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Dr. Cobb
CRJ Executive Director
Opposes Sydenham Closing
NEW YORK Dr.
Charles E. Cobb, ex
ecutive director of ihe
United Church of Christ
Commission for Racial
Justice has severely
criticized the city of New
York for its decision to
close Harlem's Sydenham
Hospital:
"Once again, New York
City has demonstrated its
insensitivity to the medical
needs of the black com
munity. Taking a hard line
in its decision to close
Sydenham Hospital, the
city will be removing
health care services from a
large portion of the
Harlem Community, and
has potention plans to
close still another
Metropolitan Hospital
also of Harlem. Since the
Koch administration took
office, three major
hospitals which once serv
ed the black community
have been closed. They in
clude: Francis Delafield,
Arthur C. Logan, and
Morrisania Hospital
(North Bronx Black and
Hispanic communities).
"The commission for
Racial Justice has been
care For the last two and
one-half years, and we
"believe that the closing of
Sydenham will create a
severe snortage or badly
needed health services.
"The people being serv
ed by Sydenham have ac
tually put i heir lives on the
line in order to save (heir
hospital; but the city has
responded to the protests
with a deaf ear. I don't
recall the city pursuing in
junctions and restraining
orders in Queens or in
Brooklyn when comm
muniry residents attacked
a police station. This ac
tion by the city will only
lead to arrests and further
deteriorate relations bet
ween the city and the
black community.
"Mayor Koch has total
ly mishandled this situa
tion by refusing to
negotiate with the local
community, creating an
atmosphere of deep
distrust and dissatisfac- j
lion within the Harlem '.
community and other
black communities.
"The Commission for
Racial Justice, United
Church of Christ is com- i
mitted to the struggle to
save Sydenham, and I am '
calling tor every religious
dgul)niiiajiiin,auhii) tha
city to support this com-i
muniiy action to save their i
hospitals."
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indication of good general
quality of construction.
When you inspect the'
band joist, look for thick
insulation carefully cut to
size and installed between
each of the floor joist. If t
floor"! j&ulaoqhas bfn
installed, the ends of the
insulation runs should be
turned up or down so that
the band joist is covered. If
the band joist 'isn't visible
because a finished ceiling is
installed on the lower level,
ask the builder if it is
nsulated. Also ask if the
land joist between the first
and second stories of a
home is insulated.
"The Energy-Wise Home
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guide to home energy effi
ciency prepared by the
Dept. of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) in co
operation with the Dept. of
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Dept. 32D, Washington,
D.C. 20402. Orders may be
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clude your cord number and
datt of expiration).
ELECTRIC SAVINGS
Checking the refrigerator
ioor gasket can mean energy
savings.
Door gaskets become brittle'
ind lose effectiveness with,
ige. When that happens, they
ose their good seal, say NCSU
igricultural extension
specialists.
White paint isihe most'
durable of all colors. The
lighter the color of the paint,
the less slowly it will fade.
Dark shades fade much more
quickly.
Soften up a stiff chamois
by soaking it in warm water
to which a spoonful of olive
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TORTURE
(Continued
Aid For The Struggle
Court Rules Government May File
Class Action Suit In Vets Behalf
WASHINGTON A
federal court in Atlanta
has ruled that the federal
government may file a
class action suit on behalf
of a group of veterans
who contend that their
military service should be
counted as work time in
computing pension
benefits from their civilian
jobs.
The ruling by Judge
Horace T. Ward of the
U.S. District Court for
Northern Georgia, Atlan
ta division, allows the first,
class action case under thel
Veteran's Reemployment!
Rights Act (VRRA) to'
proceed.
The case involves
Austin K. Letson and 31j
other employees of Liber
ty Mutual Insurance Com4
pany who are disputing,
thhe company's failure to
include their military ser
vice in computing the
years of work on which
their retirement benefits
are based. They are being
represented by the govern
ment under the VRRA.
