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The owners of Alaska Pulp Corporation do not live in the 

 Tongass, indeed they do not even live in the United States. 

 The Japanese interests that are reaping the windfall profits 

 generated by the destruction of this American treasure 

 obviously have little regard for the human rights of the 

 people of the Tongass. We are simply viewed as another 

 resource to them, to be used and then abandoned, much like 

 the precious timber land that they desecrate in the name of 

 profit . 



I chose long ago to speak out publicly, in the news media 

 and before the Congress of the United States of America, in 

 an effort to improve the lot of the common people of the 

 Tongass and to halt the destruction of this beautiful forest 

 that is my home. Because of my efforts to expose the truths 

 underlying the gluttony of the foreign timber interests and 

 the cruel treatment they have dealt their workers, I have 

 been accused by Alaska Pulp Corporation of being a liar, a 

 racist, and of "disloyalty" to Alaska Pulp. My statements 

 concerning Alaska Pulp Corporation have always reflected the 

 public record, and remain unrefuted by Alaska Pulp. These 

 actions, on their part, accentuate their absolute disrespect 

 for the Constitutional guarantees that belong to every 

 American citzen. They feel that they alone are the sole 

 possessors of any "rights" within their perceived domain, 

 the Tongass National Forest. 



