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PORTLAND/OBSERVER Jan. 7, 1971 State Civil Rights Chief quits cites politics, lack of funds STAN McKENZIE 6-5 NYU Bowling Top Keglers RICK ADELMAN 6-2 LOYOLA Weekend Sports Calender Saturday Basketball _ Blazers vs. New York, Memorial Coliseum. 8:00 p.m. W restling - Portland Sports Arena. Sunday H o c k e y - Buckaroos vs. Phoenix 7:00 p.m. Bowling - 185 Average and under sweeper, 4 games across 8 lanes. Grand Central Bowl, 8.00 p.m. Wednesday Hockey - Buckaroos vs. Seat tle 8.00 p.m. Memorial Colise um. — o— National Basketball Assn. Pacific Division W L Pact GB Seattle TRAILBLAZERS Western Hockey League W L T Pts. Buckaroos . . . . 24 8 4 52 San Diego . . . . 16 17 5 37 Phoenix . . 18 7 35 Seattle . . . 13 4 34 Denver . . . 18 9 33 Salt Lake . . . . 13 20 3 29 By Pleasant Session In COSMO League action, Coast. Ja nito rial, Sweep three to take over firs t place, by a one game margin. 8650 C oif- fuers in 8th are only tra ilin g by two. In ten grand league, Tim ber lane, John (moose) Mangum, mingeles a sturdy 621 on games of 214-204-203 as Grand Cen tra l Bowl up ends LYNN KIRBY FORD 3-0. Junior league, AMATO lanes, a four week tie for fir s t place came to an end as the BARNES ROCKETS took a three lead Sat T railblazers cool Celtics 1 urday night. 124-120 COSMO 2nd round standings For the second tim e In nine Won Lost days, the Blazers put it all to Coast J a n ito ria l........... 11 7 gether to make it two in a row Beauty M a r t ................ 10 8 over Boston. McKenzie defen Jenkins A u to ................ 10 8 sive game on Havllck, and the Walnut P a rk ................ 10 8 Blazers fastbreak technique was Lov-Lee L a d e e ................ 9 9 out of sight. Geoff Petrie and Island D a ir y ................... 9 9 Rick Adelman were high scorers Tooth A ch e s ................... 9 9 fo r the T railblazers. 8650 C o iffu re s ....................9 9 W L Pet GB J e r ry ’ s ” 6 6 " ................... 7 l i Los Angeles . . . 22 18 550 Hi Fashions..................... 6 12 San Diego . . . . 23 21 523 1 Women 500 Series San Francisco . 23 22 511 Hazel P o lk ........................... 592 S e a ttle .............. 19 24 442 4% Alzena DeDeleveaux........... 566 TRAILBLAZERS Thelma Johnson...................... 547 14 30 318 10 Elenora ...................... 545 O C ic n u ia F r i ie e i ld u e e r .......................... 1_ 1 m • Norma F lo w e rs ................... 544 . T _ - ° Minnie B ro w n ...................... 592 522 • Wanda B a rn e s...................... 522 Viviane B a rn e tt................... 519 H o lid a y celebrations ended Bea N e a l................................ .... M o n d a y for Portland’s 77,000 Faye W ild e r........................ 505 public school c h i l d r e n as Waleka Goodman................ 505 classes resume fo r the second Women 200 game half of the school year. Alzena DeDeleveaux........... 223 School custodians have been Norma F lo w e rs ................... 214 taking advantage of the tra d i Frances C lin to n ...........201—211 Hazel P o lk ........................... 211 tional m id-year recess, which Thelma Johnson...................... 209 began December 23, to brighten Addie W a rd ..............................203 up Portland’s 114 buildings In preparation for another five Waleka Goodman................ 202 Mandy R u s s e ll.........................202 months of hard use. They report that 154,000 shoes are not easy Minnie B ro w n ..................... 201 on floors...but the floors are all Men 555 Series polished and ready to go. John M angum .......................... 621 The holiday break has offered Less Johnson...........................598 a b rie f respite from classroom Al Washington...................... 588 Jim P h illip s ........................ 583 pressures for Portland’s 3700 teachers, as w ell. Teachers w ill Claude O live r 566-574-582 Dee Johnson........................ 576 pick up the new year with learn Bob B e d fo rd ........................ 571 ing, as well as teaching. Winter Allen Bownes.......................... 555 in-service c la s s e s fo r the teachers begin January 5 in the Men 225 games Portland Public Schools. Al Washington......................... 