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Portland Observer
Thursday. Ortober 30. 1975
Page 3
Population changes effect Oregon life
In llov Harvey
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Angolan Independence or Bloodbath
in Neat Two laaur»
Afrique Asia tOrtober 20th) reports
that Angola within the week has been
massively invaded by the C IA created
counter gang KN I. A. with the support of
"a melange of Chinese. Tunisian, Ameri
can, Portuguese, German Nazi and
Israeli" mercenaries and advisors Secre
tarv of State Kissinger has made it dear
that National Security Council (NSC)
policy is to stop the pre development
M I'I.A In addition to Kissinger's push to
extend the bankrupt Zaire. $00 million for
the payment of its short term debts, the
NSC has pressed Congress (or an
emergency $19 million in military aid for
General Mobutu (President of Zaire)
Congress is 'cool' (Oregonian. October
23rd) toward such aid, as Zaire is clearly
not being threatened militarily, and it is
universally recognized (Washington Post,
October 26thl that the chief conduit for
aid to the CIA created E N L A is General
Mobutu
In addition to the K N I.A northern
attack on the M P I.A , South Africa has
used the pretext of "hot pursuit" of
Namibian guerrillas tSouthweat Africa)
to launch a renewed invasion from the
south
According to African diplomats
based in Paris, the Giscard government
has three training bases in Namibia,
which is apparently training the South
African backed C N IT A ersatz liberation
group
A little over one week ago a
C N IT A representative met with I ’enla
gun officials reportedly the first stop [or
C N lT A 's Jeremia Kilunda
It is apparently NSC NA TO |xilicy Io
wreck the economy and governmental
infrastructure in Angola, if they cannot
win
As the former Portuguese colony
Gome' Bissau warns, there is the real
danger of sending special Portuguese
commandos to neutralize the M P I.A in
Luanda, making possible the entrance of
the K N I.A stationed nearby " October
|X|h in an interview in Afrique Asie.
M P I.A president Agostinho Neto ex
presaed his concerns that the NATO
linked Azevedo government has made no
mov es to pull out I heir troops as planned
K rn v a M oves
Toward
O e v r lo p m e n t
In 1959 the sem i fe u da l g o v e ru u u a il of
J o m o K e n v a tta a rre s te d th e le a d e rs h ip of
th e a n n a lis t K e n y a People's U n io n iV ic e
P re s id e n t O gtnga O d in g a , and M in is te r of
In fo rm a tio n A c h ie n g O n e k il) W ith in the
past month, Kenyatta has made several
moves countermanding World Bank
hegemony in Kenya
October 15th
Kenyatta ordered the arrest of two
government officials reportedly linked to
the C IA in Kenya: Iteputy Speaker John
Seroney, and M artin Shikuku.
In
addition, Odinga and Oneko were re
leased from prison
Muring the UN
Special Session recently, Kenya's Ki
nance Minister Mwai Kibaki noted that
he understood Kenya's predicament:
either full scale development, or au
sterity
Kibaki said that some form of
default on dollar debt would have to occur
"because of the raging inflation."
Japan's f uture Linked to
Third World Oevebipment
Though hardly a Third World country.
Japan's economic crisis is irrevocably
linked to the Third World, where Japan
sells about forty percent of its industrial
production In return, it imports ml. food,
and raw materials T hirty five percent of
Japan's industrial profits come from its
exports Krom April to September of this
year. Japan's profits from exports has
fallen forty five percent
Previous
quarter decline has been about twenty
eight percent (for th«- last year) The two
interrelated causes for this collapse of the
Japanese economy are I ) the inability to
the Third W orld (and advanced in
dustrial) countries to buy, given the
debt strapped predicament of tmth sec
tors (prim arilly the debt is owned to the
World Bank, the IM K . the Chase ami
fir s t National City Bank)
2 I the
mammoth debt service owed by Japan
itself chiefly to these same banks This
debt includes a $30 billion in Iso day
foreign loans to be pant to the Now 5 ork
hanks Paying off these loans prevents
the sinking of this money back into
industry (even for upkeep); it also
prevents the extension of loans to the
Third World countries (or development
purposes The result furl her agra v at ion
of the collapse
Japan's only way out of this predica
moot is via an Asian Development Bank'
las British economist has proposed,
echoing the II IB proposals), which
"circumvents th*' debt (calls a halt on
debt payment), then expands mutually
beneficial trade between Japan and the
Third World countries
Typical of the kind of trade deal that
Jap.in will opt for is the $1 billion barter
deal in the works between Japan and
Black bankers elect Seattle man
Sharma "Tab" Buford. President of
Douglass State Bank in Kansas City,
Kansas, was installed as the new
president of the National Bankers
Association at the JMth annual convention
id the association in Seattle
More than 2tX) executives and directors
of minority banks participated in the
three day meeting, which was described
by Buford as one of the most substantive
and successful in the history of the
National Bankers Association, the trade
group for seventy one minority owned
banks
|)r Booker T la-wts. member of the
Board of Directors of the American State
Bank iformer Kreedom Bank of Kmance)
represented the bank at the conference
Buford, who served as president elect
for the past year, succeeded David
Harper. of Detroit, as NBA President
Buford formerly served as secretary to
th«- NBA board for four years
Elected to the NBA Board as Associate
Member»' representative was J Thomas
Wood. Assistant Vice President. Seattle
Kirst National Bank. Bellevue. Washing
ton.
