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Patti* 2 How does it feel when the shoe is on your foot? M/5T lnW C R charges HUD TOGETHER FVI? FULL ANU EQUAL EMPLOYMENT. The Northwest'» Best W eekly A Block Ow ned Publication N. Killing worth Portland, iVegon 97217. Subscription rates: 40 cents per month by carrier, $5, 00 per year:$5.25 per year by mail in Tri-County area;$6.00 per year elsewhere. Phone 283-2486 M a rtin E . Sloane, the com m is s io n 's acting deputy staff d ire c to r, told a Senate Select C om m ittee on Equal Educa tional O pportunity that housing laws have been " t im id ly en forced and som etim es hardly enforced at a l l " . He said the fa ir housing section of the C iv il Rights A ct of 1808 has »»«" reduced" to no m ore than a com plaint bureau - — and not a very effective com plaint bureau at th a t." ALFRED LEE HENDERSON. Publisher Editor Verna L . Henderson A sst. P u b lish e r/B u sin e ss manager Helen Hendrix Personnel a r t P roduction M anager If black people are not to end th is decade as disadvanr««»H ' ° * * * Strong <rass- roots movement FOR B R A N D S y o u know V A R IE T IE S y o u lik< Th» Friendliest Í I Stores In Town | # • Since 1908 vou w a n t A I ,»i Hj.ns'.rf. a .* * h **” ” ' ' * ► ’ *•»»» * N * . Uhsen * - lombe..« 4, G.eele, • lu.,, . *4»e.Mb H.lh HU,a • , , J ••?»»«< af S I O». » • * " * U i r t . f A K. a J S 1 M„, M......... 1 M*” “ * * . . ' 1 ° W.»« H • M iM B IK O f U N H ID CRO liHS SMITH'S "H U D ’ s ope ta t Ion of sub stantive housing program s has leen c a rrie d out in alm ost total iaolatlon fro m its c iv il lig h ts re s p o n s ib ilitie s ." He called upon Congress to pass a M e trop olitan Equal O ppor tu n ity Act which would s tru c ture a system atic attack on inequity m housing ai»i edu cation ui m etropolitan areas. I here is a fu ll arsenal of federal laws already in e xis tence b a rrin g housing t d i i e lim in a tio n , Sloane said, but it Is made ineffective because the re s p o n s ib ilitie s fo r regu lation are scattered among so m anygovem m ent agencies. Political participation is m andatory SHOP IENOWS A top o ffic ia l of tlie Com m ission on C iv il Rights has rattxi tin perform ance of the Departm ent of Housing and Urban Development ( H ID ) as “ barely m a rg in a l" in fighting re skie n tia l d is c rim in a tio n . P o rtla n i/o b s e rv e r Thursday, [W c. 9, 1971 to influence ‘ the Z i * . E [ ¿ K tftí Recite the Constitution... All of itl The Editor’s Desk hts black constituents s ' p a S f c X e n T fo rc e s . te r r ie n ) dependent on these outside 4 ° a bl£ ‘m ayo rs T i Z in stitu tio n s to black vo te rs. ‘° Commission blames N ixon a / . r e a a ‘ °? "« u e n ce the p o litic ., e of the needs and power of M assive re g is tra tio n of black voters is a necessity Reeia- tra tio n is the i m p o r t s f ir s t step. I t is e s s Z a , S a t y ^ X r e g is te ^ J X T “ “ V° “ ' B,aCk’ Observer’s Intercom Civil Rights mor* than The U.S. C om m ission on C iv il Rights rece ntly c ritic iz e d the r t h T , ° l th7 * Jeral Government to e n f o r c e " e x T u ^ c S W P* U<nd D r . Thaddeus H. Spratlen. D ire c to r of the Black Econ o m ist’ s Developm ent P ro je ct • t UC LA, w ill jo in the G rad uate School F aculty at the U - n iv e rs lty of Washington. w t as S™“ nUmi3er8 111 tbe f * « - They have b e e n ^ c tiv ^ ” , P8" » ' co™ "'« e e m e n and com m itteewom en o r t a . convent*ons that w rite the pa rty p l. t - t u w v o lw d now. to make th e ir voices h e a rt ,« the'local levTT Second, effective e n fo rce m in t of c iv il rig h ts laws w ill reo uire In its re p o rt the C om m ission said it had found " in e r tia on the E lection day may be too late f o r black vo te rs unless enough blacks re e is t» r iwr-nn» “ ™ 'z ? z , i ï r - - j Bv then “ len loans and banking c rim in a to ry . .n e w S T te v " T Z UIVo,ved * “ »> been ' r «d«lonaliy d ls - rig h ts i Z ^ T i n Snonr ' T PhaaiZed 0181 e n io rcement o f civ il on its reputation f o r being a bulwark of lib e ra lis m , has beer * Jthdr/ " “ of alJ Heai^ E d u c a tio n and W e l- fans D