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34 The Missoulian. Friday. May 31. 1974 FirsJ Distfrieff inigirs Max Baucus Arnold Olsen Pat Williams Dick Shoup Pat Williams says there are differences between the three Democratic congressional candidates, and hopes to capitalize on them and squeeze by Arnold Olsen and Max Baucus in next week's primary election. It's been an uphill battle for Williams, who was not well known outside of Butte and Helena and who faced a shortage of, campaign funds.

Several months of stumping the state and slick television ads have taken care of the recogni- Max Baucus, conceding there are few differences between the three Democratic candidates for Western District congressman, says he stands the best chance of ousting Republican Dick Shoup in November. Baucus, a 32-year-old lawyer and legislator, stressed the fact thai he ran well in his home county of Missoula, the most populous in; the Western District, in As a newcomer, Baucus won a state House seat by a landslide, topping a 16-candidate field and leading the second-place finisher by nearly 4,000 votes. He also Republican Congressman Dick Shoup is in an enviable position during this primary election race. He is unopposed in the GOP primary and can save his energy and campaign funds for what could be a tough re-election battle in the fall. But Shoup says he is taking nothing for granted.

"I'm not going to be complacent," he told The Missoulian during a recent visit. The campaign began the day after he won a second term in 1972, Shoup said, adding: "I am actively seeking reelection right now, and I'm running hard." While the former Missoula mayor has been making regular This is the election that some' figured to be Arnold Olsen's last hurrah, the termination of a Montana political career dating back to 1948. Some Democrats believed the 57-year-old Olsen had reached the end of the line politically when he lost to Republican Dick Shoup in 1972, as he had in 1970 after serving 10 years in Congress. They shook their heads when he began sounding like a candidate early this year and hoped he would give the idea up after suffering a mild heart attack in Janurary, The 1974 primary election, they said, would end Olsen's long political career with an embarrassing defeat. But while these Democrats have been writing him off as a two-time loser, Olsen and his Pat Williams -Ep Ssm 1 Max Baucus J- Dick Shoup Arnold Olsen Madison Avenue gimmickry and short on substance.

Like the other candidates, Williams has criticized President Nixon's handling of the Watergate scandal. He also ha tried to pin some of the bianco on Shoup. "Shoup has now likened the Watergate scandal to a minor traffic investigation and likened the constitutional process to a witch-hunt," Williams said. "Yet he continues to say he's not apologizing for Watergate." Williams believes Shoup is especially vulnerable this fall "because of his statements and misunderstanding of Watergate." "Had he (Shoup) handled it right and asked for a full investigation much earlier, I think he'd be fairly difficult to beat in November," Williams said. Williams' position on impeachment is clear.

As he said earlier in the campaign: "If Pat Williams was in Congress today, he'd be voting to impeach President Nixon this afternoon." Williams is using the Watergate scandal as evidence of the need for campaign reform. Public financing of campaigns is not really the solution, he said. "We should limit campaign expenditure and the number of contributions from any single source and have legislation to make it easier for groups of individual citizens to contribute small amounts of money," he said. A Williams' position paper on campaign reform says public financing of campaigns should be limited to voluntary contribution through income-tax check-off and tax incentives by making donations deductible. The state of the economy is the other major issue Williams is stressing.

Williams called for closing tax loopholes, stabilizing money supply, restoring competition in the market through more antitrust action by the government and restoring confidence in government and the economy by bringing Nixon to trial to establish his guilt or innocence. He advocates reducing federal income taxes for families making less than $17,000 annually to stimulate consumer spending and maintain standards of living. "Wage and price controls have failed and should not be continued," he said. Like his Democratic foes, Williams has called for cutting the Pentagon budget, imposing strong environmental controls, granting amnesty to deserters and draft evaders in turn for some alternative service. vestigation "a fishing expedition" and "nothing but a witch-hunt." Shoup has not taken a position on impeachment and said he won't until he has read the Judiciary Committee report.

He probably will have to take a side on the sticky issue sometime this summer, and his decision could be crucial in his bid for re-election. A vote for impeachment could win Shoup some independent support at the expense of Republican backing, while he may be risking the votes of independents if he votes against having Nixon stand trial in the Senate. For now, at least, Shoup is running on his record. "There will be no big campaign of wild promises and wild claims," he said. Shoup has referred to the upcoming congressional race as "a classic campaign." "I will be running on what I've done against the promises of what someone else could do," he said.

