Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1976)
Attorney General Redden ■ First priority; ‘get a handle on the rule-making process By DENNtS PFAFF Of 9m EmerakS Jkn Redden. Democratic candcraae lor State Attorney General sa*-s tvs test pnoriy upon etecton would be Id "gel a nandte ors tie rute-mafcng orooess' of state ageroes *1%ig(hi now/' Redden says, "we »e gowemec nore by rules tiar, taws.' He says tvs can be done by changing tie budgeting pro cess so fiat lunds tor consuk ng the Afiamey Genera’s of fice come from tie genera’ tunc, rather than tndhndua'i agency budgets. "'After that s done, ten we must reqLwe tia tie Aaomey Genera be consulted on new rules-"" Redden feeds tie present system discourages agencies from consuftmg tie ssase s lop *egae adviser because they must pay tor such adnce out vf tier ndv«xja budgets Redden's concern tor tie one-mateifig process refects hs aarmntsarattfve approati to the job. Presently State Treasurer, he s concerned about dupfccaton and waste n tie Attorney Generals o^oe and he wanes to see *njn more efficercty. For example, he wanes to -nerge tie Consigner Protec tors DMson and tie Ans-tousi Dvsor so that tie sa^e s citi zens can get "more bang tor tie budc" F nances n fad pay a large part n wnae Redden «s ryng to ccmrrxncaie to the vouers He opposes the corpo ^aie farming trwtiarrve which would is Packers hope, e§nr» nate large-scale farming by •tag business' n the state •The rmasve vvi do a lot mere to increase f» noome of awyers than it «n#i for far mers." Redden says On another of the major is sues m the campaign, prison reform. Redden seems to be running with tie pack- He. ike many others, befceves that reg cra prisons should be set up to dea wifi she overorowdng thessatepenHentary istaong Redden s also leaning to ward mandatory prison terms for those comnded of violent cnmes although he says those terms would no* neces sity be more severe than tiose oresenty meted out Another of his ideas is that <* shock parole' where those who have been convicted of lesser crimes are immediately put in jail for a short time from a week to a month before being released. On the issue of gun control, Redden believes the present system is adequate ft requires those who want to purchase handguns to obtain a license from the local sheriff and then to wart five days before actu afty purchasing the gun He says he wants to see those five days used to do an effective check' on the would-be gun buyer and feels it might be a good idea to have the state police, rather than the sheriff issue the licenses. In this way. Redden believes, more uniformity in fecense is suance can be had Redden, 46, m married and has two sons. He served in the 1963,1965 and 1967 sessions as a state representative Jim Redden Bunn: Two-term rep opposes death penalty, handgun registration By TOM JACKSON Of the ErT&r&ci Stan Bunn Republican candtiafe for Attorney Gen era. says foat the mar- nale of the Attorney Genera ts in the adranslraiwe aspect of foe o* ffoe. Burm, a Dayton Oregon, sawyer and a two-iems egs asx. fees that the govern ment s mutah larger than in prevous years, but thae t .*s grvng ess service Burwt ta*tes a im view of gun control for the state *1 do not sispptr! the regss ratoon c* handguns- In 1972 it cost Mew York apprexmaaery $72 per registration. That woiJd cost over S40 ntfeon in Oregon." There are an esti mated 400.000 hand guns «n Oregon. However Bum <eets 'that* a onmma ■ maxes a conscous choice to use a weapon he shoisd recede a smeter sen tence ' Bunn aiso opposes the deat^ penally . wrfich has Peer, proposed *n Oregon m the term of an m&aove petRon People who support the death penalty, says Bunn, are actually frustrated with the sentencing and comma! procedures- Bum also *eets fiat tie voae for the oeaan pen alty «fl be 2 waste of time since the Supreme Court wd decade tie issue ‘ Ever those who favor the return of the death penalty may not support the PaHot measure because rt takes away tie power of the gover nor to commute sentences I Oeueve rt is the first such Pleasure *1 the nason. It «s counter-productwe' Another aspect oi the prob lem of cnme in the state that Bunn addresses is the prob lems of victims. We should compensate cnme victims, says Bunn, H we have failed to protect citizens, the public has the responsibility to com pensate victims’ Bunn believes a public study of judges would be helpfui. We should make the public aware of sentencing This would bnng more uniformity in sentencing and would cut down on the abuse of proba tion.'' "We must acknowledge the fact that there are habitual criminals and it is here that mmmum sentences would be iegidmate. Bunn says But Bunn does not want to eimmale the parole system. “I believe that we would be able to move people gradually through work release and parole mto jobs, says Bunn. He adds that we shotid de velop the work release sys tem. This is the best lor the protection of citizens anti for the development of the crimi nal." “It is the job of the Attorney General to enforce the unfar trade practices act. says Bunn, m regard to consumer protection as part of the Attor ney General s duties Bunn also feels the o*oe should enforce the antitrust acts The Attorney General should ask where the federal government is failing to deal with problems and what indus tries are prevalent in the state ' Willner ■ Consumer issues, corporate farming, anti-trust are prime concerns fly DENNtS PFAFF Of the Emerabd Don tVHfner -kes to be thought of as a consumer ad vocate and irags precisely the Kind of funking he believes he'd kyect into me office of State Attorney General. That s one reason, he says, ne s actively woriong for the passage of the corporate tarrrv mg mitjaewe ffs aso why he thinks me Attorney Genera1 shoito take a much more ac me role in pursuing antitrust cases Contrary to his opponent in the Democratic primary, Jm Redden, Witiner said he doesn t believe the state's antitrust taw ooubc ehecfeveiy be applied to corporate farm ing iAf&ner sayc he relieves the Attorney Genera should maice sure Oregon ts involved m softs mvotong more than one state against monopolistic pradtoes by a corporator! or groups of corporations In addtton. he d Iike to see more acton by the Attorney General in crass acton scuts on behaf of fie State s co zens. He wants to see tie office “scrutinize acquisitions by out-of-sate compares ' In other areas of consumer protection. Warier wants to set up 'Pusmess consumer coun cils' Mftcsh wouto process citi zen compiaims about busi ness pracboes or pnoes. "1 would tike to ma*e the tocai cfetnct attorneys the fo cuses of these complaints, but the Attorney Generals office must provide the forms and ateo- probably me investiga te manpower to substantiate the conptamts. Wiiner says. Don Wiltner Although he believes the of fice he is running for has no role in penal reform. Willner believes there should be much greater uniformity in the sen tendng of criminals On prisons themselves, Winner believes a half-dozen regional institutions would be far better than an additional one in Salem." He says. These institutions would have a greater chance of preventing repeaters be cause the state would be able to separate the "hardened” prisoners from the others and provide more individual care and treatment. On the issue of administra tive rules, Willner believes the Attorney General should be able to rule on the legality of such rules as well as being able to help state agencies write rules that carry out legis lative intent He also wants the Attorney General to be able to help the Legislature write laws with specific intentions m the laws themselves, thus cutting down on the need for administrative rules In running for the job. Willner points to his expenence as the head o( a Portland law firm and his expenence as a circuit judge pro tern — the latter job requiring him to wnte legal opinions He is also the author of sev eral law review articles, a former columnist for Portland s Willamette Wee* and past na tional president of the 30-million member Consumer Federation of Amenca.
