bucsday, September 13, 1983 DISTRIBUTORS FOR Introduction From page | Marshall Islands Journal d nN ee fs a tocal ecumemeal planning committee comprised of leaders from the United Church and othe Catholic Church q e O nN Ihe purposes of the visit were: (1) to assess the residual JALUIT & WOTJE stop by the Journal office PRIDE BEFORE THE FALL NUJ EO EKNANAIK AN OSCAR “MOUR. ThE LEW GPSET. OS! AS, Teit ra aint Lote re rea re te bee fe vet Nisten to al persons dad greups having significant about that situation mes ives We .aw and human cost of the US woe wahtite chuvehes of People . ad ' Cimie oor. / Jenaj drore iotab in ¥ Ba en karejar af ‘felane ejjab konan bg =buromij tokelik. ‘This was radiation «problem as) an environmental and health hazard, (11) to study the social strategies for mobilizing the commitment of the churches t highly technical role essentially a church visttedion team sent as an expression of church concern, willing to our role to be interpre reflective, consultative directed towards a cle more helpful response on Part of the churches the Marshalls regarding these questions, and (iv) to explore with the churches, in the context of the WCC’s slanding concerns for peace and disarmament, long-term P.O. Box 14 for more information. It should be noted that wile the team included an expert on radiation and tts effects, a did fot presume to take up a jimen ko. Among the ive, und ster, the categones of we encountered were: people displaced trum ner land, groups that expern ced high levels of radiohive faltout, People fiving on “temporary” homes or ware affected because their lw -1 1s continually used for US; res- ence and missile tea'ing, officials of the Marshall LJunds Governments and « ner Political leaders, cr rch leaders, a lawyer, me tical -doctors, missionaries, an anthropologut, US off-tals and civilian employees at Kwajaden and Ame: can “4 scientists from Lawrence ave ermore National Laburaloses. IL Radiation Questions and “ame 4 Radiation and Relation Questions Related In the 37 years since the -lom bomb was first ‘‘dropped’’ on the Marshalls et Bikini, lives of not only the + les from their homeland (b .ani IBARKY EAR KEMAT AN MARON EKKAR NON ORDERKO AN CHIEF EO. BAAAY LOFa 4 o BEST TO CARAS | {voutte the only one can taix Sammy Fates into sell ng. OUT HIS LHIEF'S and Enewetok), or the groups irradiated, but the tives of all wo! Marshallese have been radi ally altered. The effects of r-diation pervade their existenc: far beyond the readdy obser able and reported health and environmental effects ass:-ciated with the extensive US Nuclear testing program tu the | jv Kwe wot kwomaron kennan iben Sammy Bates bwe en . make, -% bein i. Marshalls. Today, in the | oad benge, “radiation” I> a | wit, Pervading reality for all Marshallese people. Indeed, a new culture, y:. ab- yes, you. Go to iben, akwelab none... flo etan town mmr y- Pical Webester dicttunary oor Muon ufsuch a state, tather the Marshall Isiands after ylow hh ngover Music was more than \futak. The local radio station 4 as playing @ sturred-down version of Scott benjamin, announcing in an almost vicious manor 1¢ thal the war in Chad had bon almost liberated by the 15 btsas, but was suddenly fronmeed on by the Frogs 1 had vert -a deadlines to mect and be. in filing reports as soon as oy contact lenses were operable “TOBUIAR BLAZE SEIN 4S rim, beg mim... i Aet, kwe. Eta! aim wonmanlok ko an.. .bween A lelok non apiri ro lo Castletown juon uju eg emon ok... CLEANSING Bini, “NEW COMPACT TO SG i PROBLEMS.” and a fiw ter upbest urticles requested by the CIA were on the agenda Wh was drawing Close to Qin kejeramolmol| non SammyBates? Eban wot em ban! ‘ Re Weaake He beq from cams. BF Dates ted ony our Vibe. Past q tune and the tshand had taken On an almost Christa as like or United Nations Cros bke almusphere Unied So ions tthe’ Pornaps the hy aver Was Wor: (io b ttow tt L m~ chap 24 the neat mor lg with a hangover, bur nut the Nater R4 | awoke Whenever thei is & Continued p .¢ 7 vai question. a ulary and mythology have de veloped around the rad:. son Lo ee Write or around the world on (ese iesues. ' Valume 34, Number 73 MARSHALL ISLANDS JOURNAL nw Pape6 raed