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. f( Ô lib ra ry ....... ....... . "■ Uni e< il p ^ c - r v a lii, . , ¥l>lil(i ,rz;j |i \ VOLUME 2 No No 54 v AN FOR IL ANU , OREGON THE ONLY Legislative R ea p p o rtio n m e n t NEWSPAPER IN EQUAL THE WHOLE O P P O R T U N IT Y EMPLOYER WIDE WORLD THAT OBSERVER REALLY CARES T h u n d a y October ABOU T PEOPLE Rap Brown Camp Fire Girls Need Leaders Tho PHI reported that II. Hap Brown has been captuied In New York, where he was seriously Injured in a gun battle with police. Brown lias been on the FBI '•10 most wanted" lis t since May of 1970 when he failed to appeal fo r tria l on charges of arson and Incitement to rio t in Cambridge. M iryland in 1967. Kegaidlng his 1967 lndict- Brown said, "| 1971 10< P « ' Copy by Harold C. W ill lams A la d d in captured m nt. 21 The District of Non-Existence R estau ran t g et n e w M anager President of the M e ir & Frank Company, Edwin Sti- d sll, announced the appoint ment of Lucius C. W illiam s as the new manager of the Aladdin Restaurant effective October i, 1971. M r.W illia m s has been employed at the Aladdin fo r the past ten years; nine of those years serving as M a it’ re d. Winston C hurchill once said "courage is the firs t of human qualities, because It is the quality which guarantees all o thers." It can be said thatSecretary of State Clay Myers, showed courage in the responsibility that was placed on his shoulder to change the boundaries of d is tric ts that many in power had chose to over look fo r over a quarter of a century. Clay Meyers has been the am charged with inciting Black people to com m it an offense (coni, on pg. 5 col. 3) Bill approved H a r o ld WASHINGTC »N, IJ.C. - A b ill C la y by Secretary of Stale Clay Myers To continue and to speed up Black progress In all areas— employment, housing, educa tion, social and legislative i cpi 0*w(i(.i(i<7n — — wo must work together foi full and e- qual representation. They type of "v o te " needed fo r the incorporation of Black (Mople into government by ap pointment and by election, re quires g r a s t e r political " c lo u t" ln t significant, but small onough, number of dis tric ts so thel an impact can be made at city hall, the county courthouse, and in the legisla tive chambers In Salem. F o r the past ten years, the Albina — o r M ole I C ities — Community, has lucn frag mented into seven representa tive anl eight senatorial se ats in the state legislature. P rio r to 1952 when a ll mom tiers of th i legislature wereelectcd at latgv, there was even less Im pact by the Black com uunlty on their electod legislators. Blacks have aneven sm aller percentage of the population in Oregon than In Massachu setts— approximately 1 1/2% of the state's (dragon's) pop ulation, anl even in Multnomah County, only about 4% of the county's population, although some 18,1)00 plus are in the general area of what Is called "M odel C itie s ." This area has some nearly 70,000 peo ple. Each senatorial d is tric t his approximately 70,000 re si dents as it is not possible to create a d is tric t with any as surance of elect lug a Black member since there would ha no mure than approximately one-fourth of the population as Blacks. Likewise, based on the In formation available last sum mer, It would not appear pos sible to cteate a Black m ajor ity In a representative d is tric t since Blacks anl other non- M y e r» whites are i n t e r s p e r s e d through the community. Hathei than trying tocreate one "ghetto” d is tric t with no aaaairance that a non-white m inority could elect a moin- b e t— o r leaving the present dispersal among seven repre sentative anl eight senatorial seats— it seemed le st in re apportioning to: 1. Concentrate nearly 90% of the non-white imputation in three representative and three senatorial d is tric t» , thus cresting mu :h greater p o liti cal " c lo u t" —from nearly 1(7% to nearly 15% In each of throe sanatoria! d is tric ts (vs. 4% at presnl in the senate); anl from 16 1/2% to about 35% in each representative d is tric t (again more than doubling the p rio r percentage). 2. The plan submitted to the Governor more than doubles tlie concentration of m inority population In each house dis tr ic t anJ Increased tlie aver age concentration in three senate d is tric ts by more than 250% over the plan In effect fo r the past ten years. 3. Location of a significant large number of non-whites in three different house d is tric ts arid throe different senate dis tric ts assures an important influence in both tlie House and the Senate, no matter who Is elected in these d is tric ts . 