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League
League of
'We don't support any can
didates; we don't oppose any
candidates. Anyone on the
board of the League can't
run for effice, although we
encourage the rest of the
membership to run for office
or be involved in the political
system some way.'
—Karen Evans, president of
the local chapter of the
League of Women Voters
By .101 IN SCIILANDER
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Emerging from the women's suf
frage movement in the early part of
the century, the League of Women
Voters. has evolved into a powerful
political service and lobbyist
organization.
In a recent interview with The Dai
ly Collegian, State College chapter
President Karen Evans discussed the
actions, objectives and philosophies
of the League.
Contrary to its name, the League is
open to males, Evans said.
"It was opened to men in the last
five or eight years. I think we have
two maid members out of 122.
That's our local membership. There
is at least one, maybe two, state
League presidents who are men. ' •
"But the tradition is still women.
There is annually some push to
change
. the name, but I don't know
what can be done," she said.
Any citizen of voting age may join
the League, she said.
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Women Voters lobbies, organizes debates
The League has two areas of ac
tivities voter service and lobbying
efforts, Evans said.
The League has been in the news
consistently during this presidential
election year, she said, because of the
debates it organizes.
The national level of the organiza
tion works on the presidential
debates, the state level plans
senatorial debates and the local
chapter plans a candidates' night
a debate between candidates for local
office.
The League also holds an annual
voter registration drive. Although the
number of voters the League helped
register this past month 500 is
not huge, Evans said it could make a
difference in the local elections.
The information given out by the
League is equally important, Evans
said. •
"It's not necessarily the number of
people, it's the quality of the vote
an informed vote."
The League helps compile a non
partisan voters' guide to the can
didates, which is published' in The
Centre Daily Times. Other publica
tions include the Directory of Govern
ment Officials and the Health Ser
vices Directory.
Each year the League chooses a
study and action program. This year
the local chapter's program includes
health care,' library services, and
land use and planning.
The second area the League is in
volved in is the support of certain
issues, such as Medicaid funding for
abortion and the Equal Rights
Amendment.
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However, she said, the League is
non-partisan.
"We don't support any candidates;
we don't oppose any candidates.
Anyone on the board of the League
can't run for office, although we en
courage the rest of the membership
to run for office or be involved in the
political system some way," Evans
said.
"We, locally, are encouraged to
keep in contact with our state people,
like (Rep. Gregg L.) Cunningham
and (state Senator J. Doyle) Corman
in our case, and encourage them to
vote according to our position. So,
from that respect, we are a lobbying
organization.
"We do come down on one side or
the other of an issue that we have
studied and have reached a consen
sus on."
When asked if this was the same as
supporting a candidate, Evans said,
"It can be construed that way if
you're a single-issue candidate.
"We have a fairly strong position
that we support Medicaid funding for
abortions, and Cunningham has a
fairly strong position that he opposes
it. If you were voting for your
representative only on the issue of
abortion and you were a League
member, you might vote against
Cunningham.
"But that's not the only issue we're
concerned with. That's not the only
issue he's concerned with.
"Marriage, separation and divorce
(reform) is a good example," Evans
continued. "He (Cunningham) was
very strong in getting legislation
through that supported the reform.
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We were very supportive of him
"All we can do is write to him and
say, "This is the League's position and
we'd appreciate the vote.'
"We're not in any way encouraging
anybody else to vote for or against
him on the basis of how he voted on
these issues, or Corman either, for
that matter, because he voted against
Medicaid funding," she said.
"I can promise you it will never go
so far as to support a candidate.
That's something the League protects
with every resource.
"Anybody who gets in a position
where they might be speaking.for the
League is told over and over again
that we must not in any way com
promise that standard being non
partisan," Evans said.
"That's what makes us valuable to
legislators. When the League goes to
the state Legislature and testifies
about an issue, the reputation of the
League is at stake, and if it turns out
there's some partisan bias to what
the League is doing, then we'll lose
our value to the government."
The local chapter makes its own
decisions, Evans said.
"We're not being told from our
state or national organizations how to
do things or what kind of action to
take," she said.
League activities are financed
primarily by . member's dues and an
annual finance drive.
The local chapter consists of a
12-member board and 122 members.
Meetings are held the second
Wednesday of every month (except
June, July and August) at noon at the
State College Hotel.'
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Jeb Bush campaigns
for GOP nominees
By LYNDA ROBINSON
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
The son of Republican vice presiden
tial candidate George Bush said his
father and Republican presidential can
didate Ronald Reagan will keep the
country out of war with a foreign policy
based on military strength.
Jeb Bush, 27, campaigned in State Col
lee on Friday and, said students who
fear the possibility of war should support
Reagan because "someone that deals
from strength can keep the peace."
Bush called Reagan the candidate of
peace and said Carter's vacillating
foreign policy may force students into
military service.
"I've heard a lot of comments from
students saying Ronald Reagan will lead
us into war," he said at a news con
ference after a speech to' county
Republicans. "I don't think they've
thought deeply enough about it."
Bush said the state of the ecomony
should also be an important issue to
students getting ready to graduate who
may discover "no opportunities for fin
ding meaningful jobs or buying homes."
"Students just want the same oppor
tunities their parents had," he said.
Reagan would create a stable
economic plan that would limit govern
ment spending and reduce taxes, Bush
said. He criticized Carter's economic
record as inconsistent and said such in
consistency was detrimental to business.
