VOL. I No. 11
. Ca aai peor servicio
Por: Victoria Guerrero ·
Cuando entr~ a la cllnica
Brady del hospital Robert B.
Green (RBG), lo primero que
vi f ue una larga linea de
personas que esperaban com­prar
sus medicinas en la far­macia.
A pesar de que ya
eran l as 5 pm, tambi~n habia
mucha gente queriendo ver a l
doctor, y era obvio que lle­vaban
mucho tiempo esperando.
Mientra s lloraban unos
ninos enfermos , l e{ una lista
de las nuevas restricciones.
*La fapnacia ·cierra a las 12~
de la noche y el fin de sema­na
a las &:30 pm. *Medicinas
que no sean "escenciales"
costar~ maS. *Van a limitar
la atenci6n que recibiran las
mujeres .embarazadas, al menos ·
que sea una emergencia.
RECEPCIONISTAS
DECIDEN EMERGENCIAS
Estaba yo en el hospital
porque iba a platicar con una
doctora para informarme mas
a fonda de lo que esta suce­diendo
en el hospital RBG. Le
pregunte a la doctora si es
cierto que ·s6lo van a admitir
casas de emergencia. Le puse
el ejemplo de que si yo lle­gaba
al RBG a las 3 am, sin
dinero, quejandome de dolores
1 , Q . / en e estomago: l u1en va a
determinar si me admiten como
caso de emergencia?
"2.Sabe quie~ esta hacienda
esa decision medica?" me dij 0
la doctora y ella misma me
contestc:(, "Es la recepcion­ista."
De modo que a la recepcion­ista
a quien le pagan poco,
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San Antonio, Texas February, 1980
Poor people wait in line a long time for medical care at the Green Hospital. (See pg. 2)
Ge'il't'e pobr-e espera-e'll' l:lne~ larg·; ti~~po-p;r~ re~ibir servicio-m;d.ic; -~n-el hospital Green.
ile dan la responsabilidad de
un doctor! .
/ La doctorq siguio comen-tando
sobre los efectos que
tendran los cambios en la
gente pobre que acude al
"Green" para atencio'n me'dica.
El condado alega que
simplemente es cuesti~n eco­n6mica.
Es decir, que el
otro hospital ya esta con­struido,
que no hay dinero
para mantener al RBG, etc.
Lamentablemente, la ciudad
vade acuerdo ' con esa razon.
(P·asa a la Pagina 6)
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400 Low-skill jobs
Corporations get CETA ·milliOns
By: John Burley
On January 2, 1980 the
"leaders" of San Antonio
announced that they had
formed a coalition to try to
attract new business and in­dustry
to San Antonio, called
"United San Antonio" or "USA'.'
They have a budget of over
$800,000 to advertise that
s~n Antonio is just "one big
happy family." What they are
really telling businessmen
and industriali sts is the
same old story that San Anto­nio
workers are cheap and
non-union.
As an exampl e of wha t they
want to do,' the founders of
"USA" point to the recent
announcement that Control
Data Corporation will be set­~
ing _ up a p lant in the Vista
Verde project on the near
l-Jestside.
The working people of San
An t onio can lear n a lot by
examining t his example.
Cont rol Data Corpor a tion
(CDC) is a multination aJ con-the
factory in Vista Verde.
This plant will employ about
400 to 600 workers, mostly in
low-skill, assembly-line op­erations.
Jobs like this usually pay
around the minimum wage. Even
if CDC paid as much as 10%
above the minimum wage, most
workers would still earn only
about $7100 a year.
One wonders why COPS tried
to take credit for bringing
CDC to San Antonio when they
were recently demanding that
any new jobs s houl d earn at
least $15,000.
Other CDC plants like the
one to come here have very
high labor turnover. Most
workers leave these jobs be­cause
of low pay and poor
working conditions. Working
at CDC will not really be any
different than working at
Sa ntone , Levi Strauss , or
Fa r ah.
Parte de la manifestacion contra el racismo . glomerate headquartered in
One of CDC's
subsidiaries, Magnetic Peri­pherals,
will be setting up
City and CDC officials h ave
led the press t o believe that
CETA funds will be used to
train workers for the factory.
This is not true. Most of the
Part of-the-march-against-the-KKK~-------- Minneapolis.
(see Page 3) (Ver p{gina 3) (Photo: EL PUEBLO)
(Continued on Page 4)
.Page 2 EL PUEBLO February, 1980
EL PUEBLO UNIDO:~- : : __- ·_ . he ·fight against racism
The January 19 march against the Ku -
Klux Klan was an event that offers se­veral
important lessons to community
activists and organizers as well as to
all workers in general.
demanded that they be allowed· to lead point for people to unite and fight
· the coordinating coalition with autho­back.
rity -to -make .. drastic changes on the It showed people that the upsurge of
racism and the Klan is not an insigni­ficant
coincidence but a stage in a
dangerous trend.
plans. --
- History· teaches us ·the fallacy of all
- these· arguments and the · serious danger
We must learn these lessons well and­apply
them to future struggles if wor­kers
in San Antonio are to emerge as a
united ·progressive force.
We must first keep in mind that the
January 19 .event was organized amid a
powerful right-wing hysteria. The city
faS under the grip of a racist, pro­~
ar atmosphere which confused some
activists into retreating and allowing
the Klan and other racists to take the
initiative.
that they represent to all workers.
History teaches us that fascism de­velops
in seemingly insignificant sta~
ges.
It also showed that the power and u­nity
of the people can overcome any
and all obstacles. If the people had
waited for the chief of police, the
The development of fascism in Italy
and Germany offers us perfect examples.
The infamous Joe McCarthy era in this -­country's
history also offers us im­portant
lessons.
_racist councilmen like Van Areher, and
the selfish "leaders" to "approve" the
march, the event would never had taken
place.
The lessons. are clear:
Among those who retreated were local
!Politicians and would-be politicians
~ho fear antagonizing wealthy racists.
By appealing to blind nationalism
and racism, fascists were able - ·to
slo~ly consolidate their strength.
Weak leaders and selfish opportunists
failed to correctly educate, alert and
mobilize the people.
The wealthy racists control the TV,
radio and newspapers. These war-mon
gers use their lackeys _to spread ru­mors
and lies against progre-ssive
struggles. They have always used ra­cism
to divide and conquer.
Others had even more selfish and
foolish excuses for retreating.
Some argued that the Klan and racism
~ill dis~ppear . magically if people
ignore both.
It is obvious that racist,right-wing
elements are busy recruiting, organi­zing
and consolidating their groups.
·But regardless of these obstacles,
history and the January 19 march
teach us that a determined united
Others proposed that the threat from
the ultra-right racists should be fou­~
ht in the courts and that community
~eople need not be mobilized. The e­ssence
of this egotistical argument is
that Super-Leaders will defend us all.
