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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.
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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
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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
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U n n ^ n v ^ i, President R o b erto
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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. The
words o f Betancourt that outside in
terference in the affairs o f C entral
America is not acceptable have long
been forgotten.
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