Hatfield supporting Panama treaty
By JANE LEHMAN
Of the Emerald
The Panama canal, labor reform legisla
tion and the energy problem are the three
major issues now confronting Congress,
said U.S. Sen. Mark Hatfield, R-Oregon,
Saturday.
Hatfield addressed more than 75 people
gathered to hear him at the law school. The
senator was on a brief speaking tour during
his three-day visit to Oregon before return
ing to Washington, D.C.
The Panama Canal issue is generating
an emotional response according to Hat
field.
I’ve not found that great an emotional
reaction of the people since the Vietnam
war,” said Hatfield. He said that opponents
condemn his stand in favor of approving the
treaty in terms of “super patriotism and
claiming it is the will of God.”
Hatfield believes that failure to ratify the
treaty would create an obstacle to good
hemispheric relations.”
Turning to the labor reform bill pending in
Congress, Hatfield called it “one of the
poorest drafted pieces of legislation I’ve
ever seen.
He does not see that passage of the bill
will help resolve current coal miners strike.
Criticizing efforts to resolve the strike he
said. “You don’t build future peace on the
Photo by F.H.A.T. Axmachof
Sen. Mark Hatfield: Panama Canal an emotional issue
backs of broken bodies and spirits. You
might find a contract, but you don’t resolve
the issue.”
On the energy problem, Hatfield said he
has “come full circle” in his thinking towards
nuclear energy. Once an active proponent
of nuclear power, Hatfield says now he
does not support the expansion of the
energy source. "We must move to develop
renewable forms of energy, such as solar,
tide and geothermal energy generation.”
Unhappy with the Carter administration s
energy plan, Hatfield called it a “blueprint
for disaster,” because of its dependency on
fossil fuels and nuclear energy.
Citing the increasing costs of nudear
energy, Hatfield said that private industry
can no longer afford to produce the power.
“The economics of the matter indicate
the Carter plan is a major step toward
nationalizing nuclear energy,” he said. He
concluded the White House is moving to
ward public take-over of nuclear power op
erations.
In response to a question on Carter’s per
formance in office, Hatfield evaluated him
as “the least qualified, poorest trained man
to be president in recent history." He said
Carter has alienated the Congress from him
and has failed to show effective govern
ment leadership.
Hatfield also responded to a variety of
questions:
• Gay rights — “I do not necessarily con
done that life style, but I do tolerate it.” He
said he looks at the issue as one of civil
rights.
• Extension of the Equal Rights Amend
ment — “I am perhaps a little cool toward
that idea.” He warned supporters of the
extension they will also have to deal with
whether states can rescind their approval.
• Abortion — “I can't accept the proposi
tion of abortion on demand unless it is sav
ing the life of the mother.”
Environmental expo to examine alternatives
By MELISSA HILTON
Of the Emerald
Where can you learn about
Mechanical Mule gardening
aides, holistic health, composting
toilets, windmills and yurts, while
listening to bluegrass, traditional
African music and jazz?
The Whole Earth Environmen
tal Exposition 78 will offer these
and many other options March
24-26 in Portland.
‘There are many small efforts
going on in Oregon,” says Janet
Howey, an assistant organizer of
the exposition. “We want to bring
together in one place a whole lot of
what’s been happening.”
The show will include more than
150 displays on new solutions to
the problem of limited energy and
resources, in the fields of alterna
tive energy, gardening and small
farming, shelter, transportation,
recreation and nutrition.
There will be speakers,
Minimum wage complaint filed
A difference in Supreme Court
case readings may enable stu
dents at Oregon institutions to re
ceive the federal minimum wage.
Jenny Tompkins, Southern
Oregon State College student
body president, recently filed a
complaint with the wage per hour
division of the Labor Department
to find out whether the State
Board of Higher Education is in
compliance with federal law.
No official word has returned
from the Labor Department, but
Jack Condliffe, head of the stu
dent food service worker's union
on campus, says “they did indi
cate there was certainly a very
high likelihood the State Board
has to comply.”
In 1968, the Supreme Court ex
tended the minimum rate to all
state hospitals, institutions and
schools. In 1974, the ruling was
further extended to cover all public
agencies, but was then found un
constitutional.
Condliffe says the State Board
bases its payment of less than
minimum wage for some students
on the 1974 ruling and ignores the
earlier decision. The labor de
partment will report back to
Tompkins, who says she will keep
Condliffe informed.
CSPA students to advise peers
Beginning March 28, students
will take over the advising office of
the Wallace School of Community
Service and Public Affairs (CSPA)
to offer peer counseling services
for the school.
The peer academic advising
program is being started because
CSPA Adviser Dick Crawford is
leaving after this term and won't
be replaced.
Pre-majors will be sent to the
University academic advising of
fice, but according to pub
lic Affairs graduate Eva Smek
ens, CSPA students hope to have
enough volunteers to staff the of
fice full-time and handle advising
services for declared CSPA ma
jors.
Smekens said if students are in
terested in either using the service
or being volunteers, they should
contact coordinator Jo Davenport
in the CSPA advising office, 121
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for sign up information drop by
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686-3701
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The first orientation meeting
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the advising office.
workshops and films on all three
days, as well as music, dance and
theater.
“There's a lot of technology
people don't know about, such as
composting toilets, ways of using
solar energy. This is a place for
them to find out," Howey explains.
“People in the Northwest are in
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The exposition is intended to be
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as well as a source of information.
"A lot of emphasis in the dis
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The exposition was organized
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Andrea Scharf, a co-organizer
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poetry festivals, were planning a
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tion. The four got together and,
with the help of assistants, ar
ranged the Whole Earth Environ
mental Exposition.
The exposition’s featured
speaker Saturday evening will be
Ernest Callenbach, author of
“Ecotopia.” Gov. Bob Straub will
appear at 3 p.m. Friday, and
former Gov. Tom McCall at 3
p.m. Saturday.
Other speakers include Mark
Tager on holistic health, Lee
Johnson on wind energy and
Peter Chan, the author of “Better
Vegetable Gardens the Chinese
Way.”
Music will be provided by Corn’s
Bluegrass Remedy, Dumi,
Baba Yaga and Minanzi, a group
playing traditional and contem
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entertainment includes Portland's
Dancer’s Workshop and
Stonesoup Theatre.
The exposition will be held in
the Memorial Coliseum in Port
land, from 2-10 p.m. Friday, 10
a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday and 10
a m.-8 p.m. Sunday. A tabloid with
a complete schedule of events will
be distributed on campus during
finals week. Admission is $2.50,
or $5 for all three days.
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