State Legislature
Students plan to ‘shock’ House GOPs
By NAN HENDERSON
Of the Emerald
SALEM (Special)—Five
students representing student
organizations in Oregon will meet
with House Republicans today in
a 1 p.m. caucus and they plan to
“shock them as much as
possible,” ASUO President Bill
Wyatt told the Emerald Monday.
The meeting was arranged by
House minority leader Gordon
MacPherson (R-Waldport) who
contacted Wyait after reading an
article about student lobbyists in
the Oregonian.
“He responded to a statement I
made in the article about the
success of student-oriented
legislation depending on support
from Republicans,” Wyatt said.
He said that MacPherson told
him to shock the legislators in an
effort to liberalize them. “He
made no attempts to hide the fact
that he is trying to liberalize the
Republican Party to make
inroads with the student
population,” Wyatt said.
The students plan to discuss
such issues as lowering the age of
majority, placing students on the
State Board of Higher Education,
prohibiting Oregon servicemen
to serve in undeclared wars,
liberalizing abortion laws, and
dispensing contraceptives in
vending machines.
In addition to Wyatt, Joan
Eggleston, Interinstitution of
Students state chairer; Greg Leo,
Oregon Student Association state
chairer; Dave Dietz, Oregon
State University student body
president; and Thom Armstrong,
Portland State University
student body president, will meet
with the legislators.
Stiffer traffic laws proposed
By 1975, Oregon drivers could
be legally required to wear seat
belts at all times, drive with their
lights constantly on, pass the
Oregon drivers exam every four
years, and have an annual state
vehicle inspection.
A driver’s license may be
confiscated upon arrest, or
suspended for one year, if the
driver refuses to take a breath
test to determine if he is legally
intoxicated. Ami if a driver is
intoxicated, he may
automatically be required to
spend six days in jail.
3CWS3S3S3C
take time
to
READ THE
ODE!
^sxssxxmbxxsxxssxj
If 30 “traffic safety” recom
mendations made Friday by Gov.
Tom McCall are enacted by the
1973 Legislature, these and other
stiffer traffic laws may go into
effect in two years.
McCall outlined his proposal,
which mainly included stronger
penalties for drunken drivers and
drivers with suspended licenses,
in a special written message to
the 1973 Legislature.
“There is no conflict between a
program of compassion for the
ill—those addicted to alcohol—
and a program of stern action,”
the message read. McCall cited a
recent national public opinion
survey which found that 79 per
cent of those polled believed “the
police and the courts should be
tougher in dealing with drunken
drivers.”
Other proposals made by the
governor included funding an
additional 145 state patrolmen,
making driving with a suspended
license a felony, and requiring “a
mandatory suspension of the
license of a driver failing to stop
and render aid” to an injured
person.
The governor’s message was
referred to the senate committee
on transportation Monday.
House opens doors
The Oregon House of
Representatives officially opened
its doors to the press and public
Friday. In the first roll-call vote
of the 1973 session, House
members voted to prohibit
closing any house session or
house committee meeting.
Flamboyant speeches filled the
house chamber as Republicans
and Democrats alike claimed
that the proposed addition to the
house rules introduced by Rep.
Robert Stults (R-Roseburg)
would give the public new con
fidence in the openness of the
legislative process.
No member, however, could
ever recall the House holding a
closed session or committee
meting. And Rep. Grace Peck (D
Portland) has been serving in the
House since 1949.
Stults admitted that in
researching his proposal he could
not find one report of the house
meeting in a closed session. But
he said the possibility that the
house or a house committee
would meet in a closed session
does exist and that his rule would
help eliminate that possibility.
Rules of the house may be
suspended with a two-thirds
majority vote of the members.
In voting in favor of the change,
Rep. Keith Skelton (D-Portland)
said, “I’m going to support this
rule because the change will be so
monumental. After all, the house
and committees hold secret
meetings all the time.”
Before aluding the change as
WATER BED PADS
Queen Size.$7.
King Size .$8.
Shredded Foam
70 cents bag
SLEEPING
BAG PADS
24” x 75”
I" thick - 12.95
•11 - S3.60
2” - $5.95
SLEEP-AIRE
39 E. 10th
Next to the Overpark
343-2748
ss
the beginning of a “new spirit of
openness,” several House
members questioned whether or
not the proposed rule would apply
to party caucuses.
Stults replied that a party
caucus or meeting of committee
chairers “is just an informal get
together” and as such wouldn’t
fall under the jurisdiction of the
new rule.
