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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1977)
Group handles race, religious complaints ■ • . j k .1 onn TKn nmn j'nmmioomn mn,., Editors note: This is the fourth in a five-part series about Eugene's human rights commissions. Friday 's article will took at the Commission on the Rights of the Aging By TIM SCHELL Of the Emerald The Commission on the Rights of Minorities is not a known resource to enough people in the community, ac cording to newly elected commission president, Marjorie Moy Colcord Colcord, a Chinese-American resident of Eugene for 14 years, describes the Minority Commissions's present goal as “to become more visible, active and to resolve social problems." The Minority Commission deals only with ethnic and religious discrimination, according to Clement Colcord stressed the need to fight "ethnic minority discrimination" in the Eugene area. Most of the cases the Minority Commission handles are ones where employers are accused of racial discrimi nation when the job applicant is not hired It is hard to win these cases, said Colcord, and the Minority Commission has failed to win a case as of yet The reason, said Colcord. is the job situation is so poor in the Eugene area that little hinng is done and many unsuc cessful applicants file discrimination charges with little or no evidence. Though the Minority Commission has failed to win a case, they have handled complaints A complaint be comes a case only if it goes to a hearings official after mediation has failed to alleviate the dispute Recently a black veteran of the Vietnam War tried to get a job as an ambulance driver in the Eugene area, Colcord said He had been a medic in the war i ne Minor ity Commission stepped in, and the veteran got the |Ob, one month later Like the other four human nghts commissions, the Minority Commission has nine members and operates on 1 r C KfcEVE <111 cl I « iuai lAmyui vx* «*» ■ -- - bers come from different backgrounds Newfy elected Chairer Manono Moy Cotcofd is a librarian at the Eugene City Library. Lewis Mornck. a black who works as coor dinator of special problems lor the Oregon Slate System of Higher Educafion. Kathryn Andneu, Is a white |urnor high school teacher In the Bethel school district, where she teaches courses in black literature. Phyllis P Looboy. is white and works as an administrative assistant on aftir mative action tor the Lane Transit District. Shirley Minor, is black and the acting coordinator of Public Service Emp loyment in Lane County s CETA program, Glenetto Olv era. a Chicano who is a social worker. Joe Scovell, a Native American who is an elementary school teacher at Ida Patterson. Tokshm Yi, a Korean employed by the Oregon State Public Welfare Division, and Whitty Bass, a white who works with Upward Bound Commission mem bers serve terms from one to three years and are ap pointed by the Eugene City Council The Mmonty Commission meets the second Thurs day of each month and meetings are open to the public On that same Thursday there is a minority report in the Register Guard written by commission momber Andneu In last week s report Andrieu noted that Lane County Commissioners will hold a public hearing May 3, at 7 30 p m in Harris Hall The proposed reorganization of Lane County s Affirmative Action Program will be presented In the last decade human rights has become a prev alent social concern with people who have been dis criminated against finally being recognized as equal ati zens The Minority Commission in Eugene is one place for a person who feels discnrnmated against because of his race or religious preference to turn for help Tenants’ bill debated before House committee SALEM — Should tenants have the right to rent a house or an apartment for as long as they want, if they have occupied it for more than a year, paid their rent on time and obeyed the rules? Wednesday the House Judiciary Committee heard both sides of the story Gary Roberts, deputy director of the Multnomah County Legal Aid Office, said that current law allows landlords to evict tenants for no reason. He added that ten ants have no redress against evic tion unless they can prove dis crimination. Tenants have a right to feel secure in their homes," said Roberts "They shouldn't have to worry about changing their kid s school. Roberts said many tenants are unjustly evicted and cited as an example a black women he knew who was evicted by a landlord from Alabama who had recently bought the complex she lived in "I called him up to ask why he had evicted her," said Roberts. "He said, Well, I just didn't like her. 