Kditorial 1 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. K%ER,BteE....WE ^ RECORDEDAWT*^ ANOTHER <*€.... SHOULP WE fl£Z£4ST rr NOW?... 7 Sflprcosf hjCEKSESO! 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 Page 2 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