Page 4 Section IV Portland Observer, January 26. 1963
EDITORIAL/OPINION
Washington Hot Line
Congressman Ron Wyden
President Reagan’ s State o f the
Union message this week left Ameri­
cans with more questions than ans­
wers, more problems than solutions.
Who pays the doctor?
“ America is on the m end," Ronald Reagan
told Congress and the nation Tuesday. Then he
proceeded to tell who is going to pay the doctor.
The first to pay will be the senior citizens on
social security and on federal pensions as Rea­
gan requested a six-month freeze on cost-of-liv­
ing increases on social security and a one-year
freeze on government pensions, including m ili­
tary pensions.
Second, Reagan will ask Congress to put a lid
on spending fo r the programs he calls " th e
longest single cause of the built-in or ‘structural*
(economic) problem ” — food stamps and wel­
fare programs for the children, the elderly, the
unemployed.
This cut in programs for the poor will allow
Reagan to keep his promise o f a 10 percent tax
cut that benefits large corporations and high-in-
comc individuals.
Taxing tuition credits and tax breaks in sav­
ings accounts for education will aid middle and
upper income families who can save, while aid
to disadvantaged students declines.
But. . .the military budget will increase by 14
percent, because "w e should be proud o f our
role as peacem aker. . . . In C entral Am erican
The speech, the second such
and the C aribbean Basin we are likewise en­
address the President has given to
gaged in a partnership for peace, prosperity and
the nation, did have its high points.
democracy.”
During his 45-minute talk, he ack­
Yes, the problems confronting us are large
nowledged the need for improved
math and education programs in
and fo rb id d in g , he said, and no one should
our nation’s schools. He spoke of
minimize the minimize the plight of millions of
the importance o f belter job train­
friends and neighbors who are living in the bleak
ing and retraining programs. He
emptiness o f unemployment. But over the years
conceded that the government has
our citizens have had sim ilar problems and
to take the lead in getting the econ­
"they met the crisis of their time and lived to see
omy back on track. And he admit-
ted that only a bipartisan e ffo rt
a stronger, better and more prosperous coun­
could do the trick.
try.”
Reagan is right to some degree— people have
But behind all the high-sounding
survived past crises. But the doctor bill was not
rhetoric, some serious questions re­
so high nor the illness so great. Our country and
main.
The biggest is the issue o f fa ir­
the world has never been in as serious an eco­
ness.
nomic crisis as today, and the world has never
before been faced with a nuclear holocaust that
could eliminate all life. And perhaps never be­
fore has the man with his finger on the button
had so little basic knowledge and understanding
(Conlinuedfrom page I column J )
and so little compassion for humanity.
Roberto Cuillar, Director of the O f­
II the nation is to become well it certainly
fice of Human Rights established by
needs a new doctor and a new medical plan.
Senate
r i m r n n i a n d t ttnsumer A ffairs:
all business.
Commerce, Ranking and Public
Finance'. Well-balanced party-wise,
but heavily urban in orientation.
Economic A ctivities: Heavy on
agriculture and timber interests.
Education: Very pro-education.
Energy and environment: envi­
ronmentally oriented; should take
more of a consumer approach to is­
sues than Business and Consumer
Affairs.
Human Services and Aging: Solid
committee oriented toward resolv­
ing human needs.
Judiciary: Two lay members join
seven lawyers to form a basically
liberal committee.
Labor: Heavily pro-labor.
l ocal Government and Elections:
Balanced between liberal/conserva-
live and D /R ; expect either some
good arguments or a stifling stale­
mate.
Revenue: Same as above.
Trade and Econom ic Develop­
ment: Heavily liberal to moderate;
only one conservative D on the com­
mittee and no Rs.
M oví and Means Frank Roberts
is joined by four o f the seven sena­
tors who spoiled his recent bid for
Senate president, so the committee
could smolder or ignite.
House
Business and Consumer Affairs:
Tipped toward business affairs, but
not as badly skewed as in the Senate
committee.
Housing and Urban Develop­
ment: Even split between Ds and Rs,
with John (a conservative D) as the
wild card.
