Daily Emerald ErClltOricll r 1 U.S. must not use armed force in Gulf The United States should think twice (and perhaps a lew more times) before using military fort e to deal with Iraq. Iraq's invasion of Kuwait was despicable. Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had promised he would not in vade Kuwait over their oil price dispute Then, claim ing ht1 was intervening in a dubious “popular revolu tion" in Kuwait, he attacked and installed a govern ment of Iraqi officials. After promising to withdraw his troops, Hussein announced that a largely Iraqi “Ku wait volunteer army" of 0(1,000 would remain. Now Hussein is reportedlv amassing troops on tin* border of Saudi Arabia, and the U S, government insists he will invade there, also. [he real issue so far for the the American govern ment has been largely economic: higher prices at do mestic and international gas pumps and falling stock prices, the result of the tension in the Persian Unit President George Hush is talking tough with the Iraqis, promising military intervention il Hussein doesn't I>a< k oft He has sent U S officials to meet with the Saudi Arabian government to discuss wavs of defend ing that country Phis could include the presence of U S troops. This would be a grave mistake. Am kind of I S military presence in Saudi Arabia will give; the Iraqis an excuse to invade on the grounds that they must strike first “in self-defense " Hush should pay atten tion to his own economic and diplomatic efforts that have been under way since the? invasion began The1 international boycott of Iraq has been the most united and effective in recent memory The United Na tions Sec urity Council has voted 1 t-0 to condemn the invasion and adopt economic sanctions against Iraq. Other major industrial powers, sue h as |apan and the Kuropean Community, have stopped purc hasing Iraqi oil The Soviet Union and China. Iraq's biggest arms suppliers, have cut off their shipments and expressed regret that their weapons were used in the invasion. If these measures are enforced, Iraq's petroleum dependent economy and its war mac hine will be- in jeopardy Iraq has sharply reduced the amount of oil flowing through its outbound pipelines because tew countries want to buy it, and the country will not be able to finance; or operate* any kind of warfare against Saudi Arabia or another Arab country with out money from its oil-based economy or weapons to fight The U S should give the non-military measures time w r •V«~ ' £: 4 Smith latest focus of ethics violation ()regon legislators and t*tliit s aren't mix ing well these days The latest focus is oil Rep I )ennv Smith (R ath (long District). Smith was a duet tor ol Ament an fetlei al Savings anil Loans from 1*177 to 1987 lie was tort etl oil I lie hoard after American f ed eral merged with State federal Savings and Loan in an attempt to save f inanciallv xtrupped Ament an I etleral. However, in lttHfc Smith told regulators that he would not agree to a mergei unless the\ guaranteed him and other diret tors pro let lion Irom federal lawsuits in t axe the merge! hiiled hirst ol all. diret tors of am business or organization are inherently responsible tor tits isionx the\ render II Smith was worried about lawsuits, he obviously should not have been making decisions for the compa in Secondly, as a director of federally-in sured American federal. Smith had .1 pei sonal stake in the ontt ome of the mergei and contacting regulators asking for iniimi nit\ tor the institution while <1 member of (Congress, is a t onflict of interest The I louse etliit s manual states that it is .in "unwarranted abuse oi the representative rule to directly ask nr imply a request tor favoritism. The post-merger American Home Sav ings and Loans Hank of Salem eventually collapsed at a cost to the taxpayers of $11 I million State Federal folded, costing tax payers S 1 At) million Seven men connected to State Federal were < onvil ted of baud and embezzlement House Democrats have debated since January whether to file an ethics complaint against Smith, but they are afraid of com plaints against members ot their own party who attempted to help floundering savings and loans It is a sad state of affairs when discus sions and investigations of questionable eth ics behavior is stifled because of partisan politics It is also appalling that OH percent of House incumbents are assured of re-elec lion simply through name familiarity, even w hen so many congressmen are under si ru tin y of ethic s violations Hut worst of all, we the people elect them It is time that representatives are more i losely s< rutinized by voters Forum Bill restricting log exports will benefit everyone By Peter DeFazto Imagine two ships passing in tin' night one i among (Ire gun logs to .1 Japanese himliri mill. the utlifr one < arrymg Kussian lugs to an American mill It doesn't make mm h sense, dues it ■’ Commentary XVt that's evactls the pros pool we to t.u ing .is one major A meric .in wood produt Is man tdac turei prepares to tun logs from the Soviet t'nion tor its t' S mills What is going on here ' ( Ire gon mills are < losing: thou sands of workers .ire fat mg lay oils Owners i ife a lai k of tim her and ineredihly higli stump age prit es At the same time huge sol unit's of implex essod logs ere truckl'd lo the Ports of l loos Bay "viewport .md Astoria, loaded onto foreign-flagged slops aiul Iransporlt'tl to mills m nations in the I'at l ast th.it raise trade harriers against out finished wood products Most Oregonians agree that stopping log exports is an ex senttal element ol am plan to ensure a long term supph ot tmiller ten Oregon's wood prod in Is industry Idu most ol us. the picture ol Weverhaeuser shipping its logs lo China and Japan, while I otusiana Pai ifu Inns logs from the Soviet I ’moil is a sv niplom ol a ua tional disorder Add domestu mill closures, unemployment and timber shortages to the mix and vou have to wonder what our policy-makers are us ing for brains M\ legislation to stop state log exports perm,month emit! the I),ill oil tetter,il log exports and i lose the loopholes in tin* teilei.il ban was just passed In (Congress ,mtl sent to the I’resi dent tot his signature I've I re .iletl quite ,i stir In ( .tiling lot rest l it tinns on tog exports from private lands as well And u In not ' The I nited States is the niilv nation on earth with a modern wood pro i essing industry that still al lows the export of raw logs \o other nation exports valuable raw materials during a time of domestii shortages Main small woodlnt owners ail- com et lied about the effects private log export restrictions might have on their profits Their worries are almost cer laiillv needless l-'irst. d federal timber sup plies ire reduced by even a fraction of what some experts predh t domestic stumpage pin es for piivate limber will remain .il historically high lev els with or without further log export restrii lions And second private log ex port restrictions could be tied to reductions in federal timber supplies That would mean that some exports would continue, prohabh under federal lit ense I would stronglv support prel erential treatment lot small wood lot ow ners il and when the federal government begins to restrii t private log exports I believe in Amerii a I be have that we can remain the world s leading industrial pow er. providing our < itizens with one of tin' world's best stun dards of living, it we begin to promote polii les that favor in dustrial development over raw material exports and fair trade over free trade I'eter De Fazio (I FOrrt’unl is lht‘ rcprrsent0 and I 000 words. ltH>il>le and signed, and the identification of the writer must be verified upon submission