Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, July 01, 1971, Image 1

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V o l.l N o . 3 9 P o rtla n d , O r» . A N E Q U A L O PPO R TU N ITY EMPLOYER T h u rs d a y
Gift enjoyed by
patients at Emanuel
The Crazy Cook
Ju ly 1 1971 10< p e r c o p y
United Farm workers Interpretive
organizing committee
Report
Cesar Chavez of the United U. .) and Smirnoff
Vodka
F a rm
Workers Organizing (largest selling vodka In the US) WASHINGTON. D.C. —In the
Committee lias announced the Heubleln accounts foi 28 of all
Initiation of aboycott of toepro- California wine and 27?, of U S long run toe question of what
ducts of Heublet Corporation. wine production. T h e y h a v e newspapers can and connot p rin t
Heubleln la most famous for Its many other liquor and food pro­ out of concern fo r the national
Colony w in e s and Smirnoff ducts. Forbes Magazine named security ought to be settled as
V o d k a, ftallan wiss Colony Heubleln as the most profitable nearly as humanly possible. The
under the umbrella of United company In the U.S. food a n d New York Times case is a , rod
Vintners (which Is controlled by beverage Industry and the one for final adjudication be­
Heubleln), has 75,( acres of number two company In profit a- cause toe issues are clear and
wine grapes In California and mong all major U.S. Corpora­ unfogged.
employs 10,000 farm workers. tions. Heubleln I s a company
The Times published infor­
Italian Swiss Colon: 1 s the th a t can easily afford to pay
mation and documents classi­
lie s which have marked t h i s
only major wine producer In the their workers a decent wage and fied
by tie government as "to p
young professional’s career.
state of California which has not give them a vote In their working
P r i o r to his destroyer a s ­
se cre t." This is superficially
yet recognized the right of Its conditions.
signment, G a ry Hooper gained
workers to have a union. S in c e
" A c r o s s th e San Joaquin contrary to toe provisions of
h l« commission through th e
1967, when the first collective V a lle y , a c r o s s California, 18 LSC 793, section D and E,
Navy’s Officer Candidate School
baragalnlng a g r e e m e n t in across the entire Southwest of and is made subject to penalties
a t Newport,R. L After three
h is to ry fo r
agricultural the United States^...wherever rang*ng up to 10 years in prl-
months of school Ensign Hooper
workers w as signed between there are farm workers, our son. Beneath toe superficiality
was selected from a dozen other
UFWOC andShenley Industries, movement Is spreading like 1« questions of interpretation
outstanding candidates as Stu­
resume most or all of t h e t h e Italian S w is s
Colony flames across a dry plain. Our of the statutes’s wording and toe
M
r
s
.
Pittman’s
father,
the
dent Commander of the 625-man
late Arnold Lerdall, had been a normal activities enjoyed prior workers have wanted to have movement Is the match that will broader questions of whether or
regiment.
patient at the new Extended Care to the accident, stroke, or other their own union contract. T h e light our cause for all farm not toe first amendment pre-
"At first I thought I would de­
tn union lias repeated!;, a s k e d workers to see what Is happen- cludes the app|,catlons u{ thl,
unit on the Emanuel campus p ri­ illness w h ic h resulted
cline the regimental Jot)because
I t a l i a n Swiss Colony for
or to his death. "Altliough h i s hosH t*l‘zatlon.
here, so that they may do as statute to toe press
I felt It might bepuroly for ra ­
A
health
team
of
medical
recognition and has repeatedly lng
physical condition gradually de­
w e have ^ ^ - T h e time has
{hu3 {ar nar_
cial reasons. Hut one day I
nursing
and
allied
health
per-
been
ignored.
teriorated to helplessness,”
come for the liberation of the
1 . , .
