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• * X ’ . X» -UÍ7. 4 - Hi M u —a S c h o e n .- I* O f C rr ’ r °n e ra s « , g7 -0 j Roo, tfb rc ry -y Oregon and apartheid Winning essayists Russell Peyton Awards were presented this week to three outstand ing students from Harriet Tubman M iddle School. (L-r) 8th grader M ike Stanley. 7th grader Marah Danielson and 8th grader Ralph Schuplng. Pre eending the awards is Sho Donro. chairperson of the Education Com mlttee of the Metropolitan Human Relations Commission. (Photo: Richard J. Brown) PageS PORTLAND OBSERVER C ¿>SrPfc¿/ttA«Jwa». f e Volume XV, Number 12 January 16, 1985 25c Copy Two Sections /8M Refugees arrested in raids by B ill Collins A wave o f arrests swept U .S . cities M o n d a y , January 14, as the Reagan A d m in is tra tio n a n d the Justice D e partment cracked down on the church- led ‘ ‘ S a n c tu a ry M o v e m e n t” w hich provides support and shelter to scores o f undocum ented C e n tral Am ericans seeking refuge fro m violence in G u a temala and E l Salvador. T h e Justice D e p a r tm e n t in d ic t m ents n am ed 16 p e o p le in c lu d in g C a th o lic priests a n d nuns, a P rotes tan t m in is te r as w e ll as lay p eo ple. O ver 60 C entral Americans have been arrested in Phoenix, Seattle, Tucson, P h ila d e lp h ia . R o ch ester, a n d o th e r cities. T h e 16 ind ictm ents handed d ow n by the Justice D e p a rtm e n t resulted fro m evidence gathered by fo u r u n filt r a t e d the c h u rc h fro m w ith in . W e expect that to happen in Russia, terms “ an ideological in te rp re ta tio n Eastern E u ro p e , and in to ta lita ria n countries.” o f refugee status” by federal agencies. B rady claim s refugee status is easily T h o se in d ic te d a re c h a rg e d w ith granted to people leaving Com m unist countries but denied to people fro m c o u n trie s such as E l S a lv a d o r o r Am erican refugees, describes what he smuggling illegal aliens into the coun try. Organizers in the sanctuary move m ent d en y w ro n g d o in g a n d charge that U .S . agencies are breaking fed G uatem ala. Claim ing that only three out o f 100 e ra l law s by n ot g ra n tin g re fu g e e status to C e n tr a l A m e ric a n s w h o o fte n face d e a th o r “ d is a p p e a r- a n c e " upon returning to th eir cou n G u a te m a la n s receive re fu g e e status a fte r a p p ly in g . B rad y e x p la in s th a t they are fo rc e d to seek re fu g e here w ith ou t going throu gh fed eral ch a n tries. nels. o rg a n iz e r, T h e P o rtla n d S a n c tu a ry C o a li D a v id B rady, points out that G u a te m a la n s a n d S a lv a d o ra n s are given tio n h eld a press c o n fe re n c e at S t. P o rtla n d s a n c tu a ry A n drew s C a th o lic C h u rc h on T u e s d ay , J a n u a ry 15, w here the p a ris h protected refugee status in H onduras by a U nited Nations charter signed by the U nited States but demands, “ W h y ioners have given sanctuary to G uate malan ‘ M aria * and her fam ily . Sanc dercover agents operating in Tucson, A riz o n a , w ho had in filtra te d church meetings. The New Yo rk Times q uot ed the Reverend John F ife o f Tucson, one o f the defendants whose church are they then dented refug ee status tuary organizers Father Jim Colem an here?” T he Reagan A d m in is tra tio n claims these C e n tra l A m e ric a n s are “ eco nom ic refugees,” not “ political refu- and R e v e re n d D o n B a rn h a r t r e a f firm e d the " r ig h t o f re lig io u s c o m m unities to practice sanctuary“ and pledged to c on tin ue this practice de was the firs t o f the now m o re than geess,” hence they do not q u a lify fo r spite the recent wave o f arrests. P o rt 200 churches providing sanctuary: “ T h e g o v e rn m e n t has p la n te d refugee status. bod y-b ud s on its agents and has in b o th w ith V ie tn a m e s e a n d C e n tr a l land's sanctuary c o m m u n ity has yet experienced no arrests. Brady, an attorney who has worked A s k e d w h y she le ft G u a te m a la . ‘ M a r ia * res p o n d e d th a t she had friends in an organization, “ the name o f w hich I cannot even re m e m b e r." K n o w le d g e by g o v e rn m e n t forces o f these frie n d s h ip s p ut her u n d er susp icio n a n d in d an g e r o f d e a th . 