.A few selfish opportunists approached
the organizers of the mar~h after, a
lot of wo·rk had already been done and
We .need only to analyze the defeat
of Councilman Ortiz, the receni hou­sing
i~sue which resulted in a vict.ory
for bigots and racists (see article on
page 5), the open Klan activity, and
several other incidents which are con­crete
evidence that the ultra-right
racists are on the move.
effort can succeed in bringing about
justice and to strengthen the power of
the people.
Honest activists and organizers
should remember all lessons. These
are difficult and dangerous times that
call for courage and concrete action
in order to protect the gains made
· The January 19 march was a rallying through previous struggles.
SOMOS UN PUEBLO SIN FRONTERAS
t::.:J•, ··.-~ _!:.~~ To Cause Worse Services
Cutbacks at.
By: Victoria Guerre.ro
When I entered the Brady
Clinic at the Robert B. Green
Hospital (RBG), the · first
thing I saw was a long line
of people waiting to buy med­icines
from the pharmacy.
Even though it was already
Spm, there were many people
waiting to see the do~tor and
it was obvious that they had
been waiting for a long time.
While some sick children
cried, I read a list of the
new restrictions. *The phar­macy
closes at 12:30 at nigtlt
and on weekends at 8:30pm.
*Medicine that is not "essen­tial"
will cost more. *They
are going to limit the servi­ces
given to pregnant women,
unles~ it is an emergency.
CLERKS DECIDE EMERGENCIES
I was in the hospital be­cause
I was going to talk
with a doctor to get an in­sight
as to what is happening
at the Green. I asked the
doctor if it was true that
they were going to only admit
emergency cases. I gave this
example: if I come to the
RBG at 3 am, without money,
complaining of stomach pains,
who is going to decide if I'm
admitted as an emergency?
"Do you know who is making
that medical decision?" · the
doctor said, and then she her
self answered, "It's the
clerk."
In other words, the clerks
are given the responsability
of a doctor!
The do.ctor conti-nued com-menting
-upon the effects that
the changes would have upon
the people who are poor and
go to the -Green for medical
attention.
For example, the .. service
hours for the Emergency Room
will be l:imi_ted, ·_the_ clin.ics
will remain open buf only for
certain illnesses, ~;v.erybody
will have to pay .~ (in· spite of
the fact that we already pay
taxes!). - .
At any rata, everything
seemed very . inhuman. The
fact is . that .when one has a
medical emergency, <;me will .·
go to the nearest hospital­and
for the poor, that hospi­tal
is the "Green".
REFUSING SERVICE TO
UNDOCUMENTED
Undocument-ed workers will
be denied medical attention
because they are poor and be­cause
they aren't "residents"
of Bexar County. Even though
they work and pay taxes, they
do not receive public ser­vices.
The same thing goes for
all the poor of San Antonio,
be they Hexicans, , Blacks, un­documented,
whites, men or
women; if . thereis no money--­there's
no -medical service!
HOSpital DiStrict-
(Only if it's emergency, but
we know how that story ends).
OFFICIAL HYPOCRACY
In this fight, what role
does the City ~lay? The at­torneys
for the City say that
it is an injustice to close
the RBG. and they will "fight"
to prevent it.
· However, it seems a bit
strange that th~ City uses
the same argument that the
County is using. , Both groups
say that the injustice ocur­red
10 years ago when it was
decided to build the county
hospital in the Northeast
corner- of the City, far from
whe:re ' the majority of the
p.opulation lives.
The .. Gounty c;1rgues that it's
simply an economic question.
In other words, the other
. hospital is already built,
there is no money to maintain
the RBG, etc.
Unfortunately, the City
goes along with this reason.
This is the hypocracy. The
City gives away one -million
dollars to a private company
Control Data Corporation. The
County is goi~g to spend over
$12 million for a building
with offices for the bureau­crats.
_CPS ( with official
blessings) will spend $80
million on a nuclear plant in
Bay City~ TX. The County
will also spend $5 million
for a new detention center
for the poor.
But for the RBG, there is
no money.
RACISM FACTOR IN
DECISION
"The Department of Justice"
says the doctor, 'does not
have to proof that the inten­tion
of the County was to
discriminate, but rather that
it was a result."
The truth is that in cut­ting
monies and services from
RBG, the majority of people
affected are Mexicans and
Blacks, while those who bene­fit
·ted from the change were
all Anglos.
And that about racism not
heing intentional, a lady I
met in the Waiting Room said
it all when she sai.d, "It's
like when someone hits some~
one and tells him, 'I hit you
but it was not my intention
to hurt you'."
UNITE THE POOR AND
hTORKING PEOPLE
"If 500 people . can unite
to protest against the Ku
Klux Klan, I think they can
also unite to stop the chan­ges
at the hospital," commen­ted
the doctor just before I
said good-bye.
The only acceptable solu­tion
is to remodel and moder­nize
the "Green'; so that it
can continue to give services
to the poor and working
people of San Antonio.
Page 3 EL PUEBLO February, 1980
500 marchan contra el ra«Sismo en S.A.
Por: Rodolfo Flores
EI 19 de enero tuvo lugar
la marcha y mitin pbblico mas
grande que se ha visto en
San Antonio en los tlltimos
anos.
Mas de 500 manifestantes
marcharon protestando contra
el creciente racismo y la re­aparicion
del Ku Klax Klan en
la ciudad.
La manifestacion fue patro­cinada
por la Coalicion de
San Antonio Contra el KKK la
cual estaba compuesta de va­rios
grupos e individuos uni­dos
para luchar contra un e­nemigo
comDn: El racismo e­jemplificado
en el KKK.
El Klan habia tornado venta­ja
de la histeria anti-iranes
y pro-guerra para aparentar
ser una organizacibn legitima
de la comunidad.
Gene West, organizador y di­rijente
del Klari en S.A., jun­to
con otros racistas, amena­zaron
con atacar cualquier
manifestaciO'n. El Klan inti­mido
al concilio de la ciudad
y lograron que prohibieran
toda manifesta cion progre­sista.
La manifestacion del d{a 19
de enero rompio esta viola­cion
ilegal del derecho a la
libre expresion y asamblea p~­blica.
Al aumentar el respal~o de
la gente, el jefe de la poli­cia
Emil Peters se vio forza-do
a oto<gar el permiso para
la manifestacion.
Todos los oradores ·denun­ciaron
al Klan como enemigo.
del pueblo trabajador.
T; C. Calvert, co-dirijente
de un grupo estatal del pueblo
negro, dijo, "Hoy quedan ad­vertidos
los representantes
locales y estatales que el
Klan es un grupo ilegal y no
. lo vamos a tolerar."
Jaime Martine~, representan­te
internacional del sindi­cato
de electricistas, decla­re
l_q, m_archa un triunfo, "Hoy
hemos comuni£ado al pueblo
que· -los del Klap son basura,
Pla
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son individuos que se cubren
con la bandera al mismq tiem­po
que siembran su racismo."
