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Portland Observer
Thursday, December 26, 1975
Third World Wrapup
By Roy Harvey
We see the 'rid
through Black eyes
Stop S. B. I.
The m ost im p o rta n t fig h t shap in g up in Congress is
th a t o ve r Senate B ill O ne. should if be passed,
a m e n d e d or re je cte d ?
The "C rim in a l Justice R eform Act o f 1975" (S B 1)
is s u p p o se d ly a re v is io n o f the c rim in a l code,
d e s ig n e d to s im p lify a n d c o o rd in a te the hundreds o f
c rim in a l law s, b u t in re a lity its passage w o u ld
d ra s tic a lly c u rta il in d iv id u a l rights.
The b ill, w h ic h w as a u th o re d in p a rt by fo rm e r
A tto rn e y G e n e ra l John AAitchell, a c o n v ic te d fe lo n , is
a re fle c tio n o f the N ixo n a d m in is tra tio n 's la w and
o rd e r m e n ta lity a n d its p ro m u lg a tio n o f secrecy in
g o v e rn m e n t.
The b ill circu m ve n ts the U.S. S uperem e C ourt
D ecision o u tla w in g the d ea th p e n a lty by m a kin g
d e a th m a n d a to ry fo r som e offenses. It a llo w s the
d e a th p e n a lty fo r treason, sa bo tag e , e s p io n a g e a nd
fo r m u rd e r c o m m itte d d u rin g an o ffe n s e o f treason,
sa b o ta g e , e s p io n a g e , k id n a p p in g or a irc ra ft h ija c k
in g .
R obert P ackw ood said, "W h ile I a p p la u d the
e ffo rts o f those re sp on sible to re d ra ft a nd c o d ify our
c rim in a l law s, th e re a re m a n y o b je c tio n a b le
p ro visio n s in S. 1 as it is w ritte n . H o p e fu lly , the
J u d ic ia ry C o m m itte e w ill see fit to re m o v e th e m
b e fo re re p o rtin g the b ill o ut to the Senate Floor fo r a
v o te ."
A re w ritin g o f the b ill in C o m m itte e or on the Floor
is too co n tro v e rs ia l a n d tim e co n su m in g fo r Congress
to ta ckle a t this tim e. N o m atter h o w co nscien ciou sly
those Senators w h o a re co nce rn ed a tte m p t this task,
it is h ig h ly u n lik e ly th a t a ll repressive aspects o f the
b ill c o u ld
be re m o v e d . W e
u rg e
O re g o n 's
C on gre ssio na l d e le g a tio n to vote a g a in s t the to ta l
b ill.
(Those persons w h o w ish m o re in fo rm a tio n on
Senate B ill O ne a nd h o w th e y can h e lp stop it sh o u ld
contact SOS1 "S ta m p O u t Senate B ill O n e " a t Box
512, P ortland 97207)
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Separate church & CIA
A n in d iv id u a l c o u ld be g u ilty o f trea son if he
"o rg a n iz e s , leads, recruits m em be rs fo r, or p a rtic i
p ate s as an a c tiv e m e m b e r in an o rg a n iz a tio n or
Senator M a rk H a tfie ld has in tro d u c e d le g is la tio n
g ro u p th a t has as a purpose . . . th e fo rc ib le
to ban th e use o f c le rg y , m issio na rie s or o th e r
o v e rth ro w or d e strictu o n o f th e g o v e rn m e n t o f the
rep re sen ta tives o f re lig io u s b od ie s by th e C IA a n d
U n ite d States or o f a n y State as s p e e d ily as
o the r fe d e ra l agencies. N ot o n ly has c le rg y b ee n
circum stances p e r m it." (in o th e r w ords, fo r b e lie f,
q u e s tio n e d fo r k n o w le d g e g a in e d w h ile a c tin g on
n o t a c tio n ). S a b o ta g e inclu de s " im p a ir in g m ilita ry
b e h a lf o f the church in fo re ig n n ations, b ut
e ffe ctive n e ss, v io la tio n an e m e rg e n c y re g u la tio n ;
cle rg y m a n have been p a id agents o f the CIA
im p a irin g m ilita ry e ffe ctive n e ss by a fa ls e sta te m e nt,
W illia m C olb y, D irector o f the CIA, a nd President
e v a d in g m ilita ry or a lte rn a tiv e c iv ilia n service;
Ford have in d ic a te d that th e y see no reason w h y the
o b stru ctin g m ilita ry re c ru itm e n t or in d u c tio n ; in c itin g
church sh o u ld not be used fo r in te llig e n c e g a th e rin g .
