Portland Observer, March 30, 1983 Page 5
Washington Hot Line
PUT
ATLANTA
ON THE
UNE FOR
PEANUTS.
by Congressman ft on Wyden
America's cigarette manufactur
ers are involved in a practice that
would be a good candidate for a seg
ment o f the T V show, T hai's In
credible.
Despite the well-documented
health hazards o f cigarette smok
ing, and despite disclosure require
ments faced by manufacturers of all
other products— from food to alco
hol-cigarette manufacturers do not
disclose the ingredients of their pro
duct.
That means that when you go to
your local store to buy a package of
cigarettes, you w ill not be able to
find out by reading the label what
that product contains.
And that means that when you're
smoking those cigarettes, you won't
know what you’re inhaling.
The implications of this "conspi
racy of silence" are two-fold. First,
the public is denied its right to
know. And second, the health o f
Oregonians and other Americans
may be threatened as a result
For all we know, cigarettes could
contain arsenic. They could contain
various harm ful chemicals. They
could, and very well may. contain
chocolate— a proven carcinogen
when heated to a certain degree.
They could contain almost anything
— but under current law, you’ ll
never know what that "anything" is
by looking at a cigarette package
when you buy it in the store.
And what’s worse, the denial o f
the right to know goes beyond label
ing requirements. Not only are cig
arette ingredients not listed on the
labels of cigarette packs, no one ex
cept the tobacco industry has any
idea what they are. Even the C on
gress o f the United Stales and the
Department o f Health and Human
Services have not been able to find
out what these ingredients are.
Last M ay, the tobacco industry
and the Department o f Health and
Human Services reached a so-called
agreement for the disclosure of cig
arette additives. Y et, after ten
months, no one at H H S has official
ly seen this list.
The truth of the matter, however,
is that this agreement was a joke to
begin with. First, the agreement
does not require HHS to disclose to
Congress or to consumers its re
search findings about any additive it
determines poses an extreme hazard
to health. Second, H H S will be in
formed only about the presence of
those additives used by three or
more cigarette manufacturers.
W hat this means is that if both
Philip Morris and the R. J. Reynolds
Tobacco Com panies— who com
bined sell close to 6$ percent of all
the cigarettes sold in this country—
use the same dangerous additive in
all their cigarettes, but no other
manufacturer uses the same addi
tive, its use would not have to be
disclosed to HHS.
American consumers should not
have to accept this institutional ig
norance.
T hat's why I am pushing for
strong language to be added to the
Comprehensive Smoking Preven
tion Education Act of 198J that will
require the tobacco industry to sup
ply to Health and Human Services a
list of all cigarette additives— and
that will, in turn, require H H S to re
port its finding on these additives to
Congress.
This provision is needed because
the Public Health Service has been
unable to assess the relative risks of
cigarette additives— p articularly
those in low tar and nicotine brands
— because no inform ation is avail
able from manufacturers as to what
these additives are.
Low tar and nicotine cigarettes
have been touted as being safer than
traditional cigarettes. But because
these brands require beefed-up fla
vors, for all we know, these kinds of
cigarettes may actually be more,
rather than less, harmful.
No one would be denied the right
to smoke under this provision. Yet
no one should be denied the right to
sufficient informaton on the health
hazards of cigarette smoking so they
can make an informed choice whe
ther or not to smoke.
As long as I'm in Congress, I in
tend to do all I can to see that they
have this choice.
Non-Aligned supports liberation
U.S. hopes that the passage of the
chairmanship o f the Movement of
Non-Aligned Nations from Cuba to
India would soften that body’s stri
dent oppostion to U.S. policies tow
ard the Third W orld were dashed
during the 7th Summit Conference
held in New Delhi March 7th
through 12th.
The assembly’ s first resolution
was in support o f the struggles of
the Southwest People’s Organiza
tion (SWAPO) thePalestinc Libera
tion O rganizatioinP .L.O .) and the
liberation in South Africa and noted
that denial of independence to these
peoples is a threat to world peace.
The organization condemned
U .S. policy o f "constructive com
promise” with South Africa and its
public pronouncement that South
Africa is an ally and friend. It called
for solidarity w ith S W A P O and
condemned the U.S. attempt to tie
independence o f Namibia with re
moval o f Cuban troops from A n
gola. The conference called for
withdrawal of South African raiders
from Angola and increases support
of the Angolan government.