Otros oradores incluyeron
representantes del Partido
Mundo Obrero, Boinas Caf,s,
Sindicato de trabajadores de
automotriz, MECHA, y el peri~·-·
dico EL PUEBLO.
Workers and students in S.A. came ouC against -racism and the KKK l ~st J;:muary 19.
ohreros y estudfantes en-s--:-A--:- protestat_on contra-eT rascismo_y_eT ~KK.- . --­(
Photo: EL PUEBLO)
500 People march Friday - ·March 28, 1980
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By: Rodolfo .Flores
The largest march and rally
seen in San Antonio in recent
years took place J~nuary · 19 as
over 500 demonstratois marched
to _protest the upsurge of ra­cism
and KKK activity· in S.A.
The march was sponsored by
the S. A. ·coalition Against the
KKK which brought ·together se­veral
groups and individuals
to work against a common ene­my:
Racism as embodied by
the KKK.
The Klan had taken _advanta-ge
of the anti-Iran and Pro­war
hysteria to reappear as a
legitimate 'community group~'
G ~ ne West, grand kleagle of
the Klan in S.A., and other
rednecks threatened · to phy­sically
attack any demonstra­tion.
The city council gave
in to this intimidation and
placed a ban on all progre­sive
demonstrations.
The January 19 march broke
this illegal .'md uncontitu­tional
ban.
As the C9alition succeeded
in getting community ·support,
Police Chief Emil Peters was
forced to grant a march permit.
Throughout their organizing
efforts the
attacked by
stations.
Coalition was
some radio and TV
The hundreds of eommunity
people who marched was a clear
denounciation to _ all who a­ttempted
to sabotage the march.
Speakers at the rally ·made
it clear the -Klan is not wel-comed.
" ~
T.C~ Calvert, co-chairpetson
of the Texas B1 :1ck Caucus,
told tpe crowd, "Today vJe . are
putting the city and state o­fficials
on noti~e: The Klan
is an illegal organization
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and we will not tol:rate t :m· · The propaganda and physical of government-financed resea·-
Jaime Hartinez, lnternatlo- attacks against undocumented rchers.
undocumented continue
nal representative .of the workers continues. The gover- This Houston-base group
Electrical Workers Unlon, ca- nment uses the Big-Lie tactic submitted a report claiming
lled the march a St"'·<~ss' "We while ·the Immigration and Na- · that the drastic increase in
have educated the publlc today turalization Service (INS) is crime is due to undocumented
that the Klan is scum, a bunch increasing its gestapo- like workers.
of nobodies who wave ~he repn~ssion. William Howell, chairman of
American flag while preachlng The Big-Lie is being used the group, said, "We strongly
" . . racism. . . . by the government to accuse suspect that the lncrease 1n
Others speakers lncluded undocumented workers of cau- crime is linked to the influx
spokespersons foe the Workers sing all the economic and so-, of illegal aliens."
World Party, Brown Ber:ts' cial problems ·plaguing the U. At the same time, ··more INS
United Auto Workers Unlon, S. officers are being reported
MECHA, and EL PUEBLO Collec- Although study after study and charged with abusing un-have
proved the claims to be documented workers.
unjustified, the propaganda One of these is INS officer
continues. Michael Kennedy who has been
As the economy worsens ere- charged with raping and. kil­ating
more social problems ling Mexican women he caught
like theft, unemployment and entering the U.S.
~urJer, the ridiculous lies A Justice Department offi-become
more desperate. cial said, "This guy was appa-
.An example of this is the rently using his job to pick
recent story reported by the up good-looking Hexi.can
Associated Press about a vomen."
"discovery" m~de by a group
' - Page 4 EL -~UEBLO February, 1980 ·~ (fv00oNEY~
USA~ EconOm'ic
development·
for the rich only
For years theruling elite in San Antonio put most of its
efforts into tourism, land speculation and keeping tte mili­tary
bases.
Manufacturin-g industries were ignored when they weren't
actively discouraged from moving to San Antonio.
The main reason for this anti-industry attitude was that
McAllister, Zachary, · McCombs and other wealthy businessmen
feared losing their absolute control over the city.
The creating of United San Antonio (USA), however (see
article on page 1), represents the latest move by a competing
power bloc led by people like General McDermott of USAA and ­Councilman
Henry Cisneros. They want to promote what they
call "economic development" at all costs.
This McDermott-Cisnetos group wants to sell the idea that
San Antonio has a "good climate for business."
In practice that means they want groups· like COPS to break
up, or not to rock the boat and not to demand too much.
They could not persuade COPS to join USA but unfortunately
they were able to convince the COPS leadership to ;support the
handouts to Control Data Corporation. ,
A "good business climate" also means lc:trge government grants
to business, lmv- cost loans, free public land, and gifts to -
bosses.
Historically, American businesses have always depended on
government handouts. Businessmen only object to help for the
poor~ the unemployed and the workers.
There is nothing surprising in the de~l between the City
and Cont~ol Data. However, we must always be prepared to .
read be'tween the lines when vle read announcements ~- in the
daily newspapers that corporations are coming to town.
They will not be ~ onest about the hand0uts they are getting
and the politicians like to 'inflate their claims about- the
number or quality of ; jobs -created and the wages to be paid.
Furthermore, when Cisneros, McDermott and others talk about
a 'good -business climate" they really mean a chance to ex-ploit
local workers. ·
A "good busines'i ,•climate" to them means 'you can pay local
workers as low as you want and they won't complain.'
Why? Because this is a right-to-work state where unions
are weak and workers are weak and divided.
The best response to USA and other ~~arts at
development" is for the workers of San , Antonio ~ {:o
tant trada unions to fight for their rights and
"economic
form mili­for
their
rightful share of the wealth they create.
. CDCRip•oH
(Continued from page 1)
jobs are too low-skill to re­quire
much training.
The truth is that the City
has agreed to give another
CDC division called Fairbreak
$1 million· worth of business,
using CETA funds to buy CDC
computer terminals and other
products and services. Since
you don't buy a computer one
yea'r and throw it away the
next, that deal means milli­ons
more CETA dollars for CDC
in years to come.
This CETA "bribe", as it
has been called by one out-side
ob~rver, is only one
part of ~:~"a· pa·tkage of goodies
the City is giving CDC. As - a
result, CDC ·'wi·ll not have to
buy the land or the building
for its - factory. GDC · will
make almost no investment in
San Antonio, but San Antonio
is investing millions o(. CETA
dollars in :cue ~q-iiipmeht ._:
The CDC facf~ry'' repre-sents
only the . first venture of
USA. Observers._ .are worried
that future similar ' deals
will be forced upon the
working people of San Antonia
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USA- Desarollo para los ricos
Desde hace anos en San Antonio los rices
centraroh en- el turismo, la especulacion de
mantener las bases militares. Industrias
fue~on ignoradas a punto. casi de oponerse a
San Anton-io.
en poder se con-­las
tierras y en
manufacturer as
que entraran .en
La razon principal por dicha act.itud era q1..1e HcAlli'ster,
Zachary, McCombs y demas rice-s negociantes ten{an miedo de
perder su control absoluto de la ciudad.
