Editorial
Create a ban on all
old-growth logging
Last week. ,i ndvcmmi'iilal studv group released a
report on the impact < ontimicd old-growth logging
would have on tlir spotted ov\ I The task lorn' recom
mended H > million acres ol old growth he put oil lim
its to loggers
Timber industry ol f if i.ils declared such u link on
old growth would devastate Oregon and Washington
Thousands of jobs would he lost bringing economic
doom to the Par itu Northwest As usual timber otti
i nils are prone to exaggeration
It the task tone's proposal is adopted, there will be
an imparl oil the Oregon lirnbei industry Then* is no
was around that There are about l.iTuun people in
the r i 11 it Mil industry in ( begun and Washington the in
dustry s highest estimates sav that hall ol lliose vv ill he
lost it an old-growth hail is enaeted While we see a hit
ol hyperbole in those figures, there is no doubt that
some communities which rdv solely on logging lor
jobs and money will he hart! hit Seen in that light. it s
understandable why people in tin* logging comiminilv
would oppose a ban on old-growth harvesting
Regardless, it’s time lor sin h a meusuic
The spotteii nw I is the c rux of the present argil
infill but it is really gist a symptom of the entile ills
ease Oregon ran no longer depend on limber as the
\o 1 souri e ot revenue You ran t maintain a stale on
a single non permanent rosoiin e and while trees are
renew able, old-growth lands simply are not
I he slut! to second growth harvesting and other
industries must begin now The economic devastation
w ill only lie greater it we put ot! this i hange until there
an- no trees left And the e< onimiK devastation w ill he
negligible compared to the natuiul devastation
Lawmakers have to understand that the budget
i annul ride on the shoulders ot the logging industry
I here must be a shill, not only to set ond-growth lands,
bill to other economic sources
Happily, some lawmakers have tome to tins ion
i Iiisioii tint the spotted owl report has i aused a ritt in
the state Democrutii party Last Saturday convention
delegates rejei led a plank which would have bar ked a
ban on all old growth logging. The very next day . the
delegates i hanged then collective minds and inserted
the proposal in tIn'ii platform
Notable Demoi rat it lawmakers, such as House Ma
jority Leader (’nrl lloslu ka (l)-Lugene), hav e gone on
record against the ban Democrats from logging com
munities are iin ensed They fear that sm h a ban means
political death They maintain that because their con
stituents are vehemently opposed to any such propos
al. demoi rate legislators hac king it l.u e i ertain deteat
Rather than watching their politic al hac ks these
timid legislators would he better off looking for wavs
to i reate jobs lor then constituents in other industries
because that's a political reality these lawmakers will
soon face, whether or not they're re-elected, and
w hether or not there's a ban on old-growth logging
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Letters
Maturity
I'm suns to mt tli,it our mu
turu t nist isit\ students have
oik c .«}*.on shown thi-u untiir
tUii.lti-K t\|)ii,il adolescent lie
has lor ,it tin- part if-, last
SS fll hl-llli
So mas In' tin’ i ops did show
up ill lull not goal Sii w hat '
l llcs did so olds allel in (‘IS lllg
i iti/.cn i omplainls Hut more
i nipt trt.mt I s no matter boss
min h we like ior d islika 1 i ops
tiles are still a tiguie ol author!
ts and mature responsible ( it
l/ells l(-spin t that autlloi its
I lie poln e i nine to Irv and
elilori e tile lass II sou don't
like the lasss. there an ssass ol
i hanging them hut Ihrossing
heel i»alb’s at cops is not the
ssas
I he hell.is-nil exhibited
Man I) tl is similar to svhat I
svould expet t from a group ol
junior high kids upon being
told by then parents to go to
lied not supposedly mature
college students ss ho were
i I ear Is in the ss long
(.reg ( h.ipmnn
Musk
Idiocy
Students asserting theii light
In urinate in pnt>lt< and police
using Iimi gas In send them to
limpet toilet* t ertamh mdt
i ales that meaningful buttles
are taking plai e between slu
denis and police
II the 1 'nilersit\ would like
to redut e enrollment. I suggest
informing mi oming slutlenls of
the idiot v of tile nnes tlfeadl
here and of the restraint the Ku
gene Police Department shows
hi dealing with them when the
students are "fighting tor their
rights
Thomas Baughman
English
Out of hand
Regarding the "riot" last
weekend I'm thankful the po
ll! e look appropriate ai tion in a
lough situation
I live a lilm k from w here the
partv happened t he noise was
d ist in In ng everyone within two
blot ks I drove home .mi! whs
slue k in waves ot people refits
mg to move taming various
bottles Things were out of
hand.
