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W O W |1 > I> I< * ' 1 O « ,. k . . 2 0 1971 IO <»» ' Cop,
Demo. Central Comm.[ M o th e rs
passes resolutions
B ill McCoy,Chairman of the
Multnomah County Democrat
ic C em talC om m I t te e . An
nounced the passage of two Im
portant resolutions by ths
Committee at Ita October
meeting.
Important party function»
coming up Include: November
5 - Reception fo r Senator Eu
gene McCarthy, Shiraton Ho
tel - 7 p.m ami November 12-
East County D sm o cia ticF o -
rum Dinner - Senator Wayne
Moi se - speaker.
RESOLUTION NO. 1 Resolved
Charles Evers
" I don’t trust FBI.’
Charles Evers says
The U. S. Department of
Justice
doe» not provide
enough Justice fu r black c iti
zen», C h » rle s L v ;rs ,M tyo ro f
Fayetteville, Mia»., nr»I black
candidate fo r governor of the
D ixie state, dsclared to re
Sunday.
Speaking on the television
a llo w , Washington New» Con
ference, Evers aakl the Jus
tice Department does not have
enough black officials to aid
m inority
votera adequately
and " I don’ t think J. Edgar
Hoover cares anything about
black people... I hat’ s Just th;
way to la.”
Declarng " I don’ t trust tto
FBI, (Federal Bureau of In
vestigation), Evers refei red
to Hoover’ s remarks calling
ths late D r. .M in in Luther
King J r. a ’ notorious liar*and
his ow i experiences with tbs
pa.
The FBI once told him ttoy
knew who was trying to as
sassinate him in Natchez,
M iss., to t aakl tto y could not
do any tiling until a fte rw ird .
E v e n recalled.
" A to when my brother,
M togsr, was murdered In
M ississippi, FBI agents Came
to ask me if I had anything
to do w.th it. So, you kn >w I
don't care anything fo r them,”
to added.
Evers sasl changes had tak
en place In M ississippi since
his brother’ s death, " t o t we
have to keep on working and
we're going towln tills gover
nor’ s ra ce ."
The firs t black mayor of an
Integrated city In the state and
gubernatorial catoklate said
he was nut Invited to the re
cent masting of political lead-
eta in Chicago.
"T hey left me out of that,
I'm Just a poor country boy
from M ississip p i,’ ’ to told
ns w amen.
Jones named director
Chalmers Juntos was ap
pointed by Governor I urn Mc
Call to toad state programs -
the state Economic ( >p,X)i tu
rn ty t iff ice and l l u Governor’ s
Manpower Planning Council.
It o S2ÎAJA). p r o v id e s
assistance to tto 13 o ffic e of
Economic Oppo,tunlty futoed
programs In tto state, a sum
of about $22 m illio n .
The 31 m onitor manpxnvai
Planning Committee has been
reorganized to provkle advice
to tto governoi In planning
ways to u tlll/e manpowei ser
vices In tto state.
that tto Multnomah County
Democratic Central Commit
tee go on record condemning
President Nixon’ s wage-price
freeze as groaslydlsci Imlna-
tory against wage e irn e rs , a
bonanza foi BIG BUSINESS
with Its exemption on profits,
dividends and bank moi tgago
Interest, and new tax breaks—
a policy which Ignores the i eal
causes of the cur i ent inflation,
sach as tto Vietnam War, th;
$8J billion war bulge! and
manipulated prices sat by
huge corporations In tto b is lc
In lu strie s, and That theM ult-
nomah County Demjc ratio
Committee
also condemns
Nixon’ s announced intent to
suspend the right to strike.
R liS D LIT lD N Nt). 2 The ex
pedition of Lewis a n d C la ik
has different meanings for
Oregon C itizens. F o r some It
la a nostalgia for tto past, the
last fro n tie r. F o r others It is
a wealtli of knowledge about
n itlve American cultures, and
the flora and fauna of tto West
In tto early 19thCentury. For
sjn n Oregonians tto exped
ition signifies tto loginning of
tto end of our Indian cultures.