La creacion de Untdo San Antonio (USA) -vea artf.culo en ~a
pr:Lmer pa'gina- -representa la mas recien movida de un . gruro
encabezado par gente como el general McDermott y el consejal
Henry Ci&ne~os. Ella~ quiere~ promover a todo costa lo que
ellos llciman "desarrol.lo ~conomico." -
~ste grupo\ de McDermc:tt:...Cisneros, que ahara compite par la
influencia, quiere V~t1d.e:-r ~~~ ~-idea de ,que S. A. tiene un "buen
clima para negocios. n - ·--· ·, . '- - · ·
En la. practica .esto sign:tfica que ellos quieren que grupos
como COPS se callen, que nb alboroten a la gente, y que no
exija~ mucho. '
No pudieron convencer a COPS a que se unieran a USA, pero
des'afortunadamente pudieron convencer al liderato de COPS a
que apoyaran la movida con Control Data Corporation.
Un "buen clima para negocios1.' - significa grandes subsidios
del gobierno al negociante, prestamos a costa reducido, rega­los
de tierra publica y otros regales mas para los patrones.
Historicamente, los negocios norteamericanos siempre han
dependido de regales del gobierno. Los . negociantes solo se ·
_quejan cuando el gobierno le ayuda a los pobres, a los desem­pleados
y a los trabajadores.
No hay nada de nuevo en el "arreglo" entre _la ciudad y
Control Data. Pero siempre debemos estar listos para leer
entre las lineas cuando leemos anuncios sabre corporaciones
que vienen -a San Antonio.
Cuando ellos hablan de "un buen clima para negocios" se re­fieren
a lo facil que es explotar a los trabajadores en San
Antonio.
Se refieren a que en S.A. les pueden pagar a los obreros lo
que sea y nadie protestar;.
lPor que? Porque aqu{ domina la ley del derecho al traba­jo
que debilita a los sindic~tos y divide a los obreros.
La mejor respuesta a USA o cualquier otro esfuerzo para
el "desarrollo economico" es que los trabaj adores dt-: San
Antonio formen sindicatos militantes que luchen por sus
derechos y por la parte de la riqueza que crean y por
derecho les corresponde.
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: Not a day goes by that the rich us. tered woman" has become a national I
1 man's press does not run a front-page When it is difficult to buy gas, problem in our society. I
1 story on violence~nd murder. Radios, food and shelter, tensions mount in Lately, we have discovered thatl
tvs, and newspapers give wide cover- the society. When at our work places there are thousands upon thousands of1
age and publicity to it, especially we suffer racism, sexism, and exploi- women who are suffering broken bones,:
to murders on . the east, west and tation, frustration increases. When bruised eyes, slaps and punches, and1
south sides of town. everywhere we turn the dollar sign sometimes even rape in their own home&l
But although so much time is given comes before human need, people ex- This problem has become so large I
to cover vioLence, the media never plode. that it affects each one of us. Thel
attempts to explain or clarify the We believe that the people's unity woman who lives in fear and isolation
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root of violence in our society. at all levels - at horne, at work and may be your neighbor, friend, sister
By not doing so there is a sense in the community - is vital in stop- or mother.
of fear and frustration instilled in ping racism, sexism, injustice and It is a problem that effects our
the minds of the p,eople, leading us economic oppression. Until we have an struggle as workers as well. Whenever
to fight and kill each other. economic system that is organized to one group of people is imprisoned by
We must ask ourselves however, why ·BENEFIT humanity and not to make PROFIT oppression and fear-we are all impri­is
there so much violenc~ in the from it we will continue to havepeople soned.
society? exploiting and abusing other people. It is for this reason PERSPECTIVA
PERSPECTIVA FEMENIL wouid like to By keeping people alienated from one FEMENIL will dedicate the next three
answer that question by analyzing an another the bosses can better control columns to battered women. We will
aspect of domestic violence and how us. explore how the judicial system, the
it relates to the struggle against police and even the church promote.
all injustices that oppress us. In Violence occurs when we lash out domes.tic violence. We will discuss 1
particular, as it is a column on wo- our frustrations at one another and the battered . woman herself, how her 1
men, we will focus on the woman who is NOT at the system t_hat creates those struggle for freedom is so very diffi- a·
continously subjected to physical frustrations in us. cult and last we will discuss solutionEI
abuse in her horne. The male worker in particular, to this most important problem. I
EL PUEBLO believes that violence in motivated by sexist attitudes he is We offer this series with the know- : ·
the home should be analyzed, under- taught often feels that the woman is ledge that one day all workers - women 1
stood, and opposed. The root of all someone inferior to him and upon whom and men - will live free from humilia- 1
violence is an unjust economic system he tan take out his frustrations. tion and oppression building a society I
that tries to divide us and conquer As a result, . the so-called "bat-:- that puts human need before profit. I
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BANDER~LAZOS POLITICOS
By: ARMANDINA SALDIVAR
~rs. Saldivar has a degree in socio­logy
and is also a Social \<Torker. H.er
column is based on her professional
experience and observations.
Let's talk about the Barnett case.
If you remember, five ~exican teen­agers
beat up an .~glo teenager who
died. ~ow the District Attorney is
trying to prosecute them because he
says they are responsible ~or the
death even though .the :-tedical :::xaminer
says otherNise. What · gets me about
the whole thing is how the papers are
playing up the broken hearted mother's
part. For days they have shown the
mother of .the dead boy crying or ask­ing
for another autopsy, or asking for
an investigation because she (accord­ing
to the media) is broken up over
her son's death. .
There is no doubt i~ my mind that
the blond-haired, divorced_ mother
cared some for her son, after" all most
mothers do. However some care more
then others.
Right around that time, there was a
Mexican teenager, Javier S.anche.z, who
•.ras killed by the l)Olice. This Mexi­can
teenager is just as dead as the
3arnett boy. However, his ~other (~ho
News
is also divorced) ~as not been shown
in her hour of grief. Regardless of
the circumstances of how the boys died
I am sure that the mother of the
~exican boy ctlso feels something about
the cop who killed her son.
Yet she has not been given the
opportunity to state her feelings like
the Barnett mother, who said that ~hat
she thought about the ~edical Examiner
would not be printed. The mother of
the Mexican teenager should be given
the opportunity of blasting the copL
Atter all, if the Barnett ~other
can blast a member of the establish­ment
such as the Medical Examiner,
then the other mother can blast the
policeman ~ho is also part of the es­tab-
lishment.
3oth. mothers should be given" time .
in the media, because if the Barnett
mother, who allowed the father to take
the children when she .divorced him,
cares for her son, the~ you can ima­gine
the feelings of the mother of the
~1exican boy '.-THO KEPT her children when
she got ·divorced. After all, the
mother of the Mexican boy cared enough
for -him to keep him and she did not
wait until he was dead to develop
"motherly feelings."
