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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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