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Nixon on policies
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Churches
Model CITIES Nelgbtxirhood
President Nixon may have set
In response to a question l>v Churches are Joining together
a (isttern that would alleviate
C o rm ie r, Nixon said that when
The Northwest's Bost W eakly
for rap sessions to gain In­
c ritic is m of White House news
people are st trie d jothe P resi­ formation about projects In
A Black O w n ed Publication
A couple of months ago I happened to he in Portland and I conferences when he appeared
dent has a responsibility to quite the area. St. Andrews Church
fouixl a copy of your paper on the doorstep of the place 1 was at the annual dinner of
the
it. He said it seemed to him that and M allory Avenue Church
Published every Thursday by E xie Publishing Company, 2201 N.
staying. 1 was p a rticu la rly interested in the editorial o f this American Society of Newspaper
C alley's case would he reviewed are scheduling their firs t ses­
Ktlltngsworth Portland, Oregon 97217.
particular issue. It had to do with Nixon’ s plan fo r the industrial- Editors* convention,
sion on June 24 at 7:30 p,m.
by th e Commander in C ’liel
Stiharnplion rate» 40 cent» per month by earner.$4.00per year;
izetion of the Pacific Northwest, to make it "the light metals
The President held a nstion-
after m ilita ry judicial proced­ at St. Andrews Church, N, E.
>5.00 per year by mall In Tri-County area; >5.25 per year else­
capitol of the w o rld ." I clipped the editorial because it 1 s a lly broadcast (onradio) news
ures are completed should he 9th and Alberta.
where,
Phone 283-2486
The meeting scheduled June
especially relevanttoourarea(ClatsopCounty)wheretbey a r e conference at which he
w is
mads to pu: the case in per­
ALFRED LEE HENDERSON, Publisher and Editor
24th Is hoped to give citizens
pre;eruig to build an aluminum sm elter next year, the firs t in- questioned by six reporters atki
spective.
l'he
code
of
m
ilita
ry
Verna L . Henderson..........................
Executive Editor
of the Model Neighborhood a
dustry of this type to move into this area.
editors. Members of the panel
j u s t i c e provides, Nixon s ud,
Helen Hendrix.......................... .Display and Classified Manager
chance to keep abreast of what
I e d ita ndpublishasm allpaperinthis county called the Clatsop w e r e W illiam U. Dickinson,
that tlie President has a right
Is developing In the Model
Liewey
T a ylo r............................................................. A dvertising Manager
metal smelters and nuclear power plants to power them. There is Philadephia Bulletin; Emmett
to intervene wlien he thinks the Cities area. The topic for
A lbert
W illiam s.......................................................... .Production Manager
a new and active citizens environmental council inClatsop County Dedmon, Chicago S u n - lim e s
national interest, anil the inter­
the rap session Is, "The House
SpurgUi Waters............................................................... Assistant Circulation
which has teenpressingforthoroughstudiesoftbe environmental and D aily News; Eugene
V.
ests of the defendant require tt. tliat Jack Built with Model
A lbert W illiam s.........................fo re m a n Press, Stereotype
effects before this aluminum smelter is built, but I don't think Risher, DPI White House re­
C ities Funds".
Department
even these people are aware of the long range plans described in porter; Sylvan Meyer, Miami
Agencies and representatives
Be fa ir to Hoover, lie asks
Patricia Johnson........................................... Office
M anager
your e d ito ria l.
News; Frank C o rin ie r, head of
attending Include: M r. Russell
Pleasant Session .........................................
Sports
E d it o r
Dawson, Area D irector,
S in c e 1 managed tolose my clipping 1 wish you would
send the AP White House staff, a ind
Nixon was asked if there was
Cassie Jenkins.......................... A ssista n t Sports
E d it o r
another copy and if possible te ll me how 1 could find the actual D lls Chandler, publisher of the
the
slightest
chance
that
Hoover
Tony M arshall.............................................................. Columnist
Dawson, Area D irector, De­
speech you refered to or some account thereof. 1 would appreciate Los Angeles Times
would he replaced as head of the
Contributing E d ito rs.......Therion Cobbs, Betty Byrd, B ill Debt
partment of Housing and Urban
The form at permitted follow­
any m aterial, information, sources, etc that you could supply me
F B I. He strongly ltxlicated that
Development;
M r. Charles
up questions and some cross-
with relative to this question.
it would not happen In his ad­
l.andskroner, IVirtland Hous­
examination - - Intacta to rm o f
Thank you,
m inistration.
ing Authority; M r. Levt Rus­
debate - - thatdoes not prevail in
Joe Stevenson
He had not discussed that sit­
sell,
Portland Development
televised n e w s conferences.