"And we'll know in November." The 50-year-old congressman is most proud of his efforts to improve communications between his office and western district constituents. He has spent plenty of time in the district 30 per cent of the time in 1973 and taken other steps. Persons may call Shoup collect to discuss matters, and he has a busy field representative in Helena to help solve problems. In Congress, Shoup generally has voted with the Republican minority. He has backed the Nixon Administration about 70 per cent of the time, which, Shoup says, indicates that he is no rubber stamp for the White House.

Shoup has supported some efforts to reform Congress, including a recommendation that Congress set up its own budget in addition to the executive budget to help members get a better grip on the appropriations process. He also is one of the authors of a law to restructure the bankrupt eastern railroads with government guaranteed loans. Shoup has called for better enforcement of election laws, but he defends the existing system of financing campaigns. The Republican official said he opposes using taxpayers money to bank roll political campaigns. "I will take donations from anyone, but I make the understanding there are no strings attached," he explained.

Shoup has supported the proposed Giant Patriot Project, a Pentagon proposal to test-fire Minuteman II missiles from Malmstrom Air Force Base near Great Falls to a target in the Pacific Ocean. Some, including the three Democratic House candidates, have called the project a waste of money, but Shoup has said he supports testing the U.S. defense system. the Western District than Democratic Sen. Lee Metcalf, who defeated Republican H.S.

Hibbard. "I leave that to the judgment of the voter that I have more experience and that I express the Democratic programs more affirmatively," the attorney said. The key issue in 1974, he said, is President Nixon's handling of the Watergate scandal. "He's so very wrong," Olsen said. "He tries to equate criticism of the President with criticism of the country, and that's not what the people are doing.

People are criticizing the conduct of politicians and elections. People are tired of half truths." Olsen said he favors impeachment of President Nixon in the U.S. House of Representatives so the Senate can resolve the impeachment question because other issues are going unattended. The Democratic candidate called for more funding for vo-tech training centers, day-care centers for children so their mothers can work, improved veterans benefits and expansion of college financial aid programs. "These are investments that take tax dollars, but immediately the productivity of the country improves," Olsen said, explaining that the programs enable persons to im-, prove their own skills, earn more and thus help the economy.

Another issue Olsen is emphasizing along with his opponents is the need for a comprehensive national health care program. "People want to pay their own way but private insurance programs are too expensive, they don't cover well enough and they're cancellable," he said. "Just as in 1937 we needed Social Security and in 1963 we needed Medicare, we've got to have a health care program with everyone contributing." Discussing the energy crisis, Olsen said energy companies want a shortage "because that plays it their way" by raising prices. "We should develop energy with public investment on the theory it will pay back," he said. "The Bonneville Power Administration has always been ahead in its repayment to the government as well as having supported a greatly expanding economy." He also called for reducing the military budget by as much as one-third and imposing strict environmental controls eastern Montana's coal development.

Olsen also has tried to show how Shoup consistently has supported Nixon in opposing social programs and backing impoundment of highway and pollution control funds. "I haven't got a nasty thing to say about Shoup personally," Olsen said. "I have only attacked his record." in touch with the residents and help solve their problems. On a larger scale, though, Baucus believes an improved Congress could ease the frustrations of many citizens. "I think Congress is fundamentally behind the times and to a archaic," Baucus said.

"It has let some control slip to the executive He suggested that Congress take these actions: Develop its own congressional budgeting process instead of picking away at the budget proposed by the executive branch. No longer allow so many executive branch officials to claim executive privilege and refuse to testify before congressional committees. Open all committee meetings, except those affecting national security and sensitive foreign affairs. Turning to the economy, Baucus said wage and price controls should be improsed again if inflationary trends continue, but they should be more fairly applied. He also recommended increasing the amount of personal exemptions on federal income tax forms as a means of tax relief.

A Montana congressman should keep a watchful eye on two issues affecting the state, coal strip-mining and land use and development, Baucus said. He should make certain the state's strict air and water pollution control and reclamation laws apply to Montana instead of weaker federal laws, Baucus said. "Montana has always experienced an exploitation of its natural resources, and it will continue," Baucus said. "It is crucial that a congressman works to protect Montana's interests." Congress should appropriate funds to the states for land-use planning, he said, warning that Montana will become another Colorado or California without good planning. Reforming campaign laws is another issue Baucus is em- phasizing.

