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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Friday, May 10, 1974
Larrowe competes for
Democrat nomination
By JACK KROST
EAST LANSING ---"In damn
near every eletiin I have vot-
ed in, I w-is forced to chose
between two nearly identical
candidates, and wound up vot-
ing for the lesser of two evils."'
"Now I'm getting on near 58
years old, and by this time I'm
getting pretty sick of voting this
way."
"That's why I'm running for
Congress."
SO CONTENDS Charles Lar-
rowe, contender for Democratic
congressional candidate f r o m
the state's Sixth District. Lar-
row (pronounced Laroo) is an
economics professor and campus
personality at Michigan State
University (MSU), with a his-
tory of liberal activism in local
campus politics.
Presently Larrowe is the un-
derdog of two Dtemocratic hope-
fls in the Sixth District w h a
are battling it oat before the
Augtst 6 primaries. The pri-
maries will nominate the Demo-
cratic candidate for the house
of Representatives in Novemb-
er's general Congressional elec-
tions.
LARROW is running in a plat-
form stressing economic issues
and emphasizing his experience
on the subject as a MSU labor
economics and labor law profes-
sor. Another important cam-
paign issue for Larrowe is his
history in the mainstream of
political controversy at MSU
since the early 1960s.
Larrowe is generally thought
to have the least chance of win-
ning the Sixth District Congres-
sional seat, according to most
political observers. This is be-
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stances on the issues, his inex-
perience at politics, and to his
lack of either party backing or
thor support.
Despite these pessimistic fac-
tors, however, Larrowe cam-
paigns like a serious contender.
Since announcing his candidacy
last February 7, Larrowe has is-
sued press releases on cam-
paign issues almost every week.
IN HIS field of expertise, the
nation's current economic woes,
Larrowe sees unemployment as
the number one fiscal evil and
advocates government programs
to provide emergency employ-
ment.
"We're in a crisis that calls
for imagination and boldness if
we're going to put all our people
back to work," he says. "The
first thing to do is to revive the
tmanpower and training pro-
grams the Johnson Administra-
tion started and President Nix-
on scuttled."
To combat inflation Larrowe
urges the government to re-im-
pose strict price controls, and
suggests that "The White House
obviously isn't going to put the
lid on, so Congress will have to."
REGARDING his political ac-
tivities on the East Lansing
campus, a campaign leaflet for
Larrowe claims that he "has
been involved in every contro-
versy involving workers', stu-
dents', and faculty rights since
he came to MSU in 1956."
The list of political struggles
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CHARLES LARROWE, a contestant for the Democratic nom-
ination in the state's Sixth Congressional District race, weighs
in for a paddle-ball match he played against MSU Executive
Vice President Jack Breslin in 1972. Larrowe, a liberal econom-
ics professor and campus personality at State, promises to act
as an advocate for change if he reaches Congress.
Larrowe has involved himself
in includes helping to establish
a draft counseling center at
MSU in 1964, taking part in a
student campaign in the early
1960s to eliminate compulsory
ROTC on the campus, and found-
ing the Lansing branch of the
American Civil Liberties Union
in 1957.
BUT PERHAPS Larrowe's
greatest vote-getting appeal in
these times of the provrbial
post-Watergate morality is his
promise to be an unconventional
politician, if elected.
Larrowe contends that he
would be a noisy advocate con-
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Although he admits that the
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Congress' habit of ignoring
freshmen Congresspersons and
awarding key positions on im-
portant committees only to sen-
ior members, might impede his
effectiveless somewhat, L a r-
rowe maintins he can still be
effective as a freshman con-
gressman by assuming t h i s
advocate role.
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role at MSU in the past, and
that he merely woud have to
transfer these skills to Con-
gres if elected.
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in Washington the same way I
treat the hierarchy here, at the
university," he says, "I would
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