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Observations..... NEW BOOK MUST WORK TOGETHER FPR FULL ANP EQUAL EMPLOYMENT. Portland/Observer Thursday, Oct. 7, 1971 The Northwest's Best Weekly A Black Owned Publication Published every Thursday by Fxie Publishing Company, 2201 N. KUllngsworth Portland, Oregon 97217. Sulnunplion rates 40 rents tier month hv earner,$ 4 .0 0 per sear. $5.00 per year by mall In Tri-County area; $6.25 per year else where. Phone 283-2486 ALFRED LEE HENDERSON. Publisher and Editor The Observer neither acceptsthe responsibility for nor guar antees the use or return of unsolicited matter. the Editor’s Desk GUEST EDITORIAL The prophetic words of Martin Luther King J r . t that ” blacks and whites in the South will live together in harmony long before they do in the North," have never been more clearly demonstrated as truth than they are today. One example is Columbia, S.C.,and Pon tiac, Mich., one a capital city in the heart of the Deep South, the other a factory town in the heart of the so-called liberal North. The Columbia school hoard this year vol untarily instituted a bussing plan designed to achieve meaningful integration of their schools. Predictably, white parents were up in arm s and a meeting with them,black parents and school faculties was arranged. The meeting was not held in the gleaming new air-conditioned "white" school,ra ther in the old rundown " black " school. Whites were schocked at the conditions there - unscreened windows’ poorly equipped classroom s, a well in the yard which was the school’s only source of water, etc. The end result of that meeting was that white parents whose children will be at tending the school pledged to join the black parents’ heretofore futile fight for urgent ly needed improvements. They didn’t like it but the bussing plan prevailed because desegregation is the law of the land and they believe in " law and order" in its truest sense. Explained SchoolSupt.Claud E. Kitchens: ” Without bussing there was no way we could desegregate the schools. But there was never any equivocation about comply ing with the law -- regardless of what the President said or what Wallace said." The situation in Pontiac, of course, is just the opposite. Fanned by opportunist politicians and hardcore racists, vitriolic emotions aroused by Federal Judge Damon Keith's desegregation plan for the city’s schools resulted in the mindless firebomb ing of school buses and threaten to erupt the physical violence. Of course, ultimate blame for Pontiac and other cities like it, rests with President Nixon, who gave license to defiance of the law and order he is sworn to uphold with his anti-bussing stand. "TH E BLACK PRESS, USA” by Roland E . Wolaeley, a professor of journalism at Syracuse I niversity and author and co-author of a number of books in the field, is now out. Its subtitle - - “ A Detailed and Understanding Report on What the Black Press Is and How it Came to B e" — - - accurately describes this long awaited and long needed 362-page book. It is the most comprehensive work on the black press since F rederick G. Detweilder’ s " I h e Negro Press in the United States,” published in 1922. Jet's Robert E. Johnson says in the introduction what every black journa lis t w ill say, "T h is book had to be w ritte n . It asked me to w rite it . . . " but 1 didn’ t. Almost anything you may want to know about the black press, as well as a long lis t of who’ s who in black journalism w ill be found in Wolseley’ s care fully detailed book, published by Iowa State U niversity Press, Ames, Iowa. St>w. fo rth e ftrst tim** IN BLACK AMERICA w ts the record straight with all the detail» of the people anil place, that make up the back ground of Black History This deluxe edition is a veritaole almanac of today’s Black scene Here in oi e indi-|ieiisahle. authoritative refei ence volume nt a fingertip reference to the history, cultural contributions, biographic» statistics ano facts o f the black experience in The Year- of Awakening A brilliant compilation of articles w ritten by authoritie in the mayor fields of Politics luthor Music an*l the Perform ing Arts. Education. Religion and Athletics IN BI.At'K AMERICA belong- in every home, library, school and office SCHOOI <H LIBRARY EDITION O r d e r to d a y from th e P o rtla n d O n ly 1 0 .0 0 D ow n a n d 1 0 .0 0 p er month . 