Weyerhauser predicts NW mill closures
By DAVID STEINMAN
Of the Emerald
If an Oregon iniative petition
banning aerial herbicide spray
ing is put on the November
ballot “we will most definitely
wage an active campaign in op
position,” says George Weyer
haeuser.
Weyerhaeuser, president and
chief executive officer of
Weyerhaeuser Co., the third
largest employer in the North
west, was in Eugene Tuesday
and Wednesday to take part in
the University's Executive in
Residence program.
The program provides
students an opportunity to learn
about business operations dir
ectly from business leaders.
In a brief press conference
Wednesday, Weyerhaeuser dis
cussed the future of the wood
products industry, America’s
future energy requirements,
pollution and his choice for the
next U.S. president.
Weyerhaeuser expressed op
timism about the wood
products industry over the long
run. But of the plywood industry
he said, “The immediate future
is not so good. With high mort
gage rates and increasing infla
tion, the plywood industry will
face a declining demand, then a
flat demand.
“We do not foresee a log
shortage, but I do think there
will be an increase in small-log
availability,’’ Weyerhaeuser
continued. As the supply of old
growth timber diminishes, the
wood-products industry will log
more 30-to 80-year-old trees, he
explained.
When asked about the timber
industry's recent trend of mov
ing corporate offices to the
South, Weyerhaeuser said his
company would not be moving,
though its land holdings are
divided equally between the
South and the Northwest.
“We've got a very good mix
ture of soil, tree-growth
capability, stable communities,
good employment and access
to world markets (in the North
west).”
But the company head
quarter's permanence is tied to
potential herbicide-application
restrictions, he said.
''There’s an awful lot of land
in the South, and if precluded
from using herbicides in the
Northwest we will definitely lose
a great deal of productivity from
our lands.
workshop stresses experience
Students who are worried
about the tight job market may
find their career future more
secure with practical exper
ience, according to a University
Career Faire workshop Wed
nesday.
Neil Murray and Maria Rojo
from the Career Planning and
Placement Center suggested
several ways students can im
prove their chances of finding a
job.
A survey of 1978 University
graduates conducted by the
center in early 1979 indicated a
clear connection between car
eer-related practical experience
and the ability to get a job in a
particular field, Murray said.
"We divided types of em
ployment into four categories,”
he said. "Of the graduates
holding professional jobs dir
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The IFC unanimously ap
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Drug Information Center and
the Crisis Center Wednesday.
DIC Director Mark Miller told
IFC members the center offers
analysis and research services
and maintains a resource li
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deal with both illicit drugs and
prescription drugs, he said.
“Offering students no kind of
drug education is like putting a
million drivers on the road with
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ectly related to their field of
study, 71 percent of the re
spondents indicated that they
had had experience in their field
before getting the job; 45 per
cent indicated they had no
previous field-related exper
ience."
Unemployment figures also
are significantly higher for those
who had no practical exper
ience before they graduated,
Murray said.
‘‘Any job has experience
value. Active leadership words,
such as manage, coordinate,
initiate and supervise, are highly
valued across the employment
sector. It is up to you to recog
nize and effectively translate
your leadership experience,
whatever it is, when applying for
a job, ” he said.
Field experience, whether
paid or volunteer, can also help
students decide career objec
tives, acquire job skills, and es
tablish contacts that may lead to
jobs later on, he said.
The week-long Career Faire
continues today at 10:30 a m.
with a workshop titled, “Finding
the Hidden Job Markets," and
will conclude Friday at 10:30
a m. with, “The Federal Con
nection,” a workshop dealing
with government jobs.
“If we can’t get more produc
tivity out of the forests, then
we'll have to move.”
Weyerhaeuser forsees a
number of Northwest mill clo
sures in the near future as the
country goes through "a big
crunch on homebuilding and
people spend less.”
In addition, this year’s nego
tiations with wood-workers’ un
ions "will be difficult,” Weyer
haeuser said. "If there is a walk
out, I do not forsee it as a short
term one."
When asked about the com
pany’s future energy needs,
Weyerhaeuser criticized the
Carter administration for not
laying down hard and fast
tstataa
regulations and standards for
coal use.
"We need to know what the
standards are going to be so we
can get on with it. Weyer
haeuser plans to utilize coal
much more in the future.”
Solar and wind energy can
supply 10 purcent of our
country’s needs, he said, but
the other 90 percent must be
supplied by coal and nuclear
power, which need to be
developed as soon as possible.
Weyerhaeuser said he sup
ports his old Yale classmate,
George Bush, for president. "I
think he's a first rate individual
who's done a good job on ever
ything he's undertaken.”
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