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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1973)
Whipple says Demos could beat Packwood By JOSH MARQUIS Of the Emerald National Democratic Committeeman Blaine Whipple told Thursday’s DemoForum that “the kind of record Nixon is making for his party gives me great confidence that Democrats will score considerable gains in 1974.” Whipple, speaking of the Watergate affair, said that President Nixon is like “a godfather in com plete control, while others take the rap.” Whipple referred to what he termed “Nixon’s history of scurrillous campaigns.” The National Com mitteeman said he feels that when people think “of the mess in Washington, they are going to think of the Republicans.” Whipple urged fellow Democrats, and par ticularly those in the state legislature to “stop referring to Packwood and McCall as unbeatable candidates.” While Whipple disclaimed any in tention to seek Pack wood’s senate seat himself, he did list a number of possibilities. They include Umatilla County District Attorney Joe Smith, Multnomah County District Attorney Harl Haas, Senators Betty Roberts, Betty Brown, Jason Boe, Representatives Richard Eymann* and Nancy Fadeley, former state treasurer Bob Straub, state treasurer James Redden and Portland Mayor Neil Goldschmidt. Whipple said all of the persons he named would be “viable candidates” in a race against Packwood Asked how he would feel if Governor McCall switched his party affiliation, Whipple replied, “I’d welcome him into the party but not as our nominee for senator.” Whipple said that although he had “no intention to run for Packwood’s job” if by May a “strong Democratic candidate hadn’t emerged” he could be persuaded to run. The National Committeeman emphasized that his main objective was to “build strong interest among Democrats” in unseating Pack wood at an early date. “I think March is too late,” said Whipple. Whipple said that Pack wood is going to have to “carry the burden of the record of the Nixon administration” in running for re-election. Whipple said that the administration’s conduct. in the Watergate affair would “seriously hamper the campaign of any Republican running for of fice.” Whipple cited Packwood as having a voting record highly supportive of the President’s policies. He specifically cited the recent vocational rehabilitation bill passed overwhelmingly by the Senate but vetoed by the President. Whipple said that Packwood voted for the bill initially and then turned around and voted to uphold Nixon’s veto. “It is in this same von that Senator Packwood asks us to give the President the benefit of the doubt in the Watergate mess,” commented Whipple. Whipple called on the President to examine the “programs for the few before stopping programs for the many,” referring to the massive budget cuts in health, education and welfare programs. Responding to a question on the statement from Israel by Governor McCall that impeachment proceedings might be a legitimate action, Whipple agreed that there is going to be “a lot more talk in the Capitol along those lines...and not just from Bella Abzug.” Funding request heard By KEN MAYS Of the Emerald Three programs — IUahe School, KWAX and the Grower’s Market — which were not recommended for funding in the ASUO executive budget recommendation, appealed to the student incidental fee committee Thursday night. The committee also heard requests by the Student Bar Association, the Graduate Student Council and the EMU. About fifteen adults and ten small children came to appeal for Illahe School. Eva Perkins, speaking for the group, requested $6000 out of the original $12,000 proposal for incidental fees, saying that the amount was an “absolute survival budget.” She and others in attendance, in cluding the young student body president of the school, attested to the school’s value as a resource center for University Drinking bill amended SALEM (Special) — The Legislative Special Joint Com mittee on Alcohol and Drugs amended a bill which lowers Oregon’s age of majority to 18 (HB3167) setting Oregon’s drinking age at 19, during a Thursday night work session on the measure. The committee also changed sections in HB3167 which lowered to 18 the age a person is con sidered a juvenile in court cases, re-instating the present 21 age limit. The committee did not however move the bill from the committee to the House floor during the work session. Members said they wanted to check the amended version before adopting a bill. departments, a place for tutors and teachers to gain experience outside public schools, and a school where students get more attention, regardless of ethnic status. Eleven children of University students are presently going to Ulahe. Matthew Simek said that if the ASUO couldn’t provide the $6400 that KWAX had hoped far, it would mean “a lot of things we hope to do wouldn’t be done.” KWAX, whose total budget in-. eludes only 5 percent incidental fee money, hopes to increase their power to reach out to most of the Willamette Valley next year, according to Simek. “This is going to be the year of KWAX,” he said. “I’d like to say the ASUO is behind us.” Sharon Maizer reiteratzd the Grower’s Market request for $2457 to help pay for a planned renovation. She said the executive had refused funding of the Market because it was too community oriented. “We represent a way that students will have to cut down on the costs of a very basic nee£ said. About a third of the users of the Market are students. EMU Director Dick Reynolds told the fee committee that “drastic measures” would have to be taken in order to cut $30,000 from the half-million dollar EMU request, as has been recom mended by the executive. He discussed alternatives including shortening summer hours of the EMU to 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. five days a week, closing at 7 on Saturday nights during the year, opening two hours later on Shndays, and closing all bid the Fishbowl during eveing hours. He calculated a passible $16,000 cut from these and other alter natives, and warned that major cuts in the original proposal would cut into student services. 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