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).
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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.”
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which provides for universa
health insurance.
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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."
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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