Portland observer., October 02, 1985, Page 5, Image 5

Portland Observer, October 2, 1906, Page 5
Hanford scheduled for first strike capability
by R obert I othiun
VA S SA R JEA N VESSUP
(P h o to
R ic h a rd J B ro w n )
Local woman encourages youth
to get involved in social service
by Jerry ( ¡arner
Vassar lean Vessup is avtisvly hi
s o lv e d in m ans social causes in the
C ity o l P o rtla n d . A m o n g them are
the P o lic e In te r n a l In v e s tig a tio n
A u d itin g ( o m m itte e . B la ck I t il le d
I r u n t, N I
C h r is tia n A d v is o ry
C o m m itte e , C o m m u n itv S ch o o l
(. om m ittee and ihe Head Start Policy
Board.
By
v o lu n te e rin g
tim e
to
organizations, \e s s u p claim s she lias
gained valuable knowledge which has
m ade it a ll w o r th w h ile . “ Ih e es
perience learned fro m participating in
such org an izatio ns cannot be learned
from a b o o k ," says Vessup
Vessup says th a t y o u n g B lacks
should not onlv seek a good education
hut also get involved in as many social
causes as they can Vessup sta te d ,
“ T o o m any young Blacks forge t the
pa in s and s u ite r in g th a t m ans en
d u re d d u rin g the s tru g g le to r c iv il
rig h ts in th is c o u n trv B la ck kid s
today d o n ’ t seem to he p a rtic ip a tin g
in the c a ll fo r so cia l ju s tic e in
society. "
Vessup, w h o lives w ith her seven
veai old daughtei, has been employed
since August 1977 as an Investigator
w ith the Stale o l ( ftegon I iv il Rights
D iv is io n in P o r tla n d She h o ld s a
Bachelor o l Science Degree in Social
Science lio in Illin o is State I m veisity
and a ( e rlilic a te in I ailv ( luldh oo d
I d u c a lio u Iro m the I m v e rs ily o l
( a lifo in ta at Riverside
In o ld e r to co m p e te i l l an evei
changing w o rld , young Blacks should
take advantage o f the o p p o rtu n itie s
that ate being ottered in societv stated
Vessup She leels Blacks should take
advantage o l the o p p o itu n itie s ilia ,
people before us went to ja il and died
fo r.
Nuclear holocaust is unthinkable to
most people, but few realize the fu ll
im p lic a tio n s o f the arm s race o r o f
IL S . nuclear strategy , a c c o rd in g to
Chuck Bell
B e ll, state c o o r d in a to r f o r the
I e llo w s h ip o t R e c o n c ilia tio n and a
fo u n d e r o f the H a n fo r d O v e rs ig h t
(.'o m m itte e w h o is recognized as an
expert on the H a n fo rd Nuclear Reser­
v a tio n , said the a d m in is tra tio n and
D e p a rtm e n t
of
D efense
have
d e ve lo p e d an in te g ra te d p la n to
achieve a first-strike capability which
involves H a nford .
W h ile the Reagan a d m in is tra tio n
ta lk s o u t o t one side o f its m o u th
about arms c o n tro l, it is actually em ­
b a rk in g on a massive arm s b u ild u p ,
and cuts m welfare and social services
aie tin a n c iiig the b u ild u p , according
to B ell l ig ure s Ir o m the N a tio n a l
e lud ing the D e p a rtm e n ts o l I netgy,
D efense, c o m m e rc ia l p o w e r p la n ts
could be a convicnt source o f m aterial
fo r c o n ve rsio n to weapons, he said
Som e o f the m a te ria l c o u ld com e
from T roja n and other nuclear power
plants in the Northwest
“ T h is is pro ba bly the only source
to r the a m o u n t o f p lu to n iu m they
w a n t," Bell said. " T h e D e p a rtm e n t
o l IXTense Joes not have the capacity
to produce this kind o f p lu to n iu m ."