Whstevei tto special signi
ficance each of us Bnds in th ;
Lewis and C lark expedition -
we agree that the fam.; of the
expedition should not ho m is
used.
We are Insulted ami angeied
that two teams of tto Arm y
S|>eclal F o ire s (Green Berets)
for m il Ita ly promotional pur
poses nave ch isen to retrace
the Lewis ami C lark T ra il.
W e n e ltto i want tto saga of tlx;
Lewis and C lark expedition
despoiled nor our tax dollars
used to sell tto Pentagon and
m il ita i lam.
We request that this m il
itary operation to terminated
ami If not terminated request
that the portion of th ; Lewis
ami C lark tra il travel sing
Multnomah County to exclud
ed.
Since
September 1, 1971
Jones baa Ixsen assistant for
special programs to State Hu
man Resources D ire cto r Ja
CHALMERS JONES
cob Ianzer. He la responsi
ble fo r Co-ordinating.SJi.o.t). ami the Albina M ulti-Service
tto Manpower Planning Coun with seven social service d l-
c il, tto progi am t for tto aging veisluns In tbs department
The Secretary of tto M ilt -
nomah County Democratic
Central Cumin ttee Is directed
to Inform the Secretary of De
fense Mstvln Laird of the pas
sage of thia resolution re
questing he Inform us of his
uitemled action.
Renner new supervisor
George Renner, 46, has toon
designateli new supervisor of
tto Division of Audits follow
ing tto retirem ent next A p ril
of tto present supervisor,
Doug | leCew.
Renner has toon with tto
D ivision of Audits since 1953
ami was promoted toAsslstant
Audit Supervisor In 1966.
He tos toen responsible to r
audits of tto Department of
Illg to r Education, State High
way Division, Department of
Revenue, Motor Veli Idas Div
ision, Department of General
Services, Public W elfareD Iv-
lslon and State Accident Insur
ance Fund, as well as various
municipal audits.
Renner attended schools In
M t. Angel and Salem, and
earned a B.A. InBuslnessAd-
m In 1st rat Ion from Willamette
U niversity In 1953. Betook
post-graduate work at tto U n -
iv i-is ity oi Portland, ami re
ceived his CPA certificate In
i960.
A U.S. Navy Seahee during
World War II, Renner saw ser
vice In Newfoundland, Saipan
and Okinawa. He was honor
ably discharged In 1946.
He and his wife Delores at
tend St. Vincent de P aulC atli-
ollc Church In Salem, where
lie is a member of tto Finance
Committee
of tto Parish
Council ami past chairman of
St. Vincent’ s school hoard.
The Renners have three
children ami reside at 2487
Maple Avenue, Salem.
B lack h e a r t p la n
want YOU
as a sa v e r
ßenj. © Pninklin
Robert H Hazen. Pres • 15 Offices • Phone 224-3333
Home Ollien Franklin Bldg , Portland, Ore 9/204
attorney
Bryant H arris, a black male
nursing student at tto Univer
sity of Oregon School of
Cursing would like to assist
any black students, male or
female, who are Interested in
earning a Bachelor of Science
Degree
In Nursing. High
School or college students can
contact him at "B lack Heart
Plan” , 9795 S. W. H all, Box
107, Portland, Oregon, 97223,
P o rtla n d
C of C
sponsors
scholarship
It o V.A. McNeil Scholar
ship grant, the only annual
scholarship grant sponsored
by the Portland Chamber of
Commerce, w ill he awarded to
a PCC student at a luncheon
"Ctotoi .h, at I.' , ,
.
Poitlam l Community College.
The scholarship Is a tribute
to V.A. McNeil, form er man
ager of tto Convention Bureau
of tto Portland Chamber of
Commerce, ami w ill to award
ed to a student demonstrating
the promise of future profes
sionalism and a ctivity In tto
field of Hotel-Motel Manage
ment.