He endorsed public financing of political campaigns on a matching basis with limited private contributions. Baucus called large private contributions "the single most corruptive influence in politics today." An independent election commission with subpoena and prosecution powers should be established to investigate campaigns and elections, he said. Like his two opponents, Baucus believes President Nixon should be impeached by the U.S. House and face a trial in the Senate. "Based on what I've seen and heard, I think the President's effectiveness has fallen so low that the people and the Congress have lost faith in him," Baucus said.

Biographical data: Max Baucus. 600 Cherry age 32; 1999 Helena High School graduate; attended Carlton College; B.A., economics, Stanford University, 1964; LL.B., law, Stanford University, 1967; Missoula resident since 1971; former attorney for Civil Aeronautics Board and Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C; attorney; elected to Montana House, 1972. tion problem and a steady stream of small contributions have arrived to bankroll the effort. Williams has mounted an aggressive campaign, sniping occasionally at Baucus and Olsen, who for their part, have zeroed in more on Republican incumbent Dick Shoup. It was Williams who first released a personal financial statement and called on the others to do the same.

It also was Williams who challenged Olsen and Baucus to a television debate. After stalling for a few weeks, first Olsen and finally Baucus agreed to debate Williams. "A debate Is kind of a political tradition," Williams said. "The point is, in the year of Watergate, people deserve to know where the candidates are on the issues and how they act under the pressure of unrehearsed questions." Now that the debate is back on schedule, Williams said he is looking forward to it some of the differences between the trio can be delineated. Williams particularly emphasizes his differences with Baucus on the issues.

While Baucus favors wage and price controls, Williams opposes them as unworkable. Baucus also has endorsed gasoline rationing if necessary while Williams is against it. Williams, a former state legislator from Butte, says he is the best candidate because he combines youth with experience. "Montanans want a new face In Washington," the 36-year-old says in a thinly veiled shot at Olsen, who served 10 years in Congress before losing in 1970 and 1972. Williams also emphasizes his experience serving two terms in the state, working as an aide to Rep.

John Melcher in Washington, D.C, and coordinating the Mountain Plains Education Program in Montana. He has accused Baucus, who walked through the district, of resorting to a campaign long on visits and speeches in the Western District, he has not been campaigning with the same intensity as he will before the Nov. 5 election. Even so, Shoup finds himself as a chief issue in the three-way Democratic primary. Democratic candidates Max Baucus, Arnold Olsen and Pat Williams are campaigning harder against Shoup than each other.

They have tried to link Shoup to President Nixon on a number of issues. Shoup, who insists he is his own man in Washington, has chuckled at the Democrats efforts to blast the "Nixon-Shoup Administration." "I think it's indicative of the work I have done for the people of first congressional district that the only way they think they can defeat me is to tie me to the President and his actions," Shoup said. "To me, the prime responsibility of a congressman is what he does for his district." So far, Shoup hasn't expressed any worries publicly that his chances of re-election will be, jeopardized by the reverberations of the Watergate scandal. No one knows how it may affect the congressional race, he said, but Watergate certainly isn't the key issue in western Montana. Voters don't hold him responsible for Watergate, Shoup has said.

The congressman recalled that he was critical last year when persons, really responsible for Watergate had not been charged and brought to trial. Shoup noted that he wrote Nixon in April 1973 and urged him "to clear the air of the entile Watergate affair." The Republican congressman has criticized the way the House Judiciary Committee impeachment investigation is proceeding. In late April this year, Shoup said he was becoming "irritated" because Judiciary Committee members were stalling. He called their in followers haven't believed a word of it. Olsen, who says he is in good health, has been running a quiet, low-budget, one-man campaign that appears skimpy compared with the efforts and advertisements of his Democratic Pat Williams and Max Baucus.

While Williams and Baucus have aides cranking out lengthy position papers and typed press releases, Olsen sometimes has been reduced to writing his own press releases in longhand and hand-delivering them. But press releases, position papers and television ads aren't what they will be tallying across western Montana June 4. With the primary election right around the corner, Olsen and his coterie of loyal supporters are confident he will get a third crack at Shoup in November. They are banking on what other factions of the party might happen Baucus and Williams will split the liberal, anti-Olsen vote enough for Olsen to slip through the primary. Olsen also is counting on support in the primary from organized labor and other middle-of-the-road Democrats who have supported him before in tough primaries.

The anti-Olsen forces in the Democratic party concede he has a good chance to win the primary but are quick to point out that Olsen would be the easiest candidate for Shoup to defeat in the November general election. Shoup edged Olsen by 1,200 votes in 1970 and expanded the margin to 12,300 votes in 1972. Olsen rejects that theory, saying the circumstances are entirely different than in 1972. "I think anyone of the three of us can beat Shoup," he said. "He's always been in Nixon's pocket." The 1972 election was a bad year for many Democrats besides himself, Olsen said.

