stepping-stone Hy JEFF PIERCE

"Who would want this job, anyway?" asks Oregon Secretary itf State Norm* Paulus as the removes her glasse-s and sets them on the desk amid he-»p\ ol newsjMpers and stac ks of memos whose tendency to reproduce rapidly could teach even an active rabbit a thing or two.

It's only 9:30 am and already Paulus has hevn up more than three hours. She arrived early to linish vinie work beiore the day's schedule ol engagements began, but finch her work only hali done when people start appearing at her office ik«>r lor advice and assistance.

The telephone rings again; it's Mimrone else who wants to know how to get onto the May lullot "Who wants this job?" Republican Paulus inquires again as she waits lor the phone to resume its ringing spasms. "Well , I'll tell you who Me. "

Who would want the |ob? John Howell has tiled lor tlie oftue, too. The Democratic state senator is not easy to categorize. An insurance agent who was previously a leather, he was raised in a small town and now lives in I lalsry, yet he has an urbane manner and style, almost that of a city sinker In the state Senate he is often a "swing" vote. Although he'll fight for field burning fcw the grass seed farmers in his district, environmentalists say they can work with him on other issues

At M years of age, Howell's lace exudes trusting, boyish charm With a rise of neatly combed black hair, a striped drrvs shirt and dark blur suit, he looks more the successful young executive than the battling politician he may have to be to unseat Haulus in thr race for snretarv of state

Who would want to be secretary of state, indeed' Traditionally, the race tor thr office has not engendered public excitement The powers of the office are not especially great respon sibility over the auditing of state agencies and thr overseeing of elections. Kven the statewide plat lor m the office provides can carry danger with it if it's used to comment on matters beyond the realm of the office Oregotuans don't like their state or local officials trying to make kireign policy, kir example

Yet both Tom McCall and Mark Hatfield used the office as a stepping stone to thr governor's office and, in Hathelds's casr,

J beyond that. Even though more recently Clay Myers wasn't successful when he ran for governor from the position, the office still carries a sort of magical allure for political comers

Haulus counts on winning a second term to entrench her lirmly as a prospect kw higher

office. Shr can see hersell as the state's first woman governor in 1986 (She says she won't run against Victor Atiyeh in 1982, even though she supported McCall against Atiyeh in the 1978 Republican primary )

For Howell, the stakes are perhaps a little more immediate, although he isn't giving up his chances of retaining his Senate seat by running (his term in the Legislature isn't up until 1982). The stakes are more imminent because many Democrats regard Atiyeh as vulnerable in 1982, and, wun past candidates Jim Redden and Hetty Roberts wearing |udicial robes and kwmer Portland Mayor Neil Gold vhmidt off in Washington, D C , there is no clear cut Democratic lavorite to take on Atiyeh.

It's not that Howell has a clear path to the Democratic nomination k>r governor. Half a do/m serious candidates who |USt happen to he Democrats are running for state treasurer and attornry general this year, as well. Jason Roe, who's running lor state treasurer and Henry Richmond, who is running lor attornry general, are most frequently mentioned as gubernatorial material among political observers, although neither is favored to win his current r«ce at this point.

In a way, Howell has the inside track. He's not contested in the Democratic primary. He'll go into the general and, indrrd, come out of the race without having to make enemies in his own party. And. really, he is in a no lose proposi turn Fvrn if Haulus defeats him, he's estab lishec! i hat all important statewide name la iniliarity. a commcMlity that could well pay off.

But although he can't possibly lose by hts effort, he must be regarded as a long shot to unseat Haulus. Current Oregon electoral history telLs us Chat candidates who start without statewide name familiarity don't often trip up incumbents Ask Jewell lansing, who lost to Clay Mvers k * state treasurer; Jim Durham, who U»st to Jim Redden tea attorney general; or Vem Giok, who k>st to Mark Hatheid lor U.S. senator.

Howell has the edge provided by a heavy Democratic registration in Oregon, hut so tar Haulus, as the incumbent, has made no miscues that are generally recognized as serious in the conduct of her office.

As in most political elections, the outcome of this one will I* largely determined by three considerations: the background and experience of the candidates, the issues, and the conduct of their campaigns. Surprisingly for a secretary of state's race, both candidates regard the issues as important. I"he strategies are well set: for the next eight months Howell will attack what he sen as Haulus' failure to manage Oregon's elections; Haulus will run on her record of improving the auditing function of the secretary

SECRETARY OF STATE NORMAL PAULUS IS CHALLENGED BY JOHN POWELL Issues will play a greater role than in past races for the position

of state, hoping her office doesn't make a boner in the conduct of this year's elections

To understand these three considerations, Willamette Week spent time with both candi dates and talked to a number of people who have worked closely with them.

Background and experience

One wag has labeled this rare the "battle of the beautiful people." And there's no doubt that both Paulus and Powell would do well in a personality contest. Paulus was recently named one of "Ten Women of the Future' by the laJiei Home Journal (a distinction she still doesn't altogether understand), and was select ed Oregon Style Maker of the Year by the Oregon Hairdresser and Cosmetologists As sociation Powell was named "One of Five Outstanding Young Men of Oregon" by the Oregon Jaycees in 1978, a fact he proudly inc ludes on his curriculum vitae.

