Oregon daily emerald., October 22, 1973, Page 9, Image 9

I Public urged to ‘regain confidence’
By KRISTIN SORMAN
Of the Emerald
Newly chosen Republican State
Chairman David Green urged the
public to be “in the middle of the
action” to regain confidence in
politics again, in a speech to the
Rubicon Society Friday.
“Die best solution to this
problem of loss of confidence
follows the words of Theodore
Roosevelt: people ‘must be in the
middle of the action,’ they must
participate, urged Green to his
audience of 40 at the House of Lee
Restaurant.
“A very strange thing is
happening in reference to
finances,” said Green, in
discussing the contributions area
of participation.
“The Republican party has had
a 14.5 percent increase in the
small contributions category of
under $100 up to September,” he
pointed out, according to in
formation from a recent talk with
George Bush, the Republican
national committee chairman.
This increase answers
questions about what Watergate
will do to contributions and the
Republican party, Green said.
“People don’t want to make
major contributions to anything
right now,” he claimed. But they
will make small contributions
“directly to the party,” he said.
“Everytime somebody con
tributes, people are involved,
concerned about getting the best
mileage out of their buck,” said
Green.
In Oregon, the GOP central
committee is reconstituting the
Action Fund to attract the five
and ten dollar contributors to
statewide functions with major
speakers.
As for young people, a study
made by Secretary of State Clay
Myers found 59 percent of Oregon
highschoolers concerned about
the honesty of people in office
which “depressed and disap
pointed” them, Green said.
Participation again seems the
answer; Republican groups in
Oregon are striving to register
young people in the party.
“Our objective is to have 50
high school Republican
organizations by the end of the
year, Green explained. “And by
the end of ’73 we also want to
have a college program on every
campus in Oregon.”
“I think we have to credit*
people in the legislature for
spending time with young people
to show them they can be part of
the system,” he said.
As for the future of the GOP in
Oregon, “our main thrust is to
gain control of the legislature,”
Green stated.
“I frankly think there would be
more responsible legislation in
the future with Republican
leadership," he said.
Under Democratic leadership,
he noted a “48 percent net in
crease in legislative costs.”
Although not saying this stems
completely from Democratic
control, Green claimed there
“must be some organizational
problem when the legislature
runs into July.”
Looking back, he outlined some
“responsible legislation put
together by Republicans under
GOP leadership.”
The Forest Practices Act of
1971 regulating logging practices,
in response to worry about
ecology and clear-cutting, was
one such bill, Green said. Another
made Oregon one of the few
states to require detailed
reporting of government spen
ding.
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As for Watergate, “the
Republican National Committee
and the party have never been
accused of being involved” in the
affair and neither has the central
committee in Oregon, Green
claimed.
A recently hired assistant
treasurer will audit the state
central committee’s books for
publication, he further stated,
and will send^he report to anyone
interested.
The committee also offers
book-keeping services to can
didates to help them understand
the new restrictive laws on
campaign funding.
“One good thing about these
new laws is that the candidate
can’t buy his way in anymore,”
Green said.
He stressed good planning at
the precinct level as the key to
success under the new laws,
though noting some problem with
making the restricted funds
stretch in a large district.
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