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P orti and/Observer Thursday, March 22, 1973 ' ’ age 3 South Africa bans student organization DR JEFFREY BRADY MODES N DENTAL PLATES P A R T IA L PLATES A N D EXTR A C TIO N S fled system of education for servituae - different i n structure, content, control and financing from that pro vided for whites. Education for whites is free and com pulsory; education for Blacks is neither. Black students do not ac cept this position of inferi ority. In 1969, African uni vereity students from some of the “tribal colleges", re flecting the increasing aware nese of the need for inde pendent Black organization, formed the South African S t u d e n t a* Organization (SASO), separate from the multi racial National Union of S o u th African Students (NUSAS). In May 1972 the expulsion of a SASO member from his university after he had made a strong speech criticising Bantu Education at a gradua lion ceremony sparked off nation-wide student demon strations. Thousands of Black students were sent home from their universities which were closed and thousands of white students demonstra ting in sympathy were met by police batons and dogs. The Government banned all student protests gatherings, and threatened to take fur ther action if students eon tinued their protests. The intervening months h a v e seen a series of skirmishes. N U 8 A 8 responded to Gov ernment threats with con siderable courage, declaring 1973 Freedom and Unity Year.” It pledged to con tinue its active public de fense of its rights to free association and speech. The Government, in the mean time, has the support of the bulk of the white population in those actions taken in the name of "the security of the stale" which are seen as essential to combat the rising tide of Black demands for a greater share of South A fri ca's wealth and a greater voice in South Africa’s fu ture. This month's bannings fol low a wave of strikes by Black workers over the past several months, culminating in the w alko ut by over 50,000 Black workers in Feb ruary. Although strikes are illegal for African wora«rs under apartheid laws, A fri can workers, by their display of unity, won some conces sions and seriously disturbed the white population's dream of perpetual control. The mass banning of stu dent leaders is designed to weaken and destroy the or ganizations while avoiding the embarrassment of" ac tually outlawing them. The ploy has been at least par tially successful -- while the international press did report the banning of the white N U SAS students, it has lar gely ignored t h e actions taken against SASO and the Black students. United States corporations which justify their continued presence in South Africa by detecting a “weakening in apartheid" should be aware of recent events. Once again the South African regime has shown it will meet any organization of opposition to apartheid with suppression. It is not seeking to foster change or avoid confronts tion. An emergency fund has been initiated to assist stu dents n o w under attack. Contributions can be sent to United Ministries in Higher Education. Room 1527. 475 Riverside Drive, New York. New York 10027, and ear marked for South African Students. Protests can be sent to: Ambassador Taswell, South African Embassy. 3051 Mas sachusetts Avenue, N. W., Washington, D.C. A class in Black Literature will be held at PCC s Cas cade Center, 705 N. Killings worth, during spring term. March 28 through June 5th. The course, taught by Pro fessor James Rogers of Port land State University, will carry three hours credit. Voice of the NAACP by Ellis Casson, President "Have We Forgotten Whitney Young" Whitney Young has been dead for two years this month. However, now and then his name is mentioned. Why is it that we forget so soon what a person has done or what he stands for? Why is it that the old saying. "Out of sight, out of mind" has become a way of life for us? I want to recall for you this day, the "wisdom” of this great man. The burdens and respon sibilities are piled on merci lessly when it is a Black man who cares, who is selfless, articulate, intelligent. Young drove himself be yond the point of survival because he had commitments, he felt a compulsion to do those things that, left undone, would leave both the nation and mankind poorer. It is so typical that the late ' ban lea g u e leader's heart gave out while he was on a mission to improve relations between Africans and Americans. He sensed, as many Americans do, that in American governmental and private circles. Africa is bark burner, w h e t h e r it comes to aid or attention. W hitney Young wanted to do something about it. I've heard him express fear that, even after so much sacrificing and struggling by himself a n d others, the nation still would not rise up to its great social challenges. He watched Roy Wilkins (N A A C P ) and others trying to show this nation the path away from civil strife. Then Americans turned and Ig nored their recommendations. This wise and perceptive leader has also left a vital legacy to young Blacks. He exemplified a new measure of manhood. He helped them to understand (we trust and pray) that it might not take nearly as big a man to stand in the street and curse W hitey as it does to walk into the W hite House or the board rooms and speak elo quently the truths that the leaders of government and industry would rather not hear. Yes. we weep at this loss (at least I do) of a great leader And w e still weep two years after his death for a nation that needs him so desperately -- but still seems unable to comprehend the wisdom of his counsel. "Bits A Pieces" The N A A C P was saddened by the passing of Mrs. Millie Rogers. Both Reverend and Mrs. Rogers have been very active in the NA A C P. The N A A C P congratulates Dr. and Mrs. Williams for 28 years of faithful service to their church and community. Tax deadline nears Oregon taxpayers h a v e until midnight, M o n d a y , April 16. 1973. to submit their income tax returns and homeowners' property tax relief applications. The Director of the Ore gon Department of Reve.-.ue, Charles H. Mack, says that Oregon law seta the deadline as April 15. "But". Mack says, "the law also provides for years when April 15 falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. The deadline is moved to the next business day." Income tax returns must be received by midnight. April 16, or they must be postmarked by that time. 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" < 3 4 5°.a RECORD CHANGER SLEEP DURING SWING INTO SPRING EXTRACTIONS i a anonut »iviN it » ,a $ 50°° 80 “ Trade-in on any Stereo regardless of condition Learn a hobby, play a sport, davalop a now intarast WaaMayt liM M SOB 6W w 4 m E i » M 1 i M Community Education classas start tba waak of March 26. DR JEFFREY BRADY Call DENTIST ilMtIR BUMPING SA I. .1 A V - ' ■ t • n dUw Ph ont 228ZZ51S I J 283-2451 for information. P O R T I A N D C O M M U N IT Y C O LLE G E 1 2 0 0 0 S O U T H W E S T , 4 9 th A V E PO R TLA N D OREGON 97219 4*8 In the last few weeks the Government of South Africa has taken severe steps to end student opposition to apartheid. F irst it banned eight white student leaders, barring them from all parti cipation in the multi racial National Union of South A fri can S t u d e n t s (N U S A 8). Then, on Friday, March 2, it took similar action against the Slack South African Stu dents Organization (SASO), banning all six executive members of the organisation and two others, raiding the office a n d confiscating a great deal of material. I t is reported in the Ixmdon Sun day lim es that two of the SASO leaders have also been placed under tw elve hour house arrest. Hanning is a punishment enforced by the w hite regime without any recourse to judi cial processes such as indict ment or trial. Under the terms of the five-year bans, the 16 students: A re re stricted U> the d is tr ic t in which they live-, are pro hibited from attending or visiting any educational in stitulioa, are forbidden to aay gathering-, are frees publishing aay writings; aaay not be quoted in w ritten or verbal form, even after death; and may not communicate with other banned persons. Breaking any of the terms of the ban is a serious crime, punishable by imprisonment. These measures demonstrate the police state powers the white rulers of South Africa wield constantly to silence and crush any who try to organize popular opposition to apartheid, the enforced bondage of the 80 per cent Black m ajorit” . These actions are the cul mination of a long peiioU of conflict between lh« govern ment and the s’ ndents who have rejected ..partheid edu cation in South Africa as an essential part of the Govern ment's plan (or maintaining w hile supremacy. The State spends 6319 a year educating each white child and only 628 on each Black child. Bantu Education, the special educa tional system for Africans, is a carefully constructed, uni
