Oregon daily emerald., May 24, 1973, Page 3, Image 3

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State loses
chance to buy
Cape Kiwanda
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By SCOTT SPITTAL
Of the Emerald
SALEM (Special) — The Oregon House
Tuesday diminished the chances of Cape Kiwanda
coming into public ownership by defeating a bill
that would have authorized the state to buy the Cape
from Barney McPhillips, a McMinnville banker.
The Cape was touted during the debate on the
floor as “one of the most beautiful pieces of real
estate in North America,” by the carrier of HJR 21,
Rep. Norma Paulus (R-Salem).
But Rep. Sidney Bazett (R-Grants Pass) called
the Cape an “attractive nuisance” and along with
others, voted down the measure.
The measure came into conflict with a similar
bill introduced by representative Phil Hanneman
(D-Tillamook). Hanneman’s bill (HJR 20) would
also authorize the purchase of the Cape.
But it came into conflict with Paulus’s measure
in that HJR 21 would authorize the purchasing of
lands adjacent to the Cape and the developing of
those lands as a part of a state park system.
Hanneman said that there was no need for an
extra park as adequate facilities are located in
Nestucca State Park one mile away from the Cape.
Hanneman also voiced fears that Tillamook
County would suffer financial loss from the
acquisitionof the extra lands and the subsequent
removal of them from the tax rolls.
The question of public ownership in the Cape
first came into prominence when Portland General
Electric took out an option to develop the Cape. The
option has subsequently been dropped.
However, McPhillips is still trying to sell the
302-acre parcel, reportedly because of the annual
property tax, approximately $12,000.
Paulus said, “There is ample money with which
to buy the Cape.” She said that the price tag of $1
million could be split in half between state and
federal funds.
inter-institutional Union
Delegate system discussed
Headed by the University’s
Don Brookhyser, the Inter
Institutional Union of Students
(IUS) is attempting to re
structure their current delegate
system and change to a three
delegate system that would
conform with all the four-year
colleges and universities in the
state.
Under the current delegate
system, the IUS allows each
school to have at least three
representatives; the number is
based upon the number of
students attending the school.
Each school is also allowed one
additional representative per five
thousand students over the first
five thousand.
Currently, Oregon has five
representatives, OSU has five,
PSU four and the remaining
small colleges such as OCE and
SOC all have three.
Under the re-organization
proposal by Brookhyser, state
chairer for IUS, all the major
colleges and universities would
have only three representatives.
According to Jeff Johnson,
former delegate to the IUS, this
would be of great benefit to the
larger schools, and the smaller
ones could probably handle three
representatives very easily.
“We are trying to strengthen
the IUS with this proposal. It can
be very effective if the schools
would work together on this,”
stated Johnson. He also noted
that recently, some of the smaller
schools have been inefficient with
their IUS programs, and that this
proposal by the University is not
trying to take advantage of the
smaller schools, but simply
trying to make their program
work.
“This is only a resolution,” said
Johnson. “The re-organization
proposal is not binding; each
school must ratify their own
decision on whether to conform
or not.”
Johnson noted that the election
of representatives is very im
portant. Of the proposed three
representatives, one should be
elected by the student senate, one
by the executive council and one
by popular student vote.
The IUS in operation serves as
a liaison between the students
and the State Board of Higher
Education and as a watchful
representative at the State
Legislature. It also serves as an
information resource center for
all groups and programs at the
University as well as the ASUO.
remmists discuss on
socialism, feminism:
In a free-wheeling two-and a half hour discussion Tuesday night,
University Feminists attempted to synthesize 100 years of thought and
struggle and define the relation between socialism and feminism.
The general consensus was that socialism is necessary but not
sufficient for feminism. The women pointed out that the ideals of
feminism are antithetical to capitalism, in their emphasis on control
of one's life and the implicit emphasis on humanistic values rather
than exploitation.
But as one woman pointed out, in countries where socialism has
been achieved, “women are free to go out and work, but they are also
free to crane home and do all the housework.” Unless women as a
group have enough power to demand such things as daycare and good
working conditions, they will certainly not be given by any existing
power structure.
It is for this reason that the women felt a sexually integrated
socialist group could not achieve the values they want to appear.
“Realization of oppression is on the personal level. For white women,
this realization tends to center around feminist issues. For men.
feminist issues are just not as important, they don’t feel the same
pain.”
Another woman said it was obvious that women must achieve a
sense of individual and movement autonomy before they can deal with
or will be dealt with by men as equals. “If we doubt the need for an
emphasis on feminist values, look at countries like Israel and
Sweden...women have basically the same position as here...”
But it is believed that to concentrate solely on women’s issues
while ignoring societal and economic structure is wrong. “Women who
concentrate solely on feminist issues are dealing with only one
segment of oppression.” Several women in the group cited the
Women’s Bank, proposed this week by Betty Friedan, as a perfect
example of only dealing with one form of oppression. One feminist
stated that she would not consider a bank imitating the existing
structure and purpose as a feminist action. “A bank is no threat to the
power structure.” It was pointed out that many women who con
centrate only on feminist issues lose sight of the larger picture and
become co-opted even if they do not mean to be. Women who want only
to be equal with their own class were not seen as adhering to feminist
ideas. “No wonder Black women and poor women see the women’s
movement as only wanting a larger slice of the existing pie, not con
cerned with making another pie out of different ingredients,” said one
woman. “We, as socialists or feminists, need not assume that raw
materials to make a new pie are contained in any existing structure.”
Library funds . . .
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students, have submitted to Clark
a budget request, including
recommendations for allocation
of library funds.
Although the library operated
on a budget of $450,000 this year,
Hintz has applied for $700,000 for
the next academic year. He
believes the library needs that
amount to maintain a level of
growth consistent with the
growth of the University. As yet
Hintz has received no word on the
amount of money which will be
allocated to the library for next
year.
Perry Morrison, Dean of the
School of Librarianship, agreed
that more money is necessary to
insure the maintenance of an
adequate quality of library
service. Morrison said the cost of
books and other materials is
increasing at a much faster rate
than the general inflation. “So
/
even if the library receives the
same amount of money as it did
last year, it will be worth 15 per
cent less in terms of acquisition
potential,” he said.
Morrison explained that the
real library crisis will occur noton
university campuses, Dut in
public, high school and special
libraries (for prisoners, the
mentally and physically han
dicapped, and the elderly and
isolated who must be reached by
bookmobiles).
Nixon’s budget cut has
eliminated libraries as a
separate category, and has
forced them to compete for funds
on a revenue sharing basis.
Libraries will receive less money
on the revenue sharing plan than
when they had categorical
grants, according to Morrison.
“Federal money used to be
working for equalization of
libraries,” he said. “Now we
have to fight each other for it.”
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