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
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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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He said as a salesman he has
talked to other business people in
the state who have told him that
they don't want gay rights legisla
tion.
He said they are especially
concerned about gay teachers in
the schools, and they don’t want a
measure to prohibit school boards
from firing a homosexual instruc
tor.
Martin said he believes environ
mental concerns are not at the
heart of Oregon's problems now,
finding jobs is a major priority. He
praised the small businessman in
Oregon, adding that 85 percent of
new jobs come from expanding
small businesses. He laments,
however, increased government
regulation on those enterprises.
“What we need to do is get state
government off the back of the
small businesses in Oregon,” he
declared. “I can testify to that.”
Martin responded to a question
on government control by outlin
ing a two-point plan he would use
to insure that he would “keep in
touch” with the people as gover
nor.
“We’ve had too much of a cen
tralization of decision-making in
Oregon,” he said, adding that he
would put one-third of his staff
outside of Salem to provide “con
stant communication'’ with
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