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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1976)
4*h Congressional Dist. Turner Supports growth within private sector, investment tax breaks By PATTY FARRELL Of the Emerald Republican Don Turner claims that the run-away infla tion and deficit spending in the federal budget is due primarily to the Democratic-dominated Congress of the last 40 years. If elected to Congress as the Fourth District's representa tive, he would move more money back into the private sector and keep it out of the hands of the government. Turner s major emphasis in providing jobs for the district and considering federal legis lation is to insure the preserva tion of private businesses. He wants to encourage growth within the private sector, and supports tax relief for interest earned on savings. He also wants to see tax breaks on capital investments put out by companies, and hopes to pro vide more dividends to domes tic corporations. "We need this money to Lausmann: Favors more aid and fewer strings for higher education By PATTY FARRELL Of the Emerald “For many years we've been watching our most valu able asset slip away from us — the ability and desire to govern ourselves,” says Jerry Laus mann. Republican candidate for Oregon's Fourth Congres sional seat. If elected to Con gress, he says he would try to cut back on the amount of power that Congress has over people's lives. Co-owner of a Medford lumber firm, Lausmann criti cizes Congressional actions that threaten the practice of clear-cutting. He believes that proper forestry management should be left up to the Forest Service and experts in fores try, not up to federal bureauc rats. Lausmann thinks clear cutting in the coastal range is "very feasible," since he says the moisture allows Douglas Fir seedlings to survive. He adds that clear-cutting in other parts of the district is more questionable, and depends on the climate conditions of the area. He favors clear-cutting as an appropriate way to con trol fire and disease. Lausmann is concerned about an impending energy crisis, and favors nuclear power as an energy source “at least until other alternatives are developed.” He would like to see Congress spend more on experiments in solar, geothermal and windpower energy sources. He thinks hydroelectric turbines are via ble, and supports the dam pro jects at Applegate and Days Creek. He thinks those dams are environmentally important, since they can control water flow more effectively. He has not examined dam proposals at Lost Creek or Elk Creek. Lausmann says he favors federal aid to education, but would not indicate how much aid he would favor. He says he would like to see fewer strings attached between education and the federal government, and adds that “we need to get more federal funds into the states." Lausmann decries the "fraud" in the federal food stamp program, claiming Congress has been dragging its feet in correcting “the loopholes available in the program.” He thinks students should be able to get food Jerry Lausmann stamps, “if they have no other income and come from a poor background." Lausmann supports some kind of national insurance for catastrophic illnesses, "just so it’s not at the expense of pri vate insurance.” He does favor a less bureaucratic prog ram for Social Security. In foreign affairs, Lausmann says that “Kissinger has done a wonderful job — he’s a great diplomat.” Lausmann would like to see foreign affairs hand led more by the Executive and less by Congress. A deeply religious man, Lausmann says he will chan nel his greatest efforts “first and always to the district." enter into new fields,” says Turner, who is an insurance agent and the immediate past president of the Eugene chamber of commerce. He thinks that developing solar and geothermal energy pos sibilities will not only help the energy crisis, but will “create thousands of jobs in America.” He believes that experimen tation in these fields should be done by private firms, how ever, and not by the federal government. Turner supports nuclear power as an “interim source,” realizing that form of power is “expensive and car ries a high risk factor.” Turner, an ex-wheat farmer, criticizes incumbent Jim Weaver for his “total lack of leadership in Congress,” especially in defending the Fourth District’s interests in clear-cutting. Turner would like to see an amendment to the Organic Act of 1897 (forbidding clear-cutting of federal lands) that would “dis allow its application to stand ing Douglas Firs." He believes clear-cutting is economical, and that “proper reforestation can last us for many more years.” Turner favors less federal in tervention in education, since “all educational programs re ceive local control and local assistance. My biggest objec tion to federal aid is that it means federal control.” He does believe that poorer stu dents should get some form of assistance, but also stresses that "it's no longer appropriate for everyone to get a college degree.” Turner terms the federal food stamp program a “rip off,” and believes that Con gress must develop stricter, more enforceable regulations. He also termed the Medicare program as “too lax” in allow ing treatment for many who don’t need it. “Nobody has an inherent right to most of our social services. They are a privilege accorded by a gener ous government.” Turner opposes the national health insurance bill, because he says it will increase inflation and take control out of the pri vate sector. Turner would like to reduce the United States “interfer ence” in the affairs of other Don Turner countries, especially in supply ing foreign aid. He supports a strong U.S. retaliatory force, including building the B-1 bomber, so that “no other country can threaten us.” Here are some of the things that Pat Horton v has done in his first term as District Attorney: MARIJUANA: Pat was the first law enforcement official in the State of Oregon to call for and implement liberalized marijuana laws. RAPE: Pat helped re-write rape laws, and initiated the all-woman Lane Interagency Rape Team. INFORMANTS: Paid informants in drug cases were abolished in Lane County by Pat Horton. WOMEN: Pat hired the first women criminal trial attorneys in Lane County history. CONSUMER PROTECTION: One of Pat’s first steps after taking office was to expand the scope of consumer protection in Lane County. He is the only District Attorney in the state to maintain an active Consumer Fraud Division. Pat Horton is proud of his accomplishments as District Attorney, but he knows there’s much more to do. You can help by voting to RE-ELECT PAT HORTON AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY — May 25 paid tor by Re Elect J PAT MORTON FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY COMMITTEE William f linn Treat 777 High St Eugene Ore *7401
