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PORTLAND OBSERVER
M arch 25, 1982
Volum e XII, Num ber 24
25 C Per Copy
T w o Sections
USPS 959-680-855
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Oregon s next governor:
Who will he be?
(E ditor's Note: This is the third in
a series o f interviews with the m ajor
candidates f o r the o ffice o f Gover
nor o f Oregon. J
State Senator Ted Kulongoski is
running fo r the D em ocratic Party
nom ination fo r Governor because,
“ I'm the most capable o f leading
the State."
K u lo n g o s k i, seen by many
observers as the fro n t ru n n e r,
retains fa m ilia rity w ith the voters
gained in a state-w ide cam paign
against Senator Bob Packwood two
years ago. H is response to the
close loss was: P a ckw o o d ’ s $2
m illion campaign fund.
Kulongoski states his position as
those o f the working people. “ In the
legislature I ’ve been at the forefront
o f w o rk in g p eople’ s issues —
u n e m p lo y m e n t c o m p e n s a tio n ,
w o rk m a n ’ s com pensatio n, jo b s.
I ’ ve chaired the Labor Com m ittee,
the committees on Envirnoment and
Energy, A g ric u ltu re . There is no
issue o f concern to w orking people
that I have not been involved in .”
Kulongoski emphasizes economic
e q u a lity. The o n ly way m inorities
and the poor w ill find their place in
society is through economic equality
— fa ir wages. Am ong his activities
in this area are re w ritin g o f the
contractor/labor law and legislation
to allow private rig h t o f action in
cases o f d iscrim in a tio n in em ploy
m ent. D u rin g the past session he
sponsored SB 680, w hich requires
a ffirm a tiv e action in appointments
to the boards and commissions that
make policy for state agencies.
The economy is the issue o f the
time. The federal government — the
federal reserve board — are keeping
interest rates high w hich affects
local economies in states like
Oregon which are highly dependent
on tim ber and the bu ild in g trades.
“ The G overnor agrees w ith that
p o lic y ; I d is a g re e ," K u longo ski
said. “ When Atiyeh left the W hite
House and went in to the Rose
Garden he told the press that he had
to ld the president some o f his
children are in trouble. We need a
governor who w ill argue against that
policy.
“ I w ould take the position o f
leadership,
w ould
organize
and lead O re g o n ’ s congressional
delegation. We have two pow erful
Senators — H atfield and Packwood
Even Denny S m ith has opposed
Reagan’ s budget. 1 w ould provide
the leadership and organize
Oregon’ s congressional delegates to
oppose the budget.”
Locally, Kulongoski would push
for job training. “ Instead o f talking
about public assistance — and it is
needed — I w o u ld rather see an
upgradin g o f jo b s . We need to
develop jo b skills so people can
make more than the m inim um
wage.”
Kulongoski would appoint a task
force to study O regon’ s tax
s tru c tu re and determ ine what
changes need to be made and w here
new revenue can be fo u n d .
C u rre n tly , 75 per cent o f the tax
revenue comes fro m in d iv id u a l
incom es and 12 per cent fro m
corporations. “ I would like to look
at a gross receipts ta x ." There are
too many loop holes at the higher
income levels in the current system.
O ther questions need study: Does
the tax relief program cause voters
to increase local tax measures? Does
the tax system give incentives fo r
savings that can then be invested in
the economy?
K ulo n g o ski opposes nuclear
power and opposed the Northwest
Power B ill that gave the Bonneville
SENATOR TED KULONGOSKI
Power
A d m in is tra tio n
new
a u th o rity
over
the
power
developm ent in the region. “ The
governor needs to be an advocate
fo r the rate payers against B P A .
There
is
no
incentive
fo r
conservation ; the more pow er is
used the more money BPA makes”
K u lo n g o ski w ould attem pt to
organize the N a tional G o ve rn o r’ s
Conference to insist on a u th o rity
over nuclear power decisions in the
states, an area the federal govern
ment has pre-empted.
“ My basic view o f government is
that governm ent is responsible to
see that each individual has an equal
opportunity — not that each person
w ill succeed in the same measure —
but that each haSthe opportunity to
succeed.”
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Charges and counter-charges fly in first round of
City Council debate on the proposed police audit
ing commission. Mayor Frank Ivancie (center) and
Police Chief Ron Still (not shown) generated most
of the heat but little light by misrepresenting the
proposed commission as hampering police crime
fighting efforts.
(Graphic: Kathy Bobula)
Fighting for law and order
Portland citizens who gathered at
C ity H all last Thursday to discuss
the Storrs committee recommenda
tion for a continuing commission to
m onitor the policies and practices o f
the Bureau’ s citizen complaint pro
cess, were treated to a circus.
Amid accusations, snide remarks,
gossip, fla rin g tempers and even
cussing, C h ie f Ron S till, M ayor
Ivancie, D r. S to rrs, police union
head Stan Peters, and many mem
bers o f the public managed to pre
sent their testimony.
Over the o bjection o f C om m is
sioner Charles Jordan, who said it
was contrary to council procedure.
