Ho, ho, ho. . . merry Santa Claus
Yes, Oregon, there is a Santa Claus. Actually, there are tour ot them, including Springfield
resident Larry Rose, who is having his frosty-colored wig attached by Santa Trainer Susan
Briggs while another trainer, Maxine Walton, looks on.
The four St. Nicks were chosen during Santa tryouts Thursday at Western Temporary Ser
vices, Inc., a national business which is the largest Santa employer in the nation.
Not just anyone can be a Santa, says Walton, an employee of Western's Eugene branch.
Santa's needn't be fat or old, but they should be jolly and have a twinkle in their eyes. Their
voices must be smooth and resonant.
Once the Santas are selected, they will be admitted to the University of Santa Claus,
where they will learn the Santa "technique," which includes instructions on "Santa's Way
with Children" and a refresher course on his nine reindeer's names.
The four Santas will begin their duties Nov. 25 — the day after Thanksgiving — at the
Valley River Center Mall.
Photo by Ken Kromer
Central American crisis debated
By Paul Ertelt
Of the Emerald
Many Americans don't know
who's who in Central America,
but more than 500 people
gathered in the EMU Ballroom
Thursday night to learn more
about the troubled region.
Members of a three-man panel
differed in their views of the
"Roots of the Crisis" in Central
America, but all agreed Americans
need to become better informed
about conditions that have drawn
the United States into an increas
ingly violent situation.
The panel included William
Ratliff, of the Hoover Institute,
Felix Kury, of El Salvador's
Democratic Revolutionary Front,
and Nick Allen of fhe Institute for
Food and Development Policy.
University Prof. Jeffrey Needell
introduced the discussion.
The panel was part of ASUO's
conference on Central America
held on campus through
Saturday.
The crisis in Central America
stems from long-standing social
conditions of a powerful elite op
pressing a poor majority, Needell
said.
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conditions, Ratliff said the situa
tion is aggravated by American
foreign policy and the interven
tion of Cuba and the Soviet Union
in the region.
"The United States was never in
terested in Central America until
there was a crisis,” he said. U.S.
concern may have alleviated some
of the problems, he said.
Kury discounted the role of
Cuba in El Salvador, but said the
revolution is a popular movement
against a repressive military junta.
Government troops have killed
more than 40,000 people, he said.
"Land is the main issue in Cen
tral America,” Allen said. "Who
eats depends on who owns the
land.”
But the number of people in
Central America who own no land
has increased. In Guatemala, 11
percent ot the people owned no
land in 1961; in 1975 that figure
was 40 percent, he said.
Allen said the United States
should get out of Central America,
but Ratliff disagreed. The United
States can do some good by forc
ing out rightists and supporting
moderate regimes, he said.
But the U.S. policy of suppor
ting moderate governments is a
"myth," Allen said. "(U.S.) aid is
going to death squads."
The United States should in
crease efforts to find a settlement
in El Salvador acceptable to all par
ties, Ratliff said.
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