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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1978)
Gov. Straub toots his Democratic horn Candidate calls for Democratic support in May Gov. Bob Straub squeezed re minders of his accomplishments as governor in between reverant references to ghosts of Demo crats past in his keynote address to the State Democratic Party’s biennial platform convention held Saturday at Springfield's Rode way Inn. By MARY BETH ALLEN Of the Emerald Straub, who will have to fight for his party’s nomination in the May Democratic gubernatorial prim ary, made a strong bid for fellow party members’ votes in his speech, as well as reaffirming his commitment to traditional Demo cratic philosophies. "I’m in politics because I care about issues,’’ Straub said. He stressed his willingness to take stands on controversial issues, cit ing as a recent example his posi tion favoring state financing of welfare abortions. I received 12,000 letters against what I did on the abortion issue — so I need your help," said the governor. Gou Bob Straub, the keynote speaker Saturday at the Democratic p attorm convention, sees Democratic lawmakers as essential to the Photo by Russell Unebarger state s present and future well-being Straub is campaigning for the Democratic primary May 23. Another major issue that Straub has taken by the horns is that of Oregon’s numerous state boards and commissions in Oregon that are dominated by the industry that the board is supposed to be reg ulating,” he said. After paying homage to Ken nedy, Truman, Humphrey and especially Roosevelt, Straub said, “The citizens of Oregon helped me set my agenda. I heard their requests and saw their needs, and I found my programs. “In the last two legislatures, with the help of Democratic majorities, I created programs for school fi nance reform and property tax re lief. aid to the elderly, utility rate relief, jobs, and the preservation of the beauty and environment of this state.” Land use planning is a major concern of Straub's. “I will be an nouncing in the coming week Chompoeg II — the Oregon 2000 Program," he said. "This Oregon 2000 commission will have as a mandate the job of fitting together all the pieces and evaluating the impact of present policies that af fect growth and growth manage ment in this state.” Unemployment was the prob lem that Straub considered his "single greatest challenge” upon entering office. When he took over the governorship, Straub said that unemployment stood at 12.5 per cent in Oregon. “It took a lot of effort, but that rate has fallen Readily over the past three years and in February of this year it stood at 6.1 percent, he said. Straub stressed that one way jobs were created was by recruit ing new industry to Oregon. These new, “dean" industries also fit into another aspect of Straub's plan for Oregon’s future — diversification of industry. “We re too dependent on the forest product industry," maintains Straub. Straub quipped, “This old party of ours is a little bit like Trailblazers basketball. When it’s good, it’s very, very good. And when it’s bad, well, it’s still the best game around." "Our philosophies are as di verse as the people who make who make up our party,” the gov ernor said. He feels that in spite of those differences, Democrats share a “boldness" of vision that still makes party lines very impor tant in Oregon politics. “Let’s put that boldness to work .. . and build ... an Oregon that will meet the challenges of the fu ture. An Oregon of energy, an Oregon of environment, and an Oregon of enterprise,” he con cluded. And if the governor has his way, an Oregon of Bob Straub. Thur.. Apr. 6th BILLY HAYS BAND 8:00 & 11:00 $3.00 (2.00 Adv.) . i ■ Fri. Apr. 7th AMAZING RHYTHM ACES 8:30 & 11:30 $6.00, Sat.. Apr.-8th . . BONNIE BRAMLETT Stone Ground 8:30 & 11:30 $4.50 ’ Mon., Apr. 10th Tue.. Apr. 11th DIZZY GILLESPIE 8:00 & 11:00 ^— $4.50 Wed.. Apr. 19th Thurs.. Apr. 20th THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS 8:00 & 11:00 $3.75r L Thurs.. Apr. 27th SEA LEVEL 8:00 & 11:00 * $6.00 (t TICKET SALES SUN SHOP Oft EVERYBODY’S P THE PLACE • EUGENE’S NEW MUSIC CENTER & FINE DINING 160 S. Park 21 & over - ID required Demo convention - The delegates then turned to the vote on the various planks. Some of their more significant votes were to: • Retain a measure providing for the decommissioning of the Tro ian nuclear power plant, and to halt any new construction until there is a means for safely dispos ing of the waste. •Retain provisions opposing the hunting of whales. • Reject a 1980 plan on open field burning until an alternate method is developed. • Retain a proposal to support bal lot measure 3 providing low-cost housing for the elderly. • Retain a measure providing for state-funded abortions for medi cally indigent women . • Retain a measure to insure that abortions would be vailable to all pregnant women without the con sent of parents or spouse • Keep the measure which pro tects the right of the gay men and lesbians to teach in public schools • Support a person s right to grow up to seven marijuana plants a year for personal use. • Abolish the CIA and strengthen Congressional overviewing on all federal intelligence activities. •Limits smoking to private use only. • Retain a measure that would encourage the Public Utilities Commissioner to adopt a rate structure that is equally fair to all customers The convention officially ended at 3 p.m. Sunday. 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