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
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