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ftirtland/Observer
Thursday, Oct. 14, 1971
The Northwest’* Best Weekly
A Black Owned Publication
Published every Thursday byExie Publishing Company, 2201 N.
Killingsworth Portland, Oregon 97217.
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AI-FRED LEE HENDERSON, Publisher and Editor
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antees the use or return of unsolicited matter.
the Editor’s Desk*
Divide and Conquer
Once again the black citizens of Oregon
have been relegated to second class status.
Throughout its history, Oregon has manag
ed to segregate and dominate its black
population while praising its own high
ideals and regard for the rights of all.
The Supreme Court of the State of Ore
gon has upheld the legislative redistrict
ing plan which was drawn up bv Secretary
of State Clay Myers.
With this plan,
which will be in effect until after the
1980 Census, Albina becomes a part of
four separate legislative d istricts, none
of which has a large enough number of
blacks for their vote to be o f great sig
nificance. A viable community with com
mon problems
and concerns has been
broken up and put into districts with areas
like Alameda, Buckman and Rose City.
The Supreme Court went one step further
and ordered that the candidate live in the
district in order to run for office from
that district. In many ways it is good for
a legislator to live in the district that he
represents, but in our case, it means a
black candidate living in one district can
not draw support from blacks in the rest
of Albina.
Oregon has again insured that black peo
ple will have no voting power and no hope
for representation in Salem.
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Letters to the Editor
CLEANING WORKS
NORTH & N.E. PORTLAND
kONE day service
Ask anyone In the fashion industry. When a black
cat crosses your path, brother, that’ s good luck
"The Negro shopper is my guide," says an executive
at Carson P in e Scott.
" I f I see him buying yellow
A Lost Race
KNIT BLOCKING
OUR SPECIALTY
It was on November 16,
1970, that a ir D irectors most
recently unanimously re ite r
ated a resolution of long
standing, declaring:
"F u rth e r, that REALTORS
of P ortland recognizes
and supports the right of
every citizen to buy, rent or
otherwise use real property in
all locations of this com
munity, and should be encour
aged to exercise this rig h t."
Obviously, M r. Henderson,
this Board does not condone
the rejection ofSidney Wicks -
- any more than we would
turn away Realtor Viviane
Barnett, who Is our elected
Secretary.
So please don't shunt the
blame to Realtors, who have
been trying fo r years to help.
With sincerity,
W illiam O. Carlson
Executive Vice President
M r. Henderson, note:
It is too late for Oregon to be first with
political opportunities for black people, or
even in the running. With blacks divided
into four legislative districts for ten more
years, it looks like Oregon prefers to he
last.
Wv Give
M IN O S S fP A IS S - N O C H A S G i
w o t u s a D t t iv is y
(corn, on pg. 7, col. 3)
Realtors claim not guilty
A rtic le 5.
The Realtor should not be
lniitrumental in introducing
into a neighborhood a char
acter of property or use which
w ill clearly he detrimental to
property values in that neigh-
berhood.
Im e rc h a n t’s
It has been a year since the Portland
Observer first went to press.
In this year I don’t see that the racial
confrontation in America has improved or
become less tense. If anything, conditions
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SHAPING STUDIO
have become worse. Nor is anyone doing
W atch fo r o p e n in g d a te .
much about it. It should be apparent by
Then te e w h at Figurine
now that the solutions to " black problems"
can do fo r you
must come from the black community.
.
4 9 4 0 N . Lom bard
We, as a group, cannot believe what we
read in the daily newspapers or see on
television. We can have little faith in the
statements of representatives of our gov
ernment. Our black high school and col
lege students feel even more strongly about
FACTS THAT ARE
this. And what is worse, events are prov
WUH AUTO PAKTS!
NOT FRANKLY FACED- ,
ing us right.