Statistics bear him out, Shoup not only ran ahead of Olsen but also tallied 3,300 more votes in ran about 4,500 votes ahead of Shoup, who was pitted in a race against Arnold Olsen, in Missoula County. Baucus is confident he can defeat Shoup and believes he will run well in such traditionally Democratic strongholds as Silver Bow and Deer Lodge counties. The Democratic candidate has a more pressing worry at the moment. He must survive the three-way race against Olsen, who served five terms in the U.S. House until Shoup defeated him in 1970, and Pat Williams, who reportedly is gaining strength in the campaign's closing days.

"Philosophically, we're in general agreement on priorities," Baucus said when asked to identify areas of different among the three Democrats. "The major difference I see is I have the specific programs to achieve these priorities." Baucus got his name, if perhaps not his programs, known throughout the district with his much-ballyhooed walk. It was a 631-mile trek from Gardiner on the state's southern border to Yaak in the northwestern corner. The candidate says the walk was more than just a publicity gimmick. It gave him an opportunity to meet and talk with folks from all over the district.

In his talks with hundreds of Montanans, Baucus said he frequently heard about "a lack of confidence and frustration people have with government, of-' freeholders and candidates generally." "People are upset when they elect someone and don't feel he represents their Baucus said. Too often, candidates forget about their constituents once they are elected. Baucus plans to continue walking to meet with voters if he survives the primary. If he defeats Shoup, Baucus plans to establish a mobile field office to roam western Montana and stay itographitaldata: Pat Williams, Helena, age 66; 1996 Butte High School graduate; attended University of Montana and William Jewell College, Liberty. B.A., business and communications.

University of Denver, 1961: received teaching certificate at Western Montana College: attended graduate school at WMC and Montana State University; former teacher and former aide to Rep. John Melcher, slats coordinator, Mountain Plains Education Program: elected to Montana House from Butte. 1966 and 1961. Biographical data: Dick Shoup. Washington.

D.C and Missoula: age 60: 1941 Salmon, Idaho. High School graduate; B.S., business administration. University of Montana, 1950; Missoula resident since 1953; former businessman: elected to Missoula City Council, 1963 through 1967: elected Missoula mayor, 1987 and 1969: elected Western District congressman, 1970 and 1972. Biographical data: Arnold Olsen. Helena; age 67; Butte Public High School gradual; attended Montana 8chool of Mines; J.D., law, University of Montana.

1940; lawyer; elected Montana attorney general, 1941 and 1962; elected Western District congressman, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966 and 1966. Justice tf flln) P(o(S J. G. Lamoreaux Dept. 2, said people are "sick and tired of having our country's laws effectively suspended as often as price a day.

Accused persons from out of town are asked to post a cash or property bond. JPs and tneir clerks should receive morci raining and close supervision by district judges, Justice of the Peace J. G. "Bud" Lamoreaux, one of two candidates for the office in Dept. 1, said that no changes are needed in the present justice court system.

"Changes would only cost the taxpayers more money," he Janice S. Carrington 4 h. Erwin L. Anzjon NP "But I will apply it and not suspend it," the nonpartisan candidate added. A justice of the peace, he said, should receive adequate legal training before he steps into the office, rather than being trained after he has the job.

"A person's day in court is a complete farce if the court is without the legal knowledge necessary to see that justice is done," he said. Anzjon listed his qualifications for the office in two areas training and experience. He has practiced law in Missoula for 26 years and served as Missoula police judge for two years. He also recently worked on an evaluation of the state court system for the Montana Supreme Court. The JP courts are "small claims courts and should be used more extensively for this purpose than they are at this time," she said.

"Many cases should be settled by the JP acting as a referee." She said she is working with the Montana Citizens for. Court Improvement and has gathered extensive legal education through her public service. She has been a JP for four months. "My work in the office and the time I have devoted to studying its duties and the relevant statutes have strengthened my qualifications," she said. Biographical data: Katie Payne.

112 Pattee Creek Drive: age 51: 1940 Elixabethton, High School graduate: nursing. Vanderbilt University, 146: post-graduate psychiatric nursing work. Washington, D.C; Missoula resident since 1(61: registered nurse: appointed justice of peace effective Feb. elected City Council alderman. 1959.

