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WPTC7l9)lnfe A4 The Daily News Wednesday, May 31, 1989 Editorials Less government still best port. But they want a great deal of taxpayer support at least 50 percent government financing. This was the rough proposal a few influential industrial officials made earlier this month to Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher. Happily, Mosbacher didn't bite. Private sector research and development financed mostly by government may or may not help some industries become more competitive with their foreign counterparts in the short-term.

But it certainly would make American industry more dependent on government, which would make industry more inclined to accept government direction. Mosbacher has a better idea: Industry should look to government to encourage research only through such methods as loosening antitrust restrictions and providing tax incentives. The offer of more tax incentives is a step away from the rigid views of the previous administration. It's a cautious step, which should appeal to the conservative instincts of leaders in the business community. A new breeze blowing INDUSTRIAL POLICY" once 1 were considered fighting words by private sector business leaders.

Federal bureaucrats had no business dictating policy to American industry, it was argued. In any event, what did the bureaucracy know of industrial development? Not much, as it turned out. The government-managed synthetic fuels industry was an extraordinary failure. The government-backed nuclear power industry is barely breathing. Business leaders were right to question the wisdom of involving government more directly in industrial planning.

But some industrial officials now are having second thoughts. Leaders in high-tech manufacturing apparently are willing to trade some decision-making powers for a bigger government investment in their operations. That's a mistake. These industrial officials want minimal government involvement, to be sure. They want an "industry-led" policy where the private sector judges the market and selects research worthy of government sup No need for a CONGRESS HAS suffered a firestorm of protest over an income tax surcharge enacted to help finance Medicare's new catastrophic illness program.

It's prompted some members to try to delay implementation of the surtax. That action is ill-advised. The facts don't justify a hasty retreat. Most of the elderly people covered by the program would pay only a nominal surcharge, if any at all. No more than 5 percent of those eligible for Medicare have incomes high enough to be subject to the maximum income tax surcharge of 15 percent.

There are concerns more deserving of congressional attention than Polluters no better than addicts would only worsen. We have entered the same biological cul de sac a cancer enters when it subordinates the health of its host to its own aberrant "growth" and "progress." Since "traditional values" have brought on this global nightmare, we need to think along different lines. By breeding less and consuming less reproductive and material abstinence being antithetical to the pro-family materialism that is destroying the world we can minimize our participation in the gang rape of nature. Instead of saying, "I want a child" or "I want a car," we can arrange our priorities according to what the planet needs. Certainly it doesn't need any more humans or automobiles.

It does need strong anti-family advocates with the courage to expose our stupidity and selfishness and the wisdom to tell us how we must change and sacrifice to save our endangered planet and our benighted species. Right now we are being led into the apocalypse by flattering knaves and vi-sionless dullards, men with rings of money in their noses and a seemingly hard-wired inability to speak the truth, i Trick is staying in the news IT'S HARD to believe, but political insiders in Arizona are betting that ex-Governor Evan Mecham will make a startling comeback. Mecham has declared his intention to reclaim the governor's office in 1990, and he's the favorite to win the Republican primary. Only a short time ago Mecham was removed from office by a state Senate court of impeachment. To consider another run at that office so Reader Commentary Drugs are a microcosm of modern society, the fast lane of a freeway we are all traveling down.

Judging by the success of George "read my palms" Bush's shameless demagoguery last fall, most Americans want toys (money) and lullabies (Pledge of Allegiance) and pajamas with feet We don't want to face the fact that we are creating an ecological hell on Earth for which the future will curse us. We want scapegoats to blame: homosexuals, humanists, liberals, the ACLU. We don't want to hear about the monstrous crimes against nature we are all committing. In short, we want to frolic in a crib of false security and nurse on a bottle of self -righteousness. But nostalgia and sanctimony won't solve the problem of 5 billion human beings sucking out the planet's lifeblood and replacing it with pollution.

Even if we eliminated crime, drugs, poverty and disease, and if we all became patriotic, heterosexual moral ma-joritarians and lifetime members of the NRA, the real problems of the human race overpopulation and the destruction of the planetary environment Letters to the Editor agree that her past at LCC was irrelevant. However, she is a teacher. A teacher in the school district that is charged with the education and well-being of my children. To me, that makes it very revelant. I wonder how many of those who do not see the significance actually took a class from Dr.

Snyder while she was at the college. I did. I applaud the intentions of those who champion against discrimination. But to those who choose to bleed before they see an open wound, please get off the cross. We need the wood.

Sandy Hayes Longview Competition will help As taxpayers continue to read about the legislation to bail out insolvent savings and loans, currently being squeezed through the wringer of various House committees, they should understand the individual costs involved. In fact, if you divide the combined estimated number of income tax filers in 1988 approximately 111 million into the estimated $150 billion bailout bill, each filer will have to shell out an average $1,351 to clean up the situation. Unfortunately, this has been necessitated by a fundamentally flawed regulatory structure. Both the administration and Congress have pledged "never again" shall a situation like this occur. Yet, the current regulatory scheme governing the U.S.

financial services industry is antiquated, inefficient and not equipped to prevent such crises. The savings and loan fiasco is really a warning, signaling broader problems facing our nation's entire financial services sector. The Depository Institution Affiliation Act (DIAA), a bill recently introduced in (both the House and Senate) addresses the need for overall structural reform of the financial services industry. In effect, this bill would break down barriers between providers of financial services, allowing companies to own both banks and other lines of business, provided the bank is well-capitalized and firewalls are in place to prevent abuses. Increased competition means improved services at better prices for consumers.

