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Portland Observer Thuraday, November 2, 1978 Page 7 Vern Cook seeks US Senate seat "Persons with dreams o f up ward mobility cannot serve the common people — and when elected to office make opportu nistic politicians, not public servants. ” "E q u a lity ” is the corner stone o f State Senator Vern C ook’s political philosophy — a philosophy that has served him well in twenty-two years in the Oregon Legislature. His belief in equality includes not only atten tion to those who are the victimized by racial discrimination and poverty, blit permeates his opinions on taxatio n, governm ent, and public services. A native o f Kansas, C ook’s family moved to Colorado when he was five and to Oregon when he was eleven. He earned a BA degree from Reed College and a law degree from the University o f Oregon Law School. A dm itted to the Oregon Bar in 19S2, he served as city judge in Gresham and was city attorney for Troutdale. He is currently in private practice. He was first elected to the House o f Representatives in 1956, serving two terms, and was elected to the State Senate in 1960, where he is serving his fifth four-year term. Cook supports equality o f oppor tu n ity in a ll areas. " I oppose d is c rim in a tio n o f any kind and believe that if a person has been the object o f discrim ination it is the responsibility o f government to do whatever is necessary to make up for that discrimination.** He supports A ffirm ative Action as a method o f redress o f wrongs com mitted against the individual. "A ffirm a tiv e Action should con sist o f righting existing wrongs to existing individuals and the preven tion o f further discriminatory prac tices in admissions or contractual arrangements. It should not make any difference who ones’ great grand parents were or what they did — good or bad. " T o the extent th at poverty prevents one from exercising a con s titu tio n a l rig h t, public funding should be provided to exercise that right, if one’s very physical being or condition is involved. This applies equally to the right to counsel when S tate Representative W ally Priestley M em b er, Portland Public School Board Paid for by Democrats to Keep Wally Priestley Fighting for thè People at thè Capitol. 6226 N.E 32nd, Portland, Oregon 972111 VOTE NOVEMBER 7,1978 State Senator Vern Cook, candidate for the U .S. Senate, discusses practical politics with North Salem High accused o f a crime or the right to an abortion if one is medically indigent. “ C ivil rights are personal. They should not be dependent upon someone else’s whim or caprice.” Cook will support the newly re organized Equal Em ployment O p p o rtu n itie s C om m ission w ith stronger laws or larger budgets i f necessary. “ P rotection o f the in dividual is a responsibility o f govern ment and whatever resources are needed should be provided.” Cook also supports equal rights for women, publicly owned power districts, a national health plan, the right to abortion. School student. O ne o f S enator C o o k ’ s m a jo r concerns is the cost and quality o f health care. He believes that the con trol o f the health care industry which insures a shortage o f doctors and high costs should be brought to an end by admitting all students who apply and who meet reasonable requirem ents to m ed ical school. "This would not only bring about an adequate num ber o f doctors but would open the doors to minorities and women who are now largely rejected.” A lthough C oo k’ s candidacy for the U .S . Senate has not been given much press attention, it has been Racism root of Zimbabwe war (Continued from Page 1 Column 6) six years of fighting, Smith’s better equipped and "better trained” army has failed to defeat the guerrillas. Also, that that same army could be m ilitarily defeated is now no longer Vote for the Hotel-Motel tax to promote conventions- tourism. It won’t cost taxpayers a penny. And it will bring jobs and million of dollars to Portland & Multnomah County! To compete tor the millions ot convention and tourist dollars Portland and Multnomah County are losing to other cities we need to attract this business to our own area with a strong advertising and promotional effort In order to raise money for this activity City Ballot Measure 52 and County Measure 26-20 authorizes a 1% increase to the present 5% hotel-motel room tax Vote YES IT DOESN T COST TAXPAYERS A PENNY' Vote YES for Ballot Measures 52 & 26-20 taxpayers a penny! Visitors Ta* Committee John A Kern») Treasurer 9 44 8 SE Dundee D rive Portland OR 97206 inconceivable. So thoroughly have the g u e rrilla s eroded S m ith ’ s authority (control) that outside ex perts publicly acknowledge that it’s only a m atter o f tim e before the regime collapses. In desperation, Sm ith has held countless meetings w ith various African nationalists, signed an inter nal "agreement,*’ come to the U .S. to plead his case, made cross border raids into Zambia and Mozambique and s till, the independence tide sweeps on. Faced with this bleak prospect, what are those same whites that have been fleeing independence for so long and who had claimed they had nowhere else to run to doing now? T he statistics just released show that they are now fleeing Rhodesia too. Last month’s immigration