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<br />\~lll elsl\wh~r~. l:lut lhen becauoe "ail1UII uf waler'.' l.lroull'hll ma)'l'etur
<br />ftard'and'[a.st cutuff would lmpolew:t there's lltlle reason Why a mood
<br />hardships 0\\ users with thangftd clr. ul pUblic panic !lnd' crisIs pollcles
<br />cumstances, such as a l:'rrlwlllll' busl. must lnevl~bl)l Inllow.
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<br />A Species of Extremism
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<br />Lnterlor Secretary Manuel Lujan
<br />became Environmentalist Enemy
<br />Number Olle this month when he SUII"
<br />ieSled Congress rethink the 1973 En.
<br />da.ngered SpecJcs At!. He says till'
<br />laW needlcssly pl'ohlblts lIny develop.
<br />ment whenever It could d~mage all
<br />endl111iel'ed animal, even lIlt Is lound
<br />in other llreM ami Is only one of
<br />dozens of subspecies.
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<br />~ecrul!lry Lujan quickly retreated
<br />under a !lrestarm ul criticism. anll
<br />s,'ys he won't press lor ChMil'es 11I1he
<br />lull', Huwever, he remains "very Irus.
<br />tl'Med" bylllc species law's byzllntlne
<br />requirements, This month he wi1$told
<br />thaI the Anlmu'La Plata waleI' proJ'
<br />ect In Colorado cuuldn't be built be.
<br />causc II would threaten elldllne-ered
<br />squa wflsh, Tile S582 million project
<br />would llrovldc watH lor four Indian
<br />trIbes,
<br />MI'. I.ujan ~ays thp law alluws no
<br />provision lor the Ilard~hlpll it Imposes
<br />on thp. Indians. He also notu that
<br />squa wflsh are found In many otller
<br />areas. In oregun, they lire predators
<br />that account for tile loss of mllllons of
<br />mlgrallng steelhead and salmon
<br />smalts, 'ra control the losses, state
<br />and federal blolo&1sts there have just
<br />begun p~yll1i' fishermen $1 for every
<br />squaw fish the)' catch. Is tile squawllsh
<br />perhaps more ehdunrer1n&, tl1an en-
<br />c\lln~p.rP.c\?
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<br />The straitjacket rules of the En.
<br />dangered Speclu Act lire ilso at the
<br />center of a holy war on ArIZOlla's
<br />Moum Graham, The University 01 Ar-
<br />Izona. the Smithsonian LnsUtutlon and
<br />Ihe Vllllclll1 Observatory hupe to build
<br />a world.class $200 million observatory
<br />on the summit. It would put tile U,S,
<br />In Ihe loralront of astropllyslcs.
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<br />But tile area Is also hOme to tile
<br />last known exan\ples of tile Mount
<br />Grallil.m red squirrel. Until word 01
<br />the telescope project, environmental.
<br />Ists largely Ignored the red squirrel:
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<br />it Is only one of 25 subsp~cies of red
<br />squirrel, which Is common 111 Ille
<br />West.
<br />Moreover, no one has shown per.
<br />stlasl vely that the project would I1arm
<br />tlie squirrel, which has survived
<br />heavy logrlnil' un the mountain, along
<br />W1tll the presence of campers and fl. ,
<br />she I'm en. Telescop~. backen promIse
<br />to relorest the logged areas Bnd cre.
<br />ate a 1, TIlO.acre relul:e that would be
<br />of/.Ilrnlls to humans, 'l'he oll~ervutol')l
<br />would take up only 26 acres.
<br />None of this ~atls!les envlronmen.
<br />tal extremists who are masters at ma.
<br />nlpull1t1nr the Endangered Species
<br />Act-not merely to protect animals.
<br />but to blOck any and all development.
