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POLLUTION;
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BRIEFS
MUST WORK TOGETHER FOR FULL
ANO EQUAL EMPLOYMENT.
Russia w ill aid Banglj Desh
with trade and w ill semi tech
nical advisors. The Soviet
Onion w ill supply cotton lo r
Hangla Desh cotton n u lls ami
w ill attempt to revive (he
jute Industry.
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w ill run for the presidential
nomination in the New Hamp
shire and Florida prim aries
as a protest against Nixon’ s
" leftward d r if t " .
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on Pnemployment because the
Nixon Administration declined
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irear also, if 1 had to defend
the kind of record this Ad
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in Vietnam
Every year fo r s ir years the White House has assured
the American people that during the next year an objective
would tie reached in Vietnam. The objectives change from
year to year. Now the message is that our troops are being
withdrawn and the casualty rate w ill reach zero in 1972.
In 1970, Americans invaded Cambodia, chasing an enemy
that either had not been there o r that had fled. In 1971 the
South Vietnamese. furxfod by the U.S., invaded Cambodia.
There is no legitimate government in Cambodia now and
none in Laos. This year the government of Thailand became
a dictatorship. A t one time our goal was to produce a demo
cra tic government in South Vietnam, but the October election
emied that dream and it was followed by a statement by the
President of the United States that the U.S. w ill not tolerate
the overthrow of the dictatorship that rules South Vietnam.
Legality and truth fare little better in this country than in
the war zone. The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to con
sider the legality of the war. The UJS. Senate has made feable
attempts to lim it the President's war-making powers, but
the President has said he w dl ignore any mandate from Con
gress that sets an ending date fo r the war. Congress has
never analized the war budget in detail and is unable to find
out how large the intelligence budget is and how i t is spent.
A t home the government continues to invade theprivacy
of and to harass war resisters including elected officials
and to investigate reporters and others who attempts to
reveal the history of the war.
The President promised an increased a ir war m Southeast
Asia.
Renewed bombing of North Vietnam took place this
week
The Pentagon said the bombings were in retaliation
fo r North Vietnam's violations of ‘ ’ understandings’ ’
The
so-called understandings, that have not been acknowledged
by Hanoi, were that U.S. reconnaissance planes would not
k !
? tiei , on’ that shellui? of South Vietnamese cities would
be halted, that Hanoi would stop infiltrating troops through
S n y m p a n s nzed
meanm* -
How long would we allow a country with which we were
at war to send reconnaissance planes over our te rrito ry to
check our movements and supplies before we would respond
by attempting to destroy them? If an invader occupied te r ri
tory we consider to be pan of our nation, would we agree to
stop attempting to liberate our cities?
A t a time when the President talks about getting out of
haVUlg corKern only for the prisoners of war
prisoners'0^ Vletnam> * * are addul8 t0 the "umber of these
Two scientists who visited Vietnam revealed that the A ir
Force is using a new bomb that k ills every living creature
including plant life , within 3.280 feet. It has been used to
destroy personnel as well as to clear land, ihe two scien-
tlS.tS
* eaP°n "Provides a concussive blast surpassed
only by that of a nuclear bornb.”
And what is to be accomplished by these bloody raids?
tn e m y action is increasing and m ilita ry analysts are talking
about a new enemy offensive.
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A ’ anothei/ « r comes to an end. the Administration tells
us that we have come through a triumphant year and are
heading ito another - another year of war and blood abroad
and of deceit and decay at home.
Notice
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Our reputation
fo r integrity
and competence
w ill assure
consideration
fo r every wish
of the fam ily.
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President Nixon and
working mothers
by D r.
Benjamin E . .Mays
President Nixon has vetoed
the child development pro
gram.
The Senate voted 63
fo r and 17 against. The House
voted 210 fo r the child care
program and 186 against. In
essence this b ill, if the Pres
ident had not vetoed it, would
have provided child care for
the children of all working
mothers: Free day care lo r
the poor and the middle in
come people wouid pay accor
ding to their income. It is
this b ill that the President
vetoed. It may be the Pres
ident vetoed this b ill partly
because the Congress has not
approved his re-organization-
al plan to change the struc
ture of welfare.