or a id in g m u tin y , in s u b o rd ia n tio n , or d e s e rtio n ; a nd
N ot o n ly is this p ra ctice a cle a r v io la tio n of th e
E spionage in clu d e s d isclo sin g n a tio n a l d e fe n se
c
o
n
s titu tio n a l se p a ra tio n o f church a n d state, it is a
in fo rm a tio n , m is h a n d e lin g n a tio n a l d e fe n s e in fo r
subversion o f the s p iritu a l a n d h u m a n ita ria n w o rk o f
m a tio n , d isclo sin g cla s s ifie d in fo rm a tio n , u n la w fu lly
th e church. N o w o n d e r th e Third W o rld looks on us
o b ta in in g cla ssifie d in fo rm a tio n , etc.
w ith distrust, if w e w ill su bve rt th e ve ry soul o f the
The b ill b rin g s on th e aspects o f the "G e s ta p o
n a tio n a n d its p e o p le .
S ta te ", p ro v id in g p e n a ltie s, in c lu d in g d e a th , fo r
W e m ust a lso w o n d e r, w h a t a b o u t th e church at
le a k in g 'n a tio n a l d e fe n s e in fo rm a tio n ', w h ic h c o u ld
h om e? H ave th e c o nfe ssion al been v io la te d by the
be a lm o s t a n y th in g . This re strictio n in c lu d e s the
FBI? Is y o u r frie n d ly n e ig h b o rh o o d pastor re a lly an
press, a n d w ith the g o v e rn m e n t's a b ility to classify
a g e n t o f th e g o v e rn m e n t?
a lm o s t a n y th in g as secret or necessary fo r n a tio n a l
O f course, this is a tw o w a y street. A n y m in is te r
se cu rity, the p u b lic 's rig h t to k n o w w o u ld be
w h o w o u ld le t h im s e lf a n d his re lig io n be used is not
e ffe c tiv e ly c u rta ile d .
w o rth y o f the c a llin g a n d sh ou ld be p urge d.
M u ch o f w h a t you re a d in this p a p e r w o u ld be
For m a n y A m e rican s, a n d e s p e c ia lly fo r Blgck
re sticte d a n d yo u r p u b lis h e r co u ld fin d h im s e lf in
A
m
e rican s, th e church o ffe rs strength a n d security,
p riso n .
as w e ll as the fa ith to c o n tin u e th e stru g g le fo r
The b ill also restricts th e rig h t to d e m o n stra te - a
lib e ra tio n .
It has b ee n the fo c a l p o in t o f the
rig h t w ith o u t w h ic h w e w o u ld s till have Jim C row
M o v e m e n t a n d has p ro d u c e d som e o f o u r g re ate st
a n d th e V ie tn a m W ar. The b ill p ro vid e s s tiff p e n a ltie s
fo r persons in v o lv e d in riots, b ut d e fin e s rio t as a leaders. W e m ust be on g u a rd to ke e p if p ure in
d e d ic a tio n to o u r p e o p le a n d to G od.
" p u b lic d istu rb a n ce in v o lv in g an a ssem ble dg e o f ten
or m o re persons th a t creates a g ra v e d a n g e r o f in ju ry
or d a m a g e o f persons or p ro p e rty ." An in d iv id u a l
w h o p ickets on th e C ou rt House steps (o r w ith in 200
fe e t o f th e co u rt) c o u ld re c e iv e a six m o n th prison
This w e e k th e O b server p u b lis h e s its th ird a n n u a l
te rm a n d a $10,000 fin e . D u rin g w a r, th is in d iv id u a l
C hristm as sp ecial, "T h ro u g h th e Eyes o f C h ild re n ."
c o u ld g o to ja il fo r seven years.
