Students
discuss
tenant
bill
By HARRIET JOHNSON
Of the Emerald
Is there another unnoticed minority? Whether
it’s a minority or not, the tenants of the Eugene
Springfield area are due to be noticed soon in
Salem.
The ASUO Off-Campus Housing Office is
working for the passage of a bill in the state senate
that would give tenants in Oregon some legal rights.
In an organizational meeting Tuesday night in the
EMU, students discussed their individual problems
as well as provisions of the bill with ASUO Off
Campus Housing director Frank Wall.
Senate Bill 199 is a statute modeled on the
Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
which was proposed by the 1972 National Con
ference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.
The bill would regularize state laws dealing with
landlord-tenant relationships.
The main purposes of bill, as summarized by
the ASUO Off-Campus Housing Office, include
provisions dealing with the landlord’s liability for
maintenance, as well as his reasons for eviction and
the tenants right to deduct certain costs for repairs
and cleaning from his rent payments.
According to Wall, the bill is aimed toward
“balancing the rights of landlords and tenants.”
Undo* current Oregon law, the tenant has three
legal rights, dealing with notice of departure,
eviction, and the landlord’s lien responsibility, Wall
said. The rest of the precedents, he said, have been
set by judicial decisions. Wall said he wants Oregon
to be one of the first states to adopt the statute. So
far only Michigan has done so, he said.
During the meeting, Tom Hanlan, of the law
firm which is under contract to the ASUO, said 25 to
30 per cent of his business at the University has to do
with students who have troubles with their lan
dlords. Ralph Krumbieck, head of the Eugene
Springfield Tenants Union, emphasized that a
landlord-tenant problem is indeed existent, for he
“gets phone calls every day” registering com
plaints of this nature.
In a survey conducted by the Off-Campus
Housing Office during fall term registration at the
University, it was found that “for many landlords
compliance with SB 159 should not create a financial
burden.” The survey contends, however, that
“many tenants were nonetheless forced to contend
with apparently excessive delays and non
responsive behavior” in the landlord’s action
toward maintenance, as well as, “a substantial
number of tenants reported failure of the landlord to
make any repairs at all.”
Committee hearings on the bill will begin at 9
a.m. today (Thursday) in the Senate, Wall said.
“Landlords will be crawling out of the woodwork,”
said Wall. He would like tenants to make a “show of
force” at this and at the subsequent committee
hearings that will be held ova* the next few weeks.
Wall emphasized that the Off-Campus Housing
Office is willing to take “case histories” as well as
give more information and make petitions available
for tenants to sign for the passage of the bill.
Interested students may obtain these at the
ASUO Off-Campus Housing Office in room 319 EMU
or attend Tuesday night meetings in the student
union for those interested in the legislation.
Return of government to local level
dominant theme of committee meeting
The return of government to
the local level was the dominant
theme at Tuesday night’s
meeting of the Lane Council of
Governments (LCOG) Combined
Citizens Advisory Committee in
the Eugene Hotel.
The meeting consisted of
reports from ten LCOG advisory
committees, as well as an ad
dress by LCOG board chairman
Ken Omlid.
In his opening address, Omlid
stated “if we (LCOG) are to take
advantage of the current ad
ministraton’s attempt to totally
decentralize the federal govern
ment, we need to sell the true
story about the needs, the
responsibilities, and the
limitations of a voluntary
association of local government
units.”
Omlid continued, “We must
continue to each become more
knowledgeable and conversant
about the total national domestic
delivery system and local
governments’ importance in this
system.”
“Let’s keep the responsibility
local so that government can and
will be more responsive to
people’s needs,” concluded
Omlid.
Nils Hult, Committee on
Economic Development chair
man said his committee had
looked into the “possibility of
establishing a Center for
Economic Development at the
University with federal, state and
local support ot provide technical
assistance to industry and to
establish a permanent in
stitutional base for economic
development.
