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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1971)
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U n io n A v e 2 8 8 -5 3 0 3 H o m e o f th e best A p p lia n c e m a d e Representative Edith Green, D - ( jr e , met Monday, October II, 1971, with 20 Oregon col lege president* In tire Sylvania Formal Dining Room, P ort land Community College, to discuss pending leglslatlonfor hlglret education. M rs. Green outlined her financial aid to higher edu cation b ill. House H ill 7248, which Iras t«en voted out of Committee and w ill be up for rule the week of October 18. Sire emphasized that more general rattier tia n categori cal financial assistance should he given to colleges because college adm inistration la In the beat position to deckle how aid should be used, she added that without federal asaiatance to Institutional operating funds, many col leges, especially small ones, w ill Ire forced to close their dooia. M rs. Greene's b ill would provide financial assis tance to colleges based on student enrollment and then leave it to the college how twat to spend the funds. She drove hard on the point that college administrator s are moat competent to determine what is best for their Insti tutions. With regard to student financial aid, M ra. Green fwlieves greater fle x ib ility should be given to the insti tution in distributing student financial aid. C urrent guide lines prevent students from middle income fam ilies from receiving assistance. M rs. Green supports the current Economic Opportunity Grant which gives colleges flexibi lity in administering the pro gram . You can &Î1 W. with a p_o Person-to-Herson Want Ad Call 2 8 3 -2 4 8 7 Secretary ot State Clay Myers shows tire reasons why A l- bin, was split into four parts. HH IH W TO Hk (,<M)I)T<> SPM IA U Z L H a m ilt o n f u r s le a t h e r s PURCHASE Fur A L e a th e r SALE ONE WEEK ONLY! Beautiful f ur and I .rather man» d'-Mgru-d In Famous Coulierv The he»l ».ill , ,,,| tu u le u » a l llainillun's. Chew are pro i d m i Io»», »on musi ••urne in and see the terrific ’ altar»! Hut nnt, fur Her < hri«tina*. H irlhd ai. V nitersart . . . ,,r all three reaaun«. H eller .till ju»l JtrratiM' » otr hi» r her! ONE EXAMPLE NATURAL AMERICAN MINK COAT $695 NO DOWN FAYMINT - 2 VIARS TO PAY free Storage and laittoti Ou» Integrity it Tour G u a ra n te e o l S ato to r Iron L ib e r a l T r a d * in a lw a y s h a m ilto n fu r s & le a t h e r s 922 SW M itrri-ttttt Si. (cont. from pg. I col TbJ D is tric t ofNon-ExIstence The (question now is what w ill happen In the next ten years when redtstrlctlng comes up again? I wonder if 1, a black man, w ill be stronger In number to attract the attention of tbJ politician; If not I w ill continue to be at the mercy of the white citizens of Portland, hoping that they w ill find me worthy. I know too well, as do my black brother s, that the ver dict again w ill he guilty with no representation. F o r again I w ill txslleve In the Immor ta lity of black people, because 1 have within me tits immortal longings to be represented. (cont. from pg. J col. 2) •<«p Brown Captured by way of protest against the law, a law which neither 1 nor any of my people have any say in preparing. The law against which the protest was directed (the law whlchdenles fieedom) is the law which established this country. ” " I consider myself neither m. t ally nor legally bound to vtxey laws made by a body in which I have representation. I hat the w ill of the people Is the basis of the authority ot government Is a principle universally acknowledged as sacral throughout the c iv i lized world and which con stitutes the basic foundation of fieedom and Justice. It is expected that tbs ruling class bo m orally and legally bound by the laws governing this country. U should he equally understandable that we. as Black people, should adopt the attitude that we are neither m .,rally nor legally bound to olxjy lawswhlchwerenotmade with our consent and which seek to oppress us. Nor can we be expectetl to have con fidence In courts that Inter pret aivj enforce such laws. The white man makes all the laws; he drags us before his courts; he accuses us, and hs sits in Judgement over us.” Tip» fo r Vets Q. 1 am a Vietnam service man hospitalized (ending dis charge. I recently applied for vocational rehabilitation, tnd understand I w ill he rated for service-connected d isa b ili ties by the VA before I am dis charged. W ill this rating set the one year period that I w ill have to apply fo r service dis abled veternans* Insurance? WILKINS URGES: their views on racial ques tions. It there is anydlffer- ence In the doctrines of the two