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ORDINANCE
NO. 350
tVlIERFAS,
the civil
war in El Salvador has resulted
in
great hurransuffering and the death of over 25,000 innocent
persons; and
tVliERFAS,
the root cause of this civil
of political
war is decades
repression and econonic near-enslavem:mt of
the rrajority of Salvadorans by a few corrupt ruling families,
resul ting in widespread poverty, ignorance, hunger, and the loss
of basic hizran rights;
and as the only means by which these
families maintain power is a goverrurent based on electoral
fraud, corruption,
illegal
inprisonrnent, torture,
rape, and
mirder r and
t'MEREAS,
the current u. S. policy supporting that
governrrent ignores these factors,
sees the rebellion. there
as sone minor sub-plot in a global test of wills,
and thus
denies repeated evidence and testi.m:::>ny
offered by eyewitnesses and experts;
and as the same policy refuses to
recognize the desperate act of a people who suffer horribly
at the hands of their own goverrurent; and
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IoJIIEREAS,
u.S. policy has in effect,
in El Salvador all those guarantees of life,
pursuit of happiness that we hold essential
helped destroy
liberty,
and the
to ourselves,
and
would defend if we, in turn, were threatened with their denial;
NCJtJ,
THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED
BY'!liE PEOPLE
OF THE
mONTY OF t1UL'INOMl\H AS FOu.J::WS:
SECTION
1.
People of MultnomahCounty do hereby
call on the federal goverrurent to end all military
aid to
the qovernrront; of El Salvador and to withdraw all
military
personnel from that country.
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SECTION
2.
The County Cornni.ssionmust hereby direct
the County Clerk that this resolution
shall be made known
to the President,
and the Secretary of
the Vice-President,
State of the United States;
to our elected representatives
Washington; and to the people and press of the County of
Hultriomah,
SECTION
3.
This ordinance shall
take effect
provided by law.
AOOPTED BY A VOI'E OF THE PEOPLE NOVE1YIBER 2,
1982.
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mULTnomRH
COUnTY OREGOn
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
ELECTIONS DIVISION
1040 S.E. MORRISON STREET
PORTLAND, OREGON 97214
(503) 248-3720
DONALD E. CLARK
COUNTY EXECUTIVE
MEf.lORANDUM
TO:
The News Media of Multnomah
FROM:
William
DATE:
November
Attached
Radakovich,
County
County
Clerk
22, 1982
is a letter sent to:
Ronald Reagan, President of the united states
George Bush, Vice-President of the United States
George Schultz, Secretary of State
Bob packwood, U.S. Senator
Mark Hatfield, U.S. Senator
Les AUCoin, U.S. Congressman
Ron Wyden, U.S. Congressman
in compliance with the El Salvador measure adopted by the
Multnomah County voters at the general election held on
November 2, 1982.
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OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
ELECTIONS DIVISION
1040 S.E. MORRISON STREET
PORTLAND, OREGON 97214
(503) 248-3720
November
Dear
COUnTY
OREGOn
DONALD E. CLARK
COUNTY EXECUTIVE
22, 1982
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On November 2, 1982, the people of Multnomah County,
Oregon, voted 134,859 "yes" and 44,663 "no" to approve an
initiative measure calling on the federal government to end all
military aid to the government of El Salvador and to withdraw all
military personnel from that country.
A copy of the measure is
enclosed.
Yours very truly,
William Radakovich
County Clerk