This child development pro
gram proposed by Congress
had attracted unusually broad
support from labor, religious
groups, women's liberation
and public interest groups.
The advocates of this b ill and
the senators and representa
tives who voted for it argued
that such support was a neces
sary response to the great
change in our society resul
ting from the large number of
women who must work - not
only the poor but the middle
class women as well.
In vetoing the b ill, the Pres
ident point out that he had a
$750-m illion day carecompo-
nent in his welfare reform
plan. And yet I do not be
lieve that the President’ s ar
guments against the b ill are
convincing. The in itia l cost
of $2-billlon would not have
been excessive and that the bill
would soon call for$20-blilion
a year was largely an assump
tion.
The President's reference
to bureaucratic control prob
ably meant that the state and
local governments should ue
administer mg such a program
rather than the Federal gov-
e rumen t.
However, a wide
variety of public and non
p ro fit agencies would have
been involved in the program
approved by the Congress.
Ihe weakest argument the
P resident put forth was the
charge that the fam ily ties
betveen parents and children
would be weakened. He spotce
of his desire to anact a wel
fare reform whose objective
would be to bring the fam ily
together. To quote the Pres
ident: "T h is child develop
ment program appears to
move In precisely the oppo
site dire ctio n .’ ’
1 think the following quota
tion from an editorial in "The
New York T im e s" of Dec. I I
is an adequate rebuttal to
the President’ s charge:
"T h e President's charge
that day care weakens the
fam ily ignores the realities of
much of modern fam ily life.
Poor and working-class fam
ilies norm ally have to leave
their
children im properly
supervised or entirely unat
tended fo r much of the day;
fam ilies at v irtu a lly all other
income levels rely heavily on
baby-sitters and, in the uppei
brackets, on a variety of dom
estic help."
M r. Nixon is right in rais
ing the question about the
avallabilltyof trained people.
But this is hardly a just c ri
ticism because much of the
$2—billion for the firs t year
of the program would be used
to train people to handle to
to train people to handle rr>e
program.
I cannot accept the P resi
dent’ s views that the plan is
too costly, that it is admin
istratively unworkable, that
pr ofessionally we are Ill-p re
pared for the program, and
that the b ill passed by Con
gress w ill undermine tl« A m
erican fam ily. This bill would
have been a fine Christmas
present for the poor.
C. Don Vann
V A N N ’S
MORTUARY
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Portland,Oregon
I
\\ ind is overlooked j a source of power.
Cki the high desert in Eastern Oregon stand abandoned
w uxim ills,
remi.-v e r that wind once was and couid again
become ar iponant source u energy.
It is st* ge that a dd should have passed from the scene
as a source of energy, for it meets most of the modern-day
requirements.
It is abundant.
It is cheap. It Is clean.
America today demands increased production of e le ctri
c ity . At the same time, environmentalists bjectto new power
plants because of the dangers of pollution. Use of wind could
satisfy the demands of both.
In the early 1940’ s, the federal government financed exper
iments in utilization of wind power to genet ate e le ctricity.
It was the conclusion of these studies that wind turbines could
produce e le ctricity on an efficient and economical basis.
Although the findings have never been implemented, they
assume new importance in light of the nation's current energy
c ris is . Wind turbines could supplement other form s of elec
tric a l production, providing the country with the energy it
needs while doing little or no harm to the environment.
Perhaps this is a matter on which producers and environ
mentalists alike can collaborate.
VOTE
January 18th
Special tax
Folsom
Prison officials
have been accused of locking
black
prisoners, including
Black Panther Party Chief
of Staff David H illia rd , in
“ dark, dingy" cells because
of th e ir political beliefs. A
fw tltion filed in D istrictC o u rt
in San Francisco said eleven
black inmates have been pun
ished fo r "vague offenses.”
