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China News Digest - US Regional Services (Bo Xiong) --------------- Resent-Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 20:41:45 -0400 Date: Wed, 23 Aug 95 19:42:18 CDT _From: my@math.luc.edu (Miao Ye) To: acca-l@superprism.net Subject: National Committee on Immigration News Release No 10 Cc: my@math.luc.edu Resent-From: acca-l@superprism.net Precedence: list Resent-Sender: acca-l-request@superprism.net **************************************************************************** Association for Chinese Community Affairs (ACCA), formerly CBSIC Public Broadcasting System **************************************************************************** >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> National * Committee * on * Immigration <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< News Release #9510 Wensday, August 23, 1995 ============================================================================== +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= The National Committee on Immigration is a coalition of Chinese Students, Scholars & Professionals who work against the anti-immigration bill HR1915 +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= ============================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Mobilize 5 Americans--Action #2 Called by UBCOI ........................108 2. A Sympathetic American Writes To ACCA ...................................30 3. What Can We Do - A Case Study of the Awakening of Publics..(pt.1).......310 4. Subject: UCLA CSSA formed a committee against HR 2020 ..................103 ============================================================================== 1. Mobilize 5 Americans--Action #2 Called by UBCOI ...................108 _From: V288WX4E@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu Dear Fellows: Many people acted upon the call of Action #1. That will have effect. But many people have not acted yet. Please do act. Our voices are low to begin with. If not all of us are shouting, our message could not be passed over. Please note, HR1915 has been marked up as HR2202 which is even worse. Please refer to the National Committee on Immigration News Release #9508 forwarded to the net. Here we call the Action #2 from you: Mobilize Five Americans. Ask them to call/ fax/email their Senators and Representatives (Congressmen and Congresswomen). An American's voice is louder in the Capitol Hill than that of a non-resident or a permanent resident, for he has the voting right. So, mobilize your supervisor, mobilize your teaching professors, mobilize you landlord/landlady, mobilize your neighbors, mobilize your American friends! The sample letter you can use follows. The phone/email address/fax number follows. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + UB Coordination Committee on Immigration + + General Coordinator: Mr. Xiang Shunan, 862-0714 (H), xiangshu@ubvms.bitnet + + Home Page: http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~song1/ubcci + ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ =========================== Sample letter for Americans Dear Representative XXX: I understand that a bill on immigration is under consideration and that the bill contains restrictions on academic visitors obtaining green cards and becoming naturalized citizens. This would be a grave error. It is reasonable, perhaps, to reduce the influx of unskilled immigrants who will become dependent on support services. However, to exclude immigrants with extraordinary skills seems foolhardy. The wealth of the United States is a result of the drive produced by energetic immigrants. For whatever reasons, the United States has failed miserably in training students with quantitative skills in the sciences, engineering and mathematics. It is extremely rare to find a qualified US applicant for a position requiring these abilities. If we exclude smart, and technically qualified foreigners, not only will US industry be deprived of an essential asset, but we will lose the role models for technical success; models that hopefully will help to regenerate the American values that used to lead our youngsters into technically demanding positions. I urge you to vote against the provision that excludes highly qualified foreigners from obtaining resident visas. Yours truly, ================================= New York Senators and Representatives Member Phone Fax Number District Num E-Mail Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse M. (R) 202-224-6542 202-224-5871 518-472-4343 N/A Sen. Moynihan, Daniel P. (D) 202-224-4451 212-661-1395 716-551-4097,98 N/A Forbes, Michael (R-01) 202-225-3826 202-225-3143 516-345-9000 mpforbes@hr.house.gov Lazio, Rick A. (R-02) 202-225-3335 202-225-4669 516-893-9010 lazio@hr.house.gov King, Peter T. (R-03) 202-225-7896 202-226-2279 516-541-4225 N/A Frisa, Danial (R-04) 202-225-5516 202-225-4672 N/A N/A Ackerman, Gary L. (D-05) 202-225-2601 202-225-1589 516-423-2154 N/A Flake, Floyd H. (D-06) 202-225-3461 202-226-4169 718-949-5600 N/A Manton, Thomas