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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1971)
x A îl - -4 » ^ Page 8 Pi»rtland/t)bservw Thursday, Get. 21, 1971 Prince Hall Activities Legislative R eap p o rtio n m en t (cont. from pg. 1, col. 2) niunlty of Albino and at the next meeting two spokesmen appeared, and both were against c r e a t in g a single semi-black ¿ s tric t. The House ElectlonsSub-comm it- tee minutes of February 20, 1969, contain the following paragraph: " M r . Thomas Wilson testi fied. He opposed Hid ¡-’ 83. He wanted it known that the Black people didn't want any special consideration ani they were doing something about the s it uation in their own way. The black community wanted a "g ra ss roots” representative that the people had confidence in. M r. Wilson was not in fa vor of a single member sub- d is tric t fo r either white or black communities.” No contrary opinion was ex pressed then, nor was one given during the five and one- half months the 1971 legisla ture was in session, or during the 15 day "opendoor” period held by the Secretary of State to receive reapportionment suggestions from all parts of the state of Oregon. We more than doubled, in our plan, the non-white and Black political clout in creat ing d is tric ts that concentrate could be further enhanced ami improved by adjusting certain lines, then you would have my Mississippi Reapportionment Suit wholehearted support and en couragement. nearly 9t>£ of the Black com munity in three senate and three house d is tric ts , rather than the old dispersal among eigln senate an seven house seats. And, the poor people, who almost never have elected members from their own com munity w h e th e r north or southeast Portland, now have, fo r the fir s t time, several sin gle-members d is tric ts where they live, without being sub merged under the more af fluent voters in Alameda, M t. Tabor, Eastmoreland or the West side. As a member of theNAACP and a w orker fo r black equal t ee Henderson discuss the reap ity fo r more than 20 years, liarold W illiam s arxl and asonewhohascampalgned portionment with sec'y of state Clay Myers at Bethel last Monday. fo r black candidates in P ort land, 1 believe we must work together fo rfu ll and equal rep resentation. 1 did the best 1 could fo r the Model Cities Community, w ithoutdiscrim - matory segregation, and with in the census tract information available from the Federal government and the require ment fo r complete population equality. If, in preparation of a po tential brief tefore a Federal court, it can be demonstrated that m inority representation Butler gives acceptance speech. Left to right: J lm L Was son, M rs . Dorothy V ickers, M rs. Alice B u tle i, V. Butler* Dept of Oregon, Tom V ickers. The attorney general ob jected to the red is tr let Ing— which was oideied in 1969 by a federal court oil the basis that the old d istricts violated "one man, one vote” rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court— because "th e proposer! changes appear to dilute black voting strength In the C ity of Jackson." P rio r to the redls trlctln g , at least two su jie ivi- soi d istricts were m ajority black; after tlie redisti icting. all five d istricts were ma jo rity white. The Hlixls County suit is considered extremely impor tant by c iv il rights attorneys fo r two reasons. F irs t, the Case w ill test wliether court- ordered redlstrlctlng Is sub ject to the " p r io r approval” provisions of tbs Voting Rights A ct. Ths Justice Department NEW * JUST IN... Push a Button! ...and this much TRASH and the Lawyers Committee Top Frost Frozen • W h o le K e rn e l C o rn < C h o p p e d Broccoli • P e a t a n d Cor ro tt • M ix e d V e g e ta b le s • l e a f ( S p in ac h • C h o p p e d S p in ac h A v a ila b le G ro c e ry Section Ironically, the Justice De- partment'a only Involvement In (he Issaquena case was as a "frie n d of die c o u rt." not as an active participant in die case. The bulk of the legal work was handled by the Law yers Committee. In die lilnds County case, where It Is likely dial die Justice Department suit anil dieLaw yersC om m lt- tee suit w ill lx» consolidated, a spokesman fo r die I awyers Committee sakl, "W e 're glad to have diem with us.” H a v a y o u r B ir th d a y p a r ty a t G e n e v a 's fre e Robert Warrick (Right) vacationing from Oakland, California to celebrate his birth day with his twin brother Richard(Dickie) at Genevas. Blue Ribbon' Cut-Up Reg. to 23 10 o i pkgs for S I 00 Fryers Top Frost Frozen Compactor • Whipped Topping compresses paper, cans, bottles, plastic containers, Left ‘ ri?hc Aaron boxes, wrappings and sweepings and Haro,d w illia m s , to less than 1/a of their original volume . . . all in less than a minute! M itchell, 2 ’/i-lb s and up 29‘ Geraldine Irving, Clay