But the election is more than a personality contest, and Salem watchers say the respect Paulus, who is 46, has gained from other people in Oregon government during her 10 years of state service comes from the ease with which she grasps problems and the verve with which she tackles difficult tasks.

Paulus' political base is in Eastern Oregon, by right of her history. Her family moved from Nebraska to Burns after the Depression. At 19, she fought a battle against polio, before winning election to the Willamette University School of Law with only a Burns High School diploma. She practiced law from 1962 until she was elected to the state House of Representatives in 1971.

Although her service in the Legislature was highly regarded among many, she rose to no position of power or leadership. Because she was to the left of most of her Republican colleagues (particularly on women's issues), she didn't

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By DICK CLEVER

The Northwest unionists who gathered last week at the Portland Hilton seemed agreed on at least one point—it will be a tough political year for labor But the sense of unity that AFL CIO leaders hoped would emerge from the regional conference of the Committee on Political Edu-cation eluded them.

Some participants blamed the single-issue orientation of many unions for the lack of harmony in the conference. "No one wants to compromise on anything," complained one Oregon labor leader. Although few unionists were willing to air their grievances in public, it was clear from the debates that spilled into the corridors of the Hilton that much soul search-ing was in progress.

There was much to remind labor's old guard of the new breed arising in the ranks. Among the 400 or so delegates were young workers who had begun to feel the pinch of an 18 per cent annual inflation rate and were little attuned to their elders' spirit of accommodation.

After sitting through a long meeting in which a national labor official lectured a group of unionists on what they must do this year, a young electrical worker from Longview, Wash., leapt to his feet and, reportedly, declared. "You guys are supposed to be working for us, the rank and file, not the other way around" AFL-CIO bosses have grown to expect such ex-changes with an increasingly restive member-ship.

The regional conference, drawing partici-pants from Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Mon-tana. Alaska and Hawaii, is designed mostly as a "pep talk," as one labor official put it. Its message is simple—educate your members, get them out to vote, work for labor nacked candi-dates The conference was intended as a forum for one-way communication from the top. As one delegate pointed out, "There were no microphones on the floor.'' But it didn't always work that way.

Many delegates to the conference Tuesday and Wednesday were getting their first exposure to that level of union politics. Some reacted strongly to what they perceived as the arm-twisting tactics of national officials on behalf of candidates in Oregon political races. Third Dis-trict Congressman Bob Duncan, who has routinely been handed the endorsement of the Oregon COPE in past races, failed to win the blessing of the COPE board this time around. His primary opponent for the Democratic nomination, Ron Wyden, an advocate for old people's rights, had picked oft enough votes to deny Duncan the necessary two-thirds approval.

There are those who feel that the state COPE hassle over the 3rd District endorsement is symptomatic of an erosion of labor unity. Nellie Fox. the state AFL-CIO's political director. fears that the internal bickering will only help labor's enemies in this political year. A student of labor history. Fox sees current economic

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Reagan revives myth of plenty Ronald Reegan's aggressive. well fi-

nanced campaign already has claimed two major victims and now stands ready to devour a third. A week after Sen. Howard Baker IR Tenn.l withdrew from the rece. the March 8 South Carolina primary put a merciful end to John Connally's pathetic and bizarre demon-stration of how spending $11 million can also make you more unpopular. George Bush Is Reagan's next probable casualty, his campaign rapidly losing both votes and desperately needed financial re-sources to Gerald Ford - the lest real hope for Republicans made nervous by Reagan - who Is expected to announce hit can-didacy this week or next.

Nowhere has Reagan's astounding strength been more visible this year than In the four Southern primaries held last week South Carolina. Florida. Alabama and Georgia Reagan beat Bush by 2-1 margins In both Alabama and Florida: In Georgia the point spread was a whopping 6-1. Even a Reagan loss this week In Illinois would be only a minor setback. As the primary season moves to Western and Southern states. Reagan Is likely to enjoy similar successes In key states such as North Carolina. Texas and California.

Correspondent Phil Kelsling spent last week on the road with Reagan and his major Republican opponents In South Carolina and Florida. Here he discusses the reasons for Reagan's amazing popu-larity.

rtv PHIL KEISUNG

FORT LA UDERDALE, FU This is a vin tage Ronald Rragan rally About 1,100 people stand sweating in the late afternoon sun A poster proc laiming "Lot's Make America Great

Again!" is plastered to the speaker's podium on the makeshift stage A short prayer opens the event. then a chorus of ' 'God Bless America, a Reagan standard. The candidate himself is in shirtsleeves, an informality that signals some extra rhetorical exertion: the Russians will be condemned with more vigor today, the lederal government assaulted with more passion. Yet while Reagan enjoys being unencumbered by his suit cost, its absence betrays the age his well tanned lace usually hides. His shoulders are stooped and his bulk has settled into the lower part of his body. much like the contents of a cement bag that's been left standing in some-corn c-r too long.