CHUCKLE
PROBLEMS IN NEW MATH
HACKENSACK (PSb)—Maybe
it’ s tto new math? I t o sign on
a local shoe store reads: " A ll
shoes one-price. . . $3.33 ami
$4.44.’ *
R agsdale
receives
aw ard
D r. Lee Ragsdale, head of
the health and physical edu
cation department at Poi tlaml
State U niversity has received
the highest honor awarded by
tto Oregon Association fo r
Health, Physical Education
aixl Recreation.
At OAPHER’ s 54th annual
meeting e a rlie r this month.
D r. Ragsdale was presented
with an Honorary L ife Mem-
te rsh ip Award fo r " h is ef
forts to provide quality pro
grams in Oregon’ s schools
and communities, fo r tto
totterm ent oi our society
through better understanding
ami tto fitness of its c iti
zenry.”
D r. Ragsdale served as
president of OAPHER In 1957-
58. He also served as presi
dent of tto Medford Education
Association and on numerous
committees fo r tto Oregon
State Board of Education as
well as tto Oregon Coaches
Association.
The organization recog
nized one of D r. Ragsdale’ s
greatest contributions In the
area of program administra
tion as the supervisor of
health, physical education,
athletics, safety and recrea
tion fo r tto Medfonl Public
Schools from 1952-66.
D r. Ragsdale Joined the PSI
faculty in September 1966.
Sue
Two
welfare
recip.ents
from Lane County have filed
suit in U.S. D is tric t Court,
c longing
that the State of
Oregon uses im proper pro
cedures In administering the
Food Stamp program.
Joil Southwell
Senior Adult service
I l i ; suit charges thatmeth-
<xls of determining tto cost of
food stamps to th ; recipients
are unfair, illegal ami uncon
stitutional. It chai ges that the
state violates th e ir right to
equal protection of tto 14th
Anundm.;nt to the I . s. Con
stitution.
Both plaintiffs are mothers
receiving Aid to Depemlent
Children
grants
fo r their
children.
PCC students
score
V ictories
John W rlgley, second-year
student from Beaverton, won
firs t place In oratry in tto
30-school forensic tourna
ment held Saturday at Lewis
and C lark College. He was
tto only community college
student to win a firs t place
in tto tournament that drew
nearly 300 college and uni
versity student competitors
from five states.
Although there were several
community colleges p a rtici
pating, only PCC came away
with victo rie s. In addition to
W rlgley, Bruce Maland of
Judy Tyler
by Rosemary Simington
Judy T yle r is a young, at
tractive, black female attor
ney who is presently employed
at tto North Portland Legal
Aid Office.
M rs. T y le r is fromChicago
where there are approximate
ly 20 to 25 black female at
torney’ s. While in Chicago,
M rs. T yle r was a member of
the Cook County Bar Associa
tion, which is comprised of
black attorney’ s only. She has
also practiced In Gary, Indiana
M rs. T yle r and to r 2 year
old daughter, Donna, have
been in Oregon since June,
1971, although the firs t two
months were spent In Salem,
where she was studying fo r the
Oregon B ar Examination.
When asked what brought
t o r to the West Coast, M rs.
Tyler stated that she wanted
a change from tto b ig e ity life .
department telephones about
200 shut-ins daily to make
certain tto y are all right.
The center employes 41
persons, a ll but three are
Senior C itizens. Theprogram
provides part time employ-
m ;nt as well as an opportun
ity to get out and be with other
people. Of the 47 persons
hired by the center, only five
hav resigned, and one of these
have resigned - and one of
these, a 70 year old woman,
went on to a better job.
The center also provides
a place fo r older persons to
gather to talk o r play games.
Space is provided fo r those
who do not have a place to
meet their friends. The staff
and regular users are plan
ning such activités as
a
quilting bee.