4. Even if a d is tric t were drawn with as many Black res idents as possible, a Black m ajority would s till not exist within that d is tric t. In the 1969 legislature, a single member d is tric t b ill was Introduced with one of tie objective of creating a one- lialf Black representative dis tr ic t in Multnomah County, At that time, tin bast they hoped to develop was a House dis tr ic t that might ba 50% Black and 25% Black In the Senate. Chairman Mann asked for an expression from tbs com- (cont. on pg. 8 col. I) sponsored by Congressman A l Ullman to repeal fedeial reg istration requirements on .22 caliber ru n flre ammunition was approved by tie Ways and Means Committee this week, it was announced Friday. A a lm llar b ill by Lfllman posted the House last year Ixit died In lie Senate’s year- erxl legislative logjam. T ie b ill has not yet been scheduled for debate In tie House but L'llman slad le thought it would be brought up within a month. "The most popular sporting ammunition used in the coun try la .22 caliber rlm flre ,” Ullman said. "About 4 J b il lion rounds are sold by ovei 150,000 dealers every year.” F o r this reason, Ullman said, it la impossible to trace tin ammunition from manufacture o r sale to actual use. T in Justice [department has s-kl llu voluminousrecordsof J 2 caliber ammunition sales are v irtu a lly worthless from a law enforcement viewpoint, Ullman noted. "T h is Is tlie firs t Important step toward ending this un necessary and onerous re quirem ent," Ullman said. He said tlie law has only served to hinder and harass law-abiding citizenswhoenjoy hunting ami other outdoor sporta. In a letter recommending enactment of Ullman’ s b ill, Deputy Attorney General Richard G. K leinlienst said his department lias not re- celvwl a single case from the Treasury Department fo r pro secution resulting from am munition records. Suicide and perso n al crisis Professional and volunteer workers of Portland's Suicide Si Personal C ris is Service are meeting today (October 16} fo r tbair fourth annual clinical conference. U r. Calvin Frederick, Assistant Chief, Center for study of Suicide Prevention, told tbs group c ris is inter vention movements are be coming a national pheno menon. F rederick says sui cide prevention centers, drug centers, hot lines, fam ily pro blem centers, and other mental liealth clin ics are springing up everywhere. Frederick said the henefits of such centers may tie lost unless adequate training and dsvelopment programs are undertaken. He said tho National Mental Haalth In stI- tue was trying to f i l l this need. Morning sessions fo r ths clinical associates dealt with biman problems related to suicide and other self- dastructlve activities. Suicide claim s nearly 300 Oregonians annually. Tbs average rate during tlie past three years has been 14 people in every 103,000, and Is tbs llth ranking cause of death in Oregon. Among young people, suicide is second only to accidental death. want CYOU as a sa ver Ben j. @ I t » nk li n Robed H Hazen. Pres • 15 Offices • Phone 224-3333 Homo Office Franklin Bldg , Portland, Ore 97204 Parachuter (who had Just landed in a tree!: I was trying Io make a new record Far rner You did You're the firs! man ever to climb down from that tree before he climbed up Lucius W illia m s Left to right: Carolyn Nelson, Project Field Director; Y vette Penson Camp Fire; Otie Ghant, Blue Bird; and Sha- ron White, Discovery Club. M rs. Carolyn Nelson, P ro ject F leld D ire cto r fo r tho Camp F ire G irls , is looking fo r leaders in the Albina area. Many g irls want to be CamD F ire G irls but new groups cannot lie formed until leaders are available. Camp F ire activities are planned by ths group to meet the needs of the g irls . Groups can participate in outdoor or "s ta y at home" activities. Beads, awards anl ranks are earntxl by completing pro- jecta. The goals of C am pFlre are to involve the g irls In community service as well as to help them become self- reliant. G irls ages 6 through 8 are Bluebirds; Camp F ire G irls are 9 through 11 years; D is covery Clubs are fo r g irls 12 and 13; anl Horizon Clubs are fo r High School g irls . Many Camp F ire G irls at tend Tolinda Day Camp or Camp Namanu o r Kw jneesum Scholarships are provided fo r In d ia has 'in n e r m e a n in g those who cannot pay the fees but many earn their way by selling candy during the Feb ruary candy d rive . M rs. Nelson, who has been with Camp F ire G irls fo r the past three years, feels Camp F ire activities have much to offer children of the Model C ities area. Among her duties are recruiting and training leaders and recruiting child ren. (cont. on pg. 3 co l. 2) N e w 4C M r. W illiam s is also presi dent of the RoyalEsquireClul of Portland, Chairman of th< Finance Committee at M om Olivet Baptist Church, and ii an active member of numerous other organizations through