P«a« 2 Portland Obaarvar M ay B, 1980
EDITORIAL/ OPINION
Namibia still fights for freedom
by N . Fungat F ambula
Politics above human rights
This week President Jimmy Carter
welcomed Cuban refugees with open arms --
saying that the United States is a haven for
people who need a sanctuary. While Cuban
people - who are neither starving nor op
pressed - are being welcomed with federal
assistance, the U.S. government has refused
to provide asylum for Haitian refugees who are
fleeing political repression and extreme pover
ty
The people of Cuba are not starving. They
have tree education throughout their lives,
free medical care, cheap rent (7 percent of in
come), guaranteed employment with freedom
to chose, paid vacations lone month per year),
retirement at half pay (age 55 for women, 60
for men).
The Haitians who come 800 miles by boat
seeking asylum are not considered refugees by
our government because they are not fleeing a
communist government. Instead they are
fleeing a brutal dictatorship. The poverty in
Haiti is reported to be the worst in the western
hemisphere. People are starving. Those who
are returned by the U.S. government are sub-
Following the ceasefire and elec
tioneering
in Zimbabwe, Namibia
jected to imprisonment, torture and death
had
been
in
a state o f suspended
The U.S. government refuses these people
animation. If the ballot box proved
(virtually all are Black) refugee status and for the way to a peaceful transition,
years systematically returned them to Haiti. As maybe the same could be tried in
me result of a recent injunction, pending a Namibia. South Africa illegally oc
court decision on their legal status, they are cupying the territory, continues to
not being returned. But the approximately defy both international opinion, UN
resolutions and World Court rulings
50,000 Haitians who remain here awaiting ordering her to vacate Namibia. The
determination of their future are treated as UN has ben negotiating with South
i legal alliens - denied the right to work and the Africa for the holding o f UN super
right to receive assistance w ith even the vised elections in Namibia. South
essentials of food and shelter. No welcoming Africa had tentatively agreed pend
ing the outcome o f the Zimbabwe
arms for them!
exercise.
Now South A fric a is hedging
What is the difference between the two again. Like Ian Smith in the then
groups of people'1 The Cubans provide a great Rhodesia, she had held "in te rn a l
e le ctio n s" that excluded the
public relations benefit to this country - the SW
APO guerrillas. A puppet
spectacle of thousands of people fleeing regime called the DTA ("D em ocr
communism and denouncing those who have atic Turnhalle A lliance") made up
successfully established and sustained a o f whites and some Uncle Toms was
government only 90 miles away which ,s in installed. The elections were,
howeveT, denounced by the UN and
dependent of U.S. control.
the rest o f the international com
The Haitians have no such publicity benefit - munity as being “ null and void.”
they are just poor, starving, oppressed Black To date, no government has
people looking for refuge.
recognized the D T A "g o v e rn
ment.”
Latest figures released on the
Zim babwe elections show that
South A fric a had given Abel
HUXLED
Muzorewa SI2 m illion to fight the
MASSES,
elections. Rhodesian whites and
íB uecse
other sources contributed a further
T0ÊREÆHE
S15 m illion to make a grand total o f
TO .
$27 m illio n . So the three seats
Muzorewa won cost him $9 million
to prevent SWAPO from sweeping
each. It sure doesn't pay to be a
any fee and fa ir elections in
puppet' W ith this impressive war
Namibia.
chest. South A frica was so con
The longer South
A fric a
fident that Muzorewa was going to
hesitates,
the
more
desperate
she
win and form a puppet government
gets.
With
Mugabe
firmly
in
control
in Zimbabwe. Had that happened.
in Zimbabwe and the country
South Africa then would confiden
showing no signs of a Black on
tly have repeated the same exercise
Black civil war but, au contraire,
in Namibia.
showing great promise fo r the
The election o f Mugabe shocked
future, the "nightmare” of another
the white South A frica n s to the
strong,
Black government shaping
realization o f just how little they
up in Namibia is becoming all too
know about the A fricans. South
real. A SW APO government in
A frica is now desperately seeking
N
am ibia bolstered by another
a way o f backing out o f the UN
strong,
ZAN'U government in Zim
supervised election plan she had
babwe, a FREL1.MO government in
agreed to before. Canada, Britain,
Mozambique and an M PLA govern
the U.S., France and W. Germany,
ment
in Angola could spell doom
the five Western nations that are
for apartheid.
representing the UN in the
negotiations with South Africa had
Changes w ithin South A fric a
expected to get a definite answer by
would then have to be real not
now but South A fric a is s till
merely cosmetic: nay, South
hedging.
A fric a s Blacks would accept
nothing less than a Nelson Mandela
M eantim e, the war grinds on.
government. W ith South A fric a
South Africa has been carrying on
reneging on her agreement for the
numerous “ cross border" raids into
electons in Namibia, Africa now has
Angola, SWAPO’s rear guard base.
more ammunition to push for san
This smacks o f the Smith-
ctions against the apartheid regime.
Muzorewa cliques in its last
Zim babwe can provide an a lte r
desperate days. The failure o f the
native market fo r what Western
D T A to stop the war and its
nations would lose when sanctions
ostracism from the international
are slapped on South Africa.
com m unity are also hallmarks o f
Meantim e, the anti-apartheid
the Muzorewa regime. South Africa
movement w ithin this country is
is simply playing for time but that
catching fire again; Soweto II is
time is fast running out. The simple already taking root. This is shaping
truth is that she does not know how
up to be a most interesting year.
