Oregon daily
Thursday, August 2, 1984
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 86, Number 14
Measure needs rewording
The Attorney General’s office
is investigating whether there
are legal remedies for an error in
the wording of Ballot Measure
4. But the measure, which seeks
to establish a state lottery, will
be on the ballot in one form or
other, Attorney General Dave
Frohnmayer says.
The wording of the measure
will probably not affect the
chances of its passing, since
voters will be more concerned
with the concept of a state lot
tery then on the specific wor
ding of the measure, says Sen.
Dell Isham, D-Lincoln City,
chief petitioner for the measure.
Ballot Measure 4 amends the
Oregon constitution to allow a
state lottery with proceeds ear
marked for economic develop
ment. Measure 5 is a statutory
provision to establish the lottery
if the constitutional measure
passes.
As originally stated in the
constitutional measure, 84 per
cent of the proceeds of the lot
tery must be returned to the
public in either prize money or
economic development, with
the rest going for lottery opera
tion. The statutory measure
stipulated that 50 percent of the
proceeds would be distributed
as prize money.
But because of a “clerical er
ror,” the 84 percent reference
was replaced by the 50 percent
reference in the explanation of
the measure prepared by his of
fice, Frohnmayer says. That ex
planation appeared on the petit
tion to get the measure on the
ballot, and, according to state
law, must appear in this form
on the November ballot.
Neither the petitioners nor
the Attorney General noticed
the error until it was pointed
out by Secretary of State Norma
Paulus on Tuesday. But the
deadline for filing with the
Oregon Supreme Court to
amend the ballot wording was
May 1, 20 days after it was filed
with the secretary of state.
"I think it is in the public in
terest to change it if it can be
changed,” Frohnmayer says.
If the wording cannot be
changed, Isham says he will try
to get an explanation of the er
ror in the voter’s pamphlet.
Isham is one of five members of
the committee writing the pam
phlet entry for both Measures 4
and 5.
Petitioners for Measure 4 col
lected 135,000 signatures,
Isham says.
Professor appointed to council
By Paul Ertelt
Of the Emerald
University economics Prof. Joseph Stone says
his recent appointment to Pres. Ronald Reagan’s
Council of Economic Advisers in no way reflects
his own political views.
During his interview for the position, the
topic of his party affiliation did not even come
up, but “it is not Republican,’’ he says.
Stone, who was named a senior staff member
of the council last week, says he will provide ex
pert analysis and information on international
trade, but he will not be involved in economic
policy making.
The council, which was founded in 1946, is
headed by three economists appointed by the
president. They help formulate economic policy
Joseph Stone
and usually have political ideologies compatible
with the president’s.
Stone will be one of the 10 senior staff
members who have expertise in a particular
economic area. These postions are “non
political” Stone says, and his appointment will
continue even if Reagan is not re-elected in
November.
Stone probably came to the attention of the
council through his articles in economic journals,
says Prof. James Tattersall, economics depart
ment head. His appointment will bring prestige
to the University and its economics department,
Tattersall says.
But Stone’s position will not put him in close
personal contact with the president. Instead, he
will do research and compile reports to be used
by the president and his advisers.
*'I might only meet the president once,” he
says. “It’s not the sort of thing where you have a
Thursday afternoon, 2 o’clock appointment with
Ronnie."
Nevertheless, Stone will be giving the ad
ministration important analysis on the complex
issues of international trade. Fair trade policies,
tariffs and foreign subsidies on exports are among
the topics he will address while in Washington.
“The United States has record trade
deficits,” he says. “We have great difficulty in
export markets and with imports competing with
domestic products. The question is how to.make
the U.S. more competitive.”
In order to do that, Stone says, it is essential
to set criteria for fair trade policies and
establishing the appropriate role of export
subsidies.
The problem of foreign governments sub
sidizing export products is paradoxical, he says.
On one hand, the subsidized products have an
unfair advantage over U.S. made products, but
they also offer goods at a lower price to
consumers.
These are not problems that the United States
can solve alone, so we must negotiate interna
tional agreements that wi»l be beneficial to all
parties, he says.
International trade agreements will also
benefit the Pacific Northwest, which is in a good
position to export to Pacific-rim nations. The
opening of foreign agricultural markets would be
a boon to Oregon farmers, he says.
Stone, a 36-year-old native of Texas, came to
the University in 1979. He says his appointment
will help his career, but it is not uncommon for a
person his age to be appointed to the council.
“They’re looking for people who still have
the enthusiasm and would put in a lot of effort
and would view government service as attrac
tive,” he says.
Stone lived in Washington D.C. during the
1970s when he worked for the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, and he says he is looking forward to
returning.
“There’s lots of things to do in D.C.,” he
says. “It’s the only U.S. city that has a European
flavor to it because of all the monuments and
large buildings.”
Stone, his wife Crystal and their 8-year-old
son will move to Washington in August, and he
will begin work after Labor Day. After his one
year appointment is up, Stone plans to return to
Eugene and his teaching job at the University.
He says he will probably be happy to get back
by then. Washington is “too big a city for me per
manently,” he says.
Repairs underway
Workers set up scaffoldings around Johnson Hall this
week preparing to begin renovations on the building
which houses administrative offices.
Photo by Michael Clapp
Committee set to interview
athletic director applicants
A 10-member search commit
tee at the Universtiy has nar
rowed to three an original list of
48 candidates for the vacant
athletic director’s post. Dan
Williams, University vice presi
dent and chairman of the search
committee, said that interviews
for the three candidates will be
conducted Aug. 9, 13, and 14,
and the committee should make
their recommendation Aug. 15.
“My decision, if there are no
complications, should be made
the next day,” he said.
One of the three candidates is
Bill Byrne, University acting
athletic director since Rick
Bay’s resignation, which
became effective June 30.
Byrne, 39, graduated from
Idaho State and held the direc
torship for alumni relations
there for five years. Before com
ing to Oregon he was assistant
athletic director of external af
fairs for San Diego State. Byrne,
who is vacationing this week,
was unavailable for comment.
A second candidate is Randy
Hoffman, 33, associate atmetic
director for the University of
Maryland. Hoffman is a Penn
sylvanian who graduated from
Maryland. He began his climb
through the ranks as a golf
coach, manager of the Universi
ty of Maryland golf course and
head of promotions. He is assis
tant to Dick Dull, the Maryland
director who just pulled out of a
similar search at USC and who
was a finalist for the Ohio State
job, which was ulimately won
by Oregon’s Rick Bay.
The third candidate is Dennis
Keihn, 39, the athletic director
for California State University at
Los Angeles. Keihn is a native
of Indiana and a graduate of Ball
State University. He received
his master’s degree and a doc
torate in athletic administration
at Indiana. He was athletic
director and basketball coach at
Inverhills Community College
in Minnesota and then held the
same jobs at Macalester College
in St. Paul, Minn., before com
ing to Cal State-L. A
ago.