'VUlLWEU., MOSHE- THE IM0M8EMT NAILS DOWN THE JEWISH MOTE AGAIN"
Blitz’ talk private
Letter to Adisa Oluwa:
This is a reply to your Monday,
October 18, 1976 letter, Mr.
Oluwa.
1. When I said Butz was “not the
executive who carries out these
policies but only an advisor to the
one who does,” I was not trying to
absolve him of any guilt from the
effects of his policies on the small
farmer and consumer. I was
merely trying to show the guilt was
not singularly his.
2. Regarding my statement on
“something wrong with the way
we seem to define freedom of
speech,” you seem to be one of
those people who has something
wrong with the definition. “The
context of public opinion" must
never be a means by which we
deny a person rights, sir.
3. You stated in your letter, and I
quote, “If Butz has thoughts and
sentences of these kinds he
should keep them where they will
do the least harm — behind
closed doors and not in press con
ferences.” He did not make that
statement in a press conference.
He made it in a “private conversa
tion” with Pat Boone on a flight
from Kansas City to the west coast
following the Republican National
Convention. John Dean, who was
also on the flight and is well known
for his big ears (as well as his big
mouth), made that “private” con
versation public ir. an interview
with Rolling Stone magazine.
James A. MacDonald
English
Vote no on 10
On November 2nd Oregon vot
ers shall decide whether land use
planning, as enacted by Senate
Bill 100 in 1973, shall be ended in
Oregon. Senate Bill 100 required
that counties and cities in Oregon
must coordinate a statewide com
prehensive plan.
These comprehensive plans
must comply to the guidelines set
out by Senate Bill 100. They in
clude citizen involvement in local
groups to help draft these com
prehensive plans, futuristic plan
ning for the preservation of
agricultural land, forests, and
open space; planning for air,
water, resource quality, recrea
tional needs, the economy, public
facilities, and positive incentive for
energy conservation.
State-wide planning has re
sulted in programs such as the
Willamette Greenway which
keeps the shores of our river free
from uncontrolled industrial
growth. As a result some rich ag
Paffo A OanfiAn A
—Letters—
ricultural land is being pre
served and we are provided with
open space for recreation and en
joyment along our Willamette
River.
Oregon has a bounty of natural
resources — rich agricultural land,
forests, fishing grounds, plentiful
dean water and a dynamic land
scape. Without the planned use of
land as well as these resources,
the source of Oregon's economic
livelihood may be threatened.
Growth in Oregon is inevitable.
However, if this growth is control
led through the planning process
as called for in Senate Bill 100,
growth can be very attractive.
Measure # 10 will attempt to re
peal Senate Bill 100, thereby dig
ressing back to earlier days when
our values did not concern the en
vironment or its future. Land use
planning has evolved to its pres
ent importance because people
realized the necessity of planning
for growth in a complex milieu.
Oregon is a trendsetter in en
vironmental awareness policy in
the U.S. There is no time to sit
back now. Preserve the nature of
Oregon — vote NO on Measure
#10.
Bill Morgante
Junior-undeclared
Murray for mayor
We bicycle riders better stick
together or we ll get knocked off
separately.
That’s just one of the many
reasons we support Neil Murray
for mayor of Eugene.
In case you didn’t know — Neil
(as a member of the city council)
voted in July, 1975, to put the bike
lanes on auto-choked Pearl and
High Streets. The other mayoral
candidate (also a member of the
city council) voted against it.
In January, 1976, Neil sup
ported strongly a measure to re
quire Eugene’s transportation
plan to balance — against the al
mighty and overwhelming au
tomobile — planning for transpor
tation alternatives: bikes, pedes
trians, mass transit. The other
mayoral candiate wasn’t in
terest sd.
Neil is a bicycie rider himself.
We bicycle riders can count on
him to understand the serious
need to plan for alternatives to re
liance on the automobile.
Remember this: the mayor of
Eugene is in a key spot for keep
ing Eugene livable. These days
few people miss the connection
between the use of alternative
transportation and protecting and
maintaining the livability of a
community.
Remember to vote on
November 2 for Neil Murray for
mayor of Eugene. For us bicycle
riders the emergency signal is
clear: S.O.S. — Save Our Skins.
Melinda Grier
Jane Farrand
Carol Wickham
ODE propaganda
The Emerald is no longer a
teaching tool of the University of
Oregon’s School of Journalism,
but rather now is (1) an indepen
dent social-economic-political
voice, (2) run by students that, by
God’s divine providence, know it
all!
If the Emerald is to continue to
operate from the University of
Oregon campus, with taxpayers’
funds; I call for a return of the
paper to the direct control of the
school it was created to serve as a
"learning” tool.
Today it is not popular to ex
press a critical view of "youth” but
from the pages of the Emerald
comes reason to hop off the youth
train and grab a little experience.
