Oregon daily emerald., January 13, 1972, Image 1

Patsy Mink
runs on “humanistic” record
By NEAL ROSEN
and DERBY BALDWIN
Of the Emerald
The invisible barrier of “men only” in presidential
politics was broken in Eugene Wednesday as
Congresswoman Patsy Mink of Hawaii campaigned for
the Democratic presidential nomination.
Speaking to the Lane County Demo Forum before
about 200 persons Ms. Mink said, “I assure you that my
campaign is a serious one. I readily admit that there will
be many difficulties, and that election of a woman
president would be a radical change.”
Ms. Mink admitted she “entered this race (the
Oregon primary) after long consultation with Mrs.
(Shirley) Chissom with the understanding that she
would not campaign in this state.”
The four-term house member stated her precious
record in Washington represents “a humanistic at
titude.”
“In 1966, I took a stand on the Vietnam War which
was most unpopular, especially in Hawaii, which
depends greatly on military spending. I saw our in
volvement in Vietnam as the most tragic decision of the
administration."
Ms. Mink said her campaign was a personal com
mitment and was due to her impatience with the
progress of the country. She indicated despair with
America’s foreign policy and its inability to cope with
domestic problems.
“My campaign is a challenge to those of us who have
a feeling of urgency to change our national policies,”
she said. “After ending the war, if elected president,
my priorities would fall to human, social needs.”
The national policy which she focused on most was
United States involvement in Vietnam. She noted she
had opposed the war since taking office and said,“It was
immoral of us to intervene in the genocide of Vietnam.”
She labeled this “genocide” worse than the genocide of
Jews in Nazi Germany.
Photo by Matt McCormick
Presidential hopeful U.S. Rep. Patsy Mink (center) talks with her campaign chairman. Ms. Erica
Hovet (left) and other supporters after speaking at University.
She also blamed the war for economic and domestic
difficulties in this country and labeled the conflict “a
long, ill-begotten war.”
Ms. Mink dealt with the role of women in politics and
said women, in the past, have always played a sup
porting role when it comes to electoral politics.
“It is time women stopped sort of aspiring for the
presidency. 1 submit there is no reason that a woman
cannot hold the office. There is no history of exclusive
male wisdom.”
She also attacked the Nixon administration, saying
the Democrats have a golden opportunity to win if they
bring the administration's actions to the forefront.
She concluded by saying 1972 was a time for new
leadership, “We need leaders who will provide us
leadership that make what we do and the ideals of our
country synonymous.”
In a later speech before about 500 persons in the
EMU, Ms. Mink said. “What my campaign does at least
exemplify...is the capacity of each individual to par
ticipate...to renew our faith and commitment to our
democratic ideals.
“You may be ahead of your time,” someone pointed
out. “If defeated in '72 would you return in ’76?”
With a determined smile, Ms. Mink said, “All I can
say is that’s what they told me in ’56."
“I hope to make it in 72 in Oregon. ”
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Panel discusses role of Eugene police
By JOSH MARQUIS
Of the Emerald
Police “have had to become
more sophisticated as people
become more anonymous--the
criminal is now a stranger,” says
Eugene policeman Dave Jordan.
That was one comment
presented Tuesday during the
first of eight seminars con
cerning police and the com
munity conducted by the School
of Education’s Co-ordinating
Council.
Panel members Tuesday night
included Dale Allen, chief of the
Eugene Police Department, Ray
Camay, radio station KPNW
news director, Ray Eaglin of the
Council of the Poor, Dave Jordan,
Eugene Police patrolman and
Larry Salmony, ASUO Vice
President.
DAI.F. ALLEN
First to speak was newsman
Camay who asked a member of
the audience to recount an ex
perience he had had with the
Springfield Police Department.
The individual claimed he had
been stopped and arrested by
Springfield Police as a hit and
run suspect and that the officers
were “none too gentle”. When
some members of the audience
asked Carney just what his point
was, Camay responded that it is
a question of ‘who is a criminal’
and that this is a situation which
the audience could judge for
themselves.
When asked for comment
Springfield Police Chief Carl
Johannsen said that the matter
was one for the courts to decide.
Chief Allen said he thought that
police departments had been
established to “do things that
members of the public could not
or would not do ’. Allen said that
he feeis that his department is
indeed “a part of the Eugene
community.” Allen went on to
comment that “any effective
program (conducted by the
police department) must have
the support of the community.”
Commenting on the problems
of law enforcement in Eugene.
Allen remarked that both
property crimes and ..rimes of
violence have increased in
Eugene and that many could
have been prevented Allen cited
the fact that 40 percent of the
burglaries that took place in
dwellings occurred in homes that
had unlocked doors The chief
also said that “the majority of
cars stolen were unlocked, and
many had the keys left in the
ignition. ”
Allen said that many of these
crimes can be prevented if the
public would "look out for their
property and that of their neigh
bors.”.
Citing the rise in bicycle thefts
Allen recommended that persons
“adequately register and license
their bikes so that if they are
stolen the police department can
return them to their proper
owner.”
Patrolman Jordan said ne leu
“ihe role of the police was not
punitive." Jordan commented
that “an arrest is a failure to
prevent crime” and that the
police have many other roles to
fulfill besides arresting
criminals.• “Community service
is the job of every member of the
department,” Jordan said.
Salmony, who attended in place
of ASUO President lain More,
said that he was “concerned
about the emphasis on crimes
without victims ” Salmony said
that the new criminal code
eliminated many of these crimes,
such as sexual activity between
consenting adults, but that he
noticed that “most of the people
arrested seem to be between the
ages of 18 and 25 and many of
them are arrested for possession
of marijuana ” The ASUO Vice
President said "we have to set
priorities for law enforcement.”
“People with status and money
are the ones who control the
police department, not oppressed
people,” says Ray Eaglin of the
Council of the Poor. He said that
the “necessity to establish so
called grievance committees
proves the bankruptcy of the
system.” Eaglin disagreed with
other members of the panel in
their definitions of criminals and
said that “a criminal is someone
who declares a war that the
people don’t want.”
After the panel members had
finished their comments, the
audience asked questions. Allen
responded to questions about a
change in the level of drug law
enforcement by saying, “yes,
there has been a greater em
phasis put on the pushers of
harder drugs.’’
The Co-ordinating Council
plans a number of further
seminars in the series d iscussing
the various aspects of law and the
community. 'Hie meetings will be
every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in
room 3-E at Roosevelt Junior
High School.
Financial meet set
A meeting to explain University President Robert Clark’s
administrative process for solving the current University
financial emergency will be held at 1:30 p.m. today in the
Johnson Hall conference room.
The meeting will be ‘‘completely procedural" according to
Executive Dean John Dallas. No budgets will come up for
review at the meeting, he said.
Members of the Hearing Panel on University Priorities
(HPIJP), Clark’s ad hoc consultation board on priority review,
and the HPUP screening committee will attend.
Fees discussion slated
A meeting to discuss all aspects of fees that students pay to
institutions of higher education in Oregon will be held at 6:30
p.m tonight in the Johnson Hall conference room.
It is a meeting of the Interinstitutional Fee Subcommittee of
the Finance Committee of the State Board of Higher Education
ASUO President Iain More said that one of the aspects to be
discussed at the meeting is summer session tuition and what
level it should be, compared to tuition levels for fall, winter and
spring