Dear RAIN: Unfortunately, Reaganites might escape from your excellent article on slippery-slide economics ("Invofuntary Self-Reliance, RAIN VII: 9) . Given the supposition that the government must protect free enterprise, as Reagan asserts, then it is the job of government to protect the free competition which is , the basis and very meaning of "Free Ent.erprise." Yet the government gives huge subsidies to certain enterprises and not others, like unlimited liability to Nuke Plants, money for water projects, oil wells, NASA, and a host of monopolies. Thereis no "free" enterprise here, only "monopoly" enterprise. The only possible logical route is to stimulate those enterprises which are being shortchanged on the capital pyramid. Because those at the top have more money, they can WORK -----------·------ Our Jobs, Our Health, Our Lives, Our Fight: Report of the First National Labor Conference for Safe Energy and Full Employment, October 10-12, 1980, Pittsburgh, PA, 1981, 35pp., $1.00 (bulk discounts available), from: Labor Committee for Safe Energy and Full Employment 1536 16th St. NW Washington, DC 20036 202/265-7190 "Let the word go out today to the nuclear industry and to the Government that representatives of powerful unions met in conference this weekend and that we are determined to create a' new social force that will throw its weight into the fight for a safe energy and full employment future. When we mobilize our ranks in a spirit of militancy and solidarity, there is no force on earth that can stop us." -Jerry Gordon, Conference Chair Who says labor is pro-nuke? Coal miners, auto workers, steel workers, railroad and garment workers, machinists, teachers, government employees and electrical workers came together last fall to demand invest and stay ahead in the race against inflation. It would be absurd for the government to su~sidize all business equally, although this is the practical outcome of Reagan's simpleminded view. Hence, we must ask, which are the most profitable businesses being hurt by the private value of capital? We arrive now for logical justification, according to Reagan's view, Neighborhood Renewable Resource Community Development Loans. The Quantum Leap explained: It is only the exclusive capital value which inhibits Neighborhood Renewable Respurce Community Development. With a loan structure that is free, re~ewables are always the most competitive. Indeed, the most profitable and the most environmental always meet at some exact ACCESS an end to further dependence on nuclear power, guaranteed jobs for those now employed in the nuclear industry, and a rapid switchover to a_ safe energy, full employment future. All told, 55 unions from 33 states were repre·sented. Watch out, Con Ed, we shall not be nuked! -MR RESOURCES Research for Action: A Guidebook to Public Records Investigation for Community Activists, by Don Vilarejo, 19801 112 pp., $7.50 plus $1.25 p&h from: California Institute for Rural Studies P.O. Box530 Davis, CA 95616 Research for Action shows citizen activists how to build a case agaimt vested interests by documenting exactly how the interests are vested. Who's on what board of directors? Who owns what real estate? Who contributed large sums to whose campaign? In a clearly-presented, step-by-step manner, the book shows how to locate needed information in county courthouses, state agencies, and local libraries-and how to interpret November 1981 · RAIN Page 3 point in the future, e.g., for solar it's 15 years, for water, it can be five, for wind, it's a little higher. Intensive, organic gardening is actually priceless. Non-renewables will meet in the cold, dark deathly eternity of an infinite price. As non-renewables reach an infinite price, there will be a time that alterµative technologies can charge a near infinite price, thus the cost of property can be paid inversely to the price rise of non-renewables. Property then is free when non-renewables reache infinity, and so, things being what they are, will everything else be free. (Free to those who have renewable technologies.) David Wright Boulder Creek, CA · official documents which may initially seem to be.written in some extra-terrestrial dialect. Research for Action demystifies the process of digging out public information and mahs the point that public records are exactly what the words imply: resources available to all of us to protect our rights and further our efforts to build a just society. - JF 1980 Index to Alternative Magazines, by Applegate Computer Enterprises, 1981, 110 pp., $5.95 plus $.75 p&h from: Applegate Computer Enterprises P.O. Box288 Applegate, OR 97530 Here it is: ready access to articles and reviews in your 1980 back issues of RAIN, Small Farm journal, Co-Evolution Quarterly, Mother Earth News, Home Energy Digest, Countryside, and Organic Gardening. The Index to Alternative Magazines is arranged by subject and its clear format and extensive cross-referencing.make it possible to quickly locate the article you need, even when you don't have an exact recollection of a title or contents. The Index will certainly be in regular use at the Rainhouse-and lots of other places around the country. Thanks to the Applegate Computer folks for a Jaluable reference tool. We'll look forward to future editions. -JF .
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