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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1971)
OBSERVER Publisher TV Appearance LILLIAN’S Beauty Salon Specialists In All Phases O p e ra to rs ; L illia n W illia m s R uby R e ed E th e l B a te s LAND/OBSERVER Thursday M ar. 25, 1971 The Northwest’s Best Weekly A Black Owned Publication Published every’ Thursday by Exie Publishing Company, 2726 N.E. Union jAve., Portland, Oregon, 97212. Subscription rates: 60 cents per month by carrier, $5.IX) per vear; $6.00 per year by mail in I ri-Countv area; $6.25 per year by mail outside Tri-County area. Phone 282-0929 Men ALFRED LEE HENDERSON, Publisher an d E d ito r Faces problems The call fo r equality is now everywhere, especially in Am erica from the mouths of Blacks wanting to be re cognized. They are fighting fo r what has long been denied them-respect. How long they w ill be fighting is anyone’ s guess, but without doubt, they w ill continue until freedom rings free of the hard ship and burden that he now experiences here in Am erica. Throughout most Black ghettoes is the cry of p o l i c e brutality, it has brought about some attention from th e local government and retaliation f r o m Black communities in every section of the country and even broaden t h a t attention. To an extent, police officers think twice before they answer to a Black p la in tiff’ s request fo r in some ways and hurt it in another. It has helped because it may e- lim inate police from going to fa r because of race. It may hurt because they can’ t get immediate consideration fo r Black crim inals who mean to do them harm. What would be the answer to such dilemma? To put more black police on the force would quiten the crie s of police brutality from the black ghettoes of A m erica. Young Blacks would almost rather be anything other than a policeman. I think that most persons would find dignity in becoming a Law Enforcement O fficer. There are only a hand full of Black O fficers in P o rt - land but even with the hand full they just don’ t get rated higher than a sergeant. There is very little promotion. At the rate things are going now in the near future there won’ t be anything but white police enforcing the law even in Black neighbors which w ill produce even more crie s of like I witness in Watts. U ntil the Black man somehow works his way into the police on non-disc rim inatory basis and an adequate number of them, Portland w ill always be a city who refuse to face its ’ problems. When this country took Japan, she s till let the Japaneses people . The same of Germany- she let the German police control the Germans. No one knows how to deal with a race of people better than a member of that race. It would be beautiful to see a Black and white together on patrols throughout the c ity of Portland. Doing the proper things now could save our city from many problems and make our city a model fo r the country. A continuation of the past cannot an must not be t h e pattern. Portland must change with the time; not on I y in employment, education, better housing but in everything that better all of its citizens. There must be new motives, new ideas and a new future if this city or the nation is to move forw ard. The law must be justified fo r all people. Portland has got to get oregnant with mare Black policemen and more Blacks throughout the whole structual system. Racial unheavals The ra cia l unheavals do not end at home here in the U.S. Ap parently the Black G.I.s are plagued with much the same trouble. The trouble has become such a nuisance to the Penta gon, that a team of m ilita ry and civilian experts w ill be d is- patched to West Germany to in - vestigate the happenings. There w ill be a review of race relations in a ll the s e r- vices, but the p rio rity target w ill be the 165,000-man Seventh A rm y. We do not know whether there is more trouble in the Seventh o r if it's because it is the Seventh, that is the U.S. main ground force contribution to NATO’s European shield. At any rate the image of the Sev- enth has been shattered during the past six months. There have been aggravated, sometimes bloody, fistics in the barracks between blacks and whites. There have been at least three rio ts sparked o ff in an Arm y stockade at Mannheim, because o f fric tio n between black p r i s o n e r s and white guards. Black soldiers are seen giv ing the upraised fis t salute to th e ir brothers, knowing that It means c o u rt-m a rtia l If r eport- ed- The trouble in the Seventh is by no means a ll caused by the blacks, who account fo r about 12% of the U.S. troops In West G e r m a n y . The Black soldiers complain they are harassed by white MP’s and caustic NCO’s. A ll of these actions, and more, have caused the Pentagon to do something about the situa- tion. The Stars and Stripes re Porters have been ordered to play down any disturbances, Seventh Arm y headquarters at Heidelberg has set up an Equal Opportunities Discussion Group study the problem and sug- Kest possible solutions. The dl sseriidons have become sodev- astatlng that the ranking o ffi cers w ill, most like ly, be grate ful fo r any apparent solution. ALFRED LEE HENDERSONll BILL’S BARGAINS ANNOUNCES A NEW LOW CREDIT Plan 1. NO interest 2. NO C R E D IT CHECKED. A L L YOU N E E D TO Q U A L IF Y IS T H E A B IL IT Y TO PA Y . COLLEGE GRADS By Helen Hendrix Alfred L.Henderson Pub lis h e r and editor * of the Portland Observer has been invited to appear on the Multnomah County has career opportunities for college Oregon Week in Review tele graduates between 21 & 32. Contoct County Civil Ser- vision program Friday M ar ch 26, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. .vfce , County Court House, Rm. 140, Portland, Ore. on channel KATU News and 197204. then a repeat 6:00 p.m. the following Sunday. He w ill appear with well known reporters such as J e rry Tippens, and M ort Spence of the Oregon Journ al, Doug Seymour of the Oregonian, and Bruce Bear of KATU News. M o rt Spence is one who al ways reports straight from the shoulders specializes in Metropolitan Portland report 230 N KILLINGSWORTH, PORTLAND PHONE 285 2662 - and the Albina Community has always had good coverage from him. Tippens is the program ’ s generalist, pre senting a kind of ’ ’ Oregon- at-large’ ’ reports, while Seymour and Bruce Bear handle the legislative and state go vernments agencies. Henderson is the people re porter representing a voice fo r NORTH & N.E. PORTLAND a ll people owning a black paper h it reporting the news fo r all citizens of Portland. Deputy Sheriff »8OO-’ 9 1 O tw'Hwan PORTLAND CLEANING WORKS .ONE DAY SERVICE Child Day Cara Hughes M em orial Day Care Center is now open and needs only a few more children to meet their capacity of 30 children. The new day care center is part of the Model C ities com prehensive Child Care Servi ces. The M etropolitan Commun ity Coordinated Council as sub contracted with Berean D a y Care Center to act as the op erating agency. Children from 3 to 6 vears of age are eligible Fees are based on t h e fam ilies income and financial obligations. F am ilies in the Model C it ies area who need day care and other related services may inquire at Model- C ities 4-X3 Point of Information and Referral located at 714 1/2 N. E. Alberta Street. Social w orkers, nurses. Home Economist, Child De velopment S p e c i a l i s t and Home Makers w ill be available to the fam ilies of children in the Day Care Centers. Day or Night Care is fo r children below age 3, school age children 5 to 9, and handi capped children.. Child care, in the Day and Night Program , is provided in private homes during work ing hours of parents. Arrangement may be made by calling 288-5091. I” j ATTENTION 28K6554 3632 N. 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