Page 2. Portland Observer. June 26. 1966
Scientologistscomplete Park
Scientologists completed
seeding o f Fowrudalc Park
and started a "C om m unity
determine further areas o f
Portlanders.
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doin issue has gone far beyond P ort­
land now. In fo s Angeles and in
Washington there are demonstrations
scheduled w ithin the week involving
thousands in both locations. The
people o f Portland may not know
how much their city has contributed
to the rekindling o f spiritual freedom
in this country. I hey arc to he thanked
for providing the platform enabling
us to stand up for what we believe, as
well as accepting u.s into the com­
m u n ity."
Relating the diverse activities o f
protest and community service. Stan
ard simply stated. " A Scientologist is
a Scientologist as much as he can im ­
prove conditions. This can be in any
form from improving a park to en­
hancing the quality o f life through
protection o f our basic rig h ts." Stan
ard w ill be in town the next few weeks
coordinating Religious Freedom Cru­
sade actions with other churches
around the world.
BOYCOTT
CREAM
OF
EXPLOITATION
IN SUPPORT OF MIDWESTERN
FARM WORKERS
GRASSROOT NEWS, N .W
tin
August 3 the Farm I abor Organizing
Committee (FI ( X ) will host their
third Constitutional Convention in
Toledo, Ohio, to solidify their com
mitment to winning a contract with
the Campbell Soup Company.
Since 1979 the Fl.OC has spon­
sored a national boycott on all Camp­
bell Soup products for the exploita
tion o f migrant workers and children
Because o f a federal District Court
ruling, farm workers are paid sub­
minimum wages, children under 14
years old arc employed to pick and
workers’ compensation and unem­
ployment insurance are not binding.
Through a legalized form o f near
slavery called sharecropping, farm
workers are exempt from the Federal
Fair Labor Standard Act.
In 1967 farm workers went on
strike and discovered that growers
were locked into a contract with
processors. Those growers w ho signed
a contract with the FI ( X ' found that
processors would cancel their contract
In 1973, the FI ( X started organiz
ing to fight the processors. In 1979, a
FLO C ’ s attorney was beaten by Put
nani County Shcrilt and deputies.
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The Scientology delegation to the
Religious Freedom Crusade, com
posed o f members from various coun­
tries around the world, along with
students from the Delphian School
and Columbia Academy worked
throughout the weekend plowing,
raking, fertilizing and seeding the
30.000 square feet o f the park. Crews
worked late into the night Saturday
and Sunday to complete the prepara
non work so that the final seeding
could be done Monday . Some o f the
younger members o f the work crew
crayoned signs warning to keep o ff
the grass and illustrated them with
rainbows and the like.
Over the next several weeks the
Scientologists w ill m onitor the park,
ensuring that the grass grows properly
as well as keeping the park clean until
its first mowing. It is estimated w ithin
six weeks the park w ill be mowed.
Between the Scientologists' sod
ding o f Lownsdalc Park and its re­
seeding, they have been active in com­
munity service projects including a
blood drive fo r Red Cross, perform
ing for rest homes and boys' homes
Thirteen members o f the Crusade's
French delegation presented to the
Mayor's o ffice a five-foot tall scale
model o f the Eifel Tower, as a thank
you gift to the C ity for its hospitality.
In order to expand their commun­
ity service activities, pollsters began a
survey o f Portlanders to determine
specific areas o f need so that the
Scientology
Com m unity
Services
program may continue to provide
useful services. Meanwhile in down
town Portland, daily demonstrations
continue.
Rev. Sylvia Stanard. in Portland
from the Church o f Scientology's In
ternational Washington, D .C .'s Na­
tional O ffice o f Public A ffairs, com
mented on the continuing protests
“ The delegation w ill remain here
until there is a decision from Judge
l ondcr. However, the religious free
•
Their attorney sustained permanent
nerve damage.
In 1984 the attorney won a $187, (MX)
case against the Sheriff and Prcsiden
tial candidate Jesse Jackson elevated
their struggle into the forefront of
national attention as he incorporated
their plight in his convention speech.