figure of 1,490 was the largest single month's loss since Smith declared Rhodesia “ independent” thirteen years ago come November 11th. Another 1,245 left in August and 1,024 in Septem ber 1977. In 1971, b efo re the guerrilla campaign got underway (at least visibly), there was a net gain o f 9,4 0 7 . I t was then tru ly a white m an’ s paradise. T w o years later, with the conflict rapidly picking up momentum, the figure was down to 1,978 — an 800V# reduction! And, since that year, Rhodesia has record ed successive declines culminating in the first three quarters o f this year when tne net loss stood at 7,522. W ith a to ta l w hite pop u latio n variou sly estim ated at anywhere from 230,000 to 260,000 depending on who is doing the estimating, a loss o f 10,000 persons per year ( if the trend continues) is quite substantial. 1 am often asked what we are going to do with the whites when we take over Zimbabwe. Now I can answer that we probably won’t have to do anything because by the time the guerrillas reach Harare (Salisbury), there probably won’t be a white per son left except for the foreign jo u r nalists! They are reportedly fleeing to such places as Australia, New Zealand, B ra z il, P arag uay an d , yes, you guessed it, the U .S .A ., particularly the South (birds o f a feather?) and Southern California. To the brothers and sisters in this country, I cat) only say, Look out. Here comes trouble with a capital T . The racial picture has been bad enough lately but, it’s about to cloud even more with the a rriv a l o f these, the latest " im migrants." taken seriously by the incumbent. M a rk H a tfie ld , who has raised a campaign chest o f $259,797 as com pared to C oo k’s $22,810. " I think this race is significant as a d em o nstration th a t it is fast becoming impossible for a person who does not have $250,000 to run against an incumbent. The election process is being destroyed when an incumbent can receive that much money from the large corporations, many o f them from out o f state. Robert Edward Phillips for M SD, Position 11 "C o n s id e rin g who gives the money to run a high cost media cam paign, how do you think the can didate will vote?” • • • • • • / shall ask fo r the abolition o f the punishment o f death until I have the infallibility o f human judgm ent demonstrated to me. Thomas Jefferson Equitable and fair taxes Services to the elderly Safe communities Citizen participation Program accountability Help for middle income families Paid f o r by Robert Phillips f o r M S D Committee. Position I I , P at Massey, Treasurer, 5725 N .E . Rodney, Portland, Oregon 97211. The last time we voted on fluoridation, we lost. And our children have been paying for it ever since. We’re about to vote on fluoridation again! Thia time, please get a few facts straight: flu orid atin g their w ater more than 30 years. And in other cities many genera tions have benefited from the fluoride naturally pres ent in the w ater supply. Many vitamins do not have that "safe” a safety record! All This For Just Pennies A Year The equipment that Port land would need to fluori date is not expensive. It would cost each of us only a few cents a year. Just think! For so little, we can go a long way toward wiping out tooth decay. What Is Fluoride? F lu orid e is not, strictly speaking, a drug. It’s a nutri ent like the calcium, iron, riboflavin and vitam in D which you need in your diet every day. Without i t , teeth are much more likly to de cay. Especially children’s teeth. There is some fluoride in all water. Ours just doesn't happen to have enough to protect dental health. Why AU The Controversy? Every public health measure has always stirred up contro versy. People were against polio vaccine. And pasteuri zation. Yet if they stopped pasteurizing milk, you'd be up in arms! Making our chil dren do without the fluoride they need is just as bad. Look, we’ve been bom barded with a lot of state ments about fluoride— some warped, some confusing, some outright lies. If you have any doubts, consult Who Says We Need It? Fluoridation it one the few things that every qualified health organ ization sup ports. T h a t includes the American D ental Associa tion, the American Medical A ssociation , the P ublic H ealth S ervice and the World Health Organization. The PTA and AFL-CIO ‘ are in favor of it. M ore than 105,000,000 Americans drink fluoridated water every day. Yet— with all these people, and all that time— not one harmful tide effect hat ever been proven. What Will It Do For Us? Fluoride will help our chil dren have healthier teeth _ less tooth decay. Amazingly lit t le can do am azingly much. T h e follow ing are only a few of the cities that have fluoridated their water for many years with just one part of fluoride per million parts of water: Chicago, P h ilad elp h ia, N ew York City, Detroit, Atlanta, Mi ami, San Francisco, Dallas, Cleveland, Minneapolia. What Make« U« So Sure Fluoride 1« Safe? Experience does. Some cities have been . , your dentist or your physician, cian. And remember: Our chil dren need fluoride. L et’s catch up with the rest of America. _ Let’s fluoridate! It’s about time we gave our kids a break. VOTE YES ON #51 F M te W O n rx u a . fc, nam SaM . Hmn L«ak. Ti KO B o «0MJ. h n t u S OS »7MS. TIL. M l*111. I
