Congressional candidates district four
Barry: says
impeach -
ment a key
issue
Calling for impeachment. Fourth
Congressional district candidate
Frank Barry said:
"The great problem facing this
country is not Watergate: that is
merely a symptom of much
greater problems. The chief
questions facing us today are
impeachment, campaign
financing and congressional re
organization. The solution to
these problems would assure
congressional response to the
needs of the people.”
Barry, a University law professor,
said that, if he wins the primary
and is victorious over incumbent
Republican John Dellenback in
the general election, he will in
volve himself in issues such as
inflation, pension and retirement
funds, unfair tax loopholes,
establishment of a 200-mile
fishing limit, medical aid available
to all, fair benefits to veterans and
environmental issues.
According to Barry supporters,
he is well-known locally as a
conservationist who has been a
leader in efforts to save the
French Pete Valley and Rock
Mesa in the Three Sisters
Wilderness Area.
Barry, born in Arizona in 1913,
now resides in Eugene. He is
married, has three sons and has
been a law professor at the
University since 1969. He is a
graduate of UCLA and has
Frank Barry
worked as a miner, merchant
sailor, janitpr and law clerk until
he received his law degree from
Loyola Univeristy in 1941. He then
served four years in the Navy
during World War II. After
practicing law between 1946-61,
he was elected county attorney of
Santa Cruz County, Arizona in
1948.
President Kennedy appointed
Frank Barry in 1961 to the
Department of Interior as chief
legal counsel where he dealt with
such matters as forestry, mining,
fisheries and energy resources for
seven years. He is presently a
member of the American Civil
Liberties Union, Common Cause,
and the Bar Association of the
District of Columbia.
On the issue of impeachment,
Barry said, "The President should
be impeached as soon as possible,
tried in the Senate, and vindicated
or removed from office.
Impeachment by the House of
Representatives is merely an
accusation. In my opinion, the
American people have enough
evidence that they can accuse the
President of the United States—
Richard Nixon —of high crimes
and misdemeanors."
Nixon should be impeached
because he has "something to
hide" in connection with the
Watergate burglary and cover-up
and the "Houston Plan" for
domestic surveilance by in
ternational security agencies like
the C.I.A., and his fraudulent tax
payments, Barry said.
Barry said that Nixon should re
examine the "fourth amendment
which he swore to uphold in his
oath of office. To justify the
Watergate break-ins and Ellsberg
burglary on the grounds of
"national security" makes a
•mockery of our Constitution,”
Barry said.
In referring to Republican
Congressman John Dellenback,
Barry said, "Never has a man
been so tolerant of activities by
the President. He (Dellenback)
doesn't represent Richard Nixon:
I Dellenback: seeks two more years
He banks on his record as a
Congressman for the last seven
years to earn him another two
years in the U.S. House of
Representatves. Republican John
Dellenback is seeking re-election
to the House from district four.
"The fundamental issue basically
is my record in Congress" says
Dellenback.
Dellenback's deeds directly
affecting the fourth district in
clude introducing legislation to
permit construction of the Ap
plegate Dam, helping secure
funds for that dam's construction,
plus funds for the Lost Creek
and Elk Creek dams.
The congressman sponsored
successful legislation to extend "a
very strict limitation on log ex
ports from public lands." He
points out that soon, "We're
going to find that there is not
enough standing timber to fill the
capacities of our mills. We can
plug a little of that gap by limiting
exports."
Another way to place limitations
on log exports, thus protecting
the supply of logs, is an anti
substitution law, which Dellen
back supports. "What some are
doing is buying public timber and
running it through their mills.
They then take private timber,
which they would have otherwise
processed and sell it abroad. That
means that they are still able to
export logs, and for practical
purposes, substituting public for
private timber," says the
congressman.
Other actions by Dellenback
having direct bearing on district
four are: he secured monies
through a Small Business Ad
ministration loan for construction
of the Springfield Shopping Mall;
introduced legislation increasing
the penalty for off-shore fishing
violations by foreign trawlers;
helped gather information needed
by the Federal Energy Office to
John Dellenback
through Oregon, from Tiajuana to
Seattle
Nationally, Dellenback has
pushed legislation providing for
reform in Congressional
procedures and co-sponsored
election reform bills which require
full exposure of contributions and
expenditures, limitations on
political advertising and campaign
spending. On this latter point,
Dellenback has been critical of
Congress dragging its feet in
passing such legislation. He
places the blame for this on the
Democrats, the House's majority
party. "They've bottled up
congressional reform so far," he
says.
Also on the national level, the
Republican congressman has
sponsored legislation to eliminate
record keeping for shotgun, rifle
and .22 ammunition. He opposes
federal licensing or registration of
firearms and voted against the
Gun Control Act of 1968.
Dellenback supports the im
mediate investigation of alter
native energy sources and again
has criticized Congress's
slowness to action. "We've got to
be going forward with intensified
research programs in geothermal,
solar, coal gasification and
liquification and wind power
energy sources."
Dellenback has supported the
Minimum Wage Bill which
provides for the youth and
student differential. And pushed
for the elimination of the U.S.'s
chemical and biological warfare
arsenal, he said.
The congressman has lashed-out
at the slowness of the im
peachment committee in reaching
any conclusions. "The
proceedings in my mind," says
Dellenback, "are coming much
too slowly. I strongly support the
committee getting the facts and
think it's irresponsible for
members of the committee to
declare before the facts are in
what he or she would do."
Dellenback feels that the
American system is in a "real
testing time" right now. "I am
convinced that our system can
and must meet this test (the
ability to deal with crisis when the
system itself is under fire from the
public). For this reason, I am
opposed to the President's
resigning, which would bypass
the procedures outlined in our
constitution," he says.
Dellenback stresses that the
"voice of moderation apply not
only in the battle for energy and
environment but also for what's
wrong with the system. People
should," he says, "instead of
dropping out and saying the
system is no good, be putting
their shoulders to the wheel and
help make the improvements that
some of us are fighting for ef
fective."
Rick Barrick
he represents us and he should
push for an immediate trial of the
President before the Senate."
On the subject of inflation, Barry
suggested that by producing war
equipment, industrial output is
diverted from the domestic
sector, making consumer goods
scarce and highly priced. He
advocated a reduction in military
spending.
"After all, do we have to be a
policeman for the entire world?"
Inflation, he said, "can be ended
by the cooperative efforts of the
people under honest leaders. The
administration consistently in
dulges big business and neglects
the welfare of the ordinary citizen.
Cooperation is impossible unless
the present administration and its
supporters are removed from
office, he said. Discussing the
effect of inflation on pensions and
retirement, he said that "a by
product of inflation has been to
wipe out the savings of retired
wage earners now living on fixed
income pensions. Relief must be
found promptly for these former
workers, as they are threatened
with poverty in the face of rising
prices."
Barry also said the disclosures at
the Watergate hearings and other
credible reports have revealed
that the effectiveness of the
electoral system has been sub
stantially undermined by heavy
contributions by big business to
political campaigns.
The problem, Barry said, is
"private contributions for an
ulterior motive. Unless we have
rules regulating private con
tributions and strictly enforce
them, it doesn't matter whether
we have public financing or not."
We must pass laws which would
"prevent a candidate from selling
out to a contributor," he said.
"I'm not sure about public
financing of campaigns. There are
constitutional problems with it,
but I do favor a limit on con
tributions," Barry said.
Stephen Vajda
Brewster: a new slant
Dick Brewster says that his years
as federal aid coordinator for the
city of Cottage Grove have given
him the perspective the people of
district four need in Congress.
"I've worked down where the
people's problems are," said
Brewster, emphasizing his ex
perience with the tangle of federal
funding at the local level.
Brewster wants to implement his
ideas for streamlining Congress.
"Congress needs to change, the
seniority system needs to be
changed," asserted the can
Richard Brewster
didate. "For example, there are
eight committees dealing with
energy alone...we don't have a
comprehensive energy policy for
just that reason."
In addition to governmental re
organization, Brewster, 32, ad
vocates the careful development
of long term solutions to the
energy crisis with an emphasis on
research and environmental
protections, removal of foreign
tax credits on oil importation to
encourage greater domestic
production, strict control of oil
company windfall profits, and
increased housing production.
Brewster, who was graduated
from Southern Oregon College
with a B.S. in history and from the
University with a B.S. in public
affairs, wants Congress to shift its
focus to meet the changing times.
He wants to see an increased
development of mass transit
systems, the continuation of
revenue sharing to local com
munities, and the preservation of
wilderness areas like French Pete.
Brewster supports nation-wide
land-use planning, and he says
that adequate planning is so
essential that he would favor
withholding federal highway
funds from states without some
form of comprehensive planning.
Brewster, who has served four
years in the Navy, would not be a
strong opponent of military
spending. He says that the military
spending may be a little high, but
not that much. Brewster says
there are areas which could be cut
back, 'we can cut back a little on
strategic weapons production but
keep an adequate level of military
resources."
Brewster says that those who
refused to fight in the Vietnam
war should be granted amnesty
after one year of public or military
service.
"I was a veteran and did my time
although I didn't like the war, it
was the law," asserted Brewster,
"I want to see the law changed.
The law may be wrong —you
change it—no iust ignore it."
Brewster is also pushing for
openess and honesty in govern
ment. He sees Watergate as a
definite issue in the race.
"Its going to be an issue in any
race," said Brewster. "The
election is a referendum on
Watergate, especially for those
who have consistently supported
Nixon. John Dellenback has a 64
per cent voting record alligning
with Nixon."
Brewster thinks that part of the
solution lies in campaign reform.
He favors public financing of
campaigns.
"I don't have the financial assets
of Dellenback or Weaver," said
the former federal aid coordinator,
"But I'm in favor of total
disclosure. A public offical should
live on his salary and stay out of
the public sector.
"We must begin to regain the
trust and confidence of the
American people in their national
government."
Kathleen G/anvi/le
Zagorin drops
out of race
Robert Zagorin's name will be on
the primary ballot although he has
dropped out of the race. He has
recently given his support to
Frank Barry whom he says will not
"sell out" environmental in
terests.
Zagorin said he could not afford
to stay in the race.