Reagan's speeches seldom vary in content. Having heard several of them today, my attention this Sunday afternoon wanders from the candidate to the half-dozen men sitting on the stage behind him. His state coordinator is there; so is the Cuban state legislator who accompanied Reagan earlier today at a wreath laying ceremonv at Miami's memorial to the "heroes" of the 1961 Bay of Pigs debacle An unidentified man wearing chartreuse pants with red splotches and a magenta sport coat also shares the stage.

I suddenly notice, for no apparent reason, that all these men are overweight; no' fat, but carrving 10 or 20 extra pounds. Pounds that are

the product of a long acquaintance with the many amenities of Florida lite.

I dismiss the observation as trivial and begin listening to Reagan's speech. "Inflation isn't the result of you or 1 buying too many things, Reagan assures his rapt audience, "inflation is the fault of government and government can make it go away." As for the energy crisis, that's not their fault, either. "The President says we're driving too much. He'd have us believe we live in an energy poor country.'' the candidate says. "But the truth is the U.S. Geobgical Survey says the potential for oil in Alaska alone is greater than all the proven reserves in Saudia Arabia." Invoking memories of the gasoline price wars of the '60s, Reagan says the energy problem will go away if we simply "turn the energy industry loose in the market place.'' The crowd heartily applauds.

The speech keeps reminding me of those overweight men, but I'm not sure why. The full meaning of all this is brought to me afterward, as I walk through the parking lot on my way back to the hotel. I'm stopped in my tracks by a silver Cadillac hearing a Reagan bumper sticker and Fkirida license plates. The plates defiantly proclaim "GASHOG. "

Such pride in the prerogatives of conspicuous consumption seem fitting in this state. Though only 14 states have a lower per capita income, Florida wears what affluence it has on its sleeve. Miami, for example, is a city of $100 a day hotel rooms. $3 drinks and more visible gold jewelry on its inhabitants than anywhere else in the United States. Tourism obviously accounts for much of this wealth, though in recent years drug smuggling has become almost as lucrative.

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Paulus, Powell: Running for a

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Paulus vs. Powell (ontmued from I

obtain much power in ihr puny And because the Democrats always con trolled the House while she was in it. she never chaired a committer or made it ti> one i>( thr highly sought after slots on Ways and Means or the Kmergeruy Hoard. Her voting record was much like Powell's—not exactly liberal, but not exactly conservative, either.

Alter the 1975 session Paulus liegan telling people she was running lor sec retary of state, perhaps recognizing there wasn't much future in the House lor a progressive Republican who was also a woman She didn't do particularly well against weak competition while winning her party's primary, but she easily deleated Beaverton Democratic state Sen Maine Whipple, a building (ornoration president

Clay Myers, former secretary of state and now state treasurer, is quick to compliment Paulus on her performance a* a member of the state l.ands Board, a three member committee (in which the governor and state treasurer alio hold membership) that manages much of the acreage owned by the state. " I ' v e watc hed a number ol people come and go from the board, and nobody has grasped it quite as fast as she has," Myers says of Paulus.

Paulus concludes that her major successes during her term as secretary of slate have been in the area of fiscal management "Dur ing my three years,'' she says, ' 'myre has been done lor liscal responsibility than ever be kire. ' '

Powell's native support lies south and west ol Paulus'. He is a native Oregon •an, horn i r I.ehanon about 10 miles Irom where he now lives with his wife and two young children in Halsey He attended the University of Oregon and taught six years at Central l.irfn High School in the Willamette Valley, then joined a friend to start an insurance agen.v

Powell's record in the state l-egts lature is a mixed lug He declined to oppose nuclear power last session, but he was ready to support stale funding of abortions He was against the reinstitu tion of the death penalty, but he supported a bill to require cities and counties to compensate owners of bill hoards when they are taken down

I'he state Senate has long been divided into two basic camps among the maturity party, which controls it One is a more rural, more conservative group, which was headed by Jason Roe for the three terms he was president of the Senate. The other is a more progressive, more urban group with no clear leader Powell was one of four Democrats who swung hack and forth between the two groups on most major votes last session.

What do Powell's colleagues think of the race?

"Tha t race is a sleeper," says Sen. led I (alloc k I,I) Portland) about the

contest. "Those two [Paulus and Powell) are two of Oregon's outstand ing young citizens We cannot lose, no matter who wins." Though Halkick calls himself " a l irm supporter of Norma's , " he, like many other state senators who have worked with Powell, feels the youthful senator is developing well as a politician.

" H e ' s tomorrow's leader," Halkick continues "John Powell is a superb senator He is one of the potentially I j rrate 'down state' senators " Hal kick is also impressed by Powell's efforts to understand issues beyond his own district. " H e ' s still a crude native type at the moment, but he has an astute knowledge of urban as well as rural problems

Dick Feeney, public aftairs director kir Tr i Met, has watched Powell through three legislative sessions and concurs with Halkick's assessment "He ' s grown quite a b i t , " Feeney says. " I n past sessions, I don't think you would have thought much about him when dealing with urban issues."

