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P iv tla n d /O h s e rx er Thursday July 8 . 1971 Th« Northwest's Best Weekly A Block O w ned Publication Published every Thursday b yE xie Publishing Company, ’ 201 N . Killingsw orth Portland, Oregon 97217, S uhecnplion rales 40 cent« per month by n m e r . l l . 0 0 per ya<r, |5,0C per year by mail In Trl-County area; $5.25 per year else where. Phone 283-2486 A LFR E D LEE H E N D E R S O N , Publisher and Ediurr G uuet E d it o r o l----- P o lice L e a d e rs h ip Should C onfess Sins A n d P ro m is e To Do B e t t e r By Jam es E. Alsbrook, Ph. D. Police officials on all levels have responsed alm ost as a chorus in reacting indignantly to the killing of fifty-one police officers across the nation since January 1 of this year. Police work is necessary. R estraints of some kind are absolutely essential in any community, for human nature dictates that some citizens for various reasons will comm it anti-social acts and violate the rights of others. Physical attacks on police, therefore, a re un fortunate because they im pair the legitim ate functioning of necessary officials seeking to pro tect the public. But these attacks a re not without cause. Let us consider some facts: 1. Police are symbols and agents of the ex isting system or the prevailing schem e of things —however good or bad that system is. The pol ice a re readily identifiable, convenient targets for the physical expression of resentm ents coming from the rejection, frustration and al ienation that pervade giant segments of the black community. For many citizens the police epi tomize or represent the larger society and its reaction to black citizens and a re identified with the negative experiences black people have with the total society. 2. Policemen have been involved in corrup tio n -p ro stitu tio n , gambling, dope peddling_ and the black community, particularly the ghetto resident, knows it. For this reason many p er sons view the officer not as an agent of m orality and justice, but as a selfish, corrupt, and dis respectable opportunist. The officer is looked upon with contempt and hatred in many com m unities. 3. Police officers a re known to have p a rtic ipated in acts of racism . They have been iden tified with the Ku Klux Kian in various Southern "Are you sure you were once a Navy man?" N ote to Editor T here always seems to come a tune to sign off with a — 30— ... often I ’ ve been most anxious to find chat tim e , hut 1 can’t say that about working with you and fo r PCC. W e’ ve tried to tell it reason ably like it is, and have de pended on your good judgment and continuing good w ill to help us to reach the people fo r whom PCC was created. You’ ve done a very fine job for us, and 1 hope we’ve done fa irly w ell at keeping the ammunition coming to you. I ’ ve never felt that any strong persuasive-affective kind of ef fo rt was needed with you, to sell you on Portland Community College andwhat is d o in g .F irs t, you are certainly sensitive and (continued from page 1) Charles Evers Is a man than believes his own back yard should be spotless be fore comments on conditions existing In other areas and therefore had no comments on the national state of affairs, Oregon or Wash ington. But Look Who Gets the Girl — Hank Ruark M a y o r Evers things have been.” Running on the Loyal Demo crat party ticket, which Is composed of black and white individuals and leaders are now recognized by the Nat ional Democratic Party and this party Is actively engaged In voter registration and in corporation of youthful black and white M lsslsslpplans Into offices on the city, county and state level. Evers along with the party Is moving forfederal extensions to get 18 year olds reg is tered to vote, Evers said, "at the clo se of registration last nlghtlast Friday evening thousands o f young people waiting to be registered,” he pointed out that there were more than fifty outside of the local county courthouse that jurlsdlcts over Fayette, whites have roughly a 2 to 1 edge on blacks at the polls (250,000 black voters to 585,000 white voters with about 196,000 black and wnlte 18 year old voters). About youth Evers had this to say, “ the young people, black and white have been having a hard time, they’ve really the ‘niggers’ o fy e s- erday and they want change.” cities in Chicago, Indiana cities and other places. Many blacks have told me of incidents in which they w ere called “ nigger” or "black s.o.b. by police, and others have reported incidents of police assuming im perious, offensive attitudes. I can rem em ber some of my friends being stop ped by police while riding with a light-skinned woman in Kansas City. I recall the superior attitude taken toward me by ignorant and p rac tically illite ra te police officers in Baltim ore, and St. Louis. So if the authorities would lower the ra te of attacks on police, they should do sev eral things. 