P orti and/Observer
Thursday, March 22, 1973
' ’ age 3
South Africa bans student organization
DR JEFFREY
BRADY
MODES N
DENTAL
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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.
Penalty and interest may be
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Homeowners' property tax
relief applications filed after
the deadline are void.
Mack hopes Oregon tax
payers will get their returns
in well before the absolute
deadline to avoid delay in
processing during the last
minute rush.
Taxpayers should not send
income tax returns and pro
perty tax relief applications
in the
sam e
envelope.
These forms should be mail
ed to separate addresses as
indicated in the returns.
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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