Sen Vern Cook ( I ) Gresham) says he will support Powell over Paulus in the kirthcoming elections He calls Powell ' ' imaginative,' ' and says, " H e brings a positive approac h to bringing the voters out of their shell." II he performs as well as secretary of state as he has in his Senate committees (he has served as chairman of the School Finance and Revenue Committee, and participated on the Local CJovernment Elections Committee, among others). Cook says Powell will exceed the performance of past secretaries of state.

Talking with Salem legislators, Wil lament Week heard only one map* complaint against the J2 year old from Halsey: his temper.

Says Hallock: " H e ' s got a fuse that, when he first started, was one quarter of an inch long, and now it 's up to an inch. He would take umbrage at things quicker than others, but he's learning to contain i t . "

" I f he should he elected to a higher office, his short temper could hurt h i m , " speculates Sen. Tom Hartung (R Portland) But, he adds, " A s he matures, he'll handle these things."

Powell answers charges that his temper can get out of hand by saying he often plans noticeable raises in the level of his voice, raises that could he interpreted as anger by some people. "When I 'm representing people, I should make points and I should make them we l l , " he says. " I like debate, and I think debate carried on without a c hange in voice is boring. One good debating technique is a change in voice to get my vote across.

One positive thing can he said about both Paulus and Powell: Both are (oinmitted to seeing this race turn on what they call " the issues "

The issues Paulus explains that, when she en

terrd office in 1976, the accounting procedures for stale agencies were not unikirm. Gaining any idea of how tax (killars were being spent among the individual Salem agencies, she says, w n much like three or four rounds with a mature gorilla.

In 197), a group of auditing profes sionals from outside state government kioked at the accounting procedures then used by Oregon state offices, Paulus says. The group concluded that there were no qualilied people in the individual agencies to perform the accounting function; that agencies were not producing their own financial statements on the basis of which audits could be done; and that auditing periods for individual agent les were not sched uled to icirrespond with the legislative schedule. Without this type of coordin at ion, the Legislature was unable to make intelligent budgeting decisions.

According to Paulus, the first time she ran into this complicated and confused accounting system was during her first month as secretary of state, when her office tried to audit the Veterans Affairs Division. Faced with resistance in her efforts to win cnopera tion from Veterans Aftairs, she says she threatened to "go down to the press room and tell everyone the public was being ripped off ' ' by inefficient account ing unless she was given help in straightening out the Veterans Affairs' accounting system. She says eventually she received some of the cooperation she needed.

Since then, she has made a name for herself as a tough accountant of govern ment per k>r mane e She has publicized conclusions her office's audits have made about monetary responsibility of slate agencies, much to the consterna tion of many tactions of the state legislature (and opponent Powell) who think the governor should be respon sible for judging performance of those offices, not the secretary of state

But Paulus insists that the audits she has publicized showed serious mon etary inefficiency on the part of several state bureaucracies, and that the public benefited by knowing of this inefficien cy. She points to four audits done during her term in office that have gained the most attention:

• An audit of the state Department of Forestry, she says, exposed problems with kirest products appraisal methods and methods by which the department estimated the number of trees it would sell. "We le l t the Forestry Department was underappraising timber it offered hir sale," explains George Rentier, the state's chief auditor.

Renner says representatives of the department would look over a stand of timber (the department calls it "cruis ing" ) and estimate the volume of timber available there tor sale But, he claims, estimates were often far from reality. "Timber taken out was often more than what was estimated in there," he says.

In addition, he says the money that sale of timber from state lands was bringing "was running about average of twice what they had appraised." He adds that, because the department did not seek enough timber bidders before it nude a sale, the state was losing money in three ways.

Says Renner: " W e ' d been talking about this problem kir I ) years, but nothing was ever done about it, really, until Norma came i n . " He says that, though the Forestry Department dis agreed with the secretary's office on the conclusions mack- in its audit, he believes changes have been, and will be, made by the department in its appraisal and methods. When the secretary's office orders another audit of the department in the next couple of months, he says, he'll get vime idea of what the audit's effect has been.

• When the secretary of state's office audited the claims section of the State Accident Insurance Fund, Renner says, it lound delays in handling claims against the state, because "insufficient ly trained" prsiple had been given the task of handling those claims. " T h e delays were costing the state millions of dollars," he says, adding that the secretary's office made recommends lions kir improved service.

" W e just did not think that the management [of the claims section] had a handle on the situation," he offers.

• Another audit of the Oregon State Fair organization showed substantial monetary kisses because of the way the fair contracted out its services, includ-ing security, parking and cleanup Renner explains that organizers of the 1978 fair chose to contract all these services out to one company, rather than farming the services out to small er, individual service firms that could have done the work for less money

" I t was very difficult to determine who was to blame in this th ing , " he says, but adds that the results of the |iractice were obvious contracts for services performed during the 1978 fair cost the state about half again as much as the same services had cost the previous year about $150,(XX) in 1978, as opposed to $97,(XX) for the 1977 fair.

