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Show DAILY UTAH WW J VV a THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH Oowlwinn)inr is basis I LE 1, NOTTOI VOL. ' ' ' : off Wright's camropaigim by Patricia J. Pusey Chronicle staff percent of these students won't be able to find jobs in the state." Wright said the economic base in the state needs to be redeveloped and expanded. This can be done without raising taxes. "Our state has a large percentage of families with many children. The birth rate years ago was unusually high, and now these children are in schools, soon to be looking for jobs," he said. This group (students) still in school is not proportionate with the production group (business). "By bringing to this state new business and encouraging growth in our own state's businesses, we can give these new producers jobs and the opportunity to remain in Utah," he Getting people involved in government affairs and encouraging parents to participate in their children's education, are issues Bob Wright, Republican candidate for governor, will address if elected. "The governor should be an extension of every one of you, Wright said at Coffee and Politics Thursday. "The governor represents 1 .6 million people in this state. I want each individual to talk to me and tell me their concerns about state government he said. Wright said he likes talking to small groups while campaigning because it creates a personable atmosphere. But he is more concerned about individuals getting involved in state government and with state officials. Wright said as governor he would be willing to talk to Utah citizens individually about their concerns. Wright is concerned about the educational system in this state and wants to see more parents participating in the learning process. M As a father of eight children I consider their non-product- ive said. Wright said many businesses are attracted to Utah because of the high-tec- h research and in the state. strong engineering programs "If state government, the public and our education institutions work together in a triangle, we can work with new businesses and attract them to the state." "Controlling the growth in the state suffocates opportunities for new business to come in. With the state's high population growth we need to attract businesses that will attract paying jobs to create a balance," he said. education extremely important. Actually non-polluti- participating in the education process is not only a learning experience for the parent; it gives the child the impression the parent is interested in what he is learning," he said. Parents can attend classes and become involved in the classroom structure. Parents might learn new hobbies and develop special interests with their children, he said. Wright would like to develop programs where parents can help in the school curicula and work beyond the traditional volunteer help Association. provided by the Parent-Teachis aware said he that everyone has Wright Matheson. He said he hadn't planned on running, but when four Republican leaders asked him to be the Republican candidate, he said it was either "put up" with the present governor or "shut up," so he said yes. Wright said he lost to Matheson because of his late start in the campaign, but he succeeded in receiving 45 percent of the vote. He said in his 1984 campaign he will speak out strongly on the issues and not besmirch his opponents personalities, as was perceived by the public in his last campaign. "It will be a delegate chase at this stage with many Republican candidates running for governor. I will not point out my opponents' weaknesses in my campaign. I'll let the people make those judgments," he said. problems they want to discuss with the governor, and one of those problems he frequently hears about involves the student: who will be graduating from Utah colleges. "Many students want to remain in Utah after they graduate, find a job and establish a home and family," he said. "But I anticipate that 60 American idealism in '60s double-edgelecturer says d, Challenge Lecture. He said the '60s were years of idealism, as summarized in Kennedy's challenge to "ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." However, that idealism extended so far that Americans came to believe they must impose their democracy on the world, he said. "We believed what we had was right for all, and that it should be exported and imposed. Then other poor creatures could emerge in the happy light we shed on them," Clark said. by Debbie Eldrcdgc Milne Chronicle staff The Kennedy and Johnson years were paradoxically the best and worst of times. The civil rights movement brought us closer to human equality, but the Vietnam War brought us closer to annihilation through nuclear war, said former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark. Clark, who served under both Kennedy and Johnson, spoke Thursday at the ASUU Today, we still are playing bully to other countries, like Grenada, he said. And we still are trying to solve our problems through violence, as manifested in the return of capital punishment. Clark refuted violence in a moral challenge to the audience. In any war, "As long as we count their