CIVIL
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Oregon daily
emerald
Monday, November 15, 1982
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 84, Number 52
Reagan divesting civil liberties
Activist criticizes
‘counter-revolution’
By Jonathan Siegle
Oflhe Emerald
Former congressman. Father Robert
Drinan accused the Reagan admin
istration of engaging in a "counter
revolution in civil liberties" in an
address to the Eugene chapter of the
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
awards brunch at the University's
Faculty Club Sunday
Drinan spoke to 100 people gathered
to honor Nancie Fadeley, Bob
Peters and C R Hoyt for their efforts to
preserve Oregon's civil liberties.
Drinan, former dean of the Boston
College Law School and a Jesuit priest,
served in Congress during the 1970 s
He declined to run for re-election after
a papal directive against priests hold
ing public office
In his speech. Drinan addressed
what he called the "parade of horri
bles" leading to the dismantling of civil
liberties in the country
Drinan accused William Bradford
Reynolds, the current assistant attor
ney general in charge of civil rights, of
seeking to dismantle affirmative action
"This government wants to reverse
all the great liberal and progressive
revolutions we've fought for in the last
50 years." What began in I933 ended in
1980, he said
The last 22 months have been the
worst, he said Unless voters turn
Reagan out in 1984, Drinan foresees
another "dark age coming”
Drinan also stressed some good
Photo by Bob Baker
Father Robert Drinan holds the Reagan administration responsible for the 'parade
of horribles’' that are dismantling American civil liberties
news
The Freedom of Information Act,
which Reagan promised to limit, is still
intact Tax-exempt universities won't
be allowed to practice racism And the
passage of the voting rights act is a
clear success
But Drinan points to such efforts as
the Justice Department fighting Title IX
as an example of this administration's
ar.ti-minority position
“Some of the nastiest segments of
our society are in charge," he said
As a member of the judiciary com
mittee Drinan played a principle role in
the Nixon impeachment proceed
ings.
Drinan is currently a professor of
constitutional law at Georgetown
University Law School, the national
president of Americans for Democratic
Action, a member of ACLU’s National
Advisory Board, active in Common
Cause and a frequent speaker at liberal
fundraisers
He recently completed a book,
"Beyond the Nuclear Freeze," to be
released in the spring.
The brunch also provided
recognition of local civil rights efforts
Hatfield calls for conservation
By Michele Matassa
Of th« Emerald
Republican Sen Mark Hatfield gave
the Northwest Regional Power Act and
Bonneville Power Administration a "C"
grade for conservation progress during a
solar seminar Saturday
Hatfield supported energy conserva
tion and renewable resources as future
sources of energy in his presentation,
the eighth in a nine-part Fall Solar
Seminar sponsored by Eugene's Solar
Energy Center
Hatfield, chairman of the Senate
Appropriations Committee, offered a
midterm review of the 1980 Northwest
Regional Power Act and an analysis of
the Bonneville Power Administration s
"overall record "
He graded them a “C' which he said
could be made into a B' or an A
Overall, the Oregon senator praised
the power bill, which he co-authored He
said the legislation provided a "whole
new framework" for ranking "priorities
for developing energy in the future
He was referring to part of the bill that
gives conservation and renewable re
sources a 10 percent preference over
other energy sources in budget alloca
tions
Hatfield quoted the priority ranking of
four energy sources for investment
funds Conservation ranked first with
renewable resources falling into second
place.
Industrial waste heat resources and
conventional fuel
"burned by highly ef
ficient methods" were
given third priority,
while "other re
sources, such as coal
and nuclear plants"
were ranked last,
Hatfield said.
The bill has been cri
ticized for leaning
toward nuclear power.
Its delegation of more
responsibility to the
BPA at a time when the
administration was be
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Sen. Mark Hatfield
Pointing out that
most Oregonians are
rural ratepayers,
Hatfield said "The
people of Oregon
should not be dis
criminated against."
