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A w S£SNHX«O***/ v w ' ì —>' * tr Ì • • » I*" s1-* »••♦ • W « —1 «» ■*» P» I ■ » r »T>»t *. -»«• C- Page 2 Portland Observer, August 8, 1984 EDITORIAL/OPINION IF VW tooC NATIONS WANT 1MZE IOANS, HFCe’S WHM WE WANTTO SEE GPEKTEP BALANCE OF TCADE F O U lilB R iU M , ApFCoPtflAIE CURRENCY A D JU STM EN IS... Time to tighten U.S. belt The United States is one o f 140 countries send ing a d e le g a tio n to the second In te rn a tio n a l C o nferen ce on P o p u la tio n now convening in M exico C ity. Sponsored by the United Nations, the conference is a worthy attempt to tackle the threatening problem o f over-population in Th ird W orld countries. Instead o f recognizing what too many mouths to feed means to d esperately p oor co u n tries crowded w ith hungry people, the Reagan A d ministration has chosen to use the conference as a soapbox fo r its a n ti-a b o rtio n and fre e - enterprise views. There may be places where this w o u ld be a p p ro p ria te , but c e rta in ly the c o n ference in M exico C ity is not one o f them. Vehem ent a n ti-a b o rtio n crusader James L . B u ckley is le ad in g the U .S . g ro u p . H e and Reagan oppose abo rtio n and oppose granting U .S . fin a n c ia l assistance to in te rn a tio n a l organizations that use it as one fam ily planning tool. In fact, Buckley is expected to announce this week that the U .S. will no longer contribute funds for any program that either advocates or performs abortions. The other part o f Reagan’s message to over- p o p u lated T h ir d W o rld co u n tries concerns re m o vin g c o n tro ls on g o ve rn m en t and e n couraging free enterprise am ong their people. T h is supposedly w ill release c a p ita l In to struggling econom ies so that fa m ily p lanning will take care o f itself. This is cynical and naive. It is the U .S . that consumes the largest piece o f the w o rld ’s pie. W e are the people w ho use m ore resources, consum e m o re fo o d and manufactured goods and non-renewable energy supplies than any nation on earth. W e also have a relatively small population to do ail that con s u m in g -fe w e r than 10 people per square mile in some states versus hundreds per square m ile in many Third W orld nations. In stead o f le c tu rin g p o o r, o v e rp o p u la te d nations about abo rtio n and free enterprise, we would contribute much more to the situation by being sensitive to other cultures and economic systems and by trim m in g our own slice o f the world’s ever-diminishing pie. AND AN END TO SUBSIDIZED C(MUN\ff \(*J WHAT DOES ALL THAT Rogers should honor promises the residual effects o f a depressed economy. Rogers latest proposal to the C ity wants to change the rules in the m id d le o f the gam e because their m illions are slow in coming. R ogers m a y be n e g o tia tin g its e lf in to the grave by ignoring the attributes o f com m unity T . V . Instead o f try in g to d ilu te th e ir c ap ita l investm ent, Rogers should increase and keep th e ir in v e s tm e n t in c o m m u n ity c o m m unications. It may mean the d ifference bet ween operating in the black or m aking excuses for operating in the red. The summer o f *84 will long be remembered as a sum m er o f c o m m u n ic a tio n crisis. P o r t land C ab le Access is steaming over the lack o f follo w through by Rogers Cablesystems who is w a itin g fo r a F ed eral C o m m u n ic a tio n C o m mission loophole to slip out o f paying P C A . A gain the com m u nity that needs access the most is the victim o f circum stantial evidence as the tim e com es to b u ild a s tu d io on U n io n Ave. T he cable com pany is crying “ b ro ke” . T h e c o m m u n ity m ust pay fo r p r o fit projections made before the recession hit P o rt land hard and these projections did not include Letters to theEditor Keep KBOO soul T he Black program m ers have always maintained that the strength o f c o m m u n ity ra d io is the co m m u n ity its e lf, so it's going to be u ltim a te ly up to y o u — the sub scribers, listeners and supporters o f Black p ro g ram m ers— to help us keep what we have worked hard to achieve; d ig n ity fo r ourselves and our community. A tte n d the K B O O Board o f Directors meeting. M onday, August 13th, at 6:30, 20 S.E. 8th, o ff Burn side. Telephone calls w on't helpl I f you c a n 't a tte n d , please send a strong letter o f support to K B O O , 20 S.E. 8th, Portland O R 97214. To the Editor: Threatened with suspensions for voicing our concerns about future program proposals we feel w ould a lte r and rem ove existing Black programming, representatives o f the A fro -A m e ric a n program m ing A d visory Board have met with K B O O ’s sta tio n m anager, members o f K B O O ’ s B oard o f D ire cto rs and K B O O ’s program director to resolve issues co n cerning the fu tu re o f Black programming at KBOO . W e are deeply disappointed and d istu rb ed by the in s en sitiv ity o f statio n representatives and were unable to reach agreement on major questions w ith regard to Black program cut backs. W e feel these questions are o f the utmost im por tance to the Black community and, indeed, Portland as a whole. T h e re fo re , the Black p ro g ra m mers continue to urge your support and your presence at the August 13th Board o f Directors meeting to voice opposition to Black program reductions and removal o f programs of interest to the Black community. Specifically, a one-hour cut back of George Page, J .W . Friday and the rem o val o f Im a m W .D . M u h a m mad Speaks. Sha heed H aam id A fro-A m enean Programming Advisory Board o f K B O O Williams OK To the Editor: F o r a p r o f it , once ag ain , o ur known enemies have lied, cheated and d is to rted the tru th . P o r nography is not ugly or dirty. O nly the w ord its e lf is d ir ty , because society has given it such a c o n notation. I'v e been in the company o f Sister Vanessa W illiam s several tim es; I consider her th o ro u g h ly respectable. In my o p in io n , both p o rn o g rap h y and p ro s titu tio n should be legalized. Erotic materials do not contribute to the developm ent o f character defects, nor operate as a significant factor in anti-social behavior or in crim e and delinquency causation. W e should be m ore concerned about legalized m u rd er. In our schools, homes and houses o f w o r ship, the young are taught that the taking o f human life is wrong. Yet a glance at any newspaper tells us that killin g is not frow ned upon in our sick society, because k illin g s are carried out by the state its e lf. I myself could never pull the switch. And since 1 could not, I consider it im m o ral fo r me to sit id ly by and allow my representative— my em ployee— to do so for me. I f the job o f executioner were to rotate— like that o f ju r o r — fro m citizen to c itize n , the death p en alty w ould soon cease to be an iuue. W e have got to teach o u r kids how to cope with this crisis. W e are going to have to p la n , th in k and work with the churches, together as a fa m ily , to correct this problem . Rem em ber, he w ho prescribes the diameter o f your knowledge, deter mines the circumference o f your acti vity. Dr. Jamil Cherovee Wow! The Observer survey: MAIL TO Portland Observer P.O. 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