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Oregon daily
emerald
Wednesday, October 24, 1984
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 86, Number 39
Melee welcomes president to Portland
By Paul Ertelt
Of the Kmerald
Exploding red. white and
blue balloons nearly drowned
out calls for "four more years”
and made the finale of President
Ronald Reagan's Portland rally
sound like a battlefield.
And it was.
Several times during his
Tuesday morning speech at the
Earle Childs Center of the
.University, of Portland, Reagan
was-upstaged by. hostile ex
changes between hecklers and
' supporters.
But the president seemed un
daunted by the verbal jabs.
“I may just le*. Mondale raise
his taxes.” Reagan joked, poin
ting to one of the hecklers. Ap
proximately 5.000 people - at
tended therally.
Reiterating his theme of
• “Amerjca is back.” Reagan said
Walter Mondale ' would lead
-America, into economic, social
and international chaos - if
elected.
Under the Democrats, “our.
leadership was .adrift and rud
derless without a compass,” he
said. He accused the Democrats
of weakening national defense
but said that since he took office
four years ago, his administra
tion has begun to make the
country “strong again.”
"It was the second American
Revolution, and it has only just
begun." he said. But his op
ponents are "small voices in the
night sounding the call to go
back.”.
Reagan took credit for lower
ing inflation from 12 percent
annually to 4 percent and
creating 6 million new jobs.
Taxes were cut by 25 percent
during his administration, but
Mondale would raise taxtfs if
elected, he said.
“My opponent’s economic
policy has two parts — first
raise your taxes and then raise
them again.” he said. “America
President Ronald Reagon addresses a hall of students and party
faithful, including (from left to right) Gov. VicAtiyeh, Sen. Bob
doesn't want his taxes and
they’re not going to get them.”.
At that point Reagan paused
while a shouting match ensued
between his supporters and the
hecklers. But the entire speech
was punctuated with taunts
ranging from obscenities to ac
cusations, that he is a liar and a
murderer.
One group chanted "We
don’t want your war in Central
America” while others
countered the supporters chant
of “Four more years” with
“Two more weeks.”
“This is a perfect example of
where we solid citizens are,”
the president said after the
uproar subsided. “Caught bet
ween the right and the left.”
Reagan continued his attack
on Mondale arid his plan to
raise taxes to reduce the federal
deficit. But Reagan predicted
that Mondale would double the
current deficit.
“He sees an America where
every day is tax day — April
15,” he said. “We see an
America where'every day is In
dependence Day — the Fourth
of July.”
Reagan also attacked the
foreign policy of the Carter ad
ministration and Mondale’s role
as President Jimmy Carter’s vice
president. That administration
made no strong response to the
Soviet Union’s invasion of
Afghanistan, Reagan said, but
no country has fallen to com
munism since he (Reagan) has
taken office. , •
“One year ago we liberated
Grenada from communist
thugs,” he said.
Reagan made no mention of
another anniversary. It was one
year ago Tuesday that 241 *
Marines were killed when a
Continued on Page 8A
A variety of political signs adorned the Earle Childs Center in anticipation of Reagan’s speech.
Photos by Michael Clapp
Packwood and San. Paul Laxalt, R-Nev., at the University of
Portland campus Tuesday.
Anderson attacks
Reagan’s policies
By Stasia Scarborough
Of the Emerald
•John Anderson, former Independent candidate for presi
dent, stumped Tuesday for Walter Mondale’s presidential
campaign, putting the weight of the national Independent
Party behind the Democrats.
; In a speech before approximately 250 students and
Eugene residents, Anderson criticized President Reagan,
calling his campaign and presidency one of “cotton candy.”
“It’s pink and pretty and full of air,„but no nutritional
value,” he said.
Anderson has been campaigning for the Democratic can
didate for two months at the request of Mondale.
Chair, of the national Independent Party, Anderson has
put his party's support behind the Democrats, but the focus of
his campaign is to ensure that President Reagan is not re
elected. .
In his attack against the incumbent president, Anderson
selected issues he said are of interest to Oregonians in par
ticular, including the environment and interest rates.
Citing Oregon’s interest in environmental issues, Ander
son told the audience about Republican'mismanagement of
the Environmental Protection Agency. He said “the environ
ment has suffered and suffered grievously” as a result.
The Reagan administration has tried to "drag their feet
on the issue” of toxic waste clean-up. he said, illustrating his
point by calling Anne Burford and Rita Lavelle — former
Reagan appointees to the EPA — “characters out of a Fellini
movie.”
Oregon, he said, is an “interest-rate-sensititve state” and
has suffered more than many parts of the country in the re
cent economic recession. Reagan’s failure to suggest a means
of lowering the federal deficit, he said, is inhibiting Oregon’s
economic recovery.
In one of his few references to Walter Mondale, he said
that Mondale “has had the courage” to suggest means of
lowering the deficit, including lowering spending and in
creasing government revenues.
In national issues, Anderson claimed Reagan’s policies
for nuclear arms control are long on talk but short on action.
Saying Reagan looks back to the time when the SALT I
treaty was negotiated as a “bad time” in history, Anderson
accused Reagan of saying he longed for the day of nuclear
arms control, while purchasing every item on the Pentagon’s
wish list.
“It’s not a question of good intentions,” he said. “It’s go
ing to take more than glib, glittering generalities.”