Wingard, Hendriksen’s
panel appearance turns
into a rhetorical brawl
By Michele Matassa
Of th* Emerald
Onlookers got more than the
planned panel discussion they
had bargained for at a can
didates forum co-sponsored by
Land, Air and Water and the
Sierra Club’s Many Rivers divi
sion Tuesday night
What started out to be a con
trolled panel discussion of four
topics between state Sen
George Wingard, district 20,
and his Democratic challenger
Margie Hendriksen turned into a
head-to-head arguement. with
voices and tempers rising at a
rapid rate
Instead of responding to the
questions presented by the for
um sponsors, Hendriksen, the
first speaker, began attacking
Wingard's attendance for votes
as well as his voting record
Speaking before a conserva
tion-minded audience, Hendrik
sen cited cases in which Win
gard's voting record favored
nuclear power and opposed
environmental concerns.
Wingard's anger was evident
when he too, veered from the
chosen topics
"I didn't know this was going
to be a debate I thought the
candidates would talk about the
issues written here and I
thought the moderator would
stick to that format.''
He said he didn't like negative
campaigns because the real
issues" were not considered
"I’m angry I'm angry because
I got set up here," said Wingard
“This was supposed to be a
clean question-answer session
But if you want a debate, you'll
get it You'll get it because I
don't like to be set up."
Later, Wingard said he "felt
bad about getting angry.” He
said Hendriksen's unexpected
attack upset him and threw him
“off track," making his
prepared answers less effec
tive
Hendriksen left the session
early and was unavailable for
comment
In spite of the dispute, both
Wingard and Hendriksen did
address the prepared ques
tions.
Wingard said he favors
reconstitution of the State
Forestry Board to recorrect
over-representation of the
timber industry He said he lost
support of timber industry peo
ple because of his pro-environ
ment position
Hendriksen said she also op
poses having people in office
who are representing a ' private
domain.”
The next issue was Ballot
Measure 6, which Hendriksen
said would be a "disaster" if it
was approved
The measure would abolish
all statewide land use planning
George Wingard and Margie Hendriksen, candidates for the Senate seat in Dist. 20, turned a panel
discussion into a full-fledged debate Tuesday night
laws and the Land Conservation
and Development Commission
She said the passage of mea
sure 6 would “hold (land)
development up for years"
because no organized planning
system would be at work
Wingard also spoke against
the proposal but said he felt
Lane County could, with a
"coordinated effort," effect a
successful planning system if
measure 6 passes
Both Hendriksen and Win
gard spoke out against Wah
Chang's disposal of radioactive
nuclear waste on a flood plain of
the Willamette Valley.
Mary Burrows, Republican
incumbent in the district 41
state representative race, also
spoke on those issues although
her challenger, Mike Grove,
wasn't able to attend
Her stands were similar to the
other candidates'
She supported the environ
mentalists' stance on the State
Forestry Board issue, saying,
like Wingard, she has lost sup
port from the timber industry
because she "went out on a
limb.”
She argued against Ballot
Measure 6 but admitted that the
process does need some refin
•ng
Burrows said she adamantly
opposes the Wah Chang dispo
sal situation
‘ I don't care what the
procedure is I don't think any
type of disposal should be al
lowed near the Willamette
River,” Burrows said
Rep. Jim Weaver, District 4.
was supposed to attend the
forum but traveled to Roseburg
for a last-minute ' surprise''
meeting with Republican chal
lenger Ross Anthony, accord
ing to Weaver aide Greg Skill
man, who was at the forum as
his "stand-in."
