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Jfe OREGON MIRROR SPECIAL WASHINGTON REPORT A House Committee On the March Established in March 1959 - Negro Weekly Circulated by Mail - Newsboys - Businesses Published Every Wednesday By U.S. Rep. Adam C. Powell (D.-N.Y.) 4617 N. Williams Ave. AT 4-4551 Chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor PUBLISHER - J. Marcus Wellington. Ill MANAGER & EDITOR - Don Alford E DI T OR I A L ECO NO M IC LEADERSHIP THE NEGRO HAS NOT HAD ANY REAL STRONG AND I i iHCEFUL LEADERSHIP IN THE FIELD OF BUSINESS, SINCE HIS BEGINNING IN OREGON. OTHER FIELDS OF LEADERSHIP HAVE MET THE CHALLENGE, BUT THE NEGRO ECONOMIC LEADERSHIP HAS FALLEN TOO FAR BEHIND FOR HIS OWN SAFETY AND GOOD. THE RACE HAS MADE PROGRESS IN THE FIELD OF EDU CATION, SOCIAL SCIENCE, CIVIL RIGHTS AND SPIRITUAL AND MORAL GROWTH, BUT THE FIELD OF ECONOMICS OR BUSI NESS WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN AMONG THE FIRST IN HIS BID FOR PROGRESS HAS BEEN VERY SADLY NEGLECTED. THE SLOWNESS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEGRO'S ECONOMIC LIFE HAS HAMPERED HIM IN THE PROGRESS OF OTHER PARTS OF LIFE. IT TAKES MONEY AND A LITTLF PRESTIGE FOR A RACE OF PEOPLE TO MAKE ITSELF IN ALL ITS CIVIL RIGHTS. THE AMERICAN PATTERN FOR SEGREGATION HAS MADE IT VERY EASY FOR THE NEGRO TO DEVELOP HIS ECONOMIC LIFE WITHIN HIS OWN NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT BECAUSE OF VERY POOR LEADERSHIP IN THE FIELD OF ECONOMICS, THE RACE HAS OVERLOOKED DEVELOPING THE MOST ESSENTIAL PART OF ITS L IF E . BUT WHAT THE NEGRO HAS FAILED TO DO FOR HIS ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT HAS PAID OFF WELL TO OTHER RACES. IF A MAN CANNOT DO BUSINESS IN HIS OWN NEIGHBORHOOD, WHERE CAN HE DO IT? THERE IS NOTHING TO STOP THE NEGROES FROM DOING BUSINESS AMONG THEMSELVES BUT THE NEGROES THEMSELVES. PEO PLE CANNOT BLAME OTHER RACES FOR COMING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE GOLD THEY WALK OVER DAILY WHEN THEY REFUSE TO STOP LONG ENOUGH TO PICK UP THE GOLD. THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN IF THE NEGRO HAD PROPER LEADERSHIP IN THE FIELD OF ECONOMICS, AS HE HAS IN THE FIELD OF CIVIL RIGHTS. A LEADER IS A PERSON WITH ACTION, HONESTY, COUR AGE, FAITH, AND ABILITY TO INSPIRE OTHERS DO TO WHAT THEY THINK CANNOT BE DONE. SUCH A LEADER CAN FIRE THE HEARTS OF INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS TO ACTION FOR TFIEMSELVES AND THEIR RACE. EVERYBODY CANNOT LEAD, FOR LEADERSHIP IS CHOSEN FOR THE FEW. TO LEAD, THERE MUST BE HONESTY, COURAGE, FAITH, AND A DEEP SrNSE OF CONVICTION THAT WHAT SEEMS TO BE IMPOSSI BLE CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED. A LEADER INSPIRES PEOPLE BY MAKING S(W1ETHING W ITHIN BREAK DOWN TO ACTION AND RESULTS. WHAT WE NEED ARE A FEW MEN WITH VISION AND TO PUSH OFF INTO THE DEEP WITH SAFETY. THE GREATEST ENEMY TO THE ECONOMIC PROGRESS OF THE NEGRO IS THE NEGRO HIM SELF, BUT THE REASON FOR THIS IS LACK OF PROPER LEADERSHIP. THE BIGGEST FOHCE THAT IS HOLDING THE Nl QRO IXTWN IS HIS OWN FORCE, A FACT THAT HE IS TOO LONG REALIZING. IF WE WOULD TAKE JUST A LITTLE T IM i OUT AND GIVE OUR ECONOMIC CONDITION A LITTLE SI RKXJ8 CONSIDERATION* THAT IN ITSELF WOULD BE ENOUGH TO HIGHLIGHT OUR WEAKNESS WHICH WE COULD TURN IN TO STRENGTH AND POWER. STRONG WILLPOWER TO SHOW US HOW Hayes Places In N ational Contest Each year. Crown Zellerbach Corp. sponsors a collegiate con- teat nationally. This year, thru the Advertlalng Art School, the theme of the contest was Democ racy versus Communism. There were forty-five colleges with four hundred a r J fifty-five contestants participating. Dan Hayes, a P ort land Minister and a student at the Advertising Art School here for the past four years, finishing his course this September, was one of the contestants to receive at award (fourth place honorable mention). Region 4. There was also a dinner given by the Adver tising Art Association of the West for the winners at Me Multnomah Hotel, Reverend Hayes was one of the contestants to be honored. t o L u r e s Y o» b a i r / e o A * 1 W ednesday, June 20, 1962 THE O REG O N MIRROR Pag* 2 The accomplishments of the 87th Congress can now be visu alized. As Chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor, I am pleased to make this brief report about the activities of the Committee to which has been entrusted for review and recommendation at least 40 percent of the new Administration’s domestic program. It is important to begin with a presentation of the structure and organization of the Committee accomplished since my Chairman ship. To facilitate the consideration of the numerous matters which come under our purview, I have organized the Committee staff into two