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k I OBS 7 Ns • Thursday, Ja Black organizations oppose Bell ZER 18, 1977 10e per eepy Sykes plans third walkathon win M A R IL Y N SYKES OCL supports coffee boycott The Oregon Consumer League has announced its support for a boycott of coffee by all Oregon Consumers. The current inflated retail price of coffee, plus increases soon to be passed down from wholesalers, make the organ ized consumer protest necessary. A pound of coffee has increased in price $1.05 within the last year and in coming weeks the price will go to more than $3.00 a pound due to recent wholesale cost increases by coffee processors. General Foods, the largest US coffee roaster, raised its wholesale price to $2.91 per pound on January 3rd. Last month the Folger Coffee Company, the nation's number two roaster, increased its wholesale price to $8.08 per pound. The Oregon Consumer League believes a consumer boycott is an effective tool to halt an increase in retail costs. A recent example of a successful boycott is the one against sugar, which brought a decline in the price. OCL suggests the following actions: 1) Full exploration of coffee substitutes 2) Cooperation of retailers in the boycott by having them place signs near coffee displays saying the current prices are excessive. 3) Menu change by restaurants that would offer price reductions or coffee substitutes for customers declining coffee when it is included in the Cost of the meal. OCL, with students enrolled in a consumer class at Portland State Univer sity, will study the production, supply and price structure of coffee in order to pinpoint the rise in coffee prices. OCL predicts that a two month nation al boycott will bring a decrease in the price of coffee. Marilyn Sykes, two-time winner of the March of Dimes Walk a thon, has an nounced that she will not be defeated this year. *’I have been challenged by last year's third place winner, Lawrence Rosen, to raise $5,000 this year - and I expect to raise even more than thatl” Winner of the Walkathon - a twenty mile walk - is the person who brings in the most money. Friends and neighbors pledge to contribute through the contest ants. Mrs. Sykes won a wrist watch the Erst time she participated. Then the next year she came in first and won the use of a Rabbit from Riviera Volkswagen. Hav ing had a taste of success, she won again last year-bringing in more than $2,000 and retaining use of the Rabbit. When she wins again this year, Mrs. Sykes will win the use of any car on the Riviera lot. The Walkathon is not until May 7th, so in the meantime Mrs. Sykes is partici pating in the March of Dimes second major fund raising event - the Mothers’ March. She is chairman for the Adams High School elementary school area - Woodlawn, Vernon, Faubian, and King. She recruits leaders and supplies infor mation. The leaders contact mothers who will go to their neighbors to solicit funds. The Mothers' March takes place between January 27th and February 3rd. “We are trying to work up some interest in this area. This is the first time in recent years that Adams has had a chairman. Very little money was raised; the only active participation was from Concordia College. Jefferson still does not have a chairman this year.” Besides getting pledges and g etting in shape for the Walkathon, Mrs. Sykes leads a busy life. She is a Claims and (Please turn to p.2 coL3) The nomination by Jimmy Carter of Griffin Bell to be U.S. Attorney General has been challenged by the NAACP, the Americans for Democratic Action, the Congressional Black Caucus and the National Organization for Women. Bell is currently appt aring before the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he was questioned sharply about his position on civil rights. As pan. of his effort to prove his honorable intentions toward minorities, Bel has promised to give an unspecified number of key Justice Department pos itions to Blacks. Among them is Wade H. McCree, a US Court of Appeals Judge, whom he will name solicitor general, the Justice Department's third ranking pos ition. He also has confirmed that he will replace FB I Director, Clarence Kelly. Bell was closely questioned about his position as advisor to Governor Ernest Vandiver of Georgia during the 1950’s. He has been accused of masterminding Georgia's efforts to avoid school desegre gation. Bell said he served as Vandiver's “chief of staff" from 1959 until 1961 when he was appointed to the federal appeals court by President John F. Kennedy. He said this was an honorary title and that he gave legal advise to Vandiver. He said his main interest was in Georgia’s schools remaining open and that he told the Governor that the schools would have to be desegregated. He also said he now believes one of his more controversial opinions - to deny Julian Bond his legislative seat because of his opposition to the Vietnam war was a mistake. The US Supreme Court over ruled this decision. Mitchell, director of the N AA CP Washington Bureau, demanded that Bell not be confirmed, accusing the committee of handling Bell with “kid gloves”. Hagens offers business aid, consultation by Ulysses Marshall Need advice on how to get a business started or to keep it going? Then the man to see is Chuck Hagens. Chuck Hagens is the Director of RAMCO: (Resource Ad ministration and Management Company). Hagens is also Manager of Port City Bookkeeping & Tax Service. Both Businesses are located at 2843 N .E. Union Avenue, P o rtla n d , Oregon. RAMCO is basically a management con- sultation company. RAMCO specializes attending various colleges. He attended in small company development tor minor Los Angeles City College, majoring in ities. RAMCO tries to offer minorities Aeronautics engineering. He also attend