Board also revised the block ticket sales plan. The original proposal, to be edited by Board Chairman Paul Moore, reads as follows: "Pro posal: The University of Oregon Off-Campus Facility Fund. The Erb Memorial Student Union Board requests permission to sol icit members of the Board, Di rectorate, and Recreational Coun cil, to sign the remainder of their general deposits to the Univer sity Development Fund for de posit in an account called The University of Oregon Off Cam pus Facility Fund’ (University Camp). . Two years ago. a similar pro posal was formulated, but the $20,000 building program fund goal was not reached and thus1 the project was cancelled. The I total building cost is estimated at $200,000. If President Flemming okays1 the proposal, SU program partici pants will try for a revised goal of $0,000, to be taken from gen eral funds and contributions by other interested persons. This money would be used to purchase an option on property Board member Jim Lnssier, offering a financing scheme, said the $(1,000 goal was very possible to attain All Campus Drive An a 11-campus contribution drive will not be started until, as Moore stated, "We ha\e some thing concrete to offer the slu dents. As of now, we have no options on property because the Board has no money for the pro gram.” The final, edited proposal will be read to the Board next Wed nesday by Moore. In other business, the Board changed the block ticket sales plan, approved a resolution by the Association of College Unions International, and heard a report on the recent Oregon Assembly held last January 15. In accepting a Board ad hoc committee’s proposal on block ticket sales, the Board reduced the number of seats from 53 per cent to 31 percent of total seating Sections M. A, Z, and 2G and 2F are now offered only to in dividual ticket sales. The new plan becomes effective with the Ford Caravan of Music show. The ACU-I proposal asks "all members of the higher education community to assume construc tive and responsible roles within their respective communities, in stitutions. and organizations in efforts to improve race relations and to equalize educational op portunities.” for Peace Corps Week Peace Corps Impact Discussed by UO Panel Dissension and the impact the Peace Corps is presently making abroad and in the United States highlighted yesterday’s Peace Corps panel. The dissension was over Peace Corps images Members of the au dience asked if the Corps was a question of prestige, suggesting that conditions of poverty, ra cial and religious discrimination, and domestic aid in the U S. should be settled first before for eign help be given Corps at Home Louis Goldberg, one of the fac ulty members on the panel, phras ed it this way, "Do we help our selves first or someone else?" He went on to explain that domestic problems have been recently put under the War on Poverty pro gram Previously conditions of poverty and racial discrimination were handled through individual legislation. Mike McCone, Peace Corps staff member, pointed out t h e Corps was originally criticized over this point, but explained that the late President Kennedy and Robert Kennedy tried to start a domestic Peace Corps legisla tion but the proposed bill was killed in Congressional commit tees by Southern senators. The question of a United Na tions Peace Corps was also brought up McCone stated that, while the U N. does not have a Peace Corps. 24 countries have their own Corps equivalents and 24 others are in the process of beginning them. Sargent Shriv er suggests a reverse Peace Corps in his book, “The Point of the Lance.” "Bland Volunteer” More questions came from John Gange, the other faculty member of the panel, over the challenges the Peace. Corps offers the graduating college student. He spoke on the "bland volun teer," the product of being too ell adaotable. Wanda Mitchell, returned volunteer from the Phil ippines, stated that the element of the unknown, the uncertainty of what was coming, provided a great challenge to the Peace Corps volunteer. In all cases, graduation from college w’as ad vocated Gange went on to say "the P'-ace Corps will maintain its vigor if it stays in the experi mental field.” McCone added that the Peace Corps remains a chal lenge through the aspect of being experimental. He noted two areas, health and agriculture, are new experiments in the Corps Emphasis has been placed on Housing Lists Due Housing lists for the Oregana housing edition are due now and should be brought imme diately to the Oregana office. M110 Student t'nion. teaching. McCone pointed out one prob lem of the Peace Corps in its im pact in the U.S is communication with college-level people. When speaking about the knowledge gained by volunteers, he said. ‘"I don’t think we are getting this body of knowledge into the aca demic world.” Cange suggested that experi enced Peace Corps volunteers vis it college campuses lecturing pe riodically to the students. Miss Mitchell added that “many vol unteers are not s.ure what this experience means” soon after they return from their two-year service. The pane! attributed much of to the corps growing lack of con troversiality. We don’t generate as much news as we used to,” said McCone. Originally people were worried the Peace Corps would be a "foreign legion” for people wishing to escape the draft. Gold berg pointed out that this atti tude has changed, especially among Congressmen who previ ously opposed it. Draft and the Corps As for the draft, no one is drafted from the Peace Corps. Goldberg stressed that the gov ernment is looking into the abol ishment of the draft in six or seven years anyway. Shriver has asked to apply Peace Corps serv ice to doctors’ compulsory mili tary service in his search for 500 doctors. CORE Stages Picketing City, University Chapters Protest Housing Case By BOB CARL Assistant Managing Editor The State Bureau of Labor is investigating an alleged case of housing discrimination in Eu gene Members of the Eugene and University chapters of the Congress on Racial Equality 'CORE) staged protest pickets Tuesday and Wednesday and planned to continue today. Charges were filed with the Bureau of Labor, protesting an al leged case of discrimination against a Negro mother of six children who tried to rent a house in Eugene. Official Complaint The mother, Bonnie Rucker, stated in her complaint to the bureau that she was discriminated against when she attempted to rent a house at 1912 W. Broad way. The owner of the house is Malvin Bixler, of 818 Route 2, Klamath Falls. Mrs. Corrine Brown, 1923 W. 9th PL, told The Emerald that she had been acting as Bixler’s agent in renting the house. Clyde DeBarry. vice-chairman of CORE in Eugene and Lane county chairman of the Oregon Education Association's Human Rights and Responsibilities Com mission, said: “This is an obvious case of discrimination.” CORE Story DeBarry, and Gail Brager, CORE member and wife of a University professor of psychol ogy, gave the following account of Mrs. Rucker’s attempt to rent the house: “I (Mrs. Brager) went with Mrs. Rucker to try to rent the house. When we asked if Mrs. Rucker could rent it, Mrs. Brown (Continued on page 5) SEVERAL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS and professors participated in the picket line in front of two west Eugene homes on Tuesday and Wednesday. The pickets are protesting an alleged case of dis crimination against a Negro mother of six. —Photo by JBob Dennis to*
