Packwood survey repspondents oppose help for Hanoi and Saigon
To assess the opinions of their
constituents, Congressmen
sometimes issue questionnaires
about topical issues. Senator Bob
Packwood has just released the
results of an inquiry he mailed in
May.
The tabulators of the responses
conclude that Oregonians are
opposed to aid to North Vietnam.
and favor a phase-out of log
exports.
Ninety percent of those
responding believed that the
United States should not provide
economic assistance to North
Vietnam. Only eight percent
favored aid.
For South Vietnam, the figures
are similar but not as extreme.
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Over sixty percent of those who
returned the questionnaires were
against economic aid fra* South
Vietnam, while aid was favored
by 38 percent.
Turning to the lumber scene, 85
percent of the respondents were
in favor of “phasing out all log
exports except when surplus to
our needs.” Only three percent
thought that there should be no
limitation on log exports, while
six percent favored retaining the
present law, which places
limitations on the export of logs
from federal, but not private,
lands.
Assessing the popularity of the
federal government’s executive
and legislative branches, the
Packwood release indicated
widespread discontent with both.
The White House fared
somewhat worse than the
Congress.
Forty-two percent of the
respondents rated the per
formance of the White House as
poor, in contrast to a 35 percent
figure for Capitol Hill. The
executive branch garnered a
combined percentage of 49
percent for good and fair, where
the Congress received 60 percent.
Only six percent thought that
the White House was doing an
e' ilent job. Even fewer — one
percent — thought that Congress
was doing an excellent job.
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Photo dy Peter Grant
Sen. Packwood
The questionnaire, which was
mailed to more than 550,000
Oregonians without regard to
party affiliation, indicates a
turnaround on the question of
capital punishment. In a 1964
referendum, 60 percent of the
persons voting were opposed to
capital punishment, with 40
percent in favor.
In the Packwood questionnaire,
86 percent of the persons queried
responded favorably to the
question “Would you favor the
use of capital punishment for
certain crimes?” Only 12 percent
opposed capital punishment,
while two percent had no opinion.
The responses to the
questionnaire leaned toward
abolishment of farm subsidies. 63
percent thought that all farm
subsidies should be ended, while
29 percent favored continuation.
Opinions also ran high against
granting amnesty. In response to
the question “Do you favor
amnesty at this time for those
persons who fled tnis country in
order to avoid the draft?” Eighty
percent said no. Eighteen percent
did favor granting amnesty.
Also unpopular was the concept
of making age 18 the age of
majority through national
legislation. Sixty-one percent
opposed such legislation, and 35
percent favored it.
Opinions were more evenly
divided on the issue of using
poisons to control animals such
as coyotes. Fifty-three percent
favored such use. and 39 percent
opposed use of poisons.
The results of the Packwood
survey were released by his
office last week
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