1961 and 169: elected to Montana Constitutional Convention. 1971. Janice S. Carrington, nonpartisan candiate for justice of the peace, said that "an aura of respect is needed within the Dist. 1 justice of the peace court." "A new respect for this court why change it?" Lamoreaux asked.

JPs do not need training, other than a JP training school for beginners, he said. "I have attended two of the training programs, and I think they have definite value for new JPs," he said. "1 do believe a background of law enforcement experience is necessary." He cited his work with the Missoula Police Department for 20 years as an example. He has served almost six years as a justice of the peace. He pledged to "continue giving the best service possible to the people of Missoula County, and with my background of experience I feel I am fully qualifiedlodo this." Katie Payne NP S-Jr Lamoreaux ps' NP she said.

Missoula's judges and county attorney have helped her when a question of law has arisen, Payne said. "The ability and integrity of the person who serves in this office is equally important," she said. n'' by some judge or justice who is guided more by emotion than by what an offender has done and by what the law says should happen to that offender to discourage and prevent him from wronging society again." The lawyer also pledged "to meet and serve every person exactly on the same basis and that I will apply the appropriate law equally whether the person be a man or woman, of one race or another, wealthy or poor, young or old, a professor or ditch digger." because she has been "a lifelong student of law and order." She has teaching and counseling experience and is presently observing courtroom procedure and studying the laws of the court. She said she would attend the JP orientation and related conferences and workshops if elected. "All professonal people believe in a continuing education," she said.

As for the setting of bonds, Carrington said they should be set at a "reasonable rate according to the nature of the alleged offense." The present bail bond schedule is an adequate guide, yet is flexible. "It is repugnant that liberty may depend upon money," she said, "but it is equally repugnant that the accused possibly threatened other people by his actions whether of driving improperly or of shooting a gun carelessly." Carrineton W-xs said, "and efficiency would not be improved." The present system for setting bail bonds is adequate, he ad-' ded. Law enforcement agencies have set bond schedules and they have been approved by the county commissioners and attorney, he said: "This sytem is working fine -NP 11 ia atria! 0 Biographical data: Erwin L. Arajofl, 203 Knowles age 96; 1933 Jamestown. M.D., High School graduate; commerce, University of North Dakota, 1939; J.D., law, University of Montana, 1946; L.L.M., taxation.

New York University, 1949: Missoula resident sine 1945; elected Missoula police judge. 1971; attorney. J. Oliver Gordon Biographical data: J. G.

Lamoreaux. Bitterroot Road; age 56: Missoula resident since 1936; former railroad operator and chief of Missoula Police Department detective squad; justice of peace, appointed justice of peace. August 1966: elected justice of peace, 1966. 1970 and 1971 Katie Payne Dept. 2 she plaints on another will become apparent as the court gives its respect to all defendants," she said.

"A new feeling of worthiness will be created by the court's courtesy towards all persons." "A justice of the peace must not use his powers indiscriminately, nor should he threaten to use those powers indiscriminately," she said. A JP should offer justice and consideration to anyone who appears before the court, she said. Carrington said she believes she can fulfill these aims The justice of the peace court "should serve to supplement and remedy the limitations and' the inflexibility of the law," JP candidate J. Oliver Gordon said. If elected Dist.

2 justice of the peace, Gordon said he would practice the advice offered by Edmund Burke: "It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do." A candidate for office should devote his attention to running, he and so he has (Continued withdrawn from the graduate program and resigned as a teaching assistant at the University of Montana. As for qualifications, the nonpartisan candidate said he is over 35 and a natural born citizen of the United States, which, "according to the Constitution of the United States, are the qualifications one must meet in order to become President of the United States." "Having met these re-onPage41 1 Incumbent Justice of the Peace Katie Payne, who is running for that office from Dept 2, said she would like to simplify the court docket "To do so would be a challenge, but I think it would be possible to arrange to hear traffic cases on designated days of the week, civil cases ont a certain day and criminal corn- said. Discussing bail bonds, Payne said she prefers to release defendants on their own recognizance if they have resided here for any length of time, are employed, have ly or friends to vouch for them, have no criminal record and are willing to check in at the court Erwin Anzjon Justice of the peace candidate of our current crime rate" and Erwin L. Anzjon said "laxity in pledged not to be lax. th courtroom is a major cause Anzjon, running for JP from Biographical data: Janice Carrington.

425 King 47: 1941 Cut Bank High School graduate: A English. University of Montana. 1947: attended University of Washington and Northern Montana College: former teacher and counselor: Missoula resident since 1967: housewife..