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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1972)
Portland/O bserver T hun da y, July 20, 1972 Pace 3 Senator George McGovern meets the press during campaign stop In Portland, D ire ctly behind the Senator Is D r. Robert Hughley, and next to D r. Hughley, Blaine Whipple, McGovern’ s stale chairman. * SENATOR ŒORCE MCGOVERN M rs. (.leaner McGovern spent an afternoon at Bethel Child C enter- ' fo rm e r volunteer, child care centers and child development are among M rs. McGovern’ s prim e interests. McGoon M a < a* •' ► * Y o u r S m ile e Y o u r H e a l t h Y o u r C o n fid e n c e I • < B*i» Stan Mac Kenzle opens the McGovern campaign head qua in Albina p rio r to the prim ary election. entai r lates “ I m m e d ia te D e n l u r f t " S a m e D a y • «MSTUSU e, b«4er« 10 e m m We W 4 Try »• Oetve* rewr 0 * n t w e t e r 4 * m Senæ Oee NoAppeiifment Needed McGovern: The man and his record Geoige McGovern , the son o! a M et!odlat ii.uu-.tei, was bom in South Dakota In 1922. Graduating from Hie public schools, lie atteraled Dakota Wesleyan U niversity. Iheday after Pe i r l Harbor he enlisted in da Lnny A ir I -, liv ing 35 missions over Europe and North A frica aa a tximher pilot. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross fo r valor. A ltei the w ai, M o de««» returned fo r his hachelorsde gree it Dakota Weslyan, then earned his doctorate .it North western. He taught political science ami history at Dak ota Wesleyan. McGovern m arried his high sch< - i labeling pe m e t , Eleanor stegeleig in 1944. I hey have three daughters and a son. McGovern ran lorCongress ami a lte r serving two term s ••as appointed D irector of the <1 fo r Peace Program by isldent John Kennedy. In 2 he was elected to tlie ’ i ted St ites Senate amt s- i ’ me i leading spok-- iman • r -e la im ei s of the Plains ate .. A’te r R o le n Kennedy was aaaasslnateil, McGovern urged to hold Kennedy's antl- • r supporters together by ining himself at theNatlon- i Convention. He received 1 1/2 delegate votes after a -3 day campaign ami be- can a one of tie leaders ot tie Democratic P arty. On January 18, 1972, Mc- Covem form ally announced his candidacy fo r the office of Presklent of t ie ! nltedStates. senator George McGovern was nominated by the Demo c ra tic National Convention on July 12, 1972. Senator Geoige McGovern’ s record in the Senate Is that of the typical lite ra l demo c ra t. Coming from a farm state, McGovern’ s major in terest when he entered the House of Representatives In 1957 was related to rural development and prices. In 196-1, lie pushed through Con gress a wheat program that p rovklal federal support to farm er« w illing to sign up voluntarily. The p r o g r a m served as a model fo r other farm subsidy programs ami Is one of McGovern’ s major l.v ia la tlv e accomplishments. In 1958 he helped pass a new food stamp law. In 1959 ponent of the an ti-b a llistic am) I960 he co-sponsored b ills m issile system and haacalled that expanded the school m ilk fo r cuts in L\S. forces in program. Europe. He said In 1971, “ | Senator McCovern’ s secoral find America so absorbed in m ajor area of Interest Is war and armaments, so g rlp - pe.tce and foreign affaire. ped by the paranoia of cold Although he voted fo r the war fears and the quest fo r lonkln Resolution, lie Im absolute security through ab mediately regreted that vote. solute power that we have He was one of the firs t Sena undermined the real sources tors to speak out against the of our national greatness.” Vietnam war. His firs t c r it i Senator McGovern stated !n cism of the war was on Sep his acceptance speech that on tember 24, 1963, when he his inauguration day he w ill termed the war ” A moral halt all L\S. bombing in South bebacle and political defeat.’ ’ east Asia and bring home the His opposition to the war In troops w ithin 90 days. He creased after a v is it to the would also terminate all m ili battle front In 1965. The day tary aid to the governments Lefoie the Cambodian Invasion of Southeast Asia. In 1970 lie Joined with Senator McGovern proposes cutting Mark Hatfield to sponsor an defense spending to $54.8 atnemlment to cut off funds billion a year beginning In fo r tlie war by the end of July, 1974 and a reduction of 1971. The move was defeated manpower from 2.4 m illio n tail was reintroduced In 1971 men to 1.7 m illio n men. ami Is s till pending. McGovern On economic matters, M> was one of the fir s t to ques Govern Is one of the sponsors tion the draft, advocating an of a pending tax reform bill all-volunteer army. that would ’ ’ close tax loop In 1963 McGovern voted to holes” ami raise an additional ratify tlie limited nuclear test $16 billion. He would raise ban treaty ami voted to ratify corporate taxes am! raise in tlie nuclear non-proliferation heritance and g ift taxes. He tieaty of 1969. He Is an op- advocates that the federal government pay a third or more of public education costs ami provide Incentives fo r state and local tax reform . His Income distribution plan to replace welfare would sub stitute minimum In c o m e giants fo r most welfa re grants ami pesonal Income tax de ductions. Those in higher Income levels would be re quired to pay higher taxes. McGovern has long been — med with tlie rights of Sodium P a n ta th e l fn SLEEP m inorities and has been a co sponsor of every piece of m ajor c iv il rights legislation in the last decade. On Su preme Court nominations, he voted against Clement Hayns- worth, Harold Carswell and W illiam Rehnquist. He has consistently supports busing of school children to reduce racial isolation. He was one of the early supporters of the 18 year old vote and the Equal Rights fo r Women .amendment. McGovern favors a feder- al!y funded National Health C a rt Plan. He ra re ly dis cus -e . c (me wlthoutexplain- ing what te calls the "so cia l roots i, crim e ” — poor housing, inadequate educa tion, poor nutrition and penal institutions that spawn more crim e. He would end pre ventive detention, wiretap- ping, no-knock searches, and mandatory minimum sen tences. He favors outlawing small handguns but Is against restrictions on hunting rifle s. He does not favor the legali zation of marijuana but be lieves its use should carry lesser penalties. He c a lls fo r a massive crack-down on pushers of hard drugs. He is the chairman of the Senate Select Committee on N utrition and Human Needs and on the Senate Indian A ffa irs Subcom m ittee. 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