1. Publicly confess that the police frequently have been wrong In die past. Confess that police have been crooks, thieves, ra c ists, bullies and knuckleheads. The psychological im portance of this confession is difficult to exaggerate, inso far as the black communities a re concerned. 2. Declare that they want to do better and a re taking im m ediate steps to do b etter. De clare that they believe all citizens a re equal before the law and that they want to enforce the law fairly, im partially, and effectively. 3. Initiate positive program s—as som e cities have done— such as community relations activ ities in which the positive aspects of police work are exposed m ore clearly at all levels of society. Let the police be obviously helpful Instead of obnoxious. The road to redemption is not easy to travels Mountains of guns and weaponry designed to an nihilate the alienated and estranged police enemy will not get the job done. Public op inion In the ghetto—the conviction that police a re “ good guys” —is the m ost potent, least expensive and m ost lasting weapon the police can employ. perceptive enough to see fo r yourselves, and second, PCC has enough in progress and per formance to be proud of and plainly v is ib le . I ’ve enjoyed my three years in contact with you a ll as much as any other media situation in which I ’ve ever found m y self, la rg e ly because of the excellent reception and support you’ve given us here. th a n k s ,.d o r all your help and your in te re s t. PCC is tru ly among the finest institutions of its kind in the nation. It deserves your tru s t, confidence, support, and continued exposure through your command of the m edia. He said, "I don’t know any thing about anything but M ississippi. Ask me about my state and I can tell you because that’s where I live. He Is concerned whole heartedly stout changlngthe reputation of his state, he said, we’re going to change this reputation for the better.” The mayor was tn agree ment with Jam es Meredith the first black man to enter the University o f M ississippi that the south was a more livable place, Just prior to his return to M ississippi from New York City, wnere he had lived for six years. Evers said, "that’s why I live In the south and It’s going to be an even better place.” His autobiography title d . “ Evers” , reveals his youth ful days In the south as a bootlegger and a black man chased by white women, re vealing that during the course of his life he had affairs with a few, then ex periences as a pimp In the army, and then a hustler In Chicago, before coming to the aide o f his martryed brother, has cast serious doubts on his political potentiality, to this he said, "they can’t use It against me very w ell, can they? He asked. I brought It up first. And that Is why I brought It out In the open so they can’t use It.” They can choke on It or swallow It,” he said. B freed my conscience and I have no regrets at a ll.” Always In danger, Evers In a recent magazine article was shown being Interviewed with a loaded firearm on the table. Last Saturday the mayor refused to sp ecifi cally answer If he was armed or not. He said, "Pd rather not say,” In his novel he said " P ll probably catch (abullet)m y self one of these days^.1 can’t go around worrying about wnen Pm going to d ie.” Mr. E vers was hosted in his Portland stay by Mrs. Manuel Scott, second cousin of Mayor E vers. She hasn’t seen Charles since 1945 and during that 25 year absence her first Impression o t the reunion w a s , "He’s gotten a little fat, bu t he looks wonderful.” She went on to say, "Pm glad he’s so confident. And I pray that the time Is right for a black governor of M ississippi. He won’t Just be a black governor, he’ll be much more than that.” SECOND FAMILY (cont. fro m page 1) and two periods of other sut> jects, such as physical edu cation and woodworking. The students are organized in to fam ilie s o f nine youngsters e a c h with adult m em bers o f the school staff serving as heads of the groups. The fam ilie s take part in v a ri ous a c tiv ities , including eating lunch, as groups, enclose re lationships are being formed among t h e child ren . T h e fam ilie s spend two hours to gether each day. Culm ination o f t h e fo u r- week program w ill be an o ver night camping trip to F t . Stevens P a rk , according to M r s . Wienecke. INTERPRETIVE report (cont, from page 1) seek to norm alize relations with the Soviet Union, engage in cul tu ral exchanges, explore increased trade,conlei with the Russians on matters of x ital concern to ourselves and the w oild a ll the while the F B I and other agencies conduct counter intelligence operations and keep the Comm unist party I SA under surveillan ce. W ith the Russians it is harder