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.
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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.
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have a bad habit that harm:
them and endangers norma
people. Unlike alcoholics
homosexuals have decided t<
achieve special rights because
of their vice.
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count for three-fourths of al
sexually transmitted diseases
parasite-intestinal infections
etc. and this is wel
documented in numerou
medical journals.
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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.
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pay the bill for this gay-plagu<
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have to withstand the risk th<
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• hands around your throat!
.. (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
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