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.
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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
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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.”
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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*.
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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
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