<br />A deat.! ~llul"l'el hilS bet:n sent to the
<br />project's director, and the UniverSity
<br />of Arizona has been vandaJlzed. One
<br />pro' telescope blolorist hu receIved a
<br />death threat in the mall, '
<br />1M Rev, Georil'tl Coyne. director 01
<br />the Vatlcan Observatory, bell eves that
<br />if lamp. of his envlronmentallst foes
<br />hnd been "present a.t the creation 01
<br />the world. they would have said to
<br />God, '01<, stop now. You've g'ot all tile
<br />birds. Don't create man, because he's
<br />iO,lnl: to mess it all up,' "
<br />Ratller than retreat, Mr, Lujan
<br />should ask that th. Endaniered Spe'
<br />cles Law be amellded so that lactors
<br />sucll as Job losses and social costs are
<br />consltlered. 'Ehe law shouldn't malCe
<br />absolute protectlon II 101'1n 01 worship
<br />If the same animals are found. else.
<br />w~lre. have many subspecies or can
<br />be relocated. Speakln&, Monday In
<br />. Portland, Oregon, on the dispute over
<br />saving the spotted owl's habItat whlie
<br />putllnr louers out of work. President
<br />Bush sald. "Common sense tells us to
<br />find II needed balance," Mr. Bush's
<br />cull lor "balance" Is an Important ele.
<br />ment that has been missing' lor too
<br />loni' froln the way ihis country thinks
<br />about the human species' place In the
<br />cnvlronment.
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<br />Asides
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<br />Colonlalized Colonlali$ts
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<br />The poor Russians. They are play-
<br />Ini' the role 01 a "colony" to tllelr Co'
<br />macon partners by l~tt\ng them buy
<br />row moterlals cheaply, accordlni to a
<br />Moscow weekly. Fur their generous
<br />subsidization - estlmated at an annual
<br />$140 a person In thp case ot HUllgUfv-
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<br />viet senlllnent Is Ilourtshlnr. and Mos.
<br />cow's political and mllltary Influence
<br />1s plummeting, Machinery and equip.
<br />!nent the Russians got Irom Comecon
<br />trade have been obsoluscent and over-
<br />priced, the paper comlllt.lns, The So.
<br />viets Ignored their naUonaJ Interuts
<br />by not Inslstlnr on market-oriented reo
<br />iaUcn! In..~omeco~. N(wGj~ Vremjn.
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<br />r~~1l lUld WOll1tn .UUnr quietly .",1
<br />de y, The dl,pl~s were Illled Willi'
<br />fru~ rullS and vegetables, but we were
<br />Ole only cUftom8l'8. Tllert Will an eeMe Sl'
<br />lence And a mood olplm deltl'mlll.Uon.
<br />Only nnn nl lhr. Knre~ne, n YO\lll; mall.
<br />.poke E~rll.h, We expre..e<l our '''I'purl, I
<br />and lie lhlnked us, My trlelld bll"Wht snm~ '
<br />fruit. There WO\.I IOmelhlllr ttl'l'lbly Il\d
<br />about the plla'ht ot these people, slttillK In .
<br />their empty store, .trurrlln, to make a IIv.
<br />In" It seemed to me thnt Illhey were preJ.
<br />\Idle~d aralllBt blacks, IS Sonny Cal'son
<br />claims, they would be OUI ul ~u.lneQ with,
<br />OUI his IntervenUon, Ilnce alll\ull an at B'
<br />Ihe avenue's IhoPll81'1 ~re blaCK, and thue III Ihls ~
<br />are mllllY other Irult markets on It, school adll
<br />AI we,lett, the demonstrators lOullered wh~ther to
<br />hostile comlllenlli, but nOlhln, mol'l!. twu lIIurlles. Th.
<br />block. away, however, w"' encountered a ject 0/ deba,
<br />march 01 about 150 blac~s, on their way to n growlnr ~.
<br />Ihe two llOl'Qt, It was SOllllY Car.un', Flnt. lhl \1,$,
<br />bullll !l'rwltllne Collective, shoulln, SlO'lI111 ' In Ihurt.