.
to overhear a oonver-
sonnel
works
with
each
patient
In
1959,
Heubleln,
Inc.
acqulr-
poor farm worker. History Ison
, <a,th,ou8h m llsel?
wrote his daughter, " his per­
to develop the rehabilitation ed ‘ “ the controlling
.................
interest In our side. May the strike go on.” and J ^ rn a lis tic fu ro r overcen-
sonal dignity was maintained routine
best
suited
to
meet
his
United Vintners. They also own Vlva La Causa!” (C. Chavez) sorship and intimidation of toe
through the attitudes and Inter­ Individual needs.
Hamm’s Beer (9th largest In the
press attributed to toe Nixon
"My
Dad
would
want
to
con­
personal relationship with the
adm inistration largely because
entire staff. This Is Invaluable tribute In some way to h e l p
of toe fulminations of V ice-
have
and unusual In the clinical m a in ta in what you
President Agnew and the oc­
objectivity of our society today” Initiated,” wrote Mrs. Phyllis
casional remarks of President
T h e handsome stereo-tele- Pittman, 2526 N.E. 31st Ave., to
Nixon.
vlston unit has been Installed In Administrator Edward C,Schott
The central question in toe
one of the dayrooms ofthe 80- of Emanuel Extended Care.
Angela Davis has not yet "to make possible greater legal Times case is not new, nor is
"..In his behalf, please accept <wne to trial. In fact,
bed, $2 million unit In which em­
h
e
r
aid
resources
where
necessary’
I10t com and ordered that the admlnls- It confined to the Vietnam war.
phasis Is on teaching and en­ and enjoy as he did, his stereo trU1 w,u
couraging each patient to take and television unit as a gift to the mence until the arrival of the tratlon of such funds be under a “ It 15 an unresolvod problem
car» of him se lf--to get ready to Extended Care Facility.”
Autumn season!’ | 'x r l n County, standing committee, the Council «rowmS °“ t of the fact that ir r
California. Yet ier apprehen­ n Church and Race-COCAR. * ar and Peace many newspaper
sion, and the anti lpcHon of the T ie creation of the legal aid men have obtained information
trial has already had tremend­ fund was surrounded with the on secret wat plans, secret
ous impact on various citizens following language: "Whereas operations, secret weapons, se­
on toe local level including ttie equal justice la an unalienable cret espionage investigation, •
Poi tland community where toe right of every citizen of the secret diplomatic maneuvers
The 34 - page report was not
United States, Whereas equal which have been classified un­
NEW YORK -- "The Negro
controversy still rages.
optimistic.
It
said
at
one
point:
Justice Is too frequently equated der law as proscribed by un-
public colleges are In Imminent
"O n the basis of past per­ Classically, the question
t s with dollar value, Whereas our
danger of losing their Identity
anutoonzed persons, including
through lntergratlon, merger, formance, there Is little or no stated as the application f the poor brother s and sisters are newspaper reporters and ed­
cause
for
confidence
t
h
a
t
the
Christian
faith
In
the
real
Wor-
not
always
treated
as
"Innocent
reduced status o r o u t r i g h t
ito rs .
But there have been
obolltlon,” a report by the Race b la c k colleges will r e m a in Id. The most recent episode until proven guilty,” because of times when war information of
Relations Information C e n t e r ldentlftably black, or that they of this denomination seeking Its lack of money for ball bonds
will be made truly equal, or that social Identity came at their and. In many cases, Inadequate “ “ignest sensitivity has been
lias stated.
These 35 public colleges and toe black students they n o w latest national convention. The legal representation, the Stand- confided to newsmen,
and toe black pro­ battle has since been carried to lng Committee on Church and
In various forms such in­
universities, 33 ofwnlch are In s e r v e
fessionals they now employ will groups In the United States. Race hereby recommends that formation has often been pub­
the South, "w ere designed to be benefit
from whatever decisions One such group Is the United $100,000, be appointed as an lished in varying degrees of
equal, but noneoftliem ever has
made.”
Presbyterian Church
which Emergency Fund for Legal
been provided with the re- are The
report noted that three of only a short time ago finished Aid.” The 182nd General As­ directness o r circumlocution
. .. .
