Page 2, Portland Observer. May 28. 1986
EDITORIAL/OPINION
U.S. Should Impose Total Sanction Against South Africa
The expulsion of South A frica ’ s senior m ilitary
attache from this country in response Io South
African raids against Zambia, Zimbabwe, and
Botswana by the Reagan Administration is too
little and much too late.
In fact, killings have been a way o f life in South
Africa. The government o f South Africa has de
monstrated to the entire world it's lack o f any
moral principles Black women, men and children
arc shot like dogs, beaten, and detained daily.
The Reagan Administration should show leader
ship in the world by imposing full economic sanc
tions against South Africa. The President should
also order all American companies out o f that
country; this is wha, he did to Libya.
Only in response to full economic pressure w ill
the .South African government move away from
oppression and toward negotiation o f the senous
differences that threaten to embroil that country in
a racial holocaust.
Reagan's policy ot constructive engagement
towards Pretoria has been a complete failure The
South African government has responded to con
structive engagement by agreeing purely to cosine
tic concessions. A, the same time, the government
has refused to allow Black South Africans the right
to share in that nation's power equation. Nor has
constructive engagement stopped (he killings and
violence in that country.
ON SOUTH AFRICA
Microsoft Halts S. Africa Sales
by Elizabeth Pullium
¿Times business reporter
Microsoft Corp , ending corporate ties to South
frica after four years, has called for other local
companies to follow its lead
The Redmond-based software company w ill
stop direct sales to South Africa because o f that
country’ s apartheid policies, said Bob O'Rear.
M icrosoft's director o f intercontinental ojxT.it inns,
in a press release yesterday.
O ’ Rear did not say if indirect software sales
would continue, but said Microsoft w ill cut oft
relations with its local distributor in South Africa
Microsoft joins several other Northwest com
panics, including John f luke Manufacturing, Sea
first and Portland’ s Tektronix, in severing business
ties to the white controlled nation
O'Rear described the pullout as "th e final op
tio n " available to the corporation
Microsoft previously donated profits from its
South African operations to the American f riends
Service Committee, a Quaker-founded action
group that promotes non-violent social change,
said Randy Carter, program director for the com
mittee
The committee accepted the donation IX months
ago without knowing where the money had come
from. Carter said
Carter said his group would have refused
another such contribution, and asked Microsoft to
consider severing business relations with South
Africa
"A n d in a great gesture, Microsoft considered
our suggestion and decided to stop doing business
there," Carter said
M icrosoft's $100, (XM) in South African sales
accounts tor 0 I percent of its total $104 m illion
revenue.
Seattle Times
4/24/X6
EDITORIAL/COMMENTARY
“State of the State”
flv G overnor Etc Anyth
W hat covers nearly a third o f an acre, is located in a foreign
country, and w ill bring millions ol dollars into Oregon nol
only this year but for years to come?
Answer: O regon’ s history to high lech pavilion al Expo
8 6 . which opened M ay 2 in Vancouver. B C . and w ill run Io
bed and breakfasts, riding stables and g olf courses to
w ineries, hot springs and ghost towns
O regon's pavilion
signed with the " in Oregon you're
more than w elcom e" logo
is larger than those o f C a lifo r
nia and W ashington, is h xaled west ot the U S A pavilion, and
is open daily 10 a m to 10 p m
From the meain gale to the la ir, you can reach our pavilion
by skytrain, by ferry or on foot.
( begun is fortunate to be so visible at so popular a world's
fair
Hy January, Expo 86 already had sold more visits than
New Orleans' Expo 84 sold during its entire run Expo 86
visitors have bought tickets in all 50 states, in all 10 pro
vinces, and in 22 foreign countries
T o greet our visitors, your state H ighw ay and Parks d iv i
Oct 13
Consider:
—-An estimated 44X).tXX) Californians w ill travel through
Oregon — tw ice
to get to Expo 86 and to return home
— Expo 86 is expected to bring Oregon $ Ml m illion during
its 23-week run, another $15 m illion within a year, and $ 1 1
m ilium in new business investment
— Oregon's pavilion w ill introduce as many as 2-m illion
visitors to a cornucopia of 250 Oregon pnulucts ranging from
blankets and hooks to pickles and popcorn
Visiting Oregon's 13 ,5 0 0 -square foot Expo 86 pavilion
will make you even prouder to he an Oregonian
Outside, wood represents our timber industry and a water
fall our beautiful lakes, rushing rivers, cascading waterfalls
and breathtaking Pacific coastline
Inside, attractions include a 21st Century Covered Wagon
T im e Tunnel that lakes you through O regon’ s fiery volcanic
history, across the rugged Oregon fra il, into nHulern-day
Oregon and beyond to future exploration ol the Pacific
coastline
Among the other attractions are regional exhibits on Orc
gon's seven distinct geographic areas, a theater with a Capac
ity o f 19(1 lor film s, performers and lectures, a spectacular
Oregon garden, and unique gilt shop and deli \ lounge in the
pavilion provides space lor ( hegoniansto meet with business
prospects visiting Expo
As I write this, 71 Oregon communities
such as
Brow nsville. M c M in n v ille , Toledo and Veneta
are signed
up for their own special Com m unity Days at our pavilion
Vacationers wanting to visit Oregon enjoy access to two
computers loaded with statewide travel tips tanging from
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sions have adopted the "Company's C o m in g " theme lor an
ambitious anti litter campaign I encourage you to remember
that theme, and to be especially friendly to out-of-state guests
even when someone just stops you to ask for directions
The budget to build and stall Oregon's pavilion came in at
$2 9 m illio n , ot which $2 I m illion came from Oregoi.