B e ll said th a t s cie n tists at I iv e i
m ore have a d m itte d th a t the new
pnxess they are w o rking on is jvart ol
the Reagan a im s b u ild u p II the
b u ild up scenario proves true, it w ould
c o rro b o ra te w h a t the a n ti n u c le a r
m ove m en t has said lo r years that
the e n tire nuclear e sta b lish m e n t, in
C om m ercial nuclear power plants
could be the source o f m aterial for the
p lu to n iu m , and th e P u re x p la n t at
H a n fo rd , which now makes weapons
m aterial fro m defense source, cou ld
soon be converting com m ercial waste
A n experim ental fa c ility lo r conver-
tin g com m ercial waste, using a new
process ca lle d
“ laser
is o to p e
s e p a ra tio n " b e in g d e ve lo p e d at
Lawrence I iverm ore I aboratories in
C a lifo r n ia , is scheduled to be c o n ­
structed at H a n fo rd by the end o f the
decade, according to Bell
A lso lig u rm g in the scenario, said
B e ll, is the n a tio n a l n u cle a r waste
du m p w hich cou ld be op e ra tio n a l at
H a n fo rd bv 199«) I he waste d u m p
and research fa cilitie s, are integrated
in iii the arm s race " T here’ s a lo t o l
people less p a ra n o id th a n I am th a t
th in k this is w hat is g o in g o n , " said
Bell.
I he b u ild u p endangers the w o rld ,
but it also has lo c a l e n v iro n m e n ta l
im p lic a tio n s "R e p ro c e s s in g is very
d i r t y , " he sa id , a n d the m any a c ­
cidents and leaks at H a n fo rd , not to
m e n tio n the p o s s ib ility o f an eat
thquake, does no, in still confidence in
residents d o w n rive r " W e really have
a disaster to lo o k fo rw a rd t o , " said
Bell.
Resources IXdcnse ( o u n c il, said Bell,
show that over 2K,(XM) new nu cle ar
w a rhe ads are p ro je c te d to be p r o ­
duced throu gh the m id I991K, adding
to the present stockpile w inch is cap­
a b le o l d e s tro y in g the w o rld m a n y
tunes over
"W hat the Pentagon w ould like to
do is build up a tremendous stockpile
o l nuclear w e a p o n s " to re g a in the
superiority over the l S s R dial the
I s had u n til the late I96IR, he said
Hie H a n fo rd Nuclear Reservation,
lust 2(1(1 miles up the ( olum b ia Iro m
P o rtla n d in southeast W a s h in g to n ,
figures prom inently in tins aggressive
strategv. according to Bell In order to
p ro d u ce so m any new weapons, he
said, m uch m ore weapons grade
p lu to n iu m needs to be p ro d u c e d ,
more than the present capacity ot the
Detense Department
J u m o u s W illia m s (s ta n d in g ), d is c ip lin a c o n s u lt a n t
v in g to n S c h o o l W e d n e s d a y . S e p t
for P o rtla n d P u b lic S c h o o ls D é s a g ré g a tio n p ro g r a m .
p a r e n ts , s t a f f , a n d D M A C m e m b e r s o n d is t r ic t
d is c ip lin e p o lic y s tu d y
(P h o to R ic h a rd J B r o w n )
an d H a lin i R a s h a a n (s ittin g ), C h a ir m a n D M A C , a t Ir
26, a d d r e s s in g
C om m unity Directory and p r o f iles
A d t O n T h is P a g e A r e O f l o c a l B u s lin e s ie s Tho » A r e H e l p i n g B u ild A B o ttc r C o m m u n ity
Philippine labor leader sees revolution ahead
by R obert / othiun
A P h ilip p in e la b o r le a d e i w h o
visited P ortland last week described a
grow ing o p p o sitio n m ovem ent that is
b rin g in g the c o u n try
close to
re v o lu tio n against the a u th o rita ria n
M arcos regime.
M e y n a rd o P a la rc a , fo u n d e r and
Secretary G e n e ra l o l the ( enter o l
N a tio n a lis t tr a d e I n io n s in M m
d in a o , is on a n a tio n w id e lo u r to in
fo r m A m e ric a n u n io n is ts and the
I S I ilip in o c o m m u n ity ab ou t the
grow ing op p o sitio n and repression in
his island country
Palarca described u n em p loym e nt,
poverty, even starvation coupled w ith
the l.l-yeat old m a rtia l law instituted
by M a rco s as tu e l lo r the in su rre c
tionary feeling in the Philippines
Strikes, m ajor protests and demon
s tra tio n s are sw eeping th ro u g h the
cities and countryside, he said " I t is
o u r hope th a t we c o u ld gel r id o t
M arcos and replace him w itli a tru ly
d e m ocra tic g o vern m ent, freely elec
le d ."