1 O b s e rv e r P.O. Box 3137 o r c a ll LEE H u ffsm ith 2 3 5 - 2 8 7 0 Proti tea tire Study of Pluck A m(O‘icans...Paxt and Present I Portland, Oregon JOB? WANT A Check the Help W anted Ads h iim ii PEOPLE & PLACES HOUSTON FORWARD TIMES’ special edition on black womanhood issued on Aug. 7 gave readers an opportunity to meet its publisher, M rs. Julius (Doll) Lenora C arter, energetic widow of hard-working, imaginative Julius who died last January. A t 30, M rs . C arter, who had been serving as business manager and advertising d ire cto r, became the youngest woman publisher in the land. She is now assistant secretary of NNPA, a member of a number of important boards in Houston, including her bank and s till takes the time to serve as lead soloist in her church choir. Also featured in the section is MRS. CARTER WESLEY, publisher of the Houston Inform er. A form er social w orker, M rs . Wesley has been at the helm of her paper since 1961 when C a rte r became ill. H PUBLISHERS HAVE JOINED NNPA THIS YEAR. They are: Clarence B. Jones, NY Amsterdam News; Augustus A . Savage, Chicago Citizen Newspapers; Lesley Kim ber, C ali fornia Advocate; Chester Washington, Los Angeles Central News-Wave Newspapers; A rie l M elchior, D aily News of the V irg in Islands; Fitzgerald Beaver, Seattle Facts; Christopher Bennett, Seattle Medium; Robert E . W illiam s, M eridian, M is s , Memo Digest; Thomas H. Watkins, New York Recorder; and Brooklyn Tombar Publications; A lfred L . Henderson, Portland Observer. DEATH STRUCK RANKS OF JOURNALISTS during the summer. L .E . Austin, able editor-publisher of the Durham Carolina Times since 1927, passed in June at 73. He was succeeded by his daughter, M rs. Vivian Austin Edmonds, who grew up with the TIMES. ORRIN C. EVANS, who graduated from the Philadelphia Tribune to the Philadelphia Bulletin, died in August after 48 years in the field. JOHNNIE JOHNSON of the New Pittsburgh C ourier and husband of longtime women's editor, Toki, passed recently. THE HARt IN...has 3 pool (able* “ We cannot battle with sin in othersifw e are not wrestling with it in ourselves. Sometimes it takes real vision and faith to see private grappling as, more than nit-picking. But if we can see it in its proper dimension we w ill be more able to contribute significantly to the betterment of mankind.” I ■ I ■ I H I P re s id e n tia l P o w e r By W illia m Sloan Coffin In January of this year, a Gallop poll showed that 73% of the American people favored total withdrawal of U.S. M il- itary forces in Vietnam by tlie end of this year. But on June 17, only 42% of the U-S Senate could be rallied to vote fo r the McGovern-Hat- field Amendment designed to require the P re sid e ntto ca rry this out. U ndoubtedly many, perhaps most, of the other 58% whodid not vote fo r the Amendment were also deeply troubled by President Nixon’ s Vietnam policy. But they were reluc tant fo r Congress to fu lfill the President’ s responsibility even if the President had faded to do so. I t Is to the Senate's cre d it that it did pass the somewhat softer Mansfield Amendment a few days la te r. But as an a r ticle in the Wall Street Journal correctly predicted at the A t the time, Tom Wicker predicted in the New York Tim es that "unless the record is highly misleading, M r. Nixon w ill not acquiesce in the Mansfield Amendment, what ever Congress does." Of course, we should all keep pressing both houses of cont. from page 1 by James Lee, member of the Portland NAACP Branch Board of D ire cto rs and C re d it Union, and vice- president of the Northwest area conference. F o r more than th irty years Closter B. C urrent has been one of NAACP'a most ardent workers. Joining the NAACP in 1936, he was fir s t assigned to the Youth Councils at D etroit, and three years later was appointed to the chair manship of the Central Youth Council Committee and the National College chapters. From 1941-46, M r. C urrent served as Executive Secre tary of the D e tro it branch where lie directed a strong campaign for integrated hous ing and fought bigotry and mob violence in that c ity . Since 1946, M r. C urrent has headed the Department of Branches, which has overall supervision of field services, membership, program and or ganizational activities of over 1,706 branches in 50 states with a membership of 450,000. He received his Bachelor of A rts degree in I94J from West Virginia State College, an a Master’ s in Public Ad- ministration from WayneUnl- verslty in 1950. He la a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and St. Paul Metho dist church, J am lea. New York. He is m arried and has three children. Sunday morning sessions w ill be devoted to NAACP busi ness and to attending services in churches in C o rva llis. Portlanders wishing to stay In private homes in C o rva llis may do so by getting in touch with Reverend W illiam Wal ker, 1165 N. W.Monroe Street, C orvallis 9730 o r by calling Reverent Walker at 752-2491 In C orvallis. tim e, "th e President can re main fa irly confident