'M a r ia * d es c rib e d h e rs e lf as “ P o litic a lly u n e d u c a te d since I c a n n o t even read or w rite .” A sked w hy the c ra c k d o w n on the s a n c tu a ry m o v e m e n t o c c u rre d so suddenly a fte r a prolonged period o f to le ra n c e , T e r r y R o dg ers o f the Portland Sanctuary C o alition had this sim ilar to th at of South A frica. C ity C om m issioner M a rg a re t S tra c h a n and C o u n ty C o m m is s io n e r G retchen K afoury w e re in vited in to w a it fo r Van Pelt. They rem ained for an hour, then m ade an ap pointm ant to see him. (Photo: Richard J. Brown) S. Africa protestors denied trials by I amtu Ih ik e o f O regon's A F T .-C IO ; Lynn P a rk in G R A S S R O O T N E W S . N .W . — T he first wave o f defendants recently son, local a tto rn e y ; Jim D ra p e r, re tired businessm an o f C o rv a llis ; and arrested fo r c rim in a l trespass in the business o ffic e o f C a lv in V a n P elt, E d F e rg u s o n , p ro fe s s o r at O re g o n S ta te U n iv e r s ity , w ere a rra ig n e d H o n o ra ry C o n s u l to S o u th A fr ic a , had th e ir d ay in c o u rt and pleaded Thursday. January 10. K a th le e n H e r r o n , o n e o f tw e n ty attorneys fro m the N a tio n a l L aw yer G u ild rep resenting the d e fe n d a n ts , said, “ O u r first fight is to get them "N o t guilty.” District C o u rt Judge Charles G u i- nasso heard (heir plea and referred the case to trial. Controversy is brew ing because the " F re e South A fric a " defendants requested a ju ry trial while District Attorney Nancy Pokins wants to re-classify the violation o f crim inal to “ p la y d o w n the m a g n itu d e ol what we are trying t o d o ." " W e need to be able to educate the public through a ju ry trial so we can m ake a p p ro p ria te statem ents to let people know what we are doing. This is not a m a rg in a l g ro u p o f p e o p le airin g gripes. W e are ta lk in g ab o u t the lib e ra tio n o f a m a jo r section ot h um an ity," said Purcell. (th e d e fe n d a n ts ) in fro n t o f a ju r y . T h e D A . is jo c k e y in g to m a k e it a non-issue by changing the violation I f we end u p w ith a ju r y t ria l the crim es o f S o u th A f r ic a w ill be Rep. Burton said V an P e ll, a pub lic official representing a government, denied access to tw o elected o ffic ia ls Jackson, co-chairs o f the Black U n it ed F ro n t; D ic k C e ls i, c h a ir o f the O regon D e m o c ra tic P a rly ; M argaret defense. “ A n y violation of a status in the U nited States — short o f m urder — would be justified, given the enor m ity o f atrocities com m itted in South tral A m eric a n policy and this recent C a rte r, R epresentative - D istrict 18; M ik e B u rto n . R e p re s e n ta tiv e - D is trict 17; T re v o r P u rc e ll, professor at A fric a ." she added. P u rc e ll, o ne o f th re e d e fe n d a n ts who appeared in court, said he viewed — h im s e lf an d Rep. C a rte r. “ T h a t m ig h t be th e w a y th e y d o business in South A fric a , but it is not the way we do business in this cou ntry. II we take a passive approach, we arc c o n doning South A fric a ," he added Rep. C a rte r said P o rtla n d is not alone in her p ro test. " W e jo in e d 15 o th er c itie s , w h ere 487 p eo p le have been arrested W e feel these opp res escalation.” Reed College; Bob Baugh. Secretary the denial o f a ju ry tria l as an e ffo rt sive measures must s lo p ." to say. " T h e Reagan A d m in is tra tio n is o p e ra tin g u n d e r the a s s u m p tio n that it has a mandate. This is why we are c a llin g fo r a v ig il o n T h u rs d a y , January 17, to protest this action and dem onstrate o u r unity and strength. (L-rl Rev. J im C o le m a n , “ M a ria " (p seu do n ym ) fro m G u a te m a la . Tarry Rogers. Rav. Don Barnhart and David Brady reaffirm the right of re lig io u