J. (D-07) 202-225-3965 202-225-1909 718-931-1400 tmanton@hr.house.gov Nadler, Jerrold (D-08) 202-225-5635 202-225-6923 212-489-3530 N/A Schumer, Charles E. (D-09) 202-225-6616 202-225-4183 718-268-8200 N/A Towns, Edolphus (D-10) 202-225-5936 202-225-1018 718-855-8018 N/A Owens, Major R. (D-11) 202-225-6231 202-226-0112 718-773-3100 N/A Velazquez, Nydia M. (D-12) 202-225-2361 202-226-0327 212-673-3997 N/A Molinari, Susan (R-13) 202-225-3371 202-226-1272 718-987-8400 molinari@hr.house.gov Maloney, Carolyn B. (D-14) 202-225-7944 202-225-4709 212-832-6531 N/A Rangel, Charles B. (D-15) 202-225-4365 202-225-0816 212-663-3900 Serrano, Jose E. (D-16) 202-225-4361 202-225-6001 718-538-5400 jserrano@hr.house.gov Engel, Eliot L. (D-17) 202-225-2464 202-225-5513 718-652-0400 engeline@hr.house.gov Lowey, Nita M. (D-18) 202-225-6506 202-225-0546 914-428-1707 N/A Kelly, Sue (R-19) 202-225-5441 202-225-0962 N/A N/A Gilman, Benjamin A. (R-20) 202-225-3776 202-225-2541 914-343-6666 N/A McNulty, Michael R. (D-21) 202-225-5076 202-225-5077 912-652-4118 N/A Solomon, Gerald B. (R-22) 202-225-5614 202-225-1168 518-587-9800 N/A Boehlert, Sherwood (R-23) 202-225-3665 202-225-1891 315-793-8146 boehlert@hr.house.gov McHugh, John M. (R-24) 202-225-4611 202-226-0621 315-782-3150 N/A Walsh, James T. (R-25) 202-225-3701 202-225-4042 315-432-5669 N/A Hinchey, Maurice D. (D-26) 202-225-6335 202-226-0774 607-273-1388 N/A Paxon, Bill (R-27) 202-225-5265 202-225-5910 716-742-1600 bpaxon@hr.house.gov Slaughter, Louise M. (D-28) 202-225-3615 202-225-7822 716-232-4850 N/A LaFalce, John J. (D-29) 202-225-3231 202-225-8693 716-846-4056 N/A Quinn, Jack (R-30) 202-225-3306 202-226-0347 716-845-5257 N/A Houghton, Amory (R-31) 202-225-3161 202-225-5574 607-937-3333 N/A ============================================================================== 2. A Sympathetic American Writes To ACCA ..............................30 _From: Gail Butler <76601.1041@compuserve.com> Dear Miao Ye, Ever since the Golden Venture ordeal and Prop.187 in California, I have been concerned about the overwhelming anti-immigration mentality that is sweeping the country. Therefore, HR1915 came as no suprise to me. As someone who writes about China, has great regard and appreciation for both Chinese people and Chinese culture, I have been extremely concerned about the effects this bill will have on the immigrant Chinese community in the US, and specifically my Chinese friends. I have already expressed my objections to HR1915 to my Senators and Congressmen. In addition, I would like to make a suggestion to your committee. Although I agree with your concerns about stirring up a backlash against any public campaign, I feel it might be helpful for the Chinese immigrant community to inform the general public of their many accomplishments and the benefits they offer to American society. Perhaps making known statistics regarding the number of Chinese students and scholars currently active in scientific, technological, and social programs that assist the advancement of the US might have an impact on American voters and on the members of Congress who are considering this bill. In closing, if there is anything that I can do to assist you, please do not hesitate to contact me by e-mail. Very truly yours, Gail Copeland Butler ============================================================================== 3. What Can We Do - A Case Study of the Awakening of Publics..(pt.1)..310 Editors Note: The following is abridged from a doctoral research paper, part of Mr. Houliang LI's Disertation. Of five chapters in this paper, we will carry the Chapter I and Chapter IV in our New Releases. We choose this article not only because Mr. Houliang LI has taken great effort to recollect this rare event in a systematic manner, but also has provided an indepth analysis on how this "impossible" could be realized, by a group of Chinese students and scholars, who faced "incredible odds against them". This is exactly the situation our community is now facing, in front of the anti-immigration tidal wave. Again, with courage, wisdom and solidarity, we shall overcome. CBS Incident A Case Study of the Awakening of Publics and its Implications for Situational Theory Mr. Houliang LI Professor James. E. Grunig April 1995 CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION A. Background On October 21, 1994, CBS broadcasted a "clarification" in its evening news program coanchored by Dan Rather and Connie Chung, a rare occurrence in its 50-year television history. The announcement read, Here is a clarification for a story we did last May on the Evening News. Our story concerned documented evidence of efforts by the Chinese government to recruit as spies some Chinese people who come to the United States. It was not our intention to leave the impression that there were more than a small number of such individuals among the many thousands of legitimate Chinese students, visitors, and immigrants who come to the United States every year. If we left an incorrect impression, we regret it. While many of the viewers might feel