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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.
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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.
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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
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NEWS AROUND THE W 'd R Ijj
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VACANCY
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The mob wanted
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They got Shaft... -
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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.
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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'
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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
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Congratulations
On 1 year
Continuad success
Staff of Albina
Multi-Service
Center
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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
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f i n frit itu th a t n tn k n ih lfig t fin r r /o r r »rr>/>o»/r
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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
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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.
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