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Page 2, Portland Observer, December 19, 1904 No C hacka CURLS *35°° Relaxers $17 00 JANAE HAIRSTYLE Joining the rest of the nation. Oregonians this week and last pro tested U S involvement with South Africa at tha building in which Calvin Van Pelt. Honorary South African Consul, works. In acts of civil disobedience intended to force Van Pelt to resign (left photo). Or. Ed Ferguson. Prof, of History at 0 S.U. Corvallis. Bob Baugh. Secretary/Treesurer Oregon State AFL CIO. and Jim Drapar. re tired businessman, Corvallis, are led to police cars aftar being ar rested for refusing to leave the office of Van Pelt on Wednesday. December 19. On Friday. December 14, Lynn Parkinson (right photo), local attorney, and Trevor Purcell. Prof, of Anthropology, refuse to leave the offices of Martin Salas International. Corp., whara Van Pelt works. They were arrested. The protests will continue every Wednesday and Friday at noon at 831 S.W. 1st (at Yamhill). (Photos: Richard J. Brown) Wyden takes heat for South Africa views by I .unita Duke G R A S S R O O T NEW S, N W - Representative Ron Wyden is co n sidered one o f Congress’ most p ro gressive members. Hui i * o progres sive organizations have accused W y den o f failing Io exercise leadership on issues o f concern Io progressive people This observation w ill come as a surprise Io many w ho saw W yden’ s political maturation occur. His tenure as Director o f Oregon's (iray Panthers upgraded the quality o l life lor senior citizens A lso , Wyden was opposed to the Sim pson-M azzoh im m igra lio n b ill. He called it a "la w y e r's lull-employment b ill." I he Oregon Rainbow Organizing C om m ittee, the p o litic a l apparatus employed by the Jesse Jackson fo r president campaign, listed their con cerns with Wyden in an October 10th letter. The steering com m ittee o f the Rainbow noted, " I n spite o f the fact that you represent the Oregon District with the largest Black population, you have been unable to lake a progressive position regarding U.S. p olicy in South A frica .” Elizabeth G ro ff, Associate Direc tor o f American f riends Service Com mittee's Southern A frican program, aid. "T h e anti-apartheid movement has always been disappointed at W y den's lack o f commitment to support basic human rights in South A fric a He has never had a firm position on divest m cn l." However, Wyden responded, " I India seeks peace by Kttbert I utbian W ith the death o l In d ira Gandhi and the breaking o f the Sikh inde pendence movement, India has been purged o f violence and can look fo r ward to a period o f relative peace, according to Dr. Ravi Kalia, a native ol India and professor o f history ai Eastern Oregon State College. Kalia attended a forum on Indian re lig io n and p o litic s December ID sponsored by the W o rld A ffa irs Council ol Oregon. He was joined by Kulbir Singh, a Sikh and a mechanical engineer at Bingham-Willamette Co. According to Kalia, the longstand mg differences between In d ia ’ s Sikh com m unity and the m a jo rity H indu government which led to the invasion o f the S ikh s' G olden tem ple and Gandhi's assassination brought about " a tragedy w hich makes Indians look at themselves and ask where they are heading." W ith the Sikh leader- ship dead or in prison and the central government reorganizing, he said, it w ill likely be a long tune before ten sions reach the level o f summer, I9H4 By all accounts, said Kalia, Gandhi wanted to avoid the assault on the Golden Temple, but she was overtak en by fastmoving events and a hard line faction in her government. The attack was the culmination of simmering hostilities between Sikhs and Hindus that go back to the IRtXh, said Kalia Sikhs have struggled for a homeland fo r at least that long but base been persecuted by the m ajority H indu government which fears their powers The central government has been reluctant to give power to the Indian state o l P u n ja b , where most Sikhs live. The Punjab borders on India's traditional enemy, Pakistan, and the government feared links between the Sikhs and P akistan, fu rth e r com plicating the situation. A lth o u g h a m in o rity o f In d ia 's w ill support anything that can p ro duce change I'm a strong opponent o f constructive engagement. I w ill support cutting South Africa o ff from im port/export loans." When asked if he s till supported the Sullivan principals (where A m eri can co rporations apply an equality code but still do no, address changes in the system o f apartheid) Wyden replied, " I am under the impression that the Congressional Black caucus does not rule out mandatory applica tio n o f those principals and I w ill support anything that will bring about a change.” When asked if he would participate in the current civil disobedience W y den responded, “ The bottom line is to be e ffe ctive . I am not going to de nounce or lim it any moves that I think will be effective." The Rainbow also took issue with W yden’ s support o f Israel. " Y o u r uncritical support fo r Israeli govern- p o p u la tio n , the largely m iddle and upper middle class Sikhs arc neverthe less very in flu e n tia l in the m ilita ry , civil service and in the transportation industry, said Singh. Their militance stems fro m c o n trib u tin g taxes and other things out of proportion to their numbers, yet being neglected by the (iandhi government, he said In a d d ition , said K alia, the Sikhs had enjoyed a period o f relative pros perity followed by economic stagna tio n . " T h e S ikh rising can be ex plained by an evolution o f rising ex pectations," he said. " A fte r experi encing a certain amount o f prosperity, they fell politically and economically stagnated." In such a situation, violence seemed inevitable, and a Sikh terrorist move ment developed. Hut according to Singh, " I believe the government had no business a tta c k in g the G olden temple and k illin g hundreds o f c iv il ian Sikhs to cover up for its incompe tence at dealing with political te rro r ism ." Singh hinted that the attack and the anti-S ikh violence that follow ed the assassination o f G a n d h i were aimed a, defeating the Sikh independ ence movement. He also said that relatives in In dia were harrassed and their houses were burned after the assassination. The violence could have been c o n trolled properly because the govern ment knew how the masses o f India w ould react in such a situation, ac cording to Singh. ment policies which deny justice and dignity to the Palestinian people and underm ine the chances to achieve peace in the region Your co-sponsor ship o f a measure requiring the U.S. embassy in Israel to relocate to Jerus alem is a recent example." But Wyden said, " I t is in A m e r ica’ s interest to have one a lly in the M iddle East. Over the last 20 years that ally has been Israel. This is not an abstract issue for us in Northeast Portland. In N.E. Portland an extra ordinary number o f households heat w ith o il and wc need an a ffo rd a b le gasoline." 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