Word: oregon
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...prides himself on being a political maverick in the mold of his hero, the late Senator Wayne Morse. But Democratic Congressman James Weaver, 53, has always kept in step with one part of his southwestern Oregon constituency: the liberal college town of Eugene (pop. 103,500). In three terms, he has built a reputation as a friend of the environment, having sponsored the 1978 Endangered American Wilderness Act, which increased the acreage of protected lands like the 168,000-acre Kalmiopsis area east of Eugene. He is a foe of nuclear power and of the use of herbicides...
While conceding that the President's words were "an overstatement," Presidential Spokesman Jody Powell was not about to sound retreat. As the presidential entourage prepared to leave California for Oregon, Powell boarded the press plane. "Any questions?" he asked. "War and peace!" someone shouted. "Tolstoy," Powell retorted. But then, with careful calculation, he proceeded to pour a little water on the fire with one hand, while adding fuel with the other. Said he: "We have absolutely no apologies to make for raising that issue and for asking Governor Reagan to explain the numerous occasions over the past several years...
...Republican hit list includes Majority Leader Jim Wright of Texas, Majority Whip John Brademas of Indiana, Caucus Chairman Thomas Foley of Washington, National Congressional Committee Chairman James Corman of California, Interior and Insular Affairs Committee Chairman Morris Udall of Arizona, and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Al Ullman of Oregon. The Vander Jagt committee has found formidable candidates to run against all of them, and is backing each of its nominees with $21,000 in campaign cash and advice on strategy, opponents' weaknesses...
Another of Vander Jagt's targets, Oregon's Al Ullman, 66, professes to be less concerned about his own fate in November than about what the new partisanship may do to the House. Says Ullman: "You get a little wary about personal relationships when people go for the jugular...
Ullman has been hurt by making infrequent visits to his district in 1978 and 1979. He has owned no home in Oregon for 21 months, but is buying a condominium in Bend. He has also been damaged by advocating a national value-added tax, which is political poison in Oregon, where a sales tax has been rejected repeatedly in referendums. Insists Ullman: "I've totally abandoned...