Small crowd hears SANE speaker
By Fritz Wenzel
Of The Print
Advocating a change in military
strategy away from “threats and
button-pushers” to an upgrading of
the conventional battle forces, fielding
questions on Central America and
describing the lobbying activities of the
Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy
(SANE) highlighted an address given
to 14 students who attended the lecture
at the College on Monday, May 6.
Jay Leon Hardy, assistant to the
director of the Portland chapter of
SANE, said the bargaining chip argu
ment President Reagan is using in the
MX missile debate “is ridiculous. We
don’t have a history of researching,
developing, and deploying destructive
weapons systems just to use them as a
bargaining chip. Eventually we will end
up using it.”
At one point Hardy called the Soviet
Union a “tyranny, not to be trusted,”
and then said the Reagan administra
tion should be negotiating a com
prehensive test ban treaty with them.
“You have to get a contract with those
that you do not trust, and then hold
them to it,” he said.
Restricting the flow of outdated
military weapons systems to third-
like Libya that are closely linked with
the Soviets, he said it should help
stablize the situation. He said a nuclear
anti-proliferation treaty between the
superpowers would also help slow the
growing number of countries that are
gaining their own nuclear capabilities.
Hardy answered a question about
where a superpower confrontation
might take place by saying Israel, as he
explained they have just deployed 100
limited-range nuclear bombs in the
Golan Heights region.
The small but lively group that heard
the lecture by Hardy asked questions
about a wide range of issues. U.S. in-
volvment in Central America was a
popular topic. Lou Stagnitto, the com
mittee’s canvas director for the
Portland area, said their involvment in
non-nuclear issues like Central
America stems from their fear that the
localized confrontation could escalate
into a nuclear war, and that they want
make sure the nuclear issue remains in
the forefront of the public’s mind.
“When the escalation of the Viet
nam war began in the 1960’s, we turn
ed our energy to stopping it, and the
nuclear arsenal ballooned wildly dur
ing that time,” Stagnitto said. “We
don’t want any kind of diversion to
stop our efforts in this area again,” he
added.
“the bargaining chip argument
in the MX debate...is ridiculous99
world countries is another issue that
Hardy addressed, saying that
Americans need to pressure their con
gressional representatives to pass
legislation that will prohibit the sale of
older technology and equipment to
other countries.
Hardy said that while this won’t stop
the whole problem, especially in places
Hardy said the likely scenario in
Nicaragua for the next two years in
clude the leftist Sandinista government
consolidating power within the country
and moving much closer to the Soviet
Union in their political and economic
ties. He said President Reagan’s recent
decision to place economic sanctions
on Nicaragua would be the major
cause of this move.
“It seems that the current ad
ministration is pushing the
Nicaraguans to do the very thing we do
not want them to do,” Hardy said.
Organizing the 175,000 members na
tionwide to put pressure on their con
gressional representatives is the way
the committee tries to effect changes in
policy, Hardy said.
The committee has only three lob
byists to work with all of Congress,
compared to 1,500 lobbyists from the
Pentagon, Hardy said. The effec
tiveness of the group, Hardy explain
ed, lies in the grassroots letter-writing
campaigns and the information net
work the committee has built.
In the case of Bob Packwood, Hardy
said the committe has organized 25,000
people to work for an opponent if
Packwood’s voting record with the
committee does not improve. “His
voting record is at 40 percent with us
right now, and our goal is that he will
be up around 70 percent at election
time.
ASG blood
drive today
There’s still time to donate blood to
day, as Clackamas Community Col
lege’s spring term blood drive will be
running until 3 p.m. today, May 8.
The blood drive is being held in the
Community Center from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. It is the College’s third blood
drive this year, and is being sponsored
by the Associated Student Govern-
ment(ASG).
The blood collected will be separated
into three parts and will be used for
various purposes. The three parts are
plasma, red blood cells and platelets.
All blood types are needed.
CCC Surplus Vehicle Sale
1979 Ford Granada
1972 VW Bus
1973 Ford Econoline Van
1975 Toyota Célica GT
Two 1979 Ford 15 Passenger Vans
For information, call ext. 227
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ELC membership has increased
from 75 members to 400. Herrmann
said the members provide almost
5,000 man hours of time in what he
calls a “volunteerism ethic.” He ad
ded some volunteers are being train
ed to handle the birds in the Birds of
Prey exhibit.
Between 2,100 and 2,600 people
attend ELC classes a year, com
pared to 300 in earlier times. “The
net result is that we’re producing
24-26 classes a term,” Herrmann
said, as opposed to the 10 classes
held back in the beginning. “The
place gets a lot of utilization,” he
added.
Two functions Herrmann con
siders to be the ELC’s most impor
tant are manpower training and
recycling capabilities. As for the
training, workers come from
workstudy, Employment Training
Business Service (formerly called
CETA), youth groups and
Clackamas Community Correc
tions.
“We’re using about 1,400 to
1,500 people a year,” Herrmann
said. He added he likes giving peo
ple from corrections a chance to
work, as he said it’s like the ELC is
“recycling the human spirit, so to
speak.”
As for recylcing, Herrmann said
the ELC is “intimately invloved in
waste reduction and recycling pro
grams in the county.” Such areas in
clude West Linn, Oregon City,
Milwaukie and Lake Oswego. The
College has also benefitted from the
ELC’s recycling program, as Herr
mann said by working with the
Oregon City Garbage Co. the Col
lege has saved approximately
$19,000 in garbage costs.
Scholarships
OREGON LOGGING CON
FERENCE: seven scholarships for
$350 each are awarded each year.
This scholarship is for students
who are in areas of study relating
to the wood products and logging
industries. Deadline is May 20.
BERTHA P. SINGER NURSES
FUND/U.S. NATIONAL BANK.
The amount of each award is
determined by the reviewing com
mittee. The applicant must be a
Nursing student. Deadline for ap
plication is May 31.
TRANSPORTATION CLUB OF
PORTLAND: three $750 scholar
ships are available for the 1985-86
school year to students studying
the field of transportation.
Deadline is May 20.
Tourism topic of
May conference
“You’re more than
welcome to Clackamas Coun
ty” will be the theme of a two-
day conference focusing on
tourism in Clackamas County
scheduled for Mayl5-16 and
sponsored by the Clackamas
County Associated Chambers
of Commerce. The Business
center of Clackamas County is
assisting in the planning of the
conference, and Governor Vic
Atiyeh will be the keynote
speaker.
“We’re: trying to develop a
greater understanding and
recognition of the economic
importance of tourism in
Clackamas
County’s
economy,” said Conference
Chairperson Keith Petrie.
Clackamas Community College