EDITORIAL
Weyerfiauser won’t
export local timber
It took a federal law for VVeyerhauser Go. to do it.
but the corporation will stop exporting logs from state
and federal lands in Oregon.
The new law bars companies that export logs front
buying federal limiter within the same geographical
area So VVeyerhauser had a choice: Either continue to
export logs from Coos Bay or continue to buy federal
logs for their Springfield mills.
Unfortunately, workers at Weyerhauser's Coos Bay
export mill might have to start looking for other jobs.
But VVeyerhauser made the right move based on princi
ples. Too bad it had to be forced.
Tacoma-based VVeyerhauser owns nearly 3 million
acres of timberlands in Washington and Oregon. Since
it does not buy federal timber in Oregon, it can legally
continue to export logs from Washington.
VVeyerhauser ran out of old growth timber on its
own land in the mid-1980s, so it started buying federal
timber. Apparently the ’•tree-growing people” aren't
growing them fast enough.
Federal legislation was introduced by Peter De
Fazio (D-Oregon) in Congress last year to ban log ex
porters from buying federal timber, but a watered
down version from Bob Packwood pasted instead.
About 50 million board feet of federal timber that
VVeyerhauser would have exported will now bo sent to
local mills or, it Weyerhauser chooses, not logged at
aH. , ,
It’s the quick buck that timber companies make by
exporting logs that is responsible for Northwest mill
workers’ troubles.
It is more profitable for timber companies such as
VVeyerhauser to simply export logs. It cuts out the mid
dlemen. who unfortunately happen to be Oregon milt
workers.
It is not environmentalists who are to blame for
any shortage of logs available to mills. Contrary to pop
ular rhetoric, trees are not growing back as fast as they
are cut. And unless federal legislation is passed forbid
ding the export of raw logs, it won't be long before ev
ery mill in Oregon closes.
It's hard to believe that VVeyerhauser really cares
about Oregon workers. Their actions sure don't show
it.
Until VVeyerhauser takes positive steps on its own
to provide local mills with lumber, instead of being
forced to hv federal legislation, what other conclusion
can we draw?
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THE
. OTHER
Tavern language policy racially motivated
An im idenl that happened over a yi“.ir
ago lias led to the filing of .1 lawsuit against
the lluwdy Pardner Tavern and the Kugene
Police Department
f our women, three Mexican-Americans
.ind one Native American, were playing pool
in the tavern. Two of them were speaking
Spanish. The other two. who were playing
at another table, were speaking English
The suit alleges that the two English
speaking women were approached by the
bartender and told that their friends would
have to leave It seems the tavern has a poli
cy against swearing, and the management
maintains that it people speak Spanish there
is no way for the bartender to tell if they are
using profanity or not
The suit against the EPI) alleges that
when police officers arrived on the scene,
tliev told the women they should just leave
The tavern's policy of not allowing non
English languages to be used is a thin veil
tor racism, l ive white members of Citizens
iii Solidarity with Central American People
decided they would test the tavern’s lan
guage policy by going to the tavern and
speaking only Spanish. They said they re
ceived some odd looks from the bartenders
and customers, but were not asked to leave.
Why were the people of color asked to
leave for speaking Spanish, when white peo
ple who spoke Spanish were allowed to
stay' There are two possibilities: the man
agement of the bar decided to drop the lan
guage policy, or the policy was only an ex
i use to keep people of color out. (liven the
inconsistent enforcement of the policy, and
the flimsy excuse for the policy's existence
in the first place, it is most likely a cover up
for a discrimination-motivated, restricted-ac
cess tavern
MKChA is sponsoring a rally at the How
dy Pardner Tavern Friday. People interested
in standing up to discrimination should go
to the rally at Howdy Pardner Tavern, 295
Highway 99 N., at Four-Corners and Roose
velt Street.
LETTERS
CIA facts
Regarding Mil hael St mis lei
leis 101)1' \ov lit), I li.ne sev
er.il responses
I'irsl. the C'.IA's illegal activi
lies .ire mil just "alleged
Ihev .ire I.it Is The CIA violates
the \eulr.tills Ac I Its launc hing
in11il.irs operations in countries
with svhic:h sse are supposedly
at pe.it e Its t overt operations
are a violation ol the War I’mv
eis Clause of the Constitution
keeping * ongress and the
I’ S pulilit in the dark while
dec tiling what wars we will on
gage in The CIA also violates
the Xuremlterg Charters lor
Crimes Against liumanits and
I’eate through its promotion of
war murder and torture These
are all laws that the Cniled
Stales has agreed to abide In
and that the (‘IA t inisistentls
siolates
Second, regarding ahortion.
the women of this state have”
the same legal right to dec tele
ahoiil aliortion The-CIA has no
legal rights regarding its at
lions Its protesting the CIA I'm
month Irving to uphold the
(amslitulion ol the Cniled
states as well as international
law
Finally. i>\ protesting the
CIA I c.loarly support the right
(ll people Ic) ( llOOHe Nut till1
rivttil uf people to i house to
overthrow democracy .old kill
others, hut the right uf people
to c hiKJ.se what kind of govern
ment the\ want
People have the right of sell
determination which the CIA
denies through terror and imir
der As .1 journalism major you
should have the ahililv to find
these truths lor vourselt
llv stopping the CIA ret ruit
mg, .1 step was taken tor i hoic e
.ind democrat v
|ohn Me Millan
( o-direi tor. Student campaign
for Disarmament
Manipulation
In her Nov H Ich lure.
Slarhawk "witi h god
dess" ei ofeininist, relied upon
am lent texts to substantiate her
version of land-based religion
some aspei ts of whic h ate
know n as w iti hi rail
A cciuple of points must lie
mentioned Slarhaxvk interprets
history lo serve purser politic s,
she appeals to the romance ol
history old being good, an
c lent lietter. pre historic lies!
with little attempt to evaluate
ear h period on its own merits
Starhawk s use o( history rrus
(ertainly creative interpreta
tion In describing a slid! from
a pe,ii etui, earth Itused goddess
culture to a higher density
male-dominated, ysarltkc popu
lation. she said yvomeii "lost
control of their own sexuality,
their oyy n reproduc turn
This yvould follow I mm her
reference to rape of rvotnen In
invaders, hut she implied that
yyomen previously had that
"c ontrol
llorvever. it is highly unlike
ly that "control" of reprodm ■
lion had milt h plai e in am lent
i ultnre, other than in attempts
to mi rease fertility. mm h less
serve to lo< us feminist power
further. she implied that this
"control" was conducive to
peace in earlier goddess cul
tures where there were fewer
babies to hei ome warriors
Do I discern a neatly turned
rationale lor women's repro
ductive "control" (euphemism
lor attention) to promote peace7
could llns lie an innovative
glaze over historic .cl record to
empower contemporary
ecolominist agenda that of
reclaiming lost female power7
Since Starhawk use's history
to legitimize her arguments,
how can she- justify her cross
over between history telling
and myth making?
The comhination of altering
historv In interpretation and
consc mush creating myths to
support politic .cl goals has
alarming implications tor all
students of history
( .aria Moser
History
Art History Alumna
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