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Grant freshman takes fifth
Grant H igh School freshm an Josh ua
Tanner kn ow s w hat it ’s like to be
“num ero Cinque* in th e nation.
T a m e r placed fifth o f 12.364 finalists
taking th e recen t L e v el 2 «second year)
te st in th e 1978 N ation al French C on test.
Sponsored by th e A m erican A ssocia
tion of T each ers of F ren ch , head q u arter­
ed in N e w Y ork, th e annual com petition
brought national c ertifica tes to 45.336
fin alists rep re se n tin g th e top on e percent
of m illions o f stu d e n ts taking th e ex a m s
for L e v els 1 5 .
T a m e r w as th e only P ortland stu d en t
nam ed as a finalist, w ith one S u n set H igh
School finalist in L e v el 5 and tw o south
E u g en e H igh School fin alists in L ev el 4.
T h e national exam in ation w a s given
M arch 18th. A lice H iser is th e tea ch er of
F rench at G rant.
Please, Senator, Don’t Let
Him PushThat Button
A t Home with Cal
by CaL R. W ilham*
In recen t y e a rs, an in creasin g num ber
of ca se stu d ies and sta tistic s h ave indi­
cated th at th e traditional fam ily is in
trouble
H o w ev er, th e r e is a d isa g reem en t as to
w h eth er fam ily life is on th e critical list.
C ertain ly, fam ily life is changing. Som e
of th e fun ctions perform ed e x clu siv e ly by
fam ilies se v e ra l d e c a d e s ago h ave been
altered . But fam ily h ie is still th e m ost
significant e x p e r ie n c e children can have
for th e guid ance th a t is ab solu tely n e c e s­
sary for h ealth y g row th and d e v e lo p ­
m ent.
M ost fam ilies provid e a good e n v iro n ­
m ent for th eir you n g. H o w ev er, th ere
are o b sta cle s th a t p r e v en t o th er fam ilies
from d oin g th e ir b e st a t child rearin g.
One o f th e se o b sta cle s is ignorance.
H um ans are not born w ith th e k n ow led ge
for raisin g child ren.
In th e p ast th is
k n o w led g e w as learned in th e fam ily.
T oday so m e y o u n g p a ren ts turn to books
and c la sse s, but m any rem ain unaw are
and lea v e m uch o f child raisin g to
g u essw ork .
A n oth er ob sta cle to fam ily com p eten ce
is s tr e s s . A H arvard stu d y sh ow ed high
s tr e s s le v e ls w e r e rep orted by m oth ers
w ith child ren to o c lo sely spaced. M ore­
ov er. fam ilies ten d to becom e iso la ted in
neighb orh oods o f str a n g e rs, esp ecially
m oth ers w h o sta y w ith th e children all
d ay. T h is, to o . is a sou rce o f str e s s.
A lth ou gh th e rote o f th e fam ily is
ch an gin g som ew h at, it is im portant for
p eople to tr y t o elim in a te th e o b sta cles
that stan d in th e w ay of com p eten t child
raisin g.
Im proved daycare op p ortu n ities, m ore
a c ce ssib le child -raising c la sse s, and a
con sciou s e m p h a sis on d ev elo p in g a rich
fam ily situ ation are som e w a y s peop le
car help.
STATE SENATOR
SOTOSEELIG
Democrat District 10
AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE
FOR
HUMAN RIGHTS
Paid for by th e
Ratatn SEN. SO TO-SEELIG Com m lttaa
John Ligbtowlar, Treasurer
1101 Executive Bldg., Portland 9 7 2 0 4
Oregon roads face ra in
Measure 5 vote critical
Oregon road s—m any o f
them old—are losing a
disastrous battle against In­
flation. weather, pounding
traffic and lack of funds to
keep them repaired and
m aintained
2 The m odest 2c gas tax
increase and the fair 12
percent w eight-m ile tax
increase for tru ck s and
b uses w ill assu re funds
fo r v ita lly n e c e ssa r y
repair and m aintenance
M easure 0 —T U can save
roads
Passage of Measure 8 w ill
accom plish two vitally im ­
portant road-saving task s
1. M easure 8 DEMANDS
that high w ay fu n ds be
used FIRST for repair and
m aintenance to reverse
deterioration.
