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Disciplinary action risked by GIs at moratorium WASHINGTON (CPS)—Hundreds of active-duty GIs for peace managed to make it to Washington for the Mobilization, although many faced discipli nary action for doing so. "We had to sneak off the base and through Ar lington Cemetery to get here,” said one GI at the March Against Death Virginia starting point who is stationed at nearby Fort Myer. “We’re not sup posed to be out here tonight, and if we’re identi fied we’re in trouble.” Another GI, who marched in the early hours of the 4.2 mile hike, said more than 100 of his peers at Fort Bragg, North Carolina were on their way to Washington. More than 500 GIs at Fort Bragg had signed a petition calling for withdrawal of troops from Vietnam, but the others were not able to get trans portation or passes to participate. During the Mobilization rally, one GI, speaking for all those present, told the crowd that if Nixon doesn’t bring the troops home now he will soon find “they’re going to come home all by them selves.” Most of the GIs openly identified themselves by wearing “GI for Peace” paper caps. A large num ber of “Veterans For Peace” hats also were visible. One of those sporting such a hat on the first night of the “March Against Death” was not in the crowd during Saturday’s massive rally. He was waiting in Washington armory in his military uni form to be deployed in case of trouble. He told fellow marchers that if he was ordered to use force against peace demonstrators, “I would disobey orders.” He said he knew of others who felt the same way. The airman first class said that everything about the activities of the guard in relation to the demon stration had been kept very quiet to prevent any counter activities or preparation on the other side. He explained how part of his training had in cluded a demonstration in how to cope with large crowds and chemical control. He also had to get his hair cut before Mobiliza tion Day, because his commander said his men “mustn’t look like any of the people involved in the march.” Students asked to assist impoverished Eugene family DAN BREWSTER SCP head turns to students A poor family is without food, money and doesn’t have beds for the children to sleep on. Who will help? Recently a family of 12 Mexican-Americans moved into the Eu gene area. They were without food and had no place to live. They went to the appropriate agencies around town but none of them could help because they had no funds for this type of emer gency. The family has been in town for a few days living in a motel that welfare managed to pay for. The Eugene Housing Association man aged to find them a permanent home but there still isn’t much food. The family comes from Santa Rosa, Calif., where the father worked as a hired hand on a dairy farm. He is looking for similar work around Eugene. Because of a lack of funds around the city, Lane Human Resources referred the family to Student Community Projects at the University. Dan Brewster, head of SCP, says the problem is critical so his office is turning to the students. “We’re making an appeal to students for beds and food. Even money would be fine. These people really need help.” Flyers have been printed asking students for help. Brewster said he would like to set up a program to help people that have nowhere else to turn. He said the project could start immedi I ately. “We already have certain funds available and I think this project is necessary because this one case has shown the city can’t handle emergencies like this.” If enrollment drops Student fees face possible deficit By WANDALYN RICE Of the Emerald The student incidental fee budget may end up with a $10,000-$20,000 deficit at the end of the year. President Robert Clark told ASUO President Kip Morgan and seven members of his cabinet that this estimate has been made by Clark’s budget officer. The shortage would result, he said, if the University fails to reach its estimated enrollment winter and spring terms. The student incidental fee budget finances the athletic department, gym suit and towel service, EMU activities, including the ASUO, and the health service. It is also currently the subject of an ASUO initiated lawsuit and discussion before the State Board of Higher Education. Each student pays $28 a term out of tuition and fees to the in cidental fee budget. Clark said his budget officer had told him about the possible shortage earlier in the day and explained that there was no reserve fund to cover the shortage. Clark released the $40,000 from the incidental fee reserve fund earlier this term to restore cuts made in the ASUO budget by Acting President Ray Hawk. This reserve, Clark said, would have applied to a shortage in income. Clark said that if there was a shortage, its exact size would not be known until after spring term registration, but “after winter term we’ll know better how much it may be.” ASUO and administration officials, Clark said, had two alternatives in dealing with any shortage. They could either apply the deficit to next year’s incidental fee budget or they could order each agency receiving incidental fees to hold an unspent reserve until the end of the year. ASUO officials expressed concern that having each agency hold a reserve would penalize ASUO programs. “We are in a bad position because we were heavily cut and priori ties were moved from where the Senate recommended them,” Ron Eachus, administrative assistant to Morgan, said. Morgan and his cabinet agreed to discuss the possible deficit with the ASUO Senate fiscal committee and recommend an action later to President Clark. Clark and the student leaders also discussed development of pro cedures for naming students to faculty and administrative commit tees during the cabinet meeting. Eachus said student leaders had wondered how much authority faculty members had over student appointments to the committees when they were named by Clark. Students are recommended to Clark for committee appointments by ASUO officials and he approves them after consulting the Office of Student Services about their class standing. The problem, Eachus said, is that some presidents have had “in dependent outside checks” on students besides the one in student services. “We wonder how a student’s academic record and participa tion in outside activities may affect the appointments,” he said. Clark said procedures could be set up to eliminate this problem. Moratorium requires more money to survive By JOHN LANIER Of the Emerald “We just may not have an other Moratorium if we don’t have more financial backing.” That’s how campus Vietnam Moratorium Committee coordi nator Russell Husted describes the local Moratorium’s present fi nancial status, as the group looks toward three days of anti-war acti vities in December, as well as a possible University and commu nity information campaign. Husted told the Emerald that a great deal of money, mainly from contributions, will be need ed if the December Moratorium is to take place, and that at present the campus committee may not even be able to pay off its No vember debts. Fact of life “It is a simple fact of Amer ican life that we need money in addition to hands,” he added. Referring to plans for De - cember, Husted said that the Na tional Moratorium Committee in Washington, D.C., has scheduled nation-wide Moratorium events to take place on Dec. 12 and 13 and on Dec. 24, Christmas Eve. Though the national commit tee does, as a rule, set the dates for each Moratorium, he contin ued, it leaves up to local groups The Oregon Daily Emerald is pub lished Monday thru Friday, September to Mav, except during exam and vaca tion periods. Semi-weekly June thru the first week of August, once a week the last three weeks of August, by the Publications Board of the University of Oregon. Second-class postage paid at Eugene Oregon 97403. Subscription rates 310 per year, $3.50 per term. Paul Brainerd Editor Robb Miller Business manager Thursday, November 20, 1969 decisions on wnat activities ana events will take place. Locally, ideas under consider ation for December include the possibility of an “alternative uni versity” or “Moratorium school” which would be held on Friday, Dec. 12, a Saturday anti -war march to downtown Eugene pos sibly to include singing of Christ mas carols, and a sale of Christ mas “peace gifts.” The Christmas Eve events, he said, will probably be left to the Moratorium’s city Steering Com mittee and other community groups rather than the campus organization, primarily because of the large number of students who leave town during Christmas vacation. The proposed “alternative uni versity,” Husted elaborated, would concentrate on the war and relat ed issues, and would be held from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in a man ner much like the University it self. Not war toys Classes on any issues of inter est would be taught and attended by interested students, faculty and staff members, he added. “Peace gifts” sold as a pro posed Moratorium gift sale, he said, would be mainly locally pro duced items that “aren’t war toys.” Meanwhile, the campus Mora torium Committee received con gratulations this week from the Eugene Police Department. Police Chief William Smith in a letter to Husted congratulated the group for the manner in which marches were organized, for “the efficiency of the marshals,” and for the “cooperation of the march ers and the orderly conduct of those involved.” . TODAY 1c Fiesta Sundae Sale (Thursday Only) Buy one at the regular price, get the second for 13th and Hilyard Dairy Queen 4 Dairy Queen