first class service at low cost. Although ed Los Angeles Metro, which was a their speciality is consultation, they offer business oriented college. full service to the business community. But in 1973 he got a real taste of the In 1968 Hagens opened the Port City action when he was employed with Bookkeeping & Tax Service. I t is Media, Incorporated. Media was a presently a full service income and tax federally funded program providing tech accountant agency. nical assistance to Model Cities and Hagens prepared himself for RAMCO, potential Model Cities business people. “I and his bookkeeping and tax service by (Please turn to p j e o tl) McCoy heads Human Resources Senator Bill McCoy has been appointed Chairman of the Senate Committee on Human Resources. McCoy, who repre sents North and Northeast Portland, was a member of the interim committee on Human Resources. The committee considers issues and legislation pertaining to the Human Re source Department, which covers seven areas: Children's Services, Employment, Mental Health, Health, Public Welfare, Vocational Rehabilitation, and Correct ions. McCoy announced that meetings of the committee, which the public is invited to attend, will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays at 8: 00 a.m. and at 1: 00 p.m. on Thursdays. Daddy King leads service Reverend M artin Luther King, Sr. will conduct an early morning prayer service on the day of Jimmy C arter’s inaugural. The service will take place on the site of his son’s “I Have A Dream” speech. President-elect Carter is expected to attend the unprecedented event. Reverend Bruce Edwards, pastor of Plains Baptist Church, will also take part in the service at Lincoln Memorial. The service is expected to be one of the most memorable events in a long series of social, religious, cultural and recreational activities. Representatives from all faiths will take part, with a combined choir under the direction of Norman Scribner, direct or of the Washington Choral Society. Sidney Poitier, Redd Foxx, Stevie Wonder, Freddie Prinz, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and Hank Aaron will participate in inaugural activ ities from January 18th through 20th. The seven Smithsonian Museums, the Library of Congress, the National Arch ives, portions of the U.S. Capitol and the Jefferson and Lincoln Memorials will be open. A number of free concerts have been scheduled for the Kennedy Center and the Smithsonian and there will be a Bach concert on the new organ at Washington Catherdral each day of the week. A S E M A * GLENN AFSC asks Port guarantee workers' rights Michael Wells, spokesperson for the American Friends Service Committee offered proposals to the Portland of Portland for their consideration in qual ifying foreign companies to bid on the construction of Portland's new drydock. Lloyd Anderson, executive director of the Port of Portland, has indicated that the drydock will be built abroad. He told the South Riverside Kiwanis Club, "you are looking at wage rates in Korea, that are twenty-five per cent of what they are In its research on South Korea, the American Friends Service Committee has found that the economy of South Korea is structurally dependent on the United States and Japanese economics. In order to stay alive economically, the South Korean government has repressed any effective unionizing effort in the country, thus providing the US and Japanese corporations with an inexpen sive labor force. While this inexpensive labor force has been an inducement for increased foreign investment, it has meant continued hardship for the people of South Korea. The AFSC believes that the Port of Portland should do everything possible to avoid capitalizing on the economic hard ship of the people of South Korea or any other labor force that is in a similar economic and political position. I t is for that reason that Wells proposed the following standards to the Port of Port land: 1) The wages paid to workers building the drydock be above the level defined by their countries' government or national bank as adequate for the living expenses of an average family. 2) Workers on the project should have the opportunity to form or join labor unions. 3) The project operate in such a way that it would meet standards comparable to those of the United States Occupation al Safety and Health Act of 1970. 4) The project operate in such a way that it would meet standards comparable to those of the United States National Environmental Protection Act of 1970. China advisers ignored Young pianist plans concert Aszemar Glenn will present a piano concert on February 25th as a benefit for the King Neighborhood Facility. Glenn studied at Pacific University where he received a Bachelor’s degree in Fine A rts in 1973. He was the recipient of the 1973 state award for composition from the Oregon Music Teacher’s Associ ation. Glenn began taking piano lessons eight years ago, when he was eighteen. All- though this is considered old to begin, he was told by his teachers that he was one of the few who was able to begin that late and become an accomplished musician. Glenn currently is assistant director of the nationally known Portland Boy’s Choir, which is composed of boys eight through twelve years of age. The concert will be held at the King Neighborhood Facility Auditorium at 8: 00 p.m. and the program will consist of: Rachmaninoff's C# Minor Prelude; Chop in's Etude, Opus 3, Number 2; Fantasie Impromptu; G Minor Ballad; Bartok's Dance and Bear Dance; Debussy - Ara- beskue and Reverie; Gershiwin - First and Second Preludes; Brahms - G Minor Rhapsody; Intermezzo in A Major. Carter advisers split on Soviet, China relations by Banning Garrett (PNS) On the eve of Jimmy Carter's inauguration, key Carter advisers are saying privately that the President-elect and his national security appointees have already mishandled the critical triangular diplomacy with the Soviet Union and China. These advisers fear that the early policy emphasis on U.S. - Soviet relations hss been formulated without consultation with Carter's China advisers-and may undermine U.S.