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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1992)
P*MMO trf Jj*Lm 8+rg An enthusiastic crowd graatad Gaorge Bush during his Sapt. 14 visit to a timber mill in White City, a small community east oi Medford. Bush promises lobs over owls □ President gets en thusiastic greeting at timber mill outside of Medford By Pat Malach Emerald Editor WHITE CITY President Hush declared "the balance has boon lost" and vowed last week that ho would not renew the Endangered Species Act unless it considered "the human fac tor." Hush, speaking to an enthusi astic crowd at the Burrill Lum ber Co. in this small timber community outside of Mori ford, said the Endangered Species Act had been changed from a "shield for species" us it was intended, to a "sword aimed at jobs." “it’s time to fight for jobs, families and communities,” Bush told the crowd of uboui 3,500 "It is my firm belief that people and their jobs deserve protection, too. Each pair of owls gels 3.500 acres to itself. And meanwhile, jobs, families and communities ure being wiped out in the process "it is time to make people more important than owls," lie told the cheering crowd Hush's jobs vs. owls message was in stark contrast to Gov. Bill Clinton, who, during a visit with timber families in Eugene, admitted some jobs will be lost. He promised retraining and compensation for workers dis located by federal policy. “My view is If wo put the problem in terms of people or fotosts, we've lost before wo start," Clinton told the families at a backyard meeting. Bush promised the White City crowd he would “fix" the act to keep people employed "in 1993 and beyond." "I call on the United States Congress to pass my plan,” Bush said, “to produce 2.6-bil lion board feet of timber from Forest Service lands in the Northwest next year and at least 500-million board feet on BLM land.” Bush said he would tie the legislation to language that would prevent any lawsuits to the harvests. Bush also re newed his pledge to speed up the proems of harvesting dead and dying timber ho said hud been building up during a sev en-year drought He said the plan would reduce the risk of fire and provide up to 450-tnil lion board feet of timber for mills Shifting gears. Bush criti cized Clinton, calling him "Gov Doublespeak." "When he heard I was com ing here.” Bush said, "Mr. Clin ton cynically held out false hope to timber families by promising another meeting "Now look." Bush said, pointing to a stack of papers on the podium next to him. "We've produced a pile of studies and proposals this high. The good news for the timber industry is all the trees it took to print all these darn reports. "And so I say to Cuv. Clin ton." Bush said. "No more studies Help me change the law." The President's message played well ut the lumber mill, where timber workers from area mills hud received ad vanco li( kets fur access to the speech |ohn Young, it timber worker from Riddle. said he believed flush's speech was right on tar get "Wit want the turd to live, too,” Young said ' But I think people are a little more Impor tant here ' Richard Rondeau of Myrtle Crock said fie would like to see the Endangered Spec ies Ac t kept on the books, but law makers should 'do something to limit the amount of acreage (the owl) lias to have However, Paul Clayton, also of Myrtle Creek, was not im pressed with flush's visit “I'd like to ask that boy how come he don't do things during his term,” Clayton said, ‘‘and then promise ’em come time for the election. Why doesn't he do it during the year He blames it on the Congress, and now all the sudden he can do it. It's just whatever you want to hear It's just campaign promises." 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