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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 106«
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Ellingson to Leave Student Union
CORE Worker
Praises Efforts
In Registration
Bv ANNETTE BUCHANAN
SUIT Writer
Voter registration activity in
Kankin County, Miss., was dis
cussed Wednesday by Suzanne1
Maxon, a University graduate who
is working in the area under the
sponsorship of the Eugene Con
gress on Kacial Equality.
Miss Maxon lashed out at the
white southerner, the FBI, the
federal government, and school
and law enforcement officials in a
two hour press conference. She
will speak at the Students for a
Democratic Society meeting to
night in 237 Commonwealth.
But she had only good to say
about the voter registration
"movement” itself. "The people
involved are so committed to it
Their loyalty is a fiercely brave
and beautiful thing. It takes a lot
of bravery to do these things.”
As a COKE community organ
izer Miss Maxon has spent 15
months in Mississippi near the
city of Branden And she has
some interesting experiences to
relate.
Miss Maxon was arrested re
cently and spent the night in the
Braniien jail, “in the Negro sec
tion, thank God.” She and two
other workers were picked up one
afternoon while visiting with
some school children. Five hours
later they were told the charges:
drunk and disorderly conduct.
Then she explained why she
was happy to have been jailed
with the Negroes “I knew I would
be safe there. The other prison
ers are the only reason many of
the prisoners survive in a south
ern jail ”
She went on to tell about three
Negroes who were beaten to
death in the Branden jail during
the time she was in Mississippi.
Police will often put a drunk
white woman in the same cell
with a female civil rights work
er, she said, and then urge her
to beat the worker.
"When I was in jail in Jack
son, they took our shoes away. I
protested when they wanted to
fingerprint us, so the cop stood
on my bare feet,” she said, giving
a personal example of the treat
ment received by the rights work
ers.
"In Mississippi you don’t talk
about constitutional rights Once
you're arrested you've had it.”
she said, adding that their le
gal defense comes from the Law
yer's Constitutional Defense Com
mittee. It is financed by the Am
erican Civil Liberties Union.
' Some of the people are out
to get me,” she charged. When
asked what she meant. Miss Max
on answered: “the little clans -
men.” The white storekeepers
are nice to me because they are
are afraid of a boycott, she con
tinued, then added: “And the
people in the community know
there are some militant men who
would be most angry if anything
happened to me.”
But she has still been shot at
and harassed. "People used to
shoot at our house at night,”
she said. “But then they heard
that the man in the family I am
staying with is a good shot so
(Continued on fiage 21
By PHIL SEMAS
Associate Editor
“Si” is leaving the Student Union.
A L. Ellingson, director of the Student Union
for 12 years, has accepted a position as director
of development for the University. He will change
offices May 1.
Jack Cross, associate director of the SU, will
be acting director during the next year. Ellingson
has recommended that a selection committee be
appointed immediately to find a new director.
ANNOUNCED AT MEETING
Si —which is what everybody who knows him
well calls him -made his announcement in a meet
ing of the Student Union Board Wednesday. Ifc
had told his staff earlier in the day.
He told the SU Board that he was leaving his
position “with a good deal of nostalgia, regret,
and a number of reservations.”
Leaning against the wall and speaking evenly
he told the Board, “My 12 years have been very
satisfying and very fulfilling. I leave knowing
full well that the Board can continue the pro
grams that touch the entire University commu
nity. I am confident that 1 leave a staff that can
continue this department’s deep commitment to
the progress of this institution.”
Ellingson became director of the Student Union,
following Richard C. Williams, the man he now
replaces as director of development Williams was
recently named associate administrator of Sacred
Heart Hospital,
Student leaders expressed regret at his decision
to leave the Student Union and activities area.
In his 12 years here/’ said SU Board Chair
man Dick Lawrence, "I think he’s been, for people
in student activities, the most influential coun
selor teacher, and friend of anyone I have never
met a man who holds student opinion and ability
in higher esteem that Si does.”
ASUO President Steve Goldschmidt said. There
is no doubt in my mind that Mr. Ellingson is the
most competent Student Union director in the
country.
“FORESIGIITED, INTERESTED. ABLE”
His foresightedness, interest in students, and
ability have not only made it possible for student
government to expand but have made it possible
for every student on the campus to utilize the
resources available to the student community.”
When Ellingson became SU director in 1954
the was assistant dean of men before that) there
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Two File
For President
Two students have filed for
the office of ASUO president,
with the deadline for petitions
next Tuesday.
The tw'o are Henry Drum
monds, chairman of the Senate
Public Affairs Committee, and
John Ressler, junior in social
sciences.
Their running mates for vice
president are, respectively, Lee
Bollinger, senator-at-large, and
P. Kirk Aronston. sophomore in
prelaw.
Other filings: Hall Kingslein,
Robert Caufield, and Roger Leo
for senator-at-large: Chris Mull
man for sophomore class presi
dent; Scott Farleigh for junior
class president; David Bohlman
for junior class vice president;
and Howard Harrison for men's
co op representative.
Petitions may be picked up
outside room 301 in the Stu
dent Union. They may be turn
ed in in room 306 in the Student
Union. The deadline is 5 p.m.
Tuesday.
SPUING FOOTBALL practice in on now on the practice field behind Hayward Field. The players
are preparing for the alumni game May 14. Practice began April 16. Photo by Shota Lshio
Review of Policy
SU Resolution
Refutes Senate
By JAQI THOMPSON
Staff Writer
The Student Union Board pass
ed a resolution contrary to the
one passed by the ASUO Senate
on the relationship between the
two bodies in its meeting Wednes
day.
The resolution, passed by a 10
to 2 roll call vote, is as follows:
"That the SU Board Chair
man shall inform the presiding
officer of the ASUO Senate of all
action taken by the SU Board. It
shall be recognized that any ac
tion taken by the SU Board and/
or its programming agencies may
be brought to the ASUO Senate
for consideration upon the voli
tion of the SU Board Chairman,
the Board, the Senate, or any
University student. It shall
be understood that decisions
of the SU Board shall be effec
tive immediately pending action
by the University President, ex
• cepting any SU Board decision
which, the chairman of the board
shall, at his discretion, submit
directly to the University Presi
dent for approval.”
This resolution is essentially a
clarification of present SU Board
policy.
The Senate bill calls for final
review of all Board decisions, and
in case of conflict, making the
Senate decision the official one
until President Arthur S. Flem
ming decided otherwise.
The Senate already can express
disagreement with any policies,
by submitting its views to Presi
dent Flemming, but the Senate
has no power to enforce such
views.
Speaking in behalf of the Sen
ate was ASUO Vice President
Tom Clark. Clark said the Board
is not subject to any "check and
balance” system, as the Senate is.
He feels a check is needed on deci
sions of a "political” nature and
that the Senate as a body elected
by the students should be that
check.
This wouldn’t prevent the Board
from making its opinions known
to President Flemming, Clark
said. President Flemming might
still decide in favor of the Board,
but until he did. the Senate policy
would be in effect.
Dick Lawrence, Board chair
man, agreed with Clark that the
Board is not as close to the stu
dents as the Senate is. Lawrence
maintained, however, that as an
administrative body, the Board is
responsible only to President
Flemming. Subjecting Board de
cisions to Senate review and veto
would "make the Board look like
a sub-committee of the Senate,”
said Lawrence.
Jack Cross, associate director
of the SU, added the SU Board
is the only administrative com
mittee in which students have the'
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Index
I Editorials _ page 6 I
| Classified ..page 7 |
| Campus Briefs.page 3 |
| Sports .page 4 |
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