Editorial
Raw log export ban
benefit to Oregon
While Tuesday’s Senate approval of a federal log
export ban is only the beginning, it is the first piece of
good news in the timber crisis for a long time.
The Senate overwhelmingly passed Oregon Repub
lican Sen. Bob Packwood's amendment to a Depart
ment of the Interior bill which would allow Oregon
and her fellow West Coast states to ban most log ex
ports off of state lands.
Two weeks ago, Oregon Rep. Pete DeFazio called
for a total ban of raw log exports. The Senate bill
doesn't go quite that far. After all. owners of private
limber acreage can do whatever they want with their
logs — including selling them overseas for an enor
mous profit.
A complete ban will only occur in stages. Consider
the Senate ban step one.
One of the major provisions of the bill prohibits a
common practice known as "substitution." It's the
timber equivalent of a three-card monte game. Here's
how the scam works: Private timber companies, with
their own log supply, bid in federal timber sales. They
send the federal logs to the local mills, while exporting
their timber overseas — usually to Japan. This and oth
er variations sap log supplies, forcing mill closures
and unemployment.
A raw log export ban. modeled after DeFazio's pro
posal. is the only way timber countries are going to be
able to stay in business. Most have realized this and
come out in support of Packwood's plan. Some Wash
ington legislators are squabbling about some of the
bill's provisions, but the state neither carries the power
nor the seats to sway many lawmakers.
It's foolish for any timber industry official to op
pose a log export ban. Granted, the proceeds from such
export sales are enormous and must seem attractive to
companies in dire financial straits. But the practice is
completely deceptive. Timber officials are toying with
their companies' future health in exchange for short
term economic profit.
It's an old story, but with a possibly different end
ing There is no reserve of old growth timber to fall
back on anymore. With the spotted owl-old grow th ban
likely to go into effect, timber companies will lose a
huge amount of board feet. Without a log export ban.
they'll lose even more.
The battle over the bill isn’t over. It still has to
weather a bicameral conference committee, where the
Washington delegation is expected to lodge their com
plaints against the "substitution" codicil. Hopefully,
the other legislators won’t listen to them.
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_Letters
Mockery
ll is ,1 line and noble cause
tor whit li members of the Sur
vival ( ’enter rallied on April t(>
in the I Ntt' (amrtyard That we
need to sustain a vigorous et
tort to save our planet goes
without saving And t learh it
is human at turn like that whit h
t .in tie i redded w ith the grow
ing environmental awareness
that is now developing
However, while I full) sup
port the message delivered, one
method ot communication
deeply offended me personally
and that was the burning of the
A merit .111 flag
I might remind those valiant
env ironmental warriors that the
Ament an tlag is the svmlml ot
our freedom and national iden
tity and not the t ausc of our
environmental problems Rath
tu rebuke the politicians who
have the power to eftei t
t hange liv burning the Amen
tan flag, you make a mockery
of a symbol wtmti is strongly
1 onnet ted to the very freedoms
and unalienable rights which
were evert isetl on April lti
For me this point is all the
more relevant 111 light of tile
fat t that a year ago. several
thousand (Chinese students
tiled tor freedom. The Fugene
Police Department mav overre
at t on occasion, but at least tiiis
1 ountry 1 an stand with our
convictions anti not be forced
to die w 11li them
Pat A no I f 11
History
Measure 8
We believe that students
should vote in favor of ballot
Measure H concerning the
(lounseling (.'enter
The Counseling Center has
affe< led. either directly or indi
rectly. nearly every student in
the University In 1'iHH-Hti, the
Counseling Center saw approx
imately 10 percent of the stu
dent body in group or individu
al counseling In addition, the
Counseling Center works in
((injunction with the IMPACT
program, does large amounts of
outre.ii It each year, and is al
wavs available for emergencies
The Counseling Center is fac -
ing a loss of reserve funds
amounting to approximately
$37,000 This will eliminate
five part time counseling posi
tions ! his includes two coun
selors from the suhstaiu e abuse
team The three other positions
primarily work to keep the
waiting list down
Measure H is asking to in
( lease student fees bv $1 30 per
student pet term 1 11 is would
raise an estimated $72,000
This mone\ would he matched
hv the l adversity administra
tion tor a total of approximately
$ I -1-1 Odd
It this measure were to pass,
a new stall psychologist post
turn would he created that
would target populations of
cultural diversity Current lev
els of service would be re
tained. and two psychologists
that arc on ninemonth con
trar ts w ould he plat ed on
twelve month contrai ls to sup
port more outreai h over the
summer and to plan for the
next at adetnic \ ear
Vote yes on Measure H so that
the ( 'ounseling ( enter can i on
limit- its strong role on i ampus
as a place tor student support
Mark Dillon
Chris kleiv
Students
Air play
Hurray for KKMA! It's about
time till' I University gels its im n
student-run campus radio sta
t ion
I tail to see him k\VA\ can
be considered the voice of the
University when it caters to
only a small percentage of the
radio-listening student body
Mot to mention the tact it offers
students no experience in the
day-to-day operations of .1
working radio station.
kKMA, which is due to air
next fall, would provide stu
dents with a wide variety of
music from which to choose,
inform students of campus
events (sports, elections, news,
eti | and offer invaluable expe
rience in not only disc-jockey
ing. but also management, pro
ti net ion, programming and
sains KRMA would trills repre
sent tlm I'niversitv student
bods
Now this mas sound fine and
dandv. but it first must receive
funding KRMA is asking the
!!•'( I for just -4H rents per student
tall term which ssould be cut
dramatically as there are mans
one time start up costs to ( user
needed equipment This
amount is considerably losver
than the $:tt) per pledge annual
beg a thou KRYM puts on
As things stand today, a stu
dent at (lie I'msfcrsits cannot
get proper experience in radio
broadcast, but a Isugene high
si bool student (dii1 Something
is definitely wrong We must
continue to not mils better our
selves in college but also im
prove the Universits sve attend
lor ourselves and others Vote
for KRMA
Scott Paskill
Disi jockey/student
Clean up
To the persons who burned
the K.irth Day ear congratula
tions! Through your act of vio
lence. you < reated a small ciivi
ronniental disaster on our cam
pus We are no longer sheltered
from senseless acts of destrui
lion in our pristine microcosm
of lift* here on this beautiful
campus.
The smell of burned plastic.,
and the sight of burned tires
and gasoline streaming down
the sidewalk, shall remind us of
similar sickening sights we
have created on a larger scale
on our planet Yes. perhaps we
should work together to i lean
up the mess and paint the i ar.
just as we all need to work to
gether to clean up the bigger
mess we have made of our
planet.
Hut 1 think we should have
left the car as it was. to 1h“ a
nauseating reminder to us all of
what we have done to the
earth
(onathun Orelove
Kugene
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