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
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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
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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!
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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?”
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punishment o f death until I have the
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demonstrated to me.
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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.
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Let’s fluoridate! It’s about time
we gave our kids a break.
VOTE YES
ON #51
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