“An analysis and evaluation of
population growth and em
ployment growth projections that
tie economic planning in with
other planning considerations
such as transportation, housing
and manpower,” was also being
undertaken by his committee
said Hult.
Citizens Advisory Committee
for Criminal Justice Planning
Chairman Janet Calvert said the
“ultimate goal” of her committee
was to recommend the “crucial
path for corrections” in Lane
County.
“We (the committee) feel that
the period of time from ap
prehension until trial, bail and
humane detention facilities
should be given the utmost at
tention.”
Calvert added the committee
had “recommended that htis
community establish a
detoxification facility to channel
alcoholics out of the criminal
system and give them needed
help.”
Dale Curry, Comprehensive
Health Planning Committee
chairman, said his committee
had conducted a study on health
policies and priorities in Lane
County. “Emphasis in this
document is placed on
development of projects focusing
on primary prevention and early
diagnosis to minimize disability
in contrast to the traditional
emphasis in our present system
of providing treatment after the
problem occurs,” said Curry.
Other committees which gave
reports were the Citizens Ad
visory Committee on Agin,
Educational Planning Com
mittee, Citizens Advisory
Committee on Housing, Ancillary
Manpower Planning Committee,
Natural Resources Advisory
Committee, Citizens Advisory
Committee for Transportation
Planning and Arts Advisory
Committee.
lec
Hawaii
Spring
Vacation
Portland *-,AA00
Roundtrip *144
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND
APPLICATION AVAILABLE
Deadline for Applications Feb. 10th
International Education
Center
Rm. 202 EMU X3721
Agency studying
University’s hiring
The Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of
Labor has begun a field inspection of University employment
practices to ascertain compiance with equal pay provisions
of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Claude Hall, compliance officer with the Wage and Hour
Division’s Eugene station, is conducting the inspection.
University Executive Dean John Lallas said, “The
University believes it is in compliance with the Fair Labor
Standards Act, but will assist in every way to expedite the
inquity.”
Hall pointed out that Congress only recently amended the
Act to include academic and professional employees of
colleges and universities under the equal pay provisions
(effective July, 1972).
He explained that inspections thus are commencing at
collegs and universities throughout the nation.
“The University has not been singled out by any means,”
said Hall. “It just happens to be the first of the institutions I
have been assigned to inspect.”
g Hall will examine payroll records first to determine
:g whether any salary discrepancies exist on the Oregon
| campus between men and women performing equal work
| requiring equal skill.
i- He will interview employees in instances where he has
| identified possible discrepancies, such as a man and woman
in the same department who appear to be performing equal
:• work but are not receiving equal pay.
The Fair Labor Standards Act provides that if violations
are discovered, and both the employer and compliance of
ficer agree on them, the employer will be asked to pay back
wages and increase the salaries to equal amounts.
If the employer and compliance officer disagree on a
specific violation, the local officer forwards the case to the
Portland office of the Wage and Hour Division for review.
The final stage of review is in the Regional Solicitor’s Office
in Seattle.
He expects his inspection at the University to extend one
to two months.
iwoupon goon
S. Wed.
If b°y *woJ
f°L 23w
13th and Patterson cast0l,,er
Tha Opm Economy Program
I TEH MU WEEE FELL EMFLETHEET
EEEEEB
/aa to 4aaaa aJ Aujig J/AaaAa/aa fjm (cm\n
4fr <mm «/ <1 emW metmnet m»»f JUm en
Till p mem/d. ^ ** intUmed, mettmnlt
tern en tteeiee mm etmdmte deenfl de *****
oemnee mid de Ufi A *Udee end fnenjk
‘tftfc/jkeftit a
P.S. dene U feet me eden m*f
leidmidX. IteUem Idem 3t3A TumeU*
lime 400 ~ 6.00 Td. fee
aS3S3S3CSS3SJCSS363S3S3S3S3KX3S3S3S3S3S3S30S3(SSJS3CS3S3£3£3£SS3£MC30CSKSK