lack churches join war protest
POSTAL EMPLOYEES GIVE EXTRA HELP TO EASTER SEALS -
W ith Easter Seals being m ailed th ro u g h o u t the state d u rin g the a n
nual Easter Seal A ppeal M a rc h 1 - A p ril 19, three P o rtla n d p o s ta l
unions are in v o lv e d on and o ff the jo b in helping O regonian s w ith
physical disabilities. Robert H. D illard, president of Local #315 of the
M ail H andlers, m et 1981 Oregon Easter Seal child Ryan H eesacker
am id the mail sacks and got a big Easter Seal lapel bu tto n recently at
the new Easter Seal C enter in P ortland. D illard said the Easter Seal
program has been adopted by his union as a national project, th a t the
local w ill also be w o rkin g on the Telethon M arch 28-29, and w ill also
help w ith the c irc u la tio n o f " B u ry the C ru tc h " cubes and in o th e r
fund raising projects.
The African Methodist Episcopal
C hurch, the C h ristian M ethodist
Episcopal C hurch and the Z ion
A fric a n
M ethodist Episcopal
Church have joined a growing num
ber o f Am erican Protestant
organizations opposing US in te r
vention in El Salvador.
“ We must stand together on the
crucial s itu a tio n ,” said Reverend
W illiam Howard, president o f the
N ational C ouncil o f Churches,
which include the m ajor protestant
and
Eastern
O rth o d o x
denom inations. The N ational
C ouncil o f Bishops o f the Roman
Catholic Church has long opposed
U.S. military intervention.
The three Black M ethodist
denom inations, along w ith the
predom inately
w hite
U nited
M ethodist Church, pledged “ our
oneness with the National C ouncil
o f C atholic Bishops” in opposing
U.S. intervention in El Salvador.
The churches adding th e ir o p
position include the U nited
Presbyterian
C hurch,
the
Presbyterian C hurch U .S ., the
Reformed Church in America, the
Church o f the Brethren, the
Am erican Baptist Churches, the
C hristian C hurch (D isciples o f
C hrist), the U nited C hurch o f
C h rist, the Lutheran C hurch in
American, the Morarian Church Of
Am erica, and the N ational C on
ference o f C om m unity Churches
have been critical o f the government
o f El Salvador and its terrorism
against its citizens.
The renunciation o f U.S. m ilitary
aid come on the eve o f the anniver
sary o f the assassination o f A rc h
bishop Oscar Romero, who was
shot while saying mass because he
continuously spoke out against the
oppression, torture and murder o f
Salvadorans and supported their
struggle for liberation.
In P ortland the life o f A rc h
bishop Romero and the cause he
represented was remembered with
three days o f fasting and prayer
vigils at St. Andrew C atholic
Church and an ecumenical service at
First United M ethodist Church on
Wednesday evening.
Rodney Page, acting director o f
the Ecumenical M inisters o f
Oregon, said o f the A rchbishop,
“ May his death serve as a tragic
rem inder that the evil faces o f
poverty, injustice and oppression
that caused his death are still ram
part in El Salvador.” Diane Hess,
Chairman o f the Portland Central
American Solidarity Committee ad
ded, “ The voice o f A rchbishop
Romero was not silenced. It grows
louder and stronger every day as
more and more o f us take up the
pledge to stop U.S. intervention in
El Salvador.”
The C atholic C hurch o f El
Salvador announced this week that
6,196 citizens have been killed by
their government this year. This is in
addition to 12,075 verified killings
during 1980.
The United Nations Commission
on Human Rights has voted to in
vestigate the “ K illin g s , 1 idnap-
pings, violence and torture’ b.,
El Salvador government and to sur
port the right o f the people to di
on the government they desire.
The Forabundi M arti Liberation
F ront has called a 24 hour
m oratorium on fighting in respect
for Archbishop Romero.
Contributions for the people o f El
Salvador can be sent to the PCASC
or Box 6443, Portland 97228 (235-
9388).
Newhall - A track record
of community support:
• Fought for Harriet Tubman Middle School
• Consistently supports strong basic skills for students
• Voted for increased parent involvement
in neighborhood schools
• Will fight for balance in school closures
Newhall - An independent voice
for the whole community.
Vote for Sarah Newhall
for School Board - Position #1
Gretchen Kafoury
Neil Kelly
Armando La Guardia
Vesta Loving
Bob Nelson
Supporters include. Nick Barnett
Herb Cawthorne
Rev. John Garlington
Lillian Herzog
Leon T. Johnson
Committee to retain Sarah Newhall for School Board,
Edna Robertson
Ruth Spencer
Raul Soto-Seelig
Betty Walker
Commissioner Charles Jordan
Jay Delman, Treasurer. 419 NE Hazel Fern Place, Portland 97232
Divestment essential to SA
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from being inconsequential lo the
struggle lor South Africa scrapping
the act would be totally meaningless
because, should such a couple marry
they could not live anywhere in
South A fric a because it is s till
“ ille g a l” for people o f d iffe re n t
racial backgrounds to live under the
same roof. Should they have a child,
that child would have to go and live
in yet a third neighborhood since,
being of mixed parentage, the child
would be classified in yet a th ird
racial category, different than that
of either mother or father!
Ite m : We need South A fric a ’ s
minerals and other resources most
o f which are c ritic a l fo r our in
dustries and defense system.
Response: These minerals and
other resources are an endowment
of the country not the government.
A change o f government in South
Africa would not necessarily mean a
cut-off o f these resources - after all,
the new government w ill still need
foreign exchange just as the current
me does.
