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Voi. 6 No. 2«
Portland, Oregon
Thursday. May 13, 1976
lOr per ropy
Brown
supporters
organize
Supporters of Governor Edmund G.
Brown, Jr. of California have announced
a write in campaign for Governor Brown
in the Oregon Primary.
Governor Brown has entered the
Maryland, Nevada and California pri
maries. He is not listed on the Oregon
ballot.
S p o k esm a n for " O re g o n ia n s for
Brown” said Brown will campaign in
Oregon next week and that his national
campaign committee will assist the local
effort.
Richard Bauman, Treasurer of Ore
gonians for Brown, said the effort is the
result of a "tremendous number of
Oregonians who want to vote for
Brown."
Supporters admit that a write-in
campaign is difficult, but said an all
out effort will be made.
The California Legislative Black Cau
cus has endorsed Brown's candidacy, as
have Los Ange'es Mayor Tom Bradley
and Lieutenant Governor Mervyn Dy
mally.
Brown is serving his first term as
Governor of California. He is making
the cutting of federal expenditures an
issue of his campaign.
Black Africa bristles with U.S. arms
ifteed kt-amer is diplomatic ear*
respondent for Africa News and Pacific
News Service, covering the State De­
partment and Fmbassv row '
WASHINGTON (PNS/ANl
Black
Africa will soon be bristling with U.S.
arms as one startling result of Secre
tary of State Henry Kissinger’s trip
there.
With a $40 million African military
aid limit recently lifted by Congress,
arms aid could leap to over $200 million
by next year, according to U.S. and
African diplomatic sources
Zaire, Kenya, Ethiopia. Gabon, Li­
beria and (HMsibly Zambia were rejwirt
edly offered big increases in military aid
by Kissinger. Zambia and Zaire are
also among the major recipients of
Kissinger's proposed tripling of deve
lopment aid for Afrira in the next three
years.
While Kissinger’s main concern in
proposing the "guns and butter" deal is
to bolster key Black regimes against
their Soviet barked neighbors and
growing Soviet influence in Africa, the
major result of the arms aid increases
may lie to strengthen them against
dissidents in their own populations.
Here is a country by country look at
K issinger's new proposals, their ra
tionale and their domestic context:
• Zaire, whose President Mobutu
Sese Seko joined Kissinger in barking
the losing side against the Soviet bark
ed MPLA in neighboring Angola's civil
war, is getting $20 million in U.S. arms
aid this year and is slated for $30
million in 1977 a dramatic jump from
last year’s $2 million. As a result of
Kissinger's visit, the $30 million figure
is likely to he revised still further
upward. Zaire is also scheduled for $60
million in economic aid.
Although Mobutu convinced Kissinger
he needed sophisticated military equip
inent to match the Soviet weaponry
next door in Angola, he has already
established diplomatic ties with the
MPLA.
Judge dismisses Banks trial
Federal charges against Dennis Banks
and three co-defendents were dismissed
Wednesday by District Court Judge
Robert C. Belloni.
Banks claims that the government
does not want to persue the trial before
the Oregon Primary, May 25th, for fear
the trial would bring embarassment to
the Presidential candidates.
He pre­
dicts that the group will be re-indicted
and brought to trial after the election.
The four were charged with posses-
sion of firearms and explosives. The
case was dismissed after U.S. Attorney
Sid Lezak reported that the government
was not ready to try the case. The
government had earlier asked for a
postponement, which was denied by
Judge Belloni. Banks and his attorneys
told the court that they were ready to
procédé with their defense.
Judge Belloni said he did not want to
tionary than its rhetoric.
• Gabon and Liberia each expert
their requests to Washington for mill
His own dictatorial regim e, mean
while, is on the edge of bankruptcy and tary aid to be approved - Liberia
is faced with perpetual harassment from because of its close traditional ties to
leftist guerrilla bands it cannot eradi the U.S., Gabon because of its proximity
to Angola. Liberia is also scheduled to
cate.
receive $15 million in economic aid next
• Kenya may be granted its report
edly urgent plea for $60 million in U.S. year.
