Former University president awarded Peace
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By Colette Doudin
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The American Civil Liberties
Union of Oregon presented
Robert Clark, former University
president, and 19ftf» l.ane(boun
ty commissioners with Civil
Liberty Awards at a henefit
reception at the Eugene Hilton
on Sunday.
"The award to President
Clark recognizes the numerous
actions he took in support of
fret) speech activities during his
tenure at the U of O from 196P
to 1975.” said David Fidanqu*.
associate director of the Oregon
ACLU.
"in particular, he is lasing
honored for his efforts to diffuse
tensions between University
students and local officials dur
ing periods of protest against
the Vietnam War." Fidanquc
said.
On at least one occasion.
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Fidanque told an audience of
about 60 people, city officials
dropped demands that students
avoid the downtown business
district for anti-war protests
because of (Mark's direct
intervention.
Fidanque praised Clark for
making the difference between
the "police beating heads'' and
a peaceful outcome.
Clark said he always tried as
president of the University to
operate with an "open campus
policy, in which faculty and
students had a right to know
what was happening at the
school and could express their
opinions in a responsible
manner.
The ACI.U also honored t-ane
County commissioners |ohn
Ball. Peter DeFazio. Chuck Ivey,
Bill Rogers and |erry Rust They
were chosen to receive the
award for their unanimous deci
sion to close the old lame Coun
ty |ail this spring in response to
an inmate lawsuit. Fidanque
said.
The commissioners started
planning to phase out the jail,
built in 19116. before the lawsuit
was filed, Fidanque said.
Though Fidanque said the
Oregon ACLU did not support a
recent county plan to expand
local jail facilities, he said he
hoped other officials would
learn from the commissioners'
decison ' that protecting con
stitutional rights is not the ex
clusive domain of the courts,
but is a responsibility of all
branches of government.”
Reagan "sacrificed that
possibility on the altar of his
Star Wars program,” Talbot
said.
In addition, for the past three
years, the IJ.N. General
Assembly has passed a resolu
tion calling for the prevention
of an arms race in outer space.
Talbot said. The only nation to
vote against the resolution all
three years was the United
States, she said.
"It is indicative of the fact
that it is not just the U S
against the Soviet Union. . .we
stand pretty isolated from the
rest of the world on these
votes." Talbot said.
Many Americans believe that
when the current administra
tion changes in two years, the
threat of nuclear war will
diminish, she said.
"Hut I submit that we haven't
the luxury of two years — we
have to act now.” Talbot said.
Many Americans are
frustrated because no matter
how much the American people
fight for peace, the government
continues to initiate programs
that point toward war But the
slogans and demonstrations for
peace are the same all over the
world, she said
The people of America are not
alone in their struggle for peace,
but the American government is
alone. Talbot said.
"The vast majority of the
millions of people in this wrorld
stand for what we stand for."
she said.
Peace is not seen just as a
question of disarmament, but
also as opposition to apartheid,
as a peaceful end to interna
tional disputes, as women's
equality, as human rights and as
opposition to racism, she said.
“You cannot separate, the
issues."
One way to promote peace is
to make changes for peace in the
community, said Barbara
Keller, a No-GWEN legal coor
dinator who helped organize a
lawsuit against the establish
ment of a (’.WEN tower in 1-ane
County.
"People have been recommit
ting themselves to peace. They
have been walking over lines for
peace," she said.
In Lane County, the passage
of two nuclear-free zones for the
city and the county were a vic
tory for peace, as was the op
position to a GWEN tower being
built in laine County, she said.
"This year, we are no longer a
part of our country's plans to
start a prolonged nuclear war."
Keller said.
The reason for these victories
is a small group of citizens who
protested and lobbied against
"the international insanity that
is our nuclear arms race." she
said.
If each person committed him
or herself to working on one
issue for peace, then "this will
indeed be an international year
of peace,” Keller said.
The International Year of
Peace was called by the United
Nations to strengthen the
United Nations' disarmament
campaign.
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of work” determination was
made by administrators who
never asked employees how
much work they need to do
Steward said he did not con
sult with any employees. "I
consulted with a number of
other administrators who are
the ones responsible tor deter
mining when work needs to be
done," he said "The students
are gone, and that's the number
one reason for our existence,"
Oregon State University,
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ministrators’ assumption that
University staff members have
little work to do when students
are gone is wrong.
"Yes, there is a lighter work
load in the sense that no phones
are ringing and no students
need to he served, but many
people view the time as an op
portunity to catch up on some
work in a quiet, peaceful at
mosphere,” VVittwer said.
The library, where Wittwer
and Sieracki work, is an in
teresting case in point because
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it will be closed Friday, but
open on Saturday and Sunday
after Christmas. It would seem
that Saturday and Sunday also
would be lighter work days, but
actually none of the days will la?
lacking work for library
employees. Wittwer said.
The employees likely would
be appeased if the state would
follow the lead President
Reagan took last week when ho
declared Dec. 26 an extra day
off with pay for federal
employees. All presidents since
the early 1950s have taken
similar action when Christmas
falls on Thursday, the White
House said.
Steward said the governor's
office is inquiring to find out
the true extent of Reagan s ac
tion. If the president declared
Dec. 26 a federal "holiday"
rather than just a "day off," it
could make a difference in what
the Oregon governor could do.
Steward said.
Supposedly, if Reagan
declared Dec. 26 a holiday, the
governor also could give state
employees a holiday.
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