Oregon daily emerald., May 21, 1976, Section B, Page 13, Image 25

Dist. 41 Representative
Burrows:
Republican seeks
third term as rep
Stewart:
Oregon poli-sci grad takes
second try at state rep spot
By JERRIL NILSON
Of the Emerald
"With two kids of my own at
the University, tuition (educa
tional funding) is an important
personal concern as well as a
legislative concern," says
Republican Mary McCauley
Burrows, Dist. 41 State Rep
resentative.
Burrows, seeking her third
term as a state representative,
says funding for higher educa
tion should be increased
through state funding. But if
that isn't possible "we should
look at alternatives to tuition
such as the voucher system.”
A member of the Energy and
Resources Study Committee
for the Council of State Gov
ernments, Burrows says the
first step to solving energy
problems is convincing the
public that problems exist.
“We need to encourage
conservation — resource re
covery at all levels ... Our big
gest problem will be with
• water. Should it be used to
grow food or create energy?"
Burrows has signed a peti
tion to put the nuclear
safeguards initiative on the
ballot in November and says
she will vote for it.
A native of Albany, Burrows
and her husband Chuck have
four children. She graduated
from Northwest Christian Col
lege in theology and has been
active in various political
committees dunng and prior to
her two terms as a state rep
resentative.
Durrows reeis inai ine pUDiic
must be convinced of the need
for mass transit.
"We obviously need some
sort of system, but we really
have to find out what the public
is most receptive to — then
move to implementation and
funding," Burrows says.
On other issues:
• Burrows says too much
emphasis has been put on
field burning and not enough
on car pollution. She sees a
problem with smoke, but also a
possible food shortage in the
future; however, more
machines are needed for the
process, Burrows says.
• She supports the open
primary, but is concerned
about voter manipulation and
disenfranchisement of the in
dependent voter (there is a
high percentage of registered
independents in districts 40
and 41). Burrows feels the
voters are responsible enough
that this will not occur.
• Burrows says she cannot
support reinstatement of the
death penalty. “The constitu
Mary Burrows
tion calls for reformation, not
vindictive justice."
• She believes the corpo
rate farming initiative should
be in statute form and feels the
current proposal is poorly
drafted She does support
banning corporate-owned
farms in Oregon.
• We need to look at where
we are now with marijuana de
criminalization, Burrows says.
"Do we need refining, liberaliz
ing? Is it equitable now?"
By JERRIL NILSON
Of the Emerald
A 1976 political science
graduate of the University,
John Stewart is taking a sec
ond stab at the Dist. 41 State
Representative spot.
Stewart, a 24-year-old Port
land native, has been active in
Democratic conventions and
committees since 1972. He
currently is employed as a
legal assistant with Babcock
and Ackerman, a Springfield
law firm.
“Education,” Stewart says,
“should be available to every
body who wants to utilize it —
and the ability to pay shouldn't
have anything to do with it.”
Stewart says a short-term
goal to keep tuition down
would be reallocation of funds
within the state budget. Long
term goals include working to
ward options such as the a
vailability of more traditional
loans, a voucher system, go
now-pay-later system, and
working at school to pay for
tuition.
“The basic energy problem
is that the whole pattern of the
economy doesn’t recognize
limits on anything, including
resources," Stewart says.
He believes the first solution
is conservation — "It gener
ates new energy, employs the
most people and has the least
impact on the environment.”
Stewart says he would work to
encourage the remodeling of
homes and buildings to con
serve energy and the de
velopment of solar research.
A former secretary of
Oregonians for Nuclear
Safeguards, Stewart says nu
clear power problems are the
epitome of what’s wrong in the
United States. Nuclear power
“is big business’ and big
government's answer to a
problem that’s simple — we re
wasteful.”
Stewart says the mass
transit proposal is attractive
because it saves energy and
provides low cost transporta
tion for people who don’t want
to depend on cars. But, he
says, the energy problem
would be solved better by “get
ting the gas guzzlers off the
road.’’ He feels a good bus
system and a good bike trail
system are two important im
mediate goals.
On other issues:
• “I am opposed to field
burning and favor an im
mediate end to it,” Stewart
says.
• Stewart says he would
vote against reinstating the
death penalty. “The possibility
of killing an innocent person is
great enough not to have it.”
• He favors the open pri
mary, but feels the Republican
initiative isn’t the fairest way.
• Stewart has signed the
corporate farming ban initia
tive but admits the proposal
has problems. He feels it is im
portant enough to adopt and
work with problem areas later.
“I don’t trust the large corpora
tions to manage the resources
in the best way over time.”
John Stewart
• “Continued decriminaliza
tion of marijuana is in order,”
Stewart says. He advocates its
legalization and says the state
needs a comprehensive drug
reform act to modify all drug
laws.
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east lawn on Monday, MAY 24th
at 12:00 noon
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