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SUMMER/TEMPORARY JOBS
Editor's Note: The National C am
paign to Slop the Bombing in E l Sal
vador was started by the Committee
in Solidarity with the People o f E l Sal
vador IC .I.S .P .E .S .) in response to
the growing number ojcivilian casual
ties fro m the air war in E l Salvador.
Members o j the Portland Central
America
Solidarity
Committee
fP .C .A .S .C .) and other Portland
area residents are working in sup
port o f this campaign.
Reports o f civilian bombing casual*
tics in El Salvador have prompted a
number o f fact-finding missions from
the United States. A ll confirmed that
civilians were being killed and injured
by government bombing and air at*
tacks. Moreover, although concrete
evidence was scarce, all reported cred
ible refugee reports o f the use o f in
cendiary bombs, other "home-made"
napalm bombs or white phosphorous
marker rods used directly against
persons on the ground.
The routine use of incendiary bombs
in the Salvadoran conflict has not
been thoroughly established by any
o f the fact-finding missions or by
independent news reporters on the
scene in El Salvador. However, doc
tors visiting El Salvador have report
ed treating refugees having wounds
consistent with those inflicted by
napalm and white phosphorous. The
use o f these types o f weapons has
been described by refugees displaced
by the bombing campaign, and Thomas
Pickehng. the U.S. ambassador to El
Salvador, has confirmed the existence
o f napalm and white phosphorous
bombs in the Salvadoran A ir Force
arsenal
Mr
Pickering, however,
denies Salvadoran A ir Force use o f
napalm bombs in the counterinsur
gency war, and claims that the white
phosphorous bombs are used only to
mark targets for directing air and
artillery attacks.
Salvadoran and United States o f
ficials argue that the civilian casual
ties, those killed or wounded by the
air attacks, had provided "logistical
State police seek people o f color
by Lam ia Duke
GRASSROOT NEW S, N W —
fhe Oregon State Police Department
is sending out an S.O.S. to qualified
candidates of color who are interested
in law enforcement as a career.
munity or in an all-white area. "Being
in uniform eight hours a day is one
thing, but being out o f uniform the
rest o f the time is quite another,”
Olson noted. " W e are aware o f these
problems.”
Currently, there are openings in
Portland and Beaverton. The require
ments for a State Police officer are to
be a U.S. citizen, 21 and older, valid
driver’s license and a good driving
record. They are looking for people in
gixid health, those who are mature
and exhibit integrity. I f interested,
contact
Trooper
Aaron
Olson,
643-4702, or Trooper Gordon Kim.
229-5980. Application deadline is
May 31, 1985.
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The stale Police is a complete law
enforcement agency with eight divi
sions including patrol, criminal, com
munications, Fish and Game and the
crime labs. "W e provide services to
other police agencies.” said Trooper
Aaron Olson. “ W e operate the Bu
reau o f Criminal Identification where
copies o f those fingerprinted are kept
statewide.”
Olson added that those interested in
helping others would find a career as
a State Trooper rewarding. "W e are
social agents. We conduct public talks
on rape awareness and crime preven
tion ." he added
Out o f 854 Slate Police officers,
there are five Native Americans, seven
Asians, seven Hispanics and one
Black male " A good police depart
ment has equal representatiion o f the
community they serve. The Oregon
State Police wants a better representa
tion o f our communities in Oregon,"
Olson added.
Among the reasons for the small
number o f Afro-Americans is the
hardship placed on the trooper’s
family assigned to an isolated com
support” to the guerrillas. But the
Lawyers Committee for International
Human Rights and Americas Watch
point out that the Geneva Conven
tions require a different view:
"The issue is not whether civilians
sympathize with or support the F M L N
(the rebel army): the issue is whether
they are combatants or noncombat
ants. I f they are noncombatants,
and their deaths do not result from at
tacks on legitimate military targets,
killing them violates international
law. Such deaths are gross human
rights violations regardless o f whether
the victims support the guerrillas or
the (government) A rm y ."
Recent repons from El Salvador
indicate a steady increase in the in
tensity o f the air war. In January the
Reagan administration sent the first
two C-47 "airborne fire support plat
forms” to El Salvador. These special
counterinsurgency planes, used exten
sively in Vietnam, represent a sub
stantial increase in the firepower that
the Salvadoran airforce now has at its
disposal. In February, three more
A-37 Dragonfly attack aircraft and
several (8 to 10) helicopter gunships
were included in a weapons shipment
from the United States. Among the
new helicopters are four Hughes Model
500’s equipped with guns capable o f
firing five to six thousand rounds per
minute. The delivery of these new
weapons systems has greatly increased
concern over possible civilian casualties
Persons interested in the National
Campaign to Stop the Bombing in
El Salvador may contact the Portland
Central America Solidarity C om
mittee at P. O. Box 6443., Portland,
O R 97228, (503) 227-5102.
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