
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, December 8, 1993                   TAG: 9501200126
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: A8   EDITION: METRO 
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CLOSE THE MINERS' BARGAIN BASEMENT

President Clinton is showing, to his credit, more backbone nowadays on behalf of his administration's good ideas for defending the public interest in public lands.

In particular, he is moving to support Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt's efforts to reduce the outrageous subsidization of mining, ranching and logging interests.

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