Arbitrator to decide GTFF dues increase
By Sandy Johnstone
Of the Emerald
The Graduate Teaching Fellows
Federation and the University put their
cases before an arbitrator yesterday to
determine whether the University should
implement a sliding scale union dues
increase the GTFF approved in Feb
ruary
Carlton Snow, law professor from Wil
lamette University, has 30 days to decide
the case presented by negotiators Karen
Gorder for the GTFF and William F
Hoelscher for the University Under the
rules of arbitration, Snow's decision is
legally binding
The University objects to the cost of
reprogramming the computer system to
accommodate the change The sliding
scale increases the dues from $4 80 per
month to a minimum of $5.25 per month
and increasing depending on the
number of hours taught by the GTF to a
maximum of $6 25 per month While the
original plan called for revisions in full
time equivalency numbers every term,
the GTFF has considered taking an
average FTE for the year to cut down on
computer reprogramming
Hoelscher, special assistant to the
attorney general for labor relations,
notes the University is willing to adopt the
system if the GTFF pays the cost of
reprogramming, estimated at between
$675 and $1,500 The GTFF, according
to Gorder, field representative for the
Oregon Federation of Teachers, believes
it is the University's responsibility to pay
for implementing the change
Hoelscher points out that Article 5 of
the collective bargaining contract
requires the union to pay for use of
facilities He says this includes the use of
the computer to change the payroll sys
tem Gorder points out computer pro
gramming has never been mentioned
during collective bargaining agreement
Recession shadows governor s race
SALEM (AP) — Even if they can't agree
on the solutions, Republican Gov Vic
Atiyeh and Democratic challenger Ted
Kulongoski agree on the major issues
Both say they are offering Oregonians
«. a clear choice on economic and leader
ship issues
The third entry in the race. Libertarian
Party candidate Paul Cleveland, offers
an alternative view of both the questions
and the answers He believes the central
issue is government's use of compulsion
to achieve social and political goals He
says he opposes government coercion in
all of its forms
Atiyeh says he has made state
government lean He says he's been
active behind the scenes in bringing new
jobs to Oregon He says he has made
hard, politically unpopular budget deci
sions for Oregon's economic good
He accuses Kulongoski. a state sena
tor from Junction City, of failing to assert
leadership in the Legislature, even
though the Democrats control both
houses He says Kulongoski's 1981
sponsorship of plant-closure legislation
scared business A Kulongoski victory in
th> Nov 2 general election will keep new
companies away from Oregon in droves.
Atiyeh claims
Kulongoski says Atiyeh failed to do
anything about the recession until it was
too late He says the governor's leader
ship pattern is to wait too long and then
to do too little
Rather than being a leader. Atiyeh has
been a caretaker, and not a very good
one, in Kulongoski's estimation He asks
voters the same question Ronald
Reagan asked in 1980 are you better off
now than you were four years ago? He
says the 6,000 jobs Atiyeh claims to have
brought to the state can t replace the
130,000 |obs that have been lost
Atiyeh believes Oregonians know
what's best for them, and he thinks they'll
make the right economic choices unaid
ed by government Kulongoski says
government must take a stronger role in
putting people back to work
Kulongoski favors speeding up public
works projects and giving tax Incentives
to Oregon industries He wants to In
crease Oregon's exports and help the
timber industry retool and diversify. pos
sibly with loans from the Public Em
ployee Retirement System, a proposal
Atiyeh has labeled as dangerous
The Democratic, candidate promises to
reorganize the state uepanmem or
Economic Development and place em
phasis on help for small and medium
sized businesses
He tavors state aid tor towns affected
by plant closures, but he says he now
opposes laws requiring troubled com
panies to give advance warning before
closing their doors
Cleveland says the best way to in
crease jobs in the private sector is to
eliminate those in government He says
that major reductions in state em
ployment could create as many as
120,000 jobs in the private sector
The libertarian candidate opposes
compulsory school attendance and
favors tax credits for those who educate
children In private schools Cleveland
says "state-imposed monopolies,
regulations and unethical prohibitions
cause higher prices, fewer jobs, organ
ized crime and widespread disrespect tor
law "
Ho supports Ballot Measure 3, the 1 ^
percent property tax limitation amend
ment. as well as elimination of statewide
land-use planning Both Atiyeh and
Kulongoski oppose both ballot meas
ures
discussions as being considered part of
the facilities specified in the contract
Hoelscher argues since the collective
bargaining agreement running from Oct
30, 1981 to June 30, 1983 makes no
mention of the possibility of a change in
the dues structure, the University is not
bound by the contract to implement the
change Hoelscher cites a portion of the
contract which specifically states that
the contract cannot be extended beyond
what is explicitly noted within it
One mam contention presented by
Hoelscher concerns the time limit out
lined in the contract for filing a
grievance According to the contract, the
grievance must be filed within 60 working
days of the date when the GTFF first
realised the union could not solve the
problem through negotiation The
University, according to Hoelscher, sets
that date as April 7 more than 60 days
before the grievance was filed on Aug 9
However, GTFF Pres Barbara Coch
rane said she believed the dispute could
be settled without arbitration after a
conversation in early June with Shirley
Menaker, graduate school associate
dean Cochrane said Menaker told her to
delay filing a grievance until she could
investigate other options
At the hearing, GTFF secretary treas
urer Hank Lawrence testified that Ed
Kelley, former associate vice-chancellor,
had given him the impression the
University would pay for the change if the
GTFF based the sliding scale on the
average teaching time per year instead
of changing it each term University
spokesman Hoelscher said Kelley, in a
confidential memo, mentioned that the
University would not consider paying.
Snow has not ruled on whether the
dispute can be settled by an arbitrator.
I think we have an overwhelming
amount of evidence from the contract,
voluntary deduction policy of the
University and the state statutes,” said
Cochrane after the hearing