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< Portland Observer Thursday. January 1. 197# Page 3 Third World Wrapup Victory For World Development - D A I) to Recognize Angolan Government by Roy Harvey Recently held Organization of African Unity meetings 146 African countries) discussed Africa's industrial development over the next 25 years, planning for a growth rate ol 11 to 13 percent per annum. This growth rate they hold to be realizable, pointing to ten industrial complexes which have been established by the Soviet Union. This is also the kind of economic development they wish to see with the U.S. industrial sector -- development which is explicity in the new economic world order put forward by leading Third World countries, but which is predicted on a moratorium on dollar debt and the new credit institution, the international development bank. O ver the weekend major U.S. news papers have conceded that the Secretary of State's Africa policy is dangerously incompetent. The Chicago Tribune ridicule's Kissinger's domino theory applied to Angola and gives "marching orders" to Congress: “Congress will not go along with this nonsense.“ The Washington Post •‘ditorializes about the "wrong African policy" in Angola, condemning this as a hypocrisy of the worst sort the State Departm ent demand that Gulf Oil not pay the People's Republic of Angola $125 million for oil already pumped out of the Cabinda province, while perm itting hundreds of corporations to do business with apar theid South Africa. The Post likewise ridicules Henry Kissinger's ‘superpower thesis'. The Superpower Thesis A t his Christmas Eve press conference Kissinger stated: “In the 1970s and 1980» the Soviet Union wll have achieved...ef fective strategic equality, which means that whoever may be ahead in the damage they can inflict on the other, the damage to the other in a general nuclear war will be of a catastrophic nature." Kissinger has taken up lock, stock and nuclear warhead the Schlesinger Doc trine of ‘limited nuclear war* -- a doctrine which last year 97 congressman con demned (the O ttinger Resolution). In addition to continued nuclear blackmail (part of Hilex 76), Kissinger has imposed economic sanctions against Angola and Cuba, while the West German daily Süddeutsche Zeiting (December 27th) carries a story detailing large sums of money given to the F N L A and U N IT A (the C IA counter gangs in Angola) to pay salaries of North American mercenaries. To date these mercenaries are reportedly flying spotter transport planes for the C IA groups, though IPS learned from U.S. Special Forces in Virginia that “500 Green Berets are now fighting in Angola...if any of the men are killed or raptured, the U.S. will officially deny their existence." This is identical to U.S. policy in the early stage of the Vietnam war. The San Diego Tribune corro borates earlier stories reported in the Portland Observer of mercenaries re cruited for Angola, conduited through ( ’O RE connected 'David Kufkin' and other C IA funded operations. "People have the wrong idea about mercenaries, Hufkin said, “they are not hired killers, they are skilled, disciplined military professionals. O A U to Recognize People's Republic of Angola By the time the O A U Conference convenes (January 10th) in Addis Ababa, the m ajority of the O AU members will have recognized the Angolan govern ment. Nigeria has extended an offer of $100 million in aide to the Angolan gov nment (RPA); Nigerian External Affi rs Commissioner Joseph Garba has pled ;ed his country will do everything necessary to ensure Angola's liberation is successful. It was following Nigeria’s recognition and full support for the RPA that Ghana sod a number of other African countries broke loose. The Ghanian Times called for the full recognition of the PRA , the unmasking of neocolonialism in Angola, and the O AU determination to rid all Africa of neo colonialism. The exception to such moves are the countries Ivory Coast, the Camaroons. Malaawi. Senegal and, of course, Zaire. These are countries on the itinerary of Kissinger's new Assistant SEcretary of State William Schaufele. Kissinger hopes to block AO U recognition to give tim e for his C IA concotion in Huambo (Novo IJsoa) to get moving. Tanzania's N yerere has thrown the F N I,A U N IT A representatives out of his country. South Africa Manuevers South Africa continues to bring in heavy artillery (140 mrr. guns, which have a range of 20 kilometers, longer than any gun of the People’s Republic of Angola), while offering a pull out of Angola if a number of their demands are met (Soviet-Cuban withdrawal, protection of the Cunene River hydroelectric project etc.). The Vorster-Botha policy seems simply consistent with Henry Kissinger's red scare and nuclear war blackmail scenario. Oregonian Editor I'nrealizes If they weren't so harmful, it would be ‘fun’ (of the sort realized in working out a cryptogram) to read Oregonian edi Clarence Mitchell receives acclaim Clarence Mitchell, Jr., one of the quiet, unsung heroes of the civil rights movement for the past quarter of a century, will be honored at a testimonial luncheon on January 27th at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington. D.C. For the past several months Mitchell has been an active and highly vocal delegate for the United States at the United Nations. Recently, in what U .N . observers said was the strongest U.S. statement against apartheid policies of South Africa, Mitchell, in a major speech before the U.N.. challenged