Portland/1 ibserver Thursday, Dec. 2. 1971 Paue 3
Black workers
construct building
Appeal for legislation...
WASHINGTON - R epresentatives of the
Black A thletes’ Foundation Against Sickle
( -ell Anemia appear before the SenateHealth
subcom m ittee to p re ss for legislation to
light the d ise ase which p rim a rily afflicts
blacks. Iro m left a re H orace D avis, E xec
utive Di re c to r of the foundation; Hank Aaron,
ol Atlanta B raves; and .John Henry .Johnson,
fo rm er professional f<x>tball s ta r.
Realism is action
by Jei aid me Bright
While
leading Rattray's
book I he Doomsday, he ques
tions and pondet s why there is
a chance fot tie Human Race.
boob-tule makes us think we
were bom to liave w hatever
tliey have for sale. We flml
plea su te In wanting these
things moie than anything
(continued p.6 col.5)
A const!uctiun force made
up of 70 pei cent black labor
liaa completed a J3J5 million
electronic - »witching office
for tie New Jersey Hell Tele
phone Company.
The Job was finished on time
and In line wlthcostestlmates
In spite of opposition by some
unions and tie refusal of con
tractors to bid on tie Job,
which was awarded on a cost
plus basis,
Robert Gardner, the com
pany's lu tiding engineei, said,
"W e were told we'd never get
enough skilled black woikers
In this city to do tie Job arxJ
we'd have to train them brick
by brick and board by board,
tail (te project worked out very
w e ll."
Following the investigation
of disorders of 1967 In Ne
wark, tie Governor's Select
Commission on C ivil Disabil
ities found Isck of Job oppor
tunities as a major cause of
unrest. Robert D . L illey,
form er New Jersey Hell pres
ident seived on the commis
sion. He wrote to tie Master
Builders Association, inviting
all interested contractors to
discuss his Idea of using a
work foice made up exclu
sively or predominately of
black workers from tie Ne
wark area. The few contrac
tors who were willing to dis
cuss tie idea said It would
te killed by tie unions. In the
meantime, tie Federal Gov
ernment had begun Investiga
tion on chai ges of discrim ina
tion against tie building trade
unions In New Jersey.
Lie Bonphll Construction
Company accepted the con
tract and put It under tie su
pervision of a black general
superlntervlent. Some of the
unions cooper ated by furnish
ing black workers, but most
of them did not. it became
necessary to hire workers
from tie Newark neighbor
hoods rather than through the
union te lls . A few white work
ers left the Job because the
weighting of Jobs in favor of
black workers, but the work
relations among those who
stayed were harmonious. One
union tiled to close the project
by gening Its men to walk off
the Job, but when tliey demand
ed to know the reason, the un
ion hacked off.
Most of the black mechanics
such as carpenters and plumb
Allan H o g le.M r. 4C andActingDirector, successor to Pres
ers had gotten most of their
ton Bruce, G. H arris Director of 4 C M cA lister, Oklahoma, and
exper lence In nonunion hous
Edith Ryman planning to Improve Day Care, below second from
ing construction or repair
left Edith Ryman, M rs . Jan Rich, State Supervisor of Day Care
work and had never handled
Children Service ( Salem) and Frank Jones, Seattle, Washington
some of the work entailed In
of OEO.
heavy construction.
James C . Payne, the black
superintendent assigned to the
Jot), said, "Everybody helped
each othei, double and triple
chocking, an! what they lacked
Inexperience, they made up in
hard w ork." Payne is a lec
turer at Newark College of
Engineei lng and said some of
the men on the project have en
rolled In courses to prepare
themselves for Jobs as fore
men In the building trades.
Day Care is a necessity
Efficient electricity
le tilth n e Hnithl
He sees all kinds of d i l l ruc
tion, I*jI Own (tieie Is possible
fact In (lie woi st kind of pro
diction. I liei ofoto It I* «bout
tinis we Atop|>ed crying About
bow things, children e t c , hive
gotten out of hind. Nothing Is
out of hand. We asked for It.
Plenty of suds In the wash ... so
much so until tlw seweis and
rivers at o overrun.(pollution)
Just like the King who wished
he had a sail m ill, wegotwhat
we were after; and just as he
forgot to learn how to shut ttw
darn thing off; we fut got to take
time to figure out situations
lie foie we had our hands full.
Yes, Its true man has always
lived on the brink. Human life
Is a precailous ventuie and
there nevet has been any guar
antees on seeing tomorrow.
Sometimes we |«rt our thumb
In the dt esser di awei and
slam It slut. Just to 1« doing
something says Lewis Mum
ford. And then he says "the
human race Is loaded w ithdra-
matlc intensity." (some di i-
ma, my finger?)
Well yes, out society hasup
to now done pretty w ell. It took
a lot of adjustment fot man to
learn how to come out of the
rain and snow. Sonowwefeel
“ what we see Is w hatweget".
E ve iy commercial on the
A d u lt tuto ring
needs
v o lu n te e rs
There are hundreds o f
adults In tills area who need
help In learning to read and
w rite m.i e effectively, bui
they can't le.un without help.
Adult
Tutoring, part of
Pot Hand Community College,
is inuigeui need of voluntee a
to teach In the I utot lng Cen-
tei s at Falling Hall, 049 S.W.
P oite . < >u centers are often
Monday andFi iday, 1:00-3:00
p.in., I uesd.iy and I liui sday,
9:00 - ll:(l.)a .m . Volunteers
m ly choose the days 01 even
ings m >st convenient fot then
schedules.
Tutoi • w ill lie teaching
ai itliinellc and language skills
f . out In-ginning to high school
level. There will also lie an
01 leniatlm foi volunteers on
December bth and 8th, at 7;30
p.m. at Falling Hall. I his is
to intioduce them to the p io -
giam and also io assist them In
l»nl.ling skills, untlei standing
in itei isls and techniques, anil
lea i nlng moi e about their stu
dent.
F o r fuithe. Infoimatloncall
Poitland Com nunlty College
Adult Tutoring, 224-2135, ami
ask foi Kosalyn Mena she.
* • •
I he megon Wage and Hour
Commission has adopted a
rule requiring two 10 minute
paid rest periods for all full
time adult employees not cov
ered by union contracts.
a plug for
a clean
environment
Oregon s industries and businesses, which
provide payrolls for thousands of workers,
are relying more and more on electricity
to meet their needs
This is because electricity is an efficient
and clean form of energy. Efficiency is
important in order to meet payrolls, make
profits and pay the rent.
For example, when Georgia-Pacific planned
a new 30-level Portland headquarters building,
an advanced concept in electric indoor climate
control was chosen.
This new total environment system,
planned with PGE assistance, is designed to
maintain a constant comfort level by reclaiming
and utilizing heat generated by lights, office
machinery, outdoor solar heat, and even heat
given off by employes.
That's efficiency.
Georgia-Pacific is just one of the many firms
in the Portland General Electric Company
service area turning to non-polluting total
electric environments for their new buildings.
And there are more coming.
To keep ahead of your ever-growing electrical
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which are essential for reliable electric service.
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Providing clean energy tor a better life.
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Edith Ryman, assistant Director of 4 C Point of Information
Referral for Model Cities meets with Dorothy O'Deane, Public
Health Nurse for Multnomah County to discuss Day Care Lic
ense at conference In San Antonio, Texas.
Below A . Lee Henderson Chairman of Board of Directors
Metropolitan Area 4 C discusses Day Care with concerned Day
Care people from coast to coast.