bodies with joy and ours with sorrow, we can only be half human. We are all children of God," he said. But although the idealism of the '60s brought violence, it also brought us to the glorious point where today a black man can realistically run for president of the United States, Clark said. This was something he never expected to see in his V '" 1 1 l lifetime. Clark paid tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. c and to Robert Kennedy. He said when King was i P crumble when he heard the news, and he told have to renounce violence.' " "This is the true joy of life being deeply involved in a cause you yourself see as mighty," Clark said. before I "We must be thoroughly worn-o5 we're thrown on the scrap heap." Instead of we "complain because being so narrow-minde- d J us, 'We ut Ramsey Clark, former U.S. attorney general. 101 1)1 I CJ 1 lfj i ng Democratic Socialist, Michael Harrington. Wright ran for governor in 1980 against Scott er A ill I the world won't devote itself to making us happy," he said. Socialists are common folks by Marilyn Abildskov Chronicle, staff said. The phenomenon is social liberalism and economic conservatism. but on economic "Hart is a liberal-radicissues he is a conservative with old ideas," Harrington said. "He confesses liberal sins that were never committed." Commenting on the Reagan administration, Harrington said the president has not workers permanently over to won his side. The voters' decision in 1980 was more a vote against Jimmy Carter than for Ronald Reagan. However Harrington said, in what he called a "kind word for Reagan," that the president is more principled than other politicians and has done more to implement the platform on which he ran than anyone in the last 40 years. al Socialists in America no longer want to be thought of as interesting gadflies and intellectuals, said Michael Harrington, chairman of the Democratic socialists of America at a Thursday session of Coffee and Politics. blue-coll- "We want to create socialism as a tendency in the mainstream. We want to move toward being a group of ordinary people," he told a large audience of about 80 people in the Hinckley caucus room. At first glance Harrington himself might be mistaken for one of the old hat who wears outdated a witty, idealistic delivers and spectacles But Harrington is also political commentary. candid socialism in about refreshingly Socialist-intellectua- ls America. "Unfortunately his principles are he said. "Would that there would be a Democratic president as radical and principled as Reagan. But it doesn't look like it's in the cards." god-awfu- "How do Socialists operate? The answer is: With difficulty," he said. Socialists work through the Democratic Party, not because of its virtues, but because of the groups represented there. "Insofar as groups have expression, it is through the Democratic Party," he said. There are between 100 and 200 Socialists in office who were elected as Democrats. Only one congressman actually pays dues to the Socialist Party. "We're not secret Socialists. We wear our name clearly on our sweatshirts," Harrington said. "The United States has a center and a right but no left, which causes yawns in Europe." Walter Mondale and George Mc Govern promote a diluted form of liberalism. They are moderates who have retreated from liberalism because of an inaccuracy, he said. The falsehood is that in the 1960s, there was a tremendous explosion of social spending. "That explosion did not exist. The of our programs responsible for domestic spending are social security and Medicare," Harrington said. Ted Kennedy has defended liberalism and would make the best president of all the candidates in the race, he said. "It's tragic that he can't be on the ballot." "Gary Hart represents an interesting phenomenon in America, which is not new despite the fact that Hart uses the word 'new' about 10 times in his sentences," Harrington two-thir- ds ar l," Harrington said the country's high percentage of voters decreased during the period of social turmoil from the 1880s to World War I. It was the goal of the established power to discourage voter turnout. They didn't want the "unwashed to vote," he said. Registration laws were invented about that time, and voting became more difficult for the working class. "Today we vote on a working day," Harrington said. The Reagan landslide of 1980 was based on a smaller percentage of voters than Carter's victory in 1976, Harrington said. "Those who don't vote in this country are like those who vote Socialist in Europe." Harrington predicted a surge of voter participation in 1984. Jesse Jackson is a serious black candidate for president who has also targeted voter registration. It is easier to mobilize black voters around a black candidate than around a white one, Harrington said. "Can it be done? That's one of the great questions of 1984." The Democratic Socialists of America are so-call- ed actively involved with voter registration. "When you register voters who come into the welfare department, you know you are registering voters who will oppose Ronald Reagan," Harrington said. Non-Prof- it Org. U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City, UT |
