Oregon daily emerald., May 18, 1978, Section A, Page 7, Image 7

Vern Cook praises long record
to garner support for senate bid
By GREG WASSON
Of the Emerald
Most Oregon counties have a majority of Demo
cratic voters, but the state s two U.S. senators are
Republicans. Portland Democrat Vern Cook would
like to help change that. Cook is seeking the Demo
cratic nomination for Sen. Mark Hatfield’s seat.
Cook was in Eugene Wednesday asking the
audience of about 10 people gathered at the Lane
County Demo Forum to support him in his try for
Hatfield s position. Cook listed his activities in the
Democratic Party since 1952 as reason enough to
grant him the nomination.
“I defy anyone to point to another Democrat in
this state who has a longer record, a more consistent
record as a Democrat and a more effective record as
a legislator.”
Cook blasted newspapers in Portland and
Salem which have editorially said the Democrats
can't offer Hatfield formidable opposition in
November.
The truth of the matter is,” Cook said, "the
Portland press and the Salem press are part of the
corporate coltrollers and the only kind of Democrat
they like is a Democrat who is no different than Re
publicans.”
Cook has been a state senator since 1961. The
Oregon Senate was controlled by a coalition of
Democrats and Republicans from 1961 to 1973, and
Cook says he didn’t play by the rules.
“I was one of those who never considered voting
with the coalition. As a result, I was punished by not
being given positions of importance. I’ve not only
contributed to the Democratic Party, I must say I’ve
made my sacrifices.”
Cook is confident he’ll be the Democratic
nominee for the U.S. Senate, and says he’ll need the
support of Democrats to win in November. He pre
dicts that one out of four Republicans will cross over
in November and if that prediction holds true, he said
two out of every three Democrats must support him.
Responding to questions, Cook criticized the
Panama Canal treaties, took exception to Hatfield’s
income from public speaking and voiced suspicion of
moves toward disarmament.
“I don’t think communists are any more trustwor
thy than fascists," he warned. “We live in a world
where there is no international law and he prevails
who has the biggest stick."
Vern Cook... consistent record
Memoranda show split views on surplus fund policy
By RICHARD WIENS
Of the Emerald
Gerald Mosely seems to be the
mid-point in discussions between
the EMU Board and the EMU di
rector about a policy the board re
cently approved that gives the In
cidental Fee Committee (IFC)
control over EMU budget sur
pluses.
Moseley, who has been as
sociate provost for student affairs
since February, is evaluating the
May 2 policy statement that sur
plus money accrued by the EMU
must be turned over to IFC’s unal
located reserve. Both the
statement’s chief proponent,
EMUB Chairer Dusty Rhodes,
and its main opponent, EMU Di
rector Adell McMillan, have sent
Moseley at least three
memoranda to explain their posi
tions.
After receiving a recommenda
tion from Moseley, University
Pres. William Boyd will make the
final decision on whether surplus
EMU funds, which run about
$30,000 yearly, will be returned to
the IFC. McMillan wants the EMU
to keep the funds and apply them
to future EMU budget deficits.
McMillan outlined her position
in a nine-point memorandum to
Moseley. Rhodes responded
Wednesday with a memorandum
of his own, his second to the pro
vost in five days, which attempts
to refute McMillan s assertions.
For example, in her memoran
dum, McMillan wrote that the pol
icy statement is "unacceptable”
because it would cause a loss of
flexibility needed to make day-to
day management decisions to
end the year with a balanced
budget.
Rhodes responded it is “irra
tional” to assume that day-to-day
management “requires authority
such that there be no policy con
straint."
McMillan wrote that the EMU’s
policy of hanging on to surplus
funds has allowed it to save
money by taking advantage of
salary savings, lower than antici
pated fixed charges and over
realized income in program areas.
Rhodes wrote that because of
the EMU's practice, “students
may be paying for activities or ser
vices promised in the budget
document but never provided be
cause funding was reallocated to
other operational areas.”
Moseley, in no hurry to make a
recommendation to Boyd on the
matter, says “I’m just trying to get
myself calibrated on it. We re look
ing at the long-range impacts.”
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