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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
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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.
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( Story on page 1)
Students get
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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.
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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
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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. Section five of the Voting
Rights A ct requires that any
changes in voting regulations,
requirements and procedures
be submitted In advance to
either the attorney general or
the U.S. D is tric t Court fo r tlie
D is tric t of Columbia fo r " p r i
or approval,”
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