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Pa "e
P o r '1onJ Observer
Nixon Conference
'inurelay
Adams Student
SWEETIE PIE
Labor
Rigged?
A recant letter from HE*
Secretary ElUto L. Richard­
son lias sparked charges
throughout the country that the
Administration seeks to dom­
inate the White House Con­
ference on Aging that Is scheud
uled to meet In Washington In
November.
The conference Is Intended
to bring before the country the
voice of the senior citizen,
with all shades of opinion re­
presented. The Rt 'hardsell
letter notified governors of all
states that the Nixon admin­
istration would select the vex­
ing delegates to attend
the
President’s meeting.
Previously, governors were
given a quota of delegates and
told they could select the group
to attend from their states.
I he governors were re­
quired to make up state dele­
gations representing various
economic and racial groups,
both political parties and rural
as well as urban areas. At
least 45 per cent of each state
delegation had to be 55 or old­
er while two delegates had to
be between 17 and 25,
With Nixon selecting the
delegates it would be entirely
possible tor the selection to be
skewed to produce a docile
group unlikely to oppose the
President to any substantial
degree.
The recent White House
Conference on Youth blasted
the Nixon Administration on
Vietnam and other Issues to
the chagrin of the conference
planners who had tried to ar­
range a meeting that would
rock
one’s boat.
Already, some are calling
the November meeting “ the
White Wash Conference
on
Aging.”
J u ly ? ? , 1971
Scholarship
T r a in s V a ts
Survey
C andidate
Lamb-Weston Inc. In con­
Construction w orkers, such
junction with Adams Highschool
has selected Phillip Carter of as journeyman craftsmen, help­
4608 N. Gantenbeln, graduate of ers, laborers, and truckdriv­
John Adams High School, as one ers, employed by special trade
of Its candidates for the Lamb- contractors received 8bJ per­
Weston scholarship.
cent of their compensation as
Lamb-Weston, Inc. Is one of pay to r working time, accord­
the largest producers and pro­ ing to a survey conducted by
cessors of frozen foods (frozen
processed potato foods). They the U.S. Department of Labor’ s
are located In the Northwestern Bureau of LaborStatistics.The
states of Idaho, Washington and Bureau’ s firs t study of em­
Oregon, with the main office In ployee compensation in this part
of the construction Industry
Tigard.
The scholarship’s purpose Is shewed that employer expendi­
to assist a student with post high tures fo r retirem ent programs
school vocational education op­ represented 6 percent of con­
portunities.
struction w orker's compensa­
If Carter Is selected he will tion, health and insurance costs
attend Mt. Hood Community
added 4.0 percent, pay fo r leave
College In Gresham, enrolling
In Food Science or related pro­ tune contributed 1.7 percent,
grams. He then will continue and employer expenditures for
benefit pro­
his studies tor two years to unemployment
attain an associate arts degree. grams constituted most of the
At that time Lamb-Weston will remainder.
One-half of the total labor
decide on the basis of perform­
ance and student Interest If the force in the construction indus­
scholarship Is to be continued. try worked fo r these contrac­
The scholarship will pay the tors who engage in a particular
student's tuition, books and activity, such as plumbing,
material fees and part of the heating, electrical work, ma­
transportation costs. The stu­
sonry work, and painting. The
dent Is Involved In working part-
time not more than 20 hours a survey was part of the Bureau’ s
week at a rate of $2.25 an tour, continuing program of stud ies of
although during vacations he employee compensation in Am­
Is offered full time employment. erican industry.
Construction T rades Strengthen
Vocational Education
Tuskega«
A m e r ic a n
F o r e ig n P o lic y
in S o u th e a s t A l i a
11« C instruction Industry
Cutlective Hi rgalnlngCommis­
sion Ins developed and unani­
Seventy-five percent o f the mously endorsed a program to
black veterinarians In the US strengtlien vocational education
graduate from T u s k e g e e In­ (or construction trades in the
stitute In Alabama. The short­
age of black veterinarians Is United States
1 lie program, devised by a
acute. There are only 18 schools
and working
of vetlnary medicine In the US subcommittee
and Canada, and Tuskegee Is the group chaired by Under Secre­
only predominately black school tary ol Uabor Laurence H, S it-
w h ic h
tea c h e s
vetlnary barman, focuses on strong, ac­
medicine. Graduates o f th e tive national union aixlcontrac­
s c h o o l score well above the tor association policies to sup­
national average on the Depart­ port impi oved forms of vo­
ment of Agrlculture'saccredl- cational education, these In­
tatton test.
clude tlie Involvement of local
Dr. T A Williams, dean of the unions amt contractors in pro­
Tuskegee School of Veterinary
Medicine, says a combinat ion of gram development and opera­
factors prevent blacks from en­ tion.
