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OREGON DAILY VaLLXVn Emerald UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, APRIL «, 1W7 BUDGET BOARD WAITS ON THREE APPOINTEES Page 5 No. 103 Summers Motion Approved In Refusing Deferment Drummonds States Stand By Pllll, SKMAS Kmrrald Kdltor Henry Drummonds says he should not be considered "a mar tyr, a hero, or u super-patriot” because he sent back his draft de ferment. Drummonds, ASUO president, broke a two-day long refusal to comment on his induction into the army—with an interview with the Emerald Wednesday. lie said any effort to make him ADA Endorses New Grounds For Exemption WASHINGTON (CPS) — Con scientious objection to a specific war as grounds for exemption from normal military service has been endorsed by the nation’3 leading liberal political organiza tion. After several hours of heated debate, the national convention of Americans for Democratic Ac tion (ADA) passed a resolution which also supports elimination of student deferments and the use of a lottery system for those classified 1-A. The ADA meeting rejected a substitute motion supported by a number of younger delegates which would have endorsed the creation of a voluntary army. ADA's new position on Selec tive Service favors a “draft of the youngest first to end the pres ent uncertainties of those be tween the ages of 19 and 26.” Endorse Objections The liberal group, which claims 55,000 national members, endors ed conscientious objection for those “who do not have an organ ized religion and object on moral grounds.” It urged "the broaden ing of national service programs such as VISTA, Peace Corps, Job Corps” but opposed service in these groups “as alternatives to service in the armed forces.” • * * On Capitol Hill, two Republican Congressional advocates of a vol unteer army made public a letter to President Johnson attacking the National Commission on Se lective Service headed by former assistant attorney general Burke Marshall. Congressmen Thomas B. Curtis of Missouri and Donald Rums feld of Illinois claimed the Mar shall Commission members had "summarily dismissed the possi bility of a volunteer system of manpower procurement” without any “background information sup porting their statements on re enlistment motivation and cost.” Dismiss Arguments The Congressmen said some of the commission arguments amounted to “pure rhetoric de void of any maaning.” They told the President that “without sup porting data and working papers, the strength of your proposals are seriously diminished.” Both Republicans called for full Congressional hearings on the draft, and voiced support for a resolution which would estab lish a joint Congressional commit tee to undertake the task. a martyr ‘‘seems to me to be a little silly." He pointed out that ‘thousands of people join the armed forces each year, including many college students.” He said his action “came sim ply out of a sincere belief that the Selective Service System needs to bo reformed and that the blanket 2-S deferment is not a justifiable way for deciding who ; will be conscripted." He said that because of that belief "it would have been hypo ! critical of me not to have sent back the deferment." And he ; added that his being drafted has ' not altered those convictions. Won’t Shoot "I don’t think I could shoot a 19-year old Vietnamese who! i thinks he is doing the best for his sociey and I won’t shoot any- j body," he says. "I have the same disinclination toward being drafted and serving in the Viet Nam war as do most college students." Drummonds said he disagrees with the present draft system on two grounds: • Tt is Inequitable.” • “It isolates too much of this nation from the reality that we are waging war unilaterily on a small, weak country in Southeast Asia." He cited the report of Presi dent Johnson’s commission on the draft, headed by former Assis tant Attorney General Burke Marshall, in support of his view that the draft is inequitable and that college deferments ought to be abolished. Exempt Too Often Drummonds said, “Too often students get an exemption in stead of a deferment.” He said he agrees with a Mar shall Commission statement that “even though educational oppor tunity is increasingly widespread, the opportunity to go to college still reflects a degree of so cial and economic advantages not yet shared by all.” Drummonds also questioned the rationale usually given for student deferments, that it is the { national interest to allow people to finish their education before being drafted. He noted that the Marshall Commission also made that find ing. Support Growing Drummonds thinks support for abolishing deferments is growing. “Last fall it was a radical idea,” he said, “but more and more peo pie now accept Senator Edward Kennedy's original proposal for a lottery.” He noted that even General Lewis Hershey, the nation’s draft director, now supports the idea of drafting the youngest first in an open lottery. Drummonds also argues that (Continued on page 2) ;illlillllllllllllill!llllll!lll!l!l?l!lllllll!lliltUUIIIIIIIIIIIIilllllllllUllllllllllllll!lllltlllllllllinU Index Editorials .page 6 j Classified .page 7 | I Campus Briefs .page 7 g B Sports .page 4 ; 3 PL-3 .page 7 j 1 ^miuiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiuumiiiiiiHiiiimiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiuiiiiiiiiiHiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiuiuii Faculty Also Removes 2.0 As Eligibility Requirement By ANNETTE BUCHANAN Emerald Managing Editor Two motions — one protecting faculty members from classroom evaluation publications and the other liberalizing student activity eligibility rules—passed the Uni versity faculty in a two-and-one half hour closed session Wednes day. Three other items on the agenda were not considered but two notices of motion were heard before the meeting was adjourn ed for one week—until April 12. Robert Summers, professor of law, introduced