• Most recently, the state Correc lions Division came under the account ing eye of the secretary's office. The audit concluded there were "many weaknesses in the administration of the program, particularly in the manner in which monies wire allocated to and accounted for by the counties [under the (Community Corrections Act). Signif

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leant amounts of interest accrued to the six participating counties rather than the state general fund."

Although Paulus admits there are still other improvements she wants to make in the auditing systems of state agenc les, she says, " T o a large degree I think we've succeeded in doing what we set out to do. In fact, we've done a lo t . "

In particular, she points to a thick booklet, the state's first financial re port, as the sum of her efforts. She says that, after a king fight with executives in the state House " w h o tried to stop i t , " her office helped pass a bill through the Legislature to put together this profile of money \|*-nl and gathered by the State of Oregon

The priorities game

That isn't enough for Powell. He says Paulus has not balanced her responsibilities in office as well as she might have. She has spent the ma(ortty of her time dealing with business functions, he argues, and has not given enough attention to the other important part of her job. her role as chief elections officer lor the state.

Seated in a wicker chair in a down town Portland office, taking a brief

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during her first years in office. But he adds that one of his duties if he assumes the office of secretary would be " t o try to get the Legislature to get uniform accounting procedures kir the books." They still aren't uniform/ "We l l , we're being told they are," he says cynically.

Like some other legislators in Salem, Powell thinks too much has been made M Paulus' auditing reports " T h e ma)or change in auditing under Norma is that they [the audits] have been typed up as news releases and handed to the press," he says, contending that this

act ignores the natural responsibility of the governor in publicizing and chang ing the practices of state agencies. " I ilon't think the secretary of state should be in the business of auditing per formance," he says.

Powell's biggest beef with Paulus' handling of her office, though, has been

that he believes she has not taken a leadership role in the elections process. Although Paulus insists that she is making every eflort to build up the number of voters who participate ia elections, Powell says she hasn't done enough. " I think the chief elections officer has a major role in getting the people to go out and vote, not just serve a clerical du ty , " he says. " I think the reasons we have an elected secretary <4 state is to act as a leader."

Powell is more optimistic than most politicians about thr responsibility felt by the voting public. " I don't think people are too lazy to vote, they just feef awkward," he insists. Much of that awkwardness, he says, comes from the public's lack of familiarity with issues and candidates; when people look at their voting cards they realize how much they haven't been told.

"Gett ing out the vote is more than just advertising for more voters," he says. Powell advocates mailing ballots —if only sample ones—to households, so that voters wil l have read through the issues and the list of candidates before they appear at their local polling places. " T h e number of voters would triple if we took the issues out to them like th is , " he claims.

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"Those two are two of Oregon's outstanding young citizens. We cannot lose, no

matter who wins."

Paulus vs. Powell Comtinuad from J

Powell can't say enough about the

issue ol getting out the vote. He insists

that Paulus simply has not helped the

situation. In fact, he claims, she is

trying to hurt the process. He points to

Paulus' continued efforts to stop the use

ol candidates' slogans on ballot car A as

an example of her discouraging voter

education. While Paulus says ballot

slogans "don ' t tell you anything any-

way, and they cost districts money"

because they increase the size of the

ballot. Powell says the slogans give

voters a better look at candidates

On the other hand, Powell says he

has a history of helping to increase voter

turnout. One example of this effort, he

says, was his support of last-day voter

registration.

" I ' m as concerned about public

spending as anyone," Powell says in

answer to a question about Paulus'

budgeting work, "but when the most

fundamental function of that office is

tailing [elections leadership], then I

think we have to do something about

i t . "

Paulus rolls her eyes when con

fronted with Powell's assertion that she

hasn't performed an adequate job as

chief elections officer. While she admits

she has turned over much of the elec

tions organizing to assistant Ray Phelps

( " t he best elections man around

here"), she insists she has not forsaken

the duty. " H o w can I shirk that when

it's part of my job?" she asks.

Campaign realities

Backing from fellow state senators

will put some weight behind Powell's

campaign. He says he's not worried

about gaining the monetary support

that he will need to purchase the

advertising to become known through

out the state.

" I ' m just starting to look for mon

ev , " he says, explaining that his first

priority will be small contributors. He

says his strategy will be much as it was

when he ran for the Senate in 1978, to

"look to many sources of money for a

little, rather than to a few places for a

lot ." In 1978, he raised $4,910 in

contributions, mostly from individuals

kicking ui under I V ) apiece. He alvi

earned the monetary support of the Ore

gon Medical Political Action Commit

tee ($310), Oregon Plastic Industries

(.$200), the Manufactured Housing

Support Committee (.another $200),

and International Seeds Inc. ($1S0).

So far in this race, he says he has

collected fewer contributions than am

one else running lor an office with

statewide influence. But there's still

time, he assures himself. He hopes his

campaign trips to Coos Bay, Port

Orford. Ashland. Medford, and a plan

ned circuit taking him through Paulus'

Eastern Oregon terrttory will pay off.

