To All Our Friends
PORTLAND/OBSERVER Dec. 3, 1970
The Northwest’s Best Weekly
A Black Owned Publication
Published every Thursday by Exie Publishing Company, 714‘ j N.E.
Alberta, Portland, Oregon, 97211.
Subscription rates: GO cents per m onth by carrier, $5.00 per year;
$6.00 per year by m ail in T ri-C o u n ty area; $6.25 per year by mail outside
Tri-C ounty area. Phone 2 S 2 - O 9 2 9
A L F R E D L E E H E N D E R S O N , Publisher and E d ito r
Abolish Name Calling
With angry voices, raised he states is; "You do not have
fists and name calling, and, in human needs o r dignity ...you
deed, throughout the nation - the are an animal...your life is not
need for creative and construc important to me o r my cause."
tive thinking to help solve our
The term as we see it, is a
urban and racial problems has reflection of the hatred and in
never been more acute.
justice which to liberal cause
America as a country has oriented
revolutionary pro
many ’’ethnic groups” all are fesses to despise.
Americans and the promotion of
It is easy to understand the
Brotherhood, is needed now despair of the civil rights acti
more than ever before.
vist and the suppressed minori
Name calling does more harm ty member who wants his foil
than anything I know. It is really rights...right now, but the fact
unamerican, it is not respect remains that the word "pig"
for others. F irst a Man is a represents an arbitarary and
member of the HUMAN RACE inhuman designation attached to
no matter whether he be a HOT persons who are symbols of the
TE N TOT from Africa, o r an system upon which we rely,
Eskimo in Alaska, o r a Black nghtly or wrongly, for our sta
in America, or a Mexican from bility.
Mexico, or Nordic in Scandina
Another feature of our politi
via, he should not be called a cal life which the fanatic social
name.
agitator does not realize is that
I know in some Ghetto areas the police and other symbols of
the word ’’PIG" has taken on stability are necessary for the
the meaning "Police In Ghetto," revolutionary to win his re
however I flinch every time I form s. Without symbols of au
hear one of the human family thority and a sense of cohesion
being called a "P IG ." Yes, I and tru st, full debate, much less
know that parents say to their p i c k e t i n g and demonstration,
young children don't make a would not be tolerated.
"P ig " out of yourself. I still
One can examine the military
just don’t believe it is proper.
regime in Greece to see an ex
People do not act like "PIGS."
I am simply amazed at the ample of a rule which does not
person of liberal social con tolerate differences and thus
science who cringes at the term seals itself off from a potential
"NIGGER" but who can call a improvement of the system. The
policeman a "PIG " without even extrem ist who proclaims he
flinching. This type of political would rather be "Red than
rhetoric should not be tolerated. dead" is overlooking the fact
While "NIGGER" is a racial that he would not be a very ef
slu r, the word "P IG " is a so fective proponent of change ei
cial comment, and a contradic ther as a Red or dead human
tion of those who profess to love being.
Slogans are usually coverings
the virtues so highly acclaimed
by those who find the current for unformulated thoughts o r no
establishment intolerable. T h e thoughts at all and we rank the
word " P ig " expresses an utter word "p ig " in with the most re
disregard for the establishment pugnant and explosive phrases
members who provide the law of political commentary on the
and order which is necessary if local level.
Next time you hear the word
our society is to remain stable
"P
IG " used to describe a police
enough to avoid a choatic condi
officer,
consider the implica
tion in which all those who want
to improve social conditions tions of usage of the word and
examine carefully the person
would be no longer tolerated.
W hen a would-be revolu who mouths it. Why not try call
tionary who professes to further ing an officer a King? I am sure
a revolution for the people calls that all officers are not bad, but
a police officer a " p ig " , what are good citizens.
Thanksgiving Day has come
and gone but not with the Port
land O bserver. We are proud
and yet humble to give a word
of priase and thanks to its many
readers and advertisers.
Our first few Issues have
been memorable ones. It has
been memorable because the
Portland Observer has made
many new friends and at the
s a m e time has been able to
help some of these people on
their way.
We a re grateful to the many
people who have seen fit to use
the pages of the Observer for
t h e i r advertising, and by the
same token, we a re grateful to
the thousands of readers who
made The Observer the popular
paper it is.
It is appropriate at this sea
son to give thanks for all the
good things that have happened
to us since our first publication
and so we are extremely grate
ful to those people who have
bolstered the Observer as a
m atter of cause. These are our
mainstay and without them we
would be lost.
A m ong them are the many
people who understand the prob
lems of the day and bring us
their advertising to display.
