Oregon daily _ _
emerald
Tuesday, November 30, 1982
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 84, Number 61
Self-contradictions in Polish state
lead to chaos, says Prof. Fiszman
By Sandy Johnstone
Of the Emerald
Poland is a country of
contradictions, according to
University political science prof
Joseph Fiszman, who recently
returned from a research trip to
Poland
"I haven't had time to sort out
various and conflicting impres
sions," Fiszman told some 50
people in a Monday speech spon
sored by the Russian and East
European Studies Center
Fiszman points to the process he
had to go through to get his visa as
one example of the confusion
which pervades Poland The first
time he was invited to travel to
Poland by the International
Research and Exchanges Board,
he was refused a visa At that time
Fiszman was told by the Polish
consulate in Chicago that he would
have received the visa if he had
applied through the Washington.
DC, consulate
Later, when he was invited
again, Fiszman asked Poland s
internal security council to write a
letter. but because it was dated
before martial law was imposed, he
was told he had to get it renewed
by the embassy in Washington.
D C On impulse. Fiszman decided
to go to the Polish consulate in
New York — it gave him a visa in
two hours
What you get is a deliberate mix
of signals or disorientation on
the part of the government/'
Fiszman said
Another contradiction occurred
in the censorship rules when some
plays were performed in one city
and prohibited in others, he said
Also, while a tape proclaimed that
all calls were monitored everytime
the phone was used, no one ever
listened to the calls or taped them,
Fiszmna said
Before he went to Poland,
Fiszman said he was afraid, and
thus took what he thought were
necessary precautions, such as
not taking a camera and leaving
the Western papers he was reading
on his airplane His friends later
scolded him for those actions, and
on his second trip, Fiszman did
take his camera with no ill effects
Fiszman said a friend told him
you don't have to do anything to
be arrested There is always a
reason But if you are on the
approved list then you can get
away with murder — within limits It
depends on who you murder,''
added Fiszman. laughing
Joseph Flszman
While Poland is a military state,
Fiszman said officials are too fat,
too lazy and too busy stealing to
chase anybody." He added, how
ever, the Polish people have a
"suicidal instinct" to "fall into the
laps of the police" and once the
police have them they won't let
go
Fiszman says the mood of the
people is that they will survive
They tell me Our war is better
than Soviet peace "
Prof dismissed
for statements
SALEM (AP) — Gov Vic Atiyeh says he fired
University economist Ed Whitelaw from his Council
of Economic Advisors because Whitelaw injected
partisan politics into the advisory group
Whitelaw was an economic adviser to state Sen
Ted Kulongoski, D-Junction City, who lost to Atiyeh
in the Nov 2 general election
On Nov 9, Whitelaw wrote Atiyeh a terse letter
I agree with your post-election decision to remove
me from your Council of Economic Advisors If
membership on the council is a matter of patronage
and not public service, then academics should not
belong
In a letter dated Nov 24 but released Monday.
Atiyeh replied, Your idea that appointment to an
unpaid, unreimbursed council could somehow con
stitute political patronage is absurd
He said he fired Whitelaw for twice making
statements to reporters about the state's economic
forecast before the council had met
Atiyeh said he talked to Whitelaw after the first
incident and made it clear he feit the professor's
statements were inappropriate
Recently, again before the council met, you did
the same thing It was at that point I believed you had
wrongfully introduced political partisanship into my
council,' the governor wrote
The governor said academics has a defined
place on his advisory council.
"An academic appointment, like any of the other
appointments to the council, should always bring the
highest degree of professionalism to this most
important and significant duty," the governor said
Volunteers insure museum won’t become an artifact
Photo by Bob Baker
The University's Museum of Natural History has turned to
volunteers like 70-year-old Mike Smith to survive recent budget
cuts.
By Tim Ledbetter
Ot the Emerald
When the University's Museum of Natural
History was severed from the University's budget,
it was like moving a small tree from a river bank to
a dry desert
But with a little money and an "amazingly
dedicated staff,'1 the museum is blossoming
again, says assistant director Patty Krier
The museum, which houses archaelogical,
anthropological, and zoological artifacts, has
survived the onslaught of budget cuts because of
staff support, she says.
Krier says that the museum could "absolutely
not"’ operate without its staff, many of whom are
volunteers. Currently, the museum staff is com
posed of about six volunteers, two work-study
students and two University Mother's Club
scholarship recipients who must work at the
museum to receive the scholarship, she says.
Krier and exhibit coordinator Betsy Hennings
are both part-time paid staffers
Don Dumond, a University anthropology
professor, serves as museum director.
Dumond, who is not to head the museum,
says his goal since he began his job in July is to
keep the museum alive.
"The museum has a good chance of surviv
ing just for the fact that it has made it so far,” he
says. "It will take sucessful fund-raising to keep it
open."
Before the recession hit, the museum was
considering moving into a new facility to be
constructed at Alton Baker park, Dumond says.
That plan has been put on hold, but there's still a
good chance that it may become a reality in the
future, he adds.
Krier credits her staff with many of the
successes the museum has experienced in the
last few months. Prior to the museum’s open
house last month, her crew put in many long and
tedious hours to get the open house off the
ground, Krier says
At the open house, former University track
coach Bill Bowerman donated $10,000 with a
promise of $5,000 more if the museum cam match
the additional amount.
Krier says that donation gave the museum a
new lease on life.
The assistant director since the fall of 1981,
Krier says she has seen the museum evolve from a
collection of artifacts into what she calls "a good
small museum."
In the last two years, 20 of the museum
exhibits have been renovated, and the interior has
been overhauled to enhance its appearance,
Krier says.
And museum work is not all work and no play,
say several museum volunteers and work-study
staff members.
Telecommunications and film major Debbie
Zippel, a work-study student, said she likes her
job at the museum because of the variety of tasks
entrusted to her.
"At the museum my ideas are respected, and
that was not the case in larger museums I've
worked in," she says.
Zippel also praises her boss.
"Patty is incredibly wonderful. She's very
energetic, and she’s never afraid to bite off more
than she can chew — in fact, she usually manages
to both chew and swallow,” she says.
Kathy Ryan, a University biology major who is
earning practicum credit for her work at the
museum, says she is improving her writing and
organizational skills through her museum job.
Krier says her staff has a multitude of duties,
from janitorial work to design of museum exhibits.
Volunteer Mike Smith is known for his wood
working skills and is "one of our most loyal
volunteers," she says.
Affectionately called "Mr. Mike" by his co
workers, the 70-year-old Smith is the museum’s
senior member. Smith began working at the
museum about two years ago when he decided
that he needed to keep busy in his retirement
"I like to work with my hands," Smith says. He
has built several cabinets and a bulletin board, all
out of scrap lumber.
Smith says the volunteers and other workers
at the museum have kept the museum alive
“We have stayed open, and the spirit is
there.”