Portland Observer, October 27, 1982 Page 7
Predict fund decline
Grassruot News, N. IF .— The N a
tional Council o f Educational O p
p o rtu n ity A ssociation held their
first annual conference in the na
tio n ’s capital. W ell over 450 EO P
progruins were represented and
Kernel M o o re , the D irecto r o f the
Educational Opportunity Program
at Portland State, was there. “ Our
theme was developing human poten
tial with an underlying therne that
programs were suffering under the
Reagan policies. Because o f the cuts
in education the competition among
d iffe re n t E O P program s w ill in
crease.” Ms. Moore defined the sen
timent as “ controlled panic." “ We
arc in times where the social services
programs arc the hardest hit by the
p resid en t’ s e ffo rts to balance the
budget. W ith the cutbacks in the ed
ucation programs the process of get
ting the fewer crumbs is more com
petitive.”
strapped i t ’ s not fo r certain that
programs like the Educational O p
p o rtu n ity P rog ram w ill rem ain a
high p rio rity , even though that is
where the money was o rig in a lly
s p e n t.’ ’ M s. M o o re says there is
som ething more im p o rta n t than
money when you look at w h a t’ s
happening. “ There is now no na
tional m andate fo r education and
securing higher education. They are
saying that they will not invest in the
future o f this country by not invest
ing in the hum an p o te n tia l o f all
Americans.”
Sherra N eal was one in d iv id u al
whom EO P invested in by ensuring
that she invested in herself. “ The
Educational O pportunity Program
gave me m oral support and c o n fi
dence in m yself. The interest that
the s ta ff showed in me gave me
more o f a fam ily environment than
a static one. Coming back to P ort
land State was a real effort for me. I
had been out o f school for ten years.
I had the strain o f a fam ily and f i
nancial problem s. M y fath er died
during my undergraduate years and
at times I felt like dropping out. But
because o f the support I received
from EO P, I made it through.” Ms.
Neal received her degree in Business
and finds herself in the position
where many other college graduates
are— unemployed. ” 1 just can’t find
anything open in my m a jo r but I
will not stop looking. They say you
go to school to find a job. But now
you cannot find one. But just be
cause the market is tied up now does
not mean my education was a waste.
I f I had to do over again I wouldn't
change a thing."
Remel M oore says that according
to the O ffic e o f E d u c atio n there
have been enough so-called disad
vantaged students m ajoring in the
social sciences. “ From now on the
push w ill center on m ath and sci
ence. At Portland State we have an
advantage because o f the partner
ship between business and educa
tion.”
She says her fears arc that the
next generation may not have an op
p o rtu n ity to go to college. “ A nd
just think what that would m ean.”
Fro m the a d m in is tra tio n came
T .S . Bell, Secretary o f Education,
with a message that the block grants
are on their way. The only way to
have an impact on the allocation o f
this money is involvement on the lo
cal level. “ They also stated that so
cial service program s had some
waste and abuse. But if you really
look at the money that was targeted
for education it is not a lot. In the
E O P program at P o rtla n d State
there arc 265 students with 5 sta ff
members. You really can’t get a lot
o f waste or fraud and abuse out o f
five people.”
H ow will this new federalism a f
fect programs that provide support
and services to those seeking higher
education? “ The money they are
proposing to send back to the states
is a lot less than the money that is
currently distributed by the Federal
government. So where there are 50
m illio n d o lla r program s they are
talking o f giving the State five m il
lion dollar programs, with the state
to pick and choose who gets what.
In some states where they arc advan
taged it will not become a problem
because their economy can pick up
the slack. But in states like Oregon
where the econom y is already
A.I. reports exposes brutality
Amnesty International, issuing its
yearly review o f political imprison
ment and related hum an rights
violations, said today that the world
community must face up urgently to
the use o f p o litic a l killin g s by
governments.
C itin g examples from El Salva
dor, Syria and several other nations,
the organization said in its annual
report that thousands o f people
were killed in 1981 “ by ord er o f
their government or with its compli
city.”
“ G overnm ents must not be
allow ed to evade responsibility
when they choose to o b lite ra te
suspected o p p on en ts,” (he report
stressed.
