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Portland Observer
Thursday. January 29. 1976
Third W orld Wrapup
We see the world
through Black eyes
Conspiracy continues
D eath is a tim e o f re -e v a lu a tio n o f th e past a n d o f
reassessm ent o f the fu tu re .
The d e a th o f Paul
Robeson leads o ne to c o m p a re the p e rse c u tio n o f the
Black le a d e rs o f ye ste rd a y to th e g o v e rn m e n t
h arassm ent o f th e Black lea d e rs o f to da y.
It has a lw a y s b ee n th e m e th o d o f th e g o v e rn m e n t
a n d o f its w h ite press to e lim in a te a n y Black lea d e rs
w h o chose to speak o u t a n d d e m a n d th e rig h ts
g u a ra n te e d th e m by th e U n ite d States C o n stitu tio n .
T w enty years a g o it w a s s u ffic ie n t to c a ll a m a n a
"C o m m u n is t." R obeson, w h o used his v o ic e a n d his
ta le n ts to d e m a n d lib e ra tio n fo r Black p e o p le a n d
fo r a ll p e o p le , w as harassed a n d c o n fin e d to the
U n ite d States in o rd e r to stop h im fro m te llin g a b ro a d
th e story o f s la ve ry a n d d e g re d a tio n . The A m e ric a n
p e o p le , in c lu d in g m a n y Black A m e rica n s ,, w e re led
to b e lie v e th a t he w as " u n A m e ric a n " in o rd e r th a t
his in flu e n c e m ig h t be d im in is h e d .
A t the a g e o f 83, W.E.B. DuBois w as h a n d c u ffe d
a n d h a u le d in to court, ch a rg e d w ith fa ilin g to
reg ister as a " fo r e ig n a g e n t." The P ittsburg C o u rie r
w ro te , "T h e h a n cu ffs on DuBois a re m e a n t to serve
as a g a g on N e g ro le a d e rs h ip th a t is disp ose d to
'sh o o t th e w o rk s ' fo r fr e e d o m ."
Dr. M a rtin Luther K ing w as th e o b je c t o f
g o v e rn m e n ta l harassm ent, p la n n e d a n d c a rrie d o u t
by the FBI. W h e n he b e g a n to b rin g Blacks a n d
w h ite s to g e th e r in a m assive c a m p a ig n a g a in s t
p o ve rty, he w as e lim in a te d . M a lc o lm X w as a n o th e r
ta rg e t o f g o v e rn m e n ta l p e rse cu tio n .
W h e n he
re tu rn e d fro m A fric a ta lk in g a b o u t th e b ro th e rh o o d
o f a ll m a n k in d , he w as m a rk e d fo r d e a th .
C ongressm an A d a m C la yto n P o w e ll, th e m ost
p o w e rfu l Black in A m e ric a n g o v e rn m e n t a t the tim e ,
w as re m o v e d fro m o ffic e fo r the sam e a c tiv itie s ,
b la ta n tly p ra ctice d by th e w h ite m e m b e rs c f
Congress w h o v o te d to re m o v e h im .
R ecently co lu m n is t C arl R ow an w ro te , " A n y o n e
w h o fo llo w e d th e W a te rg a te h e a rin g s a n d w h o is
a brea st o f cu rre n t c o n g re ssio n a l p ro b in g s o f the
n a tio n 's in te llig e n c e a g e n cie s has su re ly b e c o m e
a w a re o f o ne re a lity : fo r th e last se v e ra l years no
Black le a d e r w as so ra d ic a l, so m o d e ra te , so U ncle
Tom ish, th a t he w a s n ot the ta rg e t o f w ire ta p p in g ,
b u g g in g , ta ilin g by the FBI, CIA, DIA, IRS or som e
o th e r a g e n cy o f g o v e rn m e n t.
le re ce n t w eeks, m em be rs Qf the C o n g re s s io n a l
Black Caucus, w h o h ave o p p ose d State D e p a rtm e n t
p o lic y in A n g o la , h ave b e e n th e ta rg e t o f a
c a m p a ig n o f te rro r. The n e p h e w o f Ron D e llu m s
(D -C a lifo rn ia ) w as k id n a p p e d a n d m u rd e re d , Ralph
M e tc a lf's (D -lllin o is ) a p a rtm e n t w as ran sacke d,
Parren M itc h e ll
(D -M a ry la n d ) w as
re p e a te d ly
th re a te n e d w ith assassination, etc.
Even m o re serious to the fu tu re o f h u m a n
rig h ts is th e a p p a re n t co n sp ira cy to b rin g c rim in a l
charges a g a in s t e le cte d Black o ffic ia ls -- a g a in the
o ld ca m p a ig n to d iscre d it Black le a d e rsh ip .
