Clark runs on past experience
and economic recovery plan
By Ron Hunt
Of lha Emtrald
Don Clark, calling himself
the only candidate tor gover
nor who has "extensive ex
ecutive experience and
production," detailed his
campaign platform Thursday
in the EMU Forum Room
Clark, Multnomah County
executive officer running for
the Democratic nomination,
spoke briefly on social justice
and responded to questions
on higher education, state
budget cuts, nuclear power
and economic recovery
"We are losing" America's
war on poverty, Clark said
Twenty percent of America's
population has an income
under the poverty line and
there is decreasing emphasis
on fair pay. affirmative action,
health, safety, and housing, he
said
Protections against dis
crimination are put on the
back burner "
By contrast. Multnomah
County s workforce is 46 9
percent women and 9 5 per
cent minority workers — the
most outstanding record of
any government in the state,"
Clark said
To see justice in the work
place, he said. Oregon must
promote "comparable worth,"
paying women as much as
men in similar jobs. The state
should also provide an exten
sive day care program, Clark
added
On the question of abortion,
Clark said a "sound state
policy" would allow women to
decide "whether to terminate
or complete pregnancy."
Voters should ask the can
didates for governor: "What
are your values? What is your
record? What have you
produced7” Clark urged the
audience of about 20 Only
after the candidate answers
the first two, ask "What vision
do you have for Oregon’s
future?"
When asked about higher
education's place in Oregon,
Clark, a former professor at
Portland State University, said
current policy is apparently
"to protect tenured faculty"
while priority should be given
to students
"Higher education is ex
tremely important for
Oregon's economic re
covery," he said However,
money can be saved in higher
education, Clark added
Classes could be larger to
avoid several professors from
teaching — with a slightly dif
ferent slant — only a few
students each.
The recent special session
of the Oregon Legislature
should have first cut budgets
to increase productivity, he
said Word processing, com
puters and better man
agement techniques can all be
used to save money and in
crease efficiency, Clark ad
ded He supported the House
income tax surcharge bill "so
those who are working pay, so
the unemployed don’t lose
their services ”
Oregon's one nuclear plant
is one too many, Clark said. “It
should never have a second,"
he said
Economic recovery is the
key issue in the governor’s
race, said Clark, who
proposes creation of an
Oregon Employment Corps
and Young Adult Employment
Corps These programs would
provide temporary em
ployment for over 20,000
Oregonians, he said.
If this sounds like the Works
Progress Administration and
the Civilian Conservation
Corps established during the
Depression, you’re right, Clark
added
“There's a lot of things that
have been around for a long
time, and they make a lot of
sense for these times.”
Photo by David Corey
Don Clark
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