UITOMOTTV1 FAITS * ACCISSO8I8S \ \
HAVE A HABIT OF S T A P T
Violent self-destruction is fruitless. Yet
rie h i . KiuiNOCwoiîM murr
ONÓ US IN THE B A C K ! I
we
know that until business and government
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bring racism and injustice to an end, con
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frontation and violence will grow.
But those with power have refused to give
up any of this power to the black community.
S & J Billiards
Big business, the establishment and the
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government should have a vested interest
Dear S in
in the economic growth and stability of
(EDITOR'S NOTE:)
A true Black man o r woman
POOL,CARDS AND SNACKS
can have respect fo r members
Cur article about the use
black
communities.
But
they
are
doing
Your headline on the front of Black F ashions by Cauca-
Hours 10:00 A M til 1:00 A M .
of all races and ethnic groups
page of the October 7th issue sion women in no way implies
little to help this happen.
because he is secure in hts
of “ The Portland O bserver", that "w hite is rig h t” or that
Earl Foster
own blackness. The "clasped
A giant step in the right direction could Sam F. Scott
“ White Women wear A fro the im itation of African or
hands" in our masthead in
OWNERS A N D M A N A G E R S
be taken by the presidents and boards of
Styles Too” has the im p li black cultural tra its is neces
dicate the philosophy of the
cation, “ If it’ s white, it’ s sary o r even desirable. It
Portland Observer — people
ev e n ’ corporation in America, and in Port
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rig h t!"
working together to build a
merely indicates that fashions
The caption under the pic of one group are often bor
land, if they would make certain that the
better community through
ture further supports this rowed by another.
"B la ck love, not white hate."
words, " Equal Opportunity Employer" that
negative implication, (“ Cau-
they
put in their ads were a company policy • PEPI’S BOTTLE SHOP
casion women find the African
The article and Picture
fashions appealing, comfor
rather than a ploy to obtain government I L it T FBI'S BOTTLE SHOP be your heedqusrt«• lor
champagne w in « mixsrt
at th e .l^ k « t prie« in
table and re la xin g "). A tod
b e lo w e x p la in s Lea G reene contracts. What a difference it would make I y town
taste is left in my mouth'
You give the impression,
if they told their advertising and purchas 1 ; ^
REAL acceptance or approval
L lo y d Cooter
N « « t to the liq u o r Store
ing
agents that "Buy Black" would be a , H • <
P PE P I’S O oe end O n ly Store
hasn’ t Seen met unless the W H O D
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part of the business philosophy. Blacks
white woman approves.
Is
S u nday* N o o n to 4 0 0 p m
she the only fashion pace set
should have more of the jobs these com
BE panies
ter? if it is not attractive W H IT E CATS W O U L D
offer; they should be allowed to
to her, o r on her, it is not
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attractive? This is a slave
supply
more
of
the
goods
and
services
these
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BLACK
CATS?
■mentality I
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companies buy.
Another "Negro' boy has
failed to give proper respect
Look at the amount o f money spent by C o m p lete P rin tin g S e rv ice Since 193 5
o r acknowledgement to the
W e d d in g In v ita tio n
blacks in Portland - then look at how much
Elack woman. Where do they
get so hung-up? How do our
of it comes back to the community. Black
Business S ta tio n a ry
men get in t^'such ugly, nega
businessmen
need
and
deserve
some
of
these
tive, uncomplimentary, self-
O ffic e Forms
dollars.
hate bags?,» Were their Black
mothers and sisters so cruel
Ryan G w in n e r Press
Black newspapers, the Observer among
that they made such a per
manent, ugly indeligible mark
them, are in a prime position of leadership
Printers A n d L ith o g ra p h e rs
on their sons and brothers
and
communication.
If
our
newspapers
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psyche?
I tru ly hope this headline is
for example, were to get more advertising
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not significant of the philo
business from the companies where black
sophy or mental attitude of
people shop, we could use these dollars
the
newspaper.
Portland
PORTLAND
needs real Black men, pace
to better serve our communities.
setters; men of true Black
O bserver’s Intercom
WHEN IS A LEADER NOT A
LEADER?
