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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
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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.
Under HB 2695, which the
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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
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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
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"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
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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
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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
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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.