Dole tells party to change
Republicans tainted by ‘fat cat’ image
By KEVIN HARDEN
Of the Emerald
The Republican party will have
to make some changes to become
a contender for congressional and
local elections this year, Senator
Robert Dole, (R-Kansas), told
Lane County Republican Party
members Saturday.
Those changes may include a
complete image revamping to at
tract more minority members and
others who have traditionally
looked at the party as a “bunch of
nay sayers.”
Speaking at a fund raising lun
cheon for the county party and
Fourth Congressional District
challenger Jerry Lausmann, Dole
said the Republican Party has
been tainted by a false “fat cat”
image that has hurt it in several
local and national elections.
“A lot of people just see us as a
little band of nay sayers saying
no' all the way down the line on
very important issues,” Dole said.
“But if we’re going to be a majority
party we’ll have to attract young
people and black Americans and
hispanic Americans and many
others who haven't agreed with us
in the past.”
Dole said the “fat cat” image of
the Republican Party was a false
description created by the Demo
cratic Party to hurt the Republi
cans. Most of the big business and
big labor money from the last pres
idential election went to the
Democratic Party, not the Repub
licans, he said.
‘‘We have a good philosophy.
We have always been the ones
who said to cut taxes. We also
believe in strong defense spend
ing, but for one reason: peace.”
Dole said if the GOP can make
gains on the local level in elections
this year it could begin a nation
wide “grass roots” movement that
could eventually make Republi
cans a majority party. Party mem
bers should also work to get the
votes of those people who
wouldn't otherwise vote because
of their dissatisfaction with the
political system, he said.
Calling the Oregon GOP ticket
for 1978 one of the “strongest” he
had seen in any state in recent
years, Dole said Oregon could be
the leader in rebuilding the Repub
lican Party because of its tradi
tionally independent political na
ture.
Answering questions from the
audience of about 100 Republican
Party members, Dole criticized
Pres. Jimmy Carter’s stand on de
tente with Russia and the adminis
tration's entire foreign policy plat
form.
“We need to take a tough stand
with the Soviet Union but we also
want to have a new SALT
(Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)
agreement,” Dole said. “We want
it to be a negotiation though. How
can it be a negotiation when you
throw in all your chips?”
Dole called Carter’s decisions
not to build the controversial B-1
bomber and to delay development
of the neutron bomb bad ones be
cause the United States has given
up too many weapons in the in
terest of negotiations.
The recent victory of a tax limita
tion measure in California has
“shaken up” Washington, D.C.,
Dole said. The message that
people don’t want anymore taxes
on their money has reached the
national level and could affect new
legislation.
At a news conference following
his speech, Dole said he wouldn’t
rule out the possibility of receiving
the GOP nomination for the presi
dency in 1980.
“I’m not a candidate, but I’d be
less than candid if I didn’t say that
we were traveling a lot around the
country and speaking to people
about that,” Dole said. “But right
now. I’m not close to anything."
Sen. Robert Dole, R-Kansas, says the Republican Party has been
tainted by a false “Fat cat” image that has hurt during elections.
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OSPIRG hits food stamps
Some proposed rules governing the federal food
stamp program are unrealistic in addressing the
problems of lower income students, the Oregon Stu
dent Public Interest Research Group (OSPIRG) has
told the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Under the proposed regulations, students could
not count books and certain other school supplies as
mandatory school fees for purposes of determining
food stamp eligibility. They would also be required to
work at least 20 hours a week at jobs paying the
current minimum wage, or have jobs paying the
equivalent of that amount. Students who could qual
ify as a tax exemption for a parent or guardian will be
barred from obtaining food stamps.
“To argue that books and supplies are not man
datory expenses of going to school represents a
wholly unrealistic view of the modem educational
system," said Bill Van Dyke, OSPIRG Executive Di
rector.
OSPIRG has suggested that income spent by stu
dents on books and supplies should not be counted
as available income for purposes of determining food
stamp eligibility.
According to Van Dyke, OSPIRG also opposes the
work requirement as proposed because it fails to
include provisions which realistically reflect varying
academic and personal situations of tow income stu
dents. “For example, a student who is a single parent
with children at home between the ages of 12 and 18
would be required to work.” Van Dyke said.
Adding work to the requirements of caring for a
family and pursuing a full time course of study could
easily affect a student’s academic career adversely.”
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