and criticized the South African government for its “oppressive government which deprives the m ajority of South Africans of their basic human rights.” t The testimonial luncheon for Mitchell will focus on his years as a journalist, civil rights attorney and activist and highly respected lobbyist for civil rights legisla tion on Capitol Hill. Since 1950 Mitchell has been director of the Washington Bureau of the N A A C P and leg islative Chairman of the leadership Conference on Civil Rights. In a cover story in the Potomac Magazine in 1969. the Washington Post described Mitchell as "the 101th Senator of the United States." In the article, the Post said, “Mitchell is considered by those in the know to be perhaps the most singular figure in getting civil rights legislation through Congress and in prompting Presidents to issue executive orders." Mitchell gave his first congressional testimony on his eye witness account of a lynching that occurred in 1933. Since then he has been a major behind the scenes force in the civil rights movement. Although his name is not familiar to most Black Americans as a publicly known “civil rights leader," Mitchell is a fam iliar name in the halts of Congress. It was his ceaseless efforts that resulted in the no compromise provisions of the 1964 civil rights bill, according to the Wash ington Post. And the Congressional Q uarterly attributed the miraculous passage of the 1968 open housing bill to Mitchell's persistent and effective lobby ing. A t the age of 63. Mitchell still works a ten to twelve hour day. He will return to Washington and his job as director of the civil rights lobbyng and monitoring efforts in January. In Baltimore and throughout the state of Maryland, the name Mitchell is synonymous with civil rights and the NAACP. His wife, Juanita, also an attorney, is a former president of the Maryland State N A A C P. Mitchell’s eldest son, Clarence. I l l , 35, was a founding member of SNCC and at the age of 22 was elected to the Maryland General Assembly and at 26 to the State Senate. Another son, Mike, also an attorney, was elected to Baltimore City Council in November. Mitchell’s youngest brother. P a r r e l 1 represents Baltimore in the United States Congress. The committee of more than 100 persons planning the Mitchell luncheon represents a broad cross-section of organizations and individuals who have worked with Mitchell over the years. torials, as an exercise in explicating reductionist thinking. "Anguish in Moscow, Havana, Too” (12/28), for example. The editorial gloats that because a (C IA aligned) faction killed some hundreds of Syrian leftists, "some high officials in Moscow are questioning whether the government might be throwing its money away ir Angola, since the M PLA is highly nationalistic...” The editor psychologically is projecting his reaction onto “some officials in Moscow", reasoning that there are undoubtedly some individuals like himself in Soviet leadership. (It is Kissinger's Middle East poiicy to meditate a provoked war between Syria and Israel, with the express aim of forcing the Soviets out of Syria.) The Oregonian fantasorializes that the M PLA is 'highly nationalistic'. It is probably the most internationalist minded of African governments, which is not to say that it is socialist, but that it is pro-development and pro socialist. And while we ran not so easily assess the psychological state of the Cuban people over Angola, it is probably not “very bad" as the Oregonian hopes. 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Rather than funds going bark to the United States Depart ment of Health, Education, and Welfare, federal guidelines should be changed so that unexpended funds can be reallocated to those states (like Oregon) where funds can be used (as required) during the 1975 76 program year. In Oregon, federal and state day care funds are channeled through the State Children's Services Division (CSD). To prevent the federal situation occuring in Oregon, we call on CSD to monitor the expenditure of state general funds allocated to day care, and to keep the State 4-C Council and the State Legisla ture regularly informed of the status of expenditures. W e also request the State Legislature to establish the necessary regulation so that funds which cannot be spent in one district of the state may be timely reallocated to districts in need. Another possibility for help is S. 2425 which is being studied by the United States Senate Finance Committee. This bill would make an additional $500 million per year available to states for chiid care under T itle X X of the Social Security Act. I t would also raise the Federal matching rate from 75 to 80 percent in the case of child care. The extra $500 million would bring to $3 billion the total of funds available for social services. Oregon needs the funding this bill would provide. W ithout more federal or state funds, we run the risk of having to reduce standards 'and the quality of child care or serving fewer children. Help make survival less of a burden for day care children and their families. Speak out to CSD about day care needs. Contact your federal and state legislators and request their help in gaining needed administrative changes and new legisla tion care. Do your share during this bicentennial year. I EDITORS NOTE: This is the first article of a weekly coeumn hy Marjorie Wright, State Chalrpersou, the Community Coor dinated Child Care |4-C| Council.) S,V> <-3-c *. 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