of main taining House support." Congress to demand with drawal from Vietnam as long as there is any hope at all that this may he of value. But now that President Nix on has succeeded in ignoring the rising clam or fo r peace for nearly three-fourths of his term , it seems almost certain that he w ill ignore it for the re m a ln ie r. It is time fo r us once more to face the hard facts of pres idential power. It was the presidential pow e r of Lyndon Johnson which committed our nation to a ll- out m ilita ry inteiventlon in Vietnam. It was certainly not the w ill of die American peo ple. If It were. It would not have been necessary for the escalation plans of the Pen tagon to have been so care fu lly concealed from the pub lic during the 1964 presiden tial campaign. It is the presidential power of Richard Nixon which has kepi our national resources committed to protecting the Thieu regime and laying waste to Cambodia and Laos—de spite the widest and deepest popular protests of this coun try . And It Is only through the power and wisdom of our next President that we can be cer tain of total American with drawal from Vietnam, release of American prisoners of war tliere, and leadership to build a new, humane American so ciety with goals that serve tie public good. '■ J '■ LvAz-Z/ The Portland Observer 283—2 4 8 6 q n * THE HARtiN...haa Bowling CHUCK STONE, form er spe cia l assistant to Rep. Adam Clayton Powell when Powell was Chairman of the House Education and Labor Commit tee, lias twon appointed direc to r of m inority affairs at Ed ucational Testing Service In Princeton, New Jersey. IHE The AFL-CIO donated $10,006 tO tli«? L’ nltisi Negro College Fund. George Meany, pres ident of the AFL-CIO, said the union recognizestheextreme- ly serious plight of black col leges at this time. STUDENTS at Kent State Uni versity and the Universities of Alabama and Kentucky are fil ing suit to force officials to register them Io vote In loc al elections. The Issue of wheth er students can register to vote where they attend school will eventually go to the Supreme Court for final dis position. New School Policy David L . Norman, assistant Attorney General fo r C ivil Rights, said t ie de p a rtm e n t’ s new focus w ill he on whether Blacks and Whites have equal e d u c a t io n a l opportunities nationwide. Southerners have long pro tested that tie Federal gov ernment had singled out the South foi school desegi agatlon efforts. In spite of complaints Norman gave no indication of and consei ted desegregation effort in the North. Norman said the Just ice De partment attorneys and m ar shalls w ill be sent Into tie South on School matters only at the re v e s t of local author ities. He predicted that com plaints of " in school segrega tio n ," tie segregation of Black children in class rooms, play grounds, lunch rooms, w ill decrease this year. T ie num ber of such complaints were numerous last year. Norman said Court Super visors of souttern school dis tric ts dial liave teen desegre gated by court order w ill not continue lndeflnately. Dis tric ts w ill be considered to have fulfilled t l e i r obilgatlon " I f tie school board runs a year o r so In compliance.” A fte r that, d is tric ts w ill not be expected to conform to shifting residential patterns. The PORTLAND TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION aksall d rive rs to take a tip from die pro’ s and quit competing widi other tra ffic . The " p ro 's ” we’ re talking about are tie professional d riv e rs who drive m illions of miles each year, yet show an accident rate about half of all other d riv e rs . D rive defenslvely- -contlnually on guard against mistakes of die other d riv e r. c e»’ ,9*dNc. N t * IIAIKSTYLES LILLIAN’S Beauty Salon Operators: Lillian Williams Specialists Ruby Reed In All Phases Ethel Bates 281-6554 3632 N. Williams Ave. to stop in today!! - “ «tyas, 11 «0 a.«, al ( M ia .2211 N.E. ALBERTA 2 8 4 -9 9 9 8 PORTLAND CLEANING WORKS NORTH X N.E. PORTLAND ONE DAY SERVICE PRINCETON UNIVERSITY plans to establish a cultural center for Afro-Americans, lAtlno, Aslan, American In dian and other students whose cultural traditions are distinct from Anglo-American. The center will be open Io all stu dents and one of Its main goals will be to c reate a forum where diverse groups can meet. BLACK ATHLETES and en tertainers are planning to pe tition the National EixUball League for an expansion fran chise. Memphis has bee i s e lected for the site for th • new club with strong sentlm» nt for naming the team the Memphis King’s In memory of Dr. Martin Luther King. Financial backing will come from the King Foumlatlon, Initiated by affluent blacks and black- owned