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S t .i e U n'vergity Corvelli e , Oregon <771^1 Q n p tv n .ko' b bulk PÄIT s. postage P A I D OTIIAND, ORtCON ILR_ mij _ mo 1?66 In "Wlio’c ia ” CMf„ Consumer wno s WI Who ell(e Protection be hos((d by McColl •v e ry o n « . your V o l.l No. 46 Portland, O r». AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Thursday Aug. 19 1971 10< por copy YOUTH GIVE FEELING OF SECURITY C aiy M o rri« , 15, «on of M r . and M rs . Roger M o ri Is, exemplifies t)«e youth attending the confai ance. Gary will be a sophomore at Jefferson High School this year, lie plays football «rkl basketball. Ila has served as CYM president, lie would like to become a psychoanylist. lie reads mystery stones and Is Interested in "alm ost everything’* SBA Council Member VOLAR Working The Volunteer Army (VOLAR) concept Is working throughout Oregon and South- westem Washington, accord ing to Army recruiting offi cials at Hie Recruiting Main Station here. July proved to be an ex cellent test period for Hie VOLAR program due to the tennorary suspension of Hie Selective Service Act. Dur ing tlie month recruiters In Portland’s U.S. Army Re cruiting Main Station area en listed 196 persons for a i l l percent of their assigned ob jective of 176. According to Advertising and Information specialist V ivia n « L. Barnett David Terentleff, the major It is an Important and chal factors contributing to the Viviane L . Harnett has been lenging job. highly successful month In appointed a member of the I'he appointment certificate clude the addition of five new D is tric t Advisory Council by reads: recruiting stations, an Inten Thomas S. Kleppe, Admini sive three-month advertising VIVIANE. L . HARNETT strator of Hie Small Business test campaign and the doubling “ Having knowledge of and in- Admtnsti atlon. of the recruiting force. teiest in small business. Is H ie SBA depends upon the The offering of new pro hereby ap(>ointod to serve as Advisory Council for views grams such as a guaranteed a member of the small bus enlistment option for Europe, to guide the more than five iness administi atlon. Hawaii or choice stateside m illion small businesses Purtlarxl assignments have given young tin oughuut the nation. district Advisory Council men and women a real choice. Distr ict members assist in Terentleff reports that the directing the Community aial is authoi ized and empow new Army slogan "Today’s Council mem beis. I hey act Army Wants to Join You" ered to execute ani fulfill as a channel of Information carries the message of anew, the duties of a member of to the D is tric t D irector and more understanding Army to saxl council with all the pow his staff on ways of Improv today’s youth. er« and privileges there ing the current and proposed An Independent survey re unto of right appertaining, veals tliat 93 percent of the SBA programs. They are ex subject to the conditions p re- 17-21 year old males sur pected to keep curient in and act lbed by rules promulgates veyed were aware of the slo develop Information on prob by the administrator of the gan. Seventy percent of all lems of local small business «mail business administra res|>ondents were favorable men, the effectiveness of tion." toward the slogan while 22 available solutions through — --th is ap|>olntinent will ex percent found It unfitvorable. SBA aitl tlie economy In gen Eight percent of the youths pire on Hie 31st day of May e r a l. had no comment. 1973. Haveÿou tried our It's an easy way to save. par annum com pounded daily p a id q u n rlo ily Your dimes can become dollars In a hurry If you keep them In a dime saver, Soon as It’s full, you have $3.00 Io add to your savings account. Dimers are fun, and educa tional too. They're Free to savers at the Bonj. Franklin. Franklin R obert Ft Hazen. Pres • 14 O ffice« • Phone 333.1 Home O ffice f ra n k iin B ld g P o rtla n d O regon 9/?04 1 he tilth annual Youth Ban quet anil 1 alent Show, Satur day evening, part of tlie Alas ka Pacific Conference of the C M lslian Methodist Episco pal Church. was an outstand ing combination of young |>eo- ple and dedicated adults. It was tie night lo r the young people to take over. They conducted an action Hacked thiee hours, which reflected tlielr ability, goals and training. They came to tie conference from Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and I tah D istricts