puzzled by the clarification, a particular audience, i.e., Chinese students and scholars, Chinese Americans, and permanent residents of Chinese ancestry, had been anxiously waiting for it. In fact, this particular audience had been notified of the announcement beforehand and had been encouraged to watch the program on this particular evening. They expected, in excitement, to hear an apology from CBS about a May report on Chinese spies. All this puzzlement and excitement originated from Connie Chung's story, "Eye on America," on the Evening News of May 19. In her report, Connie Chung claimed that China was running "the biggest spy network in America" and that "you could find them [Chinese spies] in the house next door." 2 In the opening statement, especially, Connie said, Every day, planeloads of Chinese citizens arrive legally in the United states, ordinary people. But to the Chinese government, some of them may be future spies, who a few years down the road, will be activated to steal America's military and technological secrets, whether they want to or not. Connie Chung went on to cite a certain Mr. Nicholas Eftimiades, author of the newly published book Chinese Intelligence Operations, which later turned out to be the primary basis for the story, then showed the alleged process of spy recruitment by the Chinese Ministry of State Security and how it threatened a Chinese agent in the United States, and finally quoted a "security expert" to the effect that Chinese-looking people, be they American citizens, permanent residents, or Chinese students and scholars, had to be guarded against carefully because they all could be targeted by the Chinese spy organization for recruitment, thus posing a real threat to the American military and technological security. B. The Publics Immediately following the spies report came an unprecedented wave of protests by all kinds of people of Chinese origin in the United States. Thousands of individuals sent letters, made phone calls, or emailed to CBS News to voice their indignation upon being indiscriminately accused of spying for China or unfairly portrayed as potential Chinese spies simply because of their Chinese descent. They condemned the CBS report as "unprofessional, irresponsible, subjective, bigoted, and tabloid style," and many demanded an apology from CBS as well. Taking the lead in the whole process was the CBS Incident Committee (CBS-IC), an organization specially established for protesting CBS and seeking apology and justice, which was composed primarily of current Chinese students and scholars in the United States. Also active were the Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars (IFCSS), a prodemocracy Chinese student / scholar association founded here after the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations and bloodshed in China; the Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA), the largest nationwide organization for advocating the civil rights and other equal rights of Chinese Americans (American citizens and legal residents of Chinese origin); and the Committee of 100 (C/100), an organization comprising prominent and successful Chinese Americans. From its start on May 19 with the CBS spies report to its close on October 21 with the CBS clarification, the whole incident was an excellent display of how a latent public was awakened by the consequences of an organization and in turn sought to influence the organization in its favor. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to determine how well the situational theory of publics as formulated by James E. Grunig can be used to explain the unusual incident and to seek to advance the theory one step in terms of proposing the factors that determine whether a public will become aware or active when faced with conditions of high problem recognition, high constraint recognition and high level of involvement. C. Major Events To facilitate the narration of the incident and analyses of its theoretical implications, all the major documented events or actions that had happened in connection with the incident are listed below in chronological order. The entire span of the incident fell within 1994, so the year will be omitted in the list. It should be pointed out that some of the important events took the form of telephone and interpersonal conversations. The fact that they are not in the list should in no way deemphasize their significance. May 19 CBS Coanchor Connie Chung broadcasted the Chinese spies report on Evening News. May 23 IFCSS VP (Vice President) Heping Shi of the Independent Federation of Chinese Studnets and Scholars sent a letter of protest to CBS News President Mr. Eric Ober asking for actions to mend damages and for balanced and realistic reporting of Chinese nationals. May 28 CBS-IC CBS Incident Committee was initiated by Lin Huang, Ning Luo and Chengyan Liu, three Chinese students, and joined by a dozen other students and scholars. At its peak, the CBS-IC consisted of some 80 members. Mr. Huang was coordinator (de facto chairman), and Mr. Luo and Mr. Liu were