f * e , • • :£rt* — KM M N W M m I K M f '-¿w - *4 * Page 2, Portland Observer, Juna 19,1966 Sylvan Seattle reporter pans Chilean dictatorship Learning Center CXAÛN06TIC a PRF SCRIPT IVE INSTRUCTION M READING ANO MATH FOR ALL AGES' JEANNE HARTZOQ OWNER! DIRECTOR by Robert Lothian -> A Seattle journalist who visited Chile last fall reports the country’s dictatorship to be more "corrupt and rotten" than those in Central America. s V)' ,x > SS . 'f e * V \<* Í 3 Â- I I «. •» i 'S u 9 $ 1 ; í ¿ > * 'e « /. A ? *4 ?: > *TJ Emmett M urray, a copy editor and reporter with The Seattle Times, visit­ ed Chile with his wife, Nancy Rising, in September. They spoke in Portland at a gather­ ing sponsored by the Fellowship of Reconciliation at the First United Methodist Church. Portlanders protest funding by Nathaniel Scoil Wednesday, June 12 was national “ Pledge o f Resistance" day to U.S. involvement in Central America. Across the nation hundreds o f people demonstrated in a show o f national solidarity to what they consider to be an "escalation o f the military role o f the United States in Central Am er­ ica.” Portlanders, approximately 400, locked hands last Wednesday and circled the federal building chanting, " N o , contra a id ," " N o , Pasaran,” and "O ne, two, three, four, we don’t want Reagan’s w ar.” The "non-violent pledge of resist­ ance was to oppose (Reagan's) war policy,” John O 'B rien, one o f the organizers with W orld Peace Makers, said. O'Brien said the demonstration was held because o f the instigation of a number o f governmental policies, including, "Am erican planes carpet bombing El Salvador with phos­ phorus and napalm bombs every day.” The protesters marked aound the federal building banging pots before entering the lobby to read testimonies, sing songs, recite poetry and make speeches. However, one group o f demonstra­ tors thought more stringent measures: "civil disobedience," was needed A group o f students from different Portland area high schools who call themselves No M inor Cause were particularly outspoken. Several members o f the group had to be forcibly removed from the fed­ eral building when it closed for the day. One o f the founding members of No M inor Cause, 16-year-old Monica Koskey, a student at both Jefferson High School and the M etro­ politan learning Center, said, “ We would not like to see our government dishamed (through us involvement in Central Am erica)." Koskey and the members o f No Minor Cause are not your "rocking and rolling disinvolved youth.” They are saddened because o f the world they have inherited: nuclear weapons that continue to grow at an alarming rate, and not knowing what lies ahead in this mad dash race for the suprem­ acy of earth. "Y o u get a helpless feeling when you are a youth because we don't vote,” Koskey said. "How ever, we feel real strong because there are other things we can d o ." One o f those "other things" hap­ pened last Wednesday after the main body o f protesters had disbanded. Almost immediately after the dis- banning, No M inor Cause and several other youths began roaming the halls o f the federal building passing out leaflets and giving away little bags of “ Nicaraguan coffee.” “ We feel ashamed about what our government is doing," Koskey said. Koskey said No M inor Cause was formed two years ago and that while education was very important to them, they wanted people to know that "up-coming youth" are acting out and are not going to conform to what they believe is wrong. " I think the youth o f today have a hard time thinking about the future," she said "Right now I wouldn't want to have a child as the world is." Koskey maintained that her genera­ tion inherited “ nuclear weapons" from the generations that preceeded them and it’s their responsibility to try to set this mad world on a safer course. She said No Minor Cause has vowed to continue to resist govern­ mental policies that lead to destruc­ tion through whatever means neces­ sary, even if it calls for civil disobedi­ ence. Angela Morales wiih Portland's Central American Solidarity C om ­ mittee said some 35 organizations took part in the demonstration and that most had signed pledges "to resist by legal means or through non­ violent civil disobedience." However. No Minor Cause had no such intentions in mind because they were concerned about becoming adults; raising families and enjoying the fruits o f life. One elderly gentleman in the crowd wanted to know: " Is that too much for any youngster to expect?” Black population growing fast I The nation’s Black population grew at twice the rate o f whiles be­ tween 1980 and 1984, according to a report from the Commerce Depart­ ment’s Census Bureau. The bureau's latest annual popu­ lation estimates by age, race, and sex indicate that Blacks totaled 28.6 mil­ lion in July 1984 — up 1.8 million or 6.7 percent over the 1980 census count. The while population rose 195.1 million to 201.4 million, up 3.2 percent. The total U .S. popu­ lation was 236.7 million (including the armed forces overseas), up 9 6 mil lion or 4.2 percent. • « r ft COMING JUNE 29 & 30 UP TO 7 0 % OFF R E G U L A R R E T A IL P R IC E S ! $ HUNDREDS OF E X H IB IT O R S B IG , B IG , S A V IN G S ! IT’S A FLEA MARKET, A TRADE SHOW, ARTS & CRAFTS FESTIVAL, GARAGE SALE, HOBBY SHOP AND BAZAAR ALL ROLLED INTO ONE! EXPOSITION CENTER * MAIN HALL SATURDAY 10 A.M.-9 P.M. SUNDAY 10 A.M.-6 P.M. ► ^ tM r ? «»¿44 l& J cÂOMCt ta F O R B O O T H S P A C E IN F O R M A T IO N C A L L O U R P O R T L A N D O F F IC E A T 226*03 21 SW AP N S H O P A S S O C IA T IO N OF THE N O R T H W E S T »T. Murray showed copies of a long scries of articles he wrote for The Seattle Times about his visits to Chile, El Salvador, Honduras and Nica­ ragua. He speaks Spanish, and often cov­ ers Hispanic-related stories, he said. Rising is executive director o f the Seattle Downtown Association and a member o f the Greater Church Coun­ cil o f Seattle. After 12 years in power, said M u r­ ray, the PiniKhet regime in Chile is characterized by "a deep corruption of morality, o f the principle of inner being." He described police who benefit from the state o f siege by drawing double pay, and officials who skim earthquake relief money from agencies like the Red Cross. "W e have no censorship in Chile, and we never w ill,” officials told him. Then, said Murray, while walking on a downtown street he maganne with the front out. All photographs from being published in discovered a cover blacked are banned Chile, he said Repression is evident on the street, said Rising. They were out for a walk one day. she said, when they noticed police dragging a well-dressed older man to a van. His family and friends cried. " I f you would have blinked your eyes, you would have never known what had happened,” she said. On another occasion they attended a protest service at a cathedral where "nobody had done anything but sing," said Murray. A phalanx of mean-looking police soon showed up, and M urray found himself in a pre­ carious position between the police and protesters with his camera around his neck. He decided it wasn't the time for snapping pictures. " I expected to get hit,” he said. Spittle dripped from the mouths of the police, whose faces were mad svith fury, he said. 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