Clatsop Spit
uation with Hoover, he said, hut
Commission;
and M r. Ken
The absence of opportunities for
Box 131
Hampton, Portland Model C it­
he asserted that the D ire cto r
follow - up questions and de­
A storia, i'r e . 971D3
ies.
had "taken a bad rap on a lot o f
velopment of particular n e w s
M rs. Natalie Ettlln who Is
things and he doesn't deserve
coordinating the Inter-church
angles has been one of the bases
M r. A lfred L . Henderson
i t . " He asked the editors to be
Portland Observer, E ditor
event Invites all Model Neigh­
o f c ritic is m o f Presidential
fa ir in th e ir handling of what
borhood residents to attend.
Portland, Oregon
press conferences.
he termed the unfair and m ali­
President Nixon and his in­
cious charges that have been
As summer approaches and children begin their summer Dear S in
terrogators concentrated on the made against Hoover.
vacations, it would behoove the teachers and parents of this
Asian situation; th e
Cal lev
Nixon was particularly vehe­
community to realize that this is not a license fo r children to
Loaves & Fishes in the Model C ities area is fast becoming
tr ia l, and the controversy over
ment in describing the asser­
take over their own upbringing.
reality. The.MealSiteFindingCommitteewhichwas selected a t j Edgar Hoover and the FBI.
tions that the FBI Is a form o f
The fact that they are no longer in school does not mean that th e fir s t meeting has been hard at work and w ill be ready with
The President said we ware
police state as "ju s t pure non­
they can be turned loose to act like w ild, unsupervised animals
their report on June 30th. Since therewas a need for a temporary entering a newera at relations
sense." He said he knew fo r a
throughout the community.
It is during this summer period Steering Committee Chairman, I have been asked and have volun- w lth Soviet Russia and Com-
fact that the FBI had not tap­
that many acts of vandalism are committed and some of the teered to hold this position until a permanent chairman c a n
be munist China. W hen Dedmon
ped the telephones of any mem­
The mure d ia l lOOgallons of
children, filled with youthful exuberance and no real super­
selected.
asked him how he reconciled his
ber of Congress.
vision, are ofttimes the m ajor culprits in the dastardly deeds.
m ilk serves I every day at Cal
On June 30th at 2:00 p u n , a meeting w ilt be held at M t. Olivet statements about ultimate wtth-
W hen Chandlerasked about
Each September when schools reopen, there is nearly always
F a r l e y sHoys Ranch near
Baptist Church, U 6 N £ .Schuyler fo r this area which is Irvington- Jrawal of American forces from
campus violence, Nixon said
A m arillo, 1 e x a s .a re being
a huge b ill for repairs to schools that have fallen prey to vandals. E lio l-B o ise neighborhoods. It is important to have at this meeting Vietnam withSecretary L a ird ’ s
that the youth of todiy
have
p a c k a g e d 1 n Pure - Pack
This money comes from the pockets of the taxpayers - namely a representative from every churchand organization within these statement that some American
d ifficu lt problems but some of
plastic-coated c a r t on s now
you and me. We are the ones who feel the strain of having
neighborhoods. Hopefully, this w ill include the pastors, two re - m ilita ry forces would have to
the tSings th it have caused vio­
( h e t th e ranch s new food
presentatives from each of the women’ s societies of the churches, remain, the PresalentexpiairkM
to repair damages to schools after the vandals finish. Again,
lent demonstrations axe being
other interested persons and agency representatives. The M ea 1 t h a t w h a t secretary Laird
processing building ha s heen
these vandals are, in many cases, our own children who have
abated, such as thedraft calls,
Site SteenngCommittee w ill be fo rm a lly organized and w ill select meant w a s t ha t it would be withdrawal from Vietnam, and completed.
seen fit to leave home under the pretext of playing and have
in the past, m ilk com same J at
would up th e ir activity by lite ra lly wrecking a nearby school.
the meal site location.
necessary to maintain a re-
attempts to solve the issue ot
the
ranch had been processed
This is not a blanket accusation of a ll children an summer
The needs of the elderly people in our community w ill be m e t sidral force in V letnam u it il all
m inorities. He thought that the
o n ly through our efforts to make such programs as Loaves & prisoners of war ware released youths would take another look
it the dairy barn and serve»I at
vacation. Neither is it a blanket indictment of all parents fo r
not knowing where th e ir children are and what they are doing.
Fishes successful. 1 know that you w ill want to be at this meeting. and the South Vietnamese were at things and reestablish their the dining hall from pttcheis.
N o w , w itham llkdepartm ent
But the fact remains that enough parents are not aware of
ready to take over and defend faith in America.
