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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1970)
M EN OP1 TH E W EEK n sh I L 1. id 1 a r The Observer salutes M r. Charles Ford (left) and M r. Joll S o u th w e ll (right) for their courage and undying long hours of hard work. They pulled them selves up by th e ir own lo o t- straps. FROM BOTTOM TO TOP M r. Charles Ford now sales man for Kraft Food Company started 19 years ago as a main tenance man and today he is one of the company's top salesmen. The determination a ll started back during the boyhood days In M ississippi. He was just one of the many black boys who walked the dusty roads, feeling the wet c la y between his ebony toes. Like a ll boys he loved to run through the ta ll grass and climb the big trees. He experienced hard winter, evening breezes and sweat filled summer and the frustration of being black In M ississippi. One 'lay he left that d u s t y , red clayed community, s till angered by the lack of manhood allowed him In M issis sippi. With no money, Just the clothing upon his back and a dream In his heart, he set out to meet his destiny. Years have passed since that when, with tears In his eyes, he bade his fam ily and friends a fond fare well with a promise that one day he would return...and return he did. NATIVE SON RETURNS He went back to visit his na tive home, but not as a thief In the night, but as one who is big ger than life . He went home as one who has seen a far vision and marches to the beat of an NAACP c h a rg e s C o m p an ies During the National Associa tion for the Advancement of Olored People (NAACP) North west Area Conference meeting In Vancouver, Wash., the Port land Branch NAACP charged that discrim ination by automo bile and property Insurance companies is being practiced against the black community. This was one of the four res olutions that was passed by rep resentatives of the other four Branches of the Northwest Area C o n f e r e n c e . Delegates from Alaska, Washington, Idaho and Montana were present and voted approval of the resolution. The resolution stated that property insurance coverage by black Individuals, organizations and business In Portland has been cancelled. Black persons living within the Albina Area were unable to purchase auto mobile Insurance. They are charged higher rates because of address o r residence o r can celed without Just cause. The four other branches voted to support Portland Branch to help "apply pressure to bear on the State of Oregon and the state in s u r a n c e commissioner to e lim in a te racial d is c rim i nation" in Insurance proce dures. The case has been tested that whites living In the same area are able to get Insurance cover age without any trouble at a ll. When this reporter called one N a t io n a l Insurance Comjtany here and asked If they would in sure Blacks living In the Albina with car Insurance the answer was, "no, you are living in the wrong area, however, you can join thq clul) which entitles you to call ,:uid get your c l r started, or ftx *a flat tire , etc., but we cannot cover you, I am s o rry ." eternal drum m er. With dignity and pride he stepped once again upon that dusty, red clay road telling the story of success how he started 19 years ago as an malntenanceman, a promotion as a warehouseman for 10 years and now a salesman for four years. Charles Ford told this reporter, "T here Is more In the man than In the land." Charles lives at 4012 N. Commercial with his wife, four sons and two daughters. PSU GRADUATE J o l l Southwell was born In Antigua, West Indies, came to P o r t la n d , Oregon December, 1963, Is In sale service for Zel- lerbach Paper Company. He graduated from Portland State U niversity with a major in B u s in e s s Administration In 1968. He has been employed In the sale service for Zellerbach Paper Company for two years. A ll customer problems In the sale division come through him. W’hen asked how he likes such a Job, he chuckled and said, "as long as people feel that someone cares, they are easy to deal with. I care and each customer complaint Is my concern and I try to make him happy. PSU offers enforcement instruction PORTLAND/OBSERVER Oct. 8, 1970 Fraudulent claims at minimum By LEE P. BROWN Over 250 students who are p r e p a r i n g fo r careers In the crim in a l Justice system are enrolled in the Law Enforce ment Education Program at Portland State U niversity. The students enrolled in the fo u r- year program complete the re quirements fo r a degree in So ciology, Psychology o r P olitical Science in addition to the re quirements established for the C ertificate of Law Enforce ment. The program is designed for students who are interested in becoming police o ffice rs, court o ffice rs, probation and parole officers and other positions in the correctional system dealing with both adults and juveniles. Job opportunities are available in these areas at the federal, state and local level. Portland State University is one of the participating Institu tions in the Law Enforcement Education Program authorized by the Omnibus C rim e Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (P .L . 