to leave the committee later for presidency and vice presidency of IFCSS respectively. June 1 CBS VP of Hard News and Special Events Mr. Lane Venardos replied to Mr. Shi of IFCSS refusing any blame on the story or CBS and declaring "We stand by it." June 11 UCONY The Union of Chinese Organizations in New York (UCONY), which represented 33 Chinese local organizations in New York metro area, held a press conference in Chinatown protesting Connie Chung and her report. UCONY also demanded a public apology from CBS and called on Chinese Americans and Chinese nationals to write to CBS in protest. June 17 OCA The Organization of Chinese Americans National President Ms. Ginny Gong sent a letter to the Director of Defense Intellegence Agency (where Mr. Nicholas Eftimiades, author of Chinese Intelligence Operations, worked) Lt. General James R. Clapper, Jr., asking for confirmation of Mr. Eftimiades' and his book's authority and accuracy as well as the officiality of the publication. June 17 OCA OCA National President Ginny Gong sent a letter to Commissioner Charles Wang of U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) voicing concern over the potential consequences of the CBS report on Chinese and other Asian Americans in terms of employment discrimination and anti-immigrant sentiment, and requesting USCCR looking into the validity and depth of the CBS report. July 15 CBS (Connie Chung) Connie Chung gave an interview to China Press, a daily newspaper published in Chinese in the United States. She defended her report in terms of objectivity and factual accuracy, but expressed regret over unintended harm to "viewers of Chinese origin"6 caused by the report. July 19 Xinhua Xinhua News Agency, the official Chinese news agency, issued an editorial by its Washington branch chief Qian Ying denouncing the CBS spies report. July 19 C/100 The Committee of 100 Director Mr. Weiming Liu sent a letter to Senator Paul Wellstone from Minnesota welcoming his offer to personally write to the CBS network about the report. They have previously met and discussed the matter. July 20 OCA OCA National President Ginny Gong wrote to CBS News President Eric Ober criticizing sensationalism in the spies report and requesting a formal apology. July 27 CBS VP of Hard News and Special Events Lane Venardos replied to Ms. Ginny Gong refusing apology because " we have done nothing to require it."7 He also claimed that the story would have no effect exacerbating discrimination against Asian Americans. July 28 CBS-IC CBS Incident Committee Coordinator Lin Huang wrote to Director of OCA Ms. Daphne Kwok requesting support and cooperation in fighting for " fair media."8 July 28 CBS-IC CBS Incident Committee Coordinator Lin Huang sent a letter to Mr. Lane Venardos, VP of Hard News and Special Events of CBS News, regarding his response to VP of IFCSS Heping Shi on June 1. Mr. Huang gave a detailed analysis of the spies report and demonstrated that at least SEVEN major mistakes or misrepresentations were committed, including basic facts and general implications. He demanded a formal public apology and an " equal air-time "9 of objective discussion of the issue. July 28 CBS-IC CBS Incident Committee sent the same letter for Mr. Lane Venardos to CBS., Inc. President Howard Stringer, VP Eric Ober (who was also president of CBS News), two producers of the spies report, Connie Chung and Dan Rather, and a dozen major national media, all the related government agencies including FCC and USCCR, civil rights agencies, Congress and its relevant committees. A signature sheet with more than 6,000 people, together with the transcript of the May 19 report and the correspondences between IFCSS and CBS News was also enclosed in every letter dispatched. August 16 DIA On behalf of Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) director Lt. General Clapper, Donald R. Lenker, chief of Public Liaison Staff of DIA, wrote to OCA President Ginny Gong stating the private and unofficial nature of the book Chinese Intelligence Operations and the author's writing activity. He quite agreed that " the premise that all Chinese people in the United States ... are possible spies of the PRC is totally unwarranted and highly inflammatory."10 He further mentioned that the author Mr. Eftimiades had given a series of media interviews to publicize his book at the behest of his publisher. August 25 OCA The OCA National President Ginny Gong wrote to VP of Hard News and Special Events of CBS News Lane Venardos regarding his reply to her letter of July 20. Ms. Gong suggested to have a meeting with CBS to talk about the issue they had disagreed about. September 2 CBS VP of Hard News and Special Events Lane Venardos, on behalf of CBS News, invited Lin Huang (of CBS-IC), Ning Luo (of IFCSS), three Chinese student representatives from three local universities, Ginny Gong (of OCA), Kunglee Wang and Dawei Lee (executive director and general secretary of the Committee of 100 respectively) to a luncheon to be held at the CBS headquarters in New York on September 19. (The luncheon was rescheduled