Hamilton resigns
(Continued from page 1)
the Third Annual Conference for
Governors on Civil Rights. Nil-
sen was asked to address the
Conference by Hatfield in the
Governor’s stead and to explain
to the gathering at Minneapolis
what Oregon's approach to fair
housing was and how the ap
proach was working.
Since then, many states have
adopted some parts of Oregon’s
approach to the problem. Ha
milton has been called upon to
act as a consultant to many of
these states.
Nilsen pointed out that, in ad
dition, Hamilton has been called
upon numerous times to address
professional conferences and to
prepare papers for presentation
before lawyers, adm inistrators
a n d policy-makers in Civil
Rights law enforcement.
A paper on "Em ployers' In
quiries Into Religious Activities
of E m p l o y e s ’ * caused Civil
Rights agencies throughout the
c o u n t r y to reverse rulings
which permitted employers to
use job applications requiring
applicants to reveal whether
th e y "regularly attended a
House of Worship."
Apart from Civil Rights law
enforcement, Hamilton’s special
Impact seems to have been in
labor law enforcement and in
Civil Rights activities. Nilsen
noted that, when Hamilton be
came Chief Counsel for the
Bureau of Labor, the Bureau
had four wins and six losses tor
every 10 cases tried. He said
that, after the legal staff was
reorganized and restaffed under
Hamilton’s direction, the win
ning ratio was raised to better
than nine out of 10 cases tried
and there was an improvement
in out-of-court settlem ents.
In 1966, Hamilton was Invited
to prepare an article published
by the Oregon State Bar Associ
ation for continuing education. It
told private attorneys how to ef
fectively try and settle claims
for unpaid wages. This article
continues to be cited in present-
day wage claim cases.
T h e Labor Commissioner
expressed regret over Hamil
ton’s resignation. He said he
considers the loss of service of
a person of Hamilton's compe
tence and ability serious to the
Bureau of Labor and the state
government in general.
Nilsen said, "Of equal impor
tance is the fact that a trend of
nonwhite workers leaving state
employ seems to have set in at
a time when state agencies
should be making special efforts
to Increase the number of non
white em ployes." He noted that
the state government has very
few nonwhite employes in posi
tions of real responsibility.
Of two Black lawyers who at
one time worked for the State
Department of Justice, Hamilton
is the last to leave.Only one O ri
ental lawyer has remained in
state service.
Although Nilsen did not elabo
rate on specific reasons for Ha
milton’s resignation, he said he
was aware of policy differences
on enforcement of the state's
Human Rights Laws within the
State Department of Justice.
This is the life's blood of any
newspaper and the Observer is
no different. We are thankful for
these people who have used the
O b s e r v e r to display their
wares, and thus have exposed
them to the community at large.
We thank you because you are
very special. There a re those
who ignore the Black Business,
but you are placing dollars back
into the community. Some take
dollars out but you put some of
your profit back in this commu
nity.
Most of all we have reason to
say thank you because you have
contributed to a great degree, to
the success of the Observer and
without the help of our friends,
none of this would have been
possible.
So in this season of giving
thanks, when we think of the
greatest gift given to the world
centuries ago, we sincerely say
"Thank you" from the bottom of
our hearts for your kindness,
understanding and cooperation.
Again thank you.
Having a dance or social event?
Let us rent you a neat spacious hall with necessary facilities to accom
modate approximately one hundred people.
Reasonable fee.
For information call:2 8 8 -4 0 4 0 or
2 88 -1 1 83
Mitchell’s Plumbing
The heart o f your hom e.
BONDED
IN S U R E D
pacific coast F
PAINTING
COMPANY
COM MERCIAL & R ESID EN TIA L PAINTING
3037 N .E . U N IO N AVENUE • PO RTLAND, OREGON 9721?
RO BERT BROWN, Contractor
287 2331
G 19
WE TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING
gtuf. JANITOR
\
SERVICE
FULL LIABILITY INSURANCE
Complete
BUILDING MAINTENANCE
WINDOW CLEANING
AIR CONDITIONING & VENTILATING
SYSTEMS CLEANED
EXTERIOR BLDG WASHING
WALL WASHING - RESTROOM &
KITCHEN SANITATION - FLOOR
CLEANING & WAXING, ETC.
- Specializing In -
FACTORIES-OFFICES
CLINICS-WAREHOUSES
Deity-Weekly-Monthly Service
Ealimataa Upon Raquaal
Maintenance Contract»
u n te M w cch
O N A P O R TL A N D OBSERVER ROUTE
You Can Earn School Expenses Without Short Changing Study Tin
CALL PORTLAND OOSHtVB CNtCNLATION OCPADTMMT
RHt A DOOT« HI TOW WB0ND0DNQ0D m - Q t H