The American Anthropolog
ical
Association
repudiated
statements appearing in me
UJS. that Negroes are bio
logically and mentally inter
ior to whites.
Eugene McCarthy, presi
dential candidate, urged the
resumption of diplomatic re
lations with Cuba. He also
said, '| think the I lenioci ais
could pick a black man ot a
Spanish-American fo r Vice
President.’ ’
M rs . Ruth V. Washington
a black woman from New Yoi k.
was appointed to the 14 mem
ber Federal Advisory Council
on Unemployment Insurance.
The Council w ill make recom
mendations for changes or
improvements to the Secre
te 17 of Labor.
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Equal
by Vet non E . Jordan, J r.
The bright lights of C h ris t
mas are shining. The season
VERNON JORDAN JR.
of faith, hope and trust is
upon us. But there seems to
be a flagging of faith, a les
gether. Ihe day care center*
sening of hope, and a grow
would have teen integrated
ing m istru st a bead in this
fa cilitie s, because the federal
great land.
government would have paid
A number of surveys taken
the costs for the poor while
last spring and summer con
other fam ilies
would
be
firm the divisions and loss of
charged reasonable amounts.
optimism among the A m eri
I he re a re now some 11
can people. Another, issued
m illio n working mothers, and
by U niversity of Michigan re
nearly half have pi e-school
searchers last month finds
Children. But the lack of nur
this trend continuing. It says
Seriously . . . you can save money on a mall subscription
sery schools andday care cen
if you subscribe during this seasonal bargain o ffe r.
there Is "a massive erosion
ters, and the high costs of
of the trust the American
those (hat do exist, mean that
The Observer goes to great lengths io see that its reader*
people have In their govern
very few children get the kind
•re given concise, dependable news coverage from all over
m ent."
Barely 40 percent
of care they should have.
the globe as well as important local happenings.
of the people surveyed believe
So It’ s a lean Christmas
Be aware of vita l Issues and how they affect you.
that the government is run
fo r Am erica’ s children. E l
for the benefit of all people
d e rly people too, constitute a
and not just lo r "b ig interests
fo r midable portion of the
looking out for themselves."
country's forgotten men and
Even the most optim istic
women.
The black elderly
among us would be hard put
have three strikes against
to argue with those results,
tehm - they are black, they
especially after some recent
are old, and they are dispro
actions such as the granting
portionately poor.
of bit tax benefits to corpor
Half of elderly black live
ations at the same time that
Home delivery of the Pot Hand observer is available for a^
in poverty - about double the
a massive child development
small extra charge In moat ofthe
Portland metropolitan/
percentage
for
older
white
program was vetoed.
area.
people. Higher social secur
Christmas is considered to
ity payments w ill not help
be a time fo r children, but
many
blacks. Life expectancy
this year children join poor
lo r black males Is only GO
people, the elderly and job
y e n s , meaning that the aver
less veterans as part of the
age black man w ill not live
huge numbers of forgotten
long enough to collect the re
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Americans. This is indeed
tirem ent lenefits he’ s paid for
the Christmas of the Forgot
all his working life .
ten.
C ity
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The child development pro
And the young men back
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gram was part of a broad
from Vietnam alto constitute
package of anti-poverty leg
a large part of the forgotten.
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islation. It would have set
They were asked to fight a
up a nation-wide system of
war no one wants. T hey're
day care service centers run
coming back from the battle
by parents and neighborhood
fields now to find that the
groups. The children of tire
country that sent them 10,000
$ 4 .5 0 (or 52 weeks
poor would have been assured
miles to fight, doesn't have
of nutritional and educational
jobs for thorn now.
The Observer keeps you informed
benefits. T heir parents, es
I heir unemployment rate is
pecially their mothers, would
far higher than the rest of
you know because you read it in the
be free to re-enter the laboi
tlie country's workers.
Is
force.
their plight due to the national
Many fam ilies, now threat
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distaste for the war, or is
ened by financial stress, would
It due to what seems to be
be better able to cope with
a total lack of human con
their problems and hold t
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