A gricu ltu re and N a tu ra l Re­
sources: Balanced between agricul­
ture and natural resource interests,
with all com m ittee members but
VanLecuwen appearing open-mind­
ed toward each other’s interests.
Education: Same as the Senate:
very pro-education; school and
teacher-related issues should find no
difficulties in either chamber.
Environment and Energy. Same
as the Senate: environmentally ori­
ented with sympathy for the con­
sumer.
H um an resources: An all-star
liberal team.
Judiciary: A bunch o f lawyers
working up a storm; look for stress
fractures among members o f this
team.
Labor: Leaning strongly toward
labor, not bothered by heavy busi­
ness interests.
Revenue: politically balanced, but
this is where many of the state’s eco­
nomic problems will be aired; look
for a lot of action from this team.
Trade and Economic D evelop­
ment: W ith a slight conservative
edge on this committee, there might
well be some spectacular philosophi­
cal conflicts of interest.
Ways and Means: Four liberal
Ds, one conservative D . and three
Rs could either balance or stalemate
this committee.
In the Senate, the skirmish for
chairs of these committees was con­
ducted in the locker room, but the
story is now out to the press. The
much-heralded stalemate in the Sen­
ate president’s race was touted as a
battle between liberal and conserva­
tive, urban and rural. In truth, this
time- and money-wasting gambit
was largely a test of the game-play­
ing skill of the winning candidate.
Sen. Ed Fadely (D-Eugene). In the
end, there was something for every­
one— for incumbent Democrats,
that is. Here's that score:
Rural conservatives: six chairper-
sonships (as the legislature is wont
to call these positions).
Urban liberals: six chairperson-
ships.
Switch voters (alternated between
liberal and conservative caucuses
during voting on the president); two
The President is right that C on­
gress and the Administration must
work together to gel America mov­
ing forward again. But he must rec­
ognize that this can never happen as
long as he refuses to budge on mat­
ters as critical as budget fairness.
Congress w ill not be w illing to
simply give lip service to the need
for jobs and training programs,
while millions of Americans remain
unemployed
And Congress will not agree to a
program that cuts taxes only for the
well-to-do, increases defense spend­
ing and pretends we can still balance
the budget. To achieve economic re­
covery, we must get interest rates
down. And we can never do that as
long as federal deficits remain sky-
high.
1 sincerely hope that the President
and Congress can work together this
time in a new spirit of cooperation.
We need this kind of cooperation if
we are to get the job done— and in a
timely fashion. But if the President
is unwilling to compromise. C o n ­
gress will have to make the needed
changes itself. The economic well­
being of the country demands it.
No human rights in El Salvador
the Archbishop.
The responsibility for the thou­
sands of crimes falls on the govern­
ment forces that develop counterin­
surgent operations, on the paramili­
tary bands that kill in the middle of
the night with the complicity o f the
security organizations.
The origins o f the political vio­
(Sen. Bill M cC oy. D -P o rtla n d ,
lence are the structural injustices
chairperson of Human Services and
and the traditional political forms
Aging; Sen. C liff Trow, Chairper­
o f government exercised by the
son of Education).
dominant groups.
Slots on the critical Joint Ways
These two fundam ental causes
and Means Committee were offered
provoke the increasing popular up­
to the four Democrats who received
rising, on one side, and the acute­
no lop committee spots; Sen Mike
ness of the violent repression by the
Thorne (D-Pendleton), the potential
state on the other. The latter has al­
coalition candidate of conservative
ready caused 40,000 murders and a
Ds and Rs, whose presidential cam­
million Salvadoran refugees either
paign never came out of the huddle;
abroad or displaced within the
Sen. Frank Roberts (D -P ortland),
country.
the quarterback of the urban liberal
During the past year the violence
caucus who couldn’t garner the last
exercised by the government bodies
two votes needed to make him Sen- s was not modified. In October alone,
ate president; Sen Rod Monroe (D-
for example, 14 peasants, 13 work­
P o rlla n d ), the urban liberal who
ers, four students, three teachers,
held out for Roberts while urging
one professional, six businessmen,
Fadeley to tip his hand on commit­
and 433 unidentified persons were
tee appointments; Fadely never gave
murdered.