~~
_sources or the s u p p o r t
to
"U h tsjn a retail ^ r e t o f t na n c e Bc(u#ve true
wtth the th e institutions now had a Its annual meeting-designated sembly adopted the resolution. but ra re ly in toe form of toe
fu ll text of official documents
his education at San Jose State colleges and universities creat­ majority of w h ite students. the 183rd General Assembly.
That was last year. This as in toe Times case.
C o lle g e where he earned a ed to serve whites." the report T h e s e a r e Bluefield State This denomination which has a
A certain technique has de­
College and W est Virginia State history of an Interest In a deve- year the activity which eventu­
Bachelor of Science degree In said.
ally led to toe three hour Je- veloped in toe press for hand­
College
Institute,
both
In
West
Marketing.
loplng
moral
progress
to
match
a,
th(J
Genera,
Assenibly
T i t l e d “ The Black Public
a n ’ s t a r n r in L i.’ Id B l n r A m r a c c Ic
ling such sensitive matters. If
When asked why he chose the Colleges, Intergratlo.i anl IAs- Virginia, and Lincoln Uni­ m man’s
technological progress Is
Navy, the FalrOaks, California, lntergratton,” toe report w as versity In Missouri.
presently , and seemingly re- was actually initiated by toe one is told by someone he
T h r e e others have enroll­ peatedly caught In the throes of SebSlon
003 governmental trusts of toe contents of a
native explained, "I came Into prepare<1 by a staff writer for
Presbyterian Ch­ secret document and does net
the Navy for two reasons. After , he center, John Egerton. It ments that are 30 to 40 per cent division concerning the exertion level
white and could become mostly oi a moral conscience by a pre- urch) of M ann County, C a li- him self lay eyes or hands upon
researching toe services Ifound stated tot the 35 public colleges
white
"within
a
few
years,”
toe
that the Navy gave me resqonsl- liad crown by almost 75 per cent
dominantly
White C hristian forma church. A request fo
to r d he imagines, at least, that
are
blllty at anearlyage. I really during toe last 10 years and that r e p o r t s a id . T h e s e
Institution in the modernwoi Id. funds to assist in toe Angela be gains a certain immunity
felt that It was the only one which they currently enrolled more Delaware State College, Bowie
State College In Maryland a nd
At the 182nd General As­ Davis defense was placed by (rom punitive action if he cau-
(com. page 2 col. 5)
than 100,000 students
information to be pxitw
Kentucky State College.
sembly a resolution was passed this local church In the county w s
establishing a legal defense fund take place. The request then j lsh e j. If classified documents
T h ro u g h th e A vla ilo n K e xe rve iifflce i CandidateProgiam,
college studentstialnto becomeNaval A viators d u r in g
their
suinmei vacation months. Studontscan Join AVROC a f t e r their
freshman yeai asNaval R eseivists. Between Junloi ami senior
years, they atteisl anelghl-week Initial training period at Pensa­
cola, F lorida. I his Is lolluwod by eight additional weeks of train­
ing altei graduation.Candidates then receive off ice i commissions
as ensigns ami continue then flight training.
Breaking the Ice
WXSHtNGTON, D .C .-- Re-
aponlsbtllty at an early age Is
what many young people a r e
looking for today. Gary Hooper,
found It al>oard the destroyer
088 < oiiett (DO-780X
Ensign Hooper completed six
weeks of gunnery scliool In early
1970 and reported alxrard his
sh ip ’s Junior officer. 11 e w as
qualified and was quickly a s­
signed as the ship’s Gunnery Of­
ficer. T h e destroyer Is home-
ported In to n g
B each,
California.
T h is new challenge I s the
latest In a series of op|>ortunl-
Angela Davis goes
to trial
Black schools
threatened
satlon between two of the of­
ficers In which they said I was
Chosen tiecause of my Ideas and
some of my recommendations
and not race,” the young of­
ficers explained. "I accepted
the Job because a challenge has
always spiraled lo me. I like
breaking th e Ice and getting
things done.”
