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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1968)
tirsf Amendment violation hawed by HUAC Critic ■ BJ. LAURIE PADILLA B DJ 0f (he Emerald ■ The House Committee on Un Bmerican Activities is a threat BTSemic freedom, the peace Bo Sent and practically every Bfher aspect of our freedom, !Hr, Frank Wilkinson, executive B£rto? of the National Com mFr; t0 Abolish the House Kmittee oh Un-American Ac Wilkinson, who spoke to an ■„LnCe of about 25 Lnday ■afternoon in 180 I’LC, s a i d ■UAC's mandate is contrary to K,Brst amendment ot the Con -Their mandate calls for the ■investigation of subversive prop This is against our con stitutional freedoms because ■propaganda has to do with first amendment of our ■Constitution states that Con ■gress will not prescribe any law ■gainst religion, speech and ■other freedoms, and the man ■dateot HUAC goes against this. Hwilkinson said. !■ He said HUAC's mandate is limited to ideas and opinions and it has the power to sub poena any person in any city whose ideas and opinions are “subversive and un-American.” “All they have to do is use (he words of an informer to arrest a person, and all it takes is words and ideas informers don’t like.” Wilkinson also questioned the definition of “subversive” and "Un-American.” He said those words were relative, and that it depended on the person as to whether words or ideas were subversive or un-American The HUAC should be abolish ed now, in the “wake of a new era of repression and new re pressive laws,” he said. He was referring to the revised internal security law which was passed by Congress at its last session. The law calls for the registra tion of Communists in the coun try. ft also permits informers to appear before the HUAC and testify on persons whom they think are Communists, Wilkin son said. He said he hopes “t h e ALL KAYAKERS AREX'T ESKIMO—On Thursday and Satur day mornings, the Mill Race may look like the Eskimos were invading. Sorry, it's the University kayakers in practice. Friday night finds these hardy outdoorsmen in Leighton pool perfect ing tfieir technique. More adventurous kayakers have ventured to the ocean. Supreme Court will uphold its previous decisions on the un constitutionality of the internal security law.” “In 1965, the Supreme Court, made a unanimous decision that it was unconstitutional to up hold the registration of Com munists. “In the following session of Congress, Senator Everett Dirk sen introduced a bill to nullify the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision,” he said. (Continued on page 7) Solon Debates His Opponent By BILL BAILEY Of the Emerald Fighting for his political life as senior senator from Oregon, Wayne Morse met his youthful Republican opponent, Robert Packwood, in a debate before the Portland City Club Friday. Prior to the debate, Morse held only a slight edge over Packwood among all voters in the Oregon polls, and was ac tually behind Packwood among those most likely to vote. In his major address Sen. Morse emphasized that if he re turned to the senate for an other term he would be “in a position to exercise great in fluence and power for the state of Oregon.” Morse cited a formidable list of committees on which he now serves as evidence, including the powerful Senate Committee on Past ASUO Head Mayoral Aspirant By RICH EBER Of the Emerald When Les Anderson answers a question, he responds in a firm manner which comes from years of political experience. A former ASUO president in 1942-43, he is head of the city council today. And come election day An derson wants to be the next mayor of Eugene. Anderson looks at the Uni versity as a “valuable corpor ate member of the community.” With this in mind he says, “All state institutions including the University should pay their fail share for property tax-support ed city services they receive.” When parking meters were put on campus, Anderson sup ported their installment. “We placed the meters as a re quest from the Campus Planning Committee,” he states. Anderson said he feels that the proposal to block 13th St. off to traffic, creating a mall, would depend on the overall transportation plan of east Eu gene. He says the city is now studying the idea. In commenting on the "dry zone” around the University, Anderson said he believes that the present system is “hypocrit ical because you can't set an arbitrary boundary.” If elected mayor, Anderson said he plans to work toward the development of human re sources in Eugene. “There are talents at the University that can help the city realize its goals.” Anderson plans to call a con ference on human problems which would look at, define, and set up a system of priorities in solving difficulties. ‘‘We must define our most critical social problems, set ob jectives, then go out and solve them,” he says. Having held the posts of al umni director, and assistant to University President Meredith Wilson from 1946-1952, Ander son said he still has many friends at the University. If elected mayor, he says he will probably involve these indivi duals in city government. Anderson is an extremely de termined man who very much would like to hold the reins of authority in Eugene city gov ernment. LES ANDERSON Wants to be Eugene’s mayor Labor and Public Welfare, which he will head if he is re elected. As an outspoken opponent of the Vietnam war on the Sen ate Foreign Relations Commit tee, Sen. Morse emphasized “the necessity of our bringing it to an end and stopping the kill ing of American boys in a war they never should have been sent to in the first place.” He appealed for the substitu tution of “the rules of inter national law and the procedures of peace keeping under existing treaties for the jungle law of military forces which we’re practicing in Southeast Asia.” The only way we can prevent totalitarianism in the world is if we “see to it that we ex port economic freedom of choice and literacy, to the individual,” Morse concluded. Rep. Packwood used sugges tions which President Eisen - hower made to South Vietnam Premier Diem after the 1954 Geneva Conference as the core of his remarks on Vietnam. “Clean out the corruption in your government and land re form,” he said. Packwood cited figures to show that under the present land system in South