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Oregon daily EMERALD Vol. LXVIII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1%8 No. 39 Card Burning, March Mark Resistance Day National Resistance Day will be observed today by the local chapter of the Resistance, a group of students who advocate draft resistance. Activities will focus on a march to the Eugene Draft Board and subsequent draft card burnings at 2 p.m. today. Resisters also plan to pre sent a complicity statement to the local board. The morning agenda of the day will include a teach-in and musical and dramatic presenta tions on the EMU terrace. At 11:30 a m. a jug band will play followed by the “Guer illa Theater’’ at noon. The pri mary function of this theater troupe is involvement, a mem ber of the Resistance said. The troupe may not confine itself to the EMU terrace, but may perform in the dorms or any where on campus, he added. At the same time a Eugene citizen and local leader of the World Federalists, Charles Gray, will be speaking on the terrace. Also scheduled to speak are a member of the local clergy and a University faculty member. Following the speeches, the march to the draft board will begin. The complicity statement reads: "We stand with young men who refuse to submit to an un conscionable military draft. "We publicly announce our complicity in disobeying this law along with those who are not cooperating with the draft. "We cannot permit that non cooperators should stand alone in suffering the consequences of what is the basic act of consci ence in our time.” Tentatively scheduled is a potluck dinner at 5 p.m., fol lowed by a party and bonfire at 8 p.m., both at the local Resistance headquarters at 1200 Ferry St. Senate to Swear New Members In The ASUO Senate will meet tonight to swear in and intro duce the 17 senators elected last week. The only new business on the agenda will be a bill introduc ed by Bob Winger requesting that Eugene pave the dirt side walk on the west side of Uni versity Street adjacent to the cemetery. Another possible topic discus sion is Tuesday’s action by the Student Administrative Board in separating its constitution from its policies. After tonight, according to a bill passed last week, the Sen ate will no longer meet every week, but every other week. This is to allow the committees more time to function. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in Rm. 101 EMU. All in terested persons are invited to the swearing-in and the meet ing to follow. Staff Meeting Today All Emerald reporters are re quired to attend a mandatory meeting at 7:30 tonight in the office. All night and desk editors should attend also. If attendance is really impos sible, contact Doug Onyon or Jaqi Thompson at est. 1817. Photo by Dean Tonn THE PALACE MEATMARKET shared the spotlight with the Grateful Dead at Wednesday’s dance-concert in the EMU Ball room. The dance-concert was part of Wednesday's U.S. Memorial Week activities spoiisqred by the Students for a Democratic Society. Live-In Housing Rule Modified By JOHN JUNKINS Of the Kmeraid As far as the Student Con duct Committee is concerned, freshmen students with paren tal consent are no longer re quired to live in University housing. The committee unanimously passed a recommendation Wed nesday night to Acting Presi dent Charles Johnson that re quirements for students living in dormitories be changed to read: “Unmarried students under the age of 21 and not living with their parents or guardian are required to live in Univer sity residence halls, or Univer sity-related cooperative houses or a fraternity or sorority, un less they have written consent from their parents or guardian to live elsewhere.” A related resolution by the committee asked "that the Pres ident (Johnson) insure that no action be taken which would re quire freshmen who are present ly living off-campus, with paren tal consent, to move into a dormitory or cooperative until the proposal is acted upon.” Case Discussion Discussion of the freshmen living-in policy centered around the case of a freshman girl who was told by a committee of deans that she would not be allowed to register at the Uni versity winter term if she did not make arrangements to move into a dormitory. The girl is currently living off-campus with parental per mission, but this is in violation of present University regula tions. Bruce Brothers, student de fender who presented the girl’s case as part of the discussion of the living-in policy, said he fell that a parent was able to decide better than the University whether or not a student could live oil-campus. He said it was unfair and an infringement by the University to decide if the parent was wrong. The living-in requirement is "the last vestige” of in loco parentis, or the policy of the University acting in place of a parent's