and had guest Horn California. (hey had spent many hours of planning all details, from tlie headlable bouquet to competition rules lor Hie speaking contest. The blending of the various age groups was an Indication that tlie re is no problem of a “ generation gap" or a communication problem be tween these jieople. Albert McKlnnle, Eugene, served as president ol Hie youth group tills year. He will be a juiuor at Churchill High School In Hie fall. Alise Antield, Portland, Is tlie new ly elected president. She Is the recipient of a $4,000 aca demic scholarship, she will use at Stanford University. I he members of tlie Adult YouHi Committee, under the chairmanship ol M rs . M ary jane Gladney, Youth D irecto r, guided the young people. In her remarks to the meeting M rs . Gladney s a il, “ In or der to buUd a conference. PLU-Project Equality pacific Lutheran University has Joined Project Equality of the Northwest, president Eu gene Wdegman announced to day. The University thus adds Its purchasing and hiring pow er to that of nearly two dozen Northwest religious Institu tions participating In the pro gram, which seeks equal em ployment opportunity for rac ial and other minority groups. President Wlegman noted that ’’Project Equality offers church-related Institutions the opportunity to place the clout of the Christian church precisely on the side of the poor and disenfranchised In America today. “ By emphasizing the affir mative approach and spuming Hie punitive, Project Equality Is consistent wlUi the finest principles of the Judeo- Christian tradition. Joint ec umenical economic action may yet redeem the Christian church In the eyes of develop ing races and minorities.” Derek Mills, regional exec utive director of the program, welcomed the PLU Involve ment. "Now that most of the major Judicatories In the re gion are program spon» irs of PE, our emphasis this year will Include securing partici pation from colleges, hospl- Labor Dept. wins case under Equal Pay Act The U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsyl vania, has ruled that Food Fair Stores, Inc. must pay women and men cashiers the same rate tinder the Federal Equal Pay Act. It Is the first equal pay dlclslon Involving a retail food supermarket. Food Fair op erates several hundred estab lishments In several states, Including the stores In Scran ton and West Hazleton, Penn sylvania, which were Involved In the court case. The court held that although male cashiers were desig nated as clerkchechers at the stores and the women cash- 1 - • as checkers, their duties were substantially equal. The Equal pay Act prohib its employers from discrim inating In )>ay because of sex for Jolis requiring equal skill, effort and responsibility and performed under similar conditions. Food Fair attenqded to Jus tify the higher |>ay for men cashiers on the basis of their Hie conference must carry out the program laid before ua." Members of tlie com mittee assisting tlie chairman were: M rs . Aliena De D e- leveaux, M rs . Gei trude Haw kins, M rs . Georgia Richard son, M rs . Alberta McKlnnle and M rs . Bettye M itchell. Last year's queen, Sylvia Lowery, and her court of princesses: Elaine Simms, Portland; Jackie M artin, Se attle; Ann de’Armond, Ta coma; and Laytanya Robinson of Pasco, casually chatted with tlie current contestants across tlie table. The topic for the orator- lai contest was, “ Conflict In The World Today” , i'he six contestants knew their subject w ell. Stephania Berry from Anchoiage, Alaska, won firs t place. Alise Anfield, second, and A lbert McKlnnle, third. They were judged on clarity, poise, eye contact, time lim it, fam iliarity with subject m atter, and adhering to subject. A standing ovation was given M rs . Gladney. The young people clapped loudly and long and every adult was proud. Perhaps it should be said, that although tliere were more youHi there than adults, tliere were many adults — parents, clergy, interested jeople, and Bishop Amos, who in the closing remarks said, "The world is a forest and you have to have an axe to cut your way through the for est. The brain is that axe - KEEP IT SHARP.” performing miscellaneous tasks In addition to cashier ing. The women also per formed additional duties. The court said: “ Consid ering all the subsidiary ac tivities actually performed on occasion by front-end clerk- checkers, neither the time expended for