Liberty Mutual argued
that the government could
not represent a VRRA
plaintiff in a class action.
Judge Ward ruled that
the Veterans' Reemploy-;
ment Rights Act does not
bar class actions. "There
is no indication in the
Act's legislative history
that Congress intended to
limit representation of
plaintiffs by government
attorneys to actions other
than those on behalf of a
class, and such an inter
pretation does not arise
from a reading of the
VRRA," he said.
The company also
argued that the case was
not a proper one for
handling as a class action
even if the government
doesn't represent the
veterans. The court ruled,
however, that the plaintiff
and the 31 other veterans
constitute a proper class.
The class action re
quirements of
"numerosity, commonali
ty, typicality and adequate
protection by the
representative party of in
terests of the class as a
whole. . . .are easily
satisfied in the present
case," Judge Ward said. :
The purpose of the
veterans' reemployment
rights law is to ensure that
men and women who
serve in their country's
military forces do not lose
their jobs or other
employment benefits
because of such service.
The law basically entitles
veterans to reinstatement
by their pre-service
employers with the
seniority, status, and rate
of pay they would have at
tained with reasonable
certainty if they had not
gone into the military.
The veteran's reemploy
ment rights law is ad
ministered by the U.S. .
Labor Department's
Labor-Management Ser
vices Administration's Of
fice of Veterans'
Reemployment Rights.
Persons wanting informa
tion about the law or
assistance with claims
under it should contact the
nearest LMSA field office
or the Office of Veterans'
Reemployment Rights,
LMSA, U.S. Department
of Labor, Washington,
D.C, 20216.
S. C. State Announces
Schedule Change
ORANGESBURG, SC
A shortage of room ac
commodat tori s1 f i iif ' ! the
Daytona Beach 'area dur
ing the running of the
Daytona 500 slock car
race has forced the South
Carolina State College
basketball team to
reschedule its Feburary
Florida trip in which the
Bulldogs were to meet
Florida A&M and
Bethune-Cookman,
Feburary 13 and 14,
respectively.
Instead, S.C. State will
meet Bethune-Cookman
January 16 at; Daytona'
Beach and play Florida
A&M the following night
at Tallahassee.
The games against those
two schools originally
scheduled for the
Bulldogs' Smith-,
Hammond-Middleton'
Memorial Center in
January will be played at
S-H-M on Feburary 13
and 14.
Record Support Predicted For
Nationwide Fast November 20
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BOSTON Organizers
at Oxfam America, the
Boston-based interna
tional relief and
development! t agency, ex
pect unprecedented sup
port for the agency's an
nual Fast for a World
Harvest on November 20.
"Responses to our an
nouncements about the
Fast so far indicate that as
many as 500,000 in
dividuals throughout the
country will participate
this year," says this year's
Fast Coordinator, Nancy
Smith.
The Fast is held each
year on ihe Thursday
before , Thanksgiving.
"Fasting is a symbolic
act," explains Oxfam ex
ecutive director, Joe
Short. "It is a staiemeni
against the inequities that
contribute to the misery of
the millions of people
around the world who
never have enough to eai.
By contributing the
dollars l hey would have
speni on food that day.
Fast participants also play
a major role in supporting
Oxfam America's
development projects in
some of the poorest areas
of Asia, Africa and Latin
America. "Our projects
are aimed not only at
meeting the immediate
needs of starving peoples,
but at helping people im
prove their lives, grow
more food, and break the,
cycle of hunger and pover-1
ty," Short says. Since the
agency's first Fast in 1974, 1
participants have raised
nearly $1.5 million to fund
projects in poor countries.
"The Fast is really a
grass-roots event," noted
Smith. "In addition to in
dividual supports, civic,
community, religious and
school groups hold fun
draising events that range
from craft sales to
marathons." In 1979,
more than 4,500 groups
and organizaiions par
ticipated in the Fast. A
highlight of last year's
Fast was a Congressional
Fast organized by New
York State Congressman
Peler Peyser. The event
featured a bipartisan
panel l)f Republicans and
Democrats who signified
l heir support by giving up
lunch on Capilo! Hill ihai
day. More than 1000 con
gressmen and l heir staffs
participated.
