Response to anti-ROTC incident
New faculty-student coalition
oraanizes into action arouDS
About 150 students and faculty members showed
up Monday evening for an organizational meeting
of the Faculty-Student Coalition, a group formed
last week in the midst of the threat of violence
and confrontation.
The group’s two previous meetings, both late last
week, centered upon discussions of the anti-ROTC
actions that had already taken place and upon
methods to be used to achieve change.
Monday’s meeting, on the other hand, develop
ed into a work session in which several action
groups were formed and in which suggestions
for definite issues and definite courses of action
were debated.
Committees formed will combine faculty and
student talent toward:
• Influencing faculty members on future votes
concerning the issue of ROTC and its relation
ship to the University.
• Coming up with a working understanding of
decision-making bodies on campus and of how
these bodies can best be influenced.
• Exerting influence in the community on is
sues of definite concern to local residents.
• Recruiting additional members for the coali
tion and for the projects that it decides to under
take.
At the Monday meeting lists were passed around
and interested persons volunteered to take part
in the various committee functions.
The coalition was organized by political sci
ence professor Joe Allman in response to last
Wednesday’s militant anti-ROTC action.
Speaking at Monday’s session, Allman said that
the group needs a "power base” on which it can
build for effective change at the University.
Referring to speciric issues and needs, he said
that in discussions with other faculty members he
sees interest and support for such ideas as an
expanded SEARCH course program, an ombudsman
to hear and deal with student complaints, a “dean
of undergraduate education,” a reduction in class
requirements, more aid to minority programs, and
an effort to “educate the faculty” on vital campus
issues.
After Allman’s talk, the meeting was turned over
to a general “throwing out” of ideas for group
consideration.
Among these were:
• Elemination of the University’s ties and
“complicity” with the military, including efforts to
remove ROTC from campus through faculty and
student channels.
• An effort to oppose the lid on enrollment now
instituted in the State System of Higher Education.
• A move to achieve a more equitable voting
regulation governing faculty meetings.
• Attempts to increase the role of students
in academic and student-faculty committees.
• A lobbying effort to influence faculty mem
bers on how they will vote on upcoming motions
dealing with ROTC and with additions to the Stu
dent Conduct Code dealing with disruptive activi
ties.
National Moratorium Committee
disbands after year of activities
After nearly a year of activities
aimed at pressuring the U.S. gov
ernment to withdraw American
troops from Southeast Asia, the
national Vietnam Moratorium
Committee announced Sunday
that it will soon disband its oper
ations.
In a news letter distributed to
local Moratorium committees and
financial contributors, the group’s
leadership indicated that “there
appears to be little prospect of
immediate change in the adminis
tration’s policy in Vietnam.”
They also said that the “politi
cal fad” of large demonstrations,
two of which the committee spon
sored last October and Novem
ber, has lost its appeal, and that
their sources of income have run
dry.
Made up in a large part by
former supporters of presidential
candidates Robert Kennedy and
Eugene McCarthy, the national
committee recently divided much
of its work among a series of re
gional headquarters around the
country.
Local Moratorium activities may
be continued through these re
gional offices, which will not di
rectly be affected by the shut -
down of the national headquarters
in Washington, D.C., although they
themselves may choose to close 1
up shop.
Husted-Chao
aim for unity
By RANDY BARBANO
Of the Emerald
"Anything I do would be aimed at getting more representation and
unity for student government,” Russel Husted, one among 12 can
didates for ASUO president, said.
Husted, a graduate student, is running with Moses Chao, also a
graduate student. Husted has been an ASUO senator and is on the
Faculty-Student Committee on undergraduate education.
He also was the organizer of the October and November Morator
iums in Eugene and is one of the Weyerhaeuser 18.
Chao is a member of the Chinese Student Union, the Sociology
Student Union and the Urban Planning Student Union. He is run
ning for vice president, he said, because “the ASUO has been run
for the White majority students in this University.
