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PORTLAND OBSERVER
Volume XIV, Number 37
July 4. 1984
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BPA withdraws funds
from American State
by Lamta Duke
Shari S m ith, Tharasa Hill, and Diana M u th w ara
am o n g th o s a ta w w h o had p urchaaad tlc k a ta to
tha Lionel Rlchla show but w a lk a d w ith protastars
until Tina Turnar act w as ovar.
(Photo: Richard J. Brown)
Apartheid boycotts continue
by Robert Lothian
Portlanders
Organized
for
Southern Africa Freedom (POSAF)
made good on its promise to picket
Tina Turner Monday evening.
Turner appeared at the Memorial
Coliseum along with Lionel Ritchie.
Her name is included on the United
Nations’ cultural boycott list of 235
entertainers and athletes who have
appeared in South Africa.
Boycott supporters say appearances
by entertainers and athletes in South
Africa serves to support the apar
theid regime which grants political
and civil rights to the country’ s 4-
m illion whites but denies those
rights to 20-million Blacks. Perfor
mers who apologize for their past
appearances and agree not to return
are removed from the boycott list.
P O S A F spokeswoman, Avel
Mayfield, said the group attempted
to get an apology from T urner
through her manager, Ritchies'
manager, C apital Record Co. and
the concert prom oter, all to no
as ail.
"None of those contacts resulted
in a meeting with T in a, which we
wanted, or an apology, which is the
most im portant th in g ," said
Mayfield. "T h e fact that her name
is on the list is an embarrassment
not only to her but to Black people
everywhere.”
"She’s put the dollar bill in front
of the rights of the people o f South
A fr ic a ," said Black U nited Front
co-chair Ron Herndon. "This whole
movement is grow ing." said H ern
don, who criticized the news media
fo r not seeing fit to cover the
boycott. "P retty soon, it’s going to
hurt in the pocket book," he said.
A spirited and diverse group
picketed and chanted outside the
Coliseum M onday night. Some
handed leaflets to the crowd headed
into the concert.
" D o n ’ t suport Tina Turner, she
supports South A fric a m u rd e r,"
they chanted, and "T in a Turner you
will see, South Africa is going to be
free."
M ayfield said one woman called
her before the concert to say she
would sit out the Tina Turner por
tion, and a man from Corvallis said
he would send his tickets back with
a letter of protest.
Sheri Smith, Milwaukie, and two
friends decided to boycott Turner
and joined the picket line. " I t ’s just
too bad because I've always enjoyed
T in a ’s music," said Smith. " I just
can’t condone her values.”
A nother concert-goer, David
French of Lake Oswego, said that,
although, "not really that informed
about the situation in South
L a tla A v a ry , a g e B, e d u c a te *
concert g oer* at th a Collaaum.
(Photo: Richard J. Brown)
A fr ic a ,” he disagreed with the
protest. " I feel that we live in a free
country ...as long as they've got an
audience that wants to pay, that's
fine," he said.
T u rn e r’ s road manager, Rob
W alker, admitted that she had ap
peared at the South A frican gam
bling resort of Sun City, but denied
that Turner approved o f or suppor
ted apartheid. " T in a is a great
guiding light rather than a part of
racism," he said. "She’s done a lot
for the civil rights movement
because she survived through the
worst aspects of America."
But according to Mayfield, "p er
form ing there doesn’ t change the
quality of life for a single Black per
son What it does do is legitimize the
racist governm ent." She said that
artists are naive if they think they
can bring about some change by ap
pearing there. " T h e r e ’ s just too
much in fo rm atio n about the o p
pressive conditions that Blacks are
faced with in South A frica.”
Mayfield said that when Dr Alan
Boesak, leader o f South A fric a 's
opposition U nited Dem ocratic
Front, appeared in Portland during
Southern A fric a W eek, " H e said
tell your entertainers (hat we don’t
want them to come there.”
D r. Terry Swicegood, pastor of
Westminster Presbyterian Church,
in Northeast P o rtlan d , said Dr
Boesak’ s stay in Portland " re a lly
changed my life. Here’s a guy who is
my age, he has five kids, and he has
no rights whatsoever. H e's a guy
that puts his life on the line
everyday. I figure the least I could
do was come here for an hour. ”
Darrell M illner, chairman of the
black Studies Dept. at PSU, decried
Oregon's connections with South
Africa. “ (The protest) is important
to me because people in Oregon
have to realize that although we
might be a long way from South
Africa, there are strong ties between
Oregon and South Africa that sup
port (he im plem entation o f the
racial policies o f South A fr ic a ."
Oregon corporations do business
there, and the state pension fund in
vests in South Africa and because of
these ties, he said, Portland is one of
the few cities in the U.S. that has a
South African consul’s office.
Mayfield said that POSAF’s next
target is the Mighty Clouds of Joy.
She said an attempt will be made to
get an apology, but if that fails, a
picket will likely occur at the concert
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A billion -d o llar withdrawal from
American State Bank by the U .S .
