European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. February 1, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 9 Over Here a amps eff Batten spec. James Scott a painting left of Champion sugar Ray Leonard and manelous Marvin Lagier. Right artist Scott s eyes Light up As he discusses his  artist draws on Black heritage for inspiration by Effie Bathen Niernberg Bureau by the time James e. Scott graduated from High school he d Given up on his future. He was near the top of his class he was of with girls and his football team was on its Way to winning the state championship. But Scott was getting nowhere on his plans to become an artist even though he d won a slew of local and regional Art competitions. In fact he d won every thing he Ever entered. No one at his Rock Island. Iii., school had time for a Black kid who wanted to study an. He said. And without a Mentor his future was Bleak. He applied for a scholarship to Art school but a nothing came Quot along. That s when he joined the army enlisting to escape what he thought was a hard truth that Blacks could t make it. "1 did t have Confidence Quot said Scott now 25 and an artillery repairman with the 2nd support come s 71st mail in at Pinder Barracks near Niernberg. Scott who a up for promotion to sergeant said that during his army career he began to realize he was the one who had to make things happen. So Over the years he made time to paint usually in acrylics and with an air Brush. At Home in the Field. Wherever whenever. For the last several months he lugged a worn leather Case filled with portraits around Germany until he found people who would show his work. This month his artwork will be featured in eur army Magazine s cover Story about Black americans and he will participate in a Black history month project at the army Hospital in Niernberg. He a also been asked to paint murals throughout the Hospital. And his portraits of historic Black americans will appear on Page 8 of the stars and stripes through february. Quot most history books Don t teach much about Black  Scott said. Quot we Blacks find out that our for parents were brought Over Here in slave ships. That s it. I want Black people to know about themselves. I want them to know their Rich heritage because Black people in America Are lost. Their religion their heritage everything about them was taken  he Hopes his work will help people gel a better perspective of that transplanted heritage. Quot in be talked with germans and others Here and they think that Black people arc either murderers pimps thieves or rapists. A it needs to  while researching the subjects of his portraits Scott Learned something about himself and about personal potential an important theme in his work. For the Hospital project he Hopes to paint murals showing infants alongside images of what they could some Day become. A baby and a Stethoscope say. With a portrait of a famous doctor behind it. Quot i see All these Young people around me who Are going  he said Quot they have no Hope. In the 10th Grade that was primarily what was wrong with  today. Scott married with two children has a lot of Hope including one special wish Quot it May not happen in my lifetime Quot he said Quot but i Hope there will be a world without color lines because i have  Bishop wonders if he does enough by Randy Pruitt staff w Riter Ludwigshafen. West Germany a anti abortion Leader Bishop Austin Vaughan sat sipping Coffee out of Fine China a while Linen Tablecloth at his elbows. The setting in the spacious dining room of the Heinrich pc sch Haus. A Ludwigshafen Retreat owned by the Catholic diocese of Speyer was quite a contrast to his surroundings one week ago. Then he was peering through the bars of a jail cell in Albany. . Finishing a 15-Day sentence for blocking the Entrance to a planned parenthood office. It marked the third Lime in 18 months that he had been jailed for participating in anti abortion protests organized by the . Group operation Rescue. It was the sixth time he had been arrested. The soft spoken 62-Ycar-old prelate predicted it wont be the last. "1 would expect to be in another one arrest within a month Quot said Vaughan who is speaking this week to a conference of 70 european Catholic military chaplains. Mis subject. The sacredness of human life is the theme of the annual clerical conference. It is a talk he a been passionately delivering to Catholic military clergy in the United states for a year. The latest arrest of Vaughan the Vaughan auxiliary Bishop of the roman Catholic new York archdiocese. Created National headlines. He said from his cell that gov. Mario Cuomo Quot ran a serious risk of going to hell Quot for his pro Choice stance on abortion. Fie described Cuomo a potential 1992 democratic candidate As a Quot sunday Catholic Quot whom he d be Happy to see excommunicated. Vaughan said the presidential primary in 1988 and a Challenge issued by an activist ignited his anti abortion fires Quot no candidate of either major party Ever mentioned unborn children abortion or a million and a half dying every year. It seemed to me at that Point it had become pretty much a non Issue. I thought that was an atrocious situation for All of us. Thai s when i agreed to go on a  he defined a a Rescue As Quot blockading an abortion clinic to prevent the murder of unborn  Vaughan who spent most of his life As a Seminary professor does t Sec himself As an activist. Quot i was dragged into  he said recalling the Challenge issued by operation Rescue Leader Randy Terry who is serv ing two years in prison for blocking an Atlanta abortion clinic. A the said. A if you really believe abortion is murder Why done to you do something about it Quot i really did t have any satisfactory answer and i Felt that i was vulnerable in terms of having done nothing More than a couple of sermons a  Vaughan said he fits the non violent protests into his responsibilities As pastor of a Church in Newburgh and vicar for the 28 parishes in Orange county. . He said he turns Down most invitations to participate in demonstrations. Quot but in a still not sure that s the right answer Quot he said. Quot the Issue is so big that i m not completely sure i should t be going at it full time. There s a certain amount of remaining guilt on my own part. Quot in a better suited to the other things i m doing but this need is More