One of the major concerns discussed by
the bankers at th«- convention was
redlining, denying housing funds to
neighborhoods because of location or
heavy concentration of Blacks and or
other racial minorities
In a resolution dealing with this
problem, the NBA said:
'As an association we will not pass up
any opportunities to speak out against
the practices of redlining
But more
im|iortant than the rhetoric, we will fight
the prartice through good old fashioned
competition Our banks lend and invest
more money in our communities than we
take out of these communities in the way
of ileposits Our message should be loud
and clear SI I ' l ' l l l i l T H E HANK T H A T
St 'p p o K T S Y O l'R C O M M U N IT Y . If we
can succeed in getting this message
across we ran strengthen the economir
base of our committees and strengthen
our banks at the same time.”
•Another resolution expressed the
"grave concern” of minority bankers over
bills pending in the Congress requiring
I he payment of interest on Treasury tax
and loan accounts
This resolution states:
“ T h e T a x and L o a n A c c o u n t
mechanism has enabled many major
cor,Mirations to put some funds to work in
the minority communities for a brief
period of time ithrough their deposits in
minority banks) This has helped NBA
banks to provide a wide range of services
in the community.
W ith the national
debate now raging over the issue of
investing in poor communities it seems
ironical that the government would
change the one program that has hel|md
attract additional funds into these
communities " The 49th annual conven
lion of NBA will be held in Richmond.
Virginia
HUD renews building subsidy
Secretary Carla A. Hills of the
Department of Housing and Urban
Development announced reactivation of a
rev ised homeownership subsidy program
to spur construction anil rehabilitation of
single family homes for low and moderate
income fannies and to assist the recovery
in the housing industry.
Secretary Hills said H U D will use
$2114 1 million over I hi' next two years, in
funds already authorized to subsidize
over 25OJMM) new single family units ns a
tool to revitalize the troubled housing in
dusiry and create construction jobs and
to assist in the rehabilitation of urban
neighborhoods
The new program, the Secretary said,
differs from the old in significant
re» pert»:
Not more than thirty percent of the
new housing in any subdivision will In
eligible for subsidy payments, eliminal
mg concentration of subsidized units in a
single area.
To qualify, the family must have an
adjusted gross income up to eighty
percent of the median income for the
area.
Under the old program, the
adjusted income could not exceed 135
percent of the income for the same sized
family eligible to move into public
housing
The mortgage for a new home must not
exceed $21.500. or $25,200 for a family of
five or more. In designated high cost
areas, the mortage limits can go to
$25,200 for a single family, or $2H.H(M) for
a family of five or more
The homeowner must make a down
payment of at least three percent ol the
first $25,000, plus ten percent of any
additional amount of the purchase price,
and all closing or transfer costs, ensuring
a significant financial commitment to the
property which was lacking in the old
program. Under the old program, the
minimum investment was $200. and base
assets could not exceed $2.000
The H U D subsidy payments will
reduce mortgage interest costs to as low
as five percent, but the homeowner must
contribute at least twenty percent of his
adjusted gross income towards monthly
mortgage, insurance and taxes The old
program permitted interest rates as low
as one percent for the homebuyer.
The subsidized home ran be a new or
substantially rehabilitated single family-
detached, townhouse, condominium, or
cooperative unit. The subsidies are not
available for the purchase of existing
homes, which were eligible under the old
program.
Additionally, the new one is designed
to help families now priced out of the new
home market because of high interest
rates and escalated housing costs.