Briefs
EL SALVADOR: Military repression continues in this Central Affierican country. In
a January 22 march where more than 200,000 workers participated against thedic­catorship~
military ~arksmen shot killing 200 persons arid woundini 300 others,
in a calculated attack to stop the ~opular manifestations. A spokesperson
the Popular Revolutionarv Slock, the largest progressive mass organization
El Salvador, said that the military and ~ational Guard have beeh assassinating
hundreds of farm workers in the Department of Chinatenango. Archbishop Arnulfo
Romero of El Salvador, when ~sked to comment on the current situation in the
country said, "when all possible peaceful means have been exhausted, the
insurrection of the people follows."
The workers from El Teniente mine in Chile have paralized the
production upon going on strike. About half of the copper produced
comes from Chile and El Teniente is the largest copper ~ine of the country. This
strike is very important due to the militancy and unity of the miners, since the
strikes have been l)rohibited by the Eascist regime of Pinochet.
AFGHANISTAN: In the month of January 1980, the CSSR was censured by .the United
Nations for its militar; participation in Afghanistan. However, in a study done
by the Brookings rnstitute for the US Office . of )laval Research, the following
data was reported. Since 1945, the Pentagon has intervined militarily 215 times
for example: Chile 1946, Turkey 1947, Iran 1948, China 1949, Korea 1950-51,
Liberia 1952, Taiwan 1953, Guatemala 1954, ~icaragua 1955, ~orroco 1956, Indo­nesia
1957, Lebanon 1958, Panama 1959, the Congo 1960, Zanzibar 1961, Cuba 1962,
Ye~en 1963, Brazil 1964, Dominican Republic 1965, Thailand l966, Greece 1967,
Korea 1968, Curacao 1969, Jordan 1970, Bangla Desh 1971, Laos -1972, Kampuchea
1973, Cyprus 1974 and Viet Siam 1975. The l.:nited States has ~lEVER been censured
by the United Nations!
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.. "Tim ~IJGpe~t de.e6 Ult U6 fke T'Wfk"
." E&u ·p~ r,{ m diu fa Ve'Ultul'.'
Racists obttlin
seat on SAHA
give rewards to racists m1d in
C.A.S.A. (Citizens Active in making this appointment they
San Antonio), the organization have shown the lack of concern
that opposed low-income h ·:,u- for housing for the poor.",
sing for poor families, had The racist campaign against
one of its leaders appointed housing for the poor initiated
to the S.A. Housing Authority. by C.A.S.A. has spread to
Edward Minarich Jr. had to other neighbordhoods.
immediately defend himself on In some areas, high school
-his appointment as· many - saw it kids are being used to help
as a dea~ made to get C.A.S.A. the racist campaigns.
to suppbrt the past bond issue For example, over 300 stu-
Others,- such as Lupe Torres dents at East Central High
SARA b~ard chairman, openly School signed an anti-public
said there may be conflict of housing petition at the school.
interest. · "If he is a member This action was encouraged
of C .A .. S .A., how _ can he vote by Pat Holmes, superintendent
agains:t himself if the cornrni- of East Central School Dis­ssioner$-.:~
decide in recornrnen- trict. Holmes himself has
ding another prbje~t in his opposed having poor Mexican
area ?1
' , .- ~<?rres asked. and Black families move into
His , appointment also prornp- his district claiming that it
ted a Hi:rasol. Homes ... resident "will hurt the district's
' ... ., 11 ._ . ·•·"·~~-· -·· ~·- -~ . II to say; . Tl?~ --:- city ··seems to educational environment.
Page 6 EL PUEBLO February, 1980
,. PERSPECTIVA :FEMEN:IL . . iolencia Domestica ,.
No falta el d1a en que la prensa de
los ricos no tiene una historia en
primera plana, hablando de violencia y
asesinatos. La radio, la television y
los periodicos lo cubren ampliamente
dandole publicidad, especialmente a
los asesinatos en las areas este,
oeste y sur de la ciudad.
Pero a pesar de que le dan tanta
atencion a la violencia, los medios de
comunicacion nunca tratan de explicar
o clarificar la raiz de la violencia
en nuestra sociedad.
Al no hacerlo se impone una sensa­cion
de temor y frustramiento en las
mentes de la gente, haciendonos pelear
y matarnos unos a otros.
Sin embargo, debernos preguntarnos,
lpor quehay tanta violencia en nues­tra
sociedad?
PERSPECTIVA FEMENIL quiere respon­uer
esta pregunta analizando · un
aspecto de la violencia domestica y
ver como se relaciona con la lucha
contra todas las injusticias que nos
oprirnen. En particular, ya que es una
columna sabre la mujer, nos enfoca-.
remos en la mujer que continuamehte
esta sujeta al abuso f{sico en su
hagar.
EL PUEBLO cree que la violencia en
el hogar debe -ser analizado, compren­dido
y debemos oponernos. La raiz de
toda la violencia es un injusto
sistema . economic·o que trata de divi­dirnos
para conquistarnos.
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Cuando es dif{cil comprar gas,
comida y . vivienda, las . tensiones
aumentan en la sociedad. Cuando en
nuestros centros de trabajo sufrimos
raci-smo, sexismo y explotacion ' · la
frustracion crece. Cuando dondequiera
/ / que volteemos el signa del dolar viene
antes que la necesidad humana, la
gente explota. Al mantener a la gente
enajenada -una de la otra, los
patrones nos controlan mejor.
Nosotros creemos que la unidad del
pueblo en todo los niveles - en la
casa, en el trabajo y en la comunidad­es
necesario para parar el racismo,
sexismo, injusticia y opresion econo­mica.
Hasta que no tengamos un sistema
economico que est~ organizado para
BENEFICIO de la humanidad y no para
hacer GANANCIAS de ella, continuaremos
teniendo gente explotando y abusando
de otras personas.
La violencia ocurre cuando desqui­tamos
nuestras frustraciones entre
nosotros mismos y no contra el sistema
que nos produce estas frustaciones que
llevamos dentro.
El hombre en particular, motivado
por actitudes sexi~tas que le han
ensenado, siente que la mujer es al­guien
inferior a ~1, alguien en quien
puede desquitar sus frustraciones.
Como resultado, la llamada "mujer
golpeada" se h~ convertido en un pro­blema
nacional de controversia en
nuestra sociedad.
·Ultimamente, se ha descubierto que
hay miles de mujeres que sufren huesos
quebradas, ojos morados, cachetadas y
golpes a puna cerrado, y en veces son
violadas en sus propios hogares.
Este problema se ha hecho tan
grande que nos afecta a cada uno. · La
mujer que vive en temor y aislada
puede ser su vecina, su amiga, su her­mana
o su madre.
Es un problema que tambien afecta
nuestra lucha como trabajadores.
Siempre que un grupo de personas sea
encarcelada por opresion y miedo,
todos estaremos encarcelados.