I xt uses from those abending
tin1 parlv. oi defending it. are
luiltt runs I lie o al problem is
maluritv or lat k thereof Is it
reasonable to think a parts with
live musit outside and till)
plus noisv people milling
around in the streets tmild lie
t ontrolled I \ eryone knew ten
sions w ere high suit e last
veal s not
Must impoi taut U art it les
.11ni letters have tailed to men
lion that polit e didn't arrive in
riot gear Rather olfit ers w ith
out riot gisu talked w ith those
m i barge of the partv saying it
was out ot hand and had to he
disbanded As thev left thev
were pelted w ith bottles Police
then i ailed lor !>ai kup w ho ar
rived to protei live geat to assist
dispersing the croud
W hen the hand finished tear
mg down as requested In po
In e some in the i row d let bot
tles 11\ ()nh then was tear gas
used
People, we re in college now
We are now considered adults
t how up and learn to ai t like
one I don't applet iate having
im neighborhood trashed tor a
good time I do applet iate
the prompt ai turns ot the po
In e w ho only did then job to
keep order and peat e in the
neighborhood
Kev in Dahlstrom
Theater arts
Harvest
A-- tin- Merlin IV.iU comes
tumbling down ,md Nelson
Mandel.i prepares for negoti
ations between the Afrii an \a
•tonal Congress and the South
Afrii an government, the poten
tial tor pear e in our troubled
w orld seems enormous
'* ft even as warring tactions
sit down to talk of peat e in na
tions around the globe, human
suffering upon which genu
me and lasting peat e r an never
he built is on the rise And
the 1 'niter! Stair's and the Sovi
1't 1 'nion an* ac tuallv increasing
arms sales throughout tile dr
veinping wurld
I’nt simply. the gap between
tin* potential lor peac e and the
realitv of peac e is immense
\\ Idle politic i,ius and polil v
makers in tins i ountrv dither
m el u helller out Icloated mill
tan budget should be cut. the
tremendous opportunities ten
the I nitrd States to become a
leading ieternalional peac e
maker are slipping awu\
I .ast month I introduced a
resolution in the Senate (le
signed to sc*i/i* those oppoltll
nities The I larvesl of I'eac c
Resolution which uccw lias 111
sponsors, calls lot a ill percent
rc'duc t ion on w cirlclw ide mill
tar\ spending In the year jniltl
a dei ade aw a\ The billions
uf dollais saved would he spent
to address the root of human
causes ol w at and \ ioleuc e
poverty hunger and malnutri
tion.
I lie time to ac t is now I In
Harvest of I’eac e Kesollllioll has
been endorsed h\ a wide range
cct organizations me hiding
Hread for the World. (Islam
Amor tc a. KKSt I I S and
SAM I Kill X.l Passing this
resolution and implementing
its goals, however, w dl take the
support and e ominitment nt in
dividuals throughout litis c nun
trv and indeed, the world
Mark Hatfield
I S Senator
Good work
1 u ish to congratulate1In* lai
Hem1 Polite Department tor si
lent ing those morons Saturday
night Marc h 11
Ain idiot reterring to tin'
"(lestapo-tvpe tactics" of the
police is simple too ignorant to
understand th.it some people
live in that neighborhood and
apprei iate sleeping at night
unlxithered bv the drunken
si reams of adolescents
Keep up tile good work, otti
( ers
Chris \eumeyrr
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