H ighw ay exp erts warn that
road
d e te r io r a tio n
Is
serious. If road-ruin Is not
reversed now , the cost to
replace roads m ay be alm ost
prohibitive w ith in a few
years Already m aintenance
and operation costs are up
73% since 1970
Our roads need HELP
Vote Measure
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t Ometto STOM »hon» 2Z' 1470
. Most unions have got out of the
habit of organizing in the years since
World War II. To the extent that they
have acquired new members, outside
the Civil Service and health fields, it
has been primarily through union shop
contracts and other kinds of
’pushbutton unionism’ in which the
employer delivers over workers . .
—Columnist A. H. Raskin, N ew York Times, July 24, 1977
Yes. for over 30 years labor bosses have been
relying on pushbutton unionism " to force
unwilling workers into unions
Yet. latest reports show that union membership
rolls are still declining and make up only 2 0 1% o f
our total labor force The number o f dues paying
members decreased by 7 6 7 .0 0 0 between 1974 and
1976
So. now the labor bosses are looking for a new
button to push
Thai s why they ve come to the United Stales
Senate with special privilege legislation they
decejxively claim is labor law "re fo rm "
But what their b ill, S 1883. (also known as
S. 2 4 6 7 , really does is give union organizers a
new weapon to force workers- - lo c k . Hock and
pocketbook— -into unwanted unions.
A typical em ployer, intim idated by the threat of
ruinous government imposed penalties, would
knuckle under to virtually all union demands
The National Right to W ork Com m ittee opposes
S 1883 because it would lead to the forced
umonizatxm o f hundreds o f thousands of
wage-earners, including citizens o f Oregon
Send m
TW S M m o .1 K,,u l . Hart (
WMhinglon Headquarter,
T o Reed Larson. P re u d e n
I agree m a A m e ric a > w o rs e n ought h i he free io gun
if th e , » a n to. h w I h a n>, one ihould he I. » red
■mo doing vo
C
Fundamental Rights Threatened
S
1883 threatens the basic human rights o f
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8 31 6 Arlington boulevard
F a r t « V irg in ia 2 20 38
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Pleaae send me mure inform al« « on w h a I can
to
help stop S 188 3
fcnttoted n a coM rihsdw n to h e lp o ffs e t th e c o a o f
(h is ad a n d o i h e n lik e il
employees in every stale including Oregon
Employees would become helpless pawns caught
in a bitter struggle between Big Labor. desperate
for new members, and large and small businesses.
afraid of government reprisals for resisting union
demands
Repeal of 144 b) N e il
George Meany and the other Big Labor bosses
have made it clear they w ill demand repeal of
Section 14(b) o f the Taft Hartley Law if they
succeed in ramming through S 1883
The overwhelm ing m ajority o f Americans (as
reported by George G allup and every other
respected national pollsteri support the Right to
W ork, as do the 1.25 m illion supporters o f the
National Right to W ork C om m ittee, including
3 9 ,5 0 0 citizens of Oregon
Senators Packwood and H atfield, don't lei the
labor bosses push that burton
Vote against S 1883 and any other bill which
p ro m o tes co m p u lso r y pu shbutton un ionism
Your vote a g a in * S 1883 w ill be an act o f
statesmanship and a clear signal to the people o f
( -begun that you plate the rights of employees
above the wishes o f union organizers
Your vote against 5 1883 w ill earn you die
gratitude and the support o f the great majority of
the people who believe that Americans m uU have
the nght but not be compelled to support labor
S ta r
A\ h‘>u«h,jSe" / tor
h « criticized the hill, he hM refused to pledge hto support on the filibuster again,, the hill,
i,or M ark Hatfield ha» refused to take any position. Please w rite to these Senators and urge them to pledge their support of the filibuster.
Cxwrman 1OOC Case
TaM C m bj). The National Right to Work Committee *8 1 1 6
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