only three sec tions of his lengthy motion con cerning student reaction surveys but it passed by a vote of 101 64. Summers’ motion, as accepted, reads: "Be it resolved, therefore, that: “I. The University faculty sug gests, in helping to implement its foregoing resolution of Fcbru ary 1, 1967, that each and every faculty member, at some time, allow the use of his classroom, if desired by students, for the pur pose of collecting data as part of the aforementioned survey or like surveys, and recommends that such data, and any evaluations based thereon, be made available to such faculty member. “Against the Will’’ "Provided however, that any data, or any evaluation based on data thus allowed to be collected, may not be published against the will of the faculty member in a publication issuing from the aforementioned survey, and like surveys, if the faculty member has, prior to the occasion for collection of such data, exercised his right under resolution It hereof, ‘‘II. The University faculty ex plicitly recognizes, what is pre sumably taken for granted, name ly, the right of an individual fac ulty member to decline, by giv ing appropriate advance notice, to have any data, or any evalua tions of his teaching based on any data, collected inside or outside of his classroom, published against his will, in a publica tion issuing from the aforemen tioned survey, and like surveys similarly recognized and support ed by the University faculty, rec ognized and supported by the President of the University, and prepared, in part, by a member or members of the University fac ulty or staff in the course of offi cial duties. “III. The University faculty ex plicitly recognizes, what is pre sumably taken for granted, name ly, the right of an individual fac ulty member to decline, by giv ing appropriate advance notice, to have any use made of his class room for the collection of data as part of the aforementioned sur vey, or like surveys.” John R. Mcnninger, assistant professor of biology, offered an amendment which would have re quested the University president to direct the students responsible for the survey to state that it was a publication of the ASUO and not of the faculty or the ad ministration. As chairman of the meeting, University President Arthur S. Flemming ruled the motion in ‘ order as a valid substitute but ! was overruled by a show of hands and the amendment died. Removes 2.0 The motion liberalizing student 1 activity eligibility rules came from J. V. Soeder, chairman of the Student Activities Commit tee. It removes the 2.0 g.p.a. re quirement both for the previous term and accumulatively. However, activity participants must still be University students, be certified eligible by the Stu dent Union director, or the fac | ulty athletic representative in the case of intercollegiate athletics, be carrying 12 hours as an un dergraduate or nine as a gradu ate and the same during the pre vious term. fContinued on pone 2) Greeks and Co-ops Panel Explores Conduct Problem, By SALLY SHARRARD Kmerald Feature Editor The panel of four plus one fa tape recorder) outlined the pros and cons of the relationship of the Student Conduct Code to the Greek and Co-op systems during a public meeting Wednesday in the Student Union. Henry Drummonds, ASUO pres ident, has proposed to the Stu dent Conduct Committee that the Code apply to all University stu dents when they are within the physical boundaries of the cam pus and that civil law regulate all University students when they arc outside the physical bounda ries. This means that Greek and Co-op living organizations would be considered outside the Uni versity's physical boundaries. Lawrence Ross, chairman of the Student Conduct Committee, out lined, through the use of a tape recorder, the responsibility of TWO OF THE SMALLEST of the more than 900 participants in the International Festival arc Karima, left, and Zora, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Sardar Gafoor. Both will be appearing in the Festival fashion show dressed in their native Afghanistan! dress. See story, page 8. | the University to develop mature ! and responsible students and the responsibility of Greeks and Uni versity members to participate in making working rules and then living by them. Ross stated that he felt that Greeks should not withdraw from the Code but join with all the University to achieve the Code’s aims but that it was up to the Greeks and co-ops to decide for themselves. Philosophy Necessitates Henry Drummonds said that the reason he had proposed the change was simply because it was necessitated by the philoso phy of the Student Code and to bring the actual practice under the legal code. Drummonds said that his pro posal was not a break between the University and Co-ops but was a delegation of authority from the University to those groups, asking the groups to make conduct rules and to enforce them. Carol Sly, member of the Stu dent Conduct Committee, said that “presently Greeks are under triple jeopardy” where conduct may go before the police, Pan hellenic. Inter-Fraternity Coun cil, or the University of Oregon. Under actual practice all conduct is handled within the houses. Kicked Off Campus She noted that Greek nationals are wary of the proposal because they believe Greeks are being kicked off campus. "The Univer sity is unique in that we have a Student Conduct Code while most universities do not.” Bill Piche, president of 1FC, related the position formulated by IFC which is in favor of the delegation of authority for off campus conduct leaving the ulti mate control in case of abuse with the University. IFC also proposes that it should have the authority to hear and sanction along with the Stud nt Conduct Committee for on-cam pus violations. Mrs. Nosier, Panhellenic exec utive secretary stated the com promise position of remaining with the Conduct Code and dele gating the Panhellenic judiciary board and the IFC Tribunal au thority.