Editorial
New missile treaty
good place to start
Today’s summit bet wean President Ronald Reagan and
Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev. if successful, could be
the first step toward not only large-scale reductions in
nuclear weapons but also a new era in superpower relations.
However, as the proposed INK treaty covers only 3 or 4
pen ent of the U.S. and Soviet nuclear < apability. the treaty
is largely a symbolic one. Nevertheless, it is a crucial first
step toward nuclear disarmament and could lead to a more
substantial treaty in the future.
The treaty also represents a rejuvenated relationship
between the I 'nited States and the Soviet Union. The Soviet
Union’s new spirit of glasnost coupled with Reagan's cur
rent enthusiasm about meeting with Gorbachev has
facilitated a certain rapport between the superpowers. Such
a rapport eventually could reconcile tension between the
Hast and West.
Furthermore, the Reagan administration’s relentless ef
fort to achieve a nuclear treaty, although it may he motivated
by politic s rather than peace, should Ire commended.
Every effort should be? made by members of the* Senate,
including Oregon's Hob Packwood and Mark Hatfield, to
ratify the treaty, which could benefit the United States and
its European allies.
The question that arises, then, is this: Will the INK trea
ty reduce the threat of nuclear war and increase interna
tional stability?
Some military strategists argue the warheads act as a
deterrent to a nuclear strike, because nothing short of
mutual destruction would result in the? event of a nuclear ex
change. The weapons, they claim, reduce the* risk of war
These strategists claim intermediate-range missiles are
necessary to protect Western Europe from Soviet aggression
and to maintain a balance of power, especially considering
the Warsaw Pact's advantage in conventional forces of ap
proximately two to one.
Although those concerns are reasonable, the treaty
nevertheless should be implemented while the U S. con
siders measures to strengthen NATO’s conventional forces
in Europe to reduce the military disparity there
But strengthening NATO's conventional forces in
Europe will prove costly in the long run; therefore, the U S
administration also should seek a treaty to reduce not only
nuclear weapons but also conventional forces to a commen
surate level in Europe
The INF treaty alone probably will reduce stability and
increase the threat of war; however, if it leads to further
reductions in nuclear weapons and a congenial relationship
between the superpowers, then the treaty will serve to
strengthen peace.
Moreover, the present treaty eliminating intermediate
forces from Europe coupled with an asymmetrical reduction
of conventional forces through negotiations in the near
future would increase stability in Europe.
But for the period directly following the signing of the
treaty, special emphasis should focus on verifying the im
plementation of the treaty. Adherence to the treaty s provi
sions will prove a decisive factor in future negotiations over
nuclear disarmament.
The INF treaty should be signed and implemented
and then negotiations should proceed cautiously toward
massive cuts in conventional forces and strategic nuclear
weapons.
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Letters
Preservation
The Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge is located in the nor
theast corner of Alaska The
coastal plain is the most
biologically productive part of
the refuge. It is the last unspoil
ed area of its kind in the Nor
thern Hemisphere. The coastal
plain is a national treasure com
monly referred to as ‘‘America's
Serengeti Plain." The coastal
plain is in peril!
The oil industry wants to drill
for oil in the coastal plain and
the Department of Interior has
recommended that the entire
area bo opened up for full oil
and gas leasing Oil exploration
and development on the coastal
plain will be destructive to the
ecosystem and aesthetically
nauseating
The potential oil recovery
does not warrant the exploita
tion of such a pristine treasure
According to the Department of
the Interior then* is less than a
one in five chance that commer
cially producible oil will tie
found If any oil is found, the
mean prediction is that only :t.2
billion barrels will be
economically recoverable
Americans use more than .'t.2
billion barrels of oil in seven
months.
Oregon Daily
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Show respect
I was dismayed by the unwar
ranted charge of homophobia
made against a respected Native
American student leader, Harry
Hintsala. who also is ASUO
Minority Affairs Coordinator,
ami by the one-sided treatment
the issue intitially received in
the pages of the Oregon Daily
Emerald (Nov. 27. 29 and 30)
Hopefully this regrettable af
fair is now being resolved
through mediation. As a con
tribution to this process I
believe that GALA. as well as
the campus Indian community,
might profit by reflet ting on the
humane way that gay people are
treated in traditional Indian
culture. Non-Indians who are
unfamiliar with this custom
might wish to consult the ex
cellent work by Walter 1..
Williams. "The Spirit and the
Flesh" (Beacon Press, 1986).
Usually, the only instances of
homophobia that exist in Indian
communities occur among
those individuals who have
been acculturated to white
prejudices.
1 believe that Hintsala and the
Indian students on campus
deserve to be treated with more
respect and sensitivity for their
ethnic traditions than has been
the case in this unfortunate
affair.
Steve Talbot
Ph. D.
Agitated
1 read the Nov. 23 ODE Street
wise opinions about labeling
convicted sex offenders and I
was greatly agitated by the
remarks of three students
against it.
Do they know that child
molesters are never
“rehabilitated?” That they
never lose their urge to molest
children?
My infant daughter was
severely abused by tny mother's
last husband, yet he walks free
today. Labeling this man for
what he's done (and still cau
do) is the least society can do I
would prefer castration and a
brand 3-inches across his
forehead.
Hecki Kennedy
Records clerk, Registrar's
Office
Pave the way
Farmers elect farmers,
(makers elect bankers to their
respective Ixiards. Educators,
on the other hand, gnash their
teeth because the governor ap
points political hacks to super
vise them
Granted, a university gets
public funds and is responsible
therefore to more constituen
cies. Aren't the subsidies given
farmers also public funds?
This makes one wonder how
far the system of appointing
board members from outside
those running the institutions
can lx- explained by the latter's
dependence on special interests
with clout and how far by anti
intellectualism
The latter was not too long
ago the bane of this nation and
expressed itself in the contemp
tuous designation of "egghead"
former-governor Atiyeh, and
those he appointed probably
believe professors are incapable
of running their institutions
A constitutional change let
ting the faculties of the various
institutions elect a majority of
the board is urgently needed.
What a wonderful challenge for
social-minded students to pave
the way for such change!
A. E. Brettauer
Eugene