Coalition founder blasts
legislation, subcommittee
By Kevin Taylor
Of th« Emerald
The founder of a group lob
bying against “repressive"
legislation spoke to about 20
people Monday afternoon on
federal crime and draft laws
Frank Wilkinson, founder of
the National Coalition Against
Repressive Legislation, was
scheduled to discuss draft
legislation and the current fin
ancial aid situation, but instead
focused on the FBI, North Ca
rolina Sen Strom Thurmond,
and several bills soon to be vot
ed on in the House and Senate
Wilkinson made clear his in
tentions to fight Senate Bill 2572
— which would allow the legal
denial of bail, allow the govern
ment to appeal lenient sen
tences, and would impose man
datory sentences — for lesser
crimes or first offenses SB2572
has been attached to House Bill
6514, which Wilkinson called a
good bill HB6514 would beof
great value in the rehabilita
tion of drug addicts in prison,
he said
Wilkinson took exception to
Strom Thurmond's "violent
crime" legislation, SB2572 The
bill may yet pass through Con
gress during the "lame duck"
session following the elections,
he said
Wilkinson also says he feels
angered that the House
Unamerican Activities Commit
tee. which took over 20 years to
abolish, was resurrected in
1981, soon after the new
Republican Senate was sworn
in The old HUAC is the new
Senate subcommittee on
security and terrorism, he said
Wilkinson said a nuclear
freeze measure on the Califor
nia ballot, will probably lose
because of redbaiting ' by
President Reagan, Reader s
Digest magazine. Sen Jeremiah
Denton and the Washington
Post That group. Wilkinson
said, has pushed the nuclear
freeze issue as a threat to
America
Denton, who is the chairer of
the Senate subcommittee on
security and terrorism, is what
Wilkinson considers a major
opponent
Wilkinson had little to say
about draft registration, but did
concede that the government
will have a very tough time en
forcing the Solomon Act — the
new law which requires all eligi
ble male college students to
register for the draft before
receiving federal financial aid
•n order for the act to work,
students will have to show proof
of registration to receive federal
aid. Wilkinson said The only
acceptable proof would be a
proof-of-registration letter
(the letter which is delivered
within 90 days of registering)
But, he pointed out sometimes
the letters come, sometimes
they don't
Voters should contact elected
officials to tell them how they
feel. Wilkinson urged
Remember that Oregon Sen
Bob Packwood voted to support
Thurmond's "violent crime' bill,
he added
Grove calls for death of LCDC
01
Mike Grove. Democratic challenger for state
representative in District 41. said Friday that
discontinuing statewide land-use planning may
be necessary because its goals cannot account
for the "diverse communities ”
The University economics professor was
referring to Ballot Measure 6. which will abolish all
statewide land use planning laws and the Land
Conservation and Development Commission
If Measure 6 does not pass, land-use plan
ning in Oregon could be non-existent by 1984
because of eventually intolerable conflicts over
planning. Grove said
"Building up" from the community level
should replace generalized, statewide goals in
land use planning, Gicve said I support Mea
sure 6 because I support land-use planning,” he
said
„ Grove, who has been an economist at the
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Federal
Reserve Board in Washington, DC, is challeng
ing incumbent Mary Burrows She has held the
University district seat since 1972
Grove, 51, says he thinks Oregonians are
beginning to resist their tax burden, and will
probably approve Measure 3
Ballot Measure 3 would limit property tax
rates, require elections for certain taxes, and limit
the number of tax elections
Grove said that in his canvassing he met
many taxpayers, especially those of the middle
class, who voted for new programs in the past but
who aie now feeling overburdened
"Historically, in Oregon, the middle class has
been most willing to support government
programs," he said
But Oregon's progressive tax structure hits
this "strategic income group" especially hard, so
that they are now "upset,” Grove said
"No other state tax structure is as progres
sive as Oregon's, except Montana," he said
Grove said he opposes Measure 3, but would
like to see cutbacks in government spending.
Plant closure laws also are not a good idea,
he said
"The closing of any business, for any reason,
is a tragedy,” Grove said "But plant closure laws
are not a way to prevent that tragedy.”
Dow dips because of Fed’s non-news
NEW YORK (AP) - The stock
market's best known indicator
took its biggest one-day plunge
since the Great Crash of 1929
on Monday, a dramatic turnar
ound only two trading days after
it reached a 10-year high
Wall Street analysts blamed
the sudden sell-off on fears that
the Federal Reserve Board
might have stopped allowing
interest rates to fall — and on
professional investors' rush to
sell as they saw some of their
recent gains slipping away
One broker described the
mood in the investment world as
"manic-depressive.”
In Washington, deputy White
House press secretary Peter
Roussel said other economic
barometers should be ex
amined, and referred to the
Consumer Price Index and the
index of leading indicators, due
out later this week.
The Dow Jones average of 30
industrials, the most widely fol
lowed indicator of stock-market
trends, fell 36 33 points to
995 13 That stood as the aver
age's largest single-day drop
since it plummeted a record
38 33 points Oct. 28, 1929
From mid-August through
Friday, the average had soared
more than 250 points, hitting a
10-year high of 1,036.98 last
Thursday.
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