performance, nor the nature of the addi tional tasks actually per formed, introduce any sub stantially greater skill, effort, or responsibility Into the ping, hwd. floors, wired for than to the checkers Jobs.” Different pay scales were established for male and fe male clerks under a 1963-65 Food Fair collective bargain ing agreement. The agree ment set higher wage rates for the male clerks, and the higher rates continued under subsequent agreements. The case resulted from In vestigations by Compliance Officers of the Labor Depart ment’s Wage and Hour Divi sion. tals, and other Institutions connected to these Judicator ies. Even In the current eco nomic crisis, PE Northwest In becoming an Instrument capable of giving the religious community a united voice to express Its concerns for so cial and moral Justice.” Pacific Lutheran Univer sity’s support of Project Equality "affirms the goals of our founding fathers - dig nity and opportunity for every person” , President Wlegman said. “ Encouraging new priori ties and economic Justice Is consistent with student senti ment on the PLU campus” , he continued. This point was seconded by Mr. Mills, who commented that student and faculty goups on various Northwest campuses would be natural and welcome allies of the PE approach. Letters Informing PLU sup pliers of the college's concern tor affirmative action are cur rently being mailed. Constance Fisher Miss Constance Fisher, director of community relations at Emanuel Hospital, has been selected for Inclusion In ’* Who’s Who In American Women,’’ Ttli edition, Basic consideration for Inclusion Is the extent of an Indi vidual’s reference value throughout the world, based on either the position of responsibility held and/or the level of achleve- m ent attained by the Individual. Miss Fisher, who distinguished career as a social worker has Included designation as Oregon’s "Social Worker of the Year’’ in 1969, came to Emanuel following her retirement as a medical social work consultant to the Maternal and Infant Care Project sponsored by the Oregon State Board of Health on the Emanuel campus. Job Bonks Operating Elghty-elght Job banks are now ¿i operation covering more than half the nation’s 85 million civilian workers, It was announced today by Assistant Secretary of Labor Malcolm R, Lovell, Jr. He said that by the end of July there would be Job banks In more than 40 states. New banks will becomeoperatloiial soon In such cities as Spring- field, Mass.; Norfolk and Rlchmo d, Va.; Akron and Canton, Ohio; Perorla, 111.; Tucson, Aria., and others. “ We are reaching the point,” he said, "where we are going to turn our attention to the development of state-wide Job bank systems.” Such statewide systems are operational In three states - Main, Rhode Island, and Dela ware; and Oklahoma Is close to becoming operational state wide. "The goal for the next 12 months Is the establishment of statewide Job bank systems In all states,” Lovell said. A statewide Job bank system is one In which every local office of the public employ ment service In the state has access to a Job bank. There are about 2,200 local offices In the federal - state public employment service, but any number of offices can be tied Into a Job bank having a cen tralized computer. With Job banks providing major service today, the Man power Administration has produced a new booklet called “ The Job Bank” describing the system, which is available from the Government Print ing Office for 15 cents. The job bank works like this; Job orders are fed into a computer, which each morning prints out a book listing all current orders. Copies of the book then are rapidly distributed to local employment service offices Seven for Model Cities Board Hearing Seven candidates have been at Center certified for Model Cities Ci tizens Planning Board elec tions scheduled for Septem ber 25. One representative from each of the eight ele mentary school areas In the Model Neighborhood. Candidates who have filed for the board arc Jam es Lov ing, Boise; Clara M. Peoples, Vernon; Robert Boyer, Hum boldt; Herb Simpson, Sabin; Ray Holloway, King; David N. Peters, Woodlawn and Wal te r V. Ready, Woodlawn. Any resident of the Model Cities area who Is at least 18 years old may file for candidacy until 5 p.m. August 27 at the Model t itles Agency, 5329 NE Union Avenue; Neigh borhood Development Office No. 1, 5630 NE Union Avenue; ndo