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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1976)
Dist. 40 Representative Batori: Native Englander sees advantages in nationalizing some services in Oregon By GREG CLARK Of the Emerald Rosemary Baton’s bid for the Dist. 40 State Representa tive spot probably won’t be the noisiest come November. But that doesn’t mean much. Those acquainted with the workings and issues of Lane County and Eugene politics won't have much trouble rec ognizing her. In recent years she has been active in Demo cratic functions, women’s rights and school committees. Currently she serves on the city’s Women’s Commission and Human Rights Council in addition to her post as Univer sity Library administrative of ficer for personnel and budget. At 62, she says now is "an ideal time’’ for her to run for the spot currently held by Republi can Dave Frohnmayer of Eugene. And, while both she and Frohnmayer are unopposed in the May primary, Batori has spoken out on such issues as increased services for the el derly, nuclear power, mass transit and field burning. She says her background (she was bom and reared in England) has shown the ad vantages of a strong nationali zation of some services — such as health care and trans portation. Rosmary Batori "I’d certainly like to see some sort of national health care program," she says, "al though it’s difficult to see what can be done on a state level. It's distressing to realize the elderly may pay up to 50 per cent of their income for health care alone." Batori strongly endorses ballot measure No. 3 — a bond issue proposal for low-income elderly housing. The field-burning ban should be continued, Batori says, although she has no ob jections to state funds being used for research on alterna tive burning methods or grow ing of other crops. "We have to show that it’s not business per se, but pollution were against.” She also would support spending money for research into such areas as solar and geothermal energy — while adhering to a strict conserva tion policy. She says she sees a parallel between the energy shortage and the food crisis which some predict. CTiarles O. Porter with trophy won at the 1975 Pacific Coast Squash Racquets Tournament in Portland. Seven reasons to vote for Porter: • Record-in and out of Congress-for honesty and action. He says what he'll do. He does what he says. • Experience in two terms in Congress and as member ofPresident Kennedy’s White House staff. • 20 years a lawyer who works hard on pub lic interest cases. • Will hold regular office hours for personal conferences throughout Distnct-as he did before-but which incumbent has never done. • Will never surrender what Register-Guard editorial May 15, 1976 calls his "fierce independence.” • Will never leave "foreign” policy exclu sively to any President or any Secretary of State. • Supports "'zero budgeting” to force all pub lic agencies to justify every dollar asked for. Brilliant and vigorous, he did his Congressional chores well, always attendi ng to the interest of the 4th District” Editorial, Eugene Register-Guard, May 10, 1972 Return Your Former Congressman to Congress 0 Charles O. Porter Democrat 4th District For Plain Speaking, Honest Service, Courageous Action 0 Charles O. Porter For U.S. Representative 4th District Paid for by the Return Porter to Congress Committee, Sam Porter, Chairman, 96 E. Broadway, Eugene, Oregon 97401 ‘‘I support the nuclear safeguards measure — I was pushing for it four years ago. While I’m not saying nuclear power isn’t the answer, we must approach it carefully On other issues, Batori says: • Oregon's growth must be approached from the social services and benefits angle. "I know many people in Eugene may think Oregon's big enough. We must balance our concern for the environment with providing jobs." • "We ought to'dtp more into the sacred cow of highway funds to help support mass transit." • She supports regulation of handguns in an effort to pre vent "senseless family tragedies." Frohnmayer: Legislator’s main job to ‘balance the budget’ By GREG CLARK Of the Emerald The principal job of a legis lator, says Republican Dave Frohnmayer, is to "balance the budget.” And, as difficult as that may be now, it won't be getting ciny easier in the r.yar future. Frohnmayer, who is seeking his second term as Dist. 40 State Representative, says utmost care" must be used in decisions to spend money on programs which may seem drastically needed 'We've taken on a great many things," he says. "But while the economic climate is for massive public programs, we ll have enough trouble just holding the line on existing programs As for new thrusts and programs — we re kidding the public if we think there is a pot of gold somewhere." One area which does de serve public attention — and funding — is education, says Frohnmayer, who also serves as legal affairs advisor to Uni versity Pres. William Boyd. “I see a real need for action on the tuition problem in the upcoming session," he says. "And you don’t do that by pit ting faculty against students. “The answer (to rising tui tion) is simply and purely state funding," he says, pointing to a state budget surplus of “at least $130 million.” Use of such funds, he says, would be "an appropriations matter." On energy conservation, Frohnmayer says he has been "very skeptical" of nuclear power, which is "energy inten sive and not labor intensive " He points to the “waste prob lem which hasn’t been solved," possible plant hazards and "studies ques tioning how much power is ac tually gained from such plants." iWM sm Dave Frohnmayer On other issues, Frohn mayer: • Supports “much greater availability" of day care facilities and would like to see the private sector become ac tive in providing them — with some state help. • Disagrees with current solutions to the field burning problem and says he thinks much of the Willamette Valley could be used for growing other crops and less burning. • Says attitudes must be changed before larger public subsidies are granted for mass transit. • Supports sound forest cutting practices balanced by progressive reforestation. • Doesn’t support “promis cuous invitation of every indus try" into Oregon, although "sound economic growth" would benefit the state. “Above all, Oregon must con sider the preservation of the environment," he says.