segments con cerned with (1 ) education and moral posture and further enable (2) labor. The valuable and us to assume a leadership role effective results of this funda among the world’s free peoples. mental organization arc reflected It is my hope that the Equal by the fact that after 2 0 0 days Employment Opportunities Act c i public hearing and 52 days now before the Rules Committee of executive deliberation, 29 will be considered and enacted measures based on the 600 bills by the Congress. referred to our Comm ttee wert fhe activities of the Educa reported to the House for floor tion and Labor Committee are consideration. In the first four too numerous to permit a com teen months, we have seen en plete review and report in this acted into law 14 measures which article. My discussion at this our Committee recommended time can accomplish only an for passage. overview of Committee activities Education— Eight of the bills under my Chairmanship. The recommended by this Commit Education and Labor Committee tee and signed into law by the is building a new image. It is an image that recognizes the Co n g re s s m a n P o w e ll was e le e fed basic need for an enlightened to fh e 79. h C o n g r e s s in 1954 a n d citizenry in our American De- re e 'c c e d to 8 0 th, 81st, 8 2 n d , 8 3 r d , £ 4 t h , 8 5 th, gresres. 86th and 8 7 fh Con- He is a u t h o r a n d c o a u t h o r n i m e ro u i C ' v il li g h ts Bills. mocracy and it is an image that underscores equal opportunities for all to pursue education com mensurate with their ability and to do the work for which they hold best qualifications with- cut any artificial restrictions. Through its new image the Edu cation and Labor Committee will assist in the accomplishment of meaningful legislation and in the demonstration to all people of the world that Democracy is vibrant both as a philosophy and as a way of life. This is truly a "Committee cn the March.” "EXPERIENCE GROUP MEETS UNLIMITED” An enthusiastic group of ex business people are attending the meetings of Experience Unlimited of Oregon Thursday nights at Port land Center, 1633 S. W. Park. Presiding Chairman Hugh Miller has called upon new members to Introduce themselves, give their past work experience and tell their reemployment problems. Among those present at the last meeting were a form er sales engineer, office manager, executive s e c re tary, agricultural warehouse ex aminer, foreign government offi cial and ex-judge. Job seekeis must d resent a resume of execu tive, professional or sem i- professional work to become members. The organization once open only to men is now open to qualified women. It was started in 1960 of He served as C h a i r m a n o f FEPC Su b co m m it te e , 81st Co ngress , a n d is n o w C h a ir m a n o f the C o m m itte e on E d u c a tio n a n d L a b o r o f the Ho use o f Represe ntative s. President affected education. These measures embraced a wide range of programs such as: aid to schools in Federally impacted areas; extension of the National Defense Education Act; amend ment of the Vocational Educa tion Act to include training of practical nurses and the estab lishment of a teaching hospital for Howard University through a transfer of Freedmen’s Hos pital. In view of a need for greater fo eus upon problems incident to juvenile delinquency special mention should be made of Committee activities ami the law passed which provides for the establishment of a program of grants for demonstration proj ects in the prevention and con trol of juvenile delinquency. Labor— The labor itaff has continuously examined existing statutes in order to have legisla tion reflect changes in social and industrial conditions. Examples of labor activities are: Changes in the Longshoremen’s and Har bor Workers Act; the Federal Employees Compensation Act; the addition of another Assist ant Secretary of Labor for W o m .n ’s Affairs; a new Metallic Mine Safety l aw; amendments to the NX clfare and Pension Dis- c Usure Act; the amendment of the I air Labor Standards Act to extend coverage and raise hourly wage rares, and the passage of the Man power Development and Training Act of 1962. This lat- tci Act has been characterized as true legislative pioneering Since I entered the Congress '•omc eighteen years ago, I have proposed and vigorously en couraged the enactment oî a fair employment practices law which would Strengthen this Nation's FO R TH E F IN E S T O F FOODS AND E N T E R T A IN M E N T MS V isit THE COTTON CLUB FRIENDLY -COURTEOUS AND EFFICIENT SERVICE Oregon Mirror Twist Contest Every Tues. 3 SHOWS N IG H TLY 2125 N. V a n c o u v e r ave . BUD MEADOWS SAYS- W H A T 'S OF FREEDO M C H O IC E ? 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