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PO R TLA N D /O B SER VER O ct. 8, 1970 Where to address your congressman Counselor on Counseling Black doctors map plans By GEORGETTE SMITH Counseling is a subject which For persons wishing to ex Room 700, P o r t l a n d , Ore. asserts, among many Black press their feelings on issues of 97232. people, a negative attitude. Stop the day to their representatives and think of what comes to your CONGRESS is suffering a health expense and suffering of black in Washington, D.C., here is m in d when the subject is m America a n p o w e r crisiso f disastrous lives. a list of Oregon's senators and FIRST DISTRICT - Congress brought up. Something negative For all this, the convention r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s , with their man Wendell Wyatt, House Of or positive? Several surveys proportions. It affects all the nation’s citizens, t«ut especially was mostly free of rancor. mailing addresses. fice Building, Washington, D.C. state that 92 per cent of the its black, Spanish-speaking and Those (including some white re This list is published by the 20515. DISTRICT OFFICE: 1033 time a negative response comes porters who had come to dis Observer to encourage voter in SE McLoughlin Blvd., Milwau out. A couple of factors contrib In d ia n population. Fifty-five miss NMA as " a black AMA") terest in operation of the feder kie, O re. 97222. ute to our negative response. (1) thousand more practicing doc tors were needed YESTERDAY. looking for confrontations, dia al government. SECOND DISTRICT - - Con Counseling was available to the Each day, as the population Persons interested in ex gressman A1 Ullman, House Of wealthy; (2) How could we relate grows, the medical manpower tribes and demonstrations were d i s a p p o i n t e d . There WERE p r e s s i n g their feelings on fice Building, Washington, D. C. to a counselor, though trained in gap gets wider. clashes of will, and differences c u r r e n t issues to government 21515. DISTRICT OFFICE: Post tlie field of counseling (academ The shortage of doctors is of opinion. But the majority of representatives should address Office Building, Salem, Ore. ically) but could not relate to dramatically apparent in the the over 1,200 physicians and their envelope to "The Honor 97301. Black people. black community. There are able Mark O. Hatfield," "The THIRD DISTRICT — Con No. 1 has been deleted through only 6,000 black physicians in student present seemed to real Honorable Robert W. Pack- ize that the situation has gotten gresswoman Edith Green, House our Albina project. My col the U.S. - less than 2 percent to serious now to play around. wood" or "The Honorable Wen O f f i c e Building, Washington, league and I are at your dispos of the total 317,000 doctors, ac The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who dell Wyatt." The letter should D.C. 20515. DISTRICT OFFICE: al. All one has to do is to call cording to officials of the Na calls himself " a physician to a begin "Dear Senator Hatfield," US Courthouse, Portland, Ore. the Albina Community Action t i o n a l Association sick society," put the mood of ''D e a r Senator Packwood" or 97205. Center 287-2603, and ask to (NMA), the Medical black doctors’ orga the convention in perspective "Dear Representative Wyatt." speak to one of us or leave a nization. FOURTH DISTRICT — Con during a press conference 1«- UNITED STATES SENATORS message with our secretary g r e s s m a n John Dellenback, In Mississippi, tor instance, fore his speech to the Internal Senator Mark O. Hatfield, House Office Building, Washing Mrs. Carol Wilson to make an e black population is about Medicine section. "All of us in Senate Office Building, Wash ton, D.C. 20515. DISTRICT OF appointment. Each session is th 900,000. there are only 46 black b la c k American are suffering ington, D. C. 20510. DISTRICT FICE: Post Office Building, Eu for one hour per week and we doctors. This a ratio of more from some form of sickness, OFFICE: 475 Cottage Street, gene, Ore. 97401. are available for evening ap than 19,000 is persons to one and it’s really a case of social NE, Salem O re. 97301 pointments. The fee is what you Representative f o r Benton, practitioner. Federal health of claustrophobia. There’s just too Senator Robert W. Packwood, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, are able to pay. ficials estimate that a ratio of many of us for the amount of Senate Office Building, Wash Lincoln, Multomah-west por No. 2 is alleviated through 1,000 persons to one physician in g to n , D.C. 20510. DISTRICT tion, Polk, Tillamook, Washing our Project by Brother Trotter is needed for a MINIMUM stan s p a c e we’re confined to^.The issue is not fight the victims ixit OFFICE: 1002 NE Holladay, ton and Yamhill Counties. and myself. We have been thor dard of health care. to expand the w alls." Jackson oughly trained in the field of is an extreme, said. "In a convention like this, counseling and relate to Black liut Mississippi by no means a typical ex you find the young medics