Careei preparation courses
tering veterinary medicine, but
the most Important is that tlie a- for all youths, at least in grades
verage black student does not o to 9, are recommended In the
have a role model In veterinary program, increased Federal,
medicine. "Teachers, preach­ State atkl local government and
er s, doctors.,....these are the private support fo r the “ World
people that standout In the stu­ of
Contructlon Program ,”
dent’s comm nitty.” T h e need
he believes, Is tor more b la c k which provides an overview of
veterinarians to be tn the com­ the processes, functions and oc­
munity where they can be seen. cupations in the man-made
world, w ill be encouragnl.
President Nixon asked the
Commission in his 1970 state­
ment on “ Combating Construc­
tion Inilatlon and Meeting Fu­
ture Construction N eels” to set
up a special group to:
Develop a program to provide
“ Blood counts” are a basic
diagnostic tool tn today’s leadership and to communicate
medicine, and millions of the need to r devloptng quality
people get acquainted with vocational education programs
them during sickness or a with local school d istricts, un­
ions and contractors.
routine physical examination.
Sometimes even the count­
seek greater acceptance of
ing equipment requires "diag­ training In vocational education
nosis” . The Oregon Associa­ programs as partial fulfillm ent
tion of Medical Technologists, of
apprenticeship
require­
working with the Oregon Re­ ments.
gional Medical Program and
Devote attention to one of tlie
the Coulter Company, a lead­
ing manufacturer of the blood great national needs - that of
counters, Tuesday Initiated a restoring pride in c ia ft and to
unlq le Joint program at Eman­ promote the dignity of skilled
B lo o d C o u n t
by Steven Levine
T e c h n o lo g y
led to a relative de-emphasls
grams could roceivecredltsfui
ol the ne«ls of vocational pro-
entry into appi enticeship as
giam s which lias Influenc«! tlie
well as advanced standing.
way youth and the community
Cooperative work-study pro­
feel about “ craftsmanship” and
«ms w ill also he encouraged,
employment in tlie industry. The
aid local unions and contrac­
goal of the Commission's pro­
to r associations w ill 1» expec­
gram is a concerted effort by
ted to take a larger role In
laboi aid management, ami edu­
developing vocational industrial
cators and the government to
Clubs foi youth in the schools.
redress this Imbalance of con­
I hese clubs emphasize the im­
cern.
portance of craftsmanship, en­
thusiasm for learning, tlie dig­
I lie Commission, established
nity of work and other a ttrl-
In I9b9 by President Nixon, Is
Ixites necessary fo r personal
chaired by secretary of la b o i
growth aid adjustment to work
J J). Hodgson ami is made up of
situations.
representatives of labor, man­
I he program emphasizes the
agement ami government. I lie
stake that both construction la­
purpose
ot
the 12-member
bor aid management have In
panel is to establish means of
improving vocational education.
strengthening collective bar­
Exlusiva concern for the edu­
gaining ami improving man-
cation ol college-bound youth
l>owei development processes
in many communities has ollen
in tlie construction industry.
RT P H ll.T rH K P IH tW A irC H U R c ff
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Re» LO Stone Vfoar
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7,4J AM
»,J0 AM
4'00 CM
W l S l l t n i U M r Oeys
rr. PAUL CHURCH 01 GOO IN C H M L
■* Iwndnr School Mdree 4C N-e MM.M. 9 43 AM.
The essential implications
Many of those who opted
WorWtfp
12.00 Noon
of the recently concluded
against our m ilita ry adven­
YFWW
6 30 PM.
spring anti-w ar offensive do
turism in Nam in the polls
Pvorwny WorWtip
Sundtyy fuotdoy. Pndoy I 00 P M
not appear to have beenwaiely
may have done so for the most
The fttendty Church Vow
only u Str n nf t onto
enough understood.
conservative
of
reasons,
A possibly momentous poli­
Compensation fo r construc­
namely that if we can’ t win we
tion workers in the industry tical transaction, has teen
ought to gather our marbles
totaled $5.47 for an hour of work largely obscured behind e r­
and go home. S till, those who
in 1969, the reference year of roneous analysis and irre le ­
went to D.C. seem to have felt
vant commentary, in the press
the survey. Between that time
the pressure of some basic
and the firs t auarter of 197i, and in public politics.