Most of his contributions thus tar were

picked up during a fund raising party he

held to announce his campaign for

secretary. Another fund raiser he held

lor ksbbyists, he recalls, picked up

"maybt $1,200." Paulus is still seeking support from

people who contributed to her campaign

in 1976. Her campaign raised, and

spent, more than $200,000 in the

primary and general election campaigns

of 1976, and she hopes to raise a large

portion of her budget from the same

contributors—chiefly active members

of the state Republican Party and t ie

Oregon Women's Political Caucus.

But Paulus hasn't been able to

campaign in the same style as Powell.

The duties of her office keep her pinned

to her Salem office most of the week

During the 1976 campaign, she says

she spent " 3 5 9 days ot the year on the

trail, and the six days left weren't

together." Still, her name familiarity

will help make up for her smaller num

ber of campaign stops.

The outsiders

With an incumbent running tor the

office of secretary of state and a strong

challenger already making a name for

himself across the state, the chances of a

third candidate's pulling large chunks of

the vote away from the Powell and

Paulus camps are slim. Only one other

candidate has announced lor the posi

tion, and even he admits the difficulty of

running against two heavywetghts.

Republican Dr. Harvey R. Forester

is a physician neurologist psychiatnst

from Salem. Never previously a candi

date for public office. Forester hopes to

launch ' 'a holy crusade'' for a revival of

American ideals by running tor secre-

tary of state "Sometimes I think the

country has died, though not all the

t ime, ' he says But his faith in the

American sv stem of democracy holds

last, und he's determined to make his

campaign one small step in reviving the

spirit ol America.

"1 have the deepest faith that, unless

this country is dead, I 'm sure there will

be an explosion, a revival," he savs,

adding that the only way to bring about

that revival is for everyone in the

country to make 4 careful study ol the

Declaration of Independence and the

U.S. Constitution.

But what has all this to do with being

Dregon secretary ol state? " T h e cause

goes beyond the state," Forester ex

plains. But, he savs, it has to start

somewhere; why not from the Oregon

secretary of state's office?

He hasn't yet hired a campaign

manager or even started his campaign

work. Over the last tew months, he has

been visiting triends in California (.from

which he moved only recently) and

asking them for advice He says he has

been running, swimming, and doing

ju jitsu to settle his mind and prepare

for the contest. At 52 years old,

Forester (known by his friends as

"Daddy D o c " ) says he's ready for

public service. II he has an indication by

April 1 that his "holy cause" will be

picked up by Oregon voters, he'll try

for the seat. Even il he doesn't win, he

says, at least his views will have been

expressed.

Eaily statements made by pharmacist

and self styled tax reformer Jimmy Dale

" J i m " Whittenburg that he would run

against Paulus and Powell went by the

wayside when he was unable to garner

the signatures necessary by March 11

to place his name on the ballot. Best

remembered as the sponsor of Ballot

Measure 6, the l l i per cent property

tax relief initiative of 1978, Whitten

burg showed up in Paulus' office at one

point. " H e walked into the office a

while ago, and told some of the people

who work here that they'd better find a

new job,' ' Paulus recalls.

It's still too early to make bets on

who will win the secretary of state's

race for 1980. Paulus clearly has the

edge in terms ot name familarity. But

Powell is assured of winning a place on

the general election ballot in Novem

ber, and has eight months to build

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Oregon in Brief Edited by Amy Godine

The Most Happy Fella

Oregon 5 G O P primary presidential election ballot lost

thiee ami gained one big one last week, when Secretary ol

State Norma Paulus scratched Sen Bob Dole ol Kansas,

Sen Howard Baker of Tennessee, and former Gov. John

Coniully ol Texas from the list, and added the name ol

Cierakl Ford. The lormer President, who has said Republi

can turerunner Ronald Reagan is too conservative to win

the presidency, is expected to announce his decision to join

the campaign any day now.

Paulus' last minute inclusion of Ford on the slate is

based on the national recognition he has received from the

news media since the New Hampshire primary. Her

decision to sign him up mack- Oregon the first state in the

nation officially to acknowledge the likelihood of his hid lor

the Republican nomination. Sharing the Republican ballot

with Ford are Reagan. John Anderson and Philip Crane,

and former CIA Director George Bush

A recent poll conducted by North Opinion Research

shows a close race between Reagan and Bush, with Reagan

still holding a M) per cent lead, but losing ground steadily,

and with Bush 6 points behind but picking up support all

the tune. Ford lags third with 12 per cent, but can expect a

groundswell ol support from former backers ol Reagan,

Baker and Connallv. and from the high count —12 per

cent of undecideds in future weeks

On the Democratic front, President Carter shows a

stronger lead ui Oregon than he ever has before, according

to the North Opinion poll, including his backing at the

same point m the race for president four years ago His 72

per cent lead is almost 6 to 1 over Kennedy's, and almost

IS to I over California Gov Jerry Brown's.

