Kditorial
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State needs to plan
for lost timber jobs
Last Thursday, the US. Forest Service and the* Hu -
reau of Land Management released an explosive report
on the economic; impact o! protecting the northern
spotted owl. Headlines statewide screamed “Officials
sav owl-protection plan would cut 28,000 jobs in
1000s "
That's quite a staggering statistic. However, ac
cording to tin* report, the actual number of forest prod
ucts industry jobs lost would he more like 12,500. or 5
percent of all forest products jobs in Oregon. Washing
ton and California combined. The remaining 15,500
would be support service jobs, with about 1.500 of
those; being Forest Service* positions.
If the Forest Service implements the plan, there is
no doubt that parts of the state will be faced with a po
tential recession and heavy unemployment
Hut according to .1 press agent from hep. Peter lie
I azio’s office. the Forest Servil e estimates that a total
ban on log exports « ould save 15.000 jobs, and Oregon
and Washington have been adding 160.000 new jobs to
the work lone even year. It would seem that the
Northwest has the means to oifset the eftei is of protect -
ing the spotted ou I and the last stands of old growth.
Oregon and the rest of the nation are fat iug the
same dilemma of et ononiit conversion. As the country
looks to convert from a military-industrial economy to
one more in tune with .1 time of peace, millions ot peo
ple w ill need to he retrained to til! non-military jobs.
(begun needs to start taking derisive at lion to con
vert its own economy by retraining the displaced tim
ber work force to fill new jobs being 1 mated evorv year
in other fields.
The rlavs when people could spend a lifetime
working in the same job 01 industry are gone Kven it
the Forest Service does not implement the recommen
dations released Thursday, some timber jobs will still
disappear
Annual timber sales on all national forests in Ore
gon and Washington will drop from -1 billion board
feet to 3 4 billion because of the federal Clean Water
Art. a new vegetation management program, and poli
cies and laws that protect scenic: rivers, recreation sites
and botanical reserves
The state should hue the reality that the economy
is changing. Rather than haggle over the spotted owl.
funds should be allocated to set up education programs
to train workers for such fields as the high-tech indus
tries that are courting Oregon.
State leaders have time now to plan for the future
before the unemployment line starts to grow. They
should take advantage of it. before it's too late.
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Magazine removal smells like censorship
( ciisorship tan crop up m tin- most im
expet ted ol plates For example. take a look
at Ihc bane (.ount\ (murthouse
hast week, two Lane Counts commis
sioners dot ided between themselves to re
niovo an anti-timber industry. environmen
t.il magazine iarrsl In /re Irani the in
humation booth inside the I’ublit Service
building.
it all started when Commissionei |,it:k
Roberts notit ed a stat k ol /-orex7 \ nit r mag
azines was on the inhumation booth's coun
ter. light next to the timbei industry publi
cation 1'mihi'r! Apparently Roberts didn't
believe /'ores/ Co no was an appropriate
publication to have in the courthouse, as
timbei rei.eipts make up .1 large portion ol
the bini' (lounty 1 offers So he went to i 0111
mission t hairman Hill Rogers with his tom
plaint and got the magazines removed
Roberts and Rogers are only two ol live
commissioners They are not a majority, .inti
they didn't even bother to consult with the
other members before passing judgment on
/ ores/ \ Du e
That Roberts and Rogers made this deci
sion without consultation is gist the tip of
the proverbial iceberg That mistake has al
ready been rectified, as the rest of the com
mission will get a chance to vote on the is
sue at a later date Hut even this does not re
mine the stint; of Roberts' and Rogers' origi
nal plan
It's frightening that two ( ountv commis
sioners would perform such < ensorship, and
then defend the action by acknowledging
the infitiem.it of the timber mdustrv At a
time when logging companies are facing a
drastii redin lion in business, it 's interesting
to see how much control they still have on
i utility got eminent
Commissioner Jerry Rust has blasted
both Roberts and Rogers for their under
handed censorship. As politicians, the two
should have seen how much potential dam
age the dei ision could cause f ree speech
seems to have been ( bucked out the win
dow Roberts, a lawyer, should at the vert
least understand the first amendment.