We’ re appalled, M r. Hen
derson.
We’ re appalled, not only that
Sidney Wlcka was turned away
at the door of Portland apart
ments, but that you, in your
resentment of his treatment,
unfairly broadbrush everyone
in real estate.
It is shameful that M r.
Wicks was rebuffed. But
Ward V .C ook, our president,
has asked me to suggest to
you that his snub came not
from professional Realtors,
but from bigoted individuals of
whom, unfortunately, Portland
s till has a share.
We don’ t do that sort of
thing, M r. Henderson.
Moreover, our Code of
Ethics does not contain the
the implications you claim it
does.
Quite
to
the contrary,
REALTORS OF PORTLAND
long has been known as a
believer in — and frequently
a crusader fo r — the property
rights of all people.
F o r that reason, an issue
like thia ra r tly anses. But
when it does, our D irectors
a r t quick to make clear, to
both members aixl public,
their adamant posture on the
subject.
If you d o n ’t see y o u r
O b s e rv e r, ask him w h y .
pride, philosophies and prac
tice.
We need real Black
men we can respect to lead,
to unite and to inteligently
plan strategies towards total
Black liberation— not boys
hung-up in the white woman’ s
mystique:
Lea Greene
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A R E WE GO9tG TO S f T OH OUR H A N P O ANO L E T OLAOK
COHN UNITIES CRUHOLE AROUNP U S ? GRASS RO O TS
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS MUST EMERGE TO FORGE 4 ¡JUTTED
EFFORT AGAINST CRIME, NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING, SLIGHT
ANP DECAY
C riticism Is one thing, hut
finding hard solutions is quite
another. Those who set them
selves up as c ritic s should
also be ready with solutions
which do not demean or fu r
ther humiliate th e ir own peo
I here are fa r too many
among us who would trade on
I—st performances to hamper
future progress. Thia Is es
ple.
pecially true of many Black
leaders.
Moreover, success some
times causes leaders to switch
Now, wpgrant youthat nobody
should lie deprived of their
sides. Take Benedict Arnold
who helped the colonists to win
private o p in io n s - as long
as they remain private. But,
many a notable victory before
when they Insist in imposing
selling exit to the enemy. They
those p r i v a t e opinions on
called him a tr aitor and the
others, then they immediately
only thing that kept him from
being shot was his absence.
open up those opinions for
c ritic is m .
There are two
I here is a biblical passage
things involved here:
that seems to fit this situation
perfectly. It Is found In E /e k-
1. That no leader has a right
eil 3:20. "...Whena righteous
to hide lie hind a cloak of Im
munity based upon his past
man doth turn from his righte
activities from which he can
ousness and commits Inequity
sally forth and bombard pro
...his righteousness which lie
jects with which be does not
hath done shall not be rernem-
agree. This is unfair to the
b e ra l;" ..."’ This m aybelianl,
but It Is f a ir . "
people he is attacking and the
projects he is trying to dis
New York State A ssembly-
mantle. When people or Issues
man A rthur Eve Is leading a
are attacked In public, those
drive
to
have Governor
people and-or Issues which
Hockerfeller
Indicted
on
have been attacked have a right
charges of murder In the slay
to public defense.
ing of 42 in the Attica Prison
We cannot subscribe to the
uprising. Eve was a member
notion of a privileged sanctu
of the committee that at
ary. We must be responsible
tempted to negotiate between
for what we say. We believe
tlie prisoners and the officials.
everybody should. Therefore,
I he idea originated with M is
as a m atter of policy, we give
souri's black Congressman,
notice that we cannot ami w ill
W illiam Clay.
not honor any requests to
cease future crltlcsm of any ‘
Wanted a mature, Christian
public figure because of past
woman to care for a 4 month
performances.
old Infant, Sdays a week. In my
2. Now, the second reason
home 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
fo r this is that leaders can fall
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