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PORTLAND/OBSERVER Feb. 11, 1971 Perspective Shop the Population medicine With tlie crush of over-pop- ul ation making itself all over the world, and with mankind seemingly determined to pop ulate Itself right off tlie face of this planet, the c iie b of mandatory population controls are tiecoming more frequent and more boisterous. This past weekend at the U niversity of Oregon Medical School, fo r example, a Conf erence of Doctors, Nurses and othet Health Profession als heard from D r. George Denniston of Seattle, a self- styled advocate of ’ ‘ Population M edicine.” Denniston calls for Immediate legislation to force people In tills country to lim it the size of th e ir fam WILLIAM R. DEIZ ilie s . He also seeks to have means social change. rules Governing contraceptive Ilie Black experience in this use-speclfically the “ p ill ” country has ta u g h t A fro - relaxed so that greater num Americans that almost any bers of people w ill "B e n e fit” plan advanced by white I o this end, he say, he would Am erica " f o r the benefit of like to see the Medical P rof a ll” must be viewed with ession get out of the p ill busi more than just a little ness; he feels the p ill Is grain of salt. C ries of safe enough fo r use without ” GENOCIDE ” are continual prescription. ly raised in m inority comm D r. Denniston insists his unities whenever population population control proposals control programs are advance- :-X would affect everyone equally and fo r good reason. rich and poor, black and white. Where Blacks are few in Were It not fo r the past numbers their complaints are By Gerald White history of Racial callousness systematically ignored. V.here Purple haze flonders in this country his proposals they are in abundance their on florence beach, might seem sound. pressure to remedy intoler where sea gulls sacked, Most thinking people today able conditions often results replica of fresh haunting, agree that steps must 1« taken in positive change. and I repeat the ocean sm ell to curb population g ro w th . i t ’ s too bad it has to be moving from pain to music, But it is imperative to re this way. A fte r a ll, a te r r i neon accoustics persuade the member that we have, since bly high percentage of g rie bell bottom thighs, like foot World War 11 fo r example, vances by Blacks represent leg prints had very detailed Laws on itim ate complaints against a to be denied and washed away the books dealing with the system that has fostered In evenings tide. D raft; Laws that w e re SIX O’CLOCK racism as an institution. w ritten in such a way as by G erald White If whites are re a lly so to allow the Economically interested in saving the Six o ’ clock in the morning Advantaged to avoid tlx; Draft Ecology and in population and the noise is gone people are gone with it . entirely through the use of controls "b e fo re i t ’ s too ” deferments and through know late they had better set as Buildings hide behind the sky ledge of Draft-Exem pt occu th e ir fir s t p rio rity the re and I hide behind them pations. gaining of a lost trust— a The buildings are fast asleep The point is, the D raft Laws tru st they lost when they be P e o p le sleep within th e ir never did work equally for gan the slave trade in this sleep. everyone in this country; that ” free country” and which, I in actuality they worked to am sad to day, they have done I am alone the only thing left the aute disadvantage of sinfully little to regain. for me Is to count the empty Blacks and other m inorities. The continued war in South spaces F o r example some estimate east Asia does nothing to In the sky which were cnce put the number of Black Com regain this tru st. The sub fille d bat Infantrymen in Vietnam as version of "Food fo r Peace" with stars. high as 20% of the Combact monies into use fo r in force; at a time when Blacks struments of war does NEGRO HISTORY OBSERVANCE comprise only about 11% of nothing to regain this trust Program s w ill be pre the total U. S. Population, The denial of equal living sented at North Portland Branch (Most of those who are s e rv - working and pleasure opport 512 N. Killingsw orth ing fir s t tim e hitches in unities to m inorities does Saturday, Feb. 13 2:00 P.M. Vietnam are Draftees) . nothing to regain this tru st. Prosel Poetrvl Song! It stands to reason then In short, the efforts at that those with money would subjegation and dehumanization, Vernon Branch Libra ry find ways to circum vent any practised so adroitly by much 4919 N. E. 17th Laws which would se-ik to 7:00 P.M. of white Am erica today, do Thursday, Feb. 18 force birth control. F ilm : J. T. nothing to regain this trust Of course it might lie ar gued: if a way were found to ensure equal Application Have your garden tools taken be seen in the m all at Franklin of the Law the Law would over the garage? Need a place High School near the to ile r Universal for the kids' toys, or a sm all room at S.E. 54th and Wood be good. On a bsis maybe. A ll countries shop for Dad? ward. The building w ill meet all The b u i l d i n g construction city, county, and state codes. lim it must take steps to if man is class at Franklin High School Is Students can supply information th e ir populations offering to build, on order, an on required footings and place to survive. But here in 1971 America attractive tool and equipment ment. we are faced with an even b u i l d i n g , fo r approximately Contact building construction more pressing and immediate $400. Basic size of the Ixiilding Is instructor Bob Stuart, Franklin problem: that of the Human 8 feet x 12 feet, and It can be High School, 774-3213, Room and spiritual deaths caused m ade-to-order to match your 108, for additional inform ation- daily by racism . home. o r to order a tool and equipment It goes without saying that A model of the building can building. Black Am ericans do not in any way "e n jo y ” th e ir m inor ity status. It is becoming in creasingly evident that when 7 l 4 ' / i N.E. A lb e rta ever there is a concenti ation P ortland, O re g o n of Blacks, changes in the 2 8 2 -0 9 2 9 social order are being made with alacrity...even in the South. It is also axiomatic of conditions today that where anv p rin te d Blacks are fewest in numbers MATERIAL th e ir demands are most often ignored. 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