flgtit- people not only because we are ample. Fayette County, Tenn., ing the old medics and neither Black—but because we care Secretary Elliot L. Richard Under these new supplemental with a black population of alxxit of them is f i g h t i n g the what happens to you personally. son of the Department of Health, grant no "watching" 27,000, has no black doctors. is re walls...W. Montague Cobb (who We are trying to relieve the Education and Welfare has an quired. The Federal government Urban areas also have a short was dismissed from his post as many negative views of counsel nounced that HEW'S Office of share is 100 percent. ing that have faced Black people a g e , although not usually as chairman of Anatomy at Howard Education will provide more for so long. One way, I feel, to a c u t e . Fresno, Calif., with University Medical School dur The Office of Education has than >30 million in supplemen 30,000 blacks, has 10 black doc ing student protests last year) achieve this is through better tors. tary funds this calendar year to just made supplemental Awards ended up being a victim of dis communication with each other, help predominantly black col of $53 million under the College So, when the NMA held its located frustration («cause we placing of more trust in each Work-Study program to enable leges and their students. wouldn’t take on Nixon and other, and of course, a feeling 75th annual convention In Atlan Funds would be made avail 124 pre-dominantly black col ta, Ga., August 3-6, bridging the HEW. And Nixon’s (>udget is of pride for oneself as a human able for construction, College leges to provide employment for manpower gap was the chief more of a death wish than a life being. I hope these feelings will Work—study, and strengthening more than 10,000 students who c o n c e r n . Amid the pomp and wish." become a reality. of teaching, administrative and need jobs to help meet the col Using slightly different Just a brief note on our Youth circumstance o f Atlanta’s fu lege expenses. student Service program s. turistic - and expense-Regency language, the NMA's leadership Club which is called THE UNIT President Nixon in a letter Hotel, amid the parties and would probably agree. "We feel ED SOUL SOCIETY. We have a fluff, ELIGIBILITY last month to Dr. Herman R. some of the doctors were we're the most neglected, im project just off the drawing In order to qualify the college Branson, president of Central taking care of the (»usiness of portant segment of the nation," board for a "Youth House" open State University in W’ilberforce, must have previously received how to recruit, educate and get said outgoing president Hill. to all youths in the Model Cities Ohio, in which he stated: "The C o lle g e Work-Study grant for into practice the 30,000 black "You spend $20,000 to train a Area, ages 15-20. At this time employment of needy students present financial plight of our for doctors NMA officials say are graduate of Annapolis (the Naval current period, and we are trying to raise tonds to needed now. small and overwhelming major must this Academy), maybe it's more than have exhausted their funds have the house operational. All ity of our predominately black for this Not everybody was taking that. $12,000 would almost make purpose. interested youths are invited to colleges clearly demonstrates care of this particular kind of a doctor. We can train people drop by the Albina Community business, to me that the federal govern however. There was to kill (xit not to help people to Previous federal grants have Action center at 7:30 P.M .,O c ment must strengthen its role in provided 80 percent of students considerable bickering at>out the live." tober 6, 1970. support of equal education op earnings, with the college pro "relevancy" of the NMA. Out N M A representatives took portunity." going president, Dr. Julius W. t h e i r complaints to President viding the remaining 20 percent. Hill, of Los Angeles, attacked Nixon on August 5, and told him, "ego-m aniacs, exhibitionists, they say, like it is. s h o w - o f f s and self-centered We («lleve, Mr. President, pseudo-leaders" who had been that certain aspects of the quoted by newspapers as making health crisis demand immediate The Concentrated Employ "asinine" attacks at the NMA attention and CAN 1« solved Father Flanagan of Boys’ ment Program provides a close- during his tenure. On the other fortiiwittil" said * stdi-iiKiit Town built a movement on his knit s y s t e m for delivering side of the fence, Paul B. Sims, given the President by Hill. Dr. belief, "th ere's no such thing as manpower services for the dis of the Black Science Student O r Andrew L. Thomas (secretary a bad boy." advantaged in the Model Cities ganization, of New York, circu of NMA House of Delegates), This philosophy can lead to area and a like-sized area in lated an open letter addressed D r the . Emerson Walden (NMA very diverse opinions, depend the Southeast section of Port to NMA members: president elect tor 1971-72), ing on whether you are a parent, land. Black people still suffer