Page 2, Portland Observer, October 9, 1906 - EDITORIAL/OPINION Eliot and King residents should support crime prevention programs Last Thursday, the E liot and King Neighbor- hixxl Association, Crime Prevention Committee sponsored a rally and preparation for picket lines to combat the problem o f prostitution and drug dealing in their neighborhoods. The N eighbor­ hood Association plan calls for picket lines to be out on Union and Alberta for six hours on Thurs­ day, October 1 Oth. There will also be a Commun­ ity M arch on this date. Marchers w ill assemble at King Neighborhood f acility and proceed to Union and along Alberta Street. D uring the ra lly the fo llo w in g question was asked o f Captain J. T. Davis o f the Portland Po­ lice Bureau Vice U nit, "W h y hasn’ t the bureau stopped the prostitution and drug dealing along Union and Alberta?’’ Captain Davis responded to the question by saying police cannot solve these problems by themselves. Davis told the small crowd o f about 25 that the community must band together in an effort to rid their neighborhood o f prostitutes and dope dealers. The police can only make arrests, it ’ s the responsibility o f the courts to prosecute those who are charged with a crime, said Davis. Captain Davis is correct. The problem o f pros­ titu tio n and drug dealing can only be extricated from the Eliot and King neighborhoods through citizens’ involvem ent and participation in their neighborhood sponsored crime programs. The low attendance at the E lio t and King Neighborhood rally gives one the impression that many residents who live in the area affected by the drug dealers and prostitutes are not very con­ cerned about the problem. This is why the major­ ity o f prostitutes return constantly to Union Ave­ nue after they are forced out o f other neighbor­ hoods as a result o f com m unity involvem ent against their presence. Prostitutes believe they can use Northeast Port­ land as a place to display their bodies for “ johns” who, in most cases, live outside o f the Northeast area. This exhibition o f sex for sale can be seen 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The prostitutes and “ johns” assume the community is tolerant o f their criminal behavior in these neighborhoods. The same can be said about the dope dealers who sell their drugs openly along Alberta Street. Anyone driving or walking in the vicinity o f A l­ berta and Union Avenue is bothered by the pres­ ent group o f drug pushers soliciting customers to buy their illicit products. When the com m unity allows its streets to be­ come a place where drugs can be sold, a strong message is being sent to the rest o f the city. Also, this permissiveness encourages young people to enter a life o f crime. The chance o f youths enter­ ing a life o f drug dealing is more likely in the Eliot and King neighborhoods since the unemployment rate is very high. Ban the Kian Along the Color I me by Dr Manning Marable No group in American history has a more vicious, undem ocratric and racist tradition than the Ku Klux Kian The cowards and demagogues who have hidden their faces beneath white robes, lake pride in bombing churches, defacing synogogues, m aim ing and murdering children Racism and anti- Semitism are the d rivin g ideological force behind those who jo in their ranks. But it seems curious that this legacy o f blood and terror finds defenders among many who disavow the Kian's politics. This year, a disturbing trend to protect and defend K lansm en's "rig h ts " has taken shape all over the nation, according to the Klanwatch project o f the Southern Poverty Law Center. This A p ril, fo r example, a news­ paper editor at Harbor College in ( all fomia whti had been fired fix his Kian associations was reinstated to his po­ sition by a federal judge. The judge claimed that the youthful Klansman's "rig h ts ” had been violated when col­ lege officials demanded his dismissal In May, the federal Communications Commission ruled by a 5 to 0 vole that the broadcasting o f racist and anti Semitic propaganda over the radio " is no grounds fo r revoking the license ot a radio sta tio n ." W hile supremacists and Nazis who utter threats and racist diatribes are " p ro texted" by the first Amendment. On June 5. a judge in I ouisville, Kentucky, dismissed charges against a Kian leader and three o f his followers who refused to lease a public meeting sponsored by the Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and P olitical Repres­ sion, a c iv il rights group. The fo u r meu had been arrested after they re­ fused a request to leave and a refund o f their $5 admission fee. But the judge defended the Klansmcns* right to attend the meting, claim ing that "th e y could not be expelled unless there was evidence they had created a disturbance.” I ast m onth, the Ku Klux Kian's New Jersey chapter demanded a per nut to hold a racist rally in the city o f Newark W ith a p opulation more than 60 percent Black, Newark could have become another Greensboro — a violent confrontation between rac­ ists and Blacks who refused to be in tim id a te d by te rro rism W isely, Newark mayor Kenneth Gibson re­ fused to grant a permit to the Kian. But instead ot praise, Gibson be­ came the target ot intense media c riti­ cism. The New York lim e s editor ialized that Gibson did "h is city and the law a disservice by denying the perm it." I he limes admitted that the KKK was "lo a th so m e ," and its " h is ­ tory o f violence and te rro r was " i n ­ disputable." Nevertheless, the mayor liad no right to curtail the Kian’s pub­ lic protest. Unless the Kian rally "posses an immediate threat ot uncon­ trollable violence, the rights to assem­ ble and speak freely are, and should be inviolate " In short, the while su­ premacists must "em os equal protec­ tion o f the law ." It is interesting the observe the hypocrisy o f these inconsistent c ivil libertarians in the media. Three dec­ ades ago, when W . E. B DuBxxs and Paul Robeson campaigned fo r world peace, their passports were illegally seized, their families were harrasxed, and the press was cither silent or ac­ tively called for the suppression o f their rights W hen civil rights activ­ ists are