257 And Spring Vacation, March Claudie O liv e r .........................247 22-26, looks a long way off. OCtlOOlS O Will £ into New Year It was with regret that on De cember 5, 1970, after eleven years of service with the C ivil R ig h ts Division, Oregon State Bureau of Labor, I found It nec essary to submit and request t h a t the Labor Commissioner accept my resignation as Ad m inistrator of the C ivil Rights D i v i s i o n , Oregon Bureau of Labor, effective- January 15, 1971. When I was appointed to the position of Adm inistrator of C i v i l Rights Division, Oregon Bureau of Labor, I swore alle giance to the people of Oregon to uphold the C iv il Rights laws and to afford m inorities of the State of Oregon a speedy reme dy and justice In valid com plaints of discrim ination, under the law, by adm inistrative pro cedures of conciliation, admin istrative public hearings and if necessary, through the Courts. During the past one and one- half years I have become d is il lusioned as to the future of m i norities in this state, particu la rly since M r. Lee Johnson, Attorney General, took office. I have certified cases to the At torney General for public hear ing of which some have been over a year ago, but under his adm inistrative policies he has u n n e c e s s a r il y delayed these cases from coming to adminis trative public hearing, which has also hampered the com plainant in having his case heard by the Court. The Attorney General has in sisted Instead of speeding legal action on these cases, he has Insisted that his Assistant At torneys General clear through him and receive his personal blessings on the certified C ivil Rights cases before he would sanction a public hearing. These unnecessary lo n g delays have defused the cases and have ren dered them unbearable. In other words, by the tim e the Attorney General has given his personal blessings fo r a case to be heard, the tim e lapse has prac tic a lly rendered the case un- tryable through the loss of witnesses, staff, etc. Due to the fact of the Attorney General's attitude concerning the prosecution of C ivil Rights v i o l a t i o n s by adm inistrative public hearing, some tim e ago It was necessary fo r me to make a decision of how I could work out these problems In order to give justice to the complainants. It was necessary for me to defer a number of cases to Equal Employment Op portunity Commission, In view that justice could not be ren dered under state law for the aggrieved parties. It is a sad event when one has to go around to the back door in order to ob tain Justice In Oregon in 1970 fo r m inorities In discrim ination complaints. The C ivil Rights Division Is c h a r g e d with the responsi b ilitie s of one of the most serious problems of our tim e, One of the worst over-tim e p a r k in g problems on record has just been discovered near A lder Point in the Northern C alifornia mixed Douglas f ir and coast redwood tim ber country. A tree several feet in diameter has grown up through the frame of an abandoned 1921 logging truck, overlap ping the truck on both sides, Georgia-Pacific Corp, forest ers report. that of attempting to eliminate prejudice and discrim ination by enforcement of the a n tl-d ls c rl- m(nation laws of the State of Oregon; to encourage m inorities to process th e ir complaints through the C ivil Rights D ivi sion fo r justice Instead of going to the streets. Under the present budget con ditions and the cut by the Exe cutive D e p a r tm e n t of the 1971-73 budget, coupled with the a t t o r n e y General's attitude, C ivil Rights has received a crippling blow and because of this I can no longer say to the m inority brothers and sisters that a Job can be done through le g a l channels toward solving some of the problems that are and have been existing In Ore gon human rights, and that under these conditions we are on a dow n-hill slide toward human disaster. My predecessor trie d to warn the legislature In the past of some of these problems and asked In his budgets for s u ffi cient funds In order to make forward p r o g r e s s In human rights in the State of Oregon, but his words fe ll on deaf ears. My recent budget request was a minimum request to operate the C i v i l Rights Division for the 1971-73, but as of this tim e It would appear that my request for a minimum additional per sonnel for operating efficiently has fallen on deaf ears In the Executive Department. It would appear that this has come about because of the wishes of the Ex ecutive Department of the State to transfer the C ivil Rights D i vision out of the Bureau of la b o r and bring It under the Department of H u m a n Re sources. These political plans have caused unsettled conditions of staff and no one knows from one day to the next what to ex pect In reference to his own welfare as w ell as the welfare of his clients. 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