Portland Observer, December 8, 1962 Page 5 Shirley's Hair & Things Washington Hot Line C u ria .. . m w . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >39.96 Conditioners............................MOO-MI.00 Relaxara.. .•fi’W f h ' . .............$27.50 Hair C uta...................................*10.00 by Congressman Ron Wyden T h e possibility o f nuclear h o lo caust is rapidly becoming the most serious threat facing A m erica and the world today. Because of my concern about this issue, last week I introduced a reso lution that would make the preven tion o f nuclear war a central security goal o f the United States. Following is the full text o f the floor statement I made in introducing that resolu tion: • M r. Speaker, I rise today to jo in the w o rld ’s most distinguished sci entists in issuing a plea to all nations , to save mankind fro m the devasta tio n that would result fro m a n u clear w a r— a d evastatio n fro m which no nation is immune. Last September, 67 o f the w orld’s leading scientists representing 27 countries met at the Vatican’s Pon tific a l Academ y o f Science to d is c u s s nuclear weapons and nuclear war. Their meeting was convened by the Pope, and included the Presi dent o f the United States Academy o f Scientists and his counterpart in the Soviet Union. This meeting was the culmination o f a series o f efforts by these scien tists, w hich began w ith a meeting convened last February in Vienna by Cardinal Konig o f Austria. The sci- entisu then met at the Royal Society in London and again at the Po ntifi cal Academy last June. Never has such a distinguished group o f scientific experts come to gether to use their creative energy to shed the light o f science on a public issue. T hat they have done so now attests to the unprecedented danger posed to life on our planet by the ex istence o f nuclear weapons. It also reflects the aw aken ing alarm in millions o f citizens around the globe— millions o f citizens who have jo in ed together to call for an end to the p eril o f liv in g on the brink o f annihilation. These scientists came together be cause they feel a special responsibi lity to m ankind — after a ll, it is the p erversion o f th eir achievem ents w hich has resulted in the greatest known threat to mankind. A n d a fte r m onths o f c a re fu l deliberation and study, they issued a final resolution, which they present ed to the Pope. The delegates' ines capable conclusion was that there can be no higher moral or political obligation than to prevent the out break o f a nuclear war. They recog nized that no nation can be secure unless we reduce this th re a t, and they specified several steps needed to do this. We cannot afford to let the fruits o f this meeting o f our great minds slip by us. The prevention o f a nu clear holocaust w ill take all o f the c re a tiv ity we can m u ster— and it must be our most pressing goal. T hat's why today I am intioduc- ing a jo in t resolution declaring the prevention o f nuclear war a central security goal o f the U nited States. This resolution, already introduced in the Senate by Sen. A la n C r a n ston, also calls on the President to give urgent consideration to the re solution developed by the delegates to the pontifical assembly in Rome. I urge my colleagues to join me in this e ffo r t. As S en ato r C ran sto n pointed out in introducing this reso lution in the Senate, “ whether you and I agree in whole or in part with the statements contained in this dec la ra tio n (by the sc ien tific c o m m u n ity ), they are o f transcendent importance.” It is my hope that by focusing at tention on the findings o f this distin guished group we w ill a ll feel the sense o f urgency we need to bring mankind back from the brink o f nu clear disaster. A n d it is not a false urgency. As each m om ent passes our world, and that o f our children, becomes less secure. Again, I invite my colleagues to jo in me in cosponsoring this jo in t resolution. W e must make the pre vention o f nuclear w ar the central security goal o f the U n ited States. W e must explore with other nations alte rn a tiv e m ethods o f resolving conflict. As long as nuclear weapons exist on our planet, we must make every effort to ensure they are never used. HAIR CARE & STYLING a wwt court» «ZSlBey Jan 13. 1983/Thur» 8 30 8 30 p m I. PENINSULA PARK CENTER. «800 N Albme Regaler at PCC Ceecede loi wrote» term Monday, Tuesday. Thursday tr Sundays 10 s.m. to 6 p.m. (soma evenings) 6226 N.E. 23rd«281-9052 (Between Liberty & Dekum) Election N .A .A .C .P . Portland Branch Elect - Elect - Elect Bernard B. Richardson President of Ptld. Branch of the N .A .A .C .P . From the Boardroom The election will be held by Gladys McCoy, County Commissioner The last time M ultnom ah County dealt with significantly reorganizing the County was in M ay, 1974, when a consolidation vote was defeated. That effort would have consolidated unincorporated M ultnom ah County with the C ity o f Portland. The vote came afte r a year-lo n g study by a Blue Ribbon Panel, numerous pub lic hearings, and dialogues w ith a wide range of community groups. M an y things have changed since 1974 to make it again necessary to review various options for deliver ing services