epartm ent gra nts because it has faded to com ply w ith S Z r e r e regUiati OnS' Cc,Umb“ L n ,v e r=“ t y h . s n o t Pr ^ E ^ iw e o r t Z 'k 7 ‘gUreS t0 ProveCornPllance * it h the r . X cnl r ’? ProhU)‘ts d is c rim in a tio n because of ace, c o lo ., sex, re lig io n o r national origin A l'h o ^g h the u n iv e rs ity states i t is unable to p ro vxle sta tis t i c . on the ra c ia l makeup of its facu lty and s tS f. tlw « b o o U r / L ib e ra tio n group states that only 2.1 p e r cent of the The C iv il R ights C om m ission has no enforcem ent powers ^ a t Z n f ’ o r t e Z m ^ T r 1' ^ ^ e ' “ ' - tiV itZ Z flee ref \ 7 nSlbl1^ fo r * « « h l T c ^ l r i S s ’ X iS q u a te ” ,n>gem ent th e V w u ’ i Z ’ n « ^ 1 h VaS‘ o fg o v e rn m e « ™ r e w d l be H a le . « l o r u n til the W hite House avrees to by exam ple, by P re sid e n tia l rh e to ric and hv stant surve illan ce. C and con_ , still life' s ity p re sid ent became defensive, angry and evasive c le rk s and Janitors. Although HEW is noZyet « t ^ o o r Se- ukeT gon^o l ^ Z look T at fCdera' regU' and anons« “ « sure that f o r when O re gon to take a c close its schools make the tim e comes they can pass inspection. Since - f fo r ts to in elude m in o ritie s are usually not forthcom ing urdes t ^ r e T s ’ i ? * 1 ^ f iT BUdget- * aS ‘tse,f f - n d r t h e ^ o n l y X 2? 2 1 p r ° 8 resslve p o litic a l thought and C olum bia fac u lty anc students have taken c re d it fo r making a n t ^ Z r « n n ™ " ‘ ,P° PT ’ £ - When * S te d i0 ; ^ ^ t t c s o n ^ . Z u n T v e r - s" ” m JtoWcian (V*3k¿S 2 ^¿aT speeck, r }(■ its z qears A 3 <rr*eaT Idle - / foliTioan speeck, -■ even \(. ,r¿ 2, an incentive. Oregon s colleges are already in Jeep financial they cannot afford to ris k the loss of federal d o lla rs ............................................... We W il •K Heed Every Wish... O ur reputation to r in te g rity and competence w ill assure consideration fo r eve ry wish of the fa m ily . C. Don V ann Notice V A N N ’S MORTUARY I n . h . , •» c „ i u „ , „ ¿ i " 5211 N .W illiam s Avenue 2 8 1 -2 8 3 6 the opinion of the O bse rve r. Portland,Oregon ........................ .......................................................... W ASHINGfON BRIEFS ’ re fle c t The A m erican C iv il L ib e rtie s Union announced its oppositln to the appointment of W illia m Rehnquist as U, S. Supreme C o u rt Justice . T h is Is the f ir s t tim e ACLU has taken a position on a Supreme C o u rt appointm ent. They fear that Rehnquist would place the rig h ts of the state over the rig h ts of the individual and could not m aintain a balance between the two. M ilitary racism charged A black A i r F o rce M a jo r and a black Captain in the A rm y M edical C orps testifie d that although the A rm ed Ser vices haveestabllshed housing re fe rra l services fo r m ilita r y personnel, blacks are s t ill subjected to d is c rim in a tio n in housing. The testim ony wag given before the H earings on Racism In the M ilita r y held by the Con gre ssio nal Black Caucus. M a jo r Washington HUI, who flew fro m F ra n k fu rt, Germany to appear at th e hearings, said htxislng d iscr im ination is c ru c ia l in G erm any, He efisrged that the A m erican m ilita r y he ira rch y has la rg e ly ignored d is c rim in a tio n . He recommended thathousirgand station allowances be withheld untU German landlords have signed com pliance con tra cts. H ill's wife testifie d that wives of black servicem en are reluctan t to com plain fo r fear of re p ris a ls against t iie ir hus bands. 1 here is also concern about the lack of black teach e rs In "d e p e n d e n t" schools and t ie A rm y ’ s reluctance to re c ru it black teachers. M ost of the schools do not tesch Black Studies. Capt. Edmond R o b ln s o n ^ lii who is stationed at Lacklarxi A i r F o rce Base in Texas said that because of th e ir p ro pensity to Sickle C e ll An em ia, blacks are excluded fro m p ilo t tra in in g , although an adequate m edical exam ination to determ ine if the disease Is present Is notglven. Black football players from the NAiA schools w ill play m the f ