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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1976)
4th Pist. Congress_ Running Fox©: Favors new businesses, increased employment By PATTY FARRELL Of the Emerald Jerry Running Foxe, Demo cratic candidate for Congress Fourth Dist. wants to improve the economic situation by re ducing unemployment and br inging more industry into the district. Running Foxe believes “more and diversified indus try" will be attracted to the area by building an east-west free way from Coos Bay to Win nemuca, Nevada. He favors more construction in the Coos Bay harbor to allow increased, trade, particularly of non timber resources. He does want to curtail log exports, so that manufacturing will stay within the district. In keeping with his em phasis on increasing the district's industry, Running Foxe favors the building of the four proposed dams in the reg ion. Besides bringing more in dustry and more jobs, he sees Weaver: By PATTY FARRELL Of the Emerald Incumbent Fourth Dist. Congressman Jim Weaver has crusaded against nuclear power and in favor of energy conservation and experimen tation with solar power during his first term in office. If he is elected to that office again, he says that he will continue the fight against any form of nuc lear power, and will continue to oppose the Bonneville Power Administration’s policies. Jim Weaver Weaver, a Democrat, has been fighting the Energy Re search and Development Ad ministration (ERDA) to “com mit the nation to solar de velopment in the same way the nation is now committed to the breeder reactor.” He also sup ports progressive utility rates, Supports food, job programs, national health insurance with rates per kilowatt hour in creasing as power use in creases. Weaver flatly denies ac cusations by his opponents that he is "side-stepping the clear - cutting issue." He was the chief author of a House clear - cutting bill which he says will remove the threat of court action to restrict the Northwest timber harvest. He calls his bill “the solid middle ground representing a balance between industry and en vironmental concerns.” Weaver says he has voted for appropriations for federal aid to education and has voted to override Ford’s vetoes ol education bills. He supports increased funding for the Basic Educational Opportunity Grants (BEOG). weaver minus inai me needy—those who cannol work or those who cannot sur vive on their income — should get welfare and food stamps. But, he stresses, “what this country needs is a Food anc Jobs Program, not a Welfare Program. When the private sector cannot provide jobs, I believe the governmeni should.” Weaver is a co-sponsor 01 the Kennedy - Corman Na tional Health Security Act which provides for universa health insurance. I Support: • Nuclear Safeguards to protect future generations I* Garbage Recycling At the source not at an expensive reclamation plant • Property Tax Relief For Elderly and working persons • Reassessing County * Priorities B To put people first not new I buildings. v * Right to Privacy ■ Government must protect the right of its K citizens to privacy in their own homes MafVM FOR COMMUSHMER • JEFF LAKE TREASURER tL 777 HMD ST. EUCBIE 17401 Weaver says he gives fed eral aid to education a higher priority than defense spend ing, though he does support foreign economic aid. "I do not believe we should engage in arming both sides in conflicts through sale of military weapons.” He opposes American intervention in An gola, and believes that we should keep stricter tabs on the actions of the CIA. Weaver is a ranking member of the House Agricul ture Committee and sits on the Interior Committee, which legislates the use of federal lands. He has an excellent at tendance record in Congress, and argues against his oppo nents who say he does not spend enough time with the concerns of the Fourth District. Porter: By PATTY FARRELL Of the Emerald Democrat Charles Porter believes his liberal stands and his experience will help him regain the Congressional seat from the Fourth District that he held for two terms in the late 1950's. He says he is running again “because I feel I have unfinished business there, im portant business in terms of helping the helpless, getting jobs for people out of work, overcoming the corruption and power of the very rich, and working in the cause of peace.’’ Domestically, Porter stres ses reducing unemployment, enacting election and tax re forms, and working for the pre servation of the environment. His dovish foreign policies in clude cutting all foreign aid, both military and economic, and encouraging general dis armaments “with safeguards." Porter takes on big industry, fighting for public ownership of energy sources, health ser vices, transportation and ar maments. These stands, plus his support of China and Chile while he was in Congress, gained him the label of “com munist” by some of his critics. Porter believes that public ownership of the oil com panies would alleviate a lot of the dams as a viable way to increase hydroelectric power and relieve the power shor tage. He says he is not opposed to nuclear power on its merits, but “it’s just too expensive to build the plants.” He criticizes Congressman Jim Weaver, the incumbent in the race, for pushing solar energy projects for the Fourth District. "This is the poorest place in the nation for solar energy," he argues. “It's an unrealistic goal.” Running Foxe believes in dear-cutting the forests, “as long as there are regulations placed on it." He sees reckless clear-cutting of areas which submit timber to wind and storm damage as the most serious problem. Running Foxe favors in creasing aid to higher educa tion, especially in funding fi nancial aid for students. He places higher education above welfare in his priorities. Run ning Foxe believes students should be entitled to food stamps, but says he would try to create more part-time jobs for students instead of paying them with social services. Running Foxe wants to put quite a bit into defense spend ing, but he thinks the B-1 bomber is a “waste of money because it will become obso lete before it’s ever put into service." If we spent as much on other kinds of weapons, we’d have a lot better stock pile." »/*■ f m Jerry Running Foxe The Coquille Indian sup ports an agressive foreign pol icy, and believes the United States is overstepping its bounds in providing foreign aid. He complains that in too many wars, “we get involved and never carry the project through." He believes that war is a waste unless the coun tries which have lost wars against the U S. become posessions of the U S. "After all, the Indians had to fall in line with U.S. foreign policy,’ he says. Running Foxe says if he is elected, "at least half my ef forts will go toward promoting the welfare of the district. I would also fight for a five per cent cut in Congressmen’s pay.” Seeks legislative seat again; claims he’s experienced, liberal ine energy cruncn, dui ne ooes support experimentation in the use of solar energy. He op poses nuclear power because "there’s no safe way to take care of the wastes.” He at tacks incumbent Jim Weaver for “not taking a hard enough line” against big business. He also says Weaver s “pussyfooting” on clear - cut ting “shows the difference in our approaches.” He doesn't feel that Weaver has put enough restrictions into the House clear-cutting bill, though he points out that he himself is “not against clear cutting.” He thinks the Forest Service should have the power to set the guidelines for clear cutting. Porter says he had a posi tive voting record for funding education while he served in Congress, and says, if any thing, "my views have become more in favor of increased funding.” He supports social services, including food stamps, although he admits that some of the loopholes must be filled. Porter believes in damming the Rogue River, "to save the fish." He does not see the dams as a real source of energy, however. Porter would like to see a revision of the United Nations charter. Porter points to his nign record of diplomacy witn other nations, expecially South American countries, as proof of his "peace action policies,' an attitude which he says he will continue if elected this term. Porter says his first duty will be to his constituents, and that a high attendance record in Congress (like Weaver’s) "doesn't mean a thing. As a first term Congressman, he should be working for the dis trict instead of hanging around the House floor.” Porter points out that he has kept his cam paign expenditures to under $1,000. Charles Porter