churches on these mat ters, it is not reflected in the attitudes of then parish ioners. Jewish people, on the other hand, are substantially more likely than either of the larger religious groups to support A . No. The one year al Roy Wilkins, chairman of racial Lntergration ami to lowed fo r applying fo r ser the Leadership Conference on sympathize w it h various vice-disabled veterans Insur C ivil Rights has urged aspects of the black protest. ance begins with the date of President Nixon not to ap They are also more supportive the fir s t notice of d isability point to the U S Supreme of proposals to Improve the lot rating sent to you by VA after Court persons who w ill of blacks in the cities. discharge. 'evoke divisive confirmation Protestants and Catholics struggles There are now both d iffe r a great deal in how two vacancies on the High often they attend church serv Court ices. Some attend regularly; Q. A re there any Income some never go. But there are and cre d it requirements a vet no consistent differences In eran must meet In obtaining a The noted c iv il rights the racial attitudes of those VA loan fo r a mobile home? leader made his views known who attend church regularly m a letter addressed to the and those who do not attend at White House M r Wilkins told a ll. the President that he was Attendance at church serv A . No, there Is no set in conveying the unanimous ices a p p e a r s to have no come requirement.The terms views of representatives to influences on the racial at of repayment of the Ioan, how the Leadership Conference titudes, with one Important ex ever, must bear a proper re who discussed the matter last ception: the more o fte n a lationship to the veternan's or Friday. Protestant orCatholic attends serviceman’ s present and an church, the less w illing lie is ticipated The Conference is a Income and ex to accept violence as a Justi penses, and he must be a sat coalition of more than 120 fiable response to black rio t isfactory credit risk. national civil rights, labor, ing. religious and civic Many blacks believe white organizations people dislike them and want to keep them down, but the Q. May a veteran who is M r Wilkins said the Con fact is that only a small m inor receiving compensation from ference members recognize ity of the white population the VA arrange to paya policy the President's right to a p expresses overtly h o s t ile loan on his National Service point persons philosophically attitudes toward black people. Life Insurance out of this in tune with his beliefs But he They do not hesitate to c r lti- monthly benefit? warned that the appointment clse black people and to show of persons opposed to civil a lack of sympathy for their rights progress in the problems, but we find very Supreme Court and in the A . Y es. It Is a most con little support for counter- Congress could lead to a venient and relatively painless violence. n a tio n -s p littin g con way to accomplish this repay Although most white people frontation." ment. VA Form 29-888, In feel that blacks 3re pressing too fast fo r what they want, surance Deduction Authoriza The Conference chairman very few whites have done tion, available from any VA of urged the President to ap anything to hinder the black fice, should be completed and point someone whose sent to the office which has movement fo r change. dedication to civil rights for your Insurance records. all Americans would help Some of the support Indi cates only minimal commit unify the country ment - making a contribution "W e are certain there are If you're riding a bike this to a black church or giving q u a lifie d persons in all fa ll, hear these safety tips old clothes to a black maid. regions of America whose But other support reported from the PORTLAND TRAF appointments would unite this by white people in v o lv e s F IC S A F E T Y COM MISSION: country and uphold the F lrs t of a ll, obey all tra ffic various form s of political ac dignity of the Court," M r tivism - picketing, boycott, rules - - Just like a car. Ride Rilkins said, making it clear circulating {petitions, and single file well over to the that the Conference would not other work w *l. Wack groups. right of the roadway. And oppose a nominee simply Acts of charity towards black above all don't weave back because the nominee was a people are reported about as and forth into several lanes Southerner frequently by white people who of tra ffic . are opposed to change In tra ditional patterns of race rela tions as by those who are pre pared to accept change. Acts of political support for the causes of black people are reported only by white people whose racial attitudes are strongly positive. Fi// Suprem e Court with unity