Samuel J. Baptists Washington, D.C. The Daily News hasty retreat this surtax. One is the program's limited scope. This program is designed to protect Medicare beneficiaries against catastrophic medical expenses by limiting the amount they have to pay out of pocket for hospital and doctor bills.

The design should have included protection against the expense of long-term nursing care. That also can be catastrophic. Congress didn't address that need because most members felt it would cost too much. The chances of ever addressing it would appear slim indeed if Congress now balks at asking those who can afford it to pay for the limited coverage offered by the existing program. soon is a little brash.

But that's just the attitude that launched Mecham's political career. It makes headlines. Mecham has always managed to grab more than his share of headlines. In this upcoming race, he may further the notion that making news good or bad is all it takes to win political office. Moderate Arizona Republicans are hoping he doesn't.

and Publisher Charles R. Koethke, Classified Ad Manager Steve Lafady, Human Resources Manager Harold Luhn. Display Advertising Manager Bonnie Snyder, Business Manager Kenneth Weakley, Marketing Director Jimmy By David Leach Longview resident Acid rain, toxic wind, deforestation, global erosion, ocean pollution, wildlife extinction, ozone depletion, the greenhouse effect these phenomena all confirm the view that Homo sapiens is a biospheric pathogen. Ecologically, our towns and cities are ulcers and tumors on the planet's face. If humans should be jailed for polluting their own bodies with drugs, why shouldn't we all be jailed for polluting the whole world? The smokestacks and drainpipes of civilization are syringes injecting poison into the earthly body.

Whales full of PCBs and kids full of cocaine are symptoms of the same disease. If we really want to understand why people abuse drugs, knowing that they may impair their physical or mental health, we need only ask ourselves why we drive recreationally, knowing that the combustion of gasoline is destroying the atmosphere. In a hundred ways we demonstrate every day that we are morally and psychologically no different or better than drug addicts. Allegations concern My family and I have a close friend who has experienced abuse in a nursing home. Many other patients experienced abuse also.

What we have witnessed is misconduct by the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) in investigating these abuses. The reporting of rape, an assault and other abuses were allegedly covered up by state officials. The 10-year state ombudsman, Yong Hall, was removed from her position when she moved to investigate. In April, I was asked to represent Sea-King Council, a Washington state advocacy group, at the annual meeting of Americans for Better Care in Kansas. This is a national organization that advocates for nursing home residents.

At this meeting, I met the publisher of a monthly newspaper called the Watchdog, which exposes neglect and abuse in nursing homes and calls for state and federal agencies to be accountable in enforcing the law. The publisher, Charlie Fish, asked me to do a monthly feature page exclusively on Washington state nursing homes. Anyone wanting more information on these advocacy groups or to know how to receive the Watchdog can contact me at P.O. Box 266, Chinook, 98614. Judith A.

Cole Chinook Interest is appropriate As a parent in the Kelso School District, I am sure that I have heard as wild a rumor as anyone in regards to Colleen Snyder. Personally, I could care less what a teacher or anyone else does in the privacy of their own home. However, when their actions come under public scrutiny, I do care. A professional, who is involved with the care and guidance of children, does not have the luxury of such "mistakes" going unnoticed. The idea that the Kelso School District would railroad her or anyone else is ridiculous.

I personally respect and professionally admire Gay Selby and the others in the Kelso School Administration. These people are dedicated to the standards of education that we in Kelso are so proud of. I am sure that if any action is warranted it will be prudent and appropriate. If Snyder were not a teacher, I would TedM.Natt, Editor Jim Bross. Editorial Page Editor Wliiiam CoQlrw.

Production Director Jerry Engebo, Circulation Manager Vince Evans, Systems Manager Robert B. Gaston. Managing Editor A Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper J.M. McClelland, Publisher, 1923-1955 J.M. McClelland Publisher, 1955-1977 Special kind of person Last week was dedicated to the foster parent.

Do you know a foster parent? If you do, you have probably come to understand the special kind of person that it takes to be a foster parent. Opening your home to abused, neglected, or abandoned children is special. Caring for other parents' children during times of family stress is special. Do you know a foster parent? If you do, do something to make that special person feel special. Mike Theriault Social Worker Child Protective Services Kelso Always a friend Concerning the May 17 article on Terry Myklebust: Bravo to both The Daily News and to Terry.

Recognition of such a fine person restores my faith in humanity. Having known Terry for many years and what he went through as a result of the accident in Rosburg, it is great to see that once again he has shown all of us what true determination and being honest with yourself is all about. Throughout the years, Terry has always been "real people." Lucky for me, he's always been a friend too. Jerry D. Purrier Vancouver Women are dedicated The volunteers from the Domestic Violence Program and the Sexual Assault Program would like to express their thoughts on the mass resignations at the Emergency Support Shelter.

The public should know that these women are dedicated and caring professionals. Their concerns and grievances are valid and should be heard. We request the Board of Directors to re-examine the staff's grievances and come to amiable resolution. We support the staff in their endeavor to preserve the original philosophy of the Emergency Support Shelter. Mary Lou Miller -and 21 others CUe Rock Typhoid.