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editorial Senate legislation is an unwise measure Trade friction between the United States and japan has reached its highest level since the late 1930s. The U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives have overwhelm ingly passed resolutions that call for retaliatory trade measures against Japan. Critics of japan s trade policy charge that Japanese markets are closed to a myriad of American goods and services, including forest products, agricultural commodities, manufactured products, and banking and insurance companies. Many members of Con gress are frustrated with what they perceive as Japan’s in transigence in resolving this situation. The U.S. had a total trade deficit of $123 billion in 1984. America’s deficit with Japan accounted for about 25 percent of that total. A Senate Finance Committee staffer estimates that American-based companies sold $23.75 billion worth of goods and services in Japan in 1984. while Japanese-based companies sold $57.13 billion worth of goods in the United States. . . , Japanese rTime MiniMvr inauiuiu to call a meeting of his economic ministers Tuesday to discuss further liberalization of Japanese trade measures. But while Nakasone is working to open specific sectors of the Japanese economy, the Japanese government has main tained tariffs and quotas on U.S. steel, beef, lumber and other industrial products. Of particular concern to Nor thwest residents is Japan’s 15 percent tariff on American plywood, which has further aggravated the Northwest timber industry’s high unemployment rate. U.S. Sen. Bob Packwood, R-Ore.. who is finance com mittee chair, is a sponsor of legislation that would give President Ronald Reagan the authority to close American ports to Japanese ships. The bill, titled the U'.S.-Japan Trade Act, was approved by the finance committee Tuesday by a vote of 12-4. In addition to the closure of American ports, the bill would impose tariffs and quotas on Japanese elec tronic and telecommunications products, as well as automobiles. Following Congressional approval, the legislature would give Reagan 135 days to implement a plan to deal with Japan’s restrictive trade policies. The United States and Japan must work to eliminate the huge trade deficit, but the trade act is not a sensible vehicle for resolving the situation. The Packwood supported legisla tion is an extreme measure at a time when congressional members should be attempting to ease trade tensions with Japan. The two governments must work together in order to forge a sensible trade policy. Past experience has demonstrated that the imposition oi tariffs and quotas invite further retaliation from the country that is the target of such measures. Additionally, the imposi tion of quotas on foreign steel entering the American economy has demonstrated the inefficiency of implemen ting such trade tools. Rather than modernizing their steel mills, American steel companies have used their increased earnings to purchase shopping malls, real estate and othei non-steel industry related businesses. And although tht U.S. does have a large trade deficit with Japan, Japan ha; proved to be a strong market for American goods. If tht Japanese government were to further close its markets ir response to Packwood’s plan, the American trade defici would grow even more. Rather than attempting to increase frictions between tht two countries, Congress should be working to reach ar amicable trade agreement that will open Japanese markets tc American goods. Neither the full Senate nor the House havt taken action on the finance committee’s plan. Write tc Oregon’s congressional delegation in Washington D.C. anc state your opposition to the U.S.-Japan Trade Act. letters Doesn't hit all I’ve read several letters,from homosexual apologists who try to deny homosexual's respon sibility for the AIDS epidemic ... . I have to laugh. Currently AIDS is oyer whelmingly a homosexual disease.I In every Western coun try in which AIDS has beer reported,., the first persons stricken are gays. Gays accoun for over 72 percent of all AIDf cases, ' according to everj source. Like alcoholics, homosexual: have a bad habit that harm: them and endangers norma people. Unlike alcoholics homosexuals have decided t< achieve special rights because of their vice. These disease-machines ac count for three-fourths of al sexually transmitted diseases parasite-intestinal infections etc. and this is wel documented in numerou medical journals. Some bi-homosexuals wit) AIDS have been documented a .encouraging AIDS victims t purposely spread their diseas to prostitutes and to donat blood so AIDS will spread t others. Their mentality is that a more normal people get AID more money will be allocate from government. You, the taxpayer, have t pay the bill for this gay-plagu< You, your family and friend: have to withstand the risk th< these diseases may jump out < the gay community and start t attack normals. Homosexual se already has its hands in yoi pocketbook, if allowed t Oregon doily . - emerald The Oregon Daily Emerald is published Monday through Friday except during exam week and vacations by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co., at the University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 97403. The Emerald operates independently of the Universi ty with offices on the third floor of the Erb Memorial Union and is a member of the Associated Press. 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(Dh. by the way, there is some • • evidence that AIDS may be able to be transmitted by mosquitoes and also the risk of viral muta tions (new variety of AIDS developing) grows with every homosexual carrier. Dan Goulet Health Conscience Parenthood Some elements in our . ‘■modern" society try to ! devalue the importance of the family unit. That’s too bad because if strong American , families become the exception , — rather than the rule — America cannot preserve itself as a culture or a nation for very | long. ' Young men and women are : told their highest priority and goal in life lies in attaining a ’ "glamorous” or high-paying occupation while the idea of 1 bringing up a family is, at best, 5 presented as secondary in im J portance to monetary success, s Certain types of ac B complishments receive much 3 glorification today while the s importance of parenthood is ig 3 nored or even significantly i downplayed. That’s rather odd, since our nation could endure □ without many of its glamorous occupations but it certainly :, coudn’t survive without it motherhood and fatherhood. So if which task is really the most im o portant overall? Parents are responsible for r cultivating desirable values and ° behavior in future generations. What other accomplishments can substitute for success in creating, nurturing, and pro viding the direction for the citizens who will inherit this country? Just remember — no amount of military hardware or finan I cial power will preserve this na tion in the long run if our youth-’ accept a philosophy that par enthood ’ isn't the most mean ingful and worthwhile goal The foundations of all great na tions, including our own. rest on preservation of the family. • Tereasa McNew Eugene So he sayeth •Book of Truth” Ch. VIII - And proud Von Dragonclaugh; with blonde damsel by his side, he stood upon the pillars of P.L.C. and uttered unto the vulgar horde below him the faults that had befallen them: “You — you filth that would rather drink stale ale than fine wine, look unto the heavens for your retribution. Pinkos, com mies, democrats,’ anti-nukes, and Gloria Swanson look-a likes may the high gods unleash a San Franciscan plague into your veins and may you stum ble and flee in flocks from this campus like the sheep you sleep with. O’ my stomach is ill with the conservative liberalism that is running through this campus like greeen apples through my system. Heed my call Magnum drinkers. Bohemians, and other assorted slobs, for the time has arisen for you to slay quiche eaters and to take the reigns of the very administration and turn this Gypsy infested univer sity into a respectable heterosexual oasis. 1 leave your destiny up to your pitiful selves... it is high time to prove yourselves..” And when Von Dragonclaugh spoke no more, but disappeared with the blonde to the fine dining restaurant of Hoots, the crowd dispersed and the weak they did cry in fear, for their fate is cer tainly soon to come. How say you U of O? Von Dragonclaugh Political Science International Studies Letters Policy The Emerald will attempt to print all letters containing fair comment on topics of interest to the University community. Letters to the editor must be limited to 250 words, typed, signed and the identification of the writer must be verified when the letter is turned in. The Emerald reserves the right to edit any letter for length or style. 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