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. Letters to the Editor . SGE jmcrsld Editor: 1,H it be known that the Stu dent Government in Exile (SGE) stands firmly opposed to the present policy of a campus gov ernment which takes stands on off-campus issues We challenge the authority of a campus ad ministration to make national policy stands. The SGE draws its support from the lack of same demon Mrated toward the ASUG ad ministration. (As evidenced in the recent election returns ) Our position is that tiie ASUO has not been delegated the author jty to take any stand involving issues that delve into national, state, or municipal affairs. The proper place for student politi cal stands is through partisan campus political organizations We ask you to confirm the SGE as the official governing body of the students or the Uni versify by refusing to partici pate in ASl'O-sponsored elec tion* Your refusal to vote will serve as a mandate to replace the ASUO, NSA affiliated, organ ization with the SGE The Founding f'ounril of the Student Government in Exile Hriice Gerhardt Junior, Political Science Maurie Dennrr Freshman, Business (17 other names on file in the Emerald office) Correction Emerald Editor: 1 would like to correct state ment* attributed to me in the Feb 8 Emerald in its coverage of the ASUO Senate hearings on Viet Nam The reporter indi cated that I said the National Liberation Front was recognized as representative of both North and South areas I did not say that, and it is not true. Some point* which I did make were: 1. The NLF was formed in December, I960 a* a political coalition among a variety of indigenous South Vietnamese group*—Communists, members of non Christian sects, peasants and intellectuals included — who were already fighting Diem Its officials represent South Vi etnamese groups only, and its program of reforms would ap ply only to the South (See De villers’ "\go Diem A the Strug gle for Heunification in Viet Nam"—reprinted in Gettleman's Viet Nam. 2 The Viet Minh, led by Ho ( hi Minh. was formed prior to and during World War II With I S help it led the resistance to Japanese invaders as well as the drive for independence throughout all of Viet Nam Fol lowing the war, the Viet Minh (not the NLF) established in dependence and founded t h e Democratic Republic of Viet Nam, headed by Ho and hav ing capitols in Hanoi and Sai gon Following Bao Dai's abdica tion (August 1945) and Ho's reading of the Vietnamese De claration of Independence (Sep tember 1945), France—in an agreement signed by Jean Sain teny (for France) and Ho Chi Minh—granted recognition and independence to the Democratic Republic (March, 1940). Subse quently France reversed her po *ition, reinstated Rao I>ai. and thus began the now Vietnamese resistance to Franco. Tho resistance was again led ny Ho Chih Minh and the Viet Minh, and attain was led in both North and South Viet Nam. with the popular support of both areas. (See Issar; No Peace for Asia, and documents reprinted in (icttlcman: Viet Nam). 3 With regard to those per sons who organized the fight against I)iem and who now fight I S and Saigon troops in South Viet Nam — it is likely that many were once alligned with the Viet Minh, for most of the Vietnamese people were allign ed with the Viet Minh during the resistance to Japan and then to France. However, the ICC reports (reprinted in (Jettleman: Viet Nam) since 1955 would clearly indicate that at least until 19(12, those fighting in the South were indeed indigenous South Vietnamese Mary It. Hamilton I acuity-student Commit tee to Stop the War in Viet Nam, Grad. Psychol ogy (4077-9411) I.osinj; Tradition Emerald Editor: Hear, hear, Tom Page' Never has a blow been so fotily leveled at Creston Creek College by a Poly Cal student as you swung last Wednesday in your letter to the Kditor. You snickered that by adding Triple C and several other inno cent schools to Oregon’s basket ball schedule, Steve Helko could possibly have another winning season' Well, C. C. C. is too busy being bushwackcd left ’n' right by members of its own conference to want to add to Oregon's prestige. 