Oregon daily emerald., February 21, 1974, Section A, Page 3, Image 3

IFC backs Coalition,
funds UFW’s Huerta
A Tuesday night decision by the Incidental Fee Committee will
allow United Farm Workers vice-president Dolores Huerta to be
present at the University next Wednesday. The IFC approved a
request by the Eugene Coalition for the Support of the Boycott and $375
for plane fare for Huerta.
Huerta will appear at the Student Court hearing on charges filed
against Tony Gregg and Esaway Amasha for their alleged par
ticipation in a march during last Friday’s annual Oregon Newspaper
Publishers Association luncheon in the EMU Ballroom.
The Coalition had originally asked for $475 to cover publicity costs
as well as the plane ticket, but the IFC ruled that it was the respon
sibility of the Coalition to provide the publicity.
IFC legal counsel, Don Chalmers, stressed, “We have a com
mitment to these people (the Coalition) because the IFC subsidy to
the EMU had a stipulation connected with it stating that the money
was not to be used to purchase non-union produce.” Chalmers stated
that the provision was subsequently overruled by the University. The
IFC provides about half the operating budget for the EMU, he said.
In another area, the IFC failed to take any action on a request for
$800 for a Black psychology symposium. The request was made by the
Black Graduate Student Council (BGSC).
.The $800 would provide about a third of the money which the BGSC
says would be needed to put on a two-day program in April. The
program would feature four psychologists from San Francisco and be
titled, “Community Psychology: A Black Perspective.”
The two IFC members present (Randy Shilts, IFC chairer, was
out of town) indicated their approval of the concept. However, due to
computer foul-up, they did not know how much money was actually
available for distribution to the group.
A Eugene urban scientist?
City council votes ‘ yes ’
By KATHLEEN GLANVILLE
Of the Emerald
Eugene City Council members
voted Wednesday to utilize in
dustrial and space technology to
solve urban problems. Eugene
will be one of 27 American cities
to hire a qualified scientist to help
solve its particular problems.
Under an arrangement with
Public Technology Inc., a
national experimental program
to support the use of new
technology by local urban
governments, Eugene will place
a qualified scientist in the City
Manager’s office for three years.
Public Technology, Inc., acting
for the National Science Foun
dation, will help the city select a
scientist from one of the
“physical sciences” such as
physics, chemistry or
engineering, and will pay 90 per
cent of his salary for the initial
two years. Eugene will pay the
remainder of the salary plus
office expenses.
According to City Manager
Hugh McKinley, Eugene will
have a controlling hand in both
the selection of the scientist .and
the choice of projects he works
on. The projects proposed would
be technical, said McKinley,
dealing with specific problems
and challenges that the city staff
is unable to tackle because of
lack of time and manpower.
Public Technology, Inc. will
provide back-up research for
individual projects and will
maintain an information ex
change system giving each city
the benefit of the work of all 27
scientists.
Council president Tom
Williams approved the concept,
saying that the import of the
program lay not so much on
“Eugene solving the urban
crisis...but that with the decline
of the space race and certain
industries, we as a nation have
some obligation to provide em
ployment for out of work
scientists as much as any other
group.”
Mayor Les Anderson called the
program an exciting opportunity,
one he felt sure would prove its
worth. He said the present city
staff is often too hard pressed to
do the kind of “crystal gazing”
that opens the doors to in
novation .
The only dissenting vote
against the proposal came from
council member H.C. McDonald.
McDonald asserted that the city
of Eugene had “enough in
telligent staff members to do the
job” and there was no need for
seeking outside people.
Under the agreement, Eugene
can terminate the contract with
30 days notice if the council feels
the program is not living up to
expectations.
*CHEAP!
Portland allotted most extra gas
SALEM (UPI)—The dty of
Portland will receive the largest
share—1,036,990 gallons—of the
3.4 million gallons of additional
gasoline for Oregon that was
allocated by the Federal
Energy Office this week.
David Piper, director of the
State Office of Energy Con
servation, said that allocations
were made on the basis of
existing hardship, population,
and whether a community had
previously been allocated
gasoline from the state’s three
per cent set aside for emergency
purposes.
“Obviously, the new
allocations won’t take care of
every situation,” Piper said.
“Our effort was to even out the
shortages and reduce the length
of gas lines.
“But even with the increased
allocation, motorists still should
be aware that this isn’t enough
gasoline by any means to return
to business as usual,” Piper said.
“As the governor has said
frequently, conservation and
development of alternatives to
many present uses of gasoline
will be required to an even
greater degree than has been the
case so far.”
Piper said his office was unable
to allocate directly to com
munities 312,000 gallons of the
increased allocation since the
location of retail outlets served
by seven smaller suppliers isn’t
known.
Several communities either do
not appear on the allocation list
or the amounts they receive may
seem to be less than justified. But
Piper said these are among the
four dozen communities that
previously received additional
gasoline from the state’s monthly
set aside of three per cent of the
total brought into the state.
Here are the major areas of the
state where the 3.4 million
allocation will go:
Portland, 1,036,900; Eugene,
229,800; Salem, 193,200; Cor
vallis, 110,800; Hillsboro, 80,700;
Springfield, 76,500; Beaverton,
59,500; Milwaukie, 51,000;
Gresham, 51,000; Dallas, 42,500;
McMinneville, 38,200; North
Bend, 34,000; Newburg, 34,000;
Ashland, 42,500; Grants Pass,
51,000; Medford, 85,000; Klamath
Falls, 42,500; Bend, 51,000;
Forest Grove, 34,000; Florence,
25,500; St. Helens, 25,500; Albany,
29,700; Lebanon, 42,500.
Piper said some communities
will feel they did not get a fair
share of the allocation, but that
many of them were among
communities already allocated
emergency supplies from the
State Energy Office allocation.
Coos Bay, for example is listed
as receiving only 8,500 from the
3.4 million allocation. But the
hard hit coastal community will
receive 22,000 from the state set
aside and 35,000 additional
directly from the Federal Energy
Office, Piper said. That
gallonage is not included in the 3.4
million allocation.
Piper said the allocations from
his office have been made all
during the month, but that some
of the increased gallonage may
not have appeared yet in the
communities. Gasoline suppliers
have been advised, however, of
the state directive and are
required under federal rules to
carry out the order.
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