Prof protests Grenada invasion
The United^ States should
respect the sovereignty of other
countries and allow them to deter
mine the political and social
systems that are best tor them,
says a Reed College anthropology
professor.
In a lecture at the Wesley
Center Friday, jamaican native
Trevor Purcell disputed some of
the official reasons given for the
recent invasion of Grenada. The
main purpose of the invasion was
to stop the spread of socialism in
the Western Hemisphere, Purcell
said.
Purcell said he doubted that
Grenada posed a threat to other
nations in the area or that
American students there were in
any real danger, and said the real
threat was to "U.S economic
interests.”
"If socialism is successful in
(Caribbean) countries, as it ap
pears to be in Cuba and promised
to be in Grenada, then these
countries will not be so receptive
to U.S. investment," he said.
The United States is guilty of
"cultural chauvinism," Purcell
said, adding that it has been a
tradition since the 15th century
for powerful nations to regard the
Caribbean only in terms of their
own interests while ignoring the
interests of the people who live
there.
Part of the problem with U.S.
policy in the Caribbean stems
from ignorance of the area on the
part of the government and the
American people, Purcell said.
The Bishop government made
major strides in improving social
conditions in Grenada, Purcell
said. Unemployment and illiteracy
dropped, and improvements were
made in public health and
transportation.
The recent coup that overthrew
Bishop and preceded the U.S. in
vasion was an internal struggle
that could have been worked out
without U.S. intervention, he said.
"There is no political or social
system that does not have an
establishment for resolving inter
nal conflicts," Purcell said.
Though there are signs of
widespread support for the inva
sion from Grenadians, Purcell
warned that this support may not
last long.
"When the French first came (to
Grenada), the Indians welcomed
them. But they stayed too long,"
he said.
Physicist decries arms race
The Reagan Administration is
the main obstacle to obtaining a
mutual and verified test-ban treaty
that would end the nuclear arms
race, an internationally known
nuclear weapons physicist said
Friday at Oregon State University.
Hugh DeWitt, a senior research
scientist at the Livermore, Calif,
nuclear arms development center,
added that weapons
establishments such as the Los
Alamos and Livermore labs also
play an influential role in blocking
a treaty. A ban on nuclear testing
would "have a major effect" on
their livelihood, DeWitt said.
DeWitt said that a treaty limiting
test explosions to a mere three
kilotons, instead of the present
150 kiloton level, is entirely possi
ble as seismologists have been
successful in detecting effects at
the lower kiloton level.
Reagan, however, is opposed to
any bans, DeWitt said, and he
"may be preparing for nuclear
war." In addition, Reagan's sup
port of funding for further nuclear
developments in satellite and
laser technology poses an "ex
treme danger" and must be "im
mediately stopped before it's too
late," DeWitt said.
"Were in the middle of a
runaway nuclear arms race that's,
Attempted rape reported
A young female stydent who was pulled into some bushes
near 13th Avenue and Columbia Street Saturday night struggled
and freed herself, said officer Bill Jennings of the Eugene Police
Department. The attack occured between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m.
The assailant, described as a tall, white male wearing dark
clothing is being sought by police, Jennings said.
Jennings said the student was alone at the time of the attack.
Students who need to travel at night should call campus
security and ask for a student patrol escort, he said. The campus
security phone number is 686-5444.
“It may take a little longer to get to where you're going, but
there is safety in numbers," Jennings said.
in my opinion, being led by the
United States," DeWitt said.
DeWitt emphasized that
"security is not obtained through
further nuclear development."
He said the U.S. and the Soviet
Union, now "bloated with ex
plosive power," could wipe each
other out with a fraction of the
available warheads.
And although the Soviet Union
has followed closely with the
United States in stockpile size,
their bombs are between three
and five years behind in
technology, DeWitt said.
"Nuclear weapons will never go
away," he said. The best hope, he
said, is for an agreement to stop
further production and use pre
sent stockpiles as deterrents,
rebuilding the bombs every 10 to
20 years when they begin to
chemically degrade.
But Reagan, who believes "the
Soviets are likely to cheat on any
agreement," would never con
cede to such an idea, DeWitt said.
An agreement must be reached,
he said, because the present situa
tion between the two super
powers is like "two scorpions in a
bottle."
"If one stings another, both will
die."
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