out the C ity. W itches an d W a rlo c k s A Witches and Warlocks Benefit Costume Ball w ill be held at the Park Haviland on October 31, 1971, from 10:00 t ill 2:00 pm. The ball, given by the UMU-OGACHAS (Mod Ladies), is a benefit fo r the Berean B aptist4-C C hildC are Center to replace stolen equipment. Tickets are on sale at Ste vens & Son. Geneva’ s, House of Sound Record Shop, and Blues C ity Record Shop. Music is by The James Gang. There w ill be door prizes and prizes fo r the best costumes. Director C. W illia m s whipping boy that the citizens of some d is tric ts have chosen fo r the i ll fate that has happened to their d is tric ts . Not to say that Clay Myers is not guilty of some of the accusations that have been made, for he is also innocent, arid he has also done an out standing job in some areas of the re d istrictin g . The legislature, who is tru ly the guilty party had the opportunity to make the change anl chose not to. Some c iti zens had an opportunity to spxeak in th e ir behalf and chose not to. So what we now have from the reapportion is what most of us deserve; fo r we chose once to many times to be a part of the silent m ajority, and watch the destiny of many fa ll by the wayside, to be controlled by a few. But I, a citizen from a d is tric t of non-representation, have to speak after the fact. F o r society again chose not to let me be in the planning of my destiny, that being the redistricting of the area in which I live. The question is not what I can scorn or disparge or find fault with, but what I can love and value and appreciate. Being black in what is socially called the Albina d is tric t or the Portland black ghetto leaves little fo r a black man to appreciate, yet alone to love. F o r I am not even counted as a citizen in the city and state where I pay tax* nor recognized as worth fo r livelihood. F o r my vote is not yet large enough In number fo r politicians to fight over. So I decay as one does in a grave, in a city and state that recognizes one color, that being white. I pay the same tax as any other citizen. Iam law abiding and speak good words of my country, my state and my city. But I find the schools In which my children attend are not up to date with those of others, fo r the boundary line divided us in a new d is tric t of non existence, but 1 continue to be faithful. 1 wonder because I ask fo r representation in my d is tric t, if I ’ m denied because I'm black? I also wonder if I would ba denied if I ware white? The linas were drawn by M r. Mayers, but the plan was laid out by the legislature fo r they chose not to act. I find that Clay Myers can't any longer be the whipping boy fo r the whole state o r fo r my d is tric t, fo r now 1 know that my state has never in tended that I. a black man, be represented in the power base, (cont. on pg. 5 col. 3) R aleigh H ills Optim ists visit A lb in a projects selected som ething h a rd to read by Carolyn W. (The author of this article more than a year in India. This ls (tie firs t in a series S|<ent The meaning of India is an inner one. It is she who w ill sing of s p irit and the tree meaning of life : This is her role in history and the world. India is so obviously not external that It is easy to read her. It is a land without things. A single piece of cloth, a cooking pot, water and rice are the bare essen tia ls in a land of sun. Thus hsr inner meaning stands out the more cle a rly. Neither is she yet lost or confounded with today. She is an ancient land not geared to today or tomorrow but to eter nity, and her meaning stands clear ami timeless as the pltxldlng bullock c a n s, the litre feet and saris that are forever India. It is a p riv i lege to see the meaning of life peaceful ami timeless even as it is in our hearts. Thus there is a s p irit on tlie land that can lie felt every where - - a flams that burns even in suffering. F o r India Is so without tilings that she is a land In pain; but the darkest dark only makes her eyes glow the more liquid and soft with inner radiance and light. These are her people, genuine and warm. Let us hope in the future we can help revive India's emaciated body with our things, even as she w ill help f ill tlie empty hollowness of our existence with tier s p irit. Our hungers are both Intense. What does India have to teach us In tlie way of s p irit, of inner value? How does she view life? Her gods, the Hindu gods, are always in pairs, male and female, and th e ir aspects as father, mother and lovers equally revered. It Is their view of life . Iixlia herself is always Mother India, Indicative oflhe soft, tender qualities of a land emphasizing inner values. Everywhere you can feel its compassion anil warmth. In deed, women stand fo r the whole Inner