M a n y o f those Blacks w h o h ave s tru g g le d to
a c h ie v e h ig h o ffic e in o rd e r to b rin g g o v e rn m e n t
back to the p e o p le , h a ve fo u n d th e m s e lv e s the
targets o f c rim in a l in v e s tig a tio n s a n d in d ic tm e n ts ,
a n d the fa ith o f th e ir co n stitu tio n s has b e e n b a d ly
sh attered .
C a lifo rn io L ie uten an t G o v e rn o r M e rv y n D y m a lly
has been c h a rg e d by th e Los A n g e le s Times, w ith
m isuse o f fu n d s o f a n o n -p ro fit o rg a n iz a tio n he
h e a d e d . A lth o u g h th e a lle g a tio n s w e re k n o w n fo r
se v e ra l years, it w a s o n ly a fte r D y m a lly b e c a m e
L ie u te n a n t G o v e rn o r th a t th e Times la u n c h e d its
c a m p a ig n a g a in s t h im .
L ie u te n a n t G o v e rn o r G e o rg e B ro w n o f C o lo ra d o
w a s c h a rg e d w ith m isu sing $4,090.57 in state tra v e l
fu n d s. A fte r a le g a l c a m p a ig n a g a in s t h im , a g ra n d
ju ry in v e s tig a tin g s h o w e d he h a d used th e sam e
p ro c e d u re s as o th e r to p o ffic ia ls .
W illia m C la y, C ongressm an fro m M isso u ri, w as
accused by the g o v e rn m e n t a n d th e press o f b e in g a
d o p e pusher a n d w h e n c le a re d o f th a t c h a rg e his
c a m p a ig n c o m m itte e w as in v e s tig a te d o f ch arge s
th a t he fa ile d to re p o rt a ll c o n trib u tio n s , a n d a g a in
he w a s cle a re d . C u rre n tly he is b e in g in v e s tig a te d ,
a g a in by the Justice D e p a rtm e n t, fo r a lle g e d ly h irin g
his sister a n d the IRS " c r im in a l d iv is io n " is
in v e s tig a tin g his tax returns.
S h irle y C hish olm (D -N e w Y o rk) w as c h a rg e d w ith
c a m p a ig n v io la tio n s , ch arge s th a t w e re
la te r
d ism issed . LeRoy Johnson, fo rm e r m e m b e r o f the
G e o rg ia Senate, w as c o n v ic te d o f f ilin g a fa ls e
L oca lly, C le v e la n d G ilc re a s e has b e e n u n d e r a
y e a r lo n g fe d e ra l in v e s tig a tio n a n d press e x p o s e '
w ith charges s till ye t file d .
A n d the list goes on a n d on.
The p ossible fa llo u t o f these c a m p a ig n s -- th e
c a m p a ig n o f te rro r to a tte m p t to s ile n c e v o c a l Black
o p p o s itio n to g o v e rn m e n t p o lic y , a n d th e c a m p a ig n
to d is c re d it th ro u g h c rim in a l ch arge s - is th a t Black
p e o p le w ill lose fa ith in Black le a d e rs h ip . A n d th is is
w h a t w e m ust g u a rd a g a in s t. N e v e r a g a in can w e
a ffo r d to a llo w such m e n as Robeson a n d D eBois to
be re m o v e d fro m a m o n g us by th e g o v e rn m e n t a n d
its press. W e as a p e o p le m ust k e e p in m in d th a t
th ese Black m e n a n d w o m e n w h o a re b e in g
te rro riz e d a n d v ic tim iz e d n e e d o u r fa ith a n d o u r
su p p o rt.
Wrestlers risk expulsion
The s c h e d u lin g o f a South A fric a n ju n io r w re s tlin g
te a m fo r c o m p e titio n a g a in s t O re g o n h ig h schools
can je o p a rd iz e th e s ta n d in g o f a ll U n ite d States
w re s tle rs , a n d can b rin g e x c lu s io n o f U n ite d States
w re s tle rs fro m the O ly m p ic G am es.
In te rn a tio n a l re g u la tio n s p ro h ib it c o m p e titio n w ith
n o rt'-m em be r n a tio n s a n d South A fric a has b e e n
e x p e lle d fro m m e m b e rs h ip .
This u n fo rtu n a te e p is o d e c o u ld h a v e b e e n a v o id e d
h a d the o ffic ia ls o f th e schools in v o lv e d b ee n
c o n c e rn e d w ith the a p a rth ie d p o lic ie s o f South A fric a
and
co n s id e re d
th e
ra m ific a tio n s
o f a th le tic
c o m p e titio n w ith a n a tio n w ith these racist p o lic ie s .