“The minority groups seldom receive any recognition. But as a
member of a minority group I understand many of the problems.”
Chao said he was born in China and went to school in Hong Kong and
Canada before he came to the University.
UNITE TO FIGHT
Chao emphasized that while he would represent the “minority group
of students and anyone else who is in a disadvantaged position,” he
would also represent the majority. The important thing, he said, was
“for the minority and majority to unite to fight for survival in col
lege.”
Husted said he and Chao are running on a platform of eight points
which he made because “I’m unsatisfied with most of the other plat
forms put out by the other candidates.”
Husted and Chao's first point is to get the $75 intent-to-enroll fee
eliminated. “It really discriminates against everyone who pays their
own way, or whose parents are poor, or who relies on less lucrative
loans, grants, etc.,” he said.
Their second point was a used book store run by students at no
profit. Husted explained that the student would sell his book at 60
per cent of its cost, 10 per cent more than at the Co-op.
The books would then be marked up 10 per cent to cover over
head but would still sell -at only 70 per cent of their original value,
cheaper than the Co-op sells them.
Husted next proposed that the ASUO Senate be reproportioned
according to academic departments rather than living organizations.
At the University, he said, a student’s real problems are in academics
and are related to where he lives.
THE KEY’
Husted called his fourth point the “key” to an ASUO that does
anything. He called for a Faculty-Student Senate that has “real power
and real purpose.”
He next suggested changes in the social functions, saying the “ad
mission prices are too high” and people should be able to dance if
they want to. He suggested if it wasn’t possible to lower prices and
still break even then the ASUO should subsidize the social division.
To help students out in a financial way Husted proposed a series
of social services.
These include supporting the Child Day Care Center and the Hous
ing Office. He also said he wants a Medical Center and a Legal Aid
Center where students can get free service.
His seventh point was a student-community relations bureau which
would be responsible for getting the students’ side of any incident
out to the public.
His final point was to have the ASUO “assume a stronger role in
planning campus development, student housing and dormitory devel
opment.”
University contributes tapes . .
(('ontinued from pane 1)
ments of the four students charged with
"inciting to riot” Thursday. Friday after
noon Gibbons was at Eugene 1’olice head
quarters and refused to explain his pres
ence there. When questioned, he said,
"talk to Dean Bowlin if you want any
information." '
Bowlin was contacted twice by the
Emerald Sunday concerning the owner
ship and use of the videotape recorder by
Gibbons.
When first asked about the ownership
of the machine, Bowlin said, "As far as
1 know, it’s not the University’s (video
tape), but 1 can't say positively."
Contacted a second time Sunday, Bow
lin was asked if he had contacted Acting
Dean Cykler and if he was aware that
Cykler owned the equipment Bowlin re
sponded, "yes.”
NO SIGNED AGREEMENT
Concerning an agreement between Cy
kler and the University regarding the use
of the videotape equipment, Bowlin said,
"There’s no signed rental agreement on
it 1 did contact him and indicated that if
any damage occurred to it (the recorder)
we’d be responsible In terms of a
legal contract, it’s certainly not that kind."
Cykler said Sunday that he had been
contacted b> Bowlin last week and a
"rental" had been arranged with the
University for a period of one week. The
acting dean added that he had "no con
trol" over the equipment during the week
and that he lid not supply the University
with tapes
Gibbons and Bowlin declined to say
who owns the recording tapes used last
week In a statement to the Emerald.
Gibbens did not mention the tapes. Bow
lin said. T don't know enough about the
camera and made no arrangements on
tapes He added, ’if they seem to have
the film, wh\ would you ask them where
they got it and how they are paying for
it? I really don’t know.”
When Bowlin was asked if he had met
with the police department or if the
police had helped the University identify
any students involved in last week's ac
tivities, he said. "Well, I really couldn't
say. Not that 1 am aware of.”
