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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1973)
& $ Buckminster Fuller scientist, architect, philosopher and engineer—spoke to more than 2000 persons in McArthur Court Tuesday night. In Oregon House and Senate Equal rights bill introduced By NAN HENDERSON Of the Emerald SALEM (Special) — A bill to ratify the Equal Rights Amend ment to the U.S. Constitution was introduced in the Oregon Senate Tuesday by Sen. Betty Browne, (D-Oakridge). A similar bill was introduced Monday in the House by Rep. Roger Martin (R.-Portland). In a Tuesday interview, Browne said that members of the senate “have received several hundred telegrams urging them to vote against ratification.” Both men and women have sent the telegrams in “an organized effort,” Browne reported. But she added, “Net one telegram has been received in favor of ratification.” She anticipates that the amendment will be ratified by Oregon “but the proponents are going to have to do their job.” At this point, “Somebody’s better organized than somebody else.” She said the bill will probably be referred to the judiciary committee which she chairs. “There definitely will be committee hearings on the bill,” Browne said, probably within a month. She reported that she has received a call about the bill from the American Broadcasting Corp. in New York. The network is planning to produce an in-depth report on ratification of the amendment in one state and is considering ratification in Oregon. Browne said she submitted a request to the legislative council “last August or September” to introduce the bill, and that no other senator was planning to introduce the bill. In the House, several other legislators will probably in troduce bills identical or very similar to Martin’s. Browne urged anyone con cerned about ratification of the amendment to “write im mediately to Senate President (Jason) Boe, House Speaker (Richard) Eyemann, Rep. George Cole, who is chairman of the House Judiciary committee, or myself.” Both Browne’s and Martin’s bills should be read in the senate and house for the first time today or tomorrow. Hie bills must then be read one more time, (usually the day after the first reading) before they are referred to committee. Rules were suspended Monday in the House and Senate to allow bills to be read for the first and second time and referred to (Continued on Page 3) Photo oy Matt McCormick Fuller philosophy simplistic, intense By KENNETH MAYS Of the Emerald Buckminster Fuller talks like someone with too much to say and not enough time to say it. But even in his detailed answers, his philosophy of simplicity is apparent. It is only his intensity that makes him seem so complicated. Fuller, scientist, architect, engineer and philosopher, said in Eugene Tuesday he is interested in getting the most out of the least. In his own approach to the environmental problem, he said he has been working since World War Two to find better ways to utilize energy and structure. In a press conference, he stated that upon his return from the war, he was appalled by the waste of building material. He said that in the war he had been involved in ship and plane technology, where space and weight limitations dictated material conservation. Fuller said he sought to bring this ship and plane technology to land. His concerns were expressed in performance-per-pound and greatest utilization of material. He stated his underlying philosophy was to exploit the highest capabilities of man, to do more with less. Perhaps his greatest accomplishment, the geodesic dome, was born out of a military need for radomes during the war, he said. The geodesic design, based on triangles, turned out to be the only structure both thin enough to allow penetration of radar waves and strong enough to withstand harsh weather. Fuller also stressed his interest in energy conservation. According to him, such forms as solar, water and wind energy are more inexhaustible than energy derived from natural resources such as oil, (Continued on Page 3) You can’t bomb Eugene without permission By DAVE WOODSON Of the Emerald Charlie Porter wants to bomb Eugene. But he has a problem. It turns out that it is illegal under state law to bomb Eugene or any other city in Oregon — without permission. “I want you to know it is very difficult to bomb Eugene,” Porter said Tuesday af ternoon. Difficult is hardly the word for it. Not only does Porter want to bomb Eugene but he wants to do it legally, and he has become tangled in an amazing web of legal mumbo jumbo and bureaucratic red tape. The former congressman was defeated November in his bid to return to his old job and the long-time anti-war advocate is the legal representative of newly formed peace group called Quit the War Now. Porter’s original plans to simulate a bombing of Hanoi on Jan. 20, the day the President is inaugurated for a second term, included dropping magnesium flares and cherry bombs from low-flying aircraft. So leaflets bearing the printed inscription “If you were in Vietnam and this were a bomb, you would be dead,” will be dropped instead. However, Porter still has a problem. The dropping of leaflets violates a Eugene anti-littering ordinance. So he has organized a clean-up crew. However, Porter still needs permission from Paul Burkett, state aeronautics ad ministrator. Burkett, it appears is in no big hurry to give Porter the permit. Porter says that Burkett told him, “No matter what kind of application I put in, they were going to reject it.” But, the local at torney said that Burkett has backed down somewhat from his earlier statement. Porter still fully expects to get the needed permit. The plans presently call for the dropping of leaflets in the downtown area and “other good military targets,” according to Porter who added, “If Mr. Dellenbackgets into town, we might drop a few on him.” Because of a possible fire hazard, Porter had to forget about the flares. “We didn’t want to take a chance on igniting the city,” he said. “We just do that in Hanoi.” The “bombing” will be scheduled to be coordinated with inauguration activities in Washington and with anti-war demon strations throughout the country. There will also be a demonstration in the Eugene Mall. Porter has contacted Byron Krog, a The helicopter broadcast, Porter said, “was the model bomb for the downtown anti-war rally.” Porter said that he did not plant to drop the model bomb. The scenario also includes amplified sound effects. The tape recording to be used will begin with the howling of air raid sirens, then the rumble of B-52s flying overhead, next the whistling of bombs dropping and then a collage of explosions and screams. FTesent plans call for the soundtrack to be broadcast from a helicopter flying overhead but if this is not possible, soundtrucks and speakers located on nearby hills will be used. The helicopter boradcast, Porter said, “was in the Vietnamese tradition.” The lack of permits for any of these plans doesn’t bother Porter, he just cites the First Amendment to the Constitution and says, “things are coming along great.”