A y e a r a g o , the 1.5 m illio n m e m b e r N a tio n a l
E d uca tio n A sso cia tio n (NEA) a sked th e A m a te u r
A th le tic U n io n to b a r A m e ric a n p a rtic ip a tio n a g a in s t
ra c ia lly s e g re g a te d team s.
AME Bishop H.H. B rookins, C on gre ssm a n Diggs,
a n d o th e r Blacks w h o a re o u ts p o k e n a g a in s t the
in ju s tic e s o f a p a rth ie d h a v e b ee n b a n n e d fro m
R hodesia a n d South A fric a , y e t th e le a d e rs o f our
O re g o n school d istricts in v ite South A fric a n a th le tic s
to o u r State.
W e w o n d e r w h e re o u r e d u c a tio n a l le a d e rs h ip w as
w h e n this fia s c o w as p la n n e d .
bv Key Harvey
People'll Republic of Angola Take«
Counter Gang -Capital'
As of thia writing wire services other
than IPS have not yet indicated that the
FNI.A UNITA headquarters in Novo
Lisboa CHuambo'l have fallen to the
government of the People's Republic of
Angola. The story was undoubtedly held
back from the press in hopes of getting
the $28 million from Congress, which was
to drag on the war for some five or six
months, in the hopes of a “peaceful
negotiation’*: a CIA 'Social Democratic'
attachment to the pro socialist PRA
government.
IPS (the wire service of New So
lidarity) reports that the MPLA govern
went captured Nova Lisboa on January
24th. a day after the coastal town of Novo
Redondo was taken by a column of MPLA
troops. Those troops are now moving on
the rail and port cities l,obito and
Benguela giving the MPLA control of at
hast both ends and the middle of the
Renguela railroad.
Congressional rejection (the House
voted 323-99) to cut off funds for the
UNITA-FNLA countergangs is a clear
victory for humanity, but until the nature
of their own CIA created counter gangs
FNLA-UNITA is understood by Con
gress and the American working people,
the CIA will next move to subversion,
terrorism, and other efforts to destabilize
the PRA and the catalytic role the young
Angolan government will play toward
development and the implementation of
the new world economic order. Signs of
such destabilizing are already evident:
the South African Bureau of State
Security (BOSS), which claims to be more
skilled than the CIA in exacerbating
racial tensions in Africa
its key to its
maintaining control. BOSS efforts in
Luanda apparently met with some
success last week, in incidents of Black
Angolans assaulting assimilado or mes
tizo Angolans. The purpose of such BOSS
Please publish this and let your readers
know they have a responsibility to help
their mentally or emotionally sick friends
before it is too late. In reporting the
death of leR oy D. Clark, you make it
look like the police shot him down
without cause. By your own story, you
prove they did everything possible to
prevent a tragedy because they were his
friends. But the police can not accuse or
commit anyone before that person
commits an illegal act.
In this case after the shoot out and
death of Mr. Clark, his family and social
friends admitted they had observed his
irrational behavior for at least a week.
Why didn't they see that he either got
help for himself professional counselling
or have him committed to Dammasch or
Holiday Park Hospital's mental ward.
Mental sickness is no more of a
d'«grace than physical sickness. The real
disgrace is not recognizing it and doing
something about it.
Only the man's
family or a responsible friend ran commit
an emotionally or mentally sick person, if
he or she won't or can't do it for
themselves.
You don't stand around waiting for a
person having a heart attack to get
himself help, do you? Not if you really
love him! Where were Mr. Clark's tearful
friends when he really needed them?
Afraid it would be "unkind” to accuse him
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Mobutu."
I Significantly absent from most of thia
in a dearly articulated view of develop
ment, comparable to that of the new
world economic order: a regional de
velopinent thrust should be the direction
of the OAU PRA grouping; if it does not
develop in that fashion, the loose coalition
will evaporate. Probably the key to thia
is the Soviet Union, which is sitting on its
thumbs. The Soviets have not embraced
the necessity of debt moratoria (espe
dally for Third World countries), and
have not offered to extend the ruble as a
transferable currency. Apparently the
Soviets do not take such steps out of fear
of being viewed as provacative
but
without a regional development program
(e g. raw materials for industrual infra
structure, three way trade, explicit
program for controlled thermonuclear
fusion power), this progressive moment
in history will be lost: the OAU countries
will try to make the best deals they ran
(for a lime) in bilateral refinancing
to
pay off the some $75 billion debt by
offering up their people and lands for
further World Bank and IMF (etc.)
looting: labor intensive austerity, fa
mine
CUBA
According to the People's Republic of
Angola (via AP), there are about 4.000
Cuban troops in Angola. One of the main
press sources blatantly lying in its
coverage of Angola r*q>crially about Cuba
was Reuters, the British wire service,
recently exposed to be the CIA's major
conduit of 'news'
along with fourteen
other major conduits. Cuba entered the
war at the request of the PRA after
thousands of South African troops
eventually to number 11,000, invaded
Angola
Recently Jamaican Prime
Minister Michael Manley declared his
government's support to the PRA. and
hailed the role of Cuba in Angola as being
a most profound expression of inter
nationalism
'And that’s the way it’s not
(Continued from p. 1 col. 3)
and heightening their despair.