no. 2, 3605 NE 15th; NDO No. 3, 10 NE Graham and NDO No. 4, 3726 N. Ker by. Representatives to the board will be elected from El iot, Boise, Sabin, King, Ver non, Humboldt, Woodlawn and Irvington elementary school areas. Area residents who are 14 years and older may cast bal lots at the ¿«oiling places in the eight schools. r The Metropolitan Human Relations Commission has called a public hearing to hear from the citizens of the - Emanuel Hospital project area on their relationships with the Portland Development Com mission. Tonight, August 19, at the Matt Dishman Community Center, NE Knott and Rodney Ave., grievances will be prop erly aired and people will have the opportunity to publlcly- express their concerns. and cooperating community agencies. Referral of appli cants from the entire area Is controlled by telephone from a central point to In sure tliat jobseekers are not sent to employers In excessive numbers or referred to jobs already filled. Job seekers at each office are Interviewed by job counselors to see whether they fit available openings and whetlier they want the Job. Employers alsc have the chance to select from among the referred job (cont.) on page 2, col. 3 Downtown Meeting Carrying out the charge of the City Council of ensuring the greatest possible partici pation by the people of Port land In the planning effort for Downtown, the Citizens’ Ad visory Committee to the Downtown Plan will hold the fifth of a series of "Town Hall” meetings on Thursday, August 19 at 7:30 p.m. In SL Andrew’s Church, 806 NE Alberta. The Committee Is In the process of Interviewing the public In an effort to find out what they would like to see downtown Portland devel op In the way of transporta tion, parking facilities, stores and shops, waterfront activi ties, shopper and pedestrian amenities, Government and business, entertainment and recreation. Information gathered at these meetings will be used to help develop goals and pri orities for Portland’s Down town Guideline Plan. All in terested parties are urged to attend. Committee Task Force memberships are open to any one who Is Interested. For further Information call Val erie Peurasaari at the Down town plan Office. Governor Tom McCall will host an open conference on consumer protection August 26 and 27 at the Portland Hilton. The meeting is de signed to Inform Oregonians on the new consumer safe guards enacted by the 1971 Legislature. “ As a consumer, myself, I have been well aware that Oregon has lagged behind other states for many years In the field of consumer pro tection,” McCall said. "K has been one of my personal goals to encourage more leg islation In tills field and the recent legislature has done an excellent Job of moving Oregon forward In this crit ical area,” Organizers of the confer ence feel that many Oregon ians do not yet realize the scope of this legislation and a re not prepared to use the new powers they have won. “ I hope that, through this conference, the public, gov ernment, and Industry can unite Interests and work to gether for this mutually ben eficial cause,” McCall said. "The consumer has every right to see his needs In the market place fulfilled equit ably.” Ms. Virginia Knauer, spec ial assistant to President Nix on tor consumer affairs, will keynote the conference on "Protecting the Consumer In the 70’s.” Ms. Knauer also serves as the director for the Office of Consumer Affairs. President Nixon has recently announced strengthening of the department, which is now in volved In coordinating and publicizing federal-state con sumer services. Applications for attendance and further Information on participation can be obtained by writing or calling The Div ision of Continuing Education, 308 Stale Library Building’ Salem, Oregon 97310. Speaking on the subject “ Closing the Communication Gap Between Business and Consumer" will be William L. Lee, deputy assistant sec retary of the U.S. Department of Commerce and head of the National Business Council tor Consumer Affairs. Governor McCall will wel come the guests and partici pants with luncheon remarks on the opening day. His assis tant for Economic Develop ment and Consumer Services, Jam es Faulstlch, will be gen eral chairman for the event. At the state level, a series of panels will examine Ore gon’s governmental role In the question. Attorney General Lee John son will chair a panel formed by the directors