Vietnam, half of the 10 mil lion people that live on farms are only tenant farmers who must pay “30 to 60 per cent of their expected crop in rental to an absentee landlord.” Using a Stanford Research In stitute study on land reform, Packwood stated, “It can be done immediately, as soon as the South Vietnamese Congress will pass the laws. It can be put into the effect immediately in the areas that we hold and held out as a promise of re form in the areas that we don’t.” Without land reform, Pack wood characterizes the Viet nam war as “a futile attempt to save a country that won't un dertake the reforms that make the saving of it possible.” He said he would favor get ting out of Vietnam if there were no land reform. But Pack wood indicated strong disap - proval of Sen. Morse’s methods of opposing the Vietnam war. He interpreted Morse’s vote against the military appropria f Continued on page 1) Oregana Meets There will be a meeting for all persons interested in work ing on the 1969 Oregana at 7:30 tonight in the EMU. Anyone with previous yearbook experi ence is especially encouraged to attend. I Unity Theme of ASUO Time Out' Day ASU0 will call time out Tuesday, n conjunction with the National Stu tocalfe °»n’,the ASU0 has Panned rouiinp ullt from tbe normal college of activit^ bas sche(luled an afternoon 01 activities in the EMU. irSernCtTwfSV according to ASUO brino ulck dones> are designed to Biunitv fnwth^ °f tbc University com cerns ‘in aSntkeJ t0 talk over mutual con R m an informal atmosphere. feand AsU0en fr0m University of able f0 n.tir programs will be avail provided fhrn°n^’ entertainment will be “BdSt nomW. the afternoon, and a the evening a rap-in” wiU be held in over frofflbUQnbU^?ing wil1 be taken explained “tuP 11 doses,” Jones 0n aU the iT be.something going question a and- lf anyone has a Cofersation he can’cbfo.” antS t0 mak° ^^nivSv^J3 an attempt to bring We can befflnytAC°mmiUnity together so Problems throughW°rk u°n our common ",t'«Si„“-honest e”h“ge Out Day is t "i^r. features of Time Stives of varioiPfn1C-ipati?n of rePresen Phttees and orearv m.Yersity offices, com Jtcse reprIs?n7fta-tl0nS’ Jones said ?ble in the PM?TUllves wil1 he avail to 5:30 pm EilU Ballroom from 1:30 | “lt»g ** m- “ST the3 community rap,” Jones he campus offices will be represented. If the student has probems with a particular office, he has a chance to talk about them.” “It should furnish students with an op portunity to meet people who they can direct their problems to,” he said. Representatives from the following are scheduled for the Ballroom: The President’s Office, Campus Planning Committee, Physical Plant. Housing Of fice, Office of Student Services, Counsel ing Office, Placement Service, Health Service, intramurals, Academic Require ments Committee, Scholastic Deficiencies Committee, Office of the Budget, ROTC, Oregon Daily Emerald, Graduate School, student courts, Financial Aids Office, Business Office, EMU Athletic Depart ment, the Co-op, Oregana, and dorm counselors. The student political rap-in will begin at 9:00 p.m. in the Ballroom. Jones said campus radicals, conservatives and mem bers of political organizations on campus would be there, as well as representa tives of the Black Student’s Union, the ASUO, Emerald, and Inter-fraternity council. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiniii TODAY’S WEATHER Fair Monday after morning fog. Increasing showers in late afternoon. Chance of showers Monday evening High 65, low 44 iiiuiuiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimimiiiiHinimiiiiiiiiuiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiimniHiminiiiinniiiinimiutiiniiiiiuiiii He said the format would be open. “Anyone who wants to talk can talk and get it oft their chest,” he said. "It’s time we had an informal debate session where everyone can let loose.” Entertainment will be provided from 3 p.m. until the building closes. The Palace Meat Market is scheduled to play in the Fishbowl from 1 to 3, fol lowed by folksinging from 3 to 4. From 4 to 5 p.m. there will be chamber music in the Tayor lounge. There will be a dance in the bottom of the bowl from 7 to 9 p.m. and in the cafeteria a brass choir will be play ing contemporary brass music from 7 to 8. That will be followed by a jazz group from 8 to 10 p.m. Free movies, a guerilla theatre and a light show will be held in the Ballroom from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The movies include “One Potato, Two Potato,” “Angel,” and “Neighbors.” Several exhibits will be on display all day. A display of London graphic art will be in the art gallery; an exhibit of photographs by Harry Gross will be in the Taylor Lounge, and a student prints exhibit will be on the back stair way to the Bottom of the Bowl. There will be various demonstrations and exhibits by councils and programs in the ASUO. A chalk-in is also sched uled for the day. Jones said Time Out had several ob jectives. “We have to try to get some things worked upon, but first we have to find out what students feel needs to be worked on,” he explained. He said he hoped Time Out would help develop a University community identity, which he said wTas difficult with 60 per cent of the students living off campus. “We need to develop some sort of cognizance of where we live and what goes on there. If the people are there it will work.” "Everything’s very informal. It’s sit on the floor type of stuff,” Dennis Clark, NSA coordinator for the ASUO, said. Time Out is part of a national day of Time Out sponsored by NSA, but it was left up to each campus to decide what to do. A statement from Robert S. Powell, NSA president, said that NSA billed the event as Time Out “to underscore the necessity for students (and the na tion) to stop for at least a day during this political fall and begin to plan around our common goals and strategies for the coming year.” But according to Jones, Time Out is not only for students, but for all mem bers of the University. He said he hoped that faculty members would participate also. Acting University President Charles Johnson has encouraged faculty and staff to participate. “I hope that students, fac ulty and staff will find time during the afternoon or evening to participate in at least part of the day’s program,” he said. . mm"..