1 admit a losing season is fast becoming a tradition with Creston Creek basketball, but the spirited sup port their student body gives their team would awe the hard nosed "win-or haul-your freight, Helko” attitude at Oregon. Their spirit is impulsive, cheering sec tions form on the spot. Hally squad members don't have to fight the students into cheering, the further behind the Condors get the louder the cheering! And at Oregon, where's the individual initiative? . . We'll find out at the Stanford game! Mlehael Dale Closer Junior, Art Kriuration Inexcusable Incompetence Emerald Editor: In your candidates endorse ments for the recent ASUO election, you emphasized that "most of the ideas on (Chuck Stout's) platform are ... al ready being taken care of by the present Senate. . . The examples you cited were from the paper “Chuck Stout on the Issues"; I would like to point out that, when 1 was inter viewed by the Emerald, 1 in formed the editors that the pa per above expressed my view’s on current issues under con sideration in the Senate; I then explained some of my proposals, none of which were 'already being taken care of by the pres ent Senate." Your misrepresentation of my platform is inexcusable incom petence. It is also interesting that you criticized me as being Fabulous Dining OVERLOOKING COBURG HILLS Call 345-0121 for Reservations T H E ADGwutm Umwle "afraid to challenge the fac ulty" because I proposed a "cri ticism committee” which would enable an instructor to receive continual feedback from his students and proposed that it should be instituted preceding the student faculty evaluation forms; yet, in Thursday’s Kmer ald your editorial's subtitle was "Students Should Try to Work with the Faculty Before They Take More Drastic Action,” That editorial recommended co-opera tion, if possible, before "more overt action." My proposal sug gests a concrete means for such co-operation. In summary, may I quote the one accurate representation of my views in your editorial com ments; "Me feels University committees should be able to close their meetings as they wish, though they should pro vide complete minutes to be made public.” ( huck Stout Sophomore, Economics * » » Defends Speakers Emerald Editor: In your editorial of Jan. 31, you commented favorably on the Conference on Poverty, which was a Rood idea. Then you went on to comment on the University Assemblies, unfor tunately without benefit of many of the facts. As you were too busy to look into those, may I try to be of help7 The problem is important; unfortunately the facts make it more complex, rather than simpler. About the University assem blies of a general cultural char acter, Mr Weatherhead, this year's chairman of the Assem blies and Lectures Committee, wrote you (F’eb. 4). There should be room, even in a Uni versity. for such intellectual ac tivities as the literary, artistic, scientific, and touristic lectures we have had. But that is a mat ter of taste. As last year’s Committee chairman, I can help with a few facts on assemblies dealing with political issues of the day. I shall not list ail we had last year, but mention only four. Please note the subjects, the qualities of the speakers—and the attendance Four examples: the Congo, De Gaulle’s foreign policy. Communism in South east Asia, union democracy in America. ("Dogs in Luxem bourg," did you say?) In Jules Gerard-Libois on the Congo, Alfred Grosser on De Gaulle's foreign policy. Harry Benda on Communism in South east Asia, and Joel Seidman on trade union democracy, we had speakers who were both first rate authorities and good speak ers. Every one is an authority known nationally and interna tionally in his field—though not a TV - type big name. Every one is a clear, well-organized, cri tical, and forthright speaker. The Assembly Committee avoid ed authorities who could not speak well, as it avoided "popu lar" speakers who are authori ties on everything and there fore nothing. On several of these topics, there arc very few qualified speakers; on union democracy, there are many qualified speak ers. But in any case, we were not suffering from lack of funds. We paid each of these speakers only a modest honorarium. But in each case, you could not get a better person on the topic whatever the price you paid. Now to the audiences. Each of these speakers attracted about 70 or 75 people. Their appearances were worth the speakers’ trouble and the mod est cost^to the University for the sake of the 70 or 75 who came to each assembly. And the speakers also talked at de partment seminars, political science and history graduate clubs, and to individual stu dents and faculty members. But we should have made much bet ter use of such superb human resources. The right to apathy is a fun damental right of students. It is a shame that they exercise the right so much, however. The only speaker who brought out a mass audience last year was J. B. Rhine, on extra-sen sory perception. When the Emerald and the ASUO work at it, as they did for the Conference on Poverty, they can get people out; that is heartening. But in general, we might as well recognize this problem of apathy, if we wish to talk about University Assem blies. Then it is irrelevant to announce such easy solutions as: Ket more money, and get stu dents 'to upgrade speaker qual ity.” We have students on the University Assembly Commit tee. The problem is to get stu dents (and faculty) to come to excellent Assemblies. Val K. 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