Contacted Monday, Deputy District At
torney J. Pat Horton said the District At
torney's office "has viewed the tapes"
taken bv Gibbons. Eugene Police Chief
William Smith said Monday his office had
also viewed the recordings but they were
no longer in his possession. Chief Smith
indicated that his department did not
have videotape playback facilities, but
did not elaborate.
An investigator for the District Attor
neys office, James Kennedy, contacted
the Emerald Monday requesting photo
graphs and identifications. Kennedy said
that he also had viewed Gibbons’ record
ings.
At the University, Presidential Assist
ant John Dallas and Dean Bowlin ex
plained why the taping was authorized
last week.
Bowlin said “there is absolutely no
question that there must be pictures for
identification purposes and that they have
te. be retained for a reasonable amount of
time."
IDENTIFICATION METHODS
Both Bowlin and Lallas indicated that
the newly formed Campus Security Ad
visory Committee was to have met last
Frida> to consider identification methods,
but the meeting was cancelled after the
ROTC disruptions
Dallas explained President Clark told
an ASUO cabinet meeting "that the Uni
versity policy was that the Office of Stu
dent Conduct ought to have the right and
the authority to attempt to obtain informa
t on regarding people who are allegedly
in violation of the code, and that they
referred specifically to cameras.”
Bowlin said Sunday, “We will call upon
different people to take pictures of an
incident that is either happening or seems
immediately imminent and strictly on the
campus."
VIEWED BY WITNESSES
"We would use them (tapes and pic
tures) for identification purposes. They
would be seen by people who are wit
nesses of the event, as we did with the
Weyerhaeuser case.”
Bowlin and Lallas were also asked if
the University is currently keeping photo
graphic files on students involved in dis
ruptive events.
"Not really, because this is the first
time we have ever had anything like this,”
Bowlin said in the first interview Sunday.
When questioned a second time if the
University maintained files on past dis
turbances Bowlin said, “No. that is not
correct.”
Bowlin went on to say that he was very
much opposed to building any kind of
“permanent file.”
Regarding the existence of files. Lallas
said, he knew none existed in Johnson
Hall but he presumed that the Office of
Student Affairs had authority to keep
such files.
Bowlin stressed that Gibbens was only
authorized to record events on campus.
When Bowlin was told that Gibbens was
observed taping persons leaving the ar
raignment Friday morning in the county
court house, he said, “this was without
authorization from the University.”
When students challenged President
Clark Friday afternoon concerning a Uni
versity employee taking videotapes down
town, he responded the University would
not use any photographs or movies filmed
off campus in actions against students.
Clark continued if such films were
taken "it was a mistake and not as an
assignment for us.”
NOT AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT
Clark and Dean of Administration Ray
Hawk were in Washington, D.C., Monday
and could not be reached for comment.
In response to a question if the Uni
versity had future plans for people at
the University taking videotapes, films
or other identification methods, Bowlin
responded, “At any time there is likely
to be disruption or it is actually occurring
we will see that pictures are taken.”
Gibbens releases statement on videotaping
c.auor s ,>ote: ine following is the
text of a statement made by John Gib
bens concerning his role as operator
of the videotape recorder:
As you already know, 1 am John Gib
bens. The following is my statement to
the Dailv Emerald this 20th day of April
1970
1. I am employed by the State Board
of Higher Education as an administrative
officer at the School of Music,
2. I was asked by Dean Bowlin to take
pictures for the University of campus
disturbances,
3 I have not been, nor w ill be. renumer
ateci in any form for taking pictures.
4. The equipment which was used is
privately owned, was rented and does not
belong to the University or the State of
Oregon.
5. Any pictures which were taken off
campus were taken as a concerned citizen
of this community and nation.
6. In references to the whereabouts of
the films, they were taken by the police
as possible evidence of a crime and at
this time I do not know' where they are.
Now, if you will excuse me this concludes
the interview as I have work to do and
I have no further comments to make.