The report contains documented
facts on executions in Iran - more
than 2,600 during the year -- and the
u n fa ir trials that preceded them ,
“ disappearances” and to rtu re in
Chile, the continuing drive against
all form s o f dissent in the Soviet
U n io n , executions in South A frica
and other developm ents. In d ia n
peasants in B o liv ia , w a ll-p o ster
w riters in C h in a , o b jectors o f
military service in Western Europe,
and thousands o f o rdinary people
all over the world are reflected in its
pages. The common denominator is
the violation o f their fundam ental
rights and human beings.
In El Salvador, mutilated bodies
are found a fte r soldiers o r police
arrest people who are suspected o f
opposition o r who m erely live in
suspect areas. " I n G u a te m a la ,
thousands o f people described by
the government as ‘subversives’ and
'crim inals* have been shot on the
spot or seized and killed later,” the
report says. In Syria, security forces
were reported in 1981 to have sealed
o f f com m unities, dragged people
fro m th e ir homes and shot them .
Reports o f killings by troops and
police have continued to come from
India, The Philippines, Bolivia and
Columbia.
a a iT B -iM
JACK REYNOLDS
for County Executive
KN I MO BACK MORAL AMD H O M IST OOVERNMKNT N o *
S in la ta k in g ov»r our n a tio n .
A b o rtio n ( k i l l i n g o f
b a b la a ), h o n o a ta u a llty , anay a v a i l a b i l i t y o f .Irugn
anil a lc o h o l, ila s t r u c t Io n o f th e f a n l l y , a t e . a r e w ld a -
.a p ra a il.
Jack Raynolda la th a o n ly c a n d id a te who la
Openly c a l l i n g f o r a r e t u r n t o th e C h r le t - c e n t e r e d
p r in c ip le « th a t made our n a tio n g r e a t .
W r it e - In
Jack H eyno lda' name f o r County E x e c u tiv e I f you want
m o r a lity and honeaty r e a to r e d .
Re-Elect
Gladys MCCoy
Multnomah County
Commissioner
District II
VOTE November 2!
Committee To Re-Elect Gladys McCoy
Dorie Simpson, Treasurer
GOVERNOR VIC ATIYEH.
EXPERIENCE, INTEGRITY
ACCOMPLISHMENT.
“Governor Atiyeh is absolutely
the right leader for Oregon. No
one has shown more honesty, in
tegrity, and real human courage
when times get tough. No radical
schemes, no wild plans, no irre
sponsible act ions-Vic Atiyeh
simply gets the job done.”
Attorney General
Dave Irohnmayer
“ Vic Atiyeh has proven himself at
every turn. He's been tested and
proven n hen it comes to making
the right choices for our state.”
United States Senator
Mark Hatfield
“Governor Atiyeh has better
answers and better plans than
most governors. Above all, he's
been lumest with everyone.
Even though I'm a life-long
Democrat, I ’m voting for
Governor Atiyeh"
FormerDenuK ratu•
Congresswomen
Edith Green
“No other governor has done as
much for women in this state as
Vic Atiyeh, not only showing real
concerns for issues that involve
women, but m akingwomen part
o f the decision-making process
in the state.”
Oregon Secretary o f State
Norma Paulus
i Speech lune 30. 1982)
Decide for yourself.
Governor Vic Atiyeh
Bom in Oregon and lived here all his life.
A successful small retail businessman.
23 years Oregon government experience.
Works with business and industry leaders
to improve Oregon's image, help existing
firms, and attract established employers.
Resolved the dispute over field burning,
protecting botn the environment and the
agricultural industry.
Cut state spending, balanced the budget, and
kept Oregon solvent.
Protects retirement security with prudent
investments.
Increased vocational and high-tech
educational and iob re-training, w ith
matching funds from private industry.
Decide for yourself.
Mr. Kulongoski
Moved to Oregon in 1970.
A union lawyer.
Has run for three different political offices in
the last three elections.
Sponsored the Plant Closure Bill, which would
have destroyed Oregon’s chances for new jobs.
Received the lowest rating of all Oregon state
senators from the Oregon Farm Bureau.
Proposes massive increases in government
bureaucracy.
Proposes raiding employee's pension funds for
speculative government loans to industry
and business.
As Governor, led Oregon to America's first bill
against racial harrassment.
An administration which has recognized the
rights and abilities of women.
Helped Oregon to its first clean air/w ater act.
As Governor, eliminated 2400 tax-eating
bureaucratie positions from state
government.
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