Es por esta razon que PERSPECTIVA
FEMENIL dedicara las proximas tres co­lumnas
a la mujer golpeada. Explora­remos
como el sistema judicial, la
polic·{a y aun la iglesia, promueven la
violencia 'dome'stica. Hablaremos de la
propia mujer golpeada, como su lucha
para libertad es tan dif{cil y por ~1-
timo . hablaremos · de soluciones para
este importante problema.
Ofrecemos esta serie sabiendo que
un d{a todos los trabajadores -mujeres
y hombres- viviran libres de humilla­cion
y opresion, construyendo una
sociedad que ponga la necesidad hurnana
antes las ganancia$.
Invitamos a nuestros lectores a que
nos escriban tocante sus experiencias
personales, o comentarios acerca de
este muy serio problema.
"Green" con'd.
(Viene de la. primera pagina)
Par ejemplo, las horas de
servicio de la Sala de Emer­gencia
'· seran limitadas, las
/ / b. cl1nicas permaneceran a 1er-tas_
pero s6lo para ciertas
enfermedades, toda persona
tiene que pagar (ia pesar de
que ya pagamos impu~stos!).
En fin, todo parece muy
inhumano. El caso es que
cuand.o uno tiene una emergen-
"' / cia medica, uno ira al hospi-
UNIR A LA GENTE POBRE
Y TRABAJADORA
"Si 500 personas pueden
unirse para protestar contra
el Ku Klux Klan, creo yo que
se puede hacer tambien para
parar ~1 .cambio del hospital','
me comento la doctora _poco
antes ~€ que me despidiera de
ella.
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tal mas cercano - y para la
gente pobre, .dicho hospital
es e:1 RBG.
table es que se remodele y
modernize el RBG para · que
pueda continuar dando buen
servicio a la gente pobre de
San Antonio.
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Breve-s
EL .SALVADOR: La represion ~ilitar continJa en este pa{s ~entro americana.
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l~ dictadura, franco tiradores ~ilitares Jlataron a 200 personas 0! hirieron a 3oo·1 ~as, en un ataque calculado a parar las ~anifestaciones populares . . ~n vocero
del Bloque Popular Revolucionario ', la mas grande organizacion rna::; iva progresis-~
ta de El Salvador, ·dijo que el ejercito y la Guardia ~acional han estado asesi­nando
a centenares de campesinos en ~1 Departamento de Cbina·tenango". El Arzo-1
bispo Arnulfo Romero de El Salvador declarb de la actual situacion en el pa{s, I
"cuando se han agotado todos los medias pac{ficos posibles, corresponde la in­sureccion
armada d~l pueblo."
I CHILE: Los trabajadores de la mina El Teniente en Chile han paralizado la pro- I
duccion de cobre al salirse en huelga. Casi la mitad del cobre producido en el I
mundo viene de Chile y El Teniente es la mina de cobre mas grande del pa{s. Esta
huelga es muy importante debido a la militancia y unidad de los mineros, ya que J
las huelg~s estan prohibidas por el regimen fascista de Pinochet. I
AFGHANIST~~: En e l mes de enero de 1980, la URSS fue censurada por l as Nacionesl
Unidas por su participacion militar en Afghanistan. Sin embargo, en un estudio
hecho por la Institucion Brookings para la Oficina Americana d; Investigaci~n I
Naval, se reportan los siguientes datos. · oesde 1945, el ?entagono ha interve­nido
militarmente 215 veces, por ejemplo: Chile 1946, Turqu{a 1947, Iran 1948, I
China 1949, Korea 1950-51, Liberia 1952, Taiwan 1953, Guatemala 1954, Nicaragual
1955, ~arruecos 1956, Indonesia 1957, Lebano 1958, Panama 1959, el Congo 1960,
Zanzibar 1961, ·Cuba 1962, Yemen 1963, Brazil 1964, RepJblica -Dominicana 1965, I
Tailandia 1966, Grecia 1967, Korea 1968, C~tacao 1969, Jordania 1970, Bangla I
Desh 1971, Laos 1972, Kampuchea 1973, Chipro/ 1974 y Viet: Nam 1975. ~Los Estados
Unidos ~NCA ha sido censurado por las Naciones Unidas! J ------------------------
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SE NEGARA SERVICIO
A INDOCUMENTADOS
A los trabajadores indocu­mentados
se les negara aten­cion
medica porque "son pobres
y porque no son "residentes"
del condado de Bexar. A pesar
de que trabajan y que. pagan
.impuestos, no reciben servi~
cios p~blicos.
Y lo mismo va con toda· la
gente pobre de San Antonio,
. ya sean mexicanos, negros,
indocumentados, blancos, hom­bres
o mujeres; &Si no hay
dinero--no hay servicio medi­co!
(S~lo si es una emergencia
pero ya sabemos como termina
ese cuento).
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HIPOCRECIA OFICIAL
En todo este pleito, iqu~
papel juega la ciudad? Los
abogados de la ciudad dicen
que es una
el RBG y
evitarlo.
injusticia cerrar
"pelearan" para
Sin embargo, se me hace
raro que la ciudad use el
mismo argument'o que usa el
condado. Ambos grupos dicen
que la injusticia ocurri6
hace 10 anos cuando se deci­dio
construir el hospital del
condado en la orilla noroeste
de la ciudad, lejos de donde
vive la mayor{a de la pobla-
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C10n.
Esta es la hipocrec1a. La
- ciudad regala un millon de
dolares a la compafi{a privada
de Control Data Corporation.
El co.ndado va a gastar arriba
de $ii miilones en un edificio
de oficinas para sus burocra­tas.
El CPS (con bendicion
oficial) va a gastar $80 mi­llones
en la planta nuclear en
Bay City, TX. El condado va
a ' gastar $5 millones en un
nuevo centro de detenciO'n de
los pobres.
Pero para el RBG, no hay
dinero •.
RACISM~ FACTOR EN
DECISION
"El Departamento de Jus­ticia"
dice la doctora "no
tiene que probar que la inte~
cion del condado era de des­criminar,
sino que fue el
resultado."
La verdad es que al recor­tar
el dinero y los servicios
del RBG, la mayor{a de los
afectados son mexicanos y
negros, mientras que los que
se beneficiaron con el cambio
fueron puros anglos.
·y eso de q'ue no fue inten­cional,
bien lo explico una
senora que conoci en la Sala
de Espera, "Es como la per­sona
que le pega a otro y le
dice 'Te pegue pero no fue mi
intencion lastimarte'."
Page 7 EL PUEBLO February, 1980
EL PUEBLO ·UNIDO La JuChd;~(j(ffra el racismo
La marcha del 19 de enero contra el
Ku Klax Klan fue un evento que ofrece
varias lecciones tanto a organizadores
y activistas como a todos los obreros.
Necesitamos aprender estas lecciones
y aplicarlas a nuestras futuras luchas
si el pueblo en San Antonio va a con­vertirse
en una fuerza progresista.