During this election year, ex
penence is especially important
when it comes to suggesting to
you who to vote for or against. In
deed, we are already so full of
media b.s., we might be primed for
any hate propaganda a news
paper might dish-out under the
guise of independent editorials.
From experience, I suggest you
make the effort to personally find
out about Oregon candidates and
issues. Here are two candidates I
support and would suggest you
talk to before you vote:
1. Archie Weinstein; Lane
County Commissioner; Position
No. 1
2. D.D. (Dave) Salyers; Lane
County Sheriff.
John M. Reed. Chairer
Committee to End
Lawyers’ Monopolies
1560 Lincoln Street #30
Eugene, Oregon
The Emerald receives no tax
money.
The Emerald editorial staff has
interviewed both Mr. Weinstein
and Mr. Salyers. -ed.
Homosexual hero
The homosexuals' hero—Jerry
Brown — tries to glorify the
Fuehrer’s puppet — Weaver.
Thirty-million people died for
nothing since their survivors still
worship the Nazi gods of
socialism and the “liberal” Ges
tapo.
J.F. Cook
735 Deer Creek Road
Selma, Or.
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Fade lev rates 4th term
The race for the District 42 seat in the Oregon House
of Representatives is probably the most important legisla
tive race in Lane County.
The incumbent, Democrat Nancie Fadeley, is facing a
serious challenge from Springfield Mayor Vance Freeman,
a Republican. Fadeley's stands, which consistently de
serve support, are diametrically opposed to Freeman’s on
nearly every issue.
Fadeley is one of the few legislators in Oregon whose
voting record was rated at 100 per cent by the Oregon
Environmental Council in 1973 and again in 1975. She also
received a 100 per cent rating from the Oregon Student
Lobby, and the AFL-CIO has endorsed her over Freeman.
Fadeley is one of Oregon's strongest supporters of
consumer protection, land use planning and energy con
servation. She has fougf.t the grass seed industry on field
burning, the utilities on rate structures and the timber com
panies on the yield tax.
During the next session Fadeley plans to concentrate
on energy and environment issues, compensation for vic
tims of violent crimes and extension of the bottle bill to
include wine containers.
Freeman's legislative program consists of nothing
more specific than fighting for the interests of the little guy
and working for property tax relief. Few Oregon politicians
fail to promise to fight for the little guy and work for property
tax relief.
Freeman has expressed opposition to the nuclear
safeguards initiative because he feels Oregon must keep
its energy alternatives open. Fadeley is unwilling to accept
nuclear energy without safeguards as an alternative.
Freeman favors abolishing the Land Conservation and
Development Commission so that local governments can
plan for themselves. Fadeley wants to keep the commis
sion so that local governments actually will do some plan
ning.
Freeman promises to represent the city of Springfield
in the legislature. Freeman has done a good job as mayor
of that city; perhaps the people of Springfield should think
twice before sending him to Salem.
All Freeman offers the voters of District 42 is a contrast
against which Fadeley’s accomplishments seem even
more worth rewarding with a fourth term.
V,
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Kerans obvious choice
The choice for voters of District 39 is an easy one.
Democrat Grattan Kerans should be returned to Salem.
Kerans' opponent, Gary Wright, was recruited by the Re
publican party, and it made a very poor choice.
Offering very few new programs himself, Wright has
run a campaign aimed at burdening Kerans with political
albatrosses he doesn't deserve.
By innuendo and loose logic, Wright has tried to hang
Kerans with the capital expansion project, a project Kerans
voted against.
Wright has also accused Kerans of helping to increase
state spending, thereby state taxes, by 44 per cent. What
he fails to mention is that Kerans authored the minimum tax
bill aimed at shifting the state's tax burden to the shoulders
of those who can afford to pay.
During his first term in the Legislature, Kerans also
sponsored or supported legislation that eventually became
Ballot Measure #7 (providing for public financing of state
election campaigns), the alternative care package which
provides elderly people with support services necessary to
keep them out of health care homes, increased bonding for
the veterans’ home loan program and increased state sup
plemental security income.
Kerans served on the House Revenue Committee,
and understands the state’s taxing policies. As a member
of the majority party, Kerans could count on being ap
pointed to that committee again, and could continue his
efforts to shift taxes away from the poor and onto those
who can afford to pay.
While sometimes more caustic than he needs to be,
Kerans is dedicated to opposing the rich interests that have
historically been served by governments at all levels. Away
from his work with taxes, Kerans has helped to clean up
Oregon’s politics. In the two years before his election to the
House, Kerans worked with the committee that drafted
Oregon’s disclosure law and set up the state s ethics
committee.
Kerans is a trustworthy representative of the people
who deserves to retain his seat in District 39.