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Paye 8. Portland Observer, September 25, 1985
U.S. Ambassador presents
A Dialog on South Africa
Help run Multnomah County
W ould you like lo help run M u lt
nomah C o u n ty? You can: a ll it
requires is some o f your tim e and a
willingness to become invoiced in the
work o f one o f the boards and com
missions th a t o ffe r advice and
guidance to the ( ounty's elected o f
ficials and bureaucrats
Some o f these groups have vacan
cies right now M u ltn o m a h C ounty
I xecutive Dennis Buchanan is inviting
you and other citizens to apply for the
openings, w hich he describes as the
‘ •o p p o rtu n ity to help shape your
government."
The C ounty I xecutive makes the
appo in tm e n ts, w hich are then c o n
firm e d by the Board o f C o u n ty
Commissioners I here's no pay tor
the work, but there is a lot ol satisfac
lion.
These boards and com m issions
need new members:
• Parks C om m ission, tw o vacan
cies
• M erit System C iv il
Council, one vacancy
Service
• Juvenile Services C om m ission,
three vacancies
• C o m m u n ity H e a lth C o u n c il,
four vacancies
• M u ltn o m a h
C o u n c il
on
Chemical Dependency, three vacan
cies
I aw requires that some o f these
p o sitio ns be fille d by people
representing specific geographic areas
or interest groups.
I or more inform ation, or to get an
a p p lic a tio n fo rm , contact S herri
Holman in the County I xecutive's o f
fice, 1120 S W . 5th Avenue, Room
I5CX). Portland, Oregon 97204, or call
248-3308.
South African focus of week of
special programming on KOAP
In response io the ongoing crisis in
South A fric a , Oregon Public Broad
casting w ill present a week o f special
programming exposing the reality and
exploring the issues o f that troubled
land the week ot September .30-
< kto b e r 4.
South A fric a R eport, a tw o hour
prim er designed to present viewers
with a comprehensive look at aspects
o f the current crisis w ill be presented
W ednesday, O ct. 2 at 8:00 p i n . ,
followed at I 1 AM) p in. by a documen
tary exploration ol the theatrical hit,
if oza A lbert A new documentary by
Nadine Gordimer and Hugo Cassirer,
A llen Boesak: ( 'boosing f o r Justice,
w ill air luesday, Oct. I at 9:30 p in.
A nd throughout the week, the Mac
N et!/1 ehrer Newshour w ill feature a
major nightly focus segment on South
A fric a Several regularly scheduled
public television programs including
( a p ila l J o u rn a l and Tony B ro w n 's
Journal w ill also devote themselves lo
South A frican issues.
" M a n y A m ericans are not that
fa m ilia r w ith B otha, M andela,
Boesak and other key figures in South
Africa; nor do they have a lu ll undei
standing o l what's really at stake lo r
the IJ S .," said Barry (). I base, Vice
President tor News and Public At
lairs lo i Public Broadcasting Service
“ I hese program s can help provide
context lo r Ihe daily headlines."
Il was qu ite a d ia lo g . Law rence
W illia m s o n , U .S A m bassador lo
G abon, o ffe re d P o rtla n d " A D ia
log on South A f r ic a " Tuesday
night, Sept 17 His ta lk , sponsored
by the W o rld A ffa irs C o u n c il, was
d isru p te d twice by protesters w ho
waved banners and screamed “ I íes!"
and " S ta le Depl. propaganda!”
O ik - protester tixik the floor for ten
minutes, haranguing the ambassador
and his audience about the “ w o rld
proletarian re v o lu tio n ” that w ould
soon catch up w ith them. He had lo
be wrestled from the room.
W illiamson, a career foreign service
officer, spoke in place o f U.S. South
A fric a ambassador Herman N ickel,
who had been recalled to S outh
A fric a . W illia m s o n re ite ra te d the
Reagan administration strategy o f cn
couraging m oderate leaders w ho
co u ld rule a p o st-a p a rth e id South
Africa.