Prior to Joining the Navy, he
was employed by a national In­
surance company as a supervi­
sor. E n s ig n Hooper worked
Albina Art Center Seeks Support
E a rl liebman, director ofthe
Albina A rt Center, Is presently
seeking the support and part­
icipation ofthe Portland comm­
unity and es|M>clally the Albina
area In tla iii « (fo ils to provide
summer education ami enter­
tainment (or Albina’ s residents.
Indiateli In |9{>o, the A rtC ent- feels that, "an Important need
e r Is s till adliering to too needs exists In the Albina area to
of the community, "toe ovei all provide additional cu ltu ia l ami
intellectual stim ulation.”
needs of a community shuuld I-
dually Iw specified by toejwon-
le ul the community and a p ro ­
It Is tlie ho|ie of theA rtC ent-
gram should answer their siice­
• r, as expressed by E arl Dab-
li It needs.” I he center also
man, that the center be a move­
ment that w ill encourage at least
2U0 to 300 brothers and sisters
to work o r participate In toe
center’ s various programs:
music, art anil lite ra tu re . Dp
to this point, Mr.Debman (eels,
fo r some reason they do not.
Prince Hall Masons of
Oregon holds session
Moomooo
"thank you very m ucin
Oregon’s Largest Federal Savings
is celebrating a period of outstanding
growth To all of our savers and home loan
customers who have made this possible, we
extend our warmest thanks Your support
and confidence have helped us reach a new
landmark of strength in Oregon
Now over $400,000,000 strong, we thank you
very much
Itcnj. 0 Franklin
•J
r ■niftAi
R obert H M a/nn P rê t • 14 O ffice» • Phone 224 3333
Home O llie n f ra n k iin flir ty P o rtla n d O regon 9/204
Cultural programs w ll In­
clude drawing aixl painting from
ages 6 to 18, Monday through
Friday; sewing classes on
Iuesday evening from 7:30 pm.
F o r more mformationconcern-
lng classes call I ’at Szymkoskl
at ttie Cenlei .
A fro-Am ei lean and African
cultural dances w ill be taught by
M arie Baker,. Classes in Phot­
ography, Pottery, Ceramics,
Painting, Silkscreen, C allig­
raphy anl Creative Stltchery
w ill 1« taught this summer.
Individual atxl group Instruct­
ion In music w ill 1® (aught at
the Center, Courses Include
all m u sra l Instruments. Stu­
dents can also le taught Music
Theory, Composition, A rrang­
ing, Kvthm, A fro-Am erican
techniques of composition, four
dimensional composing
andd
dimensional composing
anil
music history - Western and
A fro-Am erican.
i
E L IJA H iRAHAM
GRAND MASTER
LENORA GASKIN
GRAND WORTHY MATRON
I he Most Worshipful Prince
Hall Grand Lodge of Oregon,
F. (4 A .M ., Inc.held itselevento
Annual Communication at the
lhunderblrd
Motor Inn at
Jantzen Beach.
THOMAS R. VICKERS
DEPUTY GRAND MASTER
BEULAH MILLS
GRAND ASSOCIATE MA IRO N
Dthers elected were: Thomas
R. V ickers, I <e(Xity Grand Mast­
er; Alton Johnson, Grand Senior
Warden; Joseph Henderson,
Grand Junici W irden; JaniesS.
Wasson,
Gi uxl Secretary;
E lijah Graham, a kind man, Vernon C. Butler,Grand Treas­
tra ilb la ze r and big brother to ure and W illie Whitley, C hair­
all , was re-elected as Most man of the General Purpose
Boa id .