-China ties. They point to the lopsided attention given U.8. relations with the Soviet Union, incuding Carter's expressed hopes for early U.8.-Soviet agreements on nu dear arms and a summit with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev thia year. Last month, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Carter's top national security adviser, reaffirmed the new administration’s com mitment to pursue U.S.-Soviet detente in a manner that is “more reciprocal and... progressively becomes more comprehen rive." On the other hand, sources note that the few comments by Carter and his inner circle of foreign advisers concerning China have been limited to cautious statements on eventual normali zation of relations with Peking. A t the same time, spokesmen for the new administration have reaffirmed the U.S. defense commitments to Taiwan, a sore point in U.S.-China relations. Many observers attribute this empha sis on relations with the Soviet Union to the heavy influence of members of the Trilateral Commission in the Carter Analysis Administration. They include Carter himself, as well as Brzezinski, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, Secretary of Defense Harold Brown, Vice President Walter Mondale and other advisors and intimates. The Trilateral Commission, an inde pendent group of politicians, scholars and businessmen, has supported a foreign policy based on a functioning alliance between the U.S., Western Europe and Japan (hence, “Trilatoral”). A t the same time, it has emphasized detente with the Soviet Union to defuse the threat of Russian military power. Commission members have tradition ally been wary of the Nixon-Ford policy of emphasizing triangular diplomacy in which the opening to China has been used to pressure Moscow. National security analysts are now concerned that such a shift toward the Trilatoral position could damage the new U.S.-China relationship. Chinese leaders, they fear, may decide the U.S. is an unreliable friend and either withdraw into isolation from both super powers or move to ease relations with Moscow. In either case, the global balance of power could be seriously altered in ways Washington considers __ unfavorable. Among the possible repercussions: *Chinese leaders could step up pres sure for U.S. withdrawal from Taiwan and even South Korea, weakening the U.S. strategic position in northeast Asia. If Sino-Soviet tensions eased, Chinese troops could be re-deployed to Fukien Province opposite Taiwan to increase pressure for reunification. •Sino-Soviet detente could also mean a decline in Chinese support for N ATO as a counter to Soviet forces in Eastern Europe. Some analysts believe it could also free Soviet divisions now stationed along the Sino-Soviet border for rede ployment in Eastern Europe. •Such a shift could end the common U.S.-Chinese goal of limiting the Soviet initiative in southern Africa, where all three powers are jockeying for influence. •A nd while U.S. strategists do not now consider China a nuclear threat to the U.S., a rebuffed China could put more pressure on the U.S. by developing and deploying the 7000-mile range ICBM that has already been tested as a satellite launching rocket. Despite these possibilities, moot ana lysts agree the Chinese channel to the West will remain open, at least for commercial trade and technology, much of which only the West can supply. C A U TIO U S T O W A R D C H IN A to continue the policy of approving sales But Chinese leaders can take little of military-related technology to C hin« encouragement from the new administra They argue that an even-handed policy tion’s policy statements on U.S. China between Moscow and Peking will not be relations. upset by a quiet effort to help China Carter recently told Time magazine he improve its military posture vis-a-vis the felt no “urgency about resolving the Soviets. Such a policy, they argue, could differences that exist between the Main also pay off Chinese leaders for their land (China) and Taiwan. I would go into opening to the West, and prevent a that very cautiously,” he said. limited Sino-Soviet detente that could be In December, Secretary Vance told worked out through the recently re Newsweek he plans to normalize rela newed border talks in Peking. tions with Peking-but slowly. He added Schlesinger will be in a position to that he thinks it is essential for the U.S. press his views by virtue of his anticipa to ensure the security of Taiwan, and that ted role as head of a new energy he favors another high level round of department that would combine the negotiations with Chinese leaders “to feel Federal Energy Agency and the Energy each other out.” Research and Development Agency To counter these negative impressions, (ER DA ). Carter’s China advisers are expected to ERDA's responsibility for nuclear war urge him to find ways to signal Peking head development and production will that the U.S. does want to improve give Schlesinger at least a peripheral relations, even if not to the extent of involvement in the Strategic Arms Lim it speedy normalisation. One of these ways, ation Talks (SALT), which are expected publicly advocated by Carter’s Chins to dominate U.S.-Soviet relations early in advisers, Michael Oksenberg and Jerome 1977. Yet the same responsibility could Cohen, and also supported by the new silence Schlesinger as a public critic of energy czar, James Schlesinger. would be (Please turn to p.8 col.2)
