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Johnson Hears Advice of Community J »» u.iij i m IVIVvIj Of the Emerald Acting University President Charles Johnson met Wednes day with representatives of the Eugene community and the Uni versity to “discuss issues and ob tain the benefits of their ad vice” regarding relations be tween the University and the community. The discussion, according to Steve Milam, member of the Student Administrative Board iftAts; wno attended the meet ing, quickly became a "hard - hitting" exchange concerning a controversial SDS flyer and the issue of free expression on cam pus. After the meeting Johnson said, "I think the people of the community are upset. I think the pamphlets have been offen sive to the sensibilities of the community.” The meeting, he explained, was “to acquaint these people with our policies and the rea sons thereof.’’ Reporters were not allowed in the meeting, because those attending had not been told it would be covered, Johnson said, but added, "any student pres ent at the meeting is perfectly free to comment on it.” Among Eugene leaders at - tending were Circuit Judge Ed Allen, Alton Baker Jr., publish er of the Register-Guard, and 12 other business and professional people. Milam said the representatives of the University explained the general policies of the Student Conduct Code and SAB regula tions to the group and answer ed questions concerning actions the SAB had taken on the SDS flyer. Milam said he explained to the group that generally the board may sanction recognized groups if they violate the law and “it World Government Supported Big Brother' System Feared By SUE HEINZ Of the Emerald “I’m frightened because 1984 is only 16 years away. If we keep going the way we are. by that time the United States and Russia will come together and rule the world in a 1984-type environment,” stated Michael Beard, executive director of the Student World Federalists (SWF). Beard, who recently return ed from a summer in Czecho slovakia and Poland, spoke with Barry Siegal, a University pro fessor of economics, in an in formal discussion Wednesday in the EMU. Siegal taught in Yugo slavia last year under a Ful bright grant. Speaking about the possible “Big Brother” government of the future Beard said, “I want to develop an international sys tem that won’t let that happen.” Beard explained that SWF is dedicated to the creation of a world government which would preserve maximum freedom. “Our phrase is a creation of a government for mankind,” he said. Foreign Opinion Beard said he spent much time in Eastern Europe talking to students and getting their opinions on the problems of their countries. Students all over the world seem to be work ing for the same causes and fighting the same problems, he said. During the summer. Beard at tended the World Federalist Youth Conference in Vienna. The conference brought togeth er students from 22 countries of Eastern and Western Europe to discuss the problems of East West cooperation. Beard said that for the first time representatives from all the socialist countries were brought together. Especially impressive to Beard was that the students attending this conference were all politic ally oriented, yet they talked not about politics, but about economic and social problems. Some of the students’ con - corns arose over “life - styles,” and the question “how we can live in our society.” Beard paral leled this problem to America’s Black students who are asking the same question. “They (the students from so cialist countries) were concern ed about liberal arts programs in education just as students here are,” Beard said. “They wanted to study fine arts in stead of engineering.” Because of governmental con trols. students usually have no real choice in the socialist coun tries, he said. Students were also concern ed with the problem of “grad ualism,” Beard said. To explain gradualism, he cited a Bulgari an student’s facetious account of the traffic jams in Sofia. The following is the account: Because of the small amount of cars in Sofia and the high proportion of traffic jams, the government appointed a com mittee to study the problem. . i No Senate Meeting Due to Rule Change The ASUO Senate will not meet today, since they changed their by-laws last week to meet ing by-weekly instead of week ly The reason for the change was to give Senate committees more time to function to in crease their efficiency. Unless there are enough bills to warrant a meeting, early next week, the Senate will not meet until after Thanksgiving vaca tion. ASUO secretary Peg Lisk said. The committee decided to use London as a guide because the city had a vastly larger sum of cars, yet less traffic problems than Sofia. After studying London, the committee found the only notice able difference in the two cities was that the Londoners drove on the left, consequently the committee urged the Presidium to change Sofia’s traffic to the left. Drastic Change Because this was such a dras tic change, the government rul ed that it would have to come about gradually. At first, accord ing to the ruling, only buses would drive on the left. “This was their way of il lustrating the futility of grad ualism as a social tool,” Beard said. As for the United States, “I think we are having the same type of problems,” he said. Another problem common to Eastern Europe and the Uni ted States is discrimination against Black people,” according to both Siegal and Beard. Siegal said Yugoslav girls dating African students were ostracized. He felt the racist attitudes were very hard to un derstand because previously there had been little contact be ‘ tween Africans and Eastern Eu ropeans. Differences Beard explained differences of liberty in the socialist and dem ocratic systems from a student’s viewpoint. “They have some freedoms we don’t have. Such freedoms include h o u sing, schooling and medical care whe ther they can afford it or not,” he said. “Now they want to have an access to free ideas,” he ex plained. As for the Vietnam conflict, Siegel said that in his experien Use Emerald Classified Ads ces with students in Yugoslav ia, “Vietnam was not that vi tal an issue.” Beard cited a conversation with a Russian general who felt the war was “atrocious.” Beard asked the Russian, since the Rus sians felt this way why didn't they give missile aid to North Vietnam? The Russian's reply was, “Bet ter a bad peace than a good war.” “I think it illustrates their con cern for peace,” Beard said. is not for the SAB to interpret the statutes of the state of Ore gon.” If one of the groups violates the law and action is taken by the courts, Milam said, t h e SAB can sanction it. Milam said one of the con cerns expressed by the group was “that many people who might contribute to the Uni versity Development Fund are not or would not contribute” because of misunderstanding about the University. Milam said another issue was “the SDS leaflet had been giv en to children in Condon grade school and this did offend some of them.” The University policy on free expression was also explained to the group. Milam said. "There is no limitation on free speech, but obscenity is not free speech.” The offensive flyer has not been held obscene by the Lane county district attorney, how ever. Many members of the group felt “conduct and discussion should be carried out at a ‘high level of decency,’ ” Milam said, but University representatives pointed out the difficulty of de termining what a “high level of decency" is. 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