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.