Ain ' t Misbehavin'

An investigation into allegations ol expense padding

against Marion County District Attorney Gary Gortmaker

will be supervised by Portland lawyer Michael Schrunk,

who was apfointed to the task by Oregon Attorney (ieneral

Jim Redden on Fridav. The attorney general cited

Sc hrunk's background as " a n experienced investigator and

prosecutor whose integrity and fairness is unquestionable

Schrunk, an unopposed candidate lor Multnomah County

district attorney, was a deputy district attorney in that

office for seven years.

Charges against Gortmaker surfaced early last week after

K G W TV reporter Pai McCarthy had aired statements by

lormer staff members of Gortmaker's, alleging that he had

collected expenses for investigations in which his role had

been minimal. Cheryl Jaoobsen, a former bookkeeper in the

district attorney's ottice, claimed that (iortmaker ordered

her to put nonexistent expenses into his account to rover

advances from county funds

Later in the week, Oregon Journal reporter Jim I-ong

revealed that the U S Internal Revenue Service had seized

four boxes ol documents that Gortmaker had ordered

shredded on Sept. 4, 1979 The IRS had been conducting a

tax evasion probe against Gortmaker But the case was

dropped and the documents were shredded by the IRS a

week later, denying the state attorney general's office the

chance to review them.

(iortmaker, who had refused to comment on the charges

while involved in prosecuting a murder case, now says he

will explain his position to the press and the public this

week.

Grease Convictions on three counts of first degree official mis

conduct which could add up to three years in (ail and

$5,000 in fines were leveled against former Multnomah

Giunty District Court Administrator Wes Carter last

Wednesday, l ast June, Carter was released from his court

job and charged by the state Department ol Justice with

fixing 258 parking tickets mostly on behalf of himself and

his friends

Witnesses lor his defense argued that (barter was only

responding to Circuit Court judges who asked that tickets

given to v>me court witnesses while they were detained in

court be dismisvd But after two days ol hearing rvidrnce

without a jury, Circuit Court Judge Robert P Jones de

cided that at least as far as 124 tickets were concerned-

the state had more than made its point.

As for the 105 tickets Carter was said to have dismisvd

against himself, the two against the owner ol O 'Gmnor ' s

restaurant, and the 26 against Joseph Amato, a Irtend ol

Carter's, Jones concluded that "reasonable doubt" about

each of these allegations forced Carter's acquittal. Carter

did not dismiss any of the tickets for favors or money, Jones

concluded, "but with intent to benefit another " He per

milted Carter to remain free on bail pending sentencing on

April 16

West Side Story

Pointing to major disagreements over "management

policy and responsibilities, the hoard of directors ol the

Oregon Museum ol Science and Industry abruptly sacked

Fxecutive Director Clint Gruher last Tuesday, dismissal

effective immediately The press release that accompanied

the board's announcement ol its decision was discreetly

sketchy on reasons lor the sucklen firing, choosing to strevs

instead Gruber's "integrity , personal commitment and

long standing service to OMSI

An empkiyee of OMSI for 15 years. Gruher was ap

pointed executive director last May following the retire

ment ol kirmer OMSI Director loren McKmley Ai that

time, OMSI was in bad financial shape and the board was

split between those who wanted to promote the new

director Irian within and those who hoped to recruit pro

spective candidates from outside the museum's own

personnel Gruher was chosen on conuition that he

straighten the OMSI budget out within a year

"The feeling is that we diiln't go outside last time, and

that il we had, we might have gotten a better quality ol

leadership," one hoard member told the Oregon Journal

This year the museum is engaged in a $10 4 milium

campaign drive for expansion, renovation, and operational

expenses.

This is the Army

About 75 per cent ol M 0 veterans randomly polled in

Oregon and Southern Washington would prefer to use doc

tors and clinics ol their own choosing than a Veterans

Administration facility, a Portland based group called the

Coalition for a Better Veterans Health Care announced last

week Among those polled who had previously (jotten

medical help from a VA facility, over ha'f said they'd

rather pick their own ikxTor when VA benefits pay the

cost less than half wanted a new VA hospital and out

patient clinic in Portland, and 62 I per cent said they'd

rather see VA benefits i hanneled into community fat ilities

than a new VA hospital

Other veterans groups argued that the poll (bdn't repre

sent Oregon's 582,000 because ol its heavy inc lusion n<

veterans who live in remote parts ol Oregon But (irubb

Stern Marketing Research, who conducted the analysis,

said they were "Ninety two per cent lonlidrnt that the

sampling error is not greater than 5 per cent" in the poll

Follies

Last week seven employers ol the Hasiem Oregon State

Hospital were indicted on charges ol patient abuse that

ranged from gouging, kicking, choking, and striking men

tally retarded and developmentally disables! patients Fight

other hospital employees were suspended as well The

indictments followed a sweeping investigation frcan the

state attorney general's office, which planted two undrr

<over agents as aides at the hospital last month

Pointing to the need for an investigation was an inridrnt

that happened at the hospital last summer when a

51 -year old retarded man was seriously beaten (vwne say

bv another patient or staff member!, and a police probe

failed to get to the root ol it Folkiwtng that unresolved

incident, the hospital undertook a correction plan that

would introduce more ikictors into the facility and put an

increased emphasis on staff training for draling with retard

ed patients However, most ol the employres had been

through this training before the recent investigation

Follow-up

Godspell

A |udge has given the So'id Rock Church ol (iod in

Christ more time to lower the noise level created by the

congregation's amplified Sunday services

Multnomah County Circuit Gairt Judge Philip Roth

granted the extension of the Mart h 25 deadline 90 days to

enable the church to complete modifications designed to

lower the noise levels

The Rev Archie Hopkins has said the high decibel

worship is a necessary part ol his church's religious prac

tice Some clerics have raised the possibility ol a hirst

Amendment case arising from the issue

In the Publ ic Interest Edited by William Mas!

