The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday January 25, 1979 THIRTEEN
J
uson Mob: Not your 'run-of-ths-mili senator
Many Oregonians may have
figured Jason Boe's three
letter surname was the main :
thing setting him apart from
other lawmakers when first
elected to the State Senate in
1970.
That condition has changed
significantly.
Two other current law
makers have equally short
last names Sen. L.B. Day
(R-Salem) and Rep. Mae Yih
(D-Albany). Meanwhile, the
name Boe now is ; most
trequently accompanied by a
13-letter adjective relating to
his accomplishments.
The accessory word is
Salem Scene
BY Jack Zimmeran
"unprecedented." It refers
primarily to the fact the
49-year-old Reedsport optom
etrist was unanimously elect
ed by fellow majority Demo
crats to serve as the Upper
Chamber's presiding officer
during a fourth-consecutive
regular biennial session of the
Legislature.
Senate President has
alwavs been svnonomous with
exceptional power. And al
though this decade has seen
the office relieved of the
privilege to serve as Governor
when the chief executive
leaves the state and first to
succeed a Governor who dies
in office, Boe's tenure has
produced potency of extra
ordinary magnitude.
Many of those failing to
attach sipnifiranpp fn Hie
arrival on the Senate scene
eight years ago may be
forgiven. The California bank
er's son had prepared himself
for his lay profession at
Pacific Lutheran University
in Forest Grove. He arrived
unknown to begin practice in
Reedsport in 1955 but found,
time to become involved in.
party politics and serve on the
provided impetus to achieve a
seat in the House of Repre
sentatives from Douglas
County in 1965 and win
re-election two succeeding
terms.
Republicans firmly control
led the Lower Chamber the
last half of the Sixties and
although Boe won a seat on
Joint Ways & Means Commit
tee and served as his party's
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President Carter has asked his Cabinet officers to
take aggressive action to slow the rise in consumer
prices. They were asked for specific suggestions
on what consumers themselves can do to cope
with the problem of inflation.
The U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs has issued
guidelines fo help consumers minimize the impact
of inflation on their daily lives.
Safeway pledges full cooperation with the U.S.
Government in battling this number one domestic
problem. As tangible evidence of that support,
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ideas, suggesting ways in which you and yourfam
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Some of the subjects to be covered are: Saving
on "private labels" such as Safeway Brands;
Making Unit Pricing work for you; Cooking from
"scratch"; Seasonal produce bargains; Best use of
your freezer; Advertised and unadvertised spe
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Whip and ultimately Minority
Leader, his influence remain
ed largely within his own
constituency.
Tip-off to subsequent events
in the Senate may have been
his early appointment to serve
again on Ways & Means.
Nonetheless, few observers
even figured his rise to Senate
presidency in 1973 would
produce record retention of
he office.
It is doubtful any, other
)regon politician ifes enjoyed
he opportunity 10 shape
jgislation in the manner
ersonified by Boe. Two
onsecutive terms as Senate
'resident constitute and
xtreme rarity achieved
nly by James D. Fay in
870-72; John Whiteaker, 1876
8; Joseph Simon, 1889-97, and
:.D. (Debbs) Potts, 1967-69.
From an historical stand
oint, only Simon appears to
ireaten Boe's achievement,
iut legislative scholars
uickly point out Simon's
jurth term involved the 1897
ession that failed to organize
nd ended without passage of
single bill. Simon also
resided during a special
ession the following year that
as highlighted by his election
0 the Senate of the United
Itates.
The current Senate leader
las presided over three spec
ial sessions aspired also to
higher office and ran a
determined unsuccessful cam
paign for the U.S. Senate in
1974.
Considering his record,
some believe Boe may try
again for Congress or even
seek his party's gubernatorial
nomination four years hence.
But he's attempting to lay at
rest such speculation and is
concentrating both influence
and vigor on the session at
hand.
While his influence in Ore
gon has increased immeas
urably, the last few years
have seen his authority ex
tended nationally. This stems
from involvement in the
National Conference of State
Legislatures an organization
of some 7,600 state lawmakers
over which he now presides.
A few observers might
question his dual presidency
and wonder if NCSL activities
deter from duties as Senate
President. Boe believes other
wise, conducting NCSL busi
ness mostly on weekends and
exerting most of those efforts
on a subject he believes may
prove the panacea for ills
facing legislatures in every
state.
This involves achievement
of a national Constitutional
Convention dedicated to re
quiring the federal govern
ment to maintain a balanced
budget as is required by all
but one of the 50 states.
Thirty-four states must enact
legislation requiring Congress
to convene the Constitutional
Convention and Boe believes
the magic number may be
achieved this year.
Twenty-two states, includ
ing Oregon, already are on the
bandwagon and the 23rd is
expected to join the fold this
month. Meanwhile, all states
are conducting legislative ses
sions this year. Boe journeyed
to Dallas, Texas earlier this
month to urge legislative
leaders from 33 states to
consider the matter and is
scheduled to testify before the
California Legislature on the
same subject before the
month is out.
He and other supporters
believe a balanced federal
budget will do much to rid the
nation of its current inflation
woes, end federal domination
of functions rightfully the
responsibility of the individual
states and reduce federally
mandated taxes on which
deficit spending depends.
Pressing for such a lofty
goal is hardly part of an
ordinary Senate President's
job. And involvement appears
even more precarious as long
as Pres. Jimmy Carter is so
adamantly against the consti
tutional change.
In the face of such adver
sityand the burgeoning work
load accompanying the 60th
session of his own Legislature
now under way Boe proceeds
in the manner of one who will
be remembered as much more
than your run-of-the-mill Sen-