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Panel Features DeBerry, Goldwaterite Black Power No White Gift' By LAtIRIK I'ADIIIA Of the Kmrr.ilit "Regardless of color, all peo ple need power,” said Clyde De Berry, western regional direr tor of the Congress of Racial Equality and director of the School Desegregation Training Research Institute at the Uni versity at a panel discussion on hlack power Tuesday, Speaking with DeBerry were Brent Bozclle, co-author with Barry Goldwater in writing •'Conscience of a Conservative," Ben Stewart of the San Fran cisco State College Black Stu died Union, and Jay I’arker, member of the national hoard of directors of the Young Americans for Freedom (YAF). Black power is the ability of the black people to organize and stick together and reinstate cer tain things which they need to survive, continued DeBerry. In other words, it is "how us Nig gers should exist in this so ciety," he said. "White people have been mak inn all the decision*, ho said, while “black people have never had the chance to make these decisions. There is no choice whatsoever for the black peo ple,” he added. In talking about power in (general, DeBerry further said, "Power is not a thing that is given. It is a precious com modity, and we take it. ' "I don’t think any white man in his right mind is going to give us power, so eventually, we’ll have to take it,” he con tinued. “We’re struggling for liberation, a n d hopefully we can say in the future that we can get black and white people closed together.” In answering DeBerry, Bo zelle said lhat the black man’s, particularly DeBerry’s, impres sion of black power was the kind which presupposes some kind of separatism. “If DeBerry went to Brazil today and told them about black power, he would be thrown out not by the white Portuguese Photo by Cindy Boydutun BRKNT BO/ELLE “God bridges races" but by the black Portuguese themselves,” said Bozelle. "The black man looks at so ciety with scorn. His scorn is a fraud, as a white man senses fraud,” Bozelle went on. He went on to say that what happens when whites and blacks go together is that one decides to go its own way, establishing their own norms. Apparently staunch in his religions views, Bozelle empha sized the “proper obeyance of man to God” in order to build understanding between the two races. In defense of DeBerry's argu ments, Stewart said the impor tant thing is that black people have to begin to understand their experiences in their per spectives. “Ever since black people went to school, their schooling has been programmed to white experiences,” he claimed. In stead, the San Franciscan sug gested that schools for Negroes should be programmed to black experiences. “You can't see what Shakes peare’s talking about. But you can dig James Brown, because he knows the black spirit,” he said, addressing his statement to his fellow “Black brothers.” Summing up his feelings, Stewart said, “We don’t have a lot of time to sit and discuss. We have ideas, but as long as they don’t become realities, they’re not good." "We're going to have to get together, brothers and sisters,” he continued, “and the college is the keyed place.” Appointing Thurgood Marsh all to the Supreme Court is not enough, he stressed. He said there were the masses to think of. Parker on the other hand, sug gested an alternative to the black power reasoning of De Berry and Stewart. Quoting 'Assaulted' Dean Refuses Plea to Counter-Charge Philip Beal, Associate Dean of Students, refused to plead to an assault complaint tiled against him by a student and Lane County District Judge Frank Alderson, entered a plea of innocence on his behalf. Howard Anderson, University sophomore in political science, filed the complaint claiming that Beal shoved him in a dispute involving the handing over of some notes from a Student Court proceeding. Charles Porter, Eugene attor ney and Anderson’s lawyer, has been appointed as special pros ecutor because District Attor ney John Leahy has refused to handle Anderson's case against Beal, saying it has no basis. According to a Register-Guard story, “The court denied a mo tion Tuesday by Robert Frazer of Eugene, Beal's attorney, to set aside Porter's appointment." A conflict of interest was claimed because Porter is al ready defending Anderson against an earlier complaint by Former UO Student Suspected Hijacker A former University student was reported Tuesday to have been the hijacker of a small plane. A Havana radio broadcast said Thomas Boynton was in Cuba and has requested politi cal asylum there. He is believ ed to be the Thomas Boynton of Kalamazoo. Mich. According to the Register - Guard, he was a Ph.D. candi date in sociology in the fall of 1964. However, he left after that quarter, apparently due to some disagreement with Uni versity faculty members. Reports indicated that a Thomas Boynton boarded a twin engine plane from Marathon in the Florida Keys Saturday. The same reports also said he apparently forced the pilot of the plane to fly him to Ha vana. Donald Doran, the pilot, returned to the U.S. Tuesday but he was unable to talk to newsmen. Boynton is believed to be the son of a Western Michigan University professor. He was also said to have gone to Florida last week looking for a job. Boynton had been teaching at the Custer Job Corps Center in Kalamazoo until the center closed recently. Beal that Anderson hit him in the mouth during the same dis pute. Porter indicated Tuesday that he would try to obtain a court order forcing Leahy to prose cute Beal regardless. Beal has 15 days to decide whether or not he wants a jury trial. Exchange Program Includes University A student exchange program between the University and five other American colleges is now in the final planning stages, ac cording to ASUO President Scott Farleigh. Under the program, each insti tution will receive one student for each one sent out. The “idea exchange” plan will include wai ver of out-of-state fees for the exchange student by the host university. Want to really get results? Use Emerald Classified Ads OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEN AND WOMEN TRAIN TODAY FOR TOMORROW'S JOB! Officer Selection Team ON CAMPUS February 22 and 23 Stokely Carmicheal, Parker maintained that the words “black power” have been made irrelevant and have been used in miscontext. “This has proven to be a stumbling block of the progres sive Negroes,” said the Negro YAF director. 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