Myers B akery Savings Delicatessen Savings " C a k e of the M o n th " Food Club M Y -T E -F IN E Revertí P i m i lesertj hecietetf i n AvooUc Hanes' Coppeionc and •k ite let you change coo^actor s appearance Rachell ___ > TamEvW Bagley, Home Economic staff Is alwiys cheerful. ( Story on page 1) Students get ■F GE Compactor with Bag Caddy 8 -0 / can of doodexant spray and a month « supply of Gags COMÍ I N . . . STT IT WONK! ASK FOR SMITH’S LOW PRICE EASY TERMS I | V Portland high school stu- J i soon put driving theory Into practice - thanks to$ 135, 000 in federal funding. A grant from the U.S. De partment of Transportation approved and sponsored by the Portland and Oregon T ra ffic Safety Commissions allo#s the year-round comprehen sive program to begin ¡nearly November. D r. Edwin Schneider, su perintendent's associate for d is tric t program- in Portland Public Schools, said the fuixls w ill cover equipment and op eration expenses without ad ditional cost to tlie school dis tr ic t taxpayers. Tlie program provides for student use of 16d rivin g -sim ulation units, behind - the - wheel training and other classroom aids. Previous training covered only class room instruction during th j regular school yuar. behind w h e e l D r. Schneider said the pro gram w ill benefit some 4,500 students during Its firs t year of operation. Later phases of the program w ill includethe use of special driving ranges. Three automobiles w ill be provided free of charge by tie Portland Automobile Dealers Association, D r. Schneider said. The program staff includes three teachers for thedriving- simuiatlon units and 11 teach ers fo r behind-the-wheel in struction. A ll are regularem - ployees of the d is tric t. Each high school w ill host the driving-sim ulation units and automobiles for 24 con tinuous Instructional days. Students enrolled in the program must te at least 15 years old and hold a learner's perm it. They alsom ustcom - plete the classroom phase of the program before tak ing be hind-the-wheel training, D r. Schneider said. PERI’S BOTTLE SHOP LetVEPI S BOTTLE SHOP b . your h n d q u —tan Io. champagne wines mixers OC,own at the.l<Jkvest pr.c« Lloyd Center - Next to the Liquor Store ? PERI'S One end Only Store Open 9 30 am to 9 00 p m Only Sundayt Noon to 4 00 p m shot » to » » on tmwu rat SAT Til « I C l c d Sun I 2 81 -2 7 31 • 234-9351 MM 29 JF lb H a th fro te n to lock in the farm fresh fla vo r A va ila b le M e a l Section Add« o n e le g a n t to uch to de««ert« A v a ila b le G ro c e ry Section Greatest new product in years' Frees you from the messiest chore around the house Nc more daily trips to the garbage can New GE Compactor compresses a whole week s trash for an average family of four into one convenient take-out bag Protective GE Bag Caddy makes bag handling easier r general’ s (allure io object to die plan within 60 days makes tiie redlatricting valid. the Justice Department sjiokesnian said that although the department was not speci fically asking foraucha ruling in tlie case, the three-Judge panel would probably Issue an o nler s im ila r to the one haul ed down In Issaquena County. That old e r |ioniiltted elec tions on die lasts uf Illegally drawn supervisor d is tric ts , but required that another election tie lield— on proper d is tric ts — within one year. USDA Inspected Vegetables General Electric 30th and S. E. DIVISION fo r C ivil Rights Under Law— which had rilexl a separate suit seekuig to have tlie prim aries tin own outand the county elec tion delayeii until new lines could Redrawn- say that court unlered redlatricting is sut>- Ject to review by the Attorney General. Hinds County says it is not. Second, c iv il rights lawyers feel the Justice Department has waited too long and is ask ing fo r far too little fry way of remedies. They say privately that Justice's entering tlie case after die prim aries were Ixild, a nJ its failure to ask fo r a delay In the Nov. 3 county e l ection are evidence of a lack of concern fo r the rights of black voters. Hinds County contends that the attorney nd Save More becomes ONE NEAT BAG! — —— —— The U ,8, Department of Jus tice has filed a federal suit against the Hinds County Hoard uf Supervisors, charg ing that th e ir re -d rtw ln g of county supervisor d istricts violates tlie Voting Rights Act. The suit, filed Sept. 14 In Jack- son, asks that a three-judge panel onler the su|«rvlaors to redtaw tlx* lines, Ixit does not ask tliat the ujx'oniing county election be delayed until that has been done. According to a Justice De lia rtment spokesman. Hinds County held two prim ary elec tions in August on tlie basis of the new d is tric ts , despite the “ entering of a valid objection to tlie plan” by Attorney Gen eral John N. M ltctiell o n ju ly 14. 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