As m I atm America and o ilie r par
Is o t Ihe I b ird W or Id , I S a id is
being used to p ro p up an un p o p u la r
and d ic ta to ria l regim e, said Palarca
I he islands were a colons ot the I S
Iro m 1900 to 1946 and tw o strategic
m ilitary bases there are the key to the
ll. S . presence in th e P a c itic I S
leaders have said that the loss o l the
P hilippines to com m unism is a much
g re a te r
th re a t
the n
the
loss
of
N ic a ra g u a o r ( e n lr a l A m erica II
I S tro o p s invade anyw here in the
near fu tu re , it c o u ld be the P h ilip
pines.
P a la rc a said the bases and 1 S
m ilita ry forces s u p p o rt the M arco s
regime and should be w ith d ta w n In
a d d itio n , tie said that $70 m illio n in
m ilita r y aid and $100 m illio n in
e c o n o m ic a id sent bv the I S. to
M ateos is being used to suppress the
o p p o s itio n " I t is being used to k ill
our c h ild re n ," lie said
A lthough labor o rg an izatio ns and
opposition groups .lie ostensible legal
and have the rig ,it to d e m o n stra te ,
repression comes s w iftly under mar
tia l law lim ita tio n s , P a la rc a said,
tw enty people were killed by security
forces earlier this m onth, and 'N labor
leaders and activists have been kille d ,
kidnapped oi assasmated since Ia n .I,
lie said R eligious fa n a tics o fte n do
the d ir ty w o rk o l A ,arcos and the
m ilita ry , according to Palatca " I hey
aie k illin g people in d is c rim in a te ly .
I ties d o n ’ t respect the rig h ts o l the
people any m ore I h a t’ s alw ay s the
reaction ot a dvmg regime "
Palarca described a vast opposition
o rg a n iz a tio n ca lle d H u iu n , o i the
New P a tr io tic A llia n c e , w h ic h has
enlisted 10 m illio n teachers, peasants,
w orkers, lawyers, church people and
ethnic m in oritie s out o l the c o u n try ’s
po pu latio n ot 52 m illio n
I tie K M l . a c o a litio n o t MXI.OOO
tra d e u n io n is ts , leads s trik e s and
labor protests " O u r m ode ot actio n
is m ilita n t a c tio n
strike s, dem on
s,rations, general strike s." said Palar
i. i. w h o is a K M l delegate O t 200
strikes since Ian I, NO percent were
won t'v ihe unionists, lie said Palatsa
added that the K M l is independent
p o litic .J lv . a lig n e d neither w ith the
Sov iet I m oil nor w ith ( tuna
Palarca. " , was a u tility b ill collec
lo r and p re sid e n t o l the power
wot kers union in IX*vao ( ity , a large
seaport, belo re becom ing a lu ll lim e
labor organizer His w o rk takes turn
th ro u g h the co u n try s id e o rg a n izin g
o ,i,lo s t,io n and staving w itli peasant
families
He d e scrib e d e xtre m e p o v e rty
caused bv an eco m im ic crisis w h ich
has let, D percent o l the w o rk fo rc e
u n e m p lo ye d He saw c h ild re n sub
sistm g on a d ie t o l sugar cane, and
noted. " A m a jo rity o l I ilip in o s die
w it,lo u t seeing a d o c to r,” he said A
nch It, percent ot the po pu latio n, and
tra n s n a tio n a l c o rp o ra tio n s lik e Del
M o n te . D ole, L u lle d B rands, Boise
( ascade, and ( ie o rg ia P a c ilic ow n
most ot the land, lie added
P a la rca said his lite is in danger
because o t his a ctivism , but he tears
not " I d o n 't m ake m yself very con
s p ic u o u s ," he said, “ In Ihe P h ilip
pines to d a v, we live day hv da y, we
d o n ’ t live lo r tom o rro w ” He hasn't
seen Ins w ife and three daughters for
months, and when asked it they were
sale, he said. " I hope s o ."
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