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Volume XVI, Number 6 December 11, 1985 25C Copy Two Sections <* Jackson draws large crowd at Maranatha nation’s south "Drugs ate killing out souths hxlay at a tar greater rate than the Kian ever did I here must he a massive counter culture movement to sus no to c h u g s" Jackson was also critical ot the P resident's loicign policies as well " O u t foreign policy should be tetooled with human rights being inn satd stick " lie said that P resident Reagan's "Slat W ats" rntssle delcnse will m ake tin- w o tld less sa te and urged a freeze on the production and testing ol nucle.it weapons S peaking at a press c o n fe re n c e , l.ickson said that Soviet leaders M ikhail G orbachev seemed to want an end to the aims tace He said that neither the I S S R not the I S economy can stand an aim s tace O n o th e r fo reig n policy issues, l.ickson said the I tilted S tates is wrong in su p p o rtin g the repressive regime ol I erd in an d M ateos in the Philippines and the i.icist government m South AI iic . i "In stead ol placing an economic em bargo on Nicaragua, tlic Piesident should place a total eiti bargo on the South African govern menl " Jackson said that the policies ol co n stru c tiv e en gagem ent are morally wrong He urged American c o rp o ra tio n s to d isinvest in South \ l i i c . i l.ickson also staled tliat the South A frican g o v eim en l sh o u ld Zn J e m (lamer "O u r n a tio n 's greatness must be measured by our ideals and principles and how closely * e ap p ro x im ate them. Il must be measured bv how we treat the young in the dawn of life; how we treat the elderly in the sunset ot lif e ," said the R everend Jesse Jackson Jackson made the statem ent to an estimated crowd ot I. SIM) people who packed into M a ra n a th a C hu rch in N o rtheast P o rtla n d to heat him speak Another 700 or so people were turned away at the door, according to Pam Sm ith, a m em ber ot the P ott land I hapter Rainbow Coalition. Jackson, who was a 19K4 presiden Hal candidate, came to Portland as a guest ot the O regon Rainbow C o a litio n . D uring his speech at M a ra n ath a , Jackson told the over flow crow d that this natio n should have hum ane priorities at home and human tights abroad " Although the Reagan ad m in istra tio n claim s an econom ic tecovery for the country, the poverty rate is the highest since the Great D epression" Jackson called lor a new "w ar on poverty” that w ould include a massive com mitm ent to tob training and abordable public housing lor the pcxir l.ickson voiced his concerns about the problem ol drug use am ong the (P h o to REV JESSE JACKSON R ic h a rd J B r o w n ! release jailed M'ri in National ( ongress leadct N elson M andela POSAF demonstration at Pacific Maritime Association Zn \dthamel Si o il I ast week, P ortland, San I ranets co, O ak lan d and I os A ngeles, ( A joined hands in a dav ot anti apat theid solidarity O n I h u rsd ay , Dec 5, the cities became a part ot South Africa's up surge and struggle lor equality and freedom P o rtlan d 's dav ol protest, organized bv J’ortlanders Organized tot S o u th ern A frican I teedom lP< »SAI I. m atched behind the ban net " I eave A partheid Siltin' bv the IXxk O ' the Bay." A pproxim ately 40 p ro testers dem onstrated at the Pacific Maritime A ssociation (PM Al. I S W M am Place B uilding, A m erican frie n d s Service ( o m m ittee sp okesw om an, Avel Gordly said POSAJ called on " I ’M A to expel anv steam ship com pans c u r v in g cargo Irom South .Attica " I’M A is an association ol foreign and I S steam sh ip com panies, stevedoring com panies and terminal o p e ra to rs and is o rganized to represent its m em bers in collective bargaining, primarily with the Inter national I ongshorem en's and Ware housemen's Union. A ccording to G o rd ly , POSAJ called tor the "expulsion trom I’M.A ot Nedllovd