of several state regulatory agencies, centering on future plans made possible by the new laws. State Representative Roger E, Martin will head a panel of other Oregon legislators In a report and a discussion of the 1971 legislative year In the consumer area. To explore the concentrated problems of urban areas, Multnomah County District Attorney Desmond Connal and his deputy Scott Bennett n . director of the Metropolitan Consumer Protection Agency, will espose deceptive trade practices through cas studies. Problems facing the low- income consumer and the dil emma of the person In fin ancial difficulties will be dis cussed by Larry Winthrop, president of the Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Oregon, Inc., and Jay Fol- berg, director of the Legal Aid Service. "No matter how Involved the government Is In consum er protection, It cannot take every problem on Its shoul d ers,” McCall said. "Be cause of that, we must rely heavily on citizen lnvolve- m ent and participation.’’ Oregon Senator Don Win ner, president of the Consum e r Federation of America and a member of the National In stitute for Consumer Justice, will address himself to this area by examining the role of volunteer consumer groups. David Shannon, former dir ector of the Metropolitan Con sumer Protection Agency, will talk about ways the consumer can exercise his new rights as granted by the recent leg islation. Election Note The Recreation and Culture Committee of the Model Ci ties will hold an election of active officers to serve through September until the official election August 19 at 7:30 p.m. In Model Cities Conference Room 226, 5329 NE Union Avenue. Also on the agenda for the meeting Is a full report by Gerald Delaney, YAC Chair man on Youth Recreation Pro ject and a review of new Youth .Affairs Project 16-03. Counseling at Jeff & Marshall Both Marshall and Jeffer son high schools will hold counseling sessions for new students before school starts. Any unregistered student entering Jefferson High School for the first time this fall may meet with a counselor between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. now until September 1, JHS Vlce-Prlnclpal, Roger Tunks, announced today. A student may arranee for an appointment by calling Jefferson High School (287- 2631) or by going directly to Jefferson’s main office at 5210 N. Kerby Avenue. Teenagers who are new Portland residents planning to attend Marshall High School also may schedule classes with the help of a counselor. MHS Vlce-Prlnclpal, William G. Tapfer, has announced that both students and parents are Invited to meet with Marshall counselors between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., August 19 - 31 and between 7:00 and 8:30 p.m., August 24-26. They may arrange for an appoint ment by calling Marshall High School "V '7-2251) between 8:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Pre-school congerences at Marshall and Jefferson high schools are necessary to in sure new students of appro priate class schedules for their first day of school, Sep tember 7. A student’s Portland ad dress and telephone number as well as the name of the school he last attended should be given when requesting a conference. This will enable a counselor to send for the pupil’s records and to mall Information on pre-school registration dates to the stu dent. In addition to the counseling sessions, a two-day orienta tion for old and new students of all grades will be staged at Jefferson High School Sep tember 2,3. Freshmen may pay book fees and receive school Information between 9:30 a.m. and 11: a.m. Thursday, September 2; soph omores, the same dav between 1 and 3:00 p.m. On Friday, September 3, Juniors may pay fees between 9:30 and 11:00 a.m.; and seniors between 1 and 3:00 p.m. Harris and Manning serve Corps Honorary Recruiters” Leon Harris and Isado Man ning were named "Honorary Recruiters” In the United States Marine Corps recent ly. Harris, the director of the Multi-Services Center and Manning from the Oregon State Employment Service were presented the awards by First Lieutenant Patrick Kennedy and Gunnery Sergeant Bruce Broussard. Broussard re cruits In the Multi-Services Center on Mondays. Receiving citations as "Honorary Recruiters” for the United States Marine Corps (1 to r ) , Gunnery Sergeant Bruce Broussard, Leon H arris, Isado Manning, and First Lieu- Patrick Kennedy.