s c o m m u n itie s to p ra c tic e s a n c tu a ry a t press c o n fe re n c e Tuesday. (Photo: Richard J. Brown) Bobbi Gary (I) and Russ Farrell (second from right) ware im m ediately arrested and cited for trespassing following their attem pts to see Calvin Van Pelt. Hon orary Consul to South A frica. The same day, In an action that has bean described as a double standard W e need to let R e a g a n k n o w th a t there is a lot o f opposition to his C en trespass to a tte m p te d trespassing to avoid a ju ry trial. R o n n ie H e rn d o n an d R ev. Joh n a ire d ." H erron plans to use a justification Key Cawthorne campaigners analyze City Council election results by Bob L othian W e can't keep crying O r singing the blues. Because even if we did n't win W e could never lose. The day was when T he tension high. The thought o f loss was just passed by This is the end, A nd I ’ m almost done. But I'd bke to say, we've just begun. Thirteen-yearold Justin Lowe wrote this poem and gave copies o f it to Herb C aw thorne and members o f his cam paign staff gathered for a reunion last week Justin, one o f the youngest C a w thorne volunteers, put in over 100 hours campaigning after school and on week ends. H e was sometimes left in charge o f an office full o f adults, and he even erwked for the campaign crew. The spe cial quality o f Caw thom e’s campaign is resealed in the roles and responsibilities it allowed for young people like Justin. After the poetry reading and between hugging and kidding around, the cam paigners talked about the vote results 1 8 ," said C a w th o rn e, "w h ic h means that Black people and white people in District 18 joined together and came out in significant numbers." and some of the high and low plants o f the campaign What came across was that the C aw thorne campaign grew fro m the grass roots w ith a spirit influenced by the Cawthorne won agamsi Bogle in inner outgoing personality o f the candidate It brought together a huge group o f vol unteers fro m diverse racial, econom ic and age backgrounds. It was a c a m paign o f fun and excitement for those northeast, and fie also did well in north west Portland and surpnsingly, in areas o f Portland’s southwest hills, upsetting predations " W e won on the west side o f Pistland.” said Stein Where C aw thorne d id n 't do so well was in areas remote from the issues o f a ty politics where the campaigners felt that Dick Bogle's name familiarity from years on television made the difference — far north Portland and the vast while suburban neighborhoods stretching involved, a cam paign free o f " d ir ty tricks” that, am azingly, ended free o f debt. T h e C a w th o rn e cam paign, said those who put it together, showed that a rainbow coalition aimed at get ting out the inner city vote can make a visible impact on city politics. The coali tion is still there, they added, ready to be m obilized fo r other candidates and issues. out in southeast Portland "T h e y knew who he was,” said Stein. The Cawthorne campaign just didn’t have (he tim e and resource to m ake Cawthorne well know n in those areas. Cawthorne campaign manager Bev erly Stein said that months o f ground w ork, including aggressive voter regis tration, paid o ff in Cawthome's strength in Northeast P o rtla n d , p articularly in District 18, where voter tu rn o u t was over 26 percent, higher than the city " E v e ry place we canvassed and tele phoned we w o n ," said cavass coordi nator Steve Rudman, "but we just could not canvass all the precincts in the innet average " I think what's important is to rein force the progress that's been made in terms o f a 26 percent turnout in District C a w th o rn e c a m p a ig n e rs (l-rl P am S m ith . Heidi D urrow . Virginia Harris, Tarry Anderson. Justin Lowe. Herb Cawthorne. Steve Rudman. Jaana W ooley and Beverly Stein discuss elec tion results at recent reunion (Photo Richard J Brown) > i Í 9 I * I 6 £ city.’’ Icuna Woolcs. » h o handled press re lations fix the campaign, said that with m ore tim e, the charism atic candidate- (Please turn to Page f. Column 4) fi V * •
