Word: robertses
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On McGovern's tax and welfare program, for instance, Roberts commented, "A good deal of staff work was not done before June 6 (the date of the California primary, in which it was a major issue), but between June 6 and the beginning of September."
"This is the second step in the environmental movement," Roberts said. "It's not enough to say we have to save the redwood trees. We have to ask, 'How do we do it? Who pays for it?'"
The McGovern statement includes one major position to which Roberts has previously expressed public opposition. The statement supports passage, full funding and vigorous enforcement of the Water Quality Act of 1972, a bill Roberts has opposed.
Roberts said, however, that he agrees with others in the campaign that McGovern, who joined in the 86-0 vote for the Senate bill, should continue to support the existing legislation. "It we had three years and 60 guys, there'd be time to write an alternative bill," he said...
Roberts asserted that creating a real debate on economic issues in a Presidential campaign requires "a lot of staff work early in the campaign, so that the candidate has an opportunity to educate himself in depth." The necessary amount of staff work was not done early enough in this campaign...