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I Ghandi tactics aim of Trident foes By KEVIN HARDEN Of the Emerald Here’s the scenario: It’s dawn on the be ginning of the last full week of May. Some where outside Olympia, Wash., hundreds If campers are milling around a camp site Tiat streches for 300 yards along a six-foot jiigh chain length fence. On the other side of the fence is the first in chain of naval bases that may eventually circle the globe with a fleet of nuclear cwered submarines, each carrying 408 jeliverable nuclear missies. Between 6 and 8 a.m. the campers move Into smaller groups and begin to climb the jence and make their way onto the base property. Within minutes they are arrested and charged with trespassing on government property; a charge that could carry a max imum penalty of six months in jail and a |$500 fine. The arrests are carried out without inci~ Ident. Ten years ago there would have been violence between the protesters and the police. Today, that has changed. At least that’s the hope of the organizers of the civil disobedience demonstration at the Trident Nuclear submarine base outside Banger, Wash. By the time the scenario becomes reality, all of those protesters arrested will be re quired to participate in training that will in sure violence is not part of an otherwise peaceful protest. According to Janice Marshall, one of the local organizers for the Trident demonstra tion, the non-violent training is essential to the whole ideal of the anti-Trident protest. “The reason for the training is that we want to make sure that no one of our people starts anything violent once we’re there and those who will commit civil disobedience have gone over the fence,” Marshall says. The message of the non-violent direct action protest is that the demonstrators don’t want to respond violently to a violent world, Marshall says. Although there will be nearly 20 people from the Eugene-Springfield area par ticipating in the demonstration May 22, not everyone trained in the non-violence direct action protests will be part of the civil dis _by Michael Zia Non-violence tactics will be a primary tool of those who oppose Trident, who meet here to discuss their strategy. obedience, Marshall says. Some of those attending the non violence workshops for the demonstration will be staying in Eugene to support the anti-Trident movement locally, she says. Non-violence is used far more than just demonstrations against the Trident system or nuclear power plants, Marshall says. It’s a way of portraying a message with viol ence toward another person. I Martin still going strong despite TV exit I By DINA MILES * Of the Emerald Declaring that he is a ' serious, avowed, still-in-the-road candi date,” Roger Martin Thursday af firmed that he has not bowed out of the governor’s race, despite rumors that had circulated after he canceled his television campaign The Republic House Minority leader from Lake Oswego told a small gathering at the Eugene Hotel Wednesday that his deci j# sion to abandon television was an I economic one. He said he de ^ cided to channel his resources in newspapers and radios to save money, but that some Portland media gave the impression that he had backed out of the race. "I'm still running the campaign," he said. "The rumors of my death (in the campaign) are pre mature.” Martin, in his last Eugene ap pearance before the May 23 prim ary election, referred to a recent poll published in the Oregonian, which indicated that he was still third, behind former governor Tom McCall and Victor Atiyeh in the bid for the Republican nomination. He pointed out, however, that the company which conducted the survey for the newspaper used the smallest allowable sample — 330 opinions — as requested by the Oregonian. He said the aver age number for a reliable sample is 500 or 600 "Oregonians are going to make up their minds on something other than what they read in Portland newspapers,” he said. Martin restated many of his ear lier views on several campaign is sues, touching on gay rights, and local control of government. In his opening remarks, Martin solidified his conviction that if he was presented with a gay rights bill as governor, he would veto it. 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