Monday, April 26, 1962
Eugene, Oregon
Oregon daily
emerald
Volume 83
Number 136
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Photo by Brant Walth
Marchers filled 13th Street from the University Bookstore past Fenton Hall, ending up at a rally In
front of the Federal Building In downtown Eugene.
El Salvador
1,500 march in protest
of American intervention
By Brent Walth
Of ttm Emtrmld
More than 1,000 marchers — winding their way from the University
to downtown Eugene — chanted their opposition Saturday morning to
U S. intervention in El Salvador.
Chanting “Hey, hey, Uncle Sam, we remember Vietnam” and
wearing signs such as "We will not be fooled,” the protesters marched
to the Federal Building for a rally with a speaker from El Salvador and
the San Francisco Mime Troupe.
Police estimates of the crowd (1,000), which at times spilled into
two lanes and stretched four blocks, were “low” according to a march
organizer who put the number at more than 1,500.
Whatever the numbers, the turnout exceeded organizers an
ticipation Marchers filled 13th Street from the University Bookstore
past Fenton Hall before the peaceful but vocal 18-block walk began.
“It is a struggle for social justice... it is a struggle for peace that
we need so badly,” said Alfredo Monge, a representative of FDR of El
Salvador. “We do not see how a struggle for social justice and peace
can touch the interest of the U S. or the security of this country.”
Monge, speaking through an interpreter, emphasized that the
recent elections in El Salvador “bring no solution to the crisis for the
people in El Salvador.”
Monge added that the countries who support the present junta, not
the Salvadorian people, were meant to be fooled by the elections.
“We cannot cheapen life in El Salvador without cheapening the
quality of life here in America,” said the Rev. Austin Ray at the rally. "I
refer to the situation in El Salvador lives are being dehumanized,
exploited, in order that capitalism may thrive and expand."
Kevin Kouns, spokesman for the march’s “umbrella” sponsor, the
April 24th Coalition, said the march served two purposes.
“First, we wanted to make people aware of the situation in El
Salvador to give people a chance to become better educated,”
Kouns said. "We want people to know that Salvadorians were coerced
into voting,” Kouns said.
“The elections were a fraud, and the estimates of how many
people voted were completely incorrect.”
“We wanted the media to come out," Kouns noted as another
motivation for the march. “We wanted them to see that the people in
Eugene have expressed their opposition to U.S. intervention in El
Salvador."
British attack Araentines
BUENOS AIRES (AP) -
Helicopter-borne British com
mandos recaptured the island of
South Georgia Sunday after
helicopter gunships attacked and
severely damaged an Argentine
submarine that detected the
operation 800 miles east of the
Falkland Islands, the British
government said
There was no immediate com
ment from Argentina, which
reported earlier in a communique
issued in Buenos Aires that its
forces on South Georgia were
resisting intense shelling from
British naval units and machine
gun fire from the air''
British Defense Minister John
Nott. flanked by a beaming Prime
Minister Margaret Thatcher out
side her 10 Downing Street
residence in London, said British
forces “have successfully taken
control of Grytviken,' the main
port on South Georgia's northeast
coast.
He said Argentine troops ran up
the white flag of surrender and
that no British casualties had
been reported "so far. At present
we have no information on the
Argentine casualty position."
Nott said the British forces had
landed by helicopter, were sup
ported by British warships, and
had met “onty limited resistance"
in an operation that lasted two
hours.
According to Nott. the com
mander of the South Georgia
landing operation sent this tele
gram to London: "Be pleased to
inform Her Majesty (Queen
Elizabeth II) the white ensign (of
the Royal Navy) flies alongside
the Union Jack in South Georgia.
God save the Queen.”
At the end of Nott’s announ
cement, broadcast live on Bri
tain's major television channels.
Thatcher turned to reporters and
said, "Rejoice at that news, and
congratulate our forces and the
marines."
In Buenos Aires, the Argentine
junta reported before the British
announcement that Argentine
morale and fighting capacity were
high on South Georgia, "making
the operation initiated by attack
ing forces very difficult "
The official Argentine news
agency Telam said ham radio
operators in Montevideo.
Uruguay, picked up shortwave
reports from South Georgia in
dicating the Argentines repelted
the British and shot down a British
helicopter. Another Argentine
news agency reported Argentine
casualties in the attack.
Argentina said its submarine —
believed to be a U.S.-built Guppy
class vessel — was unloading
food, mail and medicine on South
Georgia, * a dependency of the
Falklands in the frigid South At
lantic.
The British domestic news
agency Press Association, quot
ing government sources, said the
assault was preceded by a land
ing last Thursday of about a
dozen British marine comman
dos, who radioed back that the
Argentine defenders numbered
44 men plus a mortar team.
The agency said the landing
party had been put ashore from
a British submarine off the is
land, seized by Argentine forces
April 3.
Britain warned Argentina Friday
that any Argentine surface navy
vessels, submarines or warplanes
approaching the British armada
would be open to attack. There
was no immediate word on which
British helicopters took part in the
attack, but some 20 Westland Sea
King helicopters are known to be
deployed aboard die British air
craft carriers Invincible and
Hermes leading the armada.
Athletic department
shirts administration
Intercollegiate athletics at the University will become part of
University Relations effective July 1, according to a recent announ
cement by University Pres. Paul Olum.
As of that date, Rick Bay, intercollegiate athletics director, will
report to Curt Simic, vice president for University Relations.
Olum says he decided to make the change at this time at the
recommendation of Ray Hawk, vice president for administration and
finance, to whom the athletic department has reported formally since
1971 Hawk plans to retire Dec. 31 following 32 years at the University.
Hawk recommended the change be made July 1 rather than Jan. 1
because the fiscal and budget year for the athletic department also
begins July 1, Olum says.
“Of all of us in University administration, Curt Simic undoubtedly
has the greatest knowledge of and relationship with athletics, making
this change an appropriate and effective one,” Olum says.
Simic says he expects the change to be seen as consolidating the
public relations and outreach efforts of the University. “As I have said
many times, athletics is a window on the University, and for many
members of the community, athletics is their first contact with the
University,” he says.
"Bringing athletics into University Relations has other important
benefits,” Simic says. “Many alumni and development activities are
planned in relation to major athletic events such as a football or
basketball game or a track meet.”
Bay, who has been athletic director since Aug. 1, 1981, says the
transition should be a smooth one. “I have been meeting and working
with both Ray Hawk and Curt Simic since I arrived. We have anticipated
this change for some time.”
Bay says he is looking forward to working with Simic, noting that
both vice presidents hold a similar philosophy on the importance of
athletics in a university.
The change will not have any effect on the location of athletic
department offices.