because F B I D irector Hoover insists that most Soviet espionage operations emanate fro m the Russian Embassy in Washington and the Russian delegation at the United Nations which a re protected sanc tu a rie s . The Red Chinese have no s im ila r sanctuanes here but a re said to use the Canadian office of the New China news agency as a propaganda disbur se! and probable pipe line fo r espionage in the United States. W hen and if some kind of an accommodation is made at the United Nations and the Keil Chinese send a delegation to New Y o rk the F B I w ill undoubt edly be prepared to watch tor the same kind of activities it detects at the Soviet Embassy a id the Russian IJ S . delegation. F o r the present the F B I keeps its eye mainly on two lines of a c tiv ity. One of these causes a great deal of resentment on college campuses. Three organizations of a p ro -M aoist character are , according to Hoover, the Progressive Labor P a r ty , the W orker-Student A llia n c e , anil the Revolutionary Union. A ll a re found to be entertain ing in one form or another deas about the use of violence to bring about revolutionary con A LBINA M IN IS TE R IA L. A L L IA N C E P IP I’S BOTTLE Highland Recreation and Education Center - 4635 N . E . 9th A lle n I am ple C M E Church - 4236 N . B . 8th R ecreation— A r t ’ s and C r a ft— F ie ld Trips— Business Machines A c tiv itie s to be held d ally— Monday thru F rid a y fro m 9:30 to 4:00, beginning June 21st thru August 20th. Age group to be served - 6 to 15. M a llo ry Avenue C h ris tia n Church - 126 N . E . A lb erta R ecreation— A r t ’ s and C ra ft— F ield T ripe— Gym A ctivities Photography—Cooking ami sew lng—C h arm and Modeling A c tiv itie s to be held d ally— Monday thru F rid a y fro m 9:30 to 4:00, beginning June 2lat thru August 20th. A week of camping to be held. August 22nd thru August 28th. Age group to be served - 6 to IS. < 230 N K IllIN G S W O R T H , f’ÒRTI.AND PHONE 285 2062 (n u t J h « Ucut Berean Baptist Teen C enter-4822 N . Vancouver Avenue Recreation— M ovies— Reading— Sewing «ml Cooking Hiking and Camping— F ie ld T rip s A c tiv itie s to be held dally— Munday thru F rid a y fro m 3:30 to 10:00, beginning June 21st thru Sum m er. Age group to be served— 13 thru 20. The W it« Owl Vancouver Avenue F ir s t Baptist Church M orning Star Baptist Church M t. O liv et Baptist C h u r c h --116 N . E . Schuyler A day camping experience for children and youth from the Southern area of Model C itie s . Particip an ts w ill be picked up at each of the three Churches, and taken to a day-cam p setting w ill be a v a rie ty of recreation and c ra ft and other ac tiv ities to be held d ally— Monday thru F rid a y fro m 9:00 to 4:00, beginning June 21st thru August 20th. Age group to he served - 6 to 15. In addition, an evening program w ill be held at M r . O livet (o r older youth. Of special Interest Is a basketfall Instruction session, scheduled rw oexenn^s each week during the sum m er. O ld S e i: « Nobody knows everytfciqg b u £ • resiling the O beerver H e tn a lf* PO R TLA N D OBSERVER e I he re are many ways of ad-^ •v e rtls ln g , fxu thecheapeet-w^ e l' gel tliehest in su lt« fata •< I b s e iv e i ( ¡ la s s t f l e d Sertloftfl a TlXNrt ok ( i ' k g a N' i.fcs> SONS L a t e s t m id in ill* Til m ethod guarantee« th a t you can! learn to play e ith e r in s tru m e n t F o r i n f o r m a t i o n , p le a s e « a ll' ¡287-1634. C A L LO W ADVERTtSI FO R FAST RESULTS! Seamstress , B etter dresses, W eldings, ditions a id are considered by Custom made d ra p e ries . Hoover to be potential conduits 4606 N . W illia m s -28 4 -9 5 24 for spy operations in the United States. T h e ir membership is A L B IN A W O M EN ’S LEAGUE sm all, perhaps a few hundred, but they do form a nucleus The Albina Women’ s League, under the d irectio n of Battle Lou considered by the F B I to be O verton, w ill be directing a recreation and fu n -tim e activities worth watching c a re fu lly . p rogram , aimed at the older youth In the e n tire Model C itie s A re a . The other line of activ ity is Scheduled are numerous dances, field trip , softball and volleyball ethnic penetration, and the re tournm ents. cru itin g of agents among Much of the program w ill be located in the city parka, with Chinese residing in A m eric a . coon) mat ion and program direction coming from the Albina RECAP SPECIALISTS Hoover speaks of ’ ’ sleeper Women’ s League offices at 59 N. E . Stanton. P rog ram to begin agents" being unreduced into June 15th and continue throughout the Sum m er. the United States among thou sands of Chinese refugees. YMCA 5430 N . Moore Hundreds of seamen on ships from Hong Kong also desert in A m erican ports and are lost E. U N IO N track o f. H o o v ei th in k s th e r e YMCA win be keeping the building