EDITORIAL
Yes on Measure 6,
recycling initiative
Oregon again has the chance to lead the nation in
progressive recycling. We urge a ves vote on Measure
6.
Measure 6 sets guidelines, to be phased in gradual
ly. for the packaging of products sold at retail nr
wholesale outlets in the state.
While many consumers
have incorporated recycling
into their daily lives, industries
have yet to get on the bandwag
on. They won't until they have
to.
Almost Si out of every $10
that Americans spend on food pays for packaging- "'e
not only pay for it when we buy it. but we pay to have
it hauled away.
Packaging accounts for SO percent of solid wastes.
Recycling saves landfill space and actually will create
new jobs. A study by the New York State Recycling Fo
rum showed that recycling 10.000 Ions of waste creates
36 jobs, while dumping the same amount in a landfill
creates only six.
Industries will benefit from Measure 6. They will
save money because it costs more to manufacture new
packaging than to recycle the old stuff
Also, recycling reduces pollution bv reducing
waste Using recycled materials reduces air pollution
by as much as 95 percent in some cases
The bottle bill, passed in Oregon in 1971. wasn't
supposed to work either Aluminum companies
claimed the bottle bill would cripple them, and they
spent millions of dollars to defeat the measure
It's 20 years later and the bottle bill worked so well
in Oregon that more than a dozen other states have si
milar laws. And aluminum companies haven't suffered
a tut.
Only companies that manufacture throwaway
packaging oppose Measure u About 85 percent of the
$1.4 million contributed to defeat Measure t> comes
from corporations outside of Oregon. Chevron Chemi
cal, Occidental Chemical, Proctor & Gamble. Dow
Chemical and Exxon have all contributed more than
$50,000 each to defeat it,
Measure 6 does not ban any products. It exempts
packaging necessary to comply with health and safety
laws. Measure h will not dog the courts with lawsuits
Adjustments and reviews will have to lie made
about Measure f>. Hut the important, initial step is to
pass it. And watch Oregon lead the nation into the 21st
c entury.
4
Ichabod Bush and fh£ Lep«\d
of Budpet Ilollov
Return Kerens, Hill to Salem, but not Jolin
Three races for state Senate seats could
have a large impact on l Jniversity students.
In the race for Senate District 20. Demo
cratic incumbent Grattan kerans is facing
Republican challenger Peter Swan.
kerans has
served five terms in
the Oregon House
and was elected to
the Senate in l'lHfi
He is the obvious
choir e for the job
While Swan, a l diversity law professor,
has strong legal skills and a good grasp of
the issues, kerans has experience and a
good record in Salem.
kerans worked for the new Oregon mini
mum wage law . whic h will increase hourly
pay again in lanuarv In environment-con
scious Kugene. kerans has .1 stellar record as
an environmental advocate. He co-spon
sored the log export ban bill and has worked
to develop new jobs for timber workers.
In District 21. Democratic incumbent
Lirr\ Hill is the type of grass-roots people's
politician the- state* needs
Iii a time when there is a need for state
lawmakers who are knowledgeable about the
timber industry, Hill is well qualified. Hill
was a forest products millworker lor 14
years before going into politics.
Hill's eight years ol governing experi
ence give him an advantage over his chal
lenger, Kail Walters, a union representative
and former advertising director for The AVg
ister-Cuard, who has no prior governmental
experience.
In District 22, Democratic incumbent
Peg Jolin is facing Republican challenger
Paul Holbo. In this race voters should ignore
experience and oust the incumbent.
jolin, who has strong connections to the
timber industry, is a conservative in Demo
crat's clothing. She has consistently favored
timber industry positions and has jokingly
made anti-spotted owl statements.
Holbo. a University vice provost, has lit
tle governmental experience, but he is com
mitted to higher education funding and pub
lic: school reform, and he would be a strong
voice for students in Salem.
LETTERS
Garbage lies
Opponents of Ballot Measure
ti have gone too lar.