M ayor Ivancie had C hief Ron S till
testify against the proposal before
he allowed Dr. Storrs to present the
proposal. He followed S till with his
own testimony against the proposal.
C h ie f S till opposed creation o f
the Commission on several grounds:
“ It w ill impede the ability to enforce
the la w ” and take police o ffic e rs ’
time. “ I f I thought it would help, I
could somewhat excuse the reduc
tion o f service,” he added.
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Making the rich richer, the poor poorer
NAACP Executive Director Benjamin Hooks told members attend
¡ng the Western Regional Conference in Portland that the organiza
tion’s priorities for 1982 are political action and economic develop
ment. "We must vote, use our economic strength.. give and sup
port our own." He criticized the Reagan administration for "trying
to turn back the calendar."
(Photo: Richard J. Brownl
«r
In his recently announced eco
nom ic developm ent plan fo r the
Caribbean basin, President Ronald
Reagan is advocating a “ model o f
developm ent" fo r underdeveloped
co u n trie s, the m ain features o f
which are the spontaneous and un
restricted movement o f private capi
tal, complete freedom o f action by
the transnational corporations, the
functioning o f a “ free market” and
the im itation, in circumstances that
make it impossible, o f the process o f
economic development that brought
industrialization to the U.S.
Reagan said the best way to aid
the econom ic development o f the
Caribbean nation is through private
e nterprise— “ to make use o f the
magic o f the market o f the Americas
to earn their own way toward self-
sustaining g r o w th ." U.S. aid can
act as a catalyst, “ but this aid w ill
encourage private sector activities,
not replace them.”
T his aid is to be extended only
when consistent w ith U.S. political
interests. “ We seek to exclude no
one. Some, however, have turned
from their American neighbors and
their heritage. Let them return to
the tra d itio n s and com m on values
o f this hemisphere and we w ill all
welcome them.”
The speech ended with the expres
sion o f the idea that U.S. foreign aid
should be a means o f exporting U.S.
ideology: “ We can create a peace
fu l, free and prospering hemisphere
based on our shared ideals and
reaching from pole to pole o f what
we proudly call the New W orld.”
The overall objectives o f the plan
are clear It is an attempt to halt the
re vo lu tio n a ry process; to provide
more opportunity for U.S. transna
tionals; to link the economics o f the
region to that o f the U.S. in a subor
dinate role.
"Free trade"
The most im portant proposal is
the establishm ent o f a free trade
zone based on ta riff-fre e access to
U .S. m arkets fo r products fro m
Central America and the Caribbean
fo r 12 years. This o ffe r should be
carefully analyzed.
F irst, the greatest trade barriers
c u rre n tly used by the developed
countries are not ta riff barriers. Im
p o rt ta r iffs , though s till used to
some degree, have given way to non
ta r iff barriers as a practical means
o f d is c rim in a tio n and exclusion.
N o n -ta riff barriers cover hundreds
o f methods including deliberately
complicated administrative rules.
Reagan made no m ention o f re
moving these barriers, which can be
used at any time against a particular
nation or product.
Second, there is an escape clause
that allow s the a d m in is tra tio n to
cease or decrease im ports that they
believe damage the interest o f U.S.
producers. In other words, it can ex
clude any nation from the market.
This “ free trade” allows the U.S.
government the ability to discrimin
ate, blockade or blackm ail at w ill.
Sugar, a key export for the D om ini
can Republic, Barbados and others,
for example, is subject to certain un
specified ta riff-fre e quotas on the
U.S. market. 1 he Secretary o f A g ri
culture has the power to restrict the
im p o rt o f sugar to protect U .S.
growers and processors.
Third, granting access to the U.S.
markets is to be done on a bilateral
basis, by means o f nation-to-nation
negotiations. Reagan to ld the O r
ganization o f American States, “ Be
fore granting duty-free treatment we
w ill discuss w ith each co u n try its
own self-help measure.”
Reagan did not define “ self-
help” but has -aid the program w ill
“ create conditions under which pri-
vate entrepreneurship and self-help
can flourish.”
The Caribbean basin principally
exports food and raw m aterials to
the markets o f the developed coun
tries. These products— coffee, su
gar, bananas, c o tto n , cacao and
bauxite— are susceptible to fa llin g
prices for several reasons, one o f the
most im portant being the tight con
tro l over m arketing exerted by the
transnationals.
Power over the market means de
cisive c o n tro l over price fix in g by
means o f monopolistic market man
ipulation. The transnationals m ar
ket 85 to 90 per cent o f the w orld's
coffee, 60 per cent o f its sugar, 70 to
75 per cent o f its bananas, 85 per
cent o f its cacao, 85-90 per cent o f
its cotton and 90 to 95 per cent o f its
bauxites. The U.S. transnationals
have responded warmly to Reagan's
plan because they w ill retain control
o f the m arket, can set prices, and
w ill get the largest share o f the
profits.
Given the overwhelming dom ina
tion by the U.S. transnationals over
the production and marketing o f the
export products o f the underdevel
oped countries, “ duty-free entry” is
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