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Oregon Daily
Emerald
Tuesday, fanuary 13. 1987
Eugene. Oregon
Volume 88. Number 78
Goldschmidt sworn in with style, adulation
By Shawn Wirtz
Of llw Emerald
Democrat Neil Goldschmidt
was inaugurated Monday as the
state’s 33rd governor in a
ceremony marked with all the
pomp and circumstance of a
royal coronation.
Goldschmidt delivered his in
augural address to a packed
House full of legislators and
their families. Spectators stood
in the entryways and overflow
ed four hearing rooms set up
with video monitors, interrup
ting the speech several times
with adulating applause.
Goldschmidt acknowledged
"the legacies of caring and com
mitment left us by our
predecessors." but said the
state faces "hard choices" to
ensure the future. He also cited
outgoing Gov. Victor Atiyeh for
"his integrity, his decency, and
his concern for our state."
Goldschmidt vowed to "tell
r
our educators that they will
have the resources they need to
teach; that the learning they
have to offer our children is,
more than ever, the ladder to
opportunity.
“We will tell our children
that their learning is assured
and that work is available —
here, at home, in Oregon.”
Goldschmidt said. “We will not
surrender their jobs to foreign
workers.”
Goldschmidt also called on
citizens to work together to im
plement his "Oregon Com
eback.” "As partners in the
work that lies ahead, we have
the capacity to help each other
by summoning from each the
best that each has to offer.” he
said.
The new governor offered few
specifics concerning his
economic development pro
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Local union pickets
area supermarkets
but with little effect
By Carolyn Lamberson
Of the Kmerald
Since September 1985, employees of Union Local 555
have been picketing the Food Value just south of campus and
other Food Values in the area in an attempt to bring the union
back into the store.
According to Allen Wallace, an employee of the union
who has been picketing since June t!»8(> when Food Value
Turn to Picket, Page 4
POOD VALUE
Photo by |ohn Giutliiu
Allen Wallace, who has been on the picket line in front
of Food Value since June 1986, isn't sure how long
picketing will continue.
Photo by Mkhael Wilhrlm
Neil Goldschmidt shakes hands with Edwin /. Peterson, chief justice of the Oregon Supreme
Court at his inauguration Monday. With him are his wife, Margaret and his daughter and son,
Rebet:ca and Joshua.
Higher ed proposals highlighted
By Chris Norred
Of (he Knwtild
SALEM, Ore. — Gov. Nei!
Goldschmidt will release a full
copy of the state budget he is
reco m mending to t h e
legislature sometime today.
But a budget summary releas
ed after his Monday inaugura
tion gave a few clues to how the
stage may be set in the higher
education arena as Oregon’s
64th Legislative Assembly gets
underway.
Goldschmidt is recommen
ding $25.4 million be added to
the State System of Higher
Education's base operating
budget, including $10 million
for “selected” faculty salary
increases.
That figure contrasts with the
State System’s requested $47
million for faculty salary in
creases this biennium.
The budget summary said 3
percent tuition increases at state
colleges and universities will be
relied upon to keep the higher
education budget in pace with
inflation.
The Governor is recommen
ding $1 million be given to the
State Scholarship Commission
for grants to students solely on
the basis of scholastic achieve
ment and aptitude. This would
be the first merit-based financial
aid program ever initiated by
the Scholarship Commission,
and is intended to end the so
called Oregon “brain drain”
trend of top scholars attending
out-of-state colleges and
universities.
The State Board of Higher
Education supports the merit
based scholarships but student
lobbyist groups are expected to
oppose the program because it
is not based on financial need.
The budget recommendation
includes an extra $2.9 million
to be reserved to meet the
demands on state universities
when enrollment exceeds
projections.
Goldschmidt also is recom
mending $5 million be used for
endowed faculty chair posi
tions. scholarships, and other
matched university activities.
This seed money is intended to
start research in Oregon, which
can attract more money from
private industry and federal
sources, and help stimulate the
state's economy.
Goldschmidt is recommen
ding $14 million in lottery
money be allocated to colleges
for economic development pro
jects, and that $11.2 million in
lottery proceeds la; used for the
uncompleted Centers of
Kxcellence.
Goldschmidt releases
1987 budget proposal
SALEM. Ore. (AP) — Gov.
Neil Goldschmidt on Monday
proposed a $3.6 billion state
general fund budget that calls
for no now taxes but recom
mends spending increases in
most areas of government.
The following is a rundown
of his r e c o in rn e n d a -
tions:
• A $36.6 billion total budget, a
7.3 percent increase.
• New income tax amnesty pro
gram and a stepped-up effort
against delinquent taxpayers.
• A call on the Legislature to tie
new federal income tax changes
to state tax laws, but to cut state
tax rates so the state doesn’t end
up with more money.
• $25 million for economic
development projects by region.
• An increase of 5 percent to
$993 million, which would
keep state aid at its current 29
percent level of local schools'
total costs.
• A 3 percent a year tuition in
crease at state colleges and
u niversities.
• $25 million for higher educa
tion. including $10 million for
selected faculty raises, $5
million for endowed chairs,
scholarships and similar ac
tivities and nearly $5 million for
college public services
programs.
• A new $1 million state
scholarship fund for merit
based grants.
• $1.2 million to control plant
disease and expand interna
tional marketing of Oregon
agricultural products, and $1
million to step up monitoring
and regulation of water
resources.
• A 15 percent spending in
crease for the Motor Vehicles
Division to reduce public
waiting lines.
• 2 percent pay raises each year
for state employees us part of
$45 million allotted for state
salary and benefit
improvements.
• $10 million for "comparable
worth" pay increases for
employees found to be earning
less than other workers doing
jobs of comparable value.
• Funds to add three judges to
the 10-member Oregon Court of
Appeals.
• $54 million for a corrections
crime program Goldsschmidt
outlined last week, including
$32 million to provide 1,600
new prison beds around the
state.
• An increase for the governor's
office, from $3.3 to $5.3
million.