question about the functioning
the
industry's construction
The issue around which
of the national politic and the
Philosophers say wor­
A program featuring slides workers had a 16 percent in­ most of the attention is cen­
specter of middle-class mass
rying can’t help us. That
te r« ! is a lop-sxJed debate
taken at a recent world Baha’i crease in gross hourly earn­
action must indeed intimidate
m a k es it m u t u a l , b e ­ conference in Jamaica by Jean ings, which accounts fo r about over the responsibility and the executive authority.
Bellows a Baha’i speaker, a- 87 cents of the compensation political astuteness oftheMay
cause we can’t help wor­
Fact is, in five years of
long with comments by Dr. dollar.
day collective’ s tactics.
inconsistent,
inexperienced
rying, either.
Nosratollah Rassekh, Lewis
uel Hospital to help medical labor.
The real controversy over
Somewhat more than three-
arxi
frequently
crazy
activist
Ihe subcommittee and work­
technologists In Oregon and
and Clark College History De­
American war policy and over
fifths of the construction work­
organizing, the anti-w ar fo r­
partment Chairman, Is set for
elsewhere
better
understand
ing
group were compos«! of high
ces have not only been able
Thursday, July 22, 8 p.m. at ers in this industry were em­ the constitution of the Ameri­
the complicated equipment.
national officials of the build­
ployed
by
firm
s
in
which
a
ma­
can
policy
making
process
in
to get the war issue aired to
the Portland State University
(Essentially, blood cells,
ing trades unions, contractor
jo rity were covered by union general has been transmogri­
Konlna House.
which do not conduct elec­ associations, the o ffice of Ed­
a certain degree, they have
The appointment of Black s to
agreements. fied into some kird of jueru-
tricity, are counted by dilu­ ucation,
gotten common folks wrought
“ Dawn of World Unity" Is management
National
Advisory
boards of major corporations
T h e ir hourly comrensation av­ lous yap over law and order.
ting them with saline solution,
up enough about it to coine out
continues. Robert Taylor, Jr. the title of the presentation. eraged $0.57 compared with
Council on Vocational Edu­
which
does.
As
the
mixture
It
was
this
misshaping,
ini­
in the open and argue it. 1
a Washington D.C. lawyer, was The public Is Invited to the $3.78 (58 percent of the union
goes through the machine, a cation, the Department of Ta­
fo r one am pessimistic about
elected a director of the West- evening program. There will rate) fo r those in establish­ tiated at the executive level
drop In electrical voltage trips bor, the Department of Housing
be
no
admission
charge.
Mrs.
that
led
to
the
federal
conduct
the creation of an enlightened
lnghouse Electric Corporation
and Urban Development, and the
ments largely not covered by of the Washington police and
the counting device.)
and Partlcla R. Harris, another Bellows, who has given her
activist policy in the middle
Federal Mediation ami Concil­
With
videotaping
equipment
union-management
contracts.
program
throughout
the
United
the retreat of congressional
attorney practicing in Washing­
class, but the stimulaton of
from the Regional Medical iation service.
ton, was named to the boards States, Is scheduled to be fea­ Among the three largest anti-w ar forces.
some oppositional s p irit In
Program - which will show the
One of the most far-reaching
of IBM and Scott Paper Com­ tured guest on the KGW’ Tele­ branches of the industry, com­
C learly somebody wants the
some new quarters is note­
completed tapes In Its Inter­ aspects of the program con­
vision’s “Telescope” pro­ pensation mnonumonestablish-
pany.
worthy in itse lf. If there is
state circuit course program cerns the linkage between voca­
gram, Wednesday morning, ments was 52 percent of the whole spring enterprise to
conclude, not with a bang, but
and also funnel them out to tional education and apprentice­
any m ajor diffusion from the
July 21.
lANO OR ORGAN LES? _ ________________________ union level in e le ctrica l work, with a bicker.
other Interested hospitals and
epicenter of student dissent
ship. The linkage that exists
54 percent in plumbing, heating,
S O N S . L a te s t a n d modern*
Important elements present
Institutions - a series of pro­
going on here, a whole new
d iffe rs by area of the country
grams
on
blood
counter
method guarantees that you can
"Religion had Its share In and a ir conditioning, and 71 per­ in A p ril and May include a new
kind ot m inority politics may
“ trouble-shooting’ ’ and In­ and cra ft union and in many
learn to plav either instrument the chan«e ot civilization and cent in masonry and plastering political sophistication about
be gestating.
