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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1980)
Exile says strikes will weaken El Salvador By GABRIEL BOEHMER Ol the Emerald Interminable labor strikes in the Central American country of El Salvador will begin in a few days, predicts Salvadoran exile Farid Handal. About 80 persons filled the Wesley Center to hear Handal, executive secretary in charge of finance for El Salvador’s Democratic Revolution Front, give a first-hand account of social and economic condi tions in that country. Speaking through inter preters, Handal recounted the kidnap and killings of six Sal vadoran revolutionaries by right-wing terrorists a few days ago. “Although the blow has been severe, the revolution will be continued to victory.” Terrorists also are responsi ble for the deaths reported Thursday of three Catholic nuns and a Catholic woman volunteer, Handal says. The revolution stems from economic woes that began with the El Salvador and Hon duras war in 1969. The war disrupted Central America’s common market and sent El Salvador into an inflationary spiral, Handal says. An increasing gap between prices and wages provoked Salvadoran labor unions to protest that country’s econ omic policies, he explained. Farid Handal In 1977, the small number of families that composes the Salvadoran oligarchy govern ment began exporting capital, an exodus of money that crip pled the ability of the country to create new jobs and wor sened the export-import im balance, Handal said. "They were convinced El Salvador had ceased to be the paradise it once was was.” In 1979 the conflict between labor unions and the govern ment developed into an armed struggle More than 8,500 people have been killed this year in the Salvadoran civil war. ‘‘There can’t be peace until the unjust structure of the oligarchy has been replaced,” Handal says. A half-million refugees have fled to the United States and another 100,000 to other Cen tral American countries, Han dal estimates. The Salvadoran military is searching the country’s rural areas for left ists, and thousands of peas ants are fleeing to other Cen tral American countries, Mex ico and the United States. Crippling the Salvadoran economy even further, agricultural harvests this year have been poor, and workers are unavailable to harvest what crops there are, Handal says, attributing this rural de solation to Salvadoran military operations that have forced peasants to other areas Unemployment in the country is 60 percent, and the condition is worsened by a lack of unemployment ben efits, he says “It’s chaotic, unhuman and despairing." Labor unions have ad vanced demands to the government, but Handal says they will go ignored "Labor strikes, although defined as legal, are settled with machine guns.” However bad the conditions are now, the revolution was begun long ago, Handal says. "Laws of economics and social development are like laws of nature. They are out side the wills of men." Handal says the imminent stike will be a step toward vic tory over the Salvadoran government. "Our enemies are destined to fail. We are fighting for peace founded on justice." The conflict is unique because foreign intervention hasn’t happened yet, and Handal says he's sure the Sal vadoran people are not en emies of North American peo ples. "It's ridiculous to think such a small country could jeap ordize the security of the world’s greatest power," he jibbed. El Salvador is mainiy an agricultural exporter and has a population of about 5 million Handal, an exile living in Mexico, was in Eugene last night only. University adds computer Ph.D By MARIAN GREEN Of the Emerald A proposed Computer and Information Sciences doctorate program moved a step closer to becoming a reality Wednesday at a University Assembly meet ing. The Assembly easily ap proved the CIS department’s motion to add a doctorate pro gram to its curriculum. Last week the University Senate ap proved the proposal. After a discussion of the new program’s ramifications, CIS faculty member Steve Hedet niemi told the approximately 100 Assembly members the questions of need, quality, cost and duplication had been con sidered in evaluating the propo sal. Hedetniemi said 200 students graduated last year with doc torate degrees in the field, and the 100 who didn't take jobs in the industry had 1,300 teaching positions to choose from in the United States. “It's a crisis situation," he said. One assembly member sug gested that if people holding doctorate degrees are so scarce, finding future faculty members to fill CIS positions may be difficult and expensive. ODE CASH For Textbooks Mon.-Fri. Smith Family Bookstore 768 E. 13th 1 Bl. From Campus Ph. 345-1651 Hedetniemi answered that a doctorate program would en hance the CIS’ ability to draw faculty members. Several colleges and univer sities have small staffs but still maintain high quality doctorate programs, he said, predicting this evidence indicates the University’s CIS department al so can maintain a high-quality program. Last year, the State Board of Higher Education reviewed the University’s CIS department, and in its report recommended that the department offer a doc torate program. “The faculty is ready and the need is great,” the report said. Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Richard Hill told the As sembly the CIS needs additional faculty members regardless of whether a doctorate program is offered, but no additional facul ty would be needed specifically for the proposed program. Adding the new degree would not create any additional costs in areas such as faculty and computers, Hedetniemi said. Several Assembly members disagreed with Hedetniemi about the cost of the program. English Prof. James Boren suggested the program would strain the University library's resources and asked whether the library staff was consulted. Hedetniemi said the nine-step form required to add a doctor ate program doesn't mention consulting the library. The pro gram would require additional periodicals once every six months at the maximum, he ad ded. English Prof. Stanley Green field moved to delay a decision on the proposal until University Librarian George Shipman could be asked for his opinion on how the degree might affect the library. 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