in m ind The white population In A m erica's citie s is not uni- veisally ra cist, as some have charged nor can It even be di vided into contrasting cate gories that could tie called racist and nonracist. White Americans are racist in degree. Some white Americans want to keep the black man in " h is place;" send him back to A f rica, if necessary. Relatively few would go that fa r but many would oppose legislation that would bring blacks intocloser Contact, especially Into their neighborhoods. Some white people give ver bal approval to tie principle of racial equality but tle y are disturbed by the pace of change In race relations now going on. There Is a m inority of the white population, however, who display no racist orienta tion, who are sympathetic to the black protest and In some cases contribute to It. America can be called a rac ist country in the same sense tliat it is called a rich country. As a whole the country has less racial equality than some other countries - B ra zil, fo r example — hut not every American is a ra cist. A m eri ca is also ric h e r than most other countries but not every American Is rich . The Univei slty of Michigan's Institute for Social Research (ISK) has found that when white Americans talk about racial problems their attitudes are often conflicting and ambigu ous, ‘ ;n the positive side, fo r ex ample, we find that: • E lghty-slx per cent say they would not mind at ail hav ing a qualified black as a supervisor on th e ir Job; • Slxty-mne per cent think blacks are Justified In using orderly marches to protest against racial discrim ination; • Sixty-eight per cent say they believe many or some blacks miss out on good hous ing because white owners won't rent o r sell to them; • Sixty-seven per cent say they favor law stopreventdis- crlnilnatlon against blacks In Job hiring ami promotion. On ties other hand there are many indications of apprehen sion and resistance tochange. Of the white people ISR inter viewed in the cities: • Sixty-seven per cent say However, many good In black people are pushing too tentions are not converted into hard for what they want; any kind of social action. Most • Fifty-one percent oppose white people do not lend any laws to prevent racial dis active support to the move crim ination in housing; ment toward racial equality • T h irty-th re e per cent say even when they are generally that 11 they had small children sympathetic to It. they would rather the children have only white friends; Evidence from our survey- • Twenty-four per cent of makes clear that the pre those old enough to vote say vailing white attitude In the they would not vote fo r a cities is fa r from the monoli qualified black of their own thic opposition to change which party preference who was run It Is sometimes represented ning fo r the mayor of their to be. c ity . When we look Into the back Although white peopetendto ground of these white people think of police control as the we find that th e ir racial out look d iffers substantially ac cording to the section of the country they come from . Although alt of the people in terviewed in the survey were living in northern citie s at the time they were interviewed, only half of them were born in the city where they now live. In general, people whose early life was spent In the Western o r New England states are m o stp o sltlve lyd ls- posed to changes in racial patterns. Then follow those fro m the Middle Atlantic states. Those who grew up in the Mklwest or South a re the most negative, with southerners being p a rticu la rly resistant to change. Many of these people have lived in th e ir present lo cation fo r many years, but tlie lr attitudes s till reflect the facial culture of the area from which they came. The contribution of the pub lic schools and the chuidies to die formation of racial a tti tudes among white people ap- pears to have been to preserve (lie status quo In American race relations rather than to produce change. The role of the churches has l«en especially remarkable. Despite their traditional dedl cation to the inculcation of moral values, tlie lr influence on the racial attitudes of tlie lr constituents seems to have been very Umitwl. White P r o t e s t a n t s _ aixl Catholic* in the 15 citie s sur veyed by ISR d onotdlffei In u I . f i? Good reasons why... It’s good to have MONY in your future MUTUAL OF NEW YORK M ATTHEW C H A V IS 700 N E Multnomah Phone 234-9701 Portland. Oregon 97232 Life and health insurance-individual or group T»to Mutua* L(<* MaKOMC* Coe*p*e>y O» Yarh Immediate response to urban violence, they recognize that long-term answers require more fundamental solutions. 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