~
'
'nation
character.”
strumentation
Is being pre­ cases is hazy o r nonexistent.
work.
In
addition
to
unioni­
the Indochina war on a fa r
For in fo rm a tio n , please call'
Consider, then, the May
Mark Twain zation, this differential reflects broader scale than was visible
♦
sented by Darrin Black, Coul­ Ihe Commission’ s program
days. What we saw were50,000
ter Company representative, proposes model policy state­
differences to the composition a year ago, and a wholly d if­
young people, mostly students,
using the ultrasophlstlcated ments (or the building trades
1 of the labor force, in the size of ferent kind of committment to
not street people, not hooli­
$60,000 Model S Coulter unions and contractor assoc­
the establishment, in the type act upon issue positions by a gans (as the Nlx-new folks
Counter In the Emanuel Hos­ iations that would lead to the
of construction work per­ great variety of groups and in­
pital laboratory.
tagged them, greatfully sigh­
cei tlflcatlon of certain voca­
formed and in geographic loc­ dividuals.
The big unit, one of about a tional education courses. Stu­
ing with re lie f at having some­
ation. About fo u r-fifth s of the
During the three days of the
dozen
in
Oregon,
rapidly
one to v ilify ) who were ready
difference in
compensation operation Dewey Canyon III in
counts white and red blood dents completing these pro-
to risk the harsh treatment
stemmed from the higher level Washington, 1,500 Vietnam
cells simultaneously - 7 tests
they received, gas, clubs,
Safety-Health
of pay fo r working tim e -$ 5 A l
In 40 seconds - printing out
veterans, staging guerilla the­
concentration camps, in a
the information. Such blood
compared with $335 per hour. atre actions, lobbying at con­ committment
to
stop
counts are useful In diseases Regulation*
Larger employer expenditures gress and protesting before machine.
ranging from leukemia and
Proposed regulations gov­
fo r insurance and retirem ent the media, gave the national
W ith a few exceptions they
polycythemia to various ane­ erning tlie submission and ap­
programs, p rim a rily those that conscience a good wrench. held to their strategy, stayed
mias and infections which proval of long-range State oc­
were privately financed, and
organized and held out to the
characteristically have blood cupational safety ami health
bigger payments fo r leave time
Despite their violation of last 500. 1 don’ t think a rad­
cell abnormalities.
ANTIOCH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH! accounted fo r the rest.
the law, the veterans were a ical effort of the depth w ill
Future videotaping is sche­ plans were published by tlie
The tree branches of the in­
5 9 3 5 N. M innesota.
duled of common blood coun­ Department of Labor in the
kind of last straw to a lot of ever enjoy m ajority apprecia­
2 8 9 -2 3 6 4
dustry with the largest employ­ war weary citizens.
ters as well as of other lab­ Fmieral register on Friday,
tion.
Sunday School
ment — plumbing: electrical
oratory equipment, according June 18, 1971. Written com­
Indeed, the huge number of
But, if even a little of the
to Mrs. Thelma Golden, head ments on the proposed reg­
work; and masonry, plastering, war weary citizens who
thrust
behind
the
skepticism
of
9 :4 5 A M .
of the Emanuel Hospital School ulations must I k submittol to
and tile work-accounted fo r
showed up at the ellipse on the student dissenters gets a-
of Medical Technology and the Department by July 8.
more
than
half
of
total
employ­
M orning Worship
the 24th Is fa r more signi­ broad In the land, there w ill
president of the Oregon
The regulations implement
ment.
ficant than the coverage it be a calling to account.
Association of Medical Tech­ Sections 18(b) and (c) of the
11:00 A M .
received would suggest. Not
nologists. She said films W llliam s-steigei Occupation­
On ttie V letnam Issue the
only was the 24th ra lly big­
would be used for medical
students have led die way In
Home Town Plan
Evening Service
education in schools of med­ al Saiely ami Health A ct of
ger than any previous peace the formation of basic a tti­
Under the Act, tlie
ical technology as well as tor 1970.
