Editorial
Oregon scenic rivers
should be protected
Federal legislation seeking to protect, or at least to
study, segments of more than 2f> Oregon rivers and streams
recently has been sponsored by Sen Mark Hatfield. R-Ore .
and Reps. Peter Defazio and Uis AuCoin. D-Ore
The legislation seeks to designate scenic and wild rivers
that lie on U S Forest Service land under the Wild and
Scenic Rivers Act in an attempt to protect the rivers from
speculative development.
Only 74 rivers in the nation have been designated as
recreational, scenic or wild. The Oregonian reported. If all
27 of the rivers proposed for protection in Oregon receive
such a designation, the national total will increase by a
third.
Although the proposed legislation may la* excessive, it
is generally a good idea and should he supported; however,
more interai tion between competing federal and state agen
cies is needed to ensure the best possible plan for all in
terested parties.
in drafting the final version of the plan, Hatfield.
Defazio and AuCoin ought to work closely with state and
federal agencies as well as the Northwest Forestry Associa
tion. which represents timber companies operating
throughout the Northwest
The legislators also should be sensitive to demands of
environmental groups in Oregon, such as the Oregon
Natural Resources Council, which claims the proposal ex
cluded several kev rivers from consideration.
The preservation bill should serve to designate and pro
tect as many Oregon rivers as possible, incorporating the
c oncerns of the region’s constituents In addition, organiza
tions with conflicting interests, such as environmental and
forestry groups, must compromise to make the bill a success.
Carlucci cuts defense
spending to benefit all
President Reagan's new secretary of defense, Frank C.
Carluc ( i. recently slashed $33 billion, a cut of about 10 per
cent, from next year's military defense budget.
Despite Carlucci's questionable involvement in a
U S -inspired coup in the African nation Congo in 1000, he
should be commended for taking steps to reduce the
military’s overblown budget, which had been inflated by
retired Secretary of Defense Caspar W Weinberger.
Burdened with a large budget deficit, this reduction
comes at a crucial time for the U S government. Next year's
military budget will now be presented to Congress at $200
billion, rather than Weinberger's original $323.3 billion pro
jection. Furthermore, this cut brings next year's military
budget down from the $200 billion just approved for this
fiscal year by $0 billion, representing a nice little decrease in
military spending
The reduction, according to Aviation Week, might af
fect both the Stategic Defense Initiative, or Star Wars, and
thi* production of additional MX missiles.
However, considering the severe implications of a
military economy, as evidenced by the huge budget deficit,
military spending should be cut even more.
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Letters
A little logic
I like to promote the idea that
women can think. Strangely
enough, some women seem
hent on proving me wrong The
ns ent discussion in this forum
on Planned Parenthood and
women’s rights is a case in
point.
When considering the
possibility of an unwanted
pregnancy, a little logic goes a
long way.
Sex is a biological transac
tion; you make a deal, you get a
baby All this feigned surprise
when a pregnancy comes onto
the scene strikes me as a bit il
logical It's like going through
the checkout line, and lieing
shocked and indignant when
you find yourself the owner of a
bag of groceries. If the groceries
are unwanted, there is a simple
solution.
It's also illogical to cite abor
tion as the right to control one's
own body A woman does have
that right: 1 staunchly defend it
however, few women seem in
clined to exercise it when "it
feels sti right it can't be wrong ."
In any case, abortion is not the
control of one's own body It is
the control of someone else's lit
lie body.
Can any woman actually
stand then! with a straight face
and demand the right to ch(x>se
to terminate a life because it in
terferes with her own? My next
door neighbor knows some peo
ple who interfere with his life
the guy who side-swiped him at
an intersection, some of his
daughter's boyfriends, his ex
wife. Funny, though, it
wouldn't go over real big if he
asserted his right to terminate
their lives I guess he could
always join the Mafia
The time for choices, and
control, is Imfore you hit the
sack By the time the only ques
tion is: to kill, or not to kill?,
just how much choice should
anyone have?
Kuth Simer
Eugene
Good boycott
Recently a journalism student
wrote you in response to a letter
concerning the band. The Guar
dians of American Morality,
and their offensive lyrics and
posters. He said "because one
writes the lyric 'go home and
beat the wife and children' it
does not mean one advocates
violence against children."
I would like to ask him. what
does it "mean?" To go home
and clean the house? It is
frightening that a student of
journalism puts so little stock in
the value of words. Words have
meaning As a folklore student
myself. I can tell him (and the
Guardians) that songs, stories,
poems and other forms of writ
ten and oral narrative serve a
definite purpose in our society.
They provide social, educa
tional (for children as well as
adults), psychological and
cultural functions It is no acci
dent and no joke that America is
one of the most violent coun
tries in the world, or that child
abuse is more rampant than
husband abuse. The fact the
baud members sing of such
things, and are responsible for
posters bearing their name with
a derogatory photo of a woman.
does not indicate to me that
they support women’s interests,
nor ending the victimization of
women.
Therefore, I encourage all
musicians, clubs and patrons to
continue the boycott of this
fraud until this current phase of
their "lyrical" development has
ended. Also, as entertainment
director for the Saturday and
New Holiday Markets. 1 do not
him hands that discriminate on
the basis of class, race or sex.
Melinda Hoder
Graduate, folklore
Unneeded story
Friday, Dec. 4's front page ar
ticle on the Gay and lesbian
Alliance’s "youth group" was
displeasing to a large number of
studunts I have talked to. The
Oregon Daily Emerald showed
poor judgment concerning this
unneeded essay.
One would think enough real
news occurs at the University
that the Emerald would not
resort to allowing the Gay and
Lesbian Youth Group free
advertising At the very least,
the report was not front-page
material.
1 must commend GALA for a
fine job penetrating the ranks of
our only campus daily. It must
have been quite a challenge to
get a reporter to write an
editorial on the front page con
doning homosexuality and
praising the efforts of its youth
group without even the
slightest hint that homosexuali
ty is found contemptible by a
great majority of Americans.
(Gould it lie wrong? Spare the
thought!)
This is a lifestyle that is
detested by the God of the Bible!
It would not be so difficult,
however, to get this reporter to
write an article on GALA if. by
chance, this reporter happened
to live in and advocate GALA’S
lifestyle.
Kevin Allen
Student