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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
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