Now in its seventh year,
ihe Fast has become a
tradition in thousands of
households and com
munities throughout the
country. It has also gained
the respect and support of
many prominent persons
in business, politics, enter
tainment, and religious
and academic com
munities. The roster of
Fast sponsors includes
Ralph Abemathy, Ed
Asner, Joan Baez, Harry
Chapin, Alistair Cooke,
Valerie Harper,. Gloria
Steinem and Andrew
Young.
Short believes that sup
port for the Fast is grow
ing in part because of in
creased public awareness
about the problem of
world hunger. "It is in
creasingly difficult for
those who live in
developed countries to
close their eyes to the
plight of those living in the
poor regions of the
world."
Short cites the response
of agencies, governments
and individuals around
the globe to the needs of
the Cambodian people as
evidence that "we are
becoming more and more
a world community." Ox
fam heads a thirty-agency
Consortium that con
tinues to provide relief
and reconstruction aid to
Cambodia. The agency
recently announced a ma
jor campaign to provide
aid to East African
refugees.
responded to Al't earlier
expressions of concern
with detailed arguments
that the country's legal
and administrative regula
tions were adequate to
protect prisoners from ill
treatment. The U.S. Sec
tion said last week ihai A I
was pursuing discussions
with ihe authorities but
believed that torture had
taken place and remained
common in Zaire.
According to AI's in
formation, prison condi
lions in Zaire are harsh
and ordinary criminal
prisoners are frequently
subjected to beaiings, in
adequate nourishment
amounting to starvation
and disease in unsanitary
and overcrowded cells.
However, political
prisoners receive specially
harsh treatment, it said
The torture of prisoners
is facilitated by ihe faci
that many are held in
definitely without trial
and without being permit
ted to receive visits from
families or lawyers. AI has
asked the Zaire govern
ment to ensure that
prisoners receive speedy
and open trials and the
right to receive visits and
correspondence as a
means to protect them
from torture.
The U.S. Section last
week focused on the re
cent evidence of torture of
political prisoners in the
capital, Kinshasa. They
included students seized
after demonstrations,
teachers and workers who
went on strike for higher
wages and people
suspected of belonging to
banned parties or whose
relatives were suspected of
belonging to these parties.
Prisoners had been held at
miliary camps, security "
police headquarters,
Makala Central Prison
and other prisons and in-
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ter rogation cents' in the
capital. (
A student tolf of being
held with about forty
other people ' cdl
measuring abouf seven
meters by six meters.,
Many cells have hb
sanitary facilities, and il
lnesses such as dysentery
are endemic.
The most frequently
reported kinds of ill treat
ment are beatings and
starvation, but other
forms of torture are
regularly reported, vary
ing amo'ig the detention
centers. At a villa known
as "B2" near the gen
darmerie headquarters,
prisoners repored being
tied to stakes ? d beaten
every day for ihreeorTour
weeks. Doctors cnecking
ex-prisoners for Amnesty
Internal ional were able to
examine tne scars wnich
resulied.
At some interrogation
centers. women were
reported to have been
raped. A male prisoner
reported thai in order to
make him give informa
tion, guards broughi his
wife to the prison and
raped her repeatedly in his
presence while they held
him.
Of six men reported to
have been arrested in
September 1979 for
fomenting a strike in
Petrozaire, the national
petroleum company, three
died within a few weeks
after torture, according to
fellow prisoners. Of fif
teen students arrested at
the end of December.
1979, and severely beaten,
five were said to have been
shot dead.
In spite of such reports,
the Zairean government
still has not proved its
willingness to take
measures to protect
prisoners from torture and
death, the U.S. Section
said.
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