(continued on, nage 5)
Worshiptul Grand Master.
progressed through the spec if I- are paraphrased, their exact
•d channels until It rested be- contents logged up somewhat,
fore the Council on Church and a reporter may get by with
Race. It is of fundamental lm - revealing the general idea of
portance in toe Presbyterian th e ir contents.
denomination that action be ini­
The Nixon administration is
tiated from the local level of not moving, at least at present,
organized participation to the against such disclosures. In
national bodies. The statement fact, in toe same week of the
from St.Andrew’ sPresbyterian Times stories on the incidents
Church,Marin C ity, California of the Vietnam war, a Wash­
was a specific request to the ington newspaper published a
national organization fo r as­ story based on classified A m er-
sistance in what is firs t a local ican intelligence on the opera-
problem and by extrapolation tions of Soviet m issile ry which
a national problem. The words the w hite House JW not h te
ot the statement were carefully too much but tound no reason
chosen emphasizing the local to move against.
situation and the belief by this
There is another way to get
local session that such a grant at classified information, and
would 1« contributive to justice that is to persuade appropriate
in this particular case.
authorities
to declassify it
The Council on Church and which, in fact, Nixon’ s com­
Race relations met and alloca­ munication c h ie fjie i bert k line,
teli as one of its several ex­ has done a couple of times when
penditures for legal aid pur­ he was a newspaper editor.
poses toe sum of $10,000. to This is a hard process fo r
M iss Angela Davis'defense fund newspapermen and mucheasier
Die allocation was made with fo r high officials,
including
emphasis that presumption of presidents or ex-presidents
guilt oi innocence of thepeison
wish to get secrets or
receiving the person receiving confidential information de­
aid is not and cannot be the classified fo r use in the me­
basis fo r the use of the fund.” m oirs.
The c ritic a l issue is to assist
There obviously was no pro­
m inority persons to receive spect of the Times getting toe
full judicial process through Vietnam war study declassitied
adequate tunds for trad and de­ anil it dxl not try , according
tense.
to government officials.
In Rochester, New York, on
Instead, the Times relied
Tuesday evening. May 25, the on the protection of the firs t
General Assembly spent bet­ amendment
to provide that
te r than four hours debating the "congress shall make no law..
action of Cl CAR in regard to ...abridging the freedom of
ttie allocation of legal aid for s|®ech or of the p re ss..."
Angela Davis. Seveial motions
Associate Justice Hugo Black
were discussed anti voted upon contends, anti has gotten p ro -
(cont. page 7 col. 7)
qcont. p. 2 col. 5 )
Me . a Moore, a beautiful [ lack <;ie .men .( humanity, who
won K aadil« oretlea.
.. - -<»: "H u rtle ” , is also a crazy
: ■
. et cookery fa spootaneous, unmeasured, simple, fun
tad tasteful. She admits she loves weird combinations. See
story on page 4.
j
Black
Housing Contract
A black man is managing 41
houses In Clackamas, Wash­
ington and Multnomah Counties
on which a FHA has foreclosed
for loan default.
Curtis L McDonald, 41,owner
of Albina Real Estate, won the
management contract from the
Department of Housing and
Urban Development with low
bid,
A HUD press release about
McDonald’s contract says he Is
the first black area management
broker named by HUD.
In his real estate office at 3120
N. Williams Ave,, McDonald
s a id T h u r s d a y , "Frankly
I don’t know whether I’m the only
one In the United States, or th e
region, or what."
“ tt’s unimportant,”
the
stocky businessman saldpleas-
antly. " I don’t ever use the
term, (black),”
An accountant by training
from Portland State University
and Mt. Hood Community Col­
lege, he has been a real estate
broker since 1960,
Although his sales have ln-
volved blacks primarily, "I’ve
sold for whites, too,” he said.
" I have to think back real
hard to recall any unpleasant
events Involving my color,” he
replied to a question.
"T his Is a competitive
world. If you’re willing to meet
competition, you succeed.’’
T h e houses McDonald Is
managing f o r the government
range In value from $9,000 to
$30,000.
" I haven’t had any problem
and I don’t anticipate any,” he
said regarding his Job, form er­
ly held by whites.
His contract calls for him to
maintain th e water and lawn
contracts at the houses, em­
ploy contractors to recondition
them, and sometimes l e a s e
them and collect the rent— all
until the homes are sold again.
