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From: Heather Logan, CALPIRG UC Santa Cruz
Date: May 4, 1995
Subject:  Write to New York Times; ask them to cancel MacBlo contract

HELP SAVE CLAYOQUOT SOUND

	Clayoquot Sound, on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, is
one of the largest remaining tracts of old-growth temperate rainforest
in the world.  It is currently being clearcut by Canadian timber 
company Macmillan-Bloedel (MacBlo).  About half of the wood cut from
Clayoquot Sound is turned into paper pulp (newsprint) by MacBlo, and
much of the pulp is sold to U.S. companies, including the New York 
Times, Pacific Bell and GTE.
	After much pressure from environmentalists, the CEO of the New
York Times has committed to review their contract with Macmillan-
Bloedel.  The New York Times has a purchasing policy which states that
their suppliers must not be unethical or destructive to the environment.
MacBlo, however, has been convicted for environmental crimes 86 times
in the past 26 years.
	Please write to the New York Times and encourage them to cancel
their paper contract with Macmillan-Bloedel.  They will be making a 
decision on the contract in about two weeks.  Please address letters to:

Arthur Sulzberger, Sr.
CEO, New York Times
229 West 43rd St.
New York, NY 10036

	Please give Mr. Sulzberger some positive support and 
encouragement to switch to environmentally sounder alternatives, rather
than making newspapers out of thousand-year-old trees!  If the New
York Times stops buying from MacBlo, maybe Pac Bell will be next!

Heather