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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
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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
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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*