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Why should we as prisoners encourage our families and friends to vote for you?
The question would not have been unusual had it been put to the five candidates running for state representative of District 18 in Portland by average citizens But no This question was addressed to Rose Gangle. Robert Boyer Roger Iroen Walter Backstrom and Eva Thompason (who sat in for Harold Williams) by the prisoners at Oregon State Penitentiary at a political forum they sponsored.
Sitting among the 70 prisoners was Claudia Burton Oregon president of the American Civil Liberties Union. Robert Phillips, deputy director of the governor's Affirmative Action Office and Jim Hall a Black candidate for state representative. District 31 in Salem More prisoners would have been admitted to the forum but space was limited.
Rose Gangle's statement, "This is the largest group we candidates...