M r. Southwell Invites all
Senior Citizens of the area to
drop in and get aquainted with
the services the center has to
offer.
The center is located at
3904 N E Union at Failing.
THE PORTLAND OBSERV
ER WOULD LIKE TO SAY
RIGHT ON TO MRS. TYLER
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT
SHE’S A W INNERIIIIIII1II!III!
Lake Oswego won 9econd place
In debate.
O reg o n Trade Mission
Governor Tom McCall today
announced a s ix -c ity , 18-day
trade mission to the F a r East
fo r 1972.
“ We feel this Journey should
concentrate on Oregon agri
cultural products,”
McCall
said. “ P re lim .n a ry market
ing research Indicates that it
is in the area of bulk, fresh,
and processed foodstu'fs that
Oregon has tto best opportun
ities fo r rapid and dramatic
sales increases abroad.*
Advance planners for the
January 30 through February
17 tr ip have chosen countries
according to food d e ficit posi
tion, rapidly rising personal
incomes, relatively strong
holdings of gold o r hard cur
rency reserves, and existing
or planned U.S. Government
grain shipment patterns.
C itie s to to visited are
Tokyo and Sapporo, Japan,
Seixil, South Korea: Taipei,
Taiwan; Hongkong; and Sing
apore.
Sistei City and State relation
ships -M cC a ll with o tto rO re -
gon government and civic
leaders have been invited to
Join tto opening ceremonies in
Sapporo fortheFebruary3-13
W inter Olympics.
Oregon governmental anal
ysts have researched tto po
tential fo r new Oregon M ar
kets going to these ports of
entry and have determined tto
earliest possible 1972 date as
the most productive time fo r
tto journey.
Twenty-five or less people
w ill be on tto tour, including
leadership in Oregon wheat,
onions, peas, le n tils, grass
seed, apples, pears, beef,
mint hops, frozen foods, pro
cessed foods, p oultry, and
possibly seafood. Banking and
port representatives would
complete tto group.
Exact dates, itin e ra ry, and
other details are w till tenta
tive.
Halloween
train runs
at Zoo
The Portland ZooRailway’ s
special Halloween train began
Its spooky runs on October 22
at 6:00 pun. This Is the tenth
year that gohbllns and ghosts
have taken over the Zoo R ail
way fo r the week before Hal
loween.
The train winds
through three tunnels that are
fille d with ho rro r during the
20 minute ride. Nearly fifty
rubber, papier niache ami
plastic cats, witches, mon
sters ami ghosts, many of the.n
animated, provkle scare en
tertainment. I he tra in runs
through October 31.
The C hildren’ s Zoo w ill
liave Halloween parties from
5 to 7:30 p .m .th ro u g h iicto to r
3lat.
The l adybug I heater
w ill offer 15—minute Halloween
shows starting at 7:00 daily.
Encouraged by some close
friends to come to Oregon,
«Mrs. T yle r consented arxi
found Portland an ideal spot.
As an attorney, to r main
area of Interest is working
with tto black youth, espe
c ia lly in the school system.
During the past few weeks
M rs . T yle r has been visiting
tto high schools and speaking
with the students about tto
laws governing them.
.Mrs. T y le r stated that there
is a great demand fo r black
professionals and strongly en
courages all young blacks to
seek a profession or a spe
cia lty.
M r. Jo il Southwell, D ire ct
o r of the Senior Adult Center,
is pleased with the programs
progress. The center serves
Senior Citizens of the Model
Neighborhood through four de
partments: Outreach, Trans
portation, Handyman & Tele
phone Reassurance.
The Outreach program pro
vides v isito rs who go to tto
home's of Senior Citizens on
request to make friendly vis
its, take the older adults on
walks, do errands, w rite let
ters, etc. Some persons are
visited weekly and others less
often.
The Transportation depart
ment served 483 persons in
September, taking them
to
die doctor, tto hospital, shop
ping, to the bank or on other
errands.