Breathing sighs of relief after
hearing that interpretation,
house members voted
unanimously to initiate the “new
spirit of openness.”
Foreign student board '
deliberations continue
By KYLE JOHNSON
Of the Emerald
The Foreign Student Organization (FSO) executive board will
meet today at 4 p.m. to continue deliberations on a new proposed
constitution.
The proposed constitution is the result of a crisis that developed
during the fall term when last spring’s FSO elections were declared
invalid.
The crisis culminated shortly before fall term finals when a group
of 80 foreign students voted a “lack of confidence” in FSO leadership.
ASUO Vice-President Fred Loveys, a foreign student, began to
write a new constitution. Loveys said he modeled the new constitution
after the present ASUO consitution.
The board held one meeting on the proposed constitution before
the Christmas vacation, said Loveys.
Loveys said there are three major changes in the proposed con
stitution. One of these deals with the requirements for a quorum, said
Loveys. The spring elections were declared invalid because of a lack
of a quorum.
Other changes proposed, said Loveys, include giving the executive
board more responsibility, requiring one general meeting of FSO each
term and giving the responsibility of enacting the policies to the
president and vice-president of FSO.
Loveys said he hoped the new constitution could be approved
during spring term registration. He said a new FSO constitution would
clear “a whole lot of dead wood.”
A “controlled thawing” of the frozen FSO budget has also oc
curred said Loveys. The budget was frozen last fall when the elections
were declared invalid. He said the various foreign student
organizations “can, in effect, make their requests known and we’ll
unfreeze the budget.”
ea'Efarer
PANTS
BILL Bffl'S
Metta HI par
881 EAST 13th
BUSINESS CARDS
AS LOW AS $7#95 F0R 500
IBM COPIES ONLY $2.95
IBOOK BINDING
ADDRESS LABELS
l AVINATING
•INSTANT PRINTING
100 COP! E S ONLY $2 95
TYPING
THESIS RE PRODUCTION
WEDDING INVITATIONS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Johnny PRINT Copy Shop
1219 ALDER 345-4141
PEACE CORPS
WANTS YOU
We tried to think up a real jazzy ad for our
recruiting drive this week, but Peace Corps doesn't
need jazzin' up-it needs you. See us all this week
on the ERB Terrace-especially if you're a senior
in:
Architecture
Physical Ed.
Education
Liberal Arts
Engineering
Business Adm.
Accounting
Urban-Reg. Planning
Recreation
Geology
S.C. may be No. 1 in football. But UO leads the
West in Peace Corps-Vista volunteers. Let's keep it
that way!
^GRfflTH
bnouaream
jam6 800p.m. 180plc
EVENTS AT
COOPERATE
CHRISTIAN
MINISTRY
“THE MOVEMENT
FOR PEACE”
a five week series
Mondays - 7:30 P.M.
Begins Jan. 15th
Various Speakers
Newman Lounge, 1850
Emerald
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE
ROMANS Fridays-2:30
P.M. Rev. Don Jerke
Koinonia Center, 1414
Kincaid.
LITERATURE AND
FAITH A look at the
current authors and what
they are saying about God,
belief, and the values of
life. Tuesdays - 7:30 P.M. -
Begins Jan. 16th Fr.
Cassian - at Newman
SEXUALITY AND THE
CHRISTIAN In today’s
changing environment, a
second look at the Church’s
teaching on sex: what
values does it offer? - how
does it need to be changed?
Thursdays - 7:30 P.M. -
Begins Jan. 18th Frs. Geib
and Wilks - at Newman
WHAT A CATHOLIC
BELIEVES? A class for
those interested in
Catholocism and for
Catholics who want a
greater understanding of
their faith. Tuesdays- 7:30
P.M. - Begins Jan. 16th
Father Wilks, O.P. -
Newman Lounge
THE NATURE AND
EXPERIENCE OF
PRAYER “Lord, teach us
to pray.” Luke 11:1
Thursdays - 7:30 P.M. -
Begins Jan. 18th Sr.
Katherine - Newman
Chapel
LIFE DESIGN SEMINAR
“Creating a future for
you.” Wednesday 7 - 10
PM, 8 weeks Rev. Jay
McMurren - Koinonia
SOUNDS OF SILENCE A
weekend away. A retreat
for growing beyond
aloneness. Film, drama,
sharing and solitude. You
are invited. January 19-21
at St. Benedicts Lodge on
the McKenzie River. $8.
Information or sign-up:
call 686-3597, or drop in
Koinonia 1414 Kincaid.
Gary Young.