Rhodesia peace pact praised
By DOUG FICK
Of the Emerald
The peace treaty being negotiat
ed m Great Britain by members ot
the Zimbabwe Rhodesia govern
ment. the Patriotic Front and the
British government is a viable
blueprint for peace in Zimbabwe
Rhodesia, said Bishop Jonah Shin
of the Zimbabwe Lutheran Church
Shin spoke Tuesday to a crowd
of about 50 people at the Central
Luftieran Church He traced the
history of the black struggle in
Zimbabwe-Rhodesia and urged
support for the proposed treaty
“Justice must be done,” Shiri
said We must accept anything
that gives us peace and justice "
The 10-year war has ravaged
Zimbabwe-Rhodesia and ratifica
tion of the treaty is imperative if the
nation of 7 25 million people is to
have peace, he said
“Children are dying in the thou
sands.'Shin reported "There is no
medical help in the rural areas
People who have had good homes
are living in homes of cardboard or
thin plastic This is terrible "
Shiri said the 1978 internal sett
lement, which provided for black
majority rule in Zimbabwe-Rhode
sia was unacceptable, but he said
the new treaty is a real move
toward black rule
Although the 1978 settlement did
not include the Patriotic front, the
present treaty is being drafted with
input from the guerrilla leaders and
Robert Mugabe
Shan said their participation in
the negotiations is critical
The treaty is the result of an
effort by Britain's Prime Mmisrer
Margaret Thatcher to bring the
Zimbabwe-Rhodesian factions
together
Although the British government
has predicted a cease fire within
two weeks. Shin said a total cease
lire will not be possible that soon
"After all they have to go into the
bush to tell these boys to quit
fighting,'' he said "It may take two
months "
The treaty calls for free elections
within four months, and Shiri said,
British supervision of the elections
will insure fairness The treaty's
guarantee of black control in Zim
babwe-Rhodesia makes unimpor
tant the qjestion of which black
faction will win the election
We are not worried who wins,"
Shin said "They are all black men
We are not fighting for a leader, we
are fighting for justice ”
Shiri dismissed concern about
communist infiltration into the
country, stressing that there is little
likelihood of Russian or Cuban
involvement
"We have been oppressed for
many years.” he said, "We don’t
want anyone else to oppress us.”
Shin advocated lifting of Amer
ican trade sanctions against
Zim babwe-Rhodesia as soon as
black rule is guaranteed He urged
American aid to the impoverished
country and acceptance of Zim
babwe-Rhodesian students into
the United States
Jonah Shiri
Group revives international student week activities
By DAVID STEINMAN
Of the Emerald
The Foreign Students Organ
ization will restore the long-dor
mant International Student’s
Week during spring term, FSO
Director Dominic Okon said
Tuesday night at a meeting of
the organization s executive
council
“The last International
Student s Week held at the
University was 10 years ago,"
Okon said “Staging the event
during this school year will bring
a new visibility and personality
to the Foreign Students Organ
izations
The week's activities would
include cultural and traditional
events — dance, music and dis
plays of art and artifacts from
different nations, Okon said
Correction
The dean of the College of
Arts and Sciences is John
Baldwin, not John Bowlin, as
spelled in Tuesday's Emerald
story on the director of the
University Film Studies pro
gram
We ll stage the event in the
EMU Ballroom, " Okon added
We ve also considered holding
the event in Mac Court if there is
a good probability we ll have a
large-enough audience "
In addition to International
Student's Week, the FSO
decided it would stage several
international forums in which
topics of interest to foreign
students would be discussed
The FSO executive council is
considering the Middle East
problem and foreign students
rights as possible topics
The FSO is considering ac
tively working with the Eugene
and Springfield school districts
"Teachers want their
students exposed to University
events that center on foreign
cultures," Okon said ' I've also
been asked to have representa
tives from the FSO speak to
students at local high schools "
The FSO decided unan
imously that it would support the
Iranian students boycott of visa
inspection
"Violation of Iranian students'
rights is happening now, but in
the future it might happen to
students from another
country,” said Cosmas Nwer
em. president of the Nigerian
Students Association
In his opening address, Okon
complained the FSO was fund
ed at much too low a level. The
FSO currently receives $4,000
per academic year for its activi
ties. Put will spend more than
$ 2500 to stage the International
Student's Week and
International Forum this year,
assistant FSO director Janet
Tann said
“Increasing your activity level
and showing an ability to work
with other ASUO organizations
would increase the FSO's
chances for receiving more
money from the Incidental Fee
Committee,-’ ASUO Pres Scott
Bassett said
Only seven foreign students'
associations had representa
tives attendincyhe meeting, but
Okon is hopeful that most of the
FSO s 24 member associations
will become active
The FSO represents one-six
teenth of the University student
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