Kimberly and Zim steam ship com p an ies that carry South African cargo on the West Coast; the Board ol J’ort Commissioners- Port ol P o rtla n d and the P ort ot Van couvcr to pursue o p tio n s w ithin existing laws and consider policy con cerning divestm ent by focusing on what is called the Market Participant Role'. PM A to seek creative solutions with West ( oast anti apartheid acti vists to stop the shipm ent of South A frican goods along Pacific ( oast W aterw ays; an d , severing all econom i. ties w ith S m ith \lr ic .i also to work against legislation that ( |OI dlv m aintain^ that th e re is a need to focus on economic targets and w ould p ro v id e su p p o rt to A ttira ti countries that ate not sympathetic to . » 'N . 'he anti apattheid movement In ad dition, she said, " I liete is a need to m aintain Bl.uk leadct ship in the I S A " D ivestm ent will be a ptioutv with P< »SAI dining the next legislative session, Gordlv said '* Leave ftpart hei J ky bocK of /Kf n , Protesters march in front of the building housing the Pacific Maritime Association (P hoto R ichard J B ro w n ) from prison so he can tun foi presi dent ot tliat nation When someone asked Jackson it lie was p lan n in g to tu n lo t P iesid en t again in I MRS. tie replied tliat it was p te m aiu te to say whether lie would tun again "It is an option I will keep open; I will keep alive, as we snuggle to complete the unfinished business ol I9K4 " Although l.ickson didn't campaign m ( hegon during the presidential tace m 19H4, he received 11 (xncetil ot the vole m < hegon. I he Oregon Rainbow l o alitio n reg istered ovet 4,000 people l.ickson was asked why he d id n 't cam paign in O reg o n , he teplied bv saving that due to limited funding, he was u n ab le to m ake it to O reg o n dm mg the piesident i.il tace l.ickson said th a t the lack ol b in d in g also prevented him Itom winning the state ol New y ot k Reverend l.ickson left lot Seattle im m ediately a b e t his speech at M aianatha lackson was the keynote speaker at the co n fe re n ce ol the I eague ol ( dies in Seattle 22 indicted on drug charges Zn Jem ( ,artier A three month undetcovet invesii gallon bv the Portland Public Schools Police with cooperation Irom the Pot land Police Bureau, has resulted in the indieuncut ot 22 alleged ding dealers I ast Weilnesdav, school police and P o tllan d police seised lelonv attest wat tatits tin oughout Northeast Pott land on 21» adults and two iiiveniles identilied bv undetcovet school police olticets dining the investigation I he indictm ents wete telu in ed last Mon dav bv a M ultnom ah ( ounty G rand I lit v I hose indicted w ete ch at ged with d isttib u tio n ol controlled sub stances " M a c ’ I o c k e l t . < fuel ol Police lor the Portland Public Schools, said the investigation started in Oc lo b e t a b e t Ins d e p a rtm e n t received n u m ero u s c o m p la in ts lio in sta ll menibels ot K ing I lem e n l.it v S c h o o l and Itom communilv residents about cling dealers neat the school H a m e l A dait, p rin cip al ol King I Icmcntarv School, told the I'orllaiul llb \e r\e r she and het stall members wete pleased w ith the in d ictm en ts "D ru g d ealers wete h arta ssin g out students on then wav to school I hey would be out selling drugs as eatlv as eight in the itio rn in g ." said A dait She p ta ise d ( luet I o ck elt and the Portland School Police " I he school police have been ex tiemelv liclplul to us when we com plained to them about the presence ot drug d ealers bv the school " But Adair isn't sure that the undercover in v e stig a tio n will prev en t I he dr ug d ealers w ho were a rrested Irom com ing back or other d ru g d ealers Irom moving into the atea ( liatles Ball, a Deputy District At tornev lo t M ultnom ah ( ounty who handles dtug cases, said that none ol those who w ete in d icted w ould be v I f *■ Zi onlinueil on /tune 1/ y - flî • <
