Putting People First / December 28, 1993
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PEOPLE'S BULLETIN
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     News and notices in the struggle against animal rights and eco-
     extremists

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Putting People First is a nonprofit organization
of citizens who believe in rights for humans and
welfare for animals, and who oppose the goals and
tactics of "animal rights" and environmental extremism.

PO Box 1707
Helena, Montana  59624
(406) 442-5700
FAX (406) 449-0942
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AND YOU THOUGHT WE HAD THE WHALE ISSUE LICKED

Just because we won the whale issue this year does not mean that it is
over.  Greenpeace, Sea Shepherd, Earth Island Institute, HSUS, will all
be back again and again, hoping to get what they want -- the use of any
animal or fish by man forbidden.  We must remain vigilant.

There will be a meeting of the IWC Interagency Committee on January 11,
1994, at 2:00 pm in room 6009 of the Herbert C. Hoover Building of the
Commerce Department.  We need to have representatives of common sense
there.  Please, if you have someone in Washington, D.C. that can attend
-- send them.

Because the previous meeting coincided with the Fly-In, we were able to
muster quite a few people and show the administration that most
Americans favor the use of science over emotion in forming public
policy.  Once is not enough.  We must become involved in the making of
public policy; those that attend are able to voice their opinions. 
Until recently, the sole attendees ere radical animal rights advocates.

No agenda has been set yet for the meeting, but the main topics will
include:

     o    Norway sanctions
     o    Japan whaling industry
     o    Antarctic Sanctuary
     o    Results from the circulated, revised management procedures

Two more meetings are planned before the 1994 Annual Meeting of the IWC. 
They are tentatively scheduled for March 10 and April 21, same time and
place as the January 11th meeting.  Included with the notice of the
meeting is a copy of the October 4, 1993 Report to Congress from
President Clinton justifying sanctioning of Norway under the Pelly
Amendment.  The President later backed away from sanctions on Norway.

For More Information, Contact:
Kevin Chu
Office of Internal Affairs
NOAA, Dept. of Commerce
National Marine Fisheries Service
Silver Spring, MD  20910
(301) 713-2276


ANOTHER GROUP OF ANGRY CITIZENS ORGANIZES

On July 4th of this year the River Warren Research Committee (RWRC) as
formed to insure that the truth is told about what is going on in the
Minnesota River corridor.  Their goal is to counteract what the
environmental groups, the government and the major media are
disseminating about the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers.

According to the RWRC, "At this very moment, Minnesota Governor Arne
Carlson, both houses of the state legislature, MPCA, MDNR, USEPA, with
the help of dozens of other agencies and governmental bodies, along with
groups such as American Rivers, Sierra Club, Clean Water Action, and
assisted by every major newspaper and media outlet in the state, are
marshalling their forces for an all-out attack on Minnesota's last
unconquered resource: its hog, dairy and crop farms."

RWRC has just completed The Warren, A Truly Forgotten River, an
exclusive report that is "a devastating expose" of deep-seated,
bureaucratic fraud."  RWRC is looking for support -- another grassroots
organization that just popped up and is working for free enterprise and
government returned to the people.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT
John F. Wilkinson
River Warren Research Committee
P. 0. Box 37
Rockford, Minnesota 55373
(612) 477-6156


ABSURD BUT NO LAUGHING MATTER

Max Strahan, head of GreenWorld (an animal rights organization that
focuses mainly on right whales), filed an initiative petition to place
the "Massachusetts Wildlife and Ecology Protection Act" on the
Massachusetts 1994 statewide election ballot.

While the petitioner of the initiative never came close to collecting
enough signatures to place it on the ballot, the fact that it was raised
in Massachusetts is chilling and this initiative or a knock-off could
show up  any where in the country.  Several parts of the initiative are
worth noting.  Section 1,4 states that "the plan will be designed to
ensure that the viability and status of all biological species of
wildlife and their habitats in the common wealth will in no way be
diminished and will be enhanced in each passing year."

Section 1.6 states, "It is prohibited to kill, injure, pursue, harass,
disturb, possess, harm, or take any wildlife that are members of either
(sic) of the biological orders Mammalia, Pisces, Aves, Reptilia, or
Amphibia."

Section 2 states, "Two board members shall belong to the Massachusetts
environmental organization GreenWorld, two members... to the
Massachusetts organization Coalition to End Animal Suffering and
Exploitation (CEASE), two ... to the environmental organization Earth
First!, and one member shall be a conservation biologist."

Thus no wildlife can be taken in any manner.  In fact, their habitat and
thus their numbers must be expanded every year (until the state of
Massachusetts is one large wildlife preserve?).  And those that are
going to sit on the board that oversees this are from radical animal
rights/eco organizations.  But how are they going to get members from
Earth First! if all the ones who admit membership are in jail, and the
rest are underground?


Citizens of all states need to be on the lookout for petitions and bills
like this one.  So far, like Proposition 200 in Arizona, we have found
them early and beaten them.  But they will keep being introduced and one
day, if we are not vigilant, one will sneak under the tent.

Possibly one reason this initiative did not go very far at all was
because it as a "sham" initiative.  Max Strahan submitted it in order to
set tables up in malls and other areas here there is a lot of pedestrian
traffic.  He has his petition to do whatever, but his main focus serves
to be raising money.  Our sources in Massachusetts tell us that he never
tried to get the proper signatures.

Because he lost his tax-exempt status in Massachusetts, Strahan cannot
solicit charitable funds legally, so he writes up an initiative or gets
a bill submitted to the legislature.  He then sets up tables, ostensibly
to gain the signatures needed, but in reality, it is a cover for his
illegal fund-raising.  Nevertheless, these initiatives are written up so
anyone can xerox the initiative, change a few words, and submit it in
their state.


If you would like a copy
of this initiative, call or write

PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST
P. 0. Box 1707
Helena, Montana 59624-1707
(406) 442-5700


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