to M u ltn om ah County residents. The most compelling fac tor is: Change is inevitable. It con tinues to occur in unplanned ways such as the reorganization that oc curred with Ballot Measure 6 at the M a y Prim ary. Four more positions were put up fo r election, jails were shifted to an elected S h eriff, terms o f o ffic e were d eterm in e d and a paid lobbyist was eliminated. These drastic changes took place w ith lit tle, or no, public discussion. T h e question now is how much change is necessary? W hen should the change occur? H o w w ill it oc cur? W hat are the major issues to be addressed? By whom? I submit to you the driving factor is the co n tin u ed decrease in re sources with a growing demand for services that include economic de velopm ent and the fact that u n in co rp o rated M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty is the only available land for this use; sewers are a very fragile concern in that a health hazard m ay occur i f sewers are not installed; in urban subsidy there is the fact that city re sidents must reckon w ith dou b le taxation for services, with roads and police services being the more costly areas. T h e purpose o f the F u tu re o f Local Governments G roup (F L G G ), w hich I in itia te d , is to develop a process that is orderly, tim ely, and allows elected public officials from the community to deal with the m at ter o f solving problems o f economic d evelopm ent, in fra s tru c tu re , and urban subsidy in M u ltn o m a h County. In a signed re s o lu tio n , elected public officials unanimously agreed that the status quo o f governmental structures in M ultnom ah County is u nacceptable; that they must as sume a leadership role in structural problem -solving; that they cooper ate with one another on this project; that they develop a specific plan to present to the p u b lic w hich a d dresses the problem s existing in M u ltn o m ah C ounty (w ith a target date o f M a y , 1983), which may in clude a b a llo t measure fo r co n solidation, or comprehensive annex ation strategy or other service deliv ery modes. W hile intergovernmental cooper ation is required to solve these prob lems, it is critical that we have c iti zen participation in reaching our ob jective. The plan is to have public input on the five options that have been proposed by the Future o f Lo cal G o vern m en ts G ro u p . The options include C ity /C o u n ty merg er, comprehensive annexation, fo r m ation o f a new city, consolidated functions, and service contracting. D etailed descriptions o f these o p tions are available at: Portland City H a ll, C o m m issio ner M ik e L in d berg’ s o ffic e . 248-4145; Gresham City H all, M ay o r’s office, 661-3000; M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty C o u rth o u se , my o ffic e (R o o m 6 0 5 ), 24 8-5219; Sunday, Dec. 12,1962,4 p.m. M etrop o litan Service D istrict, Ray Barker's office, 221-1646, ext. 352. Testimony on these proposals will be heard from 7-10 p .m .. Tuesday, December 14, Blanchard Education Servcie Center Board Room, at 501 North Dixon Street; and 7-10 p .m ., T h u rs d a y , Decem ber 16, at R e y nolds High School C afeteria, 1200 Northeast 201st Avenue. Residents o f District II are hereby invited to avail themselves o f this in formation and to participate. Please call Richard E llm ye r, my s ta ff as sistant, at 24 8-5239, to sign up to testify a n d /o r for additional in fo r mation. A t a later d a te , the F u tu re o f Local G overnm en ts G ro u p w ill choose the most viable option and return for further community input. The G roup w ill coordinate with the C harter Review Commission to de termine which issuefs) will be put to a vote o f the people. The F LG G consists o f representa tives from P o rtlan d C ity C o u ncil, Multnom ah County Board o f C o m m issioners, the G resham M a y o r- ele ct, and o ffic e rs fro m Metropolitan Service District. V a n c o u v e r A v e . 1st B a p tis t C h u rch 3138 N . V a n c o u v e r A v e . The total amount of tea Americans drink is only one tenth of the am ount of coffee that gets drunk each year. The 10 gallon hat actually holds three-fourths of a gallon. Americans spend some $100 billion a year on shoes. China's first newspaper appeared in Peking in the eighth century. buainaas w ith S o u th A fric a Reagan promises military aid--------------------- {Continued fro m page 2 column J) o f rig h t-w in g d eath squads. D 'A b u is so n was called a “ psyco- pathic k ille r" by form er U .S . A m bassador to El S a lv a d o r R o b ert W h ite , and has been p o s itive ly linked with the murder o f Archbish op Oscar Romero through his diary w hich was ca p tu re d by a fo rm e r member of the ruling military junta. El Salvador is torn with civil war. M o re than 3 2 ,0 0 0 civ ilian s have been killed by their governm ent in the past three years. In an already poor c o u n try , the fig h tin g has brought an estim ated $625 m illio n in damages to ro ad s, bridges and buses and railroads, and to the elec trical system; and a great loss o f ag ricultural production. The murder o f thousands o f civil ian citizens continues in El S alv a dor, with the assistance o f the U .S . 