In 1981 the British Broadcasting
Corporatin said evidence o f child
labor was flagrant in Ohio. According
to the FI <X'. fUXM.iXXJ underage chil­
dren work with their families harvest
ing crops across the nation Most of
these children w ill not complete the
8th grade and only I I percent will
enter the 12th grade A farm work
er's average income is $3,381 per
year.
Therefore, the Fl ( X ' asks that you
boycott Campbell Soup, I ’ rego Spa
ghetti Sauce. Pepperidge Farm, I e
Menu, V 8 Juice and Vlasic Pickles
Balden,ar Velasquez, president of
the FLOC. said the committee plans
to utilize a new corporate strategy as
their struggle continues
"O u r fight is not only with Camp­
bell, but the whole system o f share
cropping which corporate agriculture
uses to oppress the w orkers," he
added
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In Viet Nam, bi racial children of
American servicemen are known as
"children o f the dust, because they
live literally on the streets." according
to Fr. Vincent Minh.
M inh, vicar o f the S.E. Asian Vi-
caraitc in Portland, and a spiritual
leader for thousands o f refugees, said
Amerasian children are discrimin­
ated against in Viet Nam because
they are considered reminders o f the
"im perialist sins.”
" I think they have been viewed as
the children o f whores," said Ana
Kammann, director o f the Lutheran
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Unaccompanied
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land.
She reported a "subtle discrimina­
tio n " against the children in Viet
Nam. "T hey are definitely the last in
lin e " for school and jobs, she said.
Some were forced into prostitution
at early ages, according to kammann.
She spoke o f a 16 year old who came
to the U.S. with only three years o f
education.
The children have in addition been
treated as political footballs by the
Vietnamese and U.S. governments.
Both, it seems would rather the chil­
dren just disappear, said Kammann.
Kammann works with six Am er­
asian childrn, now in foster homes
because they came to Portland as
orphans. A seventh committed sui
vide by jumping from the Fremont
Bridge last summer.
Sister Mary Mien at the S.E. Asia
Vicariate works with 27 Amerasian
children. Most came here in the last
year with their mothers and their fam
ilies, encouraged to leave by the Viet­
namese government, said Sr Mien.
"Families with Amerasian children
can leave easier now than other fam ­
ilies," she said "They don’ t want
them.”
Fhe Vicariate provides the children
and their families with a home away
home, helping them get started with
housing, jobs, translating, and help
with immigration and social services.
Most o f the Amerasian children are
teenagers They arc healthy and many
speak basic English after only six
months in Portland "A lm ost all o f
them are successful at school and at
hom e." said Sr Mien "They fit
right in ,” said Fr. Minh
Surrounded by other Asian chil­
dren in Sunday School, however, the
long, brown hair o f an Amerasian girl
stands out. Some o f the children had
Black fathers.
Ly Pham Thi, mother o f four
Amerasian children, described their
life in Viet Nam as "very sad." Her
children all speak English and are
doing well in their new home “ I
wanted to bring them here so they
could go to school," she said.
Dzong, 18, who came to Portland
eight months ago from Saigon, said in
halting English that he wants to be a
rock musician. " I love American
music," especially Michael Jackson,
Cyndi l.auper and Tina Turner, he
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Estimates o f the number o f Amer
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admitted to the U.S. since 1982, ac­
cording to the U.S. O ffice o f Refugee
Resettlement, and according to the
three local agencies that work with
refugees, about three dozen Amer
asian children now live in Portland.
While they were lathered by Amer
ican citizens, the children are recog­
nized as refugees only by the U.S
government, and no special services
are available to them, according to
Kammann " I think that's pretty
shameful," she said
Unaccompanied minors are not
adoptable, and end up in foster
homes, sometimes bounced from
family to fam ily, she said
I he fathers can put in a request to
have their orphaned children come
live with them, but only a few have.
Some don’t even know they have
children.
It’ s irresponsibility on their part,
sayd Kammann. " I hat's basically the
way the country has dealt with the
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with a 10-year old picture o f her fa ­
ther, “ Bob M ille r," hoping against
the odds that somehow he could be
found. Even supposing that was his
real name, it would be virtually im ­
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A little boy whose father was Black
denies it and claims he is Filipino.
Somewhere along the way he had
heard about American racism, she
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and that veterans' associations could
get involved. “ It would be a lovely
healing process for everyone for vets
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