The Handyman department
does minor household repairs
such as changing light bulbs,
small carpenter jobs, fixing
leaky faucets, replacing brok
en windows.
T to Telephone Reassurance
T axes
M ary Nero, Supervisor of Outreach Services; Right—Pat Coch
ran, Ass’ t.
k e e p in g p o or
People p o o r
by Harold R. Sims
NEW YORK. - It w ill pro
bably come as a surprise to
most people to learn that this
nation takes money from poor
people to subsidize rich peo
ple.
T to means used Is tto tax
system. We’ re supposed to
have a graduated income tax,
chat is, people who make more
pay more. But it works some
what differently.
While the official rates
scaled to income are progres
sive, at least in tto federal in
come tax, affluent citizens
have the use of a wide variety
of looph es to lower their
taxes, while poorerpeople pay
fo r m .re of th e ir incomes
A recent Census Bureau
study showed that fam ilies and
individuals with incomes of
less than $2,000 a year paid
fifty percent tn all form s of
taxes. People making between
$6,000 and $25,030 paid only
th irty percent of th e ir In
comes.
The greatest disparity is in
state a.id local taxes of various
kinds, but the more affluent
fa n ii’ tes paid onlytenperce.it.
Some states don’ t even pro
vid«; fo r graduated Income
taxes, having constitutional
provisions that force fla t pay
ments not based on income;.
Sales taxes hit the poor with
L e ft-M rs . M arcia Taylor, Right- M iasW ilbia M e ye r,Secretar
(cont. p. 5 cols. 4 - 5 )
Black Superstar
(cent. p. 3 col. 2)
Hosea Visits
C hina
Emanuel honors Juniors
Pat ticip in ts at a recent reception honoi ing newly "capped"
Junov Auxiliary volunteers .it Emanuel Hospital were Gloria
Bradford (right), president of thejum oi A uxiliary, anddaughter
of M r. and M rs. John B ra d fo rd ,546N.E.Stanton, and M iry Ann
M .'Donald, .’ 107 N. Saratoga. C lona and M ir y Ann are two of
nine "capped" Juniors who are assigned to supervisory duties
over the some 90 Junior A uxiliary volunteers at Emanuel. Six
g irls were capped at tto recent ceremony in Emanuel’ s chapel,
an honor accoided only to g irls exhibiting superior qualities of
leadei ship, competence ami dependability.
Hosea W illiam s, national
program d ire cto r of the South
ern C hristian
Leadership
Conference, returned from a
month long v is it to China and
17 days in South Vietnam. M r.
W illiam s met Premier Chou
E n -la l three times during his
stay in the People’ s Repub
lic of China.
M r. W illiam s Investigated
racial tension, drugs, hahies
fathered by Americans, and
AWOL soldiers.
He said,
"T h s reason these problems
ate so pressing Is that there
is such great tension now be
tween ths South Vietnamese
people and ths Amsrican sol
d ie rs. Ths South Vietnamese
are taking th e ir anger out now
on the American u n ifo rm ."
Singer is NAACP ’S
honorary Chairman
"N a tu ra lly, we were delighted when M iss Ross graciously ac
cepted to take time away frum film lng'LadyS ings The Blues’ to
serve as the Honorary Chairman of this year's Image Awards
P rogram ,” Miss Hathaway said, adding:
"A s you know, Diana won lastyear’ s'E n te rta in e ro f tto Year
iw a rd ,’ and she is the only Black Superstar holding a life mem
bership in our branch who consistently offers hei services above
and beyond tto call of d u ty."
T he NAACP’ s Image Awards are presented annually to mem-
beta of the Motion Picture, Television and Recording Industries
who have made outstanding contributions toward improving tto
Images’ of m inorities in tto entertainment industry.
The plush International Ballroom of tto Beverly Hilton, which
seats sixteen hundred, w ill house this year’ s presentations.