90-351). The Law En forcement Education Program (LEEP) offers loans up to $1,800 per year to help finance college study for students who are preparing for careers in police, courts o r corrections. The loan is cancelled at the rate of 25 per cent fo r each year s p e n t in the crim in a l justice profession. Additional inform ation a b o u t the Law Enforcement Program o r the LEEP loan program may be obtained by contacting the Law Enforcement Department at Portland State U niversity, 1604 SW 10th Avenue o r by calling 229-4014. SALEM - (Special) - Fraud a 1 In Multnomah County; one in connection with unemploy conviction in Um atilla County; ment insurance benefits and two c o n v i c t i o n s in Jackson taxes was kept to a minimum County and one conviction in Jo during the third quarter of 1970, sephine County. even though claim s were more The courts ordered re stitu numerous this year than last, tions in six cases; imposed the Employment Division re fines ranging from $5 to $100 ported here. The low Incidence in two cases; set probationary of fradulent claims continued periods from one year to two and was possible because of years in two cases; imposed one constant vigilance of local office two-day sentence with 88 days claims personnel, the fraud in suspended in one case and set vestigation unit of the Benefits sentences of 10 days to three section and by Tax Section audi months suspended in four cases. tors, the Division said. There was a total of 171 deter T hird quarter fraud control minations written in which a ctivity b r o u g h t recommen 1,827 calendar weeks were dis dations for prosecution of five qualified for w illfu l, false state new cases, bringing the total ments o r misrepresentation to number of cases to 42. The 42 obtain unemployment insurance fraud cases compared with a benefits. A total of $13,989.28 total of 20,810 unemployment was recovered in overpayments, insurance claim determinations the Employment Division re made during the th ird quarter of ported. 1970 as compared with 16,738 p r o c e s s e d during the same p e r io d last year, when there CONGRATULATIONS were 39 cases in process. Eight cases were completed Thomas Vickers as follows: one conviction and one dism issal in Lane County; and family one conviction and one dlsm iss- • •• ftfSHESr Excellent YOUR JOB and YOUR FUTURE By ROBERT O. SNELLING, JR. Q: Everyone I talk to seems to be concerned about the em ployment situation in the coun try and how jobs are harder to get. Yet, aren’t jobs more plen tifu l when a country is engaged in combat and we are preparing war m aterials? What is going to happen to the unemployment rate if we ever do get out of Vietnam and the troops are home looking fo r jobs? T e rry O’H. A. You don't have to be an economics professor to realize that if we brought 396,000 m ili tary personnel home from Viet nam tom orrow and unloaded two m illion additional service men and women here backing them up and our emergency m aterials machine ground to a halt, there would be economic disaster. But it won’t grind to a halt. Vast sums made available by p e a c e would be ftmneled into rocket and rocket defense sys te m s and other government p rio ritie s . When the lo ys do get b a c k they'll 1« busy Ixiilding houses for each other, selling each other cars and loaning each other money. As fa r as the talk of jobs l«lng harder to get right now, le t's don't construe that to mean that there isn 't work In this country fo r everyone who can and really wants to work, be cause there Is - not invariably w h a t he wants, o r where he wants it, but work to make a livin g while seeking the desired opportunity. Q. I'm ,7 and a Junior in high school. I'm /ery good with my hands and would like to become • plumber. My parents are loth professional people and they ob ject strongly to my idea. They say I should go to college and make something of myself. Isn’t being a plumber "som ething"? A . There are thousands of high school graduates headed for college who shouldn't l>e, tor many reasons, one of which is that they are being pushed there by parents who don't understand that everytwdy is not college m aterial - a fact accounting for the current te rrib le college dropout rate (In excess of 50 per cent). Much of the parental pi|Bh Is dictated by nothing more practical than the w hite-collar fetish. FROZEN FOOD BUYS This country faces a labor c ris is for lack of skilled work men. Most householders know how hard it Is to get a plumber. P lu m b in g pays high, and you have the opportunity to be your own boss and even expand your o p e r a t io n if you desire, plus tim e fo r your fam ily and per sonal activities. 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