A g a in this year, a ll p rim a ry a n d e le m e n ta ry
On th e o th e r h an d, a n y g o v e rn m e n t o ffic ia l w h o
b e lie v e d he w as co»»mg o u t a fe d e ra l d ire c tiv e — schools o f the g re a te r A lb in a a re a w e re in v ite d to
p a rtic ip a te by s u b m ittin g th e ir stu de nts' Santa Claus
w h e th e r le g a l or n ot — w o u ld be in n o c e n t o f
letters a n d C hristm as d ra w in g s . O n ly six schools —
w ro n g d o in g .
C ritics h ave said th e b ill is so lo n g (o v e r 700 St. A n d re w s, Pope John 23rd, O p e n C o m m u n ity
p ag es) a n d so c o m p lic a te d th a t a tte m p ts to a m e n d it School, K ing, H u m b o ld t a n d Boise chose to
e n o u g h to m ake it a c c e p ta b le w o u ld be useless. The p a rtic ip a te .
Perhaps w e o ve r e m p h a size th e p o s itiv e e ffe c t on
A m e ric a n C iv il L ib ertie s U nio n e stim a te d th a t a b o u t
th
e
yo u n g c h ild w h e n he sees his o w n w ritin g or art
1,000 a m m e n d m e n ts w o u ld be necessary. The m ere
a
p
p
e
a r in p rin t in a " r e a l" n e w s p a p e r. Perhaps the
b u lk o f the b ill p re clu d e s its u n d e rs ta n d in g by m ost
teachers
c a n n o t vis u a liz e th e ir h a p p y faces as they
C ongressm en.
see
th
e
ir
nam es in p rint. M a y b e th e y d o not re a liz e
O re g o n 's tw o senators still sit on the fe n ce . M ark
the
jo
y
o
f ta k in g h om e a n e w s p a p e r th ey h e lp e d
H a tfie ld said, " W h ile m ost o f the p ro visio n s o f S 1
pro
du
ce.
These m ig h t be s m a ll d e lig h ts to the busy
a re n o t o n ly a cc e p ta b le , b u t necessary fo r the
c o n tin u e d e xisten ce o f a w o rk a b le system of teachers, b ut th e y can be im p o rta n t e ve n ts in the life
c rim in a l justice, th e re a re se rve ra l sections o f th e b ill o f a yo u n g c h ild — a nd e s p e c ia lly o f a yo u n q Black
w h ic h
m a n y th in k
a re
u n c o n s titu tio n a l
a n d , c h ild .
Perhaps th e O reg on M in o rity Educators A ssociation
th e re fo re , u n a cce p ta b le . If I w e re to v o te on the
m erits o f S. 1 as it is c u rre n tly w ritte n , I w o u ld vote w e re rig h t -- th a t w hen the Black teachers le ft the
a g a in s t it w ith o u t h e s ita tio n . . . H o p e fu lly , the A lb in a schools, th a t sp ecial c a rin g le ft, alsp.
W e m ust a d m it that w e a re d is a p p o in te d in the
o b je c tio n a b le sections o f the le g is la tio n w ill be
d ro p p e d d u rin g re v ie w by th e fu ll Senate J u d ic ia ry lack o f e nthusiasm in our n e ig h b o rh o o d schools. But
C o m m itte e . If not, I w ill su pp ort e ffo rts to d e le te w e p ro u d ly pre sen t the w o rk o f o u r c h ild re n and
th an k those teachers w h o cared a little b it m ore
th e m on th e Senate flo o r ."
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'Sancho, the dog* are barking, T hat'.
good sign we are advancing."
The U.S. reporting of the Paris
Economic Summit iNorth South) has
largely left out any mention of the
"South"
led by Iraq, Algeria, Mexico,
India and Peru. Peruvian Foreign Min
ister he l a Flor, commenting on the
right wing attacks on his government,
quoted Cervantes' Don Quixote. "Sancho,
the dogs are barking That's a good sign
we are advancing.**
Mexico's President Luis Echeverria
warned that a failure to move toward a
new world economic order would lead to a
"new war of catastrophic proportions . . .