Lottery proceeds Donations ranged from Pacific Northwest
Bell's $ 7 5 .(XK)check to that of a Bend girl who cracked open
her piggybank and gave $5
Our pavilion is being operated by our Expo 86 staff plus 83
trained "O rego n Am bassadors," who are living in Van
couver tor six week shifts and being paid $5 (Canadian) a
day
Stall and volunteers w ill he on hand al all limes to greet
visitors and to answer questions
They e x p e c t to serve tre e s tra w b e rry s h o rtc a k e Io 1 0 . (XX)
visitors on Expo's Oregon Day
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Every day ot Expo 86. Oregon's presence w ill bring O re
gon even greater w orldw ide visibility and Oregonians a
larger share ot investment, trade and tourism dollars
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Opinion__________
If lottery is to change,
let it be for schools only
One would not be particularly challenged
to find a hundred people who don't like the
Oregon lottery, not it* concept nor its appli
cation. They are simply against gambling, or
are at least agaiost gambling as a govern
mental function.
Il would be equally easy to find another
hundred people who don't think there is any
thing wrong with the way the current two-
stage lottery is run. with its instant winner
tickets and its on-line game too
But probably the largest single group of
cilisens, if asked, would say that they are to
some degree supportive of the idea of the
lottery, but not particularly happy with its
current structure.
Thai's the group that should be addressed
when one thinks of doing anything to or about
the lottery
This major group may be slightly against
the idea of government gambling, but tend to
find the idea acceptable as a substitute for
another lax A lottery, al least, is optional,
while a lax to raise the same amount of mon
ey would be mandatory If we cannot get a
lax to support public functions, let it be done
by those who wish to spend their money for it
The lottery came to Oregon at a time when
lots of stales either had one or were consider
ing it The people who set it in motion sur
veyed the way it should be assembled to
achieve their desires, and concluded that if it
read that the money would go for "economic
development and jobs," it would get enough
public support They were absolutely on the
m a rk , because it did pass with that
designation
The problem is. however, that they didn't
ask if the lottery would be approved if the
money had been designated for something
else They didn't ask if the lottery would be
OK if the money went into the stale's general
fund, or if it was simply parsed out to the
counties to pul into their coffers
They didn't ask if the populace would have
preferred its gambling to be for the sole ben
efit of schools. This is. after all, what several
other states do with their lottery income —
designate it solely for education
And once the money did start coming in,
the Legislature was unable to make a sensi
ble division of it What it finally did left just
abi/jt everyone dissatisfied
The ^'satisfaction, in fact, has spurred at
least two local area versions of petitions that
would alter the way Oregon's lottery money
is divided. The first is that promoted by
Rogue River politician Royal DeLand, who
would Change the lottery so that its opera
tions costs would drop from 18 percent to 12,
its payoff would remain at SO percent and its
remaining 31 percent would be designated to
counties, with half of that earmarked solely
for vocational education in high schools.
Why DeLand thinks vocational education is
of greater value than general education is
subject to discussion, but it is im m aterial.
His approach is hardly the best one.
We would look far more favorably on 'he
proposal now being offered in petitions being
circulated by three Glendale residents
Those petitions would leave the lottery's op
eration and prize money alone, but would
simply shift the allocation of all the rest to
prim ary and secondary education — to the
stale's schools Dividing that pie could be
simply accomplished by using the same for-
mula that state basic school support us deter*
mmed by.
The idea of moving this voluntary "ta x "
over to the state's greatest single taxation
need is terrific II is Hie education lax that
makes most property owners hurt when it
comes to paying, since in almost all jurisdic
tions it is the biggest single bite
It is Hie educational system that is. in fact,
the greatest benefit to the taxpaying public,
inasmuch as it provides for the future of our
stale and our society.
The lottery may be debated in all sorts of
ways, good or bad, fun or a bore, adequate or
inadequate, paying enough or too little or too
much. These things can be left to some other
contest. Right now the proposal is whether
the state should continue to pile up this mon
ey for "economic development and jobs," a
definition that is defying application, wheth
er it should go to the counties and vocational
education, as DeLand would have it, or
whether it should go to schools in general.