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Remember: we carry the finest of professional hair care products for you to use &REDKEN committee is considering, iana lords could not evict tenants who had lived m a dwelling for a year or more, except lor certain reasons Those reasons would include nonpayment oI rent, irreparable damage to property or threats to the landlord, violation of the Resi dential Landlord Tenant Act, viola tion of the landlords house rules, justifiable need to demolish the rental unit, permanent removal of the unit from the rental housing market, or if the landlord or his family wants to move in Roberts said he thought the une-yeor ptJfiuu wuuiu mnvj lords the time to decide whether they want to rent to a particular tenant indefinitely "There probably is a class of tenants that landlords don t want to be saddled with, he said This bill will give landlords a year to make that decision But Warren Bowman, represen tating a Portland property man agement company, argued that time and circumstances can turn good tenants into bad tenants He cited a woman tenant with four young children who, four yuni 3 uyv;, 11 iv/»uu imu nn uj/ai ment complex his company man ages "She was a fine tenant he said, but now her children have grown into problems and one o( them has fist fights with other chil dren in the complex Bowman said that if landlords are to providn a good environment for the people who live in apart merits, they have to bo able to control who comes and goes He added that having lo show cause for an eviction would be an additional burden for landlords •> Panel to hold herbicide hearing By SARAH McDONALD Of the Emerald A hearing on House Bill 3230. banning the use. formulation, de livery or sale of herbicides and other substances containing TCDD (tetrachlorodibenzo-p dioxin), will be held before the Se nate Environment and Energy Committee this morning Any substances containing, or that can produce TCDD, will be deemed unsafe on raw agricul tural commodities immediately on passage of the bill. One local citizen s group will be testifying in support of the bill. "The bill will stop the use of chemicals which are causing health problems in people, wild life, and livestock, and damage to crops near forest land,' says Ann Tattersall, member of CATS (Citi zens Against Toxic Sprays). 2.4.5- T, an herbicide containing TCDD, has been found to do genetic damage to any species it comes in contact with, according to CATS research. "It can cause mutations, and even affect the fir trees which it's supposed to be helping," said Tat tersall. "If the trees are affected by the sprays, it could set back the growth of future generations of firs.” The use of the herbicides 2.4.5- T and Silvex is now banned by court order on Lane County’s Federal forestland. "The bill would 3c COPIES OVERNIGHT NO MINIMUM UNBOUND KINKOS 1118 Alder 344-7894 Also in Corvallis pul power behind the county commissioners Right now they can t control private use of the chemicals." remarks Tattersall The court order could also be re moved at any time "It's probably impossible for an absolute ban to get through this legislature. There s a fair chance that a bill with significant impact could be passed, she said, point ing out the State Government Op erations Committee as a possible stumbling block "They're very conservative, and could amend the bill, Tattorsall explained, Then, il it s still a good bill it should get passed by the house Wibur McNulty ot tho Primate Research Center in Beaverton will be there to ask lor the use ot TCDD in research and also to support the bill Representatives from private lores! industry are expected to testily against the bill They want to continue using TCDD because it is the quickest and easiest way to kill brush Solar (Continued from Page 3A) rate piping systems involved, plus a separate storage tank The water is heated at the solar collec tor, and then (lows to the heat ex changer. From there it is trans tered again to the storage unit, and then later to the living areas Whereas active solar syslems store and transfer heat from col lection points to a final use point, passive solar has no moving parts or air movement Passive solar energy involves all facets of home construction, particularly the de sign. Insulation, window locations, site preparation and the external environment, such as shade trees, all play an important role in passive collection The idea in a passive structure is to design it using natural mater ials , lighting and radiation to heat the structure. The advantage, in cost factors, is passive solar heat ing systems do not add to the cost of the home, while active solar types do increase initial costs. The only known passive struc ture in Oregon is a greenhouse near Noti There are some local residents planning to design a passive solar house tor the area, but most ot this area s solar energy is ol the active type Just as there are several ver ities ot solar home systems, there are several types ot radiation: di rect, diffuse and reflected The radiation or solar rays has a spe cial name also — insolation Direct insolation is sunlight ar riving at a collector location that has not been scattered — also cal led direct beam radiation Diffuse insolation is sunlight scattered by atmospheric particu lates that arrive from a different direction than sunlight. Since Oregon often has cloudy, we! weather, planners expect to re ceive more diffuse insolation Reflected insolation is a small amount of radiation not absorbed by the natural or man-made envi ronment, and is thus reflected back onto the collector. Some solar systems have developed re (lectors to accompany the collec tors, intensifying the radiation.
