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Had looked forward to 'land of freedom'
Haitians imprisoned
United Press International
NEW ORLEANS — Surviving on rice, beans,
water and the “protection of God” for nearly a
month in the Atlantic Ocean, 25 Haitian refugees
rescued by a passing vessel looked forward to a
new life in the “land of freedom.”
Instead of freedom, however, the refugees
Wednesday found themselves imprisoned in a
downtown hotel awaiting word on their status
from the State Department.
The refugees sailed for 27 treacherous days in
an 18-foot boat registered under the Liberian
government before they were rescued Thursday.
The last of their food and water had run out
three days earlier and their boat was taking on
water. When they spotted the massive Amoco
Voyager on the horizon it represented their last
chance for survival and freedom.
“Their hearts were open,” said interpreter
Paddy Poux as three young refugees curiously
stared at television cameras at a Tuesday news
conference. “They were full of joy. They had
found political freedom.”
But now, U.S. immigration officials and the
State Department refuse to release the refugees
until checking with the Liberian government.
Meanwhile, immigration officials ordered
Amoco executives to hold the refugees under
guard. Amoco spokesman Jim O’Leary com
plained the company should not be penalized for
rescuing the Haitians.
“We, as a private company, should not be in
the position of providing security for illegal im
migrants,” he said. “We re just waiting to see
what happens. Our captain picked them up be
cause it looked to him like the boat might flounder
and they might be in danger.
Besides being their interpreter, Poux is re
sponsible for resettling the Haitians and he also
finds the government’s actions ironic.
“It’s very strange to me how a company like
Amoco can be penalized by the State Department
for being a good Samaritan,” he said. “I’m trying
to understand the rationale.”
Poux said most of the refugees did not under
stand the controversy surrounding their arrival
here and were mainly concerned with staying in
“the land of freedom.”
“They made a choice — for better or worse,
they were going to try this dangerous voyage,” he
said. “They put their money together, got a boat
and left under the protection of God.
“Now they’re here they want to stay. If they
went back to Haiti, they would be in a lot of
trouble.”
Three of the 25 refugees, dressed in baggy but
clean clothes, fielded questions from reporters
Tuesday as a guard from a private security firm
looked on.
Through an interpreter, they told of their
voyage during which they stopped at Cuba and
later at a small island for water and supplies be
fore being pulled by the Gulf stream toward the
U.S. coast.
One smiling refugee, 23-year-old Louisa
Edmond, explained the feeling when they finally
spotted the ship that rescued them from treacher
ously high seas. “The food and water just went
out,” she said through Poux. “We would not be
here this afternoon if it hadn’t beenTor that boat. ”
Grain elevator
gripes ignored
United Press International
GALVESTON — Repeated
complaints about dust problems
prior to a 1977 grain elevator ex
plosion that killed 18 people drew
small reaction and few results, a
federal grain inspector has testi
fied.
James Phelps, a field office su
pervisor for the Federal Grain In
spection Service, testified Tues
day in the federal trial of two com
pany officials that the Farmers
Grain Export Co. tended to down
play his complaints.
A December 1977 grain blast at
the site killed 18 people, injured
35 others and caused $3 million in
damages.
On trial are Robert Jones and
Frank Caulder, who were in
dicted on 24 counts of willful viola
tions of occupational safety stan
dards.
“We noticed the elevator being
dustier on more days (than with
the previous owners),” Phelps
said. “At that time, the reaction
we got from the elevator manage
ment was that they were installing
a new dust system. They were
more or less trying to pacify us.”
Phelps said he came to Galves
ton in March 1977 while the eleva
tor was still owned by Cook Indus
tries.
“The elevator at times had some
dust problems, but they (Cook)
would immediately clean up or
solve the problem causing the
dust. When we noticed the prob
lem, they were already working
on it,” he said.
The elevator was sold to Far
mers in June 1977 and gradually
changed management. The transi
tion ended in late September with
Jones as manager and Caulder as
superintendent.
“On a day-to-day basis the dust
was greater in October than it was
when Cook operated it,” Phelps
said. “The worst place was the
scale floor (about midway up the
200-foot head house). The sus
pended dust was so thick you
could not see across the floor. At
points on the floor it was as deep as
your mid-calf.”
In October, Phelps said he com
plained but Caulder told him he
had to be more patient. Phelps
said he got basically the same reac
tion from Jones.
Phelps said he told Jones and
Caulder on Nov. 1 that a safety
inspector from Washington was
coming and he asked them to
clean up some of the dust.
But Phelps said, “Jones said he
thought we were complaining too
much, harrassing them. He said
he would look into the com
plaints.”
A letter from Jones to em
ployees dated Nov. 2 ordered all
Farmers employees to cooperate
with the federal inspectors.
Government prosecutor Dan
Small asked Phelps if grain dust
was a contributing factor in the
explosion and Phelps replied that
it was.
Phelps said he had been con
cerned prior to Dec. 27 about dust
levels in the facility.
On cross examination by Theo
Pinson, attorney for Jones, Phelps
said he knew of plans to work on
the plant’s dust system and ack
nowledged that Jones took some
action to satisfy his complaints.
State given
control of
island area
United Press International
AUSTIN — A meeting with De
partment of Interior officials has
convinced Gov. Bill Clements
that there is no basic disagree
ment between state and federal
authorities over the proposed
transfer of 19,000 acres of federal
land on Matagorda Island to the
state’s control.
Ray Arnett, assistant secretary
for fish, wildlife and parks for the
Interior Department, and J.R.
Spradley, a solicitor with the In
terior Department, visited the is
land as guests of Dallas business
man T. L. Wynne, who owns more
than 11,000 acres there.
“I find that our discussion Mon
day resulted in general agree
ment,” Clements said. “I am con
vinced that no damage whatever
will come to wildlife on Matagorda
Island when our Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department assumes
management of the lands now
held by the federal government. ”
Clements said he would not
allow “a Coney Island atmos
phere” on the island and that no
vehicles would be allowed on the
land.
The governor also emphasized
that an area where endangered
whooping cranes nest already is
controlled by the state and would
not be endangered by the
transfer.
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