Variations to this occur
for example
the reporting of the plague warning in
eastern Oregon. Apparently (had we the
adequate resources this could be check
ed) the press plague warning resulted
from a superior method of raw data
collecting by the vector control officials.
Subsequent to the press plague warning,
health officials denied or explained away
the charges, leaving the situation intact:
global health crisis does exist, but it ran
)«• understood as such only when brought
into context within the real state of the
union land the globe). Viewed in that
context, the plague warning is real, but to
stop the threat does not mean rat poison
in the 1,400 miles of Portland's sewers,
but a program to restart production
internationally, which would wipe out the
basis for disease, malnutrition, famine
and the threat of nuclear war psychologi-
cal holocaust that accompany breakdown.
Such reporting is hardly 'objective'
it
rather assumes responsibility for the
condition of humanity, offering a direc
tion to resolve the problem that is the
content of its news story.
In the context of reductionist reporting
of "the news", the CIA using its witting
and unwitting agents has a field day. It
points the direction: ‘zero growth',
'quality of austerity life', 'too many
people’, 'running out of energy' (entropy)
etc. The witting agents mouth the line,
and the unwitting agents offer variations.
Is Francisco Goya being O B JE C TIV E ? Does this newspaper editor R E A L L Y have bat
wings growing out of his head? ifrom Goya's The INsasters of W ar, print 71: Against
Common Goodl
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Dear Editor:
manipulations would be to tie down the
PRA as much as possible, preventing the
OAU coalition formed around the PRA
from coalescing into a solid pro-develop
ment bloc.
Another indication of a CIA plans
change is seen in the LJNITA ‘foreign
minister' Jorge Sangumba statement last
week. Sangumba declared he was a
"Social Democrat** (a la CIA agent Mario
Soares, head of the Portuguese Socialist
Party, etc.) and that his group would not
be committed to guerrilla war against the
PRA
UNITA head Jonas Savimbi in
Lusaka met last week with Ford
Foundation representatives.
The Pro Development Faction
of the OAU
I jis I week the Liberation Committee of
the Organization of African Unity (OAU)
met in Mozambique where host presi
dent Samora Machel railed for “the
destruction of apartheid in South Africa."
Earlier in New Dehli. Tanzania's Presi
dent Nyerere declared “I will call for
arms and troops from friendly countries"
in support of the People's Republic of
Angola
The Tanzanian government
controlled paper Daily New« subse
quently announc'd “the moment has
come for the African revolution to go on
the offensive." calling for “battle fronts"
to be opened up in South Africa. Rhodesia
(Zimbabwe) and South West Africa
(Namibia). Two other incidents signify
the mood of the OAl! countries which
have coalesced around the PRA. 500
Zambian students “militantly demon
strated" January 15th for their govern
ment’s withdrawal of support from the
CIA countergang UNITA, demanding
recognition of the PRA. And in Geneva
(January 15th) the Deputy Prime Mini
ster (1961) under the CIA murdered
Patrice Lumumba (of Congo Kinshasa
now Zaire) held a press conjerence. Ex
Deputy Prime Minister Antoine Gezenga
detailed the progress of his organizations
eight year long guerrilla war against “the
CIA installed dictatorship of General
Subscribes
of mental sickness and have him
committed?
This happens time and again. We read
where a suicide or murder or many
murders could have been prevented, if
only the person who broke down had had
help or commitment in time. But nobody
wanted to "disgrace" him or her.
Portland has good mental health
counseling for free or based on ability to
pay. Multnomah County Mental Health
Division, family counselling by a numbe
of churches and other organizations are
availabe and you can always call in the
police to help transport a patient to a
hospital for mental sickness, but only
after someone else signs the romplaint
and commitment papers. Tragedies like
Mr Clark's don't have to happen if
families and friends really love someone.
Sincerely,
Rev. Samuel Jackson
Wrong man
To the Editor,
In your January 22nd, 1976 pictorial
coverage of the Martin Luther King Day
events you identified me as Andy
Kaubeson.
I assure you that there are no hard
feelings and that I realize the problems
caused by the fact that men with beards
"all look alike."
Sincerenly,
Kalman C. Szekely
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