(«visibly with nuclear arms." Mexico's
Ambassador to France, Carlos Fuentes,
reiterated Echeverria's call for the new
economic order: " . . . the main problem of
economic dependence is debt , . .
(Kissinger's economic blackmail) as well
as nuclear war...wouldn't leave a field of
victors and defeated. All of us, without
exception, would be defeated." Mexico's
delegate to the conference, Javier Alejo.
told reporters that “Kissinger is trying to
isolate the Third World from the Soviet
block .(the) inequality between Third
World and advanced countries cannot
continue without this provoking a gener
alized global crisis which endangers not
only peace, but also the very survival of
society."
The outstanding immediate Third
World debt is approximately $200 billion
the collection of which means the
further impoverishment of the popula
tions of. the Third World, and a
concomitant collapse of production in the
industrial capitalist sector. Third World
governments are aware of the despera
tion of
inparticular the Rockefeller
banking sector, to collect The threat of
nuclear war is held up to the Soviet Union
land the world) so as to force the Soviets
to leave the Third World countries in
isolation and at the merry of New York
banks.
Commenting on Kissinger’s
statement at the North South Confer
ence. a member of the Mexican delega
tion said, "They (ll.S .) always offer us
bilateral deals
and we always lose",
Kissinger has covertly stated that if the
Soviets extend the transferable ruble
credits to the Third World, the U.S. will
go to war with the COMECON group
nuclear war
IIilex 75 and terrorism
As part of the 'social engineering'
aspect of Hilex 75 (the N A TO NSC war
■'games' now being implemented interna
tionally), we have witnessed a spate of
terrorism that will be appropriately
credited to the authors of those ‘war
games' The latest is the kidnapping of
the OPEC ministers by the ficticious
“Arm of Arab Liberation". ‘Carlos',
reportedly the head of the A A L ' is a
British Intelligence Agent, who was
trained at the latndon School of Econom
ics also in guerrilla warfare. ‘Carlos' is
also connected to the N A TO terrorist
gang. Baader Meinhoff. To date, only the
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
has denounced the *AAL' as a C IA
operation. New Solidarity notes that the
A A L has the same modus operand! as the
'Black September' terrorist gang (which
former NSC agent Roy Frankhouser
credits to Secretary of State Henry
Kissinger). The 'A A L ' has as its primary
objective to isolate the pro development
Iraq. Terrorism is part of the scenario
spelled out in Hilex 75 which results in
an oil embargo: thia oil war is to lead to
The Chairman of the Congressional
Black Caucus this week accused U.S.
Ambassador to the United Nations Dan
iel P. Moynihan of increasing tensions
between the United States and develop
ing countries of Africa. Asia and I atm
America.
The text of Representative Charles B.
Rangel's (Dem .-N.Y.) letter to Secretary
of Stale Henry Kissinger follows:
"When my colleagues and I met with
you in August, you pledged a new era of
cooperation and friendship with the
developing nations of the world. I believe
at this time that this new relationship you
so sincerely promised is tragically being
undermined by recent actions of the
United States Mission to the United
Nations.
“I. personally, find it difficult to accept
Ambassador Moynihan's insulting bo
havior toward the Third World as our
American foreign policy. It may be that
you share my views but are prevented by
political realities or pressures from
FLASH
(Continued from p. 1 col. 6)
Rockefeller currency strongholds in the
Third World - and threatens to place the
entirety of OPEC under Iraq pro-de
velopment leadership." In addition to the
PLO ’a identifying the 'Arm of Arab
Liberation' terrorist gang as C IA . an
Iranian newspaper identified the ‘A A L ’
as a creation of the C IA and western
intelligence agencies. Coming from C IA
stronghold, Iran this is no lightweight
statement - it indicates the breakaway
from Kissinger's Middle East policy. In
addition Kuwait has stated that the
"I nited States is the only one who could
have benefited from the terrorist opera
tion..."