Subsidy payments can continue through
the term of the mortgage until the
property is sold, or until the homeowner
can pay the monthly mortgage, insurance
and taxes out of twenty percent of his
adjusted gross income
The Section 235 program is being
reactivated at this lime in order to help
sustain the housing recovery. There are
presently no plans to continue the
program after the funds have been
exhausted
Iraq Iraq has about 75 billion barrelx of
oil, and is acutely conscious that its
reserves will be exhausted in less than
twenty years
Consequently Iraq is
determined to rapidly industrialize prior
to the exhaustion of its oil, with the
simultaneous implicit intention of de
veloping fusion technology within the
next generation
Briefly put. Japan
need* Iraq oil: Iraq need* Japanese
industry; faith need fusion technology, as
oil reserves are finite
L'.S. Energy Policy
In contrast to the Soviet energy |M>liry
of committment to fusion technology
(which the Soviets say will bo in
production by 1950). the United States
Energy Resource and Development Ad
ministration lE R D A l is phasing out
governmental development of fusion, in
favor of a free enterprise approach'
ERD A
head. Dr
Robert Seamens
(member of David Rockefeller's Council
of f oreign Relations, and former Secre
tary of the Air fo rce) has explained that
private fusion research units will have to
vie for funds from Project Independence
l l ’ll, which is notoriously known to be pro
coal and coal gassification and other such
labor intensive energy schemes, w hich fit
w ithin the context of the W’l ’ A type work
relief programs of Senators Humphrey
and Hawkins
W ithin the past week. Senators
Abourezk (Demo South Dakota) and Hart
(Demo Michigan) have challenged the
Vice President’s $100 billion Project In
dependence "boondoggle program." Of
interest as background reading for their
anti monopoly legislation is the New
York Times book review lOcotber 19th)
of Seven Sister», a History of Kockefel
ler’s International Oil Empire, which
begins, "in the beginning there was
Rockefeller from whirh all things crude
seemed to flow "
Changes in Oregon'» population in
recent years have affected various
facets of life in the state in way* not
immediately apparent to the casual
observer.
A declining birthrate, for example,
will eventually lesson the need for new
schools A t the same time, however, the
slate's large post retirement population
may demand more educational service
in communities around the state.
The effect of this shift on school
construction is but one of the implica
lions highlighted in "The Population of
Oregon, 1940 1970". a two year look at
the people of the state by Hans H.
Plambeck, professor of sociology at
Oregon State University.
Using federal census reports for each
of the decades covered, Plam beck
looked at the composition of the popula
tion, where it is distributed around the
state, and major changes in population
characteristic.
In the report. Plambeck draws im
plications for other segments on the life
of the state:
Jobs
because an increasing number
of young people are rearhing the ages of
employment, "Oregon must recognize
the need to expand job opportunities if
the needs of the new adults are to be
met."
Politics and government
while
noting the gradual shift in political
power from rural eastern Oregon to the
more populous W illamette Valley, he
notes the danger of apathy when
citizens no longer know their legislators
personally. He also points out the
advantages of eliminating duplication of
government structures in areas that
have lost population by consolidating
counties.
increased more rapidly since then. Moat
Oregon residents were born outside the
state, but nearly one third of all Oregon
born persons reside outside their native
state, many of them in California.
(om m unity services and facilities as
the large younger group matures, they
will need adequate housing, especially in
suburbs around major urban centers; so
will the large older segment of the
population, except that their housing
must be smaller and located near
shopping and transportation, according
"The census reports reveal an un
interrupted growth of the state's popu
lation since the first settlers arrived."
writes Plambeck. “There is no reason to
expect this growth trend to come to a
bait in the forseeable future as the
West Coast continues to attract people
from other states."
to Plambeck.
Plambeck made more general dis
coveries about Oregon's population: It
has im^eased every decane since 1940
The y<(ung/st and the oldest age groups
Student veterans discuss role
charge for any of the conference events
except meals.
Saturday sessions include lobbying
techniques for the benefit of all veterans,
use of the media in organizing veteran's
activities, and a workshop on the pros
and rons of VA benefits led by Grady
Horton, assistant director. Veterans
Administration Regional Office Another
workshop will consider “should we
organize a Northwest Veterans' Associa
tion?"
During the lunch break on
Saturday, the film Future Shock will be
shown
The highlight of Saturday's
schedule is keynote speaker Jason Roe.
president of the Oregon Senate
The conference is being coordinated by
the Veterans Club of Portland Com
munity College and is open to all student
veterans. Anyone who is interested in
attending should call the Veterans Office
at Portland Community College. 244
6111. Registration will be at Portland
Community College on the morning of the
conference.
Student veterans from throughout the
Northwest will come to Portland Com
munity College on Eriday, October 31st,
and Saturday, November 1st. for a
conference dealing with the role of
veterans on campus, the image of
veterans in society, and the general
needs and interests of student veterans.
Portland Community College's presi
dent, Dr. Amo De Bernardis, will deliver
the opening address entitled "The Impact
of Veterans on College Campuses" at 1:00
p m on Kriday in the Cedar Room at the
Sylvania Center Later in the day there
will be a showing of the Academy Award
winning film about the Vietnam War
"Hearts and Minds."
Dr. Gary Boyles, a counseling psy
chologist who teaches a class for Vietnam
veterans at Portland Community College,
will lead an interpersonal workshop
dealing with the veteran's self image and
problem solving techniques.
In the
evening, dinner will be served at the
Eagle's Club in Portland
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