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Selva Ramirez, a 25-year-old
housewife who was six
months pregnant at the time.
Her mother Maria Lina
Rodas, has been in prison for
eight years. All have been
suspected members of the
Communist Party, reports

quoted by Huumo stated.
Relatives.
must pay bribes to get .
y,. information abeut im- |
dated April 22, 1976, Huumo™

In his letter to President.

Stroessner of Paragua

wrote in part:

**,..Most of the prisoners
are held incommunicado,
and numerous reports claim
that at least some of them are
being subject to severe
torture. Relatives allegedly
must pay

families, even to find ‘out if
they are still alive.

‘Among those whose

arrests havé been denied but
who have completely disa-
ppeared are Helidoro Velaz-

quez, a textile worker;
Martin Barros, a _ metal-
worker; Pedro Barua, a

builder, and his wife Dina
Barua; Nilo Benitez, an
agricultural worker; and
Federico Mallorquin, a stu-
dent....”’

For many it would seem
that Huumo is merely writing
a bunch of pen pals overseas.
Not so, he says.

““A hobby is relaxing. I
don’t find this kind of writing
relaxing. When I finish
them, yes. But not when rm
doing them.”’

Perhaps the most concrete
proof of what Huumo calls *‘a
serious commitment’” is his
purchase of a $500 photo-
copying machine for his
personal use.”

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He has set a policy for
himself in that he will send a
letter to 2 world leader only
when.copies of the letter are
mailed to the media (some
media in the United States),

to local provincial and federal

levels of government, and
groups such as Amnesty
International who champion
the cause of prisoners of
conscience.

allegedly

prisoned families.’
Prior to his $500 invest-
ment, which Huumo says will

pay off in the long run, he’

was a regular patron of the
copiers into which he has lost
count of how many dimes he
has popped. ;

“4 certainly couldn’t

stock up to about that,’’. he.

Apart from using the mail
in getting his ideas across,
Huumo uses his mouth to an
advantage.

He would often quote from:

Aristotle, Plato and Socrates.
In one letter to Greek Prime
Minister Constantine Kara-
manlis in which he pleaded
for conscientious. objector
Vassilius Raftudis Huumo
quoted Socrates:

***For if you’ kill me you
easily find a

use such a ludicrous figure of

speech, am a sort of gadfly, . |

given to the state by God;
and the state is a great: and
noble steed who is tardy in

his motions owning to his .

very size, and requires to be
stirred into life. I am that
gadfly which God has att-

_ached to the state, and all
.day long and in all places am

always fastening upon you,

“arousing and persuading and, .

‘reproaching you.”””

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themes may lose the average’
but his friends.

layman,

understand at least _ his

sympathy for the | impris-

oned.

' Amidst his name-dropping
and protrayal of the Deep
Cove philosopher, Huumo
has shown his immediate
family and friends that he is
committed. But there always
is the puzzling question.

“What’s the _pdint
Huumo?’’ Or ‘“What are you
getting at Huumo?””

“I remember,” he said,
*‘a longshoreman ran up to

me and shouted, ‘Hey
Huumo, when’ s the revolu-

tion gonna’ start?’”’

“I said, you’re looking at
it. It's a peaceful revolu-

_ tion.’

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