(continued
from
p.l)
demonstration,
it
was
also
M inister Felton Howard
7:30 P.M.
tudes. If their tactics cannot
Federal
Government has lie-
ln-servlce
training
and
sim
­
more varied. The presence be generally employed, I doubt
of FederalContractCompliance
”1 was in the spirit on the Lord's Day, and heard behind
ilar programs. The OAMT gun to enforce safety and
of
trade
unionists,
business
that
their
moral
leadership
«(OFCC) fo r endorsement and
previously prepared a series health standards In about 4.1
me a great voice as of a trumpet. ”
a submittal to Washington, D.C. people, m inorities, the middle has been or can be completely
of
videotapes on enzymes m illion places of employment
classes of middle age, in more eroded.
•
A great many d iffic u lt chal­
which are already available covering some 57 m illio n
than
token
contingents,
sug­
1 do not believe thatthe.May
lenges have been encountered
through the ORMP circuit w oikers. section 18(b) pro­
and overcome in the course of gests what the polls confirm , days turned anyone Into a Nix­
courses nurse coordinator’s vides that any state may as­
that the Nixon junta is way on supporter. I do believe the
office at the University of sume responsibility for devel­
reaching this agreement. As
behind the American people vigorous alarums that have
Oregon Medical School.
a testimony to the good faith
oping ami enforcing state oc­
who, by at least a 53 per cent been sounded over the past
of a ll parties, note is made of
cupational
safety and health
margin, are ready to call it five years have found some
the exceptionally high s p irit of
standards If tlie Secretary of
a
day
in
Southeast
Asia.
ears.
cooperation which character­
Uabor approves the state plan.
ized the meeting last week when
An approved state plan is e li­
final agreement was reached.
gible fo r fa le ra l funding up
OwrcR ond School Rx Comawt,
While the Mayor of Portland
ST A N D R E W 'S C A TH O LIC CHURCH
to5<%.
2 1 1 4429
5828 N.E. 8th
288-5429
initiated this process as recom­
V / N f
The
basic
requirement
O8EGON »721 I
»f 9
G ttF R N
mended by the OFCC ami MHRC
A. Lee Henderson, Minister
« V GO»OON i w r f f r
stated In the proposed regu­
facilitated
its
movement
Mots«« J 00 -jm Hyrewn I 0 X) -XT. Choir
lations is that state plans must
Ellis Cosson, Associate Minister
12 00 pot
Mo««
throughout, the real credit goes
be at least as effective as tlie
Church School
9 :3 0 A.M.
to members of the eight man
Federal safety and health pro­
Morning Worihip
10:45 A.M.
committee and the many con­
gram In regard to both stand­
.Wed Noon — The Tteur of Fewer
12:00 N O O N
sultants, most of them from the
ards and enforcement.
Wed Prayer & C la ji Meeting
7:00 P M .
m inority
communities, who
Nursery Core Provided
p a n h a n d le r was
have hammered out this Agree­
found to be the owner
ment.
'W e ere m aking our Naighborhood A B rotharhosd"
of two ears. No wonder
Not all who have contributed
have agreed to sign the Agree­
he had to beg.
ment submitted today. But as
provided fo r In the Plan, they
and others may negotiate with
the A dm inistrative Committee
at a future date fo r revision
and/or
membership In the
Agreement.
Bahai
Slides
B la c k s
A p p o in t e d
•’ Positions available in Day C areC enter
opening soon in the Model Cities Area.
Applicants must have training and ex­
perience in Early Childhood Program s.
Please apply in person at the 4-C Model
Cities Point of Information and Referral
Office.
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CARE FOR BABIES
Portland can be proud of an
unusually promising beginning
on the problem of meeting a
local need over which cities
around
the country
have
stumbled. Unusually fine pro­
gress in Portland has already
been evidenced in the success­
ful work ot Project Outreach.
We intend to build well on these
beginnings of a tru ly "home
town" solution to m inority em­
ployment in the construction in­
dustry.
IN YOUR HOME.
$3.50 a child per day
METROPOLITAN AREA
4C COUNCIL 2HS-5091
i
Vancouver AvtTTirnt Baptist Church
8138 N. Vancouver Ave.
Phone 282-9496
Sunday School
’ Morning Worahip
9:00 A.M.
1 b 0 0 A.M.
Dr. O.B. William«, Pastor
IM P R E S S IV E church is for
the birds, literally. Joseph
Bellport, o f S h o r e h a m ,
N .Y., builds church-styled
b ird h o u s e s for a hobby.
This one stands over three
feet (al! and was made
specifically for wrens, with
entrances loo small tor un­
welcome sparrows.
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