1980 and the 1982 budget deficit is estimated at $200 million. Per capita income is less than $500 per year; the u nem p lo ym en t rate is 64 p er cent. In spite o f its impoverished con d itio n , Honduras is serving as the base fo r U .S . m ilita ry aggression against Nicaragua. Honduras w ill spend $200 m illio n, along with $21 million supplied by the U .S ., to con vert several c iv ilia n a irp o rts in to military airports. T h e H o n d u ra n governm ent a p proved an invasion o f El Salvador, to aid the El Salvador m ilitary ju n ta. in June o f this year. The H o n duran Comm ittee in Solidarity with the Salvadoran People revealed that 2,000 Honduran soldiers were in El Salvador, advised by U .S . person nel. Followers o f form er Nicaraguan D ic ta to r Som oza are h arb o red in Honduras, provided training, direc tions and equipm ent by the U .S . 10,000 mercenaries operate from 10 camps along the border with Nicara gua and are trained by 150 C l A o ffi cers, military officers and retired in telligence agents. This force is sup ported by the $19 million authorized by the Reagan Administration to be used by the C IA to destabilize Nica ragua. Already more than 500 raids have been carried out. U .S. military aid to Honduras has escalated since Reagan took office: $3.6 million in 1980; $8 2 million in 1981; $15 million in 1982; and Rea gan promised President Suazo C o r doba another $17 m illio n this sum m er. T h ia o iM M y i t not to buy schooh and boapOals. but for heli copters, p atro l boats, M - I6 s , a ir planes. etc. government. Reagan said El Salvador is m ak ing "g re at progress in overcoming human rights abuses" and predicted that the U.S. w ill continue m ilitary aid. Honduras H o n du ras is the poorest o f the L a tin A m erican nation s. A b o u t 50 0,00 0 c h ild re n — one-seventh o f the population— are malnourished and 1.5 million children do not have health care. About 40 percent o f the people receive no health care and most o f the others have inadequate health care. T h e econom ic g ro w th rate o f Hunduras during 1980-81 was virtu a lly zero, a fact th at has led to a sharp drop in production and a rise in unemployment. The public debt passed the $900 m illio n m a rk in '■ < . U n n ^ n v ^ i, President R o b erto • • Suazo C o rd o va asked Reagan for double the $35 m illion in economic aid alloted in the C aribbean Basin initiative that is as yet not approved by the Senate. Suazo reminded Rea gan taht part o f Honduras’ financial crisis stems from sinking sugar pri ces and the fact that the new U .S . sugar im p o rt quotas w ill decrease H o n d u ra s ' sugar ex p o rt fro m 85,000 tons last fiscal year to 28,000 this year. G u a tem a la T h e p lig h t o f the G u a tem a lan people is tragic; 81 percent under the age o f 5 are malnourished; there is one doctor per 100,000 persons; 80 percent are illiterate; 76 percent o f the homes in the capital have no running water; 90 percent o f the ru ral homes have dirt floors and none have running water; prices have ris en 300 percent since 1975. Since the 1954 C IA -backed over throw o f the elected government of Jacob A rbenz, 83 ,000 people have been m u rd ered . In 1981, 13,500 people were assassinated by the army and other branches o f govern ment. In 1977 the Carter Administration cut o f f m ilita ry aid to G uatem ala because o f repeated vio la tio n s o f human rights, but arms continued to flow fro m Israel, C h ile and A r gentina. T h e G u a te m a la n o lig arc h y had close ties to the Republican Party and contributed to the Reagan elec tion cam paign. Soon after Reagan took o ffice, U .S . government o f f i cials, including Vernon Walters, be gan trooping to Guatemala. U P I re ported th e ir purpose was to aid Guatemala to combat "leftist guer illas ." Helicopters and other equip ment for "civilian purposes" began to arrive and the State Department announced that the ban on m ilitary shipments would be reviewed. The government terror was to ob vious to finance so a farcical elec tion was arranged. Before the new leader could take office. General Ef- rian Rios M o ntt overthrew General Romeo Lucas Garcia and took con trol. In M arch o f 1982 the guerilla or ganizations united to form the G ua tem alan N a tio n a l R e v o lu tio n a ry Unity. Approximately 8,000 people have been killed since M ontt look power, 90 percent o f them In d ia n s , but Reagan embraced M o ntt, whom he called " a man o f great personal in tegrity and comm itm ent.” Reagan told the press that G uate mala has been given a "b u m ra p " and its human rights violations have been exaggerated. Asked w hether the U.S. will increase military aid to G uatem ala, he replied, " T h is w ill depend on the material he [M o n tt] gives us. I would think so.” The one accomplishment o f Rea gan’ s Latin Am erican journey was to put his final approval on the m ili tary alliance o f Honduras, G u a te mala and El Salvador (with U .S. as sistance and direction) against Nica ragu a. D u rin g his short visit he managed to talk to the presidents o f Honduras, Guatem ala, El Salvador and Costa Rica cementing the a lli ance th at w ill b ring a d d itio n a l bloodshed to Central Am erica. 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