Ih e U S. does not support apar
ih e id , he said, but it also can’ t sup
p o rl revolutionaries w ith guns and
other support I tie Soviet U n io n is
willing lo offer such support, he said,
w hich is how it b uilds allies in the
I turd W or Id
" I w ould not recom m end fo r a
moment that we gel involved hi that
kin d o l o p e ra tio n ," he said " W c
aren't smart enough to pick the tight
guy”
W illiamson said the process that is
b rin g in g
dow n
a p a rth e id
is
"inexorable," .mil laigelv outside the
control of the I S
He repealed several limes ihai Ihe
U .S sides w ith the m oderates and
centrists, but u n lo iIn n a te ly , he said,
they aie olten the lust to be attacked
and iinpiisoned In repressive regimes
W illia m s o n said one issue is not
debatable: " A p a r th e id must go.
period II must go, no its , ands or
b i l l s . " I lie discussion that remains is
how best io encourage m oderate,
peaceful change that includes all
segmenls ol South M in a n sixieis
Blacks, brown, mixed, and white —in
sharing power. However, he said, " I
think it would be fu tile for us to talk
about Black m ajority ru le ."
W illia m s o n
said
the
w hite
A frika n e r m inority has a siege men
ta lity — " u s against the rest o f the
w o rld ." They hasc an almost suicidal
tendency to do things that seem to
bring the rest o f society dow n w ith
them, he said. " T h e w hite security
forces are not about to become disaf
fected w ith a p a rth e id and jo in the
Black resolution. I hat's the reality in
South A fric a ."
At the same tune, though, he said,
there is no question that " th e old
m old o f apartheid is being broken,
shattered before our very eyes."
W ith the strongest economy and
security force in the southern p ail ol
A fric a . South A fric a could b ring
dow n the e n tire south h a lf ot the
continent with it, including friends o f
the U S , said W illia m s o n
A
" I ebanonization” could ixcu r where
"(h e various fra te rn a l tactions tear
ihe hearts out ol each other
" I n our view the ta ll ol South
Africa and that part ot the continent
make the situation in I thiopia look
like a ledds bear's picnic I'm talking
about violence and death
Passion must not be allow ed lo
cloud Ihe issue, he said “ I think we
hast- to be vers controlled .mil precise
about w hat we d o . " But the I S
should do som ething " I th in k ii
w ould be irre sp o n sib le lo leave il
a lo n e ," said W illia m s o n He sug
gesied that Ihe I S should make it
sell availhle tor negotiations be,ween
Ihe sides, that ihe “ engine ol South
M rica’s economy" should he allowed
lo ru n , m eaning I S investm eni
should be kep, there because il has a
positive e lic it, and that we should ell
courage the independence ot Nanibia
and help South -Mr le a 's neighbors
"'We have lo go in and gel our hands
d i l l s , " lie said, to guide the pnxess ol
change in a pcacelul and constructive
direction.
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C om m ercial W orkers h ile iiia lio n a l
Union to jointly piotest. demonsiiate
and boycott the products ot the
A d o lp h ( o o is Brewers and the
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th is is an im p o rta n t alliance
hecause I I l W membeis w oik in
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I lie issues in v o lv in g Ihe ( o o iv
B oviolt remain the same I ixxs con
tinues to lotee all its workers to take
lie detector tests, subm it to torced
search and seizure tactics, torced
physical exam inations and lo it e il
rights to seniority
Recently there has been some con
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agreem ents" between C oors and a
lew minority organizations, following
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Rot k i Mountain Vr’x v jth a l "Blacks
lack the intellectual capacity to sue
lees," and " I lie best thing they |slave
traders) did lor you was to drag sour
ancestors over here in chains "
Nationwide, m inority organizations
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brought to Oregon at Ihe request o f
the A ssixiation o f Oregon Counties,
responding to a crisis in Oregon jails.
Funded by the N a tio n al In stitu te o f
Corrections o f the U.S Department
ol Justice and f dna McConnell-Clark
fo u n d a tio n through the Center lo r
f.ffcctive Public Policy, it is a pait of
a parallel e ffo rt being conducted in
fise states I wo states are focusing on
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