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Judge
dismisses
anti-war
suit
A suit brought by Democratic
Congressional candidate Charles
Porter and nine other Oregonians
to have the Vietnam War
declared unconstitutional was
dismissed Tuesday by U S.
District Court Judge James
Burns in Portland.
The suit sought a halt in
spending and drafting for the
Vietnam War and declared the
war unconstitutional because it
hadn’t been declared by
Congress.
Ruling that the plaintiffs did
not have legal “standing” to
bring the suit, Bums dismissed it
on a government motion after an
hour’s oral argument. Bums also
ruled that the suit involved
“political issues” which were not
proper items for consideration by
the federal court.
Porter, who argued the
plaintiff’s case, said after the
hearing that he thinks there is a
good chance an appeal will be
made. The suit was filed against
Melvin Laird, Secretary of
Defense. A Justice Department
civil division lawyer, John
Kelson, argued the case in
Laird’s behalf.
“Mere advocation of public
interest is not enough,” Kelson
said. He argued that the plaintiffs
had suffered no “individualized,
personalized loss,” due to the
Vietnam War.
The suit alleged that some
Americans have lost relatives in
the war, suffered economic loss,
and have not received medical
and housing benefits that they
could have expected had not war
expenditures upset the economy
of America.
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EMU favors UFW lettuce
The Aug. 16 issue of the Emerald contained an article with the
misleading statement: “At this point, the EMU’s policy on buying
lettuce is indefinite.”
The EMU’s policy is actually two-pronged rather than indefinite.
H P. Barnhart, Director of Housing, explained the buying policy in a
letter dated Aug. 16 to Gerald Bogen, vice president for student ser
vices.
“For the past several weeks,” the letter said, “Herbert has told
his buyer that quality and price being equal, he should favor lettuce
picked by the United Farm Workers.” (Herbert is a representative of
Emerald Fruit and Produce, the firm from which the University buys
their lettuce.)
The second part of the EMU’s policy is stated in an Aug. 14 letter
from Richard Reynolds, EMU director, to Bill Wyatt, President of the
ASUO.
“It is the University’s position,” the letter said, “that we will
continue our current practice of making available to our customers,
salads made from greens which are alternatives to iceberg (head)
lettuce as well as salads made from conventional head lettuce. ”
Dormitories expected full for fall
Dormitory reservations for fall term at the University are con
siderably ahead of this time last year, according to H.P. Barnhart,
director of housing.
Barnhart expects the dormitories to be full this year, but he said
openings remain for double rooms this fall.
Requests for single rooms, he said, now are being placed on a
waiting list, however. Barnhart pointed out that University dor
mitories have a total of 2,450 rooms, including 463 for single oc
cupancy.
The University housing director attributed the high number of
dormitory reservations this year to an effort this past year to upgrade
the dormitories, by such means as changing the food service format,
offering single rooms, and carpeting some of the halls.
Sorority rush begins Sept. 13
Pre-school sorority rush at the University will take place Sep
tember 13-18.
Women who participate will be housed in University dormitories.
Marti Chaney of Santa Clara, Calif., president of Panhellenic at
the University, explains rush as “a chance to visit the sororities on
campus. It also will be an excellent orientation to the campus and
campus activities.”
Further information may be obtained by writing the Panhellenic
office, Emerald Hall, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403.
Community
Issel’s sheriff candidacy questioned
The legality of Harry “Barney” Issel’s candidacy for Lane County
sheriff is under study by the state’s Attorney General’s Office. The
Republican candidate's qualifications were questioned Monday in a
letter to Donald Penfold, director of Lane County’s Dept, of Records
and Elections from Stephen Keutzer, a deputy district attorney.
Keutzer cited the county’s Home Rule charter requiring the
physical presence of a candidate in the county two years immediately
preceding his term of office, in his letter. Issel was director of public
safety on American Samoa until July 31.
Penfold referred Kuetzer’s letter to the Secretary of State’s office.
Jack Thompson, assistant secretary of state, is seeking a ruling from
the attorney general.
A strict interpretation of the county’s charter, Penfold said, may
be in conflict with state law. For example, one state law concerning
residency of candidates says that a person may leave the state for
“temporary purposes” without losing his place of residence, Penfold
said, if he plans to return to that location.
Candidate declares write-in campaign
A defeated primary candidate for representative of Oregon’s 4lst
district (which includes most of the campus area) has declared his
intentions of conducting a write-in campaign for that position in the
November election.
But Jim Reed, who was defeated by Mary Burrows in the May 23
Republican primary election, may not be eligible to run as a write-in
candidate.
According to Oregon Revised Statutes, a candidate for state or
district office unsuccessful in the primary is "not eligible as a can
didate for the general election.”
While Reed wrote Burrows and Democratic candidate A1 King of
an opinion by Attorney General Lee Johnson making it possible for
defeated candidates to run in the general election. Lane County
elections director Don Penfold said he was unaware of any such
decision
He said the attorney general had issued a statement saying
persons unsuccessful for one office in the prima-y could run for a
different office in the fall
Reed announced his intent to run in a letter to Secretary' of State
Clay Myers