Secondly, v irtu a lly all o f the
ninerals the U.S. currently imports
rom South A frica she can just as
asily get from such free A frican
ountries as Angola, Botswana,
Zimbabwe, Zaire and Zambia.
Item : If we withdraw from South
Africa, the Africans will be hurt the
most since they are the ones who
w ill lose their jobs first. By slaying
on in South Africa, we provide them
jobs they otherwise would not have.
Response: Do you remember the
arguments against slaves in the
South escaping to the North? The
one that went something like this:
The slaves are better o ff staying on
at the plantation because at least
they have food and shelter. Same
argument here: the Africans should
continue to accept this slavery
because at least they have jobs!
One curious thing is that the
American companies that seem so
overly concerned about the plight of
the Africans. Tor the past 25 years.
Black leaders in South A frica who
know the situation better than
anyone else have been calling on
foreign companies to get out o f
South Africa. Would they cut their
own throat or that o f the people for
whom they are fighting?
Ite m : The U.S. share o f the
South A frican trade is only 17%
and, if we leave, some other foreign
company is just going to step into
our shoes.
Response: True, the U.S. share
o f this illicit trade is only 17% but
that 17% is worth more than $2.2
Be concerned!
Be informed!!
know the facts!!!
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b illio n and th a t’ s a huge chunk o f
money. Moreover, U.S. companies
provide 40% o f South A fr ic a ’ s
autom obiles, 20-30% of the com
puters, 60% o f the trucks, 40% o f
the gasoline,
100% o f the
technology for its coal-to-oil con
version industry to m ention just
five examples.
As fo r some other western or
Japanese company moving in to fill
the void U.S. companies would
leave, all one can say is: That sort o f
logic is analogous to a burglar who
sets out to burglarize a house, gets
conscience-stricken and hesitates.
Then he rationalizes that “ if I don’ t
break in to this house, somebody
else w ill. So I m ight as well go
ahead and break in .” Very smart.
Ite m : I f the A fricans take over
South A fric a , then the U.S. and
other western countries w ill lose a
valuable ally in their on-going
struggle against communism. The
Russians w ill get to control the sea
lanes around the Cape through
which 70% o f the West’s oil passes.
R esponse: Equating A fric a n
nationalism w ith communism has
been the f avorite argument o f South
Af rican propaganda. A quick look
al the A fric a n continent today,
however, quickly exposes the bank
ruptcy of this ploy: There are 51 in
dependent countries on the African
continent but not one o f them can
be called a com m unist country.
Before Zimbabwe's Prime Minister
Robert Mugabe came to power,
these same arguments were used;
that a victory for Mugabe would be
tantamount to delivering Zimbabwe
into the arms o f Moscow. Zimbab
we is almost a year old now and she
is further from the Russian embrace
than at any tim e in her colonial
history.
The Africans are highly insulted
when their continent is used as a
battleground for the perennial East-
West conflict. African nationalism
owes allegiance neither to East nor
to West.
In closing, the Africans feel that it
is bad enough for Western countries
to collaborate with the enemy, but it
is downright disgraceful when they
attempt to camouflage this collusion
under the guise o f w orking in the
best interests of the Africans. It is a
crying shame when they try to fool
the American public about their real
motives fo r investing in a system
that flouts everything the American
Republic was supposed to have been
founded on.
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PORTLAND. OREGON 9 7 2 1 1
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From the Front Door
By Torn Boothe
From the Front Door, I witnessed a most interesting situation Monday night March 9, 1981,
at the Hansen Building Auditorium 12240 NE Gilsan. The meeting was billed as a "Public
work session on the County budget."
The meeting and discussion centered around a potential (6) million dollar cut in revenue to
provide services in Multnomah County.
The meeting was well publicized by the County, but the strange thing was that most Agen-
cies. Businesses and citizens located in the Black communty who will be greatly affected by
the Potential Budget cuts were not present at the meeting. As compared to the agencies.
Businesses and Citizens who are less dependent directly upon County funds were present in
full force.
The Black community was represented by the House of Exodus (Staff and Clients), and by a
larger number of members from the Sharon Seventh Day Adventist Church, including their
pastor.
Point blank, I will be happy to see the day when our Black citizens find the time to participate
"on tim e" in Socio-political processes, as opposed to showing up "Late after the fact'
complaining and critizing the results of a political excercise.
Many Blacks will be affected by Federal, State, County and City Budget Cuts, many are
already affected by Welfare cuts. Now is the time to plan and find productive alternatives to
our community’s economics, much of which will depend upon whether we function on time
in to Socio political processes
Horses races, dog races, booze and dope has a negative effect on the Black community and
the results of such indulgence benefit the Bureaucratic system far more than it does Black
employment or the Black community in general. Yet, there are Black citizens spending just
about all of their extra dqllars on horse races, dog races, booze and street dope Black
citizens will show up in numbers and on time at the races, in line at the booze store, some
even use taxi cabs for transportation, and will be on time for the dope man
We as Black’ citizens need to learn w hat is FIRST and w hat is NEXT. This is called
prioritizing.
1. (Priority number one) should be the security and welfare of your immediate family
2. (Priority number two) should be the condition of our community, the livability of our
neighborhood.
3. (Priority number three) can be our personalized sports and pleasures.
Let me say again, you can't spend your time or money for a better purpose; join with the
Exodus Youth Mental Health Offensive, building our community into a better and safer place
to live and raise our children
Join with me and make our family and community, priority (NUMBER ONE).
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