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STATEMENT 

 Of 

 FLORIAN SEVER 

 before the 



SENATE ENERGY COMMITTEE 



SUBCOMMITTEE on PUBLIC LANDS, NATIONAL PARKS and FORESTS 



April 25, 1989 



Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: 



My name is Florian Sever. I am here today to speak in favor 

 of Senator Wirth's bill, S. 346. I would add that the 

 "moratorium areas" in S. 346 should, and must, be 

 strengthened to the "Wilderness" designation. . .the "Old 

 Growth" rainforest is too rare to squander on the production 

 of rayon and tissue paper. The Japanese will only demand 

 more and more of the "Old Growth" to sate their ever 

 expanding lust for profit. 



I was an employee of Alaska Pulp Corporation, a company 

 owned entirely by the Japanese. During the 1986 strike in 

 Sitka, I was a Union negotiator. The members of my union 

 were permanently replaced and my union was decertified. I 

 would like to submit a letter from my union in support of 

 S.346 for the record. 



