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I Pttpr Continued from Page 1 flood of negative publicity shrouding the campus’ animal research facilities, but denied he and NIH representatives cre ated a public relations ploy. “With the NIH site visit re port, there was certainly not any assumptions before they ramp as to what their conclu sions might be,” Moseley said. However, Moseley explained that NIH and OPRR representa tives told him they did not see any violations of NIH or Public Health Service (PHS) guide lines based on materials the two organizations had received from the University, PETA and other agencies. “What that (letter) says is that we have discussed the situ ation, and they concluded on June 2 that there was no reason to continue an investigation,” Moseley said. “We don’t do whitewashes. I mean if there had been various problems we would have re ported them to the OPRR,” said Dr. Luis Sibal, who headed the NIH site inspection team. The OPRR is the policy-enforcing arm of the NIH. Sibal said he did not discuss anything with Moseley before June, 1988, but said he did talk with Moseley a few days before the site visit. “No members of our office made any preliminary conclu sions," Sibal said. “1 don't know what prompt ed Moseley to write that letter, it was nothing this office said or did," Sibal added. Dr. Alan Sandler of the OPRR said he and Moseley first con ferred shortly after the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) raid of the University’s animal re search facilities in October 1986, and have had further dis cussions since. “I had been in touch with (Moseley) shortly after the break-in. In the course of dis cussion with Dr. Moseley ... 1 advised him at the time that there was nothing amiss on our records that seemed to suggest any problems at the University. "If (Moseley) then decided to include that in a letter to his senator to the effect that we didn't intend to look at any thing. I suppose that's his read ing of it,” Sandler said. In another instance, Sandler said he discussed with Moseley allegations made by PET A in its April newsletter, Peta News. The newsletter chronicled the hearing of Roger Troen, the sole suspect convicted for the ALF raid. The Chicken Fajita Burrito. Made with the choicest white breast meat. W saute the choicest white breast meat. Along with green peppers, onions, and olives. Then we wrap it up inside a flour tortilla... smothered in salsa, grated cheese, and fresh lettuce. The Chicken Fajita Burrito.™ When you compare it to their chicken, it's the only real choice. | TacoTime 50C OFF J a 1988 Taco Time International Inc ^ 50C OFF Chicken fcjita Burrfto. TacoTime Offer Expires 11/30/88 Offer good M pvivMMuy UcoTtme’ tnuuunti only Imtui one diet per coupon Pte*te p*««*i coupon when ordrnng Cn value l 20c Nor good with my other coupon crffet I- wKiKi4ius>a> i<» "I called (Moseley) about the information in the newsletter and asked him if there were any changes or problems in his program that we ought to know about .... (Moseley) said as far as he could tell, what we had in our documentation was con sistent with the way they’re (University) running their oper ation. And that was good enough for me," Sandler said. The following is a verbatim copy of John Moseley’s letter to Sen. Mark Hatfield. Senator Hatfield 475 Cottage Street N.E. Salem, Or. 97301 Dear Senator Hatfield: This in response to your re quest for information regarding the letter you received from (blacked out). This letter, as well as many others which we have received, and which have been received by other congres sional representatives, was stimulated by an article in the PETA Newsletter in April. I en close for your Information a copy of the letter that 1 sent to (blacked out). I can assure you that the facts as stated in the materials which I sent her are correct. 1 would like to provide you here with additional infor mation not included in that re sponse. First, what PET A refers to as a "trial" was in fact a pretrial hearing, in which the defen dant Mr. Roger Trorm attempt ed to establish the right to pres ent a defense based on his as sertion that it was necessary to break the law (the burglary of the University of Oregon) in or der to prevent a greater evil (the misuse of animals in re search). Under appropriate cir cumstances, this defense is al lowable under Oregon law. An important aspect of such a pre trial hearing is that the defen dant is allowed to "make his case" without any rebuttal tes timony from the prosecution. After the presentation of this Turn to Letter, Page 5 Senators agree to aid voting rally The Student Senate on Thursday agreed to provide manpower for a "get out and vote” drive in the EMU Court yard on Monday. Because several political can didates and ballot measure rep resentatives will be on campus Student Senate_ from noon to 3 p.m., "we need people to act as guides,” said Tim Goss, event coordinator. Volunteers also are needed to staff information booths, pass out literature, and help with the United States Student Asso ciation non-partisan rally, Goss JIN ROBERTS' NAINSTAGE ACTORS CABARET presents Book. Music and Lyrics by Richard O'Brien Directed by Joe Zlngo Tickets: $7.00 General Admission $6.00 Senior Dates: Thursday, Friday and Saturday November 3, 4, dr 5 1988 at 8:00p.m. Call 687-5000 or 68.3-4368 Tickets Available at all Hult Center Outlets. Seymour's Restaurant, and South Eugene Drama Department ALL PERFORMANCES WILL BE AT SOUTH EUGENE AUDITORIUM 19th and Patterson Streets ALL SEATS ARE GENERAL ADMISSION COUPON $1.50, With this coupon at all outlets said. In the event of rain, the rally, which features debates between several political candidates, will be held in the EMU Fir Room. "You can count on the sup port of all members of the Stu dent Senate," said Eric Grimes, senate chairman. "We’ll have senators out there.” In other business, the Senate made several by-law changes These include holding Senate weekly meetings throughout the term excluding dead and fi nals weeks and enforcing a stricter attendance policy to all University Senate and Student Senate meetings.