• Zambia, which joined Zaire and the
military hardware and credits. Kenya's
moderate regime of President Jomo U.S. in opposing the victorious MPLA
in Angola, will at the least receive
Kenyatta borders Somalia, where Kia
$30 $50 mil
singer fears the Soviets are establishing major new economic aid
a military beachhead that threatens lions worth. Military aid is still uncer­
both Afrira and the entire Indian Ocean tain.
Kissinger's derision to arm these key
area.
Kenya signed its first military sales Black African regimes is intended to
agreement with the U.S. last year for head off Soviet influence on the conti­
only $5 million: another $7 million in nent and strengthen U.S. ties with
credits are now earmarked for 1976. African moderates.
But by stepping up military ties par
(Fenya has the added bargaining ad
vantage of bordering Uganda, whose tirularly to Black governments under
sabre rattling President Idi Amin has pressure - whose opponents will not
stockpiled an impressive Soviet supplied hesitate to turn to the Soviet Union for
counter aid
Kissinger may end up
arsenal of modern weapons.)
Meanwhile, a combination of economic fueling rather than defusing the possi
disparities and ethnic rivalries are bilities of U.S.-Soviet confrontation in
threatening to split the social fabric of Africa.
Kenya and Kenyatta's own power base.
• Ethiopia, run by a council of young
military officers who have proclaimed a
Maoist style revolutionary socialist re
public, also borders Somalia. Kissinger,
who personally authorized an arms in­
crease to Ethiopia in 1974 when others
in the State Department were still
debating the merits of the new regime,
has already approved record arm sales
there totalling $150 million for this year
and next.
Commissioner Charles Jordan has be­
come the first City Commissioner to
come out in favor of Measure #9, which
will appear on the November ballot.
Measure #9 seeks to halt the con­
struction of nuclear power plants in
Oregon until the Oregon Legislature is
able to determine that they are not
harmful.
Announcing his decision. Jordan said:
“I do this because I have serious
reservations about the continued de­
velopment of nuclear power.
I also
believe Measure *9 provides an occasion
to begin a serious and responsible de­
bate concerning the direction in which
we as a city, as a state, and as a
country are moving.
“Let me detail the three major rea­
sons for my decision.
“The first has to do with account­
ability. Every citizen should have a say
in the future of nuclear power. But
right now, Oregon citizens have little
direct voice in deciding whether or not
nuclear plants are built in the state. The
derision is made by private and ap­
pointed bodies.
"Measure #9 would put this respon
sibility where it belongs, in the Oregon
State Legislature. Our elected repre­
sentatives would make the decision.
They would be accountable to the vot­
ers for what they decided.
“My second reason concerns nuclear
safety. There are just too many ques
Direct U.S. military aid there now
totals $25 million annually, compared to
an average $12 million a vear before
1974.
The Ethiopian regime, meanwhile, is
faced with a major war of secession in
the strategically located province of
Eritrea, as well as continuing protests
from peasants and workers who accuse
the government of being less revolu­
Political happenings
( ommissioner Francis Ivancie, candi
l.ite for Mayor, will speak at Dahlke
M.inor, 915 N.E. Schuyler on May 16th
at 3::«.
PACT is sponsoring a candidate's fair
o,i May 15th at l:IMI p.m. at Buckman
hool.
Representative Morris Udall will tw­
in Oregon May 19th and 20th. Among
other s|waking engagem-nls ill be the
Democratic Student N ation Conven
lion at the Memorial Colisi uni on May
19th. Jimmy Carter and Senator Frank
Church are also expected to appear at
the convention.
Mayor Neil Goldschmidt will speak at
the St. Vincent de Paul Child Develop­
ment Center graduation at 7:30 p.m.
May 21st. Approximately 35 kinder-
garten students will graduate.
Willie Mac Keid, Vice Presidential
candidate for the Socialist Workers
Party will speak at Portland State Uni
versity. Room 327 Smith Center, at
12:00 noon Friday.
I he League of Women Voters will
sponsor a candidate’s forum on KPTV
from 8:00 to 11:00 p.m., Sunday, May
lOth.
dismiss the case but had no other
choice. He said he could not understand
why the government was not ready.
