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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1971)
I Body and Fondor Repair M o s t re a s o n a b le shop in town Carlos 2 8 7 -8 5 2 9 ruDiisnea every rhursday by Exic Publishing Company, N. Killingsworth Portland, Oregon 97217. Subscription rates: 40 cents per month by carrier, $5, 00 per year:$5.25 per year by m a il in TM-County area:$6. 00 per year elsewhere. Phone 283-2486 ALFRFD LEE HENDERSON, Publisher Editor t h e E d it o r ’s D e s k Realtors claim not guilty but why Albina The Realtors of Portland claim innocence in the housing dis crim ination against Sidney Wicks. But Albina did not Just happen. It is the creation of the real estate industry which established boundries fo r the Wack com munity and refused to sell or rent property to Wacks outside those boundries. The real estate industry,ani the educational, political and economic institutions of Oregon, both private and public, have usai every means necessary to isolate its black citizens. Patterns of discrim ination and hostility promoted and nur tured over the years do not disappear when th e ir perpetrators decidethey are no longer needed. Racism fostered in th e ir minds of the public does not disappear that easily. It is not sufficient to say the discrim ination against W'icks was by "bigoted indivi duals" - not when the industry long propogated the idea that Wack reskience lowers property values and other racial myths. Take a look at the record: Portland Oregonian - January 13, 1949 - Clarence Enders was expelled from the Portland Realty Board fo r sale to blacks south of Hawthorne Boulevard. Portland Oregonian -M a y 5,1953-Alm ostunanim ously dealers say property values are lowered by sales to Wacks. 1957 - C ity Club Report - It is common knowledge that 9(K or more real estate brokers w ill not sell a home to a Negro in a white neighborhood. 1962 - League of WOMEN Voters report - 50% of the realtors would prefer not to sell to blacks. A fte r the National Association of Real Estate Boards changed its code of Ethics to reaa "would not he instrumental in intro ducing into any neighborhood a character of occupancy who would be clearly de trim e n ta l", leaving out the w ords‘ 'members of any race or nationally", Portland eventually followed suit. Now the Realtors of Portland have "lo n g been known as be lievers in - and frequently as crusaders fo r - the property rights of all people." We are w illin g to accept the idea that a man can change, and to give him another chance- butdowe forever have to live with the fru its of his bigotry? The Realtors of Portland are man of means and influence. Let them now undo the damage they have done by re-educating the "bigoted individuals" they nurtured, and by assisting the economy of the ghetto they helped to create. SHO P ■ENOW'S I . FOR • B R A N D S you know -V A R IE T IE S you lik. LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear S ir: We at ths George C arter Loaves and Fishss Center are very happy and appreciative of the fine pictures you have Wsen publishing in your news paper each week of our Senior Citizens in the Model C ities area. We are so grateful to you and your staff. As you know, the C a rte r Center is the only center of Loaves & Fishes in tba Model C itie s. The churches of this area furnish the volunteers and financial aid. The meals are served three days a week on M a n .-T h u n . and Friday from 10:03 a.m. — 2 pun. with the hot meal served at noon on a "p a y what you can basis." We w ill he looking forward to you joining us again fo r our fine food, fun and fellow ship. This is the only center that has an interracial setting located at 116 NJE. Schyler. This is one of a series of poems w ritten by one of our Senior Citizen friends. She shared this poem with us and would like to share i t with a ll. - SIZES you w a n t • 6411 I S t M . i . « wa .» iV ? 4 / ® J ' " * * * ' » 2ir»d A N l G l.v e N l o m b a . d e» G > » » ie , * « ’* ’9 * H .liv P íe t e ,, s t • o . M F M B fe • 14»», A S t M o - n s o ., • 3 3rd Han«o-b A Nt HI DOLLS AND GUYS Since nutrition is the talk of the town We’ ll show you what the C a rte r Center is puttlngdowi. I t ’ s you homework #2 as you can see You can practice at home without me. To have a good digestion I’ ll tell you how We’ ll take a lesson from Bessie the Cow. Just take a small forkful and chew and chew Then do It again t il your whole meal is through No, don’ t drink your liquid and wash It all down Your tummy won’ t like that, it makes tummy frown. F o r each forkful is loaded w.th calories galore Be sure you taste each one before you take more. When we eat very slowiy and chew it up fins Our food w ill be peaceful In your tummy and mine. Now, do all your homework and don’ t go astray So we’ ll have a big birthday on Thanksgiving Day. w ritten by M rs . Elizabeth N . Smith The George C a rte r Loaves & F ishes Center extends their congratulations to the P o rt- larxl observer on Its anniver sary. May God continue to bless you and your staff and may you grow anl have many m .re fru itfu l years. Sincerely yours, L iz Sheppard Program Organizer Ths Ford Foundation gave $50,000 to C lark College and Bethune-Cookman College: a U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare grant of $81,000 went to Rush Col lege in M ississippi. Action L ife Insurance Company gave $10,000 to Mahoney Medical College and a $3,000 scholar ship to Morgan State College. Ford M otor Company gave $20,000 to Tennessee State U niversity. No Moderates Need Apply ASÉ D i n v o n W rv » B • . . . . o,..,« », e • 39»», ♦ 2 3 '^ A OF U N ITE O GROCESS . lameda Theater; A 3 0 0 0 N .E . A lb e r t a A ! 