Pag« 2 Portland Observer, April 13. 1963
W hy U.S.S.R. rejected "interim option
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This is
“ Jobs with n Peace Week”
in Oregon and across ihe country,
with events scheduled to inform ci­
tizens and lobby Congress on the
need for a nuclear freeze.
In the meantime, the Reagan Ad­
m inistratio n ’ s stan d off with the
Soviet Union over nuclear arms re­
duction continues, with the USSR
refusing Reagan's more recent pro­
posal
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NATO u MISSILES
In 1979, the N orth A tla n tic
Treaty Organization, pressured by
the United States, decided to deploy
572 medium range U.S. missiles in
five nations o f Western Europe
starting in 198): G reat B ritain .
Italy, Federal Republic o f Germany
(Wesi Germany), the Netherlands,
and Belgium. These would include
the Cruise and Pershing missiles.
Missile Comparisons
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This plan was accompanied by a
program to deploy M X intercontin­
ental missiles in the Southwestern
U.S. This plan has been slowed by
refusal o f Congress to fund it and
several European nations are having
second thoughts regarding the
N A T O plan.
Zaro option
Reagan’s “ Zero Option” calls for
doing away with all medium-range
missiles in the U SSR — those ta r­
geted at Europe and at Asia— in re­
turn for nondeployment o f 572
Cruise and Pershing-2 missiles in
Europe. This would leave the cur­
rent N A T O nuclear missile arsenal
intact. C urrtnely. N A T O has one
and one-half times the number
maintained by the U.S.S.R.
Interim option
Reagan's latest proposal was for
the U .S. to reduce the number o f
missiles it plans to deploy in N A T O
countries in exchange for the
U.S.S.R. reducing the number of its
existing missiles.
Soviet propoeel
The U.S.S.R.'s latest proposal it
a 25 percent reduction of Soviet and
U .S . strategic (interco ntin en tal)
weapons and for the U .S .S .R . and
N A T O to reduce their medium-
range weapons to less than one-third
of their present levels.
Task force opposes Civil Defense
The Task Fore*
Mlii'bar Civil
Force on Nuclear
Preparedness Planning has recom­
mended that Ihe C ity o f Portland
not participate in President Rea­
gan's proposed civil defense plan­
ning for nuclear war. The I I -
member Task Force was appointed
by the City Council.
Dr. Charles P. Shade, Chairman,
said the Task Force members op­
posed participation. Some opposed
any preparation for nuclear war on
a moral and ethical basis and others
felt the mass evacuation proposal
was impractical.
The Reagan proposal— now be­
fore Congress—would provide $4.2
billion in matching funds for local
governments participating in the
program. The scenario depicts a nu­
clear attack with five days warning.
Housing, food, medical care and
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protection from
nuclear
radiation
would be required at the relocation
centers fore the 1.2 m illion people
who would have to be relocated
from the Portland area.
A nuclear attack would have the
estimated effect, in Oregon: 1)5.000
casualties; destruction o f buildings
within eight miles o f ground zero;
people in the open would suffer sig­
nificant burn injuries for about nine
miles; in high intensity areas, shel­
ters would be largely ineffective;
people would have to remain in shel­
ters for at least two weeks; destruc­
tion o f infrastructures that provide
food and services is almost certain;
it is unlikely production and trans­
portation services could recover fast
enough to avoid starvation and
hardship; the medical system could
not handle the casualties; devastat-
mg psychological affects would re­
sult in a high incidence o f aberra­
tional behavior.
The Task Force's rejection o f the
mass relocation proposal will have
no affect on the City's current plan­
ning for natural disasters and acci­
dents.
Commissioner M ike Lindgerg
called Reagan's plan a “ ludicrous”
one that would not work in a crisis
situation. Commissioner Strachan
said the money should be spent on
producing peace and jobs.
A m inority report was filed by
Richard Nokes, former publisher of
The Oregonian, and Joe Andrus, di­
rector of the City's Office of Emer­
gency Managem ent, who recom ­
mended that the C ity plan for a ll
emergencies and not exclude plan­
ning for a nuclear war.
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U.S.S.N'a rapty
On April 2nd First Deputy Prime
Minister Andrei Gromyko rejected
the " in te rim proposal” fo r these
reasons:
1) It does not take into account
the British and French medium-
range nuclear systems, including 162
missiles.
2) It does not include the hundreds
o f U.S. missiles on airplanes based
in Western Europe and on aircraft
carriers. A t least six U .S . aircraft
carriers, each with about 40 planes,
are stationed in European waters
and U.S. bombers are stationed in
Europe.