victimized by local, state, and federal authorities, the national media is often the last to document such cases But when Klansmen crawl out o f the gutters to call fo r " w h ite su­ prem acy," the cry o f free speech and First Amendment rights becomes a chorus. No one lias the legal right to yell " f ir e " in a crowded theatre. No one has the right to in tim id a te others through racist and vigilante violence, fhe Ku Klux Kian and other anti- Semitic and racist organizations are explicitly dedicated to systematic acts ot terrorism When the laws and courts are used to " p r o te c t" their “ rights," few Black. Hispanic or Jew­ ish Americans can feel secure. De- mocracy should not be distorted to prom ote the violence and hatred which the Kian represents. The Kian must be banned Dr Manning Marable teaches p o ­ litical sociology at Colgate University, Hamilton, New York. Healthwatch by Steven Hailey N. D EDITORIAL/COMMENTARY « T R K K , /'/M ifK N /r s h c r & H g v M íN / & A T UPON TM P ífú fiM . I f K u t i N O T T d l N , >U W M O X & M i Letters to the Editor To the Editor, To the Editor, letter to editor We arc citizens concerned about the N ortheast U nion Avenue c o rrid o r. The closing o f the U nion Square's Sunshine Pizza restaurant, and the lack o f other consumer businesses in the area is distressing, p a rtic u la rly since the problem results fro m u n ­ controlled prostitution and its negative impact on our local environment. I t ’s frightening when a very small element o f the population can exert that much control over a total community. While pondering this problem , its effects, and what should and could be done to tight it, I came up w ith the following idea: Install ads on area billboards and posters on power poles w ith the fol- krwing message: AIDS ♦ PROSTITUTION D EA TH Since there is su ffic ie n t p ro o f to connect prostitutes to A ID S , poten­ tial customers m ight be frightened away by the signs Furtherm ore, the customers themselves become c a r­ riers thereby in flic tin g their wives, friends or other prostitutes This is W A R !!! And all is fair The community belongs to those who want to see it grow and prosper, not to prostitutes, pimps, dope dealers, and their customers I hey don't care Renaming Raineesh it's o rig in a l name o f Antelope does not cure the problems As long as the Rajneeshees control the city, we w ill still have con­ stant police "p ro te c tio n " (six officers for 115 residents — the highest ratio in the slate) and outrageous city taxes (at approximately $20 per $ I ,ne ot the essential needs in a last is to make certain tliat the tai breakdown is slow enough to nor create a toxic state (winch means adequate calories), and also io optimize elimination ot the waste products In addition to accelerating elimma lio n ot wastes, a juice diet w ill pro vide individuals wtio have lood sensi tivities to elim inate these foods and subieclively challenge their systems with these toods on rein tro d uctio n Many ot our patients wtio have ctiron ic sinus congestion, nazal drip, swollen lym ph glands and other sym ptom s associated with their allergies w ill be come sym ptom free bv the th ird or fo u rth dav ot puces and sometimes w ill experience a dram atic return ot symptoms when they first eat the ot tending toixl(s) Weight loss is a com m on occur rence in a juice program , yet proper eating habits and exercise are much more healthy way to adjust weight Possibly the best rest o f periodic fast­ ing programs is (he com m only o b ­ served occurrence that most o f our patients are able to break the tax, w ith new " h a b it s " as the return to doughnuts and coffee is a consciously visible departure trom the whole fixxJs diet which we use as a re-introduction ot solid toods So now some general guidelines Pie Iasi S|x-nd three or more day s lust eating fruits and vegetables, most Iv taw Intestinal cleansing programs may prove useful. D u n k plenty o f fluids and assure gixxl bowel activity. You don't wan, to go from a high fat or low libel diet Io juices Six glasses ot mice, water or herb tea is a b a ll­ park figure which vanes bv such lac tors as tem perature, sweating, exei else and how much fruit or other high fluid tixxfs vou consume lime I asi W lien vou go from solid toixl to a liquid diet, your intestinal ac­ tivity slows down You may become cixtshpatcd, and often over a couple ot davs w ill start to reabsorb bowel bv products I or tins reason daily enemas are helpful to minimize tins toxic teel mg G etting close to sour norm al caloric intake is important to maintain blood sugar and to minim ize the lat conversion (beta O xidation) and sub sequent release o f chemicals I wo q u a ils ot fresh vegetable and once quart o f (n u t juice (all diluted w ith PORTLAND OBSERVER I p. M- Mn $15 for one $<*> for ! A , . y»M»S B . P V P rtl,« ) Kt , one-third water) is the base amount we use at our clinic. You can have more if your appetite indicates. In addition, so that your blood is not lo o concen­ trated w ith chemicals fro m the fat release, you must d rin k a d d itio n a l water. Six quails pci day is an average amount. Réintroduction: Breaking a fast is an im p o rta n t process. Just as we would not go from a sedentary life to a 26-nnle marathon, we likewise should not go from a simple sugar vegetable juice such as carrot to heavy foods such as cheese, nuts and meat. The first day should be fruit and vegetable and some authors allow a piece o f melba oi whole wheat toast. Introduc­ tio n o f grains and beans next and dairy, nuts and meat around the fourth or fifth day I asling should be done in warm climates as the caloric need fo r heat production as winter sets in is a strain on tlie lasting condition Authors such as Paavo A irola, Ihom as Brugg and I )i (. hristopher. offer ideas and guide­ lines that may prove valuable, and most N aturopathic Physicians have considerable training in therapeutic tasting O ut clinic offers organized group lasts that will begin again early next spring I f you have had a less that desirable experience on a previous last maybe some o f the above Hems may help im prove your next one. 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