Oregon daily emerald., October 19, 1973, Page 9, Image 9

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Straub cites campaign proposals
By BETSY CAREN
Of t|je Emerald
“The opportunity to be the
governor of Oregon is the most
exciting prospect I can foresee
for myself in 1974,” said Robert
Straub, the former treasurer of
the State of Oregon for eight
years. He addressed the weekly
meeting of the Demoforum in
Eugene, Thursday, and outlined
his proposals for the state, that he
will carry out, if he is elected.
The luncheon meeting was
unusually crowded by friends and
supporters of Straub to hear of
his future plans.
The first point he made was
that “a political candidate must
speak openly and honestly with
the people, regardless of the
consequences.” He believes that
a candidate must take a firm
stand on tough issues and must do
so in the interest of the people he
is representing.
An improved medical and
health care program was the
second and most strongly
stressed proposal that Straub
made. He said, “Adequate
medical care is getting out of
reach for many needy people
because of the high costs. In some
parts of the United States,
medical care has declined to the
point of being less adequate than
it was a few years ago. It is time
for us to take a new look on this
issue.”
One of the propositions he
presented was that “action must
be taken to continue to make
gains in the minority groups.”
Straub included women, old
people, blacks, and Mexicans. He
pointed out that although women
are treated equally in most
respects, he believes they are not
treated equally on an economic
basis, and they must be given
equal job opportunities
Relief from inflatu was
another proposal he would nke to
see some action taken on. He said
“The people who are suffering
most are those people living on a
Panel mulls oldsters ’ red-tape hassles
By ELLEN KYLE
Of the Emerald
It wasn’t the average concem
for-the-elderly discussion;
although cookies and coffee were
abundant, there were no hushed
series of seven the students plan
for this term. Fehnel’s goal is to
bring about a better un
derstanding of how programs are
designed and evaluated in a
federalist system. He is reducing
the complexity by focusing first
on the elderly, then moving to
children’s services in November.
According to Audrey Beckwith,
the class is “time consuming, but
the best method of education
there is.”
The next program, on Oct. 24,
includes Senator Betty Roberts
as guest speaker.
Panel members Jerry Jamison (left) and Nick Peet
are questioned by an unidentified member of the
Photo by Kris Klosterman
audience as the Wednesday Night Fights discussed
problems of the elderly.
tones. “Elderly” was only
mentioned six times, and
“geriatrics” didn’t pop up at all.
The program, sponsored by the
CSPA students of 469G In
tergovernmental Relations (the
Wednesday Night Fights), was at
7 p.m. Wednesday in the EMU
Dad’s Room, and concerned
“Policy Implementation of
Programs Dealing With the
Elderly.”
The format, known to the
students as the “open-chair fish
bowl technique,” was informal
and free flowing. The five guest
speakers sat in the center of the
room, with four empty chairs for
members of the audience with a
question. The panel consisted of
J.N. Peet, director of Executive
Department. State of Oregon;
Aldena Sweeney, consultant to
State Economic Opportunity
Office (SPOA); Doug Puckett,
director of Lane Community
Action Program (L-CAP); Neil
Murray, Eugene City Coun
cilman; and Jerry Jamison,
project consultant for SPOA. One
of the students, Audrey Beck
with, was moderates'.
Instead of just discussing the
elderly, the program got into the
problems caused by federal and
state bureaucrats and local
government officials who all
“want to get their hands in the
pot,” according to Prof. Richard
Fehnel, who teaches the course.
He feels problems arise because
government officials providing
the money insist on deciding what
programs are needed, even
though they aren’t on top of local
needs.
A large part of the discussion
concerned the pros and cons of
revenue-sharing, and whether it
caused dependency on govern
ment funds.
This program was second in a
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fixed income. What they made
yesterday will not have the same
monetary value tomorrow. For
example, one dollar in 1942 is
worth 48 cents now.”
The last proposal Straub made
was for the continued programs
to maintain a clean and natural
environment in the state of
Oregon. He commended
Governor McCall for his efforts in
this area and hoped that even
further work could be ac
complished in this area.
Straub concluded his talk
saying, “Whether I become the
next Governor of Oregon or not, I
will look forward to seeing these
proposals adopted and put into
action in the 1970s.”
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