at Dr. C.C. Bookert (speaker of teacher, or over thirty. Regard- Every area program has four the mercy of the Federal Gov the house of Delegates), Dr. l e s s of age or occupation, I principle features: (1) enlisting ernment, still die a slow death John Kenney (a Howard Univer think we can all agree "there the active support and coopera at the hands of educators who sity professor) and Dr. Jam es are bad boys, but there are also tion of business and labor orga mlseducate, die at the hands of M. Wittico (NMA past presi reasons why boys or girls act nizations in the local communi Preachers who pray on Sundays dent). "The most important of badly." ties; (2) providing a wide range and "sprinkle Itoly water on Hy According to the form er At of counseling, health, education drogen Bombs," die at the hands these tor the moment," the state ment continued, " is the acute torney General Ramsey Clark, and training services on an in of Cadillac surgeons who only shortage of tonds for black and we could cut the crim e statis dividual basis; (3) developing w a n t to develop some bit of other minority students of $2 tics in half by attacking the rea employment opportunities suited knowledge so that they can be in aid THE fall-Fall sons of crime involvement with to each individual in the pro listed in "Who’s Who" at the million 19701" modern scientific know-how. He gram, and (4) providing the fol states that eleven to seventeen low-up assistance necessary to year old boys commit one-half assure that a job, once obtained, of all burglaries, larcenies and will not quickly be lost. car thefts; and that sixteen year The PCEP was funded for FR. (JORDON DICKEY W o o d la w n Parsonage olds commit more crime than $2,096,000 for the year 1969 & 925 N .l. Highland Street any age group. homes are needed. Half-way 70. Most services are subcon Hour*: 10:00 A M until ? Across the country we face homes p r o v i d i n g counselling, tracted to other agencies, such Phon* 2 (7 -5 6 6 3 the same problem with youth. work opportunities and a more as: Portland Community College Our problem is that we have not suitable learning environment. for basic education and voca learned how to prevent, correct The half-way home is an at tional education; Portland Op and rehabilitate youthful offend tempt to avoid the traum aof sep portunities Industrialization e rs . Our jails and correctional aration associated with the Center for basic education and Subscription Introductory institutions tend to create crim conventional correction institu special programs; University of inals. tion. The home is located in a Oregon Dental School for dental Offer - We are pushing kids out of typical neighborhood; the boys services, and local doctors for society. Young people who are go to school like the rest of the physical and medical follow-up. Save M.OQ by using this form, put out of school with nowhere young people in the neighbor Its Internal programs are the to go but the street are the hood. Counselling programs are New C areers Program, Opera 52 issues for M .00 same young people who end up established to help not only the tion Mainstream adult work ex- later in the courtroom. Nation i n d i v i d u a l boy but the family p e r i e n c e and Neighborhood N am e___ ally, most crimes are commit from which the boy comes. Youth Corps youth work expe ted by school drop-outs; and by Neighborhood youth care fa rience programs. Address p e r s o n s who never completed cilities are an example of com The Po r t l an d Concentrated the tenth grade. Three-quarters munity involvement in crime E m p lo y m e n t Program, spon of all offenders come from bro p r e v e n t i o n ; in peace-keeping sored by the Portland Metropol ken homes. th r o u g h problem solving. The itan Steering Committee, is Great efforts are now being statistics concerning such a fbnded by the U £ . Department waged by federal, state and home are im pressive. In Cali of Labor. PCEP is headed by P o lan d Observer, 7 1 4 '/, N.E. Alberto Portland, Oregon church program s. Of notice in fornia, 67% of youths who go to George Rankins, a retired Army Oregon is the Job Corps, Op prison are arrested subsequent non-commissioned officer and portunity School, The Louise ly; only 29% of those who go to his three executive staff Home, Christie School and St. a n e ig h b o r h o o d youth care members: WE Mary s Boys' Home. One vast center are arrested a second Carl Simington, Support Man OUT problem -area still u n to u c h e d time. ager; Robert Willits, New Ca TAKE are the young people who are Father Flanagan explained his reers Manager, and Dell Smith, OF having trouble at home but who philosophy this way; "there are Operations Manager. THE -------- F REPAIR may not yet be in trouble with no bad boys, if they have the op Next week we will discuss the the law and have nowhere to portunities to love, to learn, and Concentrated Employment Pro Woods Fix-It and Repair Ph. 284-3093 turn. Neighborhood youth care to become productive." gram system. 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