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OREGON T1 -urmj-m. daily Xji meraia vol. nvn_UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1966 No 27 Tells Student Leaders Flemming Sees Lottery As Fair Conscription By NOMI BORKNSTKIN F.mrrald Annorlatr editor University President Arthur S. Flemming said that he feels a national lottery would be the "most fair and equitable” method of military conscription. Flemming also told student leaders assembled for a banquet Monday that he "admires and re spects ASUO President Henry Drummonds’ decision to give up his student deferment.” Drummonds gave up his stu dent deferment last month be cause, as he told the group Mon day, “I felt I was morally obli gated not to accept the defer ment, since, in my opinion, it is wrong." Flemming told the group that a national lottery was used to conscript soldiers during World War I. Fairer Policy "Many people still hold that point of view . . . and In the final analysis, I think it is fairer to proceed along that line than present policy," he commented. He also explained to the group that President Johnson has cre ated a Blue Ribbon Commission to study the Selective Service law which expires next June 30. He said he felt that students and educational institutions should make their views on the question of the draft known to this commission. He suggested that the ASffOf Senate discuss the draft and make its view on this issue known to this committee. Unit Head Flemming was head of the manpower unit in the Office of Defense Mobilization at the time the present system of student deferments was instituted. He said that until the Korean War there wasn't such a thing as a student deferment. During World War II, he said, the empha sis was on occupational, not stu dent, deferments. With the outbreak of the Ko rean War, however, the system was changed to include student deferments to meet the country’s manpower needs over a long per iod of time. "The emphasis has always been on deferment," he stated em phatically, "and that made good sense at the time. With the kind of world situation we have to day, it is conceivable that the armed services will need a fair number of personnel for quite a few years.” (Continued on page 2) Porter Tells YD's Campaign Aims By LINDA MEIERJURGEN Kmrrald Staff Writer Describing his campaign aims as "service to the many compared with service to a few," Charles 0. Porter, candidate for Con gressional representative from the Fourth District, spoke to campus Young Democrats Monday eve ning. Launching first into a discus sion of the major points of his campaign, the candidate criticized his opponent for bringing up new issues in the last 10 days of the race, saying, "Last minute charges arc regarded by the vot ers as a sign of weakness." Porter went on to enumerate the points he considers to be the most important in his campaign. — -Pint «f these is the slump in the lumber industry. Porter fa vors government low interest rates pegged at below 6 per cent. Spending Describing the Dunes National Seashore as a practical matter of which government agency should spend the money there, he said his second point would be to in troduce a bill similar to that in troduced by Representative Rob ert Duncan, but that his bill would contain no provisions for condemnation of private proper ty Porter said that because the next Congress would be controll ed by Democrats and because a Democratic President would still be in office, he felt that a Dem ocrat could do more for the dis trict than a Republican. Federal Building In this line, Porter proposed a Federal building for Eugene that would consolidate seven Fed eral agencies now spread out over the city into one conveni ent and thrifty operation. According to Porter, this would save the government approxi mately $118,000 each year. Commenting on his opponent, Potter said, ‘He is »?npatbetic to the people, and he recognizes their problems, but he has yet to propose any solution to these problems.” He then pointed out the differ ence between his stand on Viet Nam and his opponents, saying that the war was illegal, immoral and ought to be stopped. “I thought the decision Henry Drum monds made was very thoughtful and considered,” he said. ‘‘I have a lot of respect for this deci sion.” Photo by Tom Thompson “MISCHIEF NIGHT” ghouls and goblins, disguised as art and architecture students, added an ar tistic arrangement to the fountain at Lawrence Hall Sunday. See story, page 3. Graduate Load Now 9 Hours Male graduate students no longer must carry 12 term hours to be eligible for the Selective Service Form 103. Students with a nine-hour load may now file the form, available at the Registrar’s office. The change, brought about in part by Frank Farner, associate dean of the graduate school, is for the benefit of the Registrar’s office, which needs a numerical figure of term hours to go by before issuing the 103 form. However, according to Farner, "there isn’t a graduate student who feels he is carrying a full load who can’t get a deferment.” Students with less than nine hours can usually get a letter from their advisor allowing them to obtain the Selective Service form. The Selective Service does not have any term hour require ments on graduate students. Farner said he started working on the change last July with the desire of treating all graduate students fairly on the Selective Service issue. The amount of term hours has very little to do with whether or not a graduate student is carrying a full load. “Some students were scared off as soon as they heard the 12 hour requirement,” he added. The nine term hour require ment has been in effect for about four months, in accordance with the G.I. Bill. The Graduate Council voted last year on changing the basis of full-time graduate students from 12 term hours to nine. The measure was defeated, but is ex pected to be brought up again this year. There are about 3,100 students enrolled in the graduate school with about 500 affected by the term hour requirement change. Foreign Students To Get Re-Vote By LARRY LANGE Emerald News Editor A “second primary election” for foreign student representa tive to the ASUO Senate will be held during Wednesday’s general election, as the result of a con troversy over interpretation of election rules. Wednesday’s primary vote of fered a choice between four can didates for the office: Gerar Aknouny, Neal Muhtadi, Peter Maync, and Longinus Iwu. Maync and Aknouny were the top two candidates, Maync having gather ed 41 votes and Aknouny 40 votes. The controversy broke out dur ing a meeting of the ASUO Elec tions Court Friday when can Maync had received votes from persons who were not foreign students. Selection The ASUO Constitution states that the international student representative shall be chosen by “international students.” But the interpretation of the Constitution in Maync’s case was that that phrase meant “students from international countries” — which means any country in the world. The argument over the inter pretation of the Constitution was the reason for calling the court into session. There were also charges that students voted twice in the election, according to one member of the court. The court ruled that the first two candidates would be those placed on the general election ballot. Decision Over-ruled But ASUO Vice-President Lee Bollinger overruled the court’s decision and decided to hold the second primary. Bollinger said that the court is limited in gathering evidence to support decisions such as this one, since it has no power of subpoena. The "second primary” will be held separately from the general races. A separate booth will be set up on the Student Union Ter race where foreign students may vote, and lists of all foreign stu dents enrolled in the University will be on hand. Foreign students voting will have to present their student body card and sign another list when they vote. Names will be checked against the first list to prevent cation and the community colleges rules. Stadler Changes Stand On Bonding Formula State Senator Glen M. Stadler (D-Eugene) has announced that he will oppose ballot measure number 2, although the Voters’ Pamphlet carries his recommen dation of it. Both the Oregon State Senate and House last year voted by large majorities to refer the measure to the people. It changes the bonding formula and capac ity for higher education and com munity colleges. “While most of us, including myself, thought it was a desir able and helpful measure late in the session, I have since come to the conclusion that it was too hastily drawn and does not accomplish what we had hoped it would,” Stadler said. “It may be unusual, or even politically dangerous, for a poli tician to admit he was wrong, particularly just before an elec tion,” Stadler said, "but my inde pendent decision is that this measure should be defeated No vember 8, and that the next Leg islature be given a chance to ar rive at a truly workable solution to the bonding problem for high er education and community col - lege. f The State Board of Higher Education also opposes the meas ure. 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