284-9448 f Observer’s Intercom NEWS AROUND THE W 'd R Ijj K VACANCY - 1 __* I 4-e The mob wanted Harlem back. They got Shaft... - u p to lm lik During the last few months black business development has barely survived one of its most difficult periods. Within the past sev eral months several black hanks have all but closed and many small black-owned businesses have failed. Blacks make up approximately 11% of the total population of the United States and about 4% of that of Portland. But blacks have only one-tenth of one percent of the nation’s millionaires (114), stockbrokers (25), mortgage bankers (16),new cardeal ers (24), but 30% of its poor and 18% of its unemployed. No business can hope for great success when 30%of its potential custom ers are living in poverty. Yet this is the market in which black business op erated. When the white economy reached these proportions in the late 1920’s they called it a " panic" . Black business is also faced with institu tional racism . Custom and tradition de fine the avenues open to blacks and effec tively bar them from commercial enter prise. I tie schools attended bv our future |l businessmen and employees are so inade quate that blacks who arc not kept from employment and business by discrim ina tion are kept out because of an inferior education received in ghetto schools. Black businessmen find credit hard to get and more expensive. Insurance rates are higher than those paid by whites in the same trade because of the areas in which they operate. These costs amount to a " black su rtax ". Since unemployment, underemployment and high costs prevent blacks from gain ing the economic power to support their own businesses,thealrernative is for black businesses to receive a fair sharecf white business - this includes goods and services from government and private corpora tions. White America has a vested interest in the economic plight of blacks - the na tion cannot survive the growing discontent and tension. Yet white America has never relinquished anything to blacks unless it was proved to be to her financial profit. Most black businesses must cater to the black trade, a market that is depressed by poverty and unemployment. Blacks buy outside the area from white business, but few black businesses can drawon the white trade. Blacks must learn to discriminate. Do not buy where you cannot work; do not buy from companies who will not buy services and products from black businesses; do not buy from companies who don’t advertise in the black media; do not buy where your money is not returned to your community through the support of its organizations and programs. When white business learns to appreciate black custom ers and black business, then we can work together to build an improved economy for all people. Ü . S . , 'S U P R E M E CO UR T (N IX O N 'S Q U A L IF IC A T IO N S )-' A LL NOMINEES M U S T B E SEGREGATIONISTS CONSERVATIVES OR STRICT CONSTRUCTIONISTS i*AA<,»«an J Halle Selassie visited Shanghai after signing a Slno- E thioplan agreement on tech nical cooperation In Peking. The agreement includes an $83 m illio n interest free loan to aid Ethiopia’ s agriculture. *NAAAVff •'* Hrbf - 7't'i AAN M, by - A' L - ■4 COMPLETE C _____D = L - p o m o o COLOR PRESS Phone; 289-0202 5660 N. Greeley Ave M rs. Consance E . Newman is the new head of VISTA and other anti-poverty pro grams administered by a new citizen’ s group. ACTION. M rs . Newman grew up in 'Itiskagee, Alabama and at tended Tuskagee High School. G llvert Usogsky, author of "H a rle m , the Making of a Ghetto" was appointed pro fessor of American H istory at Cornell U niversity. T h ’ International Brother hood of Sleeping C ar Porters w ill move It’ s International headquarters from New York to Denver, Colorado. C I . Dellums from California was re-elected president, lie has been president since A ,P h ilip Randolph retired three years ago. O u ts ta n d in g C o fe a tu re "Halls of Anger' ^P «nS undo^45 IN COLOR B la c k s Liberals and other Minorities don’t a p p l y . Portland, Oregon S & J Billiards 1036 N.E. Alberta POOL,CARDS AND SNACKS Hours 10:00 A .M . til 1:00 A M . Sam F. Scott Earl Foster OW NERS A N D M A N A G E R S phone 2 8 4 -9 5 9 7 r Congratulations On 1 year Continuad success Staff of Albina Multi-Service Center 5022 N .V a n c o u v e r 2 8 0 - 6 0 0 0 Your ticket to the big game: ^...including transportation Y o u want lu w « It,« big game So » h a t do you do’’ Jutt twitch on your T V tc, And w r more ot ih« action than m ini ot the men on the licld You've got the heat w at in the houw (or about 2« worth of electricity |icr game it Sound like a pietty good d e a l' It I leclrictly II a a bargain And we know that bargain, are haul to find today Alm oat a , hard to find av enough Irg room in the giandvland Pacific Ih v r w /irrr wr rnuAr ihf f i n frit itu th a t n tn k n ih lfig t fin r r /o r r »rr>/>o»/r D a .B x / uuvu I E K N T I B T The Northwest M in o rity Coalition Is a black prisoners organization founded "u io n correcting the multiple evils which exist within Washington State Penal Institutions." F or Information w rite to Michael Thomas S r. 2757 E. Yesler Way, Seattle, Wn. 98122. Black brewery workers In Newark, N J . are boycotting Budwelser and Mlchelab twers. Newark Is 75% black and Puerto Rican, but these populations hold only 7% of the Jobs. E x tr a c tio n s and using F IL L IN G S Sodium Pentothal H IN DESIRED WeW.arered W dneilkeliil in Aorndaarr Barbara Joran, who was (tie fir s t black ever elected to the state legislature In Texas, Is running fo r Congress. She may receive support of o r ganized labor since she worked hard fo r a state m ini mum wage law. No Appointaunt Necessary 1 J Alaskan Eskimos claim 76,000 square miles of the North Slope area of Alaska, Including 413,000 acres leased by the State of Alaska to oil companies. They have filed suit In a Federal C ourt In Washington, D.C. seeking to Invalidate the state« claim to the property. • • • 1 [ cumt JI ‘Immedialr" ENTURES We W.M Try Io PA.-S* ; .-zed PKIHTIHC HERPICE’ d u r in g SHAFT’S his nam e. 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