Roberts and Rogers have done a dissert
ice to their constituents This blatant show
of favoritism ts not appropriate for any type
of government of fir ial /'ores/ Vnicr de
serves a place on the counter
Denying fair representation of .ill sides
because it could damage a county industry
is a violation of free speech rights Censor
ship of sensitive issues is not the job of
county commissioners. It Roberts and Rog
ers continue this catering to special inter
ests. maybe it's time for them to get voted
out of office and go bn< k to the private set -
tor. w here sui h practic e is at ceptable.
_Letters_
Student power
Students In mg in dorms ,iml
east i ampus housing maht' up
ihu largest group of votei aged
people in Ward I city of Ktl
gene Students have the power
to make an important change in
tin* city i mini i!
l he best i andldute Paul
Nicholson lues near the I ni
versily and owns Paul's Hike
Shop He practices the politic s
ot giving lie supports student
causes In posting signs .it Ins
business in solideritv with Hen
tral America, to abolish apart
held, and m support of human
rights
He lias i ontributed bicycles
or bicycle components to stu
dent groups, such as the Out
door Program, OSPIRO. and
Students Against Apartheid
and to rominunitv groups that
enjoy widespread student sup
port, sut h as ( Al.t ONRC.
Pe.ueworks Southern Wiliam
ette Oreens and Womenspai e
Students need a friendly
voice m i itv government ihev
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need someone who will listen
to their concerns. who under
stands the subtle hut real diftei
ences that distinguish the Uni
versity community from the
rest ol Kugene Nit hoi son will
listen because he has been .1
graduate student and assistant,
teat lung Knglish .mil speech
communication lie holds a
bat helot s tlegree in philoso
pin. and a master's degree in
Knglish as a Set ond language
Nicholson's opponent Kob
Hennett owns and manages
apartment complexes and lives
on the other side of the Wiliam
ette River from the University
Ills voice in citv government
has supported narrow special
interests and has opposed hu
man rights. < itizen participa
tion anti student at tn ists
The t ontest in Ward 4 is ver\
important The student vote
1 an make a different e Kook for
Paul Nicholson on your ballot.
Kugene ( itv Council. Ward 4
How ard Honnett
Hiology
We're sorry
Tin' Bad Daddies would ! 1 ki•
to apologize tm am offense lak
i'ii at our poster for out show s
at New May's on April 2 7 and
_’H The poster w as a < onimen
tar) on the repressive and
heavy handed taitus used b)
the laigene f’oliie Department
when they tear-gassed a party
on the night of Man h (1
The i ompletely unnecessary
show of force hy the polti e that
night we felt was reflected in
the photo on the poster, show
mg a voung. unarmed boy he
mg marched down the street at
gunpoint by the army We did
not intend to trivialize the lior
ror that was the Holocaust, or
make those of the )ewish faith
feel uncomfortable attending
New Max’s that weekend
We were unaware of the feel
ings that would be hurt using
the photo on the poster, it was
only our intention to slam the
Id’!) for behaving in a way we
felt was intolerable We are
frustrated In those who have
.ii i used us of bring <mti Semit
ii iiiui seem uim iliing to .11cept
our apologies and believe us
vvlirn ivi' say ivi' had no idra
llii' poster would bt* iiiturpri'li'd
by sonii' as anti-Jew ish
Sun'll. thorn arc more impor
tant pursuits lor those working
to raise public consciousness
than to continue to vilify those
who have admitted their mis
takes and are willing to learn
from them.
Koh Walriman
Manager
The Had Daddies
Thanks
1 would like to thank all of
the students who voted for the
child care budget in the last
election The quality of the
Child Care and Development
Center on this campus is m
c redible and unique, although
it isn't at .ill luxurious as some
have claimed
U hat makes this program
high quality are the teachers.
(o-tea< hers iimi students who
work there 1 In* genuine i armg
they give lll|r < hildren. the f\
posure to a loving ,inii learning
environment provides main
liu lading me. the peat e ol
mind wt* nred in order to lot us
on our studies
1 would also like to thank the
professors and instructors on
this campus who understand
that we, as student parents, .ire
not traditional students They
allow our ( hildren to come to
class with us when < hi Id care
arrangements fad. or our child
is a little siik Thanks also to
the students who tolerate this
and to those who do more than
just tolerate < hildren
I am in my final year here,
and I have had two of my three
children while being a student
here I wouldn't have made it
without the (X1IX1 programs
and other support offered In
many of the above mentioned
people Thanks again
Laurie Ainge
Student
Wednesday. May ft. lfttlll