to October 18 because of the unexpected American invasion of Haiti on September 18, one day before the original date.) October 12 USCCR Chairperson Mary Frances Berry of the United States Commission on Civil Rights wrote to CBS News President Eric Ober expressing concern over the possible negative effects of the spies report and urging CBS to show special sensitivity to racial and ethnic tensions. October 18 LUNCHEON BETWEEN CBS AND CHINESE COMMUNITY Representatives from CBS-IC, IFCSS, local universities, OCA, C/100, and APABA (Asian Pacific American Bar Association) met CBS News President and VP, their lawyer, Connie Chung, and several news production personnel at the headquarters of CBS in New York to have a luncheon. Both parties exchanged opinions extensively on all the important issues involved in the spies report incident and there were moments of intense debate and confrontation. President Eric Ober apologized to all the Chinese (American) participants for the spies report in dispute at the very beginning of the meeting. Upon the demand for reply about a public on-the-air apology by CBS, President Eric Ober agreed to respond within a week at the latest. After the luncheon representatives from the Chinese community were treated with a guided tour of the CBS News facilities. The whole meeting took about three hours. October 19 C/100 Committee of 100 executive director Kunglee Wang sent a letter to Paul Simon, United States Senator from Illinois, urging his to contact Mr. Ober personally in support of the Chinese community's request for an apology. October 20 CBS CBS News President Eric Ober sent a letter to OCA National President Ginny Gong informing her of CBS' decision to " set the record straight "11 on the next day's edition of The CBS Evening News. We are fully aware that the vast majority of Chinese, Chinese Americans, and other Asian Americans are exactly what they seem to be: legitimate, law-abiding students , visitors, immigrants and citizens, both long and short-term. If our story did not convey that awareness, we fully apologize. October 21 CBS Coanchor Connie Chung broadcasted the clarification about the Chinese spies report, the full transcript of which appeared at the beginning of this chapter. Curiously, the closed caption text of the clarification printed simultaneously at the bottom of the screen was a little different, especially the last line, which read, If we left an incorrect impression, we apologize.13 Obviously, the closed caption version of the clarification was prepared beforehand and presumably should be more accurate than the broadcast. The substitution of " regret it " for " apologize," which was not an insignificant alteration, remains a mystery. October 24 CHINESE (AMERICAN) COMMUNITY The Organization of Chinese Americans, the Committee of 100, CBS Incident Committee, and Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars issued a news release entitled " Chinese American Organizations Accept CBS' Apology for Chinese Spies Story." The news release said that "Chinese Amercian organizations today welcomed a rare, on-air clarification by CBS concerning the CBS Evening News' May 19 segment on Chinese spies in the United States."14 It declared as a conclusion that This result shows that when the Chinese American community joins together, we can be a potent force. We no longer will remain quiet when Asian Americans are portrayed negatively. We no longer will be the silent minority when negative stereotypes are used to perpetuate the image of Asian Americans as forever foreign.15 (to be continued) ============================================================================== 4. Subject: UCLA CSSA formed a committee against HR 2020 ................. 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement of the Establishment of The Committee of Chinese Students and Scholars Against HR2202 at UCLA August 22, 1995 Dear CSSA members, On June 21, 1995, Congressman Larry Smith (R-TX) introduced a bill called HR1915, which was approved by the House Immigration Subcommittee on July 19. Recently the bill was marked up as HR2202. Representative Henry Hyde (R-IL), Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, has expressed his intention to vote on the bill immediately after Congress returns in early September. If the bill passes, it will bring an end to most family-based immigration for the Asian Pacific American community. It will aversely affect the benefit of all our Chinese Students and Scholars and their families. It will also reduce the quota of employment-based immigrants tremendously, which will affect the Chinese student who are not covered by CSPA. Here are some facts about the bill: - Having Smaller quota, fewer categories and tougher requirements HR1915 proposed to overhaul the entire immigration system: * Reduces employment-based immigration to a maximum of 135,000 per year. * Eliminates Labor Certification Exemption for Outstanding Professors and Researchers. * Eliminates National Interest Waiver Immigration. * Eliminates Unskilled Worker Immigration