Treasury Departm ent drew im
mediate criticism from Gov. Vic
A tiyeh , Sen. Bob Packwood and
A .S .B .’ s president Venerable F.
Booker.
American State Bank, among the
nation’s strongest minority banks,
was n o tified , June 19th, that the
Bonneville Power Administration
would no longer use them as their
collection agent.
Herb Kuhn, director o f the
division of fiscal accounting for the
BPA, said, "The Treasury will cen
tralize their collections so that
checks which took 3 or 4 days to
process will now take one."
ASB had served as a collection
agent for BPA since 1977, as govern
mental agencies adopted an
Executive Order which mandated
that some government business be
given to minority banks.
One of the points of contention is
what (he w ithdraw al w ill do to
Oregon. Booker said, "T h e whole
Northwest region will be affected.
We have been able to manage the
money, loan it out with no risks to
the government. By loaning it out, it
has created jobs."
Hooker responded to the current
lack o f enforcement o f the
Executive order by stating, "Three
presidents thought it was good for
the country and the people. If you
have got a healthy bank, you can
help the people buy homes, start
small businesses and do other things
they need to do. At the tim e,
President Nixon signed the order.
M in o rity hanks had less than one
h alf o f one percent o f all total
deposits. That was really pitiful.”
John O lin , superintendent o f
banks for Oregon, said the w ith
draw al came as a surprise. " T h e
average residual that came to the
bank was put to work in various
short-term transactions Booker is a
good banker. He will take
something as short as that money
timing came as a surprise. We did
not know it would come so quickly.
We are seeing what we can do about
avoiding the removal of funds from
American State Bank.”
Booker said BPA is a Northwest
asset. " T h is Oregon product is
going to be shipped to another
state."
Kuhn said, "O u r main concern is
that BPA rale payers do not wind
up worse o ff. There is some social
consideration that BPA has some
community responsibility. T o what
extent you carry that forward is sub
jective.”
ASB Praaidant Vanarabla F Booker.
(Photo: Richard J Brow n)
Move broadens Police powers
by Chuck Goodmacher
The Multnomah County Hoard of
Commissioners voted 3 to I Friday,
June 29th, for an ordinance which,
according
to
Commissioner
Caroline M iller, is “ a violation of
every liberty I ’ve ever heard o f . ”
The ordinance allows law enforce
ment agents, in conjunction with
the D istrict A tto rn e y ’ s o ffice, to
seize "real, personal and intangible
property which facilttiates the
commission of certain crimes.”
According to Multnomah County
District Attorney, Michael Shrunk,
the measure is intended to raise
revenue for the County by seizing
property law enforcement agencies
“ know" will be used to ’ ’ facilitate’ ’
a crime. The county will sell con
fiscated property at auction. This
includes cases where there is not suf
ficient evidence for a criminal con
viction.
Property can be held for up to
three days before the D A must file
a civil com plaint for an order
"restraining the return of the seized
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manner. On a regional aspect, if the
money leaves the state and goes to
California, there will be the same ef-
lecl "
From the Governor’s office, Kay
Toran said Gov. Atiyeh was, " a p
palled because it appears to he an
arbitrary decision. If it is, it was a
dumb one. The governor is ac
tively working to have the Secretary
o f the Treasury reverse the
decision."
Sen Bob P ackw ood’ s press
secretary said he was aware of the
possibility of a withdrawal, "hut the
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property to the defendant or proper
ty ow n er." Hearings must then be
held within ten days. There are no
provisions in the ordinance restric
ting the use o f this ordinance for
purposes o f harrassing people
suspected, but not proven, of being
criminals.
Shrunk said an example of
property seized and kept under the
ordinance, known as a R IC O
(Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt
Organization) ordinance, would be
chemicals, " Y o u know damned
good and well they’re going to use
for the m anufacture o f drugs.”
Presently, if there is no crim inal
conviction, the property must be
released to the owner
M ille r retorted, " I f I have rat
poison in my closet, can you prove
I ’m going to murder someone?"
Commissioner Miller said the or
dinance shifts the burden of proof
from the accusor to the accused
The owners of property seized under
the ordinance, said M ille r, are
presumed guilty and must go to
court to get their property back
from the county.
Steve Jacobson o f the M u lt
nomah County Public D efender’s
office warned the commissioners the
ordinance is, "m u c h ,
much
broader" than similar ones passed
in other states. He added that when
policemen are asked to enforce that
kind of statute, "w e’re begging for
tro u b le ." Jacobson added that
passage of the ordinance opens "a
hornet's nest" of lawsuits against
(he county, which will be very costly
to the taxpayers.
Stephen Houze, a cooperating at
torney for the Oregon chapter of the
Am erican C iv il Liberties U n io n ,
said his group is "strongly opposed
to the concept" and is currently
considering various courses of ac
tion to have the ordinance repealed
Houze asked the commissioners to
consider whether, " la w enforce
ment should be a p ro fit-m akin g
en terp rise," and suggested the
county talk to the State Legislature
about sharing revenue seized from
convicted criminals rather than ex-
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