Ante que todo recordemos que la ma­nifestaci~
n del d{a 19 se organizo du­rante
un per{odo de histeria ultra­derechista.
La ciudad pasaba por un
per{odo "super-racista y pro-guerra.
Esta situacion confundi6 a algunos
activistas haciendolos retroceder y
permitir que el Klan y otros racistas
tomaran la iniciativa.
Entre los que retrocedieron se en­contraron
politiqueros y aspirantes a
politiqueros.
Otros ofrecieron razones aun m~s e­go!
stas ~ tontas por haber r~trocedido.
Alegaban que el Klan y el racismo
desapareceran magicamente si la gente
los ignora.
Otros alegaban que la amenaza por
los racista y ultra-derechistas se de­be
combatir en las cortes sin mobili­zar
a la gente. En otras palabras,
los 'super l{deres' solitos derrota­ran
al Klan y el racismo.
Algunos de estes oportunistas despu~s
les exijieron a los organizadores · de
la manifestacion (despues que ·· estes
hab{an heche ya mucho trabajo) que se
les permitiera ingresar a la Coalicitn
coordinadora perc como l{deres y con
" autoridad de hacer cambios drasticos
en los planes.
La historia nos ensena lo ·equivoca­do
y peligroso que son estas actitudes.
El ' desarrollo del fascismo en Italia
y Alemania son e]emplos claros. La
epoca del fascista Joe McCarthy en E.
U. tambien es·otra leccion.
Los fascistas lograron consolidar su ·
fuerza poco a pQco usando demagogia
ciegamente nacionalista y el racismo.
Ya se ha vista que los racistas y
ultra-derechistas estan reclutando,
organizando y consolidando su poder.
Solo se necesita analizar la derro~
ta del consejal Rudy Ortiz, la recien­te
cuestion sabre las viviendas p~bli­cas,
la actividad descarada del Klan,
y muchos ejemplos concretes que pruc­ban
qu~ la ultra-derecha se estimobi­lizando.
La manifestaci~n del 19 de enero
sirvio/ para unir a la gente para re­sistir
y luchar.
Demostro/ai pueblo que el aumento en
racismo y actividad del Klan no son
coincidencias aisladas. Son etapas
de un proceso mas peligroso.
Tambiem: demostro' que la fuerza y uni­dad
de la gente puede derrotar cual­quier
obstaculo. Si la gente hubiera
esperado hasta que el jefe de polic{a,
los consejales racistas como Van
Archer y los "l!deres" ego{stas hubie­ran
"aprobado" la marcha, nunca se
hubiera llevado a cabo nada.
Las lecciones son muy claras:
Los racistas ricos controlan la TV,
la radio y los periodicos. Estes ama­ntes
de "las guerras usan sus lacayos
para crear rumores y mentiras · para
destruir movimientos progresistas.
Siempre han usado el racismo para di­vidir
y conquistar.
Perc la historia y la marcha del dfa
19 tambien nos ensenan que con un es­fuerzo
unido y determinado se puede
luchar por justicia y re-enforzar el
poder de la gente.
Activistas y organizadores honestos
y el pueblo en general d~ben de recor­dar
estas lecciones.
Hoy pasamos per tiempos muy dificiles
y peligrosos que requieren valor y
accion concreta para proteger nuestras
victorias del pasado.
SOMOS .UN PUEBLO SIN FRONTERAS
Acusados de crear Ia crisis
'\ Ataques continUan ·
Per: Rodolfo Flores contra •
La propaganda y los ataques
f{sicos contra trabajadores
indocumentados continua. El
gobierno sigue mintiendo mien­tras
que el Servicio de Irtmi­gracion
y Naturalizacion (SIN)
aumenta su represion.
El gobierno estausando men
tiras para acusar a los indo-cumentados
de crear todos los
problemas sociales y economi-cos
que aflijen a E. U.
. A pesar de que todos los
estudios he~hos prueban que
las acusaciones son mentiras,
el gobierno continua su pro­paganda.
Segun se empeora la econo­m{
a causando mas problemas
sociales como robos, desem­pleo,
etc. l2s rid{culas
mentiras se vuelven mas de­sesperadas.
Un ejemplo de esto es la
"noticia" reportada por la
Prensa Asoci ada sabre un "des-mextcanos
cubrimiento" de un grupo de
investigadores empleados 1 k~.-r
el mismo gobierno.
Este grupo de Houston entre­go
un reporte donde a 1 P~r.an
que el aumento_ de cr{menes se
debe al aumento de ind·ocumen­tados.
William Howell, dirijente
del grupo, dij o, -"Sospechamos
que el aumento de cr{menes
esta ligado a la llegada de
mas ilegales."
Al mismo tiempo, mas agentes
del SIN han side acusados de
abusar de indocumentados.
Uno de lo~ muchos ca2os
concierne Michael Kennedy
quien ha side acusado de ul­trajar
y asesinar a mujeres
indocumentadas que ~1 deten{a.
Un oficial del Departamento
de Justicia dijo, "Este hom­bre
usaba su posicion como a­gente
para levantar a mujeres
mexicanas."
Apoye Su Periodico
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SIN
vendido
Por: Rodolfo Flores el Departamento de Segurtdad
El Comite Consejero ala Co- Publico de Texas •.• ?"
mision de Derechos Civiles de " ... llamenme vendido si as{
E. U. ha publicado un reporte lo desean. Mi patria .... , t· s
sabre su extensive estudio de primero y mi raza tendra ·1ue
las practicas y polisas del ser secundaria.
Servicio de Inmigracion y Na- Presentar todo a favor de los
turalizacion (SIN). Chicanos ... es injusto a otros.
EL PUEBLO rec-om:Lenda que to- Claro que nosotros (Chicanos)
dos lean este r eporte. Cont je- somes sub-representados casi ·
ne evidencia documentada sabre al punta de ser totalmente ex­los
abusos, persecucion y ac- clu{dos ... pero yo soy leal a
to's criminales perpetrados por mi patria y respeto sus 1eyes
el SIN contra indocumentados. y sus -instituciones."
Los siguientes son extractos Firmado: RICHARD CASILLAS
de la respuesta escrita al Co- INS , Director de Distrito
mite por el director del SIN
en San Antonio:
" ... he le:l.do el reporte ... me
disgusto que hubiera tantos
abogados privados y p~blicos
como testigos (contra el SIN)"
" ... el Comite no fue_ parej o
ni imparcial. GPor que no se
nos compara, per ejemplo, cc•n
los 'rinches' de Texas o con
Comentario de EL PUEBLO:
Estas observaciones enfermas
de Casillas hablan por si
mismas. Son una alarmante e­videncia
de los horribles
efectos· que tiene en la mente
humana el colonialismo.
(Para capias del Reporte,
llame a (512) 229-5570)
Page 8 EL PUEBLO February, 1980
Carter's' ell-aft signals war
By Brian Becker
Op January 23, President ·
Carter announced on national
television that he was plan­ning
to revive the Selective
Service registration of mil­lions
of young people~ossibly
including women for the first
time- with the purpose of
drafting youth into the mili­tary
in the future.