business. HARoN...has soul music I N o * a// zf need« zs your food |cozrip*oy - Brademas BUI, passed by the Senate, wUl underwrite (he establishment of profession ally staffed child-care centers free of charge fo rth e poor and pay-as-you-can fo r the in kid le class. .ADVERTISING History's Missing Ptiges. Todays Proud Heritage A 5660 N. Greeley Ave. NNPA JOINED FIGHT FOR CBS by w riting letters to more than 200 Members of Congress, protesting the proposed contempt of Congress citation against the network and its president. D r. Frank Stanton, fo r the TV feature "T he Selling of the Pentagon." Resolution was defeated. AD PANELIST AT NNPA CONVENTION LE FT FOOD FOR THOUGHT which w ill be served in this and the next 2 issues of Intercom. In alphabetical order, the menu offered by Frank Gromer of Foote, Cone, and Belding w ill be served firs t. Those of B ill Oberholtzer of Leo Burnett, and of Jay Schoenfeld of McCann E rrickson w ill follow. GROMER emphasized (I) the importance of the expanding black pop ulation as a consumer market from 22 to 26 m illio n by 1775; (2) buying rate of black people is 2 or 3 times higher than purchase rate of average white consumer fo r many items; (3) this higher purchasing rate of blacks more than justifies the higher ad rate per 1,000 of circulation charged by black newspapers; (4) most space buyers feel that the special reading environment (news and features, etc.) in the black press enhances the effectiveness of ad messages on their pages; (5) black newspapers may be read more intensively and by more readers per copy than Is the case with other papers, because of reader involvement and interest in editorial content; and (6) because of the increasing black interest in TV programs, black press should improve Its coverage of medium, keeping th e ir readers better informed of TV programming. Research in all these areas is suggested by M r. Grom er. Read fu ll text of his Atlanta speech. The O b s e r v e r ’ s = X - “.4 COMPLETE PRINTING SERI ICE" r -> c=l— pomno color prece Phone; 289-0202 2 NNPA MEMBERS WERE AMONG EDITORS AT NATO BRIEFINGS in Brussels this month. NNPA President Garth C. Reeves of the M iam i Tim es, and W illiam O. Walker of the Cleveland C all and Post were among 8 editors invited by the State Department to make the trip . The emplaned on Sept. 11. NNPA and congressional black caucus wui work together for the advancement fo hlack Americans. This was the outcome of a conference in July by NNPA President Garth Reeves, board member John H. Murphy, III, of the ■Afro-American, Miss Ethel Payne ofSengstackeNewspapers, aixi NNPA Executive D ire c to r Sherman Briscoe with Con gressmen Augustus Hawkins, W illiam Clay, and Lou is Stokes. tljeK aron, Maliern P erisco pe NNPA IN ACTION DELL \E EDITION Ä NNPA PRESIDENT VACATIONED IN EUROPE fo r 17 days durtn August. Garth and M rs. Reeves traveled In England, France, Germany, Austria, Ita lly, Switzerland alal Monaco. He is doing a series on the trip . His Aug. 27 editon of the M iam i Tim es was devoted to career planning ami carried 104 pages. MRS. ELOU1SE H. RANKS, publisher of the Arizona trib u n e , w rites well ahead to say she w ill attend the Mid w in te r Workshop in Los Angeles, Jan. 19-21, 1972. M rs. Leon Washington of the Los Agneles Sentinel w ill 1» host for the Workshop. KNIT BLOCKING OUR SPECIALTY We Giva Minot upams no CHAaot not ur a otuvtgY 2 8 2 -8 3 6 1 396« N William* ‘‘You've Triad The Rast, N o w Try The Baal" N. A le x a n d e r , P r o p r ie to r PROJECT OUTREACH 5 3 2 9 N . E. U n io n A v e n u « Room 2 0 4 2 8 8 -6 3 6 1 Have you had experience in any of the following Building and Construction trades? Auto-mechanics Machinist Boilermaker Molde r +■ Coremaker Carpenter Painter Electrician Plumber Iron Worker Bricklayer Linoleum + Carpet Steam Fitter If so Project Outreach is recruiting skilled craftsmen who heretofore were unable to secure Journeymen status and sem i-skilled craftsmen mechanics who were unable to meet apprenticeship requirements, who with additional training can achieve Journeyman status. S u b c o n tra c to r Bids R eq u este d Woodland Apartments a 7 2 u n it a p a rtm e n t c o m p le x Io be b u ilt in Coos B ay O re g o n Bid Data: Oct. 11, 1971 P lans A v a ila b le a t N .W . p la n C e n te r, S e a ttle A lb in a C o n tra c to rs Assoc. P o rtla n d U n ite d H om es o f O re g o n ,P o rtla n d United Homes of Oregon 2611 SW 3rd Portland ,Oro 97201 — 227-3161 E q u al O p p o rtu n ity E m p lo y e r boss ’ s COFFEE time 143 8 N .E . A lb e r ta 281—9691 DELICATESSEN GOURMETS DELIGHT FOODS TO G O H IC K O R Y SM O K ED BAR B .Q . 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