As if their dec ision to mis
leadingly c .ill themselves the
"Oregon Committee for Kim \t I
mg" weren't enough, they
have now launched a deceitful,
multimillion dollar ad cam
paign to try and topple the
most innovative piece of legis
lation in Oregon's history As
responsible, freethmking Ore
gonians. we must not let this
happen
While they call themselves
an "Oregon” committee, they
are almost entirely funded by
giant, out-of state organiza
tions. ini hiding Dow Chemi
cal. Chevron Chemic al. The So
. iety of Plastics, and the Poly
styrene Par kaging Count il
Their advertisements (ini hid
ing those in the voter's pain
phlet) are c omposed of several
blatant Inw
l ie No I food safety is at
risk
truth A state ballot measure
c annol override federal law
I'he PDA has c lear. well-estab
lished standards tor food safe
1}
I.it- No J It Measure t> pass
i*s. thousands of everyday prod
ui ts will no longer In* available
in ()regon
Truth With Oregon’s popu
lation of J .buo.oon consumers,
out-of-state inanufacturers will
not withdraw from the market
They 'll change their pat kaging
hie No :t Measure t> does
nothing to improve ret v< ling
Truth: Until manufacturers
are forced to start using recy
cled materials, the "recycling"
we do at the t urbside will be an
exorcise in futility
l-'or years industry has been
the missing link in the cycle
Measure t> at last will bridge
this gap by creating markets for
re< vclables
('heck the facts yourself, and
please don't buy their gar
hage Vote yes on u
Craig Hamilton
l*s\ t linlngv
Ironic choice
Daily I am offended by the
disgusting liiwral bias of the
Emttraltl With measures H ami
HI going to the vote tin- bias
lias Ins ome more and more ««p
parent Partit ularly offensive
was the full-page ad devoted to
the "pro-choice" for women's
lives rally
Hit of an ironic name, isn’t
it' let's not gloss over what we
really mean How can one use
the words "life" and "death"
when we are really referring to
death as a way out? The issue
at hand is convenience abor
tion "Pro-choice" is the op
tion to terminate an innocent
life that has no choice.
I am nauseated that such a
matter is even debatable. Wom
en have the right to the control
of their bodies, and they have a
choice.
Your choice is made at the
point of conception you
choose to b»K a me pregnant and
give birth, or not get pregnant
in the first place. (Measure H
gives exception for the c ases ut
rape and incest.)
Make a responsible dec ision
(Sc pret oneeption birth control
if \ou do not wish to have ( hil
dren. Do not end an innocent
human life because it is incon
venient Ivxercise umr trim
right to c house
Don't cloud the issue. Fight
for the right to choose, not the
right to kill.
Kric lea
Physics
Media bias
We are writing in response to
the editorial "Say No to Re
strictive Abortion Issues"
( ODE. Oct. 23).
We are offended at the col
ored journalism reflected in
this editorial. The portion
speaking about Measure 10 is
either fully lacking understand
ing of the measure or just plain
biased
The Emerald is quoted as
saving. "The varying family
situations are not taken into ac
count by Measure to There
j**® no legal _ a [terry lives _ jn
Measure 10 for Kiris wanting to
avoid telling the parents Or
egon's version would allow no
exceptions Those involved
with abusive or ini estuous fam
ily situations are not the only
people who would be left out
in the cold.1 ‘
Measure 111. section X
subsections 2 and 3 provide
protection for those who have
been subjected to rape or inces
tuous family relations It also
gives exceptions in section t.
subsections 1 and 4 to those
whose pregnancies may result
in physical harm or death and
to those who are legally eman
cipated.
Measure 10 is a well-thought
out and researched piece of leg
islation. which is more than we
can say for the Emerald's edito
rial.
Read your voter's manual to
vote, and disregard media
propaganda.
Debbie Buckles
Trudy ('.lark
l.ydia Shaffer
Students