Anthony goes after Weaver
By Mike Riplinger
Of tha Emerald
The Underdog
America loves him Someone who
seemingly has no chance, coming out
of nowhere to beat the favorite, gaining
the respect and admiration of all That
little guy competing with — and even
beating — the big guy has always been
a favorite success story
In sports it happens frequently Fer
nando Valenzuela came out of a little
Mexican village and set the baseball
world on its ear Alberto Salazar won
the only two marathons he ran in, just
as he said he would
In politics it is more rare Jimmy
Carter came out of relative obscurity to
put peanuts in the same league as
apple pie Vic Atiyeh gave up running a
carpet store and began running the
state While the merits of these last two
can be debated, the fact that they rose
out of comparative anonymity to fulfill
their dreams can't be
Well, politics will see another un
known challenger try to beat the favor
ite when Ross Anthony runs against
Jim Weaver for the 4th District Con
gressional seat
ROSS WHO? One may be justified in
asking University students know him
as an assistant professor of economics
He hopes to catch the Republicans'
attention as the Republican candidate
who upends the incumbent Weaver
Defeating Weaver, who is in his
fourth term, may be a difficult assign
ment for Anthony But running in only
his first political race, Anthony doesn't
seem to be as troubled about tackling
the popular Weaver as one might ex
pect
Possibly this is because taking on
difficult or even impossible tasks seems
to be a way of life for the easygoing
Anthony He founded the Dhorpatan
Health Project, a community health
project located six day's walk from the
nearest road in the mountains of west
ern Nepal In one of the poorest areas
in the world, the project offered people
the opportunity to improve their lives in
spite of extremely limited resources
Anthony is also the founder and pres
ident of the International Health and
Development Trust, a private, non
profit foundation offering financial as
sistance for self-improvement projects
in the developing world
After fulfilling plans as he has in the
past, taking on someone like Weaver
should be right up Anthony's alley The
challenge is made all the greater by the
reapportionment of the 4th District,
which has made it more of a Democra
tic stronghold than ever before
"The redistricting woula make it
more difficult for a more conservative
Republican like Mike Fitzgerald to run
in this area As a matter of fact, he has
since moved to the 5th Congressional
District to run," says Anthony, whose
campaign headquarters in Eugene will
open this week
But for a Republican like myself,
whom I would call a moderate, I think it
will make it easier for me to run because
I feel my beliefs are consistent with a
vast majority of the voters in the 4th
District
WITH A PH.D. IN ECONOMICS,
Anthony feels he is equipped to deal
with what he thinks is the number one
issue of the campaign — the area's
economy Pointing out that the state of
Oregon has the third highest unem
ployment rate in the nation, and that
Eugene ranks sixth for cities, Anthony
says, "A change is vital for the eco
nomic survival of the area
"It is absolutely crucial that we move
ahead and do something about the
problems of economic diversification in
this region We have a timber industry
which will probably not be able to fur
nish the amount of employment and
growth that it has in the past The
University as a community will probably
become a smaller proportion in the
areas of employment in the future,”
says Anthony
Concerned also with the quality of life
in this area, Anthony doesn't feel
diversification has to destroy "what
many people have come to expect in
Eugene It is possible to have growth
and diversification, and at the same
time to protect the overall environ
ment,'' he says
ANTHONY FAVORS EQUAL CUTS in
defense to those being made in social
programs He opposes packaging the
budget into one bill and passing it as
one entity Instead, he believes that "if
you are going to cut programs, you
ought to subject the entire budget to
the rigid analysis that it needs (in order)
to decide what should and what should
not be cut "
As an educator, Anthony is predicta
bly distraught over the situation of
PAiofo by Bob Baker
Ross Anthony
higher education in the state He says
the State Board of Higher Education
will either have to close one of the state
colleges or cut some of the schools and
departments at the universities
“The government should work to
provide equal opportunities to all
Americans, and should provide a cer
tain level of benefits to all A key to this
is offering qualitative educational op
portunities to all students. I favor quite
strongly, increases in funding for
education so that this may be possi
ble,” says Anthony
If elected, Anthony may find accom
plishing that more difficult than building
his clinic in Nepal
Anthony will take a leave of absence
from the University to campaign against
Weaver Trying to beat the Democratic
incumbent should prove to be very
difficult. But for Anthony, it appears he
wouldn’t have it any other way.
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It's survival time in Oregon'' says Myron
Mike Grove, a University economics professor
seeking the Democratic nomination for the
Oregon House in District 41
Grove — in his first try for elective office —
says economists should be involved in govern
ment, especially in a time of "survival budgets ”
He announced his candidacy Dec 18 for the
legislative seat held by Rep Mary Burrows, R
Eugene, who has served five terms in the House
Grove says he is interested in issues affecting
lower and middle income people and small
businesses Reagan and his people make the
world safe for Exxon: what about the middle
class?”
Concern for the future of the University is also
a major reason for his campaign, he says An
alumnus, Grove sees a "threshold effect” at work
if the state continues to dissect the University, at
some point students will leave “in droves ” The
situation is close to that, says Grove, and the
University would "die with a bang not with a
whimper "
Grove has several comments about Oregon
and the District 41 race:
• Gov Vic Atiyeh’s proposal to speed up
collections of income withholding taxes from
employers would probably not have a major
impact, although some businesses — due to
varying accounting systems — could have prob
lems.
• Legislators at the special session beginning
Jan 18 should come up with a mixture of propo
sals such as a corporation surcharge and a
cutback on property tax relief at the ' top end"
• "It’s a mixed bag" when it comes to the
state investing in large corporations such as Fred
Meyer, Inc and each case should be analyzed
separately.
• Proposals for an Oregon sales tax should
continue to be opposed because a sales tax
would hurt the poor more than others
Grove was head of the economics depart
ment from 1968 to 1971 He holds bachelors and
masters degrees from the University and a doc
torate in economics from Northwestern Universi
ty He has worked for the Federal Reserve Board
and the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago
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