3) The Soviet medium-range mis­
siles in Asia would be liquidated al­
though they do not have any rela­
tion to Europe. A circle o f U .S .
bases surrounds the U .S .S .R .: Jap­
an and the waters around South
Korea; the Indian Ocean, especially
Diego Garcia bases; the Persian
G ulf, all have nuclear weapons di­
rected at the U.S.S.R.
Soviet mlaeilee
The U .S .S .R .*s medium-range
missiles, directed at Europe and
Asia, cannot reach the United
Slates. The U .S . weapons now in
Europe and planned for deployment
in Europe can reach Soviet territory.
Further, it would take six or seven
times as long for an inter-continent­
al missile from the U .S .S .R . to
reach the United States, as it would
for U.S. missiles based in Western
Europe to reach the U.S.S.R.
For many blacks who were born
in the South in the late 1800s and
until the middle 1890s, education
was received in the local church. A l­
though black people's education has
advanced beyond that stage, the
church still plays a m ajor role in
education o f many blacks. Many
colleges were founded for blacks be­
cause they were not allowed admis­
sion to the white colleges. Although
this loo has changed to some extent,
the black colleges still play a major
role in education o f black youth
both intellectually and spriritually.
The Christian Methodist Episco­
pal Church has been involved in this
process since the very beginning and
has been responsible for finding and
financing many colleges.
In 1905 Bishop Elias C ottrell
founded the Mississippi Industrial
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College at Holly Spring, Mississip­
pi. The objective of the college was/
is to establish an institution o f learn­
ing for the literary and industrial
training o f the Negro young men
and women in Christian ideals, to
furnish a practical education and to
make of them better citizens.
The college is situated on a 110-
acre tract o f land and was pur­
chased, in cash, for $5,)00.
Since that tim e, thousands o f
blacks have been educated there,
who otherwise would not have had
an opportunity for a college educa­
tion.
The college doors are now closed
and M .I.C . faces the possibility of
losing the school and the land be­
cause o f financial reasons. Missis­
sippi Industrial College needs the
help of the entire National Confer­
ence of the Methodist Church and
black community to “ Save the
Thajudge
All requests by defendants* attor­
neys for delay of the trail were de­
nied. Public Defender Tom Hillier.
attorney for SoH appy, said. " I n
more than ten years o f trail exper­
ience I ’ve never been involved in a
more complex case, or one more d if­
ficult from the standpoint ul its
complexities.” He asked for more
time to learn federal treaty law, fish­
ing rights, and what is happening on
the C olum bia. A nother attorney
complained that the wiretaps and
body recordings alone produced
3,000 pages o f transcripts and 64
hours of tapes. One attorney said he
would need 300 hours just to review
the evidence. Tanner denied these
motions for delay even when the
government attorney indicated his
willingness for a 60-90 day delay,
" I don't see what the problem is
here,” Tanner said. “ It's very sim­
ple. Either these people were fish­
ing, or they were not. It's as simple
as that."
When Attorney W illiam Thayer,
court appointed, like several other
court appointed attorneys, attempt­
ed to withdraw from the case be­
cause he could not prepare for it ad­
equately, Tanner cited him and his
employer Darrell Lee for criminal
contempt for “ obstructing justice.”
When Tanner refused to remove
Thayer, Lee asked that he be a p ­
pointed in Thayer's place so he
could challenge to a higher court.
Tanner obliged, then sent Lee to
jail for 24 hours.
Jack Swartz, Portland attorney,
also was charged with contem pt.
Swartz was charged with telling In ­
dian defendants that he believed
they had a right to some level o f
competence in their defense.
Swartz now faces new charges that
he criticized the prosecution o f the
Indians as anti-Indian and racially
biased. Tanner denied Swartz's re­
quest for a jury trial on the charges.
The A C L U , the National Lawyers
Guild, Ihe National Association of
Defense Lawyers, and the Criminal
I jiw Section of the King County Bar
Association asked to argue in de­
fense o f Swartz. They charged
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For to lose this college is to lose a
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Allen Temple is responding to this
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that the contempt action is “ a seri­
ous threat to the First Amend-
m e n t," and "overreaching by the
government." Swartz faces a $1,000
fine or 6 months in jail.
Finally, Tanner agreed to move
the trials to Los Angeles, because a
fair and impartial trial could not be
had in Tacoma. Tanner is trying ihe
cases in Los Angeles himself.
Im peachm ent advocated
Indian activist Hank Adams of
Olympia, representing the Survival
of American Indians Association, is
calling for the impeachment of
Judge Tanner based on perjury and
other alleged misconduct to protect
his former client, Robert Satiacum..
The charges stem from Tanner's al­
leged misconduct in a recent case
against Jacqueline Stiltner, a Puyal­
lup Indian, and in Satiacum’s rack­
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proceedings Judge Tanner, in per­
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deliberate concealment, miscon­
structions, and denials o f facts, for
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bility for charged racketeering o f­
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