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brought by the timber industry has not been an unmixed blessing. 

 The notion that somehow Alaskans instinctively know how to man- 

 age the land without making the same mistakes that were made 

 in the Lower 48 is ludicrous. I have heard a hundred stories of how 

 bad it is down there, along with a general belief that it cannot hap- 

 pen here. Well, it can happen, and it will, if we do not take the 

 steps now to preserve and protect those values that drew these peo- 

 ple here to Alaska in the first place. Money is not the only value 

 here. 



"I am also totally opposed to the proposed 15-year contract exten- 

 sion of KPC. We have been held hostage by this multinational 

 giant for too long now. Not only are they convicted felons for their 

 pollution violations, they were found guilty in the past for causing 

 untold grief and suffering to families and individuals when they, 

 along with APC, callously put over 100 small operators out of busi- 

 ness. These fine corporations have not changed their goals; they 

 have only changed their methods. 



"If LPK employees want to see their future, look what LP did to 

 their employees in their headquarters' town of Scotia, California, 

 when they closed down their own mills and began shipping logs in 

 the round to Mexico for milling. Or look at their huge new state- 

 of-the-art pulp mill in British Columbia. No chlorine or other toxic 

 chemicals, fully utilized logs — why was not the mill here upgraded 

 instead? We all know why. It is just a matter of time until LP 

 shuts this operation down permanently and continues with their 

 move to foreign countries. 



"We need to move ahead with plans to provide for a smooth tran- 

 sition to a smaller, locally owned and operated value-added indus- 

 try. We need to forget about rewarding LPK with a contract exten- 

 sion, cancel the existing contract, work with the Forest Service to- 

 ward a truly balanced plan for the Tongass, heal the wounds, and 

 end the warfare." 



The Chairman. Thank you, Marc. 



The next one is Wes Morrison, Hydaburg. 



STATEMENT OF WES MORRISON, HYDABURG 



Mr. Morrison. Yes. Wes Morrison, Hydaburg. 



I was asked to testify day before yesterday. I have made a few 

 small notes. A couple points I would like to make. 



On Monday, my 83-year-old aunt brought me a copy of a docu- 

 ment signed by her father, Mike Shanaw, and several other people 

 in the village of Hydaburg. It was not dated, and I showed it to 

 several people in the town and — whose ancestors also signed this 

 document. 



Hydaburg was founded in 1911, and because of when somebody 

 had died that had signed the document, we figured it was signed 

 somewhere between 1911 and 1924. 



Indians back then were nonpeople. The petition was to Congress 

 requesting citizenship, and part of that request was concessions 

 that they were going to make for the honor — I will not enumerate 

 the concessions, but one of them that it was not, they did not agree 

 to turn Prince of Wales Island over to the Ketchikan Pulp Com- 

 pany. That was not one of the concessions. 



