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Klan specialist recounts history of Oregon KKK By MIKE RUST Of the Eifierald There was something a bit unusual about the featured speaker at the Wesley Center chapel Tuesday night — he began his presentation wearing vintage 1920s robes of the Tillamook County Ku Klux Klan. Eckhard Toy, an "occasional” member of the University history department and a specialist on right-wing extremism, elicited audience response to the robes at the beginning of his talk, which was sponsored by Hillel, the national Jewish student group. He then presented a synopsis of the Klan from its beginnings in the Reconstruction-era South through its present incarnations. Included in this history was an account of Klan activities in Oregon., During the early 1920s, one out of every eight Oregon white males over the age of 18 was a KKK member, Toy estimated. Toy spoke on the dangers of excess emotionalism. "It is a danger, but we have to try as best we can to put the danger in the proper perspective," he said. Toy disputed the view expressed by Attorney General David Frohnmayer in a recent University forum that during the 1920s, the Legislature was "entirely dominated" by the Klan. Rather, Toy said, the Legislature was dom inated by by the Republican Party, which in turn had many members who shared the WASPish prejucices held by the Klan. The Klan’s political influence in Oregon reached its peak during the years of 1922 to 1924, Toy said. In 1922, Oregon voters approved a referendum, originally proposed by Scottish-rite Masons and supported by the Klan, that would Photo by Erich Boekelheide Eckhard Toy donned Klan robes to illustrate his speech on KKK history. have closed all parochial and private schools in the state. The U S. Supreme Court ruled it un constitutional three years later. However, as in most states during the 1920s. the Klan eventually foundered because of internal dissension, Toy said. Food Faire to continue Today’s events at the Food Education Conference and Faire feature David Kinley speaking about the politics of food. Kinley is a co-worker of Frances Moore Lappe and Jo seph Collins at the Institute for Food and Development Policy in San Francisco, which is well known for its work in interna Author speaks at symposium Marilyn Ferguson, author of “The Aquarian Conspiracy: Personal and Social Transfora tion in the 1980s” is the featured speaker at a symposium Thurs day sponsored by the Lane Education Service District. The symposium will feature speakers in anthropolgy, science, technology, world politics, psychology and sociology who will address the question '“What's the world coming to?" Credit through the Universi ty’s continuing education pro gram is available Pre-registra tion is required. KINKO’S 4c Self Service COPIES 1 • Binding • Two-sided copies • Reductions 344-7894 764 E. 13th tional food distribution. He is author of a book on foreign aid, “Aid as Obstacle,” and is a contributor to "Food First: Beyond the Myth of Scar city,” by Lappe and Collins. At the Institute, Kinley has studied the impact of U S. government-funded aid pro grams in the Third World. Kinley will speak at 8 p.m. in the EMU Ballroom. Beginning today’s confer ences is a 10:30 a m. to 12:30 p.m. panel discussion on Com munity Self-Reliance and Gar dening. Discussion will cover how the Third World is affected by the global supermarket, the dangers of U S. farming tech niques, the role of community gardens in food production, utilizing waste as a resource, block farming and other topics. Appropriate Technology and Farming is the topic of a 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. conference. And a forum of representatives from Eugene’s collectives and co ops will discuss problems and visions in a 2:30 to 4:30 p.m panel on Collectivism. From 3:30 to 6 p.m. will be a conference on Herbs and Her balism: An Oregon Approach. Panelists will discuss herb farming and distribution throughout Oregon, botanical healing and herbal production, education and consultation. Throughout the day, local groups will offer information and food samples at a Food and Booth Faire in the EMU court yard. And from 12:30 to 5 p.m. food alternatives will be demon strated in 167 EMU, followed by a slide presentation on Chinese organic agriculture. For more information, contact the Food-Op at 686-4911. * ■ , <6®°' V6 ^ ^<'°!e • G° n. o#'° V* ^V’^6 1 P ill 101)41._ Hair Designing For Women & Men 561 East 13th EMU Ground Floor 485-4422 687-1347 Open 8 AM to 6 PM Open 8:30 AM to 6 PM ! SAVE $3.00! Terms of Coupon $3.00 off on a Full Service style. Includes shampoo, conditioning, cut & air wave style. Call now for an appointment, or walk-ins are welcome. Regular Price $14.00 Coupon expires April, 30, 1981. 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