Strictly from a "give the money to Hie great
est need” aspect, we have to favor the third,
schools, as the most useful and sensible
application
A lot of signatures are needed to put that
option onto a ballot, and then a lot of politick
ing would have to follow. That's what the
initiative process is all about, and win, lose
ordraw
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Can We Afford More Concentration Camps?
T o The Editor:
The problem we face w ill nol be sol
ved by building more prisons W hal we
need to do is present multiple offenders
from continuing to walk the streets I
suggest that public officials - judges,
parole board members, the governor
be helf liable for malpractice tn the re
lease or escape o f violent inmates who
continue lo prey xm the Comm unity
There is one sensible alternative to long
prison sentences I t ’ s exile Exile lo
remote corners o f the earth, where con
victed rapists and murderers would he
loo busy devoting their hostilities to
ward survival with little enough time
for mayhem
Australia began as a penal colony, as
was the plan for our state o f Georgia
W hat's wrong w iih the Amazon jungle,
the outback o f Australia, deserted
South Sea Islands, Antarctic and the lar
northern tundra o f Alaska and Canada'*
This method seems far more humane lo
me than being penned in a cell or tried
in a chair W ill this idea ever he im
plemented'* I doubt it This society has
a tendency lo ignore straightforward
approaches to problems in favor o f
complicated abstract concepts A ll the
social sciences — crim inology, sociol
ogy, psychology, econom ic* — point
out that if you subject people to depriva
tion and inhuman living conditions,
you can predict that they w ill rebel
against those conditions
The historical focus on the prison
system has transmuted from practical
punishment hi theoretical tehabilita
tion At present, rehabilitation is a myth
and to make it a reality entails an
amount o f funds, staff members, and a
complete overhaul o f the prison sys
tem . which the state refuses to provide
M o re psychiatrists, psychologists,
sociologists and relevant programs re
nting lo exisling occupation* in society
are needed, ni« more prisons, tear gas,
nightsticks, strip-cells, guns, restricted
diets and the like The prison system to
eltectuale rehabilitation, must be oper
ated on a hasis conducive to the modes
o f esivting cultures, based upon the
theory that a man w ill be back unless
property trained
W e don't need individualistic p o liti
c ia n s but only political representatives
o f the people who realize that their
strengths can only come from the con
tinuing activities, struggle and organi
zation o f the people What are many o f
the inmates guilty o f, economic crimes
or surviving.’ What would one expect
from a system that produce* so much,
but provides no legal way for so many
to obtain the rightful fruits o f their
labor ’ The world knows Black people
have never been equally represented in
the political proces» o f this country,
that we suffer from acute "taxation
without representation." so although
we have been told government derives
its power from the consent o f the g ov
erned. apparently this does nol apply to
Black people, for we certainly do not
consent to the laws and order that for
the past 450 years have deprived us of
life , liberty, and the pursuit o f happi
ness The essential facts are that regard
less o f methodology em ployed, if suc
cessful, the by-product w ill he the
same, a broken m an/w om an, physically
and m entally sent hack to the Commun
ity
Hope and the concept of in
stitutionalization are not compatible
elements One i t institutionalixed when
all sense of self is gone The "m odel"
inmate i* the matitutionaltaad ta m te .
The mstnutionnlized inmeae hat no
sense o f aelf He i t programmed and hi*
actions show this I'm inclined to he
lieve, in order to institutionalize a per
son. his/her basic sense o f self must be
eradicated The inmate is constantly
reminded that he/she is part o f a com
munity whose needs transcend their
o w n, and in a sense this is true
M any o f us have no know ledge o f the
sub-human conditions o f existence
which characterize Prison life W e can
only hold Politicians and government
officials accountable for a new era of
unc urbed terror and official barbarism
The overwhelming majority o f the poor
prisoners arrive al their position be
cause o f the sochi -economic situation
into which they find they have been
born Granted, there are those who in
fringe upon the rights o f the C om m un
ity; they should he placed in a therapeu
tic situation That misplaced aggression
is an effect o f the economic situatHm in
which the lumpcnproletanans must
fight for their survival This system, the
same which has billions o f dollars to
spend on space suits and rockets, can
not provide jo b * fix the people The
U S has reached a point o f desperate
nithlcssness that has given rise to a so
cial, political, and economic depravity
unparalled in the history o f the world
To deprive a person of work i* to
ne gate a portion of hi* or her humanity
There w ill be poor people involved in
prostitution, dope pushing and mug
ging It'* nut because they want to do
this, but damnit, there i* little left lor
them to look forward to. Without de
cent remunerative job», the gmero-
tionai cycle of poverty is given MMbar
spin and society pick* up the mb in
increased crime, welfare and urban de
cay.
Dr Jamil Cherovee