Page 2, Portland Observer, December 12. 1984
Foundation official sees So. African progress
by Robert Lothian
A Ford Fou n datio n o ffic ia l and
South A fr ic a expert speaking in
Portland Thursday, December 6. said
the current round o f protests in that
co u ntry m ight lead the opposition
movement into actions that are “ pre
m ature," bringing on a new round of
repression that could set it back.
D r. W illia m D . C arm ichael, Vice
President o f the Ford F ou n datio n
with responsibility for its developing
country programs, had just returned
from his 18th trip to South A fric a .
His talk, "S o u th A fric a and its Im
plications for U .S . Foreign P o licy ,"
was sponsored by the W orld A ffairs
C o u ncil o f O reg o n at the M a r rio tt
Hotel.
Carm ichael described a tense and
explosive situation in a South Africa
that seems on the verge o f massive
change. "Tho u gh violence is increas
ing ," he said, "there is evidence that
the violence w ill lead to a just new
social order and not to a bitter civil
w ar."
A series of recent protests by a wide
range o f the p op u latio ns o f South
A fric a ’ s Black townships has caused
the arrests o f 1200 leaders, including
" frie n d s and g ra n te e s ," said C a r
michael. M an y townships are under
occupation by the South A fric a n
arm y, experiencing "atrocities asso
ciated w ith occupying fo rc e s ," he
said.
In ad d itio n, he continued, a two-
day w o rk stoppage organized by
Black unions was 65 - 90 percent suc
cessful, and "cause o f very consid
erable concern to the government o f
South A fric a ."
Dr. William D. Carmlchaal, vice president of the Ford Foundation,
mingles with the audience following his talk on South Africa and
its implication for U.S. foreign policy.
(Photo: Richard J. Brown)
H e described "in h u m an and ap
palling conditions” in the Black town
ship o f M o n g w ali, which he visited
recently, as an example o f the situa
tion causing the protests. M ongw ali,
with a population o f 10,000, has roots
that go back to 1820 as a mission sta
tion and successful farming commun
ity. But the South A fric a n govern
ment considers it a " b la c k s p o t"
surrounded by white South Africa. Its
citizens are considered "surplus peo
p le ," and their town is scheduled to
be bulldozed, said Carm ichael. The
people w ill be relocated to a hom e
land and then whites will resettle their
former home. " It is this aspect of sep
arate developm ent that I think we
have to pause over," he said.
C arm ichael said that some Black
leaders he spoke with, including union
leaders and the w ile o f Sieve Biko,
cautioned that a new layer of opposi
tion leadership lacking 'he experience
of those v ‘••s have been arrested could
cause the protest m ovem ent to be
" p o litic a lly propelled in to actions
that will bring down a new stage o f re
pression that w ill elim in a te a new
generation o f leaders and start the
whole cycle o f protest and repression
all over again."
As he spoke. Bishop Desmond
Tutu was about to meet with Presi
dent Reagan and A m erican Black
leaders continued their protests at the
South A fric a n embassy in W ash
ington.
The Reagan Tutu meeting signifies
a positive change in attitude by U.S.
policy makers, who are beginning to
realize that it ’s "tim e for a dialogue
with these people,” he said. People in
the U .S . are realizin g that " w h a t
happens there does affect what hap
pens here,” he added. The talks also
represent a signal to South A fric a n
leaders that it is time for them, also,
to enter in to dialogue w ith Black
leaders, he said.
Tutu has been critical o f Reagan’s
policy o f "constructive engagement"
with South A fric a , calling it " e v il”
and " im m o r a l." W h ile Reagan's
policy is ostensibly meant to encour
age effo rts at in te g ratio n by U .S .
companies and through selective use
o f U .S. aid, critics say it amounts to
at least tacit support o f the apartheid
regime.
C onstructive engagem ent, said
Carmichael, includes quiet diplomacy
and "avoidance o f anything smacking
o f economic w arfa re , and avoiding
anything that could be construed as a
pinprick or negative statement against
the South African government.”
Carmichael described some positive
developments w ith in South A fric a .
"E lem en ts o f the w hite population
recognize that change is called fo r ."
For example, he said, the Black Sash
organization o f mainly white women,
a grantee of the Ford Foundation, has
been involved in recent protests, and
o ffers paralegal services in some
townships.
Carm ichael spoke against divesti
ture. He cited the Ford M o to r C o m
pany's recognition o f a Black union
and education programs financed by
M o b il O il C o rp o ra tio n as positive
aspects o f U.S. investment.
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Bogle nixes nuclear zone
M em bers of the Portland-baaed New Clear Vision confronted
City Council candidate Dick Bogle, Thursday, December 6th. at his
campaign headquarters. Responding to their challenge to his oppo
sition to declaring Portland a nuclear-free zone. Bogle said "Every
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A Lane County circuit court judge
ruled on December 4 that the State
Board o f Higher Education violated
the state's "prudent invester” rule in
I97 7 when it voted to divest its en
dowment fund of stocks held in com
panies doing business in South Africa.
Student groups had convinced the
Board to divest itself o f stocks held in
27 corporations involved in South A f
rica as a blow against apartheid. The
endow m ent fund then totaled S I2
m illio n , about S3 m illio n o f which
was invested in companies with South
Africa connections. Current endow
ment fund investments in companies
that do business in South Africa are
about $7 m illio n out o f a to tal o f
$20 million.
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overrode the State Board's I977 deci
sion with the aid o f an attorney gen
eral's opinion. The Board’s decision
to divest was never carried out, which
explains why the endow m ent fund
continues to include investments in
companies that do business in South
Africa.
The judge's decision came at a time
when the debate over divestiture is
heating up nationwide, and as Black
and white leaders and celebrities con
tinue to be arrested at South African
embassies in W ashington and other
cities. The ruling appears to be a set
back to the divestiture movement in
Oregon, but student leaders said that
at least the court battle gave the issue
some publicity. Lawyers said the de
cision would be appealed.
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