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By KATHERINE LONG
and KATHY PITMAN
When Democrat L.H. Fountain first ran
for the U.S. House of Representatives in
1952, Barry Gardner was 6 years old.
Twenty-eight years and 15 campaigns
later, the incumbent 2nd District
representative is facing a challenge from
the 34-year-old Cardner, with each trying
to present a conservative platform.
The 2nd District, except for Orange
County, is largely conservative, and the
veteran congressman has taken a clear
right-wing stand on many economic and
social issues. Fountain said Congress
should pass legislation to reduce federal
spending and to deregulate many of the
nation's industries.
"There has been excessive spending
during every administration since I've
been in Washington," he said. "We have
been spending too much for things we
really don't need.
Cardner, a resident of Nash County, has
charged that Fountain and the Democratic
Congress are afraid to face the American
people with a budget for 1981.
"The Democrats are so fearful of the -November
elections that they would
prefer to break federal law and violate
their own deadline, rather than to vote on
this budget immediately before the
election," Cardner said. The House
decided to wait until after Nov. 4 to
approve a final federal budget.
Cardner also has criticized Fountain for
not doing anything . about UNC's
desegregation dispute with the federal
government. "Fountain has done nothing
whatsoever to help the University of North
Carolina in its battle with the federal
Education Department," said Robert H.
Oakes Sr., an aide to Cardner.
Cardner also advocates complete
reform of the federal government, and the
return of program control to state and
local governments.
Fountain also has been critical of
federal regulation and has introduced bills
in Congress to fight governmental red
tape. He submitted a bill to provide for an
inspector general to watch over and audit
the Department of Health and Human
Services and other federal agencies.
Fountain also is working on a revenue
sharing bill that would provide funds for
local governments "to be spent as they
think best, within certain guidelines."
Gardner, who ran an unsuccessful
campaign against Fountain in 1978, is
taking a traditional Republican stand on
the issues, stressing government non
intervention and increased military
superiority. The challenger is a microwave
engineer for Carolina Telephone Co. and
serves as an ordained minister at People
Chapel Free Will Baptist Church in Nash
County.
Fountain, who captured 79 percent of
the vote in the 1978 election said he has
concentrated on campaigning at public
gatherings and traveling throughout the
district.
"I'm not concerned about my re
election," Fountain said. "I feel like my 28
years of experience and knowledge of
operations in government will enable me
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Katherine Long and Kathy Pitman are staff
writers for The Daily Tar Heel.
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Although women on campus have taken an
active part in preparation for the Nov. 4
election, blacks and other minorities seem to
have shown almost no interest
Of the approximately 100 people working
with the UNC Young Democrats, about 20 are
female and four are black. No other minorities
have participated in the organization this year.
Out of about 60 UNC College Republicans,
10 are females and one is black; and of the
people working for Independent presidential
candidate John Anderson, more than half are
women but only two are black.
Michelle Brown, the only black female
working with the Young Democrats, said she
was disappointed because campus blacks have
not participated in the election.
"I don't think many blacks realize the power
they have," she said. "It's just like homecoming.
They get together and they get one black
homecoming queen elected. And they can do
the same in voting."
Brown is chairman of the minorities
committee of the Federation of College
Democrats, which includes all the schools in
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the UNC system. She says, however, no
traditionally black schools with chartered
Young Democrats have joined the Federation.
"I was hoping to get more Blacks involved in
politics, but I sort of got strayed away last year
by getting involved in the other committees,"
she said. -
"I didn't come from a politically oriented
family. I got involved my freshman year; I knew
there was some changes I wanted to see made
in society," she said. "Back in the 1960s it was
good to hold marches, but today things are
more structured. So that's why I got involved in
the elections."
Melanie Wilson, a member of the College
Republicans, said she also was disappointed
that more minorities on campus have not
gotten involved with the campaigns. "I thought
that possibly by being the first black, I could
get more blacks to join, but they didn't," she
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"I think it's a shame that there aren't more
(minorities) involved in the Democratic Party,"
she said. Wilson added that she was not as
surprised by the lack of minority participation
in the Republican Party because, she said, the
Democratic Party had been stereotyped.
"A lot of people think they should be
Democrats," she said. "Just because you're in
the Republican party doesn't mean that you're
a Republican. There' re a lot of people in our
party that do not like Ronald Reagan."
She said minorities need to get involved. "I
think they are hurting themselves because they
don't know-the issues," she said.
Trent Night, a black senior from Greenville,
said he did not participate in the political
campus organizations, but added that he was
involved in other areas. "You can get involved
in something like (an organization) and get so
involved that you lose sight of the issues
around you," he said.
"I'm politically active because I'm a political
science major, and about the only way you can
voice your opinion is through politics," he said.
Linda Brown is a staff writer for The Daily Tar
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