• / ORDINANCENO. 350 tVlIERFAS,the civil war in has resulted in

great hurransuffering and the death of over 25,000 innocent

persons; and

tVliERFAS,the root cause of this civil war is decades

of political 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:::>nyoffered by eye-

witnesses and experts; and as the same policy refuses to

recognize the desperate act of a people who suffer horribly

at the hands of their owngoverrurent; and

.. IoJIIEREAS,u.S. policy has in effect, helped destroy

in El Salvador all those guarantees of life, liberty, and the

pursuit of happiness that we hold essential to ourselves, and

would defend if we, in turn, were threatened with their denial;

NCJtJ,THEREFORE,BEIT ORDAINEDBY'!liE PEOPLEOFTHE

mONTY OF t1UL'INOMl\H AS FOu.J::WS:

SECTION1. 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. / • SECTION2. The County Cornni.ssionmust hereby direct

the County Clerk that this resolution shall be madeknown

to the President, the Vice-President, and the Secretary of

State of the ; to our elected representatives in

Washington; and to the people and press of the County of

Hultriomah,

SECTION3. This ordinance shall take effect as

provided by law.

AOOPTED BY A VOI'E OF THE PEOPLE NOVE1YIBER 2, 1982. mULTnomRH COUnTY

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR ELECTIONS DIVISION DONALD E. CLARK 1040 S.E. MORRISON STREET COUNTY EXECUTIVE PORTLAND, OREGON 97214 (503) 248-3720

MEf.lORANDUM

TO: The News Media of Multnomah County

FROM: William Radakovich, County Clerk

DATE: November 22, 1982

Attached 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 , U.S. Senator , U.S. Senator Les AUCoin, U.S. Congressman , 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 DONALD E. CLARK 1040 S.E. MORRISON STREET COUNTY EXECUTIVE PORTLAND, OREGON 97214 (503) 248-3720

November 22, 1982

Dear ______0o

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