Tne government immediately served
notice that it will appeal the dismissal,
charging that its request for a post­
ponement was in order because it is
waiting for a decision on an appeal of
Judge Belloni's decision not to allow
testimony regarding dynamite allegedly
found in the defendent's vehicle. Judge
Belloni ruled that testimony regarding
the explosives would not be allowed
because the government destroyed the
evidence. The government contends the
dynamite was destroyed as a safety
precaution and that photographs and
wrappers should be allowed as evidence.
Banks’ wife, KaMook, Russ Redner,
and Kenneth Loud Hawk were arrested
in Eastern Oregon. The government
believes that Banks and Leonard Pel-
tier. who is being held in British Co­
lumbia, were with the group but es
caped.
Banks faces extradition to South Da­
kota to serve a fifteen year term stem­
ming from charges of "riot” resulting
from AIM efforts to seek justice in
Custer, South Dakota after a young
Indian was murdered. Banks is a co-
founder and director of the American
Indian Movement. He fled South Dakota
after a large number of Indians who had
been involved in AIM and the Wounded
Knee were killed.
He has asked Governor Straub to
give him asylum in Oregon, fearing for
his life should he be returned to South
Dakota.
Saturday, Banks led one of Portland’s
largest demonstrations in recent years,
2,000 strong, in support of Banks' re­
quest for asylum.
Jordon supports nuclear ban referendum
Bethel Child Development Center celebrates National Police Week with a visit
from State Trooper Olander Ausborn.
by Reed Kramer
Dennis Banks leads march to call for freedom for Indian People.
( ampaigning for election is a difficult and demanding job. Each candidate makes
every effort to reach the voters in his district, not only to seek their votes but to
give them an opportunity to express their interests and concerns.
Cary Jackson, candidate for the House of Representatives in District *18, spends
an afternoon in the supermarket discussing consumer problems with prospective
voters |above|.
Senator Hill McCoy, seeking to retain his position as State Senator lor District
#8, talks with Mrs. Kzekial Smith at her home on Northeast Killingsworth.
tions about nuclear power safety that
have not been answered. I am frankly
worried about the possible sabotage of
nuclear plants, about the disposal of
radioactive wastes, and about the long­
term health effects of putting more and
more radiation into the environment.
“I don't pretend to have the answers
to these questions. There is now so
much disagreem ent among scien tists
and engineers that its clear that they
don't have the answers either. I think
it is better to wait until we have the
answers before we build more nuclear
plants.
“I support Measure #9 because it does
not prohibit nuclear plants in Oregon.
Instead, it requires safety tests and a
proven waste disposal method. Also, it
requires that every individual be guar­
anteed full recovery of damages in the
event of a catastrophic nuclear accident.
Individuals are denied this protection
under current law.
“My third reason extends beyond the
nuclear power issue. I believe that the
continuing pressure to build more and
more nuclear plants is blinding us to
other available options.
It’s time to
stop and think about how we generate
and use energy.
We must begin to use energy more
efficiently.
A vigorous conservation
effort could mean we wouldn't have to
build a single additional nuclear power
plant. And conservation doesn't mean
riding bicycles and living in caves. It
means recycling materials, resurrecting
the railroads, finding energy saving me­
thods for industry, building more effi­
cient cars, and developing uses for
waste energy. In the process, we will
create more jobs over the long run.
“There are a number of steps we can
take immediately. On the federal level,
funding priorities must be changed to
favor conservation. Right now. federal
spending on nuclear power outstrips
conservation spending by a margin of
ten to one. This represents a trend that
must be reversed.
"The federal government must also
take the lead in directing the national
effort toward conservation. Congress,
in particular, must reach agreement on
• nergy policy and begin devising pro­
grams and in centives for efficient
energy use.
“On the state level, Oregon should
expand its winterization program to
improve home insulation. This would
especially benefit the elderly, who often
live in poorly insulated homes, and who
pay a much greater proportion of their
incomes for energy than most of us. The
state should also create more tax incen­
tives to foster the development of solar
energy for home heating.
“If Governor Straub's plan for a State
of Oregon public power company proves
successful, we should give the company
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