<br />, like "lloyeotll" "Nu rnpect, no poacel" todlY as bei
<br />, "Shut It down I " and "No more Red Apple! lownrd nlil
<br />No more Church Frul!!" Tile mlrchsrs prnyers rn:
<br />carried red'rreell'lIIld.bll1Ck pt\n'AII'lcan ~tl\le'nuthor:
<br />Onp and shook tUelr lists. Tiley were pro' III public 1':
<br />I.tcted by about 100 police olllcel'll, Wlltn U..
<br />I thourht about tne Korealls, 1'lley 110 orlrlnal WIl
<br />doubt leal'1!d not only lor their llvellllOUd u, VIlale), I "
<br />but tiletr IIvel. Did they understand what ~Id only Ital
<br />w.. happenln" or lhe rlib new. paper sto. praYln. As
<br />Mes'that rationalized the conlllct III "a correctly d.,
<br />cluh of cultures"7 but whal W.
<br />, llllvlnK cume to maturIty In the 1S6UII, t slon was fai
<br />pondel'ed which side of the. barMcades that this dr
<br />Martin Luther KJnr Jr, would h~vr been ch~ln of leg'
<br />on. He won rreatmoralllatur.. because he uCUnn. lhal
<br />always pitted tile powerlell MKlIlnst the clrcum.tnn!:
<br />powerful. Hs uII11ed the claims uf justice and even cn
<br />aralnst unJust lawa and pracllm. Ills ac. Such IL sll
<br />Uons and words hAd moral/urce because In Utah, for
<br />hs appealed to moral law. what the Found, arlltn over 1
<br />Inr Fathers called natural law. Kraduallon.
<br />I could nOlaee Kin, ralllnr agalns! hall 01 two slud~
<br />a duzen frightened Korean fruit vendors, year obJecte
<br />He preached love and lor,lvenlss, not were "donol
<br />, Ilatred and venreance, I co~ld nOI lmaQ'lh. ~iUli~U lll~ III
<br />him leading tl1e marchsra on Churth asked IhM I
<br />Aven~e. They bore a strlklnr resemblanc. national,"
<br />not to hls lollowerl, but to the whlle blrota Interprcti
<br />who aerul'lIed eptthela at the Irl,hlened nmer requlr
<br />black chlldren who Inlegrated IChOQls In Christ not br
<br />Uttle Rock 32 YUrt ago. public hirh"
<br />1.&st week, MaYUr Dlnklna delivered an 1l1lluKht lIf III
<br />eloquent statement against rlclm lRd ln lhat me.
<br />prejudice, but he has avolned AnY direct erump.nt ha.
<br />Involvement In the tetlfrontallen on Before Ame!
<br />Cltureh Avenus, Hla oomllllsslontr of hu. judicial paWl
<br />man rlrhta 11 conductin, norotlatlonsll1at not be lncluc
<br />have drarred all lor tour months. When member lhn
<br />thl commissioner was asked on television neu of JIllvet
<br />why the mayor dId not personally break It Is not par:
<br />the boycott, he said that the mayor was censor a pI':
<br />U1!1lI~Ujll tll~ llliipulll IUld did nOI tlna It The SUP1'
<br />useful to lake ,Ides. pie jUlt 81" y
<br />Whlr~ Iil'lllhe clwlIplons 01 civil rlrllts ment that tlll
<br />and civiL Uberties? Where are 0111' ICflSI&' aall'mhly w.
<br />tors. who are quick to vote 101' ~lvll.tl.hl~ Always ofttl'
<br />bllls In Washlllrton and Albany but a~sent rlou. d~lIom
<br />when Clvllllghts are on trial In New York contellt of Ij'
<br />City? Why haven't busloadt 01 church Judges whrr'
<br />rroupa alld colle~e students and labor un, lion thnl th~
<br />Ions and others Who care about human exploited to
<br />rlrhlll descended all Church Avenue 10 IUP- Under tit
<br />port lhtle powerless Korean fruit mer. Utnh to hav~
<br />chants wllo seek nUlnlng mare lhan the' I be Included j
<br />",hi to earn An hon~st llvln~' . BUI even a \'
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