It denounced South African bor
der raids in Mozambique and sabo
tage against Zimbabwe and its mer
cenary attack on Seychelles. It sup
ported Comoro Islands’ right to re
gain control of its island, Mayotte,
from the French. It supported e f
forts to conciliate problems in West
ern Sahara.
The middle east resolutions were
also critical o f the U.S. U.S. vetos
of United Nations efforts to halt the
Lebanon invasion, its backing of Is
rael economically and m ilita rily ,
was condemned, as was Israel's a t
tack on Iraq's nuclear plant. Israel
and the U.S. were condemned for
their campaign against Syria's right
to obtain defensive weapons and a
warning was given that Syria may be
Israel’s next target. The agreement
of the Fez Conference was adopted
as the plan for a lasting peace in the
middle east.
The conference supported C y
prus' grant for full independence
and praised Malta's plan to convene
a conference on security in the Med
iterranean region.
The U.S. was condemned for in
creasing its military presence in the
Indian Ocean, supporte Mauritius’
sovereignty over Diego Garcia Is
land, currently leased by Britain to
the U .S . for a m ilita ry base.
The conference also called for an
end to all outside interference in A f
ghanistan.
The U.S. was condemned for its
activities in Central America. The
cause of the worsening situation in
El Salvador is social and economic
problems and imperialist interven
tion and repression, they found.
They agreed on the need to halt mili
tary maneuvers and other military
activity in Central America. They
urged Washington to take a con
structive position that would contri
bute to a negotiated settlement. The
conference exhorted the U .S . to
stop its agression, threat and block
ades against Cuba, and demanded
the return o f Guantanam o Naval
Base to Cuba.
The underlying element in the
non-aligned policy continues to be
the struggle against im perialism ,
colonialism, neocolonialism, apart
heid and all forms of foreign inter
ference and aggression, occupation,
and domination.
The conference calls for a United
Nations resolution outlawing the re
cruiting, financing, utilizing and
training of mercenaries.
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olonialism and Imperialism
n ils d m will acquaint stu d sm i w th snalysai of
colonialism.
neocolonialism
and
imperialism,
especially in the writings ot Third World thinkers There will be
particular locus on the use o l foreign aid" in the domination o l less
ileveloped countries the class struggle in Africa, and the role of the
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On the economic front, the Sum
mit pointed out that the current
world economic system is contrary
to the basic interests of the underde
veloped nations and warned that
failure to establish a new interna
tional economic order, based on
equity and justice, would have poli
tical and economic consequences for
all nations. The conference reiter
ated that the current depression is
"a symptom of structural disorders
that come from growing imbalanced
and inequalities that are detrimental
to the development prospects of de
veloping countries.”
The conference recognized that
lasting peace cannot be guaranteed
while there is increasing disparity
among nations.
“ All talks between developed and
developing countries aimed at solv
ing existing problems in world eco
nomic relations should be of univer
sal character and should take place
within the framework of the United
Nations."
The conference also deplored
U.S. control over the International
M onetary Fund and the W orld
Bank and the inadequate represen
tation of developing nations in their
decision m aking. The conference
deplored the increasing pressure ex
erted on developing nations by in
ternational Financial institutions.
The conference also determined
that " a stable world development
and international order demands the
end of the arms race and the urgent
adoption of disarmament measures
to release resources necessary to de
velopment.”
The 60 heads of state, represent
ing 101 nations, (the Republic of
Vanuatu, the former New Hebrides
Islands, joined during the summit),
decided to hold the next ministerial
meeting in Angola in 1985 and to se
lect the site for the 8th Summit at
that time. Consideration of holding
the Summit in Iraq, which was to
have been the site of the 7th Confer
ence, will be given. The Movement
will continue its efforts to resolve
the Iraq-Iran conflict.
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State Senator Bill McCoy will
boat a aerlea of constituent
coffeea In hla district. The
meetings are open to the public.
Senator McCoy la responding to
requests made by hla constitu
ents. to help better Inform them
of issues facing the legislature
this session and to dlscues top
ics of concern. The first consti
tuent coffee Is scheduled for
Saturday. April 2. 1983 at Bethel
AME Church. 5828 N.E. 8th.
Portland, from 10:00 a.m. until
noon.
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program we lost in December when
our ensured unemployment rate fell
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