Notes from City Hall
By Charles Jordan
Commissioner o f Public Safety
STOP FOR Q U ES TIO N IN G
Civil Rights Bureau in court
(Continued from Pl Col 6)
was difficult.
racial discussion and slurs and
M oore’ s opinion that he was not
doing a good job. On one occassion,
he said, Moore said one of his cases
was bad, but an assistant Attorney
General said it was the best case they
had. A T ri-M e t case he had in
vestigated was rejected by Moore,
but was used as a training case to
show how an investigation should
be done.
In 1975, Williams and Moore ap
plied for the director position and
M oore was selected. W illiam s
testified that he believed he had bet
ter education and experience than
Moore and that he was not selected
because o f his objection to the racial
attitudes within the department. He
filed a com plaint with the Equal
Opportunity Commission and was
informed that there was evidence o f
discrimination.
In late 1974 he began to have
pains in his wrist and arm, and even
tually had an operation that was not
successful. During that period he
missed work frequently. In June he
was demoted, charged w ith not
com pleting enough cases, taking
STOP A N D FRISK
The law, in this area, gives tf
The Fourth Amendment to the
police, (upon suspicion, which
" A C R IM E HAS JUST OC-
United States Constitution protects
less than the probable cause neede
C U R E D IN' YOUR G E N E R A L
all citizens fro m unreasonable
to make an arrest and search) th
V IC IN IT Y AN D YOUR ARE THE
searches and seizures by the govern
authority to ask tor identification
ONLY PERSON VISIBLE.”
ment.
to ask what your business is in bein
The in te rp re ta tio n o f the law
where you are, and to pat down th
An officer may "S top” you for
developed in this area is that the
outside o f your clothing in a che<
the purpose o f gathering in fo r
police can search only.- (1) with a
fo r weapons only i f the o ffic i
m ation about your possible in
warrant, (2) incident to a lawful
volvement in a criminal activity, but
reasonably suspects that you ai
arrest, or (3) upon consent o f the
this stop can only be temporary.
presently armed and dangerous.
person
being searched.
The officer may frisk you only t
After the officer has gathered all
This is, however, an encounter
be assured that you are not armec
the information available, if he or
which is not as serious and does not
It the officer conducts a search a
she does not have probable cause to
have to meet the requirements of a
this point, the officer has exceed»
arrest you, the o ffic e r cannot
search. This encounter is commonly
authority entrusted to the P olic
lawfully prevent you from going.
referred
to as a "Stop and Frisk.”
Bureau.
In making the "S to p ,” however,
You may be stopped and frisked
If. in the course o f the frisk, thi
an officer can detain you only so
for what appears to you as no ap
o ffic e r feels an object which
long as the information gathering is
parent reason. The o ffic e r must
reasonably resembles a dangerou«
in progress.
have
a reasonable belief that a crime
or deadly weapon, the officer may
The only way the officer could
has been committed by you.
take such action as is reasonably
law fully continue this type o f en
" IN A STOP FOR QUESTION
necessary to take possession o f the
counter would be to ask for your
weapon.
IN G ” T H E O FFIC ER STOPS
voluntary consent to remain and an
You should not be frisked for any
YOU
FOR
Q U E S T IO N IN G .
swer questions.
BECOMES SU SPIC IO U S A N D
reason other than a check fo r
In a d d itio n , the o ffic e r may
dangerous weapons.
B E LIE V E S
YOU
TO
BE
question you it there is a suspicion
Anything else would be an illegal
DANGEROUS.”
that you witnessed the crime.
search.
The Bureau o f Police cannot
operate without the cooperation o f
the p ublic, therefore, it is your
responsibility to your neighbors and
your com m unity to report any
criminal activity you witness.
long coffee and lunch breaks and
refusing to sign his evaluation. He
His difficulties with Lee Moore
said he refused to sign because he
included Moore’ s knowledge o f the
was given the evaluation shortly
Met and when he was called a num
before 5:00 p.m. and refused time to
ber ol racial names by the director,
read it.
he left. Later Harl Haas called to
A subsequentEmployee Relations
tell Ms. Gcmmel that he had called
Board hearing found the Bureau did
the man an SOB He said this was
not prove the charges and had acted
not true, but she did not believe him
arbitrarily.
and said she did not need proof of
Gary Roberts, attorney fo r
the charges against him. The next
Williams and Amaya, expected to
day, Haas called again to say he had
conclude his case W ednesday.
been mistaken. The man said
The only representative o f the
Williams looked at him like he was
Bureau
o f Labor and Industries
an SOB
representing the defense was Lee
In 1973 W illiams applied for a
Moore, who no longer is with the
new M in o rity A ffa irs D irector
Bureau. M oore did not know
position but Lee Moore was selec
whether he would testify.
ted Later Williams was promoted
Labor Commission Nilsen was
to the position of concilliator. His
replaced
by C om m issioner B ill
duties were to arrange conciliation
Stevenson in January o f 1975. Lee
agreements between the com
Moore was named director o f the
plainants and the respondant. This
Civil
Rights Division by Stevenson,
process was d iffic u lt, he said,
and was follow ed by M alcolm
because agency rules prevented him
Cross. Cross received some public
from dcvulging any information to
attention
when he jumped out his
One o f my opponents, Henry
the
respondent’ s
attorney.
second
floor
office
window
to
avoid
Richmond,
has indicated he feels
Arranging an agreement when the
service o f a subpeona by Williams’ the television docum entary my
attorney did not know the evidence
attorney.
campaign produced ( " A Man for
Our Season,” KPTV, A pril 27th,),
unfairly understates his experience.
He is described there as a former
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