principle of exis tence that we rob ourselves of (im p lic it in the New Testa ment but never clearly recognized as feminine). The whole concept of woman which is so dim in the West, ls shining and lovely in India. And the sim plicity and peace and slow tempo of enternity set her off to her best. This does not mean that woman have much to do with the external world fo r they do not. In India the man take care of that. Ihe woman are outwardly hidden and protect ed, but cherished in the heart. E d w ard K lum pp Western civilization by con trast p rim a rily recognizes the Councii (Community Coord Reverenl A , Lee Henderson, lather-god or male principle nate Child Care) is a prival Chairman of the Board of of existence, tut this largely non-profit organization tb D irectors of the Metropolitan in its outer form — power, Area 4-C Council, annouiced contracts with the fedet strength and competition eco the resignation of M rs. Helen government to provide chi nom ically, m ilita rily , socially care in the tri-county are L . Cordon. M *s. Cordon, who and in personal life . This The council ca rrie s out w is the founder of the pro leads to war and the division planning, coordinating a; gram, its firs t Executive D ir of people and the tram pling research capacity and co ector and m i re recently its of the weak by the strong. tracts child care to child ca Program Development Ci> But tree strength is like agencies. The addition o rd in ito r, has resigned effec wise lnnner, of character and federal funds enables the tive (« to b e r 15, 197l. M rs. principle and conviction, and agencies to upgrade the quail Gordon w ill serve In a con unites with and not against the of care as wall as to expa sultant capacity fo r the M etro weak. India values this kind the care available. politan Area 4-C Council and Tl of strength such as gained her fo r the Oregon State 4-C Metropolitan Area 4-C Cou her independence through Committee. c il also holds the contra strength of pi inciple and cour Edward Klumpp was ap- fo r the Model C ities Co: age of conviction, without pointed Central Adminis prehensive Child Care Cor hatred and bloodshed and tra to r since August, whsn the ponent. Approximately fiJ violence. This is tree Executive D ire cto r position child ami youth care prograr strength. was vacated and M rs . Gordon are funded o r assisted by c In India they recognize not assumed the role of Program organization. only the masculine and fem i D e v e lo p m e n t Coordinator. The council is operated nine principles of existence M r. Klumpp is the form er a 24 member board of di but also their unity, even as D ire cto r of the 4-C Southeast ectors representing chi the gods are in pairs. This Information and R eferralC en- care agencies, concerned o unity is symbolic Oneness, not te r. ganizations and patents usi only of men and woman, but The Metropolitan \re a 4-C child care. socially of all people, and sp iritu a lly of ill with God. It Is tlie Inner or sp iritual significance of union. Though wc know this in the West it has been muffled and hxlden and never cle a rly recognized and sanctioned in the fabric of life Itself, and thus led to endless confusion. We have father-love and mother-love but notsoclearly lover-love whose essence ls spiritual oneness. It ls not g ivin g -lo ve or d oing-love (m ostly outer, between non- equals), but identity. Since inner-values are not stressed M rs. Lloyd G riffith and Stanton Duke, brother and sister te in the West It Is rather rare, in transportation department of Model C itie s Senior Citizen Center. («•«it. on pg, 3 col, 3) Rale gh Hills Optimist Club members meet with Reverend Sam Johnson, Social Action D ire c to r fo r AMA. From left: Bob Ream, Jim M eisner, Roy Bowles, Rev. Johnson, Walt Morgan, Mike F ritz and Myron Bentz. An adventure in understand ing on a practical basis was provided by the Raleigh H ills Optim ist Club which held its September 29th meeting at The Manager’ s Restaurant at NE 10th and Alberta. Je ff Powell, the owner of The Manager’ s , cams from Chicago with the goal of es tablishing a fine restaurant. The Raleigh H ills Optimists took this trip in the interest of supporting black business. The trip also included a tour of the A lfred Yaun YouthCare Centers which are operated by Highland Community Center. Northwest Black Publishers meet The Publisher of the Seattle Facts came down to congratulate A. L. Henderson publisher of the Portland Observer on their F irst Anniversary. The Facts has been published in Seattle for 10 years. Right to Left: Dewey Taylor t Advertising Mana- ger(Portland O bserver) A. L. H e n d e rson Publisher Portland Observer; Fitzgerald Beaver, Publisher Seattle Facts and Mr. F oster, Advertising Manager.