authority, he said. “The officials have made an inane decision,” Brothers said. He said the deans had told him that dormitory living is such important experience that the student should not have a de gree without it. ‘Educational Experience’ According to Brothers, the deans said the fact that Eugene Springfield students who live at home are denied this "educa tional experience” was no rea son that the freshman girl in question should be. Because the girl is financially unable to live in a dormitory, Dean DuShane, dean of stu dents. suggested she apply for a loan or work in a dormitory kitchen, Brothers said. There was no member of the Dean of Students office present at the meeting to respond to Brothers’ comments. There was some confusion at. the meeting as to whom the recommendation should be di rected, because no one present knew who initiated the living-in policy. The policy is recorded by the State Board of Higher Education and is stated in the University catalog. Open Hearing The committee also continued an open hearing on visiting hours from last Wednesday’s meeting. A dormitory, Gamma Hall, has requested 24-hour open hours, and the committee held the hearing because of t li e precedent a decision on the request will make. No decision was made at the meeting. Students presented a petition supporting unlimited closing (Continued on pege 2) Professor Says Troops Will Stay in Vietnam By PEARL BAKKEN Of the Emerald "There will be American troops in Vietnam for at least another three or four years.” This was the opinion of Hugh Wood, professor of education, who spoke to about 75 people at Wednesday night’s Browsing Room lecture. Wood, who spoke on “What's Next in Vietnam,” recently re turned from an eight month ad ministrative assignment in Viet nam. On loan from the Univer sity to Westinghouse Learning Corporation, he headed a team of three men who organized a course in basic administrative management for the South Viet namese government. He was awarded a medal for outstanding service in Vietnam by Prime Minister Tran Van Huong for his program which will train nearly 25,000 Viet namese supervisers through 1970. Speculating about the possi bilities of peace in Vietnam, Wood expressed hope that we are moving in the direction of negotiation. He said, “surrender or negoti ation to an honorable peace are our only alternatives in Viet nam. Neither side can expect a decisive victory, and I don’t think the American people would accept a surrender,” he added. The North Vietnamese seem to be getting tired and ready to negotiate, he said. He also suggested that it is possible Hanoi will prefer to deal with Johnson rather than Nixon. Wood made it clear, however, that even if peace is negotiated, "American troops will be in Vietnam for several years to come.” Wood cited Cambodia a n d Laos as the most likely future trouble spots. "Once the con flict in Vietnam is over we will see similar conflicts in other countries,” he said. "But, I am sure we will not get involved in the way we have in Viet nam.” A coalition government in Vietnam is unrealistic, accord ing to Wood. "There is intense hatred of the North Vietnamese and the Chinese by the South Vietnamese people,” he said. He added that South Vietnamese intellectuals oppose a coalition government. Wood also expressed doubts as to the possibility of a unified Vietnam in the near future. North and South Vietnam are “ethnically and culturally dif ferent, and the conflict certain ly hasn’t helped resolve these differences,” he said. Although South Vietnam has few natural resources, they have valuable human resources, he said. Pboto by Dean Tunn HUGH WOOD "Three, Four More Years in Vietnam-’ "The South Vietnamese are quite capable of running their own government. They h a v e well-trained people who could operate very effectively on their own ii' they had the chance,” Wood stated. He felt the United States could not avoid becoming in volved in Vietnam. "We could not deny the Vietnamese aid when they asked for it in 1954 since we were giving it to sev eral other countries.” lie thought the United States had the moral responsibility to share its prosperity with under developed countries and could not maintain an isolationist pol icy. Wood termed U.S. economic aid to Vietnam as "an experi ment to see if we can carry on economic development while lighting a war.” He added that our economic and military in volvement had been effective. “The military effort has pre vented takeover by the North Vietnamese and lias let eco nomic development continue,” he said. According to Wood the "knowledgeable, capable South Vietnamese overwhel m i n g 1 y support and appreciate U.S. in volvement.” “In general there is little support for Communism among the people of high or low class es. 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