away the game plan, and Monroe
W'hile one dozen soldiers were
lost his former starting position as
judged for one dozen crimes, an av­
chairperson o f Education; Sen.
erage o f 15 persons were assassi­
Walt Brown—somewhat o f a p o p u ­
nated each day of the year.
list, Brown has yet to be easily clas­
All of the bodies established to in­
sified; his form er position at the
vestigate these crimes implicate the
head of Business and Consumer A f­
military. Included were the cases of
fairs went to satisfy conservative
the four nuns, and the two A m er­
hold out Sen Mac Yih (D-Albany).
ican technicians, the four Dutch
journalists,
the Belgian architect,
The Republicans, o f course, got
and the American Michael Klein
no committee chairs, although they
who was called a Vietnam mercen­
received one slot on Senate Ways
ary, and the human rights activist
and Means; Sen. Tony Meker (R-
Pamela Cuellar. For the 40,000 Sal­
Amity). Republicans dominated the
vadorans killed, there are no trials
Senate from I «83 through 1955, and
pending.
without listing the spoils, he assured
After the March elections, thou­
the victors kept most for them ­
sands o f Salvadorans looked fo r­
selves. The House, though also
ward to democracy. In that month
dominated by Democrats, did give
there were more murders than in
three Ways and Means positions to
any other in 1982 and in the follow-
Republicans,
In summary, these are the appar­
ent qualifications for Senate com­
mittee chairpersons; belonging to
the dominant political party; devel­
oping the staying power needed to
gain seniority; pledging one’s vote
to the winning presidential candi­
date soon enough to appear loyal,
Car owners and drivers who do
but late enough to m aintain bar­
not let the Motor Vehicles Division
gaining power.
know when their addresses change
A fter reviewing these statistics
may run the risk o f a ticket, but
and observatins, it’s anyone's guess
their fines do not compare with the
as to which House and Senate teams
costs to the division in wasted post­
will rank number one at the end of
age and added work when people
the season But if you still don't be­
fail to let D M V know they have
lieve politics is sport, settle down to
moved.
the Super Bowl in Pasadena and
watch the football players knock
As one result o f the fact that
eath other around. The battle for
thousands do not keep the license
the Salem vuperbowl will be equally
agency informed of their addresses,
brutal.
the 1983 Legislature requires car
owners and drivers to notify D M V
Northwest I egnlathre Services. I9R)
of changes in address.
Salem watch
The battle for the Salem super­
bowl ought to keep fans on the edge
o f their seats for at least five more
months. The Senate didn't choose
up committees until the second week
o f the session, but the House has
been warming up since team assign­
ments were announced in m id-De­
cember. Although Senate players
may suffer higher than normal in­
juries due to lack of pre-conference
practice, teams on both sides are
promising to keep political sports
tans entertained in the coming
months.
Not all committees promise to be
hot. Like any league, a few teams
will sleep their way through the sea­
son; others will play the kind of ball
the fans come out to see. Here are
some o f the hotter teams in each
leage (D
Democrat; R » Repub­
lican);
W hile the President proposed a
spending freeze for domestic pro­
grams, he advocated allowing de-
fense spending to continue to rise at
nearly three times the rale of in fla ­
tion.
While he professed a great deal of
compassion for the unemployed, he
d id n ’t offer much in the way o f a
plan for ending unemployment.
And while he suggested a standby
tax increase beginning in 198b for all
Americans (if the federal deficit def­
icit does not drop to acceptable lev­
els), he refused to consider cancel­
ling the scheduled 10 percent tax cut
this July which will help only upper
income Americans.
ing month there was no return to de­
mocracy.
1983 will be the fifth year of as-
sasinations in the most tragic period
of El Salvador’s history, or it will be
the beginnin of what appears to be
the rational path; in dialogue among
all the political and social interests
for peace.
“ But the fruit in which we believe
is the fruit of justice,” wrote M on­
signor Oscar A rnolfo Romero.
“ Those violent conflicts, as is dem­
onstrated by a simple analysis of our
structures and confirmed by history,
will not disappear until their u lti­
mate roots have disappeared.”
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