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Portland Observer, November 12, 1961 Page 3 South Africa greatest danger O rassrool N tw s , N . W . — A true freedom fig h ter was in o ur midst last week, M r. Bill Sutherland. M r. Sutherland is the representative in Southern A fric a fo r the A m ericn Friends Service Committee. He tours through the most volatile regions o f A frica to absorb what the commu nity residents think and feel. In the early ’40s Sutherland was a conscientious objector and spent 38 months in prison. So controversy is no stranger to him. Because his con sciousness is raised he shares a very special and unique relationship with A fric a . **1 always had the respect and comradeship o f the people in the liberation struggle. Sometimes, more than the groups over here.” Whenever the public hears about A frica it’s either in terms o f Soviet expansion o r our allies who are friendly to the West. ‘ ’There is a So viet presence in some parts o f A frica. But there's a mystification that goes on here. They used to talk about the government in Zimbabwe as M arxist. But they never brought out that the movement o f the people was not supported by the U .S .S .R . but had a little support from China. They were M arxist terrorists one day and the next we discover that many who hold positions in Z im babwe were educated in the II.S “ Within Africa the nations have a right to say that we can call upon unybody we want to in terms o f gaining our liberation. This does not make us puppets o f anyone because we are independent. The Africans tell us, ’ H ow could you have sup ported Portugal for years while they kept us in subjection? Then make an outcry about Cubans being in the country. There are French soldiers all over the continent and you have troops in South Korea and West Germany. You have some nerve to come to us and talk to us about peo ple who have helped to maintain the integrity o f our nation against those whom you have supported. " In Angola the Cubans would be ready to go i f the invasions from South Africa would discontinue. A l so the Namibian question needs to be solved. The Cubans cost the Angolans millions o f dollars which takes away from the people. They would rather use their money for de velopm ent. The people in power here in the U .S. know that the C u bans and the Soviets are not in power in A frica . Their real fear is strong A fric a n leadership that would put the interest o f their peo ple before that o f the economic in terest o f the West. When you do (his you arc a M arx is t and a com m u nist." The reality o f the situation could McHenry speaks at U of P Former United Nations Represen tative Donald M cH enry will give a talk at the U niversity o f P o rtlan d Buckley Center aud ito riu m M o n day, Nov. 16, at 8 pm. M cHenry will draw from his more than 20 years o f experience to give the audience a look at the past, pre sent and future o f international rela tions. H e was app o in ted U .S . perm a nent representative to the U n ited Nations by President Carter in Sep tember 1979. Tickets for the talk are available beginning N ov. 9 at Frederick and N elso n ’ s ‘ ‘ T ic k e t Place” d o w n town. Admission is $4. For more in formation call 283-7202. S a v e 58 7 7 00 on an average 3 bedroom house when we install Solid Vynal Siding on your home during our Super Sale. Call right n o w and we'll explain how we can save you $877°° and more. No obligations, for sure. Offer good till Nov. 8. BILL S U T H E R L A N D lead to a police action in A fric a . Sutherland doesn’ t believe so. ‘ ‘ I think the people in office are bright er than that. W hat w ill happen is that you will have Black American troops in A fric a and th a t’ s not healthy for their interest h ’ s a risk "Th ey also realize the amount o f trade they do w ith Black A fric a . The Rockefeller commission came out with a report that says the idea the U .S . has to support South A f rica because o f her m ineral re sources is nonsense. One element that they didn't take into considera tion is that it’s the Black worker dig ging the mines. I f you want to have a situation where you can have a guaranteed supply you better see that the workers are satisfied.” The u ltim a te question is. W ill South Africa ever fall? "South A f rica will fall! The resistance move ment has not fallen because o f re pression. How long will it take and how much blood will flow is another question. The way things are going it will be within five years. First we w ill sec the independence o f Call 223-9050 (Photo: Richard J. Brown) N am ib ia and a real c iv il war in South A frica .” The old axiom that Black people in Am erica w ill never be free until Black people in South A fric a are free is the w hole life o f M r. Bill Sutherland He lives in A frica and has raised his fam ily there. He said, ’ ’C om e.” “ In Africa the aged are respected. But this R o nald Reagan is really testing that respect.” Aluminum Builders Service, Inc. We can finance it for you while money lasts. MOTHBALLING WPPSS4G5 HAS COST OOH CUSTOMERS EXACTLY NOTHING. Absolutely nothing. Mothballing will cost Pacific Power $15 million. But not one penny of that has come from our ratepayers or increased rates. Mothballing WPPSS 4 and 5 isn’t a quest ion of nuclear power. It’s an economic auestion with an an swer that can help preserve the fi nancial stability of the Northwest. We decided to ioin the other utilities in the mothball agreement as a less costly alternative to an un controlled termination of the two un completed and financially troubled power plants 4 and 5 of the Wash ington Public Power Supply System. It makes good business sense. For us. our customers and the region. WHERE DID PACIFIC POWER GET *15 MILLION? JOYCE CAWTHORNE Cawthorne joins city staff Joyce Hata Cawthorne was appointed the new Public Works Affirm ative Action Coordinator, joining the Public Works Administrator’s staff effect ive October 7, 1981. Mrs. Cawthorne has over 10 years’ experience in community organizing, and has served as an affirmative action consultant to several area organiza tions. She was one o f the main organizers for the 1980 Asian/Pacific Amer ican Heritage week. She also was publicity chairperson for the 1979 Day of Remembrance, a one day commemorative for Nikkei (Japanese Americans) imprisoned during World War II, also attended by several thousand people. Not from our ratepayers. The $15 million comes from our general construction funds, capital raised in the securities markets. So there’ll be no impact on rates for Pacific Power customers until the WPPSS units are completed. WHY MOTHBALL? WHY NOT TERMINATE? "The central issue,” according to the Oregonian, October 26, “...whether to build, scrap or mothball” WPPSS 4 and 5 "is the economic stability of the Northwest.” If the two partially completed plants 4 and 5 were scrapped, there would be hundreds of lawsuits from the suppliers,contractors, architect- engineers and builders all wanting their money. Since WPPSS 4 and 5 are legally and economically linked to 1,2 and 3, liens could be made against the first three plants dealing them a crippling blow. Spending $15 million to mothball WPPSS 4 and 5 protects our 10% investment in WPPSS 3, so work on it can continue unfettered. Mothballing also allows regula tory licenses to remain active on WPPSS 4 and 5 while their future is decided. WHAT DOES »15 MILLION BGY? Time. Over the next 17 months, the Northwest Power Planning Council — 8 appointees by the governors of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana — will complete a 20-year forecast of the region s energy needs. If the energy from WPPSS plants 4 and 5 will not be needed, then the mothballing agreement buys the region some breathing room to develop a plan for an or derly and controlled termination. But if the energv will be needed to meet the load of the region in the 1990s, re-activating construction on the mothballed plants will be far less costly than starting from scratch. WILL MOTHBALLING WPPSS 4 AND 5 EVER PAY OFF? Under the mothballing agreement, if WPPSS 4 and 5 are eventually completed. Pacific Power would save about $81 million for our customers. We’re able to do that because the public agencies involved in WPPSS 4 and 5 have agreed to give up a block of kilowatt hours from their share of the plants’projected output in the 1990s. Estimates set the cost of that ower in the 1990s at about 12* a ilowatt hour, roughly four times the cost today. But under the mothballing agreement, Pacific Power will nave the right to purchase a large amount of power for about 2* a kilowatt hour, saving 10*. f WHY ITS IMPORTANT WPPSS 4 AND 5 ARE MOTHBALLED. Energy is the lifeblood of the Pacific Northwest, one of our most valuable resources. According to the Oregonian, October 26, "the mothball plan.. .is an insurance pol icy against economic chaos and dis ruption in the Pacific Northwest that could total as much as 9% of the gross regional product — $85 billion in 1980 To us. mothballing WPPSS 4 and 5 offers the least costly alterna tive to protect the economy and the future energy supply for our cus tomers and people in the Pacific Northwest. THE PEOPLE AT MCIFIC POWER © 1461 P a tlfk Power and Light (. urn pan?