Category. * Establishes Tougher Experience Requirements for Professionals and Skilled Workers. Professionals will be required to have five years. Skilled workers will be required to show seven years of experience. * Restricts Family-Based Immigration. U.S. citizens and permanent residents will be unable to bring their adult sons and daughters to the U.S. and will have more difficulty bringing in other family members. - Connecting the quotas for family-sponsored immigration with employment-based immigration * If the family-sponsored immigration does not have sufficient quota allocated in a particular year, then certain employment-based immigration quota will be taken away to meet the need of the family-sponsored immigration, up to HALF in the investor and in the professional and skilled worker categories. - Requiring employers to pay 10% more for non-immigrant workers * under HR2202 "Bryant amendment on laid-off protection for American workers", unless a position is NEWLY CREATED, or the previous employee retired, the employer MUST pay 10% more to hire you, a non-immigrant worker, as long as you are on the waiting list for an immigrant visa. Why HR1915 and HR2202 at this time? Right now the general public sentiment is AGAINST immigration. Congressmen know that and they're trading YOUR CHANCE to immigrate for their votes. What can we do? As non-immigrant students and scholars, we had led to the successful passage of CSPA; we had extracted an apology on the air from CBS. With more and more of us get involved in the effort, we can stop the bill, or make it better. WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. What should we do? It is time we stand again, join hands to make our concerns heard. If we don't care, who else will? If we don't try, who else will? All the potential candidates for the next year's CSSA-UCLA committee agreed to take the lead on our efforts against HR2202. Hereby we establish a committee to coordinate all the activities, including holding town-hall meetings , contacting various offices and groups on campus, communicating with other similar groups across the nation, and most importantly writing/meeting congressmen in California. The Committee of Chinese Students and Scholars Against HR2202, UCLA Principal Coordinators: Daniel L. Gu Yu Cao Coordinators: Fuliang Xiao Hongbing Wang Matthew Guo Email: HR2202@caledonian.cs.ucla.edu This Committee is under the support of current CSSA-UCLA committee and its President Hongjian Yu who also serves as the Principal Coordinator for similar efforts among CSSAs across the Southern California. We are announcing our first town-hall meeting soon. Please send us if you want to join the effort. Please send us if you have questions and suggestions. Yours, The Committee of CSS Against HR2202, UCLA ============================================================================ More info about HR 1915: ftp at superprism.net:/pub/acca www at http://superprism.net:/~acca/ gopher://cnd.cnd.org/11/English-Menu/InfoBase/HR1915 or, write to acca@superprism.net, with "help" in the "Subject:" field. Further inquiries or inputs send to hr1915@math.luc.edu **************************************************************************** To sub/unsub acca-l@superprism.net send to: acca-l-request@superprism.net with "sub" or "unsub" in the "Subject:" field. ACCA is formerly CBS-IC, to know more: ftp superprism.net:/pub/cbs-ic or http://superprism.net:/~cbs-ic/ **************************************************************************** Editor of this issue: Johnny Gunther **************************************************************************** ============================================================================ To (un)subscribe acca-l list, please write to acca-l-request@superprism.net with "sub" or "unsub" in the "Subject:" field, from your individual or local network redistribution account. You may also send your local redistribution address to hr1915@math.luc.edu. Committee on Immigration needs everyone of your support to protect our community and rights. ACCA's HR1915 infor-center through anonymous ftp at superprism.net:/pub/acca or www at http://www.superprism.net:/~acca. For auto-retrieval via e-mail, please write to acca@superprism.net, with "help" in the "Subject:" field. Also, please visit our CBS-IC infor-center, ftp superprism.net:/pub/cbs-ic or http://www.superprism.net:/~cbs-ic. National Chair of ACCA, Mr. Lin Huang (A.K.A. Mi Mi Sr.) ============================================================================ In Germany, they came first for the Communists and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist; then they came for the Jews and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew; then they came for the Trade-Unionists and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Trade-Unionist; then they came for the Catholics and I didn't speak up because I am a Protestant; then they came for me, and by that time no-one was left to speak up. --- Martin Niemoller --- ============================================================================