The power bill
addressed this prob
lem because it "did
give to us an ability and
to the BPA a respon
sibility" to project en
ergy requirements and
consequently assist
the private utilities in
limitinn rnsk Hatfiolrt
volvement of the Washington Public
Power and Supply System hailed much
criticism.
But Hatfield said only if all other energy
sources were unfeasible or exhausted,
“then and only then would we consider
nuclear power."
Hatfield’s "review" of the act became
somewhat defensive as the senator
spoke before a group of voters who, he
admitted, were strong opponents of the
proposal during its consideration in
Congress.
He said before the power bill passed, a
"great rate disparity" between rural and
city utility rates existed
The rural ratepayers were charged
more because they are served by private
utilities, while city-dwellers were charged
the lower rates of public utilities and
co-ops, Hatfield said.
said.
Hatfield said the next step is to im
plement the bill properly. “It’s not en
ough for Congress to enact a bill and
walk away."
One oversight was congressional
appropriations, and as appropriations
committee chairman, he will move
toward improvements in this area.
Some improvements already have
been made, he said.
Between fiscal years 1980 and 1983
conservation programs have had
"almost a tripling" of funds from the
B.P.A.'s budget, Hatfield said
He cited a $23 million increase for
state programs and a $56 million in
crease for local governments over the
three-year period
Don’t get a “false sense of security,”
Hatfield said.
Free Walesa
returns home
to celebration
GDANSK, Poland (AP) - Solidarity
chief Lech Walesa returned to a joyful
homecoming Sunday after mysteriously
disappearing for more than a day follow
ing his release from 11 months in
martial-law custody
There was no immediate explanation
for Walesa’s delay in coming home to the
first-floor apartment in this Baltic port
city where his wife, seven children and
hundreds of friends and supporters had
maintained a long, anxious vigil.
Walesa was arrested when martial law
was imposed Dec 13 and Solidarity su
spended The independent union was
outlawed by Parliament last month.
The crowd broke into cheers when the
39-year-old union chief showed up just
before 10:30 p m — 1:30 p m PST.
But Walesa jumped from the car and,
accompanied by several bodyguards,
rushed into the building without shaking
hands. Witnesses discounted an earlier
report that the bodyguards were Solida
rity members and said it appeared they
were government security men.
After five minutes and in response to
the incessant chants of the crowd, he
went to an open window of the apartment
and said, "I will speak very briefly be
cause I have not used my voice for one
year
“We have to reach an agreement but
not on our knees," he said, echoing the
statement he made during an interview
with the government television network
Saturday at the state-run lodge in south
eastern Poland where he had been held
for the past six months.
When he asked if the interview had
been shown on television Sunday night,
the crowd roared, '‘No!”
“I have to think it over," he said. "So
give me a couple of days.”
Walesa arrived in a four-car caravan
when a crowd that had swelled to about
3,000 during the day’s waiting had dwin
dled to about 500.
He returned to the drab apartment in
Gdansk's Zaspa district four days after
the military regime announced his im
pending release from the government
lodge at Arlamow, where he had been in
custody for six of the 11 months of in
ternment.
Mystery, speculation and official
silence had surrounded Walesa’s where
abouts since the communists govern
ment announced Saturday that it had
freed him.
Authorities had said they were freeing
him because they no longer considered
him a political threat and because he had
promised to come to terms with the
martial-law government.
The government said Saturday that
Walesa had left Arlamow and distributed
pictures showing the union leader carry
ing suitcases. A black car was pictured in
the background.
A copy of the transcript of the televi
sion interview quoted Walesa as saying
he wants a reconciliation with the
government but "not on my knees."
The crowd gathered outside the
Walesa apartment, one of hundreds of
nondescript dwellings in a Gdansk
suburb, had decorated the neighbor
hood with Polish flags, red Solidarity
banners, pictures of Walesa and flowers
Police made no moves to stop Walesa's
neighbors.