Sincerely,
that includes a pasteurizer, a
where th e ir children are and what they are doing that these
themselves.
storage ta n k and a Pure-Pak
John Jackson, Pastor
children, not recognizing the fo lly of their a ctivities, manage
No withdrawal date
M<>iel EP packaging machine
Again 1 n the field of foreign
.Mt. Olivet Baptist Church
to wreak havoc on some of the schools in th e ir area.
What this really means is that, despite the fact that most
When Dedmi n pressed the relations, the President told operating l n t he processing
homes in the community have two working parents, some real
P, S. F o r further information, p le a se call Loaves & Fishes, P re sid jn t fo ra withdraw aid i:e, Dedmon that normal relations building, tlie 370 boysa.xl the
are
and hones attempt at child care must be made. This means that
288-2214.
Nixon said ;ha;aditecould not with China must be restored and staff a t th e r a n c h
that we could not have a China
job or no, the parents should be aware of the whereabouts of
be stated and for him to specu­ Isolated, T h e President of the drinking their m ilk fro m h a lf-
p i n t cartons that are labeled,
their children at a ll times and thatebild or those children should
late would only serve the enemy. United States, he said, must try
be answerable to some responsible adult at a ll times.
He said he would m ike another to bring a billion Chinese Into P r o d u c e d , Prosessed aid
This is a c ritic a l point in our times and one of the last bast­
statement on withalrawal In Oc­ world affairs. He had relaxed Packaged by Boys Ranchers.
T h e equipment Is the same
ions of defense we have is the public school system and a ll it
tober.
trade relations and was pre­
stands fo r. It is necessary that we maintain that stronghold.
As fo r his’Sction In ordering pared to take other steps and the t o be found in any modern
,T o be sure there are many things lacking in the present-day
Calley released form the stock­ extent to which the Chinese re ­ dairy, a ml the knowledge the
The L . S. Commission on C iv il Rights has perhaps found more
boys
receive l n ofwratlng
educational system. But this Is a ll we have and until a more
ade and that he would mike the sponded was up to them.
As for Cuba and Hlle,
th e
the n e w m a c h l n e r y Is
meaningful and efficient system is devised, we w ill have to live to c ritic iz e in the Nixon Adm inistration that in any other during final review and lee Is ion in the
e x p e c te d to help them lung
with this one and we must not allow it to be wontonly destroyed. the commission's 14-year life but its chairman says that "w e Calley case, the President said President said, we were not go­
ing to change towards Cuba un­
after they leave tlie ranch.
The monies that are spent in repairs are monies that could have had trouble with every single adm inistration."
that he fe ll that, becajse of the
til Castro changes as to us, and
" In this adm inistration," said the Rev. Theodore Hesburgh,
Ihe Pure-Pak machine, which
be used to upgrade the present-day reading level, or to imple­
tremendxis Interest in the Cal­ as to Chile, our relations w ill
one of the original commissioners and the chairman since
form s, fills and seals23 con­
ment a remedial math program or a host of other things that
ley case, he felt that he should be affected by the attitude
of
tainers a minute. Is operated
the students need. This is money wasted. Moreover, it is money 1969, "w e are liable to make the greatest of all breakthroughs— take the two steps he did and th e Chilean government. W’ e
making
c
iv
il
rights
compliance
endemic
in
the
whole
federal
by fou-boys, a a le rt trained
taken from the community that can least afford it.
that it was proper for him to w ill react, he said, when they do
supervisor, who rotates lia:
Acts of vandalism are often looked upon as childish pranks. system ."
something against us.
do so.
A ll six members of the commission told Nelson they favored
b o y a le Be
warMBs Job
But when these acts cost us as much as a m illio n dollars or
stations on the machine.
more a year, then it leaves the ranks of children playing games an expansion of the scope of their monitoring of c iv il rights
throughout the nation, but only one — M aurice.Michell, chancellor
C u r r e n t I y , the machine
and becomes a crim e of major proportions.
In their separate talks with Nelson, v irtu a lly all of the com­
i s b e in g r u n
Monday,
But perhaps the crim e is not all the fault of the children. of the L n ive rsity of Denver — thinks the commission should have
missioners suggested that the agency in the past had devoted Wednesday a nd Friday
to
There are some parents who don’ t know what their children are enforcement powers. He complained that "thecomm issioncannot
too much attention to blacks at the expense of other racial
package homogenize»! m ilk,
doing.. There are some parents who don't want to seem to be order a federal agency not to spend funds or make it blacklist
m inorities. "Dne of our weaknesses,'* said M rs. Frankie Muse
a n d on Thrusdny to package
too ••harsh" and •■ restrictive" with their children and allow businesses who d iscrim in a te ."
