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timber industry, there's a
danger that "only the Weyer
haeuser will survive” and
the medium-sized operations
would be forced out of bus
iness "I have nothing a
gainst bigness if it is
not exclusive."
Hatfield shifted his weight to
the other foot — the federal
government s role in the U S.
economy.
One of the major reasons for
high interest rates is that “the
money market perceives that
the federal government does
not have control of its financial
household."
The Senate Appropriations
Committee has been called the
most powerful committee in the
Senate when it comes to the
economy
"Let me deny that categor
ically,” he says Mandated
programs acount for 78 percent
of the budget, so only 22 per
cent of the U S budget is under
the committee’s scrutiny,
Hatfield says Of this, 17 percent
is allocated for defense Five
percent remains for the com
mittee to modify, he says
This five-percent base
already is being sliced, by $14
billion and another $25 billion,
he says. "We could abolish all
programs in the five-percent
base and still not balance the
budget "
If this trend continues, by
1985 almost 93 percent of the
U S budget will be tor programs
mandated by law, he says Un
less America is willing to
change, "this country fares a
financial disaster worse than
the Great Depression or com
plete monetary collapse "
"If we didn't know what to do,
I'd be really discouraged."
Time for questions from the
audience Immediately a
reporter standing next to the
KVAL camera asks Hatfield
about the Falkland Islands con
flict, but Hatfield cuts him off
The senator asks for questions
from the general public first
Someone from the forest
products industry complains
that the Bureau of Land
Management is giving out
three-month extensions in suc
cession. “Are they just
stalling?"
BLM is getting conflicting
signals from the timber industry,
Hatfield says, although it “has
not taken the leadership role it
should have "
Legislation is needed but if
will be difficult to convince
legislators from the South
where pine is harvested: "a
political job that's going to be a
tough one.” A rider on an
appropriations bill might do the
trick, he adds
Someone asks about Senate
Bill 1771, calling the population
control bill an example of
government encroachment.
Hatfield defensively launches
into an explanation of what he
calls his "global resource" bill.
Government agencies
dealing with resource issues
number about 25, he says, and
his bill would establish an
“inter-agency group” which
would have a “fact-finding
activity," coordinating informa
tion for those agencies
The questioner objects, trying
to interject more than two words
at a time He does manage to
say Hatfield's bill has a dubious
goal of “population stabiliza
tion."
Hatfield wants to go on. The
questioner's edgy advocacy
persuades the audience to
agree readily
The next question is more to
Hatfield's liking Someone asks
him about the nuclear arms
race He launches into a short
talk on "potential global
suicide."
A 10-cent computer chip has
malfunctioned 140 times, a
problem which — if not double
checked — could lead to nu
clear war "That's the edge of
the abyss we re upon.”
Nuclear superiority is "pure
mythology," he says. "It’s like
fighting a modern day war with
bow and arrow " The capacity
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planet several times over makes
the issue of superiority a moot
one, he says.
A “mutual bi-lateral (nuclear
weapons) freeze” for nuclear
weapons is essential, he says.
Sen. Henry Jackson, D-Wa.,
and others are pushing a bill
which is merely an “excuse to
escalate further” because it
provides for a freeze only when
U.S. and Soviet weapon
arsenals are equal. If we always
view Soviet arsenals as super
ior, the bill is useless, Hatfield
says.
"We know ours is superior."
The Falkland Islands conflict
is brought up again by the
reporter who asked it at the
beginning of discussion.
“You're a patient man," Hatfield
tells him, then begins to answer
the question.
When Archduke Ferdinand
was assassinated, Hatfield says,
the incident became the "igni
tion switch” for World War I.
“Something like this could
become the ignition of a
conflagration leading into a
great war.”
The Falklands conflict is
another reason to establish a
national peace college, which
would train peacemakers and
arbitrators.
Someone asks him what he
would do about the Washington
Public Power Supply System
fiasco
“Not very much,” Hatfield re
plies. “Too long a time we've
relied on experts,” and the
Northwest Power Bill was de
signed to provide citizen input.
After voting against federal
money to bail out Lockheed and
Chrysler, and with the tightness
of the federal budget, Hatfield
says he couldn't recommend a
federal bailout
What are the chances of the
recent housing bill? "I'm rather
optimistic,” Hatfield replies.
The audience must be at least
partially optimistic, applauding i
almost louder than at the start of
the "Meet Mark" session
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