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French Consul tours campus, presents flaa University Pres. William Boyd received a French flag Monday from Pierre de Mirmont, consul general of France. Mirmont and his wife visited the University campus Monday as part of an extended tour to various west coast universities. “President Boyd personally requested a French flag, so I brought him one," Mirmont said. Mirmont is responsible for arranging with the French cultural attache to present the film festival currently being shown at the University. “I am here to represent my country," Mirmont said. He explained the University is important because of its direct participation in French foreign exchange programs as well as for the percentage of enroll ments and interest shown in foreign languages. The Mirmonts also had the opportunity to converse with the students from France enrolled at the Univer sity. They seem to be very happy here,” he remarked. Mirmont said American student are pretty well read in the area of international issues He explained that Europeans are more concerned with Amencan politics because "the future of the world seems to rely on it." Mirmont holds degrees in law and oriental lan guages. He acted as private advisor to the King of Cambodia from 1945-50, counselor at the French embassy in Pakistan from 1963-65 and deputy direc tor of protocol with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1969-76. After a day’s stay at the University, the Mirmonts continued on to Oregon State University. Group supports Alaska federal wildland addage By LAURY MASHER Of the Emerald "Oregon Friends of Alaska,” a new University group, has or ganized to support the Alaska Na tional Interest Lands Conserva tion Act (H.R. 39). Introduced to the House of Rep resentatives a year ago by Con gressman Morris Udall, D-Ariz., H.R. 39 proposes to add 115 mill ion acres of federal wildlands in Alaska to National Parks, National Wildlife Refuges and National Wild and Scenic rivers. Gail Gredler, a representative from the Eugene chapter of Oregon Friends of Alaska, says mining, oil and lumber industries are in direct opposition to the bill. “There is a lot of development interest in Alaska," according to Gredler. ‘‘They (the industries) want to see as little as possible put into conservation systems be cause that makes it a lot harder for them to get at it.” A second bill, proposed by Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, limits the additions to the conservation sys tems to 40 million acres. Young represents a state “whose gov ernment is inclined toward more economic development on the federal as well as state lands." The Eugene chapter of Oregon Friends of Alaska is one of three in Oregon. The group stemmed from previously existing chapters in Corvallis and Portland. “We are trying to urge people to write to Senators Hatfield and Packwood,” says Gredler. The bill has the support of 80 members in the House, but the Senate has not gotten beyond labeling it as S.B. 1500. Gredler says Oregon Friends of Alaska would like people to write letters to senators, requesting the Senate Energy and National Re sources Committee to take up the Alaska National Interest Lands issue. The group further requests let ters to Congressman Jim Weaver, who is a co-sponsor of H.R. 39, to urge his continued support. Seals (Continued from Page 1A) However, Greenpeace claims that according to a Department of External Affairs memo, the total landed value of harp seal pelts in Canada for 1975 was about $2.3 million. The group says that in the last year statistics are available, 1974, the total income of New foundland was $1,831 million, of which sealing contributes about. 1 percent of the province s income. The Canadian government says there are lots of seals and sealing is necessary to control the expanding population. However, Staffan Soederberg and Lannart Almvist of the Swedish Museum of Natural His tory, analyzing the statistics pro vided by the Canadian govern ment to its embassies abroad prior to the 1977 hunt, found the number of seals is decreasing. The statistics were self contradictory, so they made the simplifying assumption that in case of disagreement, the larger figure was correct. They found the decrease was part of a pattern, from 3.3 million seals in the early 1950’s to only about 1.2 million today. Their work was not sup ported by any sealing or anti sealing group. STUDY IN GUADALAJARA. 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Then two or three more until it cracks,” Moore says. Mercer says the baby seals are killed instantly and painlessly. "What we are dealing with is emo tions," Mercer says. “The dub bing of a cute little whitecoat seal pup with the blood spattering over the white snow is a horrendous sight.” “It is the initial jerk, that sight that repels,” he says. ‘The real issue is humaneness. The method used is more humane than any trapping or sport hunt ing.' Greenpeace claims that many of the pups are skinned alive. The reason is that the pup will, when approached, bring in its head, causing several layers of fat to cover its forehead, making pene tration more difficult. NAVY OFFICER. YOU GET RESPONSIBILITY THE MOMENT YOU GET THE STRIPES. A lot of companies will offer you an important sounding title. But how many offer you a really important job. In the Navy, you get one as soon as you earn your commis sion. A job with responsibility. A job that requires skill and leadership. 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