and pool opened during the easily might be agents among evening hours this sum m er—tor Jr. Teen Night, The program win them . He thin kj the danger of involve up to 100 boys and girls In the evening hours, from 8:00 subversion is growing and is pun. to Midnight, Ciwwfic 284-9758 not to be taken ligh tly. The F B I d irecto r has spoken of this in testimony before con gressional com m ittees and signed an a rtic le on Red Chi nese espionage and subversion appearing in the Veterans of Foreig n W ars Magazine in which he gives somewhat more weight to circum stantial possi b ilitie s than the average U.S. state department o fficial might find cre d ib le . But this is something which must be considered as the N tx - on adm inistration moves fa r ther down the road toward dip lom atic recognition of the Chi nese Peoples Republic. If we are to be in a wholly different m ilita ry posture in A sia during the second Nixon term than in 1969 when he took office the m atter of diplom atic recogni tion of China w ill take on much more re a lity . RED SHIELD CENTERS T his sum m er, activities w ill be held at two Red Shield Centers In the a re a — one located at 711 NJE, Dekum S treet— the second at 932 N . Shaver s tre e t. The Centers w ill be open fro m 8:00 to 6:00 d ally— Monday thru Saturday. Age group served— 6 to 16. A c tiv itie s to Include C ra fts , out door sports- cutting. WIN HIS HEART.. WITH A Y, NEW H A IR D O I P LOV-LEE-LADEE field trips-w eaving— sewing-candle m aking-glass BEAUTY O „ p e r a t o r s : SALON YWCA The sum m er program w ill be concentrated in two mediae— a rt and m usic. In the a r t departm ent, they w ill ligld d aily classes In advanced a rts and c ra fts , silkscreening, draw ing, painting, callig rap h y. The m usic departm ent w ill have classes in rhythm and percussion. Both Individual and group Instruction w ill be av tai able In both a rt and music classes. C r e a t iv e S ty lin g c « r i W a rd C u t t in g a n d S h a p in g T in tin g and B le a c h in g The YWCA w ill be running recreation and A r t aikl program s at C ra ft Dekum C o urt—M a p e l-M a llo ry P ro je c t, and special older g irl classes, located at M a llo ry Avenue C h ris tia n Church. W ig C le a n in g and S ty lin g P a u lin e K e lly T o n d a M c F e r ia n / B i l l i e R uth S p ir e « O p e r a t o r s fit P ro p : A la r n e D e D le v e > iix C a s s i e L. J e n k in » A s k ab o u t o u r f l a i r W e a v in g And it is then that a ll the presently subordinated doubts about the pluses and minuses of such a new arrangem ent w ill rise to the surface, among them the question of whether o r not we a re simply opening up the United States to m ore M aoist subveision and espionage with out much chance of ourselves gaining anything by having our representatives in Peking. But we w ill undoubtedly take that chance, just as we have with Moscow where our people are pretty much Isolated from the Russian people and o ffic ia l dom. So it would be w ell now for the state department to be working on the form of agree ments which would give our people In Peking a good deal more freedom than they have in Moscow. , A • • Still life « F o r A p p o in tm e n t 106 N. K illin g m o rlh 2»4-Oi9» WHERETHEREIS BEAUTY THERE'S CHARM I tip IS You can make a decora tive centerpiece for your din ing room table by covering a cone-shaped piece of card board with heavy aluminum foil Mold the cone into a cornucopia and fill with nuts and fresh fruit. Philosophers say wor rying can’t help us. That m akes I t m u t u a l , be cause we ean’t help wor rying, either. 11 AIK STYLES CARE FOR BABIES ____ LILLIAN’S Beauty Salon Operators: Lillian Williams Specialists Ruby Reed In All Phases Ethel Bates 3 6 3 2 N. Williams Ave. 281-6554 l lo rd C a n t« - N eat to rtw l.ia u e i f t PI S Ons and Only Stare O p e n « 10 a m tu 9 0 0 p m Oadv Sunday«. Noon to 4 0 0 p m Highland R ecreation and Education C en ter - 4635 hi K . 9th A lle n t em ple C M E Church - 4236 N E . 8th Recreation— A rt*a and C r a ft— F ie ld T rip s — Business Machines ^ ¿ tiv A riN ç i v LetTEPI'S BOTTLE SHOP be your I champagne, wine», mixer» . . . et the,Imkert n fte t to Highland Baptist 607 N . E . A lb erta Recreation— A r t’ s and C r a ft— F ie ld Trips A c tiv itie s to be bald d ally — Monday thru F rid a y (ruin 9:30 to 4:00, beginning June 21st thru August 20th. Age group to be served— 6 to 15. r SWEETIE PIE J Page ....... a 1 e Deputy Sheriff •B O O -M H O ’ A f t e r a ll. y e e m u . t n 't e a p e c t le « anurh fr o m b. , on her veer Multnomah County hot career opportunities for ceMege graduates between 21 A 32. Contest County Civil Ser^ C o u n t y C o u r t H O U S « , Rm. 140, Portland, Qr«j IN YO U R HO M E. $ 3 . 5 0 a c h ild p e r d a y METROPOLITAN AREA 4C COUNCIL 28tt-5O9i firat I V