Since Carter's speech
thousands of people~ most ·of
them draft age - have j oine_d
mass demonstration-s in oppo­sition
to the Selectiv-e Ser­vice.
WHY THE DRAFT NOW
lilly has Carter decided to
revive the draft now just
seven years after the US
troops were pulled out of
VietNam and five years after
the Selective Service System
was dismantled?
A short look at the his­tory
of the military draft
tells ;us a great deal about
why Carter has decided on
this new policy and ·why mil­lions
of people s 'ee it as .a
drastic step : in 'the prepara­tion
of a new war.
-In the two hundred year
history of this country the
military draft has been in
existence for only 35 years.
But those 35 years coincide
with US involvement in maj or
war s or j ust prior 'to a war.
In this century the draft
was first introduced in 1917
the year the US decided . to
enter World War I. The draft
was abolished at the conclu­cion
of the - war only to be
revived in 1940 just one year
before the US entered · in the
Second World War. Because of
the mass opposition to the
· s e lec tive Servi ce System that
developed at t -he end of World
War II the system was done
away with shortly after the
hostilitiei ended. But the
Truman administration revived
the draft 2 years l~ter in
l948 in what was cons iderPd
the first "peace-time" drc.ft
in US history. When . the gov-·
ernment sent hundreds of
thousands of · US drafte~s to
fight ~n Korea in 1950, how­ever
it became clear that the
INS · Director admitS
being sell-out
By: Rodo1fo Flores ment of Publ {c Safety ... ?tt
The Texas Advisory Committee " ... Call me a Tio Tomas if
to the U.S. Commossion on Ci- you wish. - My country and fa- ·.
~il Rights has published a re- mily cpmes first and my heri­port
of its extensive research tage has to take a back seat.
on the practices and policies To say everything or more for
of the . Immigration and Natura- .the Chicanos ... is unfair to
lization Service (INS). others. Sure we (Chicanos) are
EL PUEBLO recommends that upder-;represented · almost - to
it be read by ' everyone. the point of being totally ex- _
It provides documentable cludEi'd ... but I am loyal to my
evidence of the abuse, ~er~~~ , ~ountry and respect its laws
cution and plain crin{inal acts· and institutions."
perpetrated by the INS against ·.. II ••• You ar~ invited to come
undocumented workers. ·· ... to our District operations.
The following are excerpts I ... will show you the johns
from the written answer given (rest rooms) in our alien pro­to
the Committee py the di- cessing centers. I'm so proud
'rector ·of the S. A. INS d.is t..:... of them! . There they sit in
rict: shimmering . shining stainless
" ... I ·have read the report steel. .. "
and ·my initial impulse was signed: RICHARD CASILLAS
that it should not be digni- District Director INS
fied with my observations ... "
new "peace-timei' draft was
just the old war · time draft
with another name. This
peace-time draft was not ab­olished
after the Korean War
on the pretext that the US
had to be "militarily ready
to fight the ·threat of Com­munism
in Asia" and just 7
years later the US was begin-ning
to dispatch . troops to
VietNam.
·WAR -BENEFITS ONLY THE RICH
By tracing the history of
the draft .it becomes unm_ist­akeably
clear that the Selec­tive
Service exists for one
r~ason only- WAR. The people
of this country, especiall y
the Mexican, Bl a ck, A~ian,
Native, and white working
class youth, have spent 15 of
the last 30 years fighting in
Korea .and VietNam. Over
100,000 Americans died in
these wars and a million more
were crippled, disabled, or
will suffer life-iong illness
from · poi~onous chemicals de­foliants
used by the US to
destroy these small Asian
countries. On-ly th_e corporate
profits of the largest war
industries · came out unhurt
in these wars.
Carter wants to revive the
draft in order to defend,
what he calls US vital inter­ests
in the Middl e East. This
is really a step tow~rd war
and that is why so many
people have already demonstr-·
ated their opposition. The
"vital interests" Garter re­fers
to are the absolutely
enormous profits of t~e tlS
oil monopolies that have huge
investments - in the middle
eastern countries.
The vital interests of
poor and working people her~
however, lie n ot in a new
VietNam-type war abroad ·but
in getting jobs at decent
wages, keeping the sorely
needed hospitals open, build­ing
new low income housing
for our families and new
schools for our children . I_n­stead
of spending $150 bi l l­ion
on the war b ~dget Carter
should give priority to end­ing
the poverty, suffer ing,
and hunger right here at
home ..
Raci.s t.a sc obtienen· ;,
pOSICIOn en ·sAHA.
Un resj.dente de los Mirasol
" ... I resent that private EL PUEBLO comment:
and legal aid attorneys were sick observations
abundantly present as witn~-· themselves.
C.A. S.A. (Ciudadanos Activos Homes comento', "Parece que la
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Casilla's enS. A.), la organizacion que ciudad siempre recompensa a
speak for se opuso a la construccibn de -los racistas. Con este nom­sses
(against INS)." They stand as alarming evi-
" ... as a group the inquisi~ dence of the horrible effects
tors are unfit to be fair and of colonialism on the human
impartial ... How do we (INS) 6rain . .
·compare, say, to the Texas (For copies of the report,
Rangers, or the Texas Depart- call (512) 229-5570) - .
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viviendas pJblicas para gente bramiento nos han demostrado
pobre, ha logrado que uno_ de que no les importa la iettte
sus l{deres fuera nombrado a pobre."
lamesa directiva de la ·Agen- La campa~a racista iniciada
cia de Viviendas de S.A. (SARA). por C.A.S.A. contra viviendas
Edward Mina.rich Jr. ha teni- para gente pobre se ha exten­do
que defender su nombramien- dido a otras areas.
to ya que mucha gente lo ve En algunas areas los racis­como
un "arreglo" que se hizo tas estan usando jovenes para
para obtener el respaldo de S· que ayuden con su campana.
A.S.A. en la reciente eleccion · Por ejemplo, mas de 300 es­sobre
los bonos. tudiantes de la escuela secun-
Personas como· Lupe Torres, daria East Central High firma­dirijente
de SARA, declar~ qu/e ron · una peticiO'n contra vi­existe
un conflicto de interes.viendas publicas .
, . II • "'1 • ,. _,
Torres comento, S1 e es m1e- La peticion se circulo en la
bro de C. A. S. A., como va . a escuela con. el respaldo de Pat
v otar cuando los c omis i on a dos Holmes, el sup e rin t endente del
deci dan construir otras vi- di strito e s colar . Ho l mes se
/ II
viendas en su area? ha opuesto a que gente negra y
Familias q, ue radican en las mexicana pobre se cambien a su / "•·
viviendas publicas se estan o- distrito alegando que tal .
poniendo al n ombramiento de gente "danara' nuestro ambiente
Minarich. educativo."