Meetings POHTI AND C I T Y C O U N C I L (Council

Chambers. City Hall. 1220 SW Sth Ave . 9 10 am anil 2 pm. Wednesday Max h 19 a rid 2 pm. Thursday March 20. (all 248 4086 for agenda) Weekly meetings, also broad, act live on Kft(X) 90 7 FM

M M T N O M A H C O U N T Y B O A K I ) OF COMMISSIONERS (R.*,m 602, County Courthouse. 1021 SW 4ih Ave . 9 )0 am. Thursday. Maxh 20 rail 248)277 for agenda)

Lectures and Symposia

BUSINESS MAILERS SFMINAR (Red Lion Inn Jantren Beaih 9 i m ) 10 pm. Wednesday Maxh 19 248 2*9-1) The Greater Portland Postal Customers' Council it sponsoring a seminar on bulk rate and third < lass mail and general postal informa nnn Featured speaker will be U S Post-master General William Holger

H E A L T H CAHF: (Room 491 Neuberger Hall Portland State University. 4 S 10 pm. Thursday Maxh 20. <all 229 4962) Chris Neilson deputy diretlor of Multnomah County Proved Health will dmuts imple-mentation of the Proved Health idea at an urban policy seminar meeting Sponiored by the Institute for Policy Studies at Port land Stare University

FAR I H S H E L T E R iRed Lion Inn, Jam /en Beach. Monday, Maxh 24 and Tues day Maxh 2). call 22M7S7) "Going

Under to Stay on Top- limiting a two-day conference providing a lomprehentive introduction to earth-sheltered housing, will include presentations on design and conttrijction. energy and life-cycle costs, financing zoning design alternatives, and local climate and topography Sponsored by the Portland Chapter i»f the American Insmuir of Architects, the Underground Space (.enter of the University of Minne lota, and Western SUN

PERSPECT IVE ON WORLD HUN-G F R (Lloyd Center Sheraton Hotel, noon Monday Maxh 24 229 1049) Orville Freeman will address a luncheon meeting of the World Affairs (aiuncil

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I t F A L I N G F E S T I V A L (Ashland Hills Ashland 7 to 10 pm. Friday. Maxh 21 and 9 am ) pm, Saturday. March 22. call (SO)) 482 8740) The Siskiyou Wellness Institute will present the "Spring F.cjuinoi Healing Festival featuring lom Ferguson, editor of Mfdud Self (are Small work •hops on new trends in health care will alv> be presented

P A R F N T FORUM (Mittleman Jewish Community Center 66)1 SW Capitol Highway. 7 )0 pm. Tuesday. Maxh 2V call 244 0111) A forum on "Nutrition and Your Child's Behavior" will be pre tented by the harly Childhood Learning CeniM oft ! Center

week workthop in lorifidenre building and career life planning will he offered

HOME B U Y I N G FOR WOMEN Free workshops on everything women need lo know about buying a houte (19)4 NE Broadway 9 am t pm Saiurday. Maxh 22. call 221-2407 to register, iotpontored by the Department of Housing and Ufban Development and Displaced Homemakers. and 1911 NF Everett St . 10 am 4 pm. Sunday Maxh 2). i all 2)4 0)2) lo register, cotpontored by the Department of Homing and Uiban Development and the Oregon Feminists Federal ( (edit Union)

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USED OIL DEPOTS You can now recycle your uted motor oil at one of over )00 depott established by the Department of Environmental (Quality For the site of the depot nearest you. , a | | the DKQ Recycling Swixhboard ai 229 ) ) ) ) , or call toll free at I 800 4)2 781)

ANTI D R A F T INFORMA H O N People interested in anti-draft lobbying activities, draft counselor training, and tiieaking ai draft teach ins at local tchoolt should con-tact the Oregon Coalition Againti the Draft Ird floor. 21) SF 9th Ave of call 2)8-060)

B I C Y C I F L O C K E R S Regittration is now open for downtown workert interested in leaung one of Portland's nine new bicycle lex ken The lockers are at SW 6ih Avenue and Stark Street, SW )th Avenue and Oak Street, and SW 4th Avenue and Mormon Street Send name, addrest telephone number, and employer's addrett and telephone number lo City ol Portland Bicycle and Pedestrian Program 621 SW A Met Si Room 720, Portland Ore 97207 (.all 248 4407 for more in-formation

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