Johnson Hears Advice of Community
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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.
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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
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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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