Park
(Continued from p. 1 col. 3)
he served from 1971 to 1974, Park was an
Assistant Superintendent of Schools in
the Washington County Intermediate
Education district. He is married and is
the father of four children.
In addition to holding key positions in
school administration, his background
also includes “impressive" service with
two educational development organiza
tions. First he headed the school services
section of the New England School
Development Council and later the New
England Educational Data Systems of
fice. In the latter role he helped work out
scheduling programs lor secondary
schools, some with enrollments of more
than 3,000 students.
“In this role he also gave leadership in
the New England area to the develop
meet of many high school alternative
programs,” McElroy pointed out.
Park becomes the third principal at
Adams, which opened in 1969
Dr. Robert Blanchard, Superintendent
of the Portland Public Schools, said that
Park's appointment, which took effect
immediately, will be up for retifiration by
the Board of Education at its January
12th, 1976 regular meeting.
taking action. Ambassador Moynihan
appears to have difficulty in fully
understanding your commitment to im
proved United States Third World ties.
His recent statements divide nations, not
bring them together.
"There is deep suspicion among many
developing countries towards the United
States as a result of our past lack of a
comprehensive policy toward them. Ten
sions are high and sensitivities are raw.
Unfortunately, Ambassador Moynihan's
behavior only increases their suspicions,
tensions and sensitivities.
The problem has been compounded by
the appointment of Pearl Bailey to the
United States delegation. This is a most
important and sensitive General Assem
bly session, and I cannot understand your
acceptance of Ms. Bailey's appointment.
This is a time for experienced individuals
to serve in our United States Mission
While Ms. Bailey is certainly admired for
her past achievements on the stage by
the President, the nation and. indeed,
audiences around the world, she simply
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T hirty four African nations have pled
ged to attend the Organization of African
Unity (O AU) meetings to be held shortly
at Addis Ababa. Guinea (Sekou Toure)
and Congo (Marien Ngouabi) continue to
organize for the removal of 'neo colonial
agent' Idi Amin
current head of the
OAU.
Congress, while not going after Kisain
ger on his nuclear war provocations, has
moved to stop the Secretary of State in
Angola. The Black Caucus has uniformly
condemned U.S. involvement in Angola,
while members of the Caucus are
determined to have Congressman Pike's
Intelligence Committee investigate Hilex
75. But the Black Caucus can't do it alone
working people must simply demand an
investigation from the press and Cop
gresstnan during their vacations, of the
nuclear 'war game' now in process
a
game which, to requote Javiet Alejo,
threatens the 'very survival of society'.-
does not have the experience necessary
to best represent the United States at
this critical time. I am distressed, as a
Black man and as an American, that after
200 years of independence this nation still
appears to most easily recognize Black
leaders on the athletic field or on the
entertainment stage.
Ms. Bailey's appointment now is an
insult to the many Black professionals in
foreign affairs who could effectively fill
this postion. as well to the Third World
nations who are looking toward the
United States for a clear signal of
friendship and concern.
"I do not wish this letter to ho
interpreted as a criticism of Ms. Bailey
who. I am sure, would bo the first to
admit her limitations as a diplomat. I
hope that you will instead read this as a
plea for your personal intervention to
correct the unfortunate attitude and
policy of belligerency directed at the
concerns of the developing world which
have characterized Ambassador Moym
ban's tenure as United States Ambassa
dor to the United Nations."
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food withholding by the U .8., then the
quick imposition of the N A TO Interna
lional Energy Agency (Rockefeller Kis
singer created) and various (Mid East,
etc.) destabilizations and coupe (using
also war showdown with the Soviets.
Prior to the 'A A L ' aiezure of the oil
ministers, the IE A demanded a $6 to $N
dollar per barrel price ceiling on oil. The
OPEC price |>er barrel ia now around $12.
The ministers were in Vienna working
out an oil price at the time of the terrorist
action. According to the Hilex scenario,
the Federal Energy Association associate
W alter Levy, following an oil embargo
(provoked), the FEA will simply further
its domestic austerity drive: the militar
icing of the U.S. economy.
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