VISTA Panel Debates...
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raise the economic level of people
in poverty, they must teach the
poor the “laws of spirituality.”
Marxists Wrong
At the beginning of his speech.
Shimanek read from an article
by church elder Ezrah Taft Ben
son in the “Deseret News.” Taft
charged that the "constitution
and the American republic are
being destroyed by the socialist
and Communist conspiracy, aided
by liberals.”
Skimanek said that Marxist the
ories are wrong because they
deny the existence of God. believe
that the universe was created by
a series of accidents and that
GLADE SHIMANEK
man is a victim of economic de
terminism.
He said that, judging by his
experiences in missionary work,
the poor are not victims of
economic determinism by victims
of a “lack of spirituality.”
He quoted from Proverbs to
show the contributing cause of
poverty — idleness, drunkenness,
followers after evil persons, doc
trines, and lovers of pleasure—
“outright sin.”
ironical
Shiraanek claimed “the wall
between church and state has
been bridged by this program.
“How many of you trainees
have approached your church to
see what plan it has to elimin
ate poverty? Why has the gov
ernment usurped this power?”
He said that although the
“volunteers are not paid very
much, whose money are they
spending? This money is tax
money, and not paid voluntarily
or out of charity.”
Ray Lowe, head of the VISTA
Training project at the Univer
sity, spoke out in defense of the
program.
“It’s interesting, if not ironi
cal, that for the first time in
the history of civilization, that
anybody can become a volunteer.
Before, there were various pre
requisites that were needed.”
Lowe noted the many changes
in American society during the
last 100 years.
‘Big Problem’
He said that programs like
VISTA provide young people and
senior citizens, who are useless
in our kind of society, an op
portunity to be useful.
He also said that established
social agencies have “never assist
ed people to get out of poverty.
Instead, they have helped in get
ting and keeping many people
there.”
“Since poverty is such a big
problem, national in scope, it
cannot be left to choice or chance.
Watts could just as easily happen
in Eugene, he continued, and the
federal government is the only
agency that can deal with this
problem.”
He also claimed that the pov
erty programs mean “increased
vitality in terms of citizenship,
not patriotism, since all ‘isms”
are outdated today.”
People who have worked in
these programs are more inform
ed of the concerns, the needs
and the problems of the coun
try.
Kenneth Viegas, chief of the
KENNETH VIEGAS
Family Service Program of the
Lane County Youth Study Pro
ject, said that he supported the
poverty programs but said that
this is not "the first effort that
has been made.”
"It is a myth to even think
that all poverty will be elimin
ated, that welfare agencies have
not done anything during the
last 30 years, and that all wel
fare agencies are full of bureau
cratic waste,” he said.
"Volunteers have a great deal
to offer. They can look outside
the agency, raise cane and make
us think. People in the com
munity will often speak more free- j
ly to the volunteers than to the
professional,” Viegas said.
"The hostility the volunteer
leaves behind him when after a
year he exists, and the family is
still faced with the community,
the series of programs designed
to solve too many problems in a
piecemeal way, and the tenden
cy to kick existing agencies out”
—these are some of his criticisms
of the poverty programs.
Lawyers Say Position
In Viet Nam Legal
CHICAGO (AP)—The Ameri
can Bar Association declared |
Monday that “the position of the
United States in Viet Nam is
legal under international law and
is in accordance with the char
ter of the United Nations and
the Southeast Asia Treaty.”
The ABA’s House of Delegates
unanimously approved a resolu
tion taking that position.
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Senate to Hold
Fourth Hearing
Members of Young Republicans
and Young Americans for Free
dom will be questioned today
about their views on Viet Nam.
The ASUO Senate’s Public Af
fairs Committee will hold its
fourth hearing on the war. The,
Committee will soon begin draft
ing bills for a Senate stand on
the war. which will probably be
taken this term.
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the Student Union.
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bers of the two groups—and also. I
possibly, Citizens for Viet Nam
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questions from the audience
Bruce Gcrhardt of Young Re
publicans and Randy Gragg of
Young Americans for Freedom!
and probably one more person
will participate. They won’t be
official representatives of their
groups.
An earlier hearing heard views
of the Young Democrats, Stu
dents for a Democratic Society,
and the Faculty-Student Commit
tee to Stop the War in Viet
Nam.
The Senate position on the war
will be used to instruct Univer
sity delegates to the National
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ly takes stands on national and
international issues.
Morale Trouble Seerl
In Teaching Corps' I
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
government’s n e w Teacher
Corps program may create a tre
mendous morale problem among
career school teachers, Hep. Edith
Green, D-Ore., said Monday
Mrs. Green, once a school teach
er herself, said she woidd look
for another joh if she were a
teacher and Teacher Corps train
ees were brought in at an equal
salary, with an opportunity to
earn a higher degree. She called
them "temporary do-gooders."
Harold Howe H, commissioner
of education, disagreed with
Mrs. Green on the salary part
of her complaint.
He told a House Education sub
committee headed by Mrs. Green
that the law provides that Teach
er Corps trainees be paid at the
lowest salary level for begin
ning teachers in the local sys
tem.
Swimming Tests Set
All women who have not yet
been classified for swimming in
the physical education depart
ment are urged to take their
test this week
Tests begin at 4 p.m. today,
3:30 p.m. Thursday, and 4 p.m.
Friday.
Advance appointments should
be made in the main PE of
fice, Gerlinger Hall.
The government will provi(
the money to pay them.
Howe said the program U <•
tlrely voluntary on the part
the school district#, which mu
ask for the trainees if it wan
them, would have complete eo
trol of them locally and con
lire them ‘if they don't perfor
well."
The new program contemplate
bringing in Teacher Corps vt
unteers, drawn from college gra
nates, for a two year work ar
training stint in local eleme
tary and secondary schools.
They would be given a 10-we<
training course in the sumrm
before they go into the school
and would receive addition
small stipends for this period.
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