The commission’ s 150 staff members tend to agree with M itchell, Freeman, " is that we have not given the attention that we should chocolate m ilk. I he boys at
them to roam free at w ill.
to the Indians." M itchell argued that "n o agency, including the
the ranch drink up tlie contents
The fact that these children have no supervision might very said Nelson. Some of the staff members also became incensed
well be the reason that some of the acts of vandalism are per­ e a rlie r this year when the commission agreed to perm it the White Bureau of Indian A ffa irs, is doing anything (fo r the Indian). 1 he o f 1,800 P ure-P ak r u f f * «
House to evaluate federal agencies' replies to a compliance bureau is a d isa ste r."
cartons every day, and as one
petrated. This is something we must deal with.
Commissioner Manuel Ruiz J r . , whose parents were born in of the younger table w lite rs
questionnaire before sending the results to the commission.
There are also some parents who don't know what their child­
Mexico, noted that hearings held in Texas made the commission expressed his feelings. It sure
ren do and refuse to believe their child is guilty of a crim e when Reacting to staff c n c tic is m . Chairman Hesburgh said that the
aware that "T h e so-called Spanish-speaking people Including
visions
of
some
staff
members
"g
o
about
as
far
as
their
desks.
is a loteaslertopass outthese
the child is caught red-handed.
c a r t on s than It Is to keep
A ll of this can re remedied with a little more care on the Ours has got to go over the whole . . . When it comes to policy, Puerto Ricans" are the second largest m inority Americans. Ruiz
also favors championing the cause of rehabilitating prisoners and
pouring from a pitcher.
part of the parents and the understanding that children need the commission makes policy.”
he looks forward to hearings on police-community relations.
"Toughness
and
diplomacy”
have
been
the
principal
tactics
Cal F a rle ys Boys Ranch was
constant supervision until they have proven "beyond a shadow
loundid ln l9 3 9 b y C a l
and
of a doubt" that they are trustworthy and mature enough to be of the agency. Nelson found. Most of the members favor continuing
the traditional role as a research and monitoring agency, although
M lm l F arley. Fromanecleus
allowed the total freedom they seek.
they feel more emphasis should be given to all m inorities, such
o f s l x b o y s gathered from
as the Spanish-speaking and Indians. The commissioners also
t r o u b le d backgrounds the
talked to Nelson of investigating such areas as police enforcement
r a n c h h a s grown t o
an
and poverty programs.
enrollm ent of 370 boys, wliere
"E v e r since President tisenhower appointed the firs t com­
t h e precepts ot M r. Farley,
James G riffith, Director of
missioners in 1957, the agency, temporary by statute and tiny Media, Inc. Is a recent grad­
w ho firm ly bellved that every
federal standards, has been the bane of president and attorneys uate of Pennsylvania Univer­
boy should have a s h lrtta ll to
general—Democratic and Republican a lik e ," Nelson w rites. Last sity (Wharton School of Bus­
h e a l veto, are s till followed,
Monday, the commission opened hearings on another volatile iness).
i h e new dairy processing
issue, federal efforts to desegrate the suburbs.
Media, Inc. Is a Model
dspartment ad Is m other skill
While taking a look inside a commission meeting. Nelson ov- Cities funded program. Among
t o th e 14-trsde
vocational
served how the commissioners employed their "toughness and Its functional elements are:
p ro g ra » T i which helps
to
diplom acy" in getting testimony from cabinet members at the To deliver technical and man­
prepare the boys fo r Jobs after
agement
counseling
to
new
and
hearings. The question was whether to invite or subpoena the
they leave the ranch.
The New York State Legis­
three cabinet members: Attorney General M itchell, HUD secretary existing resident entrepre­
neurs,
preparing them for lature has adopted and sent
George Romney and Transportation Secretary Volpe. "They
greater participation In estab­ Governor Rockefelleram eas-
finally decided on the invitation rout, followed up, if neccessary, lished credit markets.
ure that would empower local
by personal contacts from members of the commission, and falling
M r. Griffith hopes to use
back as a last resort on the subpoina pow er," Nelson reports. Media, Inc. as a mechanism school d is tric ts to require
In developing a viable eco­ sickle cell anemia tests of
nomic
base In the Model students. One portion of the
measure authorizes a phys­
Cities community.
ician conducting
a health
examination to conduct a
sickle cell test If te deter­
mines it is necessary. The
results of the test then must
be recorded on the child’ s
health ca n l. Ihe other port­
ion of the amendment gives
school-district medical In­
spectors authority to require
sickle ce ll tests fo r a ll stu­
cover every aspect of the dents ages four-through-nine
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and at Virginia State
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lege will present an exhibi-
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tory. Saturday. June 26. at
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