Bush, a graduate of the University of
Texas and the assistant vice president of
a Houston bank, said Reagan will seek to
lessen government influence on'the lives
of citizens and the affairs of the private
sector.
"We need to return to the idea that in
dividuals are what make this country
great," he said. "The more Washington
gets involved in our lives, the more the
thinking will be that we can't solve our
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UNIVERSITY CALENDAR
SPECIAL EVENTS
Monday & Tuesday, Oct. 13 & 14
Monday, Oct.' 13
Last date for Nov. graduates to submit camera-ready theses manuscripts
to Thesis Office.
Black Studies Symposium, "South Africa in Southern Africa", 9 a.m.-4:30
p.m., HUB North Lounge. '
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Alard String Quartet recital, 12:45 p.m., Room 112 Kern.
University Scholars Convocation, 4:15 p.m., Schwab. Ernest L. Boyer, The
Carnegie Foundation, speaker
Shakespeare film, Williamson, Hamlet, 6:30 p.m., Room 101 Chambers.
France-Cinema, The Tall Blonde Man, 7 and 9 p.m., Room 112 Kern.
HUB Craft Center Open House, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Room 312 HUB.
University Readers, auditions for Brecht's Socrates Wounded, 7:30 p.m.,
Room 227 Sparks.
Black Studies Lecture, 8 p.m., Room 105 Forum'. Richard M. Moose, Asst
Sec. of State for African Affairs, on "The Carter Administration in
Southern Africa."
Colloquy Lecture, 8 p.m., Schwab. Frank Vogl, economist for The Times
of London, speaker.
Raymond Brown, bass baritone, and Phyllis Triolo, piano, 8:30 p.m.,
Music Bldg. Recital Hall.
Inter Varsity Christian FelloWship, 7 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel.
Pre-Vet Club meeting, 7 p.m., Room 301 Ag. Admin. Bldg.
Society of Physics Students meeting, 7 p.m., Room 105 Osmond
Women's Collective meeting, 7 p.m., Room 323 HUB.
Soil and Water Club meeting, 7:30 p.m., Room 111 Tyson.
Students for Anderson meeting, 7:30 p.m., Room 267 Willard.
Aikido Club meeting, 8:30 p.m., IM Wrestling Room.
,Tuesday, Oct. 14
Black Studies Sythposium, "South Africa in Southern Africa," 9 a.m.-4
p.m., HUB North Lounge.
Gftllery Talk, 10:30 a.m., Museum of Art. Carl Dauterman, curator
emeii'itus, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, on "The Rebellious Rococo."
CDPC Seminars: "Resume Preparation," 3rd period; "Interview Skills,"
4th period; "Choosing a Major," sth period; "Looking for a Job," 6th f i*
period, Room 321 Boucke.
Comp. Lit. Luncheon, 12:15; talk, 1 p.m., Room 203 HUB. Philip Radcliffe,
Univ. of Manchester, on "Drama and Its Public Image."
Kern/AVS, Connection series, "Thunder in the Skies,"l2:ls p.m., Room
112 Kern.
Shakespeare film, Williamson, Hamlet, 6:30 p.m., Room 101 Cliambers.
Comp. Lit. Film Series, Death of a Bureaucrat, 7 and 9 p.m., Room 112 tp,
Kern.
Sports: soccer vs. East Stroudsburg, 7:15 p.m.
Artists Series film, Bolshoi Ballet, The Little Humpbacked Horse, 8 p.m.,
Eisenhower Auditorium.
lAHS/History Panel Discussion, 8 p.m., Room 102 Forum. Eugene
McCarthy, former U.S. senator and presidential candidate in 1968 and
1976; Frank Freidel, Harvard Univ.; Robert Murray, American history; 9 ,
and Eugene Goodwin, journalism, moderator on "The Modern
Presidency: Past Experiences, Future Prospects."
Bread for the World meeting, 6 p.m., Roomm 312 Boucke.
GSA Council, 6:30 p.m., Room 101 Kern.
Star Trek Club, 6:30 p.m., Room 304 Willard.
Alpha Phi Omega, 7 p.m., Room 267 Willard.
own problems."
Although Carter was praised for his
deregulation of the airline and trucking
industries, Bush said Carter's record
was not good on derugulation for small ,
businesses.
Bush said overregulation creates
unemployment and Reagan will strike a
better balance between economic con;
siderations and environmental
considerations.
Reagan favors an elimination of seat
belt requirments for automobiles and a
deferral of the Clean Air Act timetable ;
which forces businesses to invest in cost:
ly emmission control equipment, Bush
said.
"Many people are naive when they
think we can live in a risk-free society," .
he said. "If you can't pay your food bills,
it doesn't matter whether it has sac
charin in it or not."
Bush also attacked Carter's human
rights policy as hypocritical because, he
said, it is not applied uniformly and
Reagan and his father will place nai
tional self-interest as their No. 1 foreign
policy priority.
"We should have a human rights
policy that is equitable, and it should not
be a primary consideration in our
foreign policy," he said. ",Our strategic
interests are more important."
Using Bolivia as an example, Bush
called Carter's human rights policy
destructive because it encourages poten
tial friends to establish stronger ties
with the Soviet Union.
"The U.S. sits. back with this holier=
than-thou attitude and allows a friend to
move toward the Soviet Union," he said: .
Bu'sh defended the alliance S of the
Republican Party with fundamental
Christian groups like the Rev. JerrN
Falwell's Moral Majority although he:
said he is "concerned about the separa=
tion of church and state."