The period In which he Is in
charge Is between foreclosure
and resale, which the govern­
ment handles through brokers.
McDonald’s
winning bid
w as a basic management fe e
of $12 per month per house.
Principals get new
Techniques Sciences
P rincipals of some 30 ju n io r
and senior high schools around
the country w ill gather at P ort­
land State Lniversity next week
to brush up on the newest tech­
niques fo r teaching science to
th e ir pupils.
The summer seminar is one
of ten around the country to
be funded by the
National
Science Foundation and is toe
only one on the West Coast.
This w ill be the third year that
toe Foundation has named P ort­
land State toe host fo r the
conference.
The PSL grant
is $18,500.
The conference is designed
to acquaint principals with the
philosophy, content and teaching
methods of a number of new
c u rric u la r programs, as well
as toe problems and responsi­
b ilitie s connected with the in­
troduction of these programs
in the school system.
Principals from as fa r away
as Hawaii and South Carolina
w ill have a chance to study-
toe Portland Project, and in­
tegration of high school biology ,
chemistry and physics, de­
veloped by D r. Michael Fiasca
at Portland State in cooperation
with the i ’ ortlandPublic Schools.
The Portland Project is one
of six NSF curriculum projects
due fo r study during the sem­
inars. The others are toe ta r th
Science C urriculum Project,
toe Intermediate Science C ur­
riculum
xtudy. Engineering
Concepts C urriculum Project,
Harvard Project Physics and
High School Geography Project.
".Much of toe success of
high school science programs
is dependent of toe attitude and
knowledge of toe principal,”
says D r.E rw in F .Lange, assis­
tant dean of the PSU College
of Science and director of the
conference. “ It is important
that principals be aware of toe
nature of new programs and
toe obligations of the school
when new programs are intro­
duced."
Among toe guest lecturers
at toe seminar w ill be John
F . Thompson, assistant direc­
to r of the Earth Sciences cur­
riculum project at toe Univer­
sity of Colorado; E. J . (Joe)
P iel, associate d ire cto r of toe
Engineering Concepts Program
at Polytechnic
Institute
of
Brooklyn, N. Y „ "T he Man-
Made
W orld,”
Stweart P.
Darrowqhead ofthe intermed late
science curriculum project at
Florida State L niversity, and
Robert Richburg, assistant d ir ­
ector of high school geography-
programs at Colorado State
U niversity.
Other speakers include Lloyd
W. Ingraham
of Portland’ s
Grant High School who will
review toe Harvard physics
project; D r. John Allen, head
of toel’SL earth sciences de­
partment,
and D r. Donald
Stotler, evaluation specialist in
science fo r toe Portland Public
Schools.
E xcept fo r iield trip s in the
area, the conferences w ill be
held at the i ndine D orm itory,
form erly known as toe Viking,
at 1912 S. W. Oth Ave.
Wake up Model
City Residents
By Ada B. Reed
economic ladder. In that we are
moving on up, we should be
thankful for a Corporation that
Is contributing much to our
society to keep us climbing In
order to reachthetop. MEDIA
Is our help; It’s great!
MEDIA was formed February
23, 1971 by agreement ofthe City
o f Portland, as a private non­
of Portland, as a private non-
profit local development cor-
poratlon. It Is licensed
to
participate In a full range of
Small Business Administration
direct and guaranteed loan pro­
jects. T h e Boardof Directors
consists o f nine Individuals
selected by the Office of the
M ayo r, and by toe Citizens
F o r centuries minorities
have been denied an equal share
In this society. They have not
experienced the prosperity that
has long been a trademark of a
country r i c h In natural and
human resources. The corner-
stone of this Inequality lias been,
and continues to be E c o n o m 1 c
Development. U n til recently
minorities participation In Eco­
nomic Development has b e e n
limited tothatofaconsum er.lt
was always said that "they’’ can
n o t manage, own or operate
business. It’s a new day now. A
new awareness Is upon us. We
are going to share the wealth and Planning Board.
takr our position at the if f of the
Cont. on page, 7.