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DO YOU WANT A JOB WHEN
YOU GRADUATE?
[F REVITALIZING THE ECONOMY
CONCERNS YOU, THEN THERE IS ONLY
ONE CHOICE FOR CONGRESS.
ROSS ANTHONY
OCTOBER 3, 1982
Editorials
Anthony class in 4th District
Ross Anthony, the Republican
nominee in the 4th District
congressional race, (its his Southwest
Oregon district like a glove. He
understands its dynamic economy and
its voters’ deep concerns (or
producing more jobs and stronger and
more diversified industries.
At the same
time, Anthony would
resist any rollback
o( environmental
gains that would
destroy the quality
of life in the state.
His balanced
approach to
business vs.
environmental
issues contrasts
markedly to the
narrow
philosophies of
recent Republican
challengers to
incumbent Rep. Jim
Weaver.
Not since
Democrat Bob Duncan and
Republican John Dellenback served
the region has a candidate shown so
much competence and offered so
many bright prospects for restoring
the region’s once widely respected
and influential voice in Washington.
In Weaver's four terms he has
proved a poor listener, a ranting and
often uninformed critic who
discourages even those who might
support him. No one should require
his congressman to be timid, but
Weaver has not used his powerful
position as chairman of the House
Agriculture forestry subcommittee to
take the lead in devising ways to ease
the disaster in the woods products
industry. Others, like Sen. Mark
Hatfield. R-Ore„ have exhibited more
leadership in helping the industry.
Weaver sometimes appears to
promise much and deliver little. He is
often more sound and fury than
substance, leaving little more than his
fingerprints on issues he has
promoted as his own. Weaver had
engaging qualities that do not seem,
for reasons beyond our
comprehension, to get tranlated into
effective actions.
At ago 36, Anthony has achieved
a doctorate in economics, served in
the Peace Corps and directed a large,
private community health program.
He has worked as an agriculture
extentsion agent abroad and served
on numerous boards and
commissions. He presently is on leave
from the University of Oregon, where
he teaches economics.
Anthony has more than just a
suitable background and a good
education. He has some workable
ideas that include ways to balance the
federal budget, to cut back on military
spending, to reduce the nuclear
threat, to preserve Social Security
benefits, to simplify the tax system, to
promote environmental
Improvements and to restore the
housing industry in Oregon.
He agrees with the Reagan
administration that the federal
government is overextended. But his
economic solutions, based on
stimulating savings as a way to bring
down interest rates, are not in lock
step with Reaganomics, which he
believes has suffered from poor
timing. He particularly disapproves
of its focus on general consumer tax
cuts rather than on tax cutting to
encourage savings. He would stop
taxing small savings, thereby
stimulating growth in loanable funds
to make more and cheaper housing
money available to create jobs.
Anthony Is not your usual kind of
Republican. For example: He declared
that Secretary of the Interior fames
Watt is "not my favorite public
servant." Father, he said. “I don’t feel
uncomfortable with the Sierra Club,"
a group which traditionally has
supported Weaver.
Considering Weaver’s
contentious proclivities and the low
esteem with which many of his
colleagues hold him. his eight years in
Congress have been far too long.
In the past. Weaver has been
opposed by poorly qualified, weak or
special interest candidates. This year
it Is different. The voters, whether
Democrats or Republicans, can cast
their votes for Ross Anthony,
confident they have made a wise
choice that will enhance the entire
state's congressional image.
Paid For By Ross Anthony For Congress Committee, P.O Box 100241. Kttgone 07440
A close race in Springfield’s Dist. 42
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By Dave Fogerson
Democratic candidate Larry
Hill is driving hard to unseat
freshman Rep Vern Meyer,
Rep —Springfield in district 42
The race is a close one for the
district that includes most of
Springfield, and the two
candidates are showing
distinctly different campaign
postures and proposals
Meyer, a 71-year-old in
surance agent and former
mayor of Springfield, has
maintained a low profile, refu
sing to publicly debate Hill, and
offered his past voting record as
evidence of his views on current
issues
He is well-connected to the
Springfield business community
and said that Oregon needs to
change its anti-business
image.”
Meyer said that state and
local governments need to be
streamlined to eliminate waste
and that money should not be
spent attempting to attract bu
siness into the state until studies
are completed showing why
they have stayed out
He has accused Hill of
promoting ideas that are poli
tically palatable to get elected,
but impractical
The 32-year-old Hill, a
Oregon "recapture part of the
Reagan tax breaks going to the
wealthy.”
"People at the top aren't
paying their fair share,” he says
Hili has come out against
ballot measure 3, which would
limit property taxes, calling it a
“wolf in sheep’s clothing.” The
measure arose from a general
distrust of government, he
says, and can be over
come through better
communication.
bpringneia mniworner wim
labor connections, has never
before held an elective office
He has campaigned
energetically over the last year
and has been more vocal about
specific issues than Meyer.
He has castigated Meyer for
being inactive in .the legislature
and for not sponsoring any
bills on his own rr v
To gnerate more vO'
revenue, Hill
suggests ^
that
ne is aisu
opposed to
Measure 6,
which
would end
the state's
authority in land
use planning Ac
cording to Hill, the mea
sure would make it difficult
to stop development
Dist. 39 offers a choice
By Dave Fogerson
The state reresentative race
for district 39 offers voters the
chance to choose between
candidates who differ in their
philosophical approaches to
good government.
The Democratic incumbent in
this race, Grattan Kerans, 41, is
being challenged by the
40-year-old Republican Jerry
Riley for the district that in
cludes the Bethel-Danebo and
Santa Clara-River Road area of
Eugene
Riley, at the Political Faire
held in the University's EMU last
week, said he was running for
office as a result of his
awareness of the impact state
government has on the econ
omy and the need to "shape
government into a servant role "
Both candidates agree that
the economy and unem
ployment is the number one is
sue in this campaign
“State government should be
an advocate of private bu
siness," Riley says "The poli
tical environment will determine
economic development "
Along with opening the poli
tical climate for economic
growth, Riley says that the tax
structure and land use planning
laws need to be re-examined
Kerans. who has served four
terms, has had his chance to
help solve the state's prolems
and has failed, Riley says Ore
gon has had more than its share
of recession and needs new
leadership, he says
Kerans, who admits he is un
popular with certain corporate
interests within the state,
defended his record by saying
he is “an effective people
oriented legislator."
His votes for increased
cigarette and liquor taxes, the
surtax on income taxes and the
corporate graduated income
tax were necessary for saving
social services, Kerans says,
adding that Riley would have
been less willing to make those
votes. "When the good times
come we ll lower taxes,” he
says
The Kerans program for
sparking the economy features
restructuring industrial
development bonds, a “buy
Oregon” program, increased
national and international trade
and financial support for
education that promotes "sun
rise industries.”
Both candidates are ooposed
to ballot measure 3, which
would limit property taxe
Kerans calls it "a thorough y
disruptive measure” and Riley
says it would do more harm than
good and would be restrictive
on the function of state
government
Both candidates also say they
are committed to protecting
higher education from further
budget cuts They agree that if
the cuts have to be made,
school closures would have to
be considered
Kerans warns that if measure
3 passes, the state will have to
look at school shutdowns and
that "you don't close an institu
tion temporarily, you close it
forever ”
The nuclear weapons freeze
iniative. measure 5, has the
support of both candidates '
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