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Show 'Change Through Dialogue' i if. ! By J. BAUMAN Chronicle Editorial Assistant Richard Nahum Goldberger, publisher pub-lisher of an off-campus literary magazine (Pen Rejects), announced Tuesday he may run for the U.S. House of Representatives. In a Chronicle interview, Goldberger Gold-berger said he will begin to solicit a thousand signatures for a petition peti-tion necessary to put his name on the primary ballot in 1968. The 24-year-old Goldberger said due to the request of his campaign manager, he will call a press conference con-ference Thursday at 2 p.m. to officially offi-cially announce or deny his candidacy. can-didacy. The conference is to be held at Fifth West and Second South. "If I were to run," said Goldberger, Gold-berger, "it wouldn't be to win I would run because I am sincere about wanting change. Being a candidate can-didate is a legitimate way to augment aug-ment change through dialogue. Poor government is the fault of massive Publisher Richard N. Goldberger, father of "Pen Rejects," is expected ex-pected to announce his candidacy candi-dacy for the U.S. House of Representatives Rep-resentatives Thursday. ; non-involvement ; people criticize, yet are not willing to take positive action that will have an effect, no matter how small. Well, my running run-ning for the House will be a visible visi-ble rejection of non-involvement." Goldberger continued, "Only during a campaign would I be equal in stature with the other candidates. candi-dates. Only during a campaign could I express the principles of government I believe in and expect to have my ideas listened to seriously seri-ously by the people able to put these ideas into action the voters. "One of these ideas is that it should be made easier for people to register and vote. I think it should be the obligation of the Board of Electors to go far out of its way to make it so. For instance, in-stance, there should be a polling station at the University this is not now the case. Convenience is a factor that helps people use their right of franchise, which is their only chance to legitimately change policy, to express their views. "It should also be said that I believe educators and law enforcement enforce-ment officers are severely underpaid, under-paid, yet quality in their professions profes-sions is a prerequisite. I advocate raising their salaries." Goldberger said that he did not believe in the dole, but to provide training and jobs for the nation's impoverished; such a program would replace the bogged-down Office of Economic Opportunity and would help people do the work they really want to do. "At this time," he said, "there are persons per-sons in the State of Utah, in Salt Lake City, who are hungry. This is a very sad thing. I don't believe in bureaucratic waste, but I believe be-lieve some sort of decent solution could be worked out along the lines I've mentioned; direct dialogue between be-tween individuals and their representatives rep-resentatives is in order. Anyone who has become entwined in t h e bureaucratic web of frustrations when there's an immediate problem prob-lem might agree with me. "New York's Mayor Lindsay instituted in-stituted a program called "Little City Hall" regional Offices of the Mayor were set up all over the city so that a person who had a complaint or who needed advice could go around the block rather than travel all the way to the main office. I think branch offices of a state's Representative should be set up all over his district so that a citizen would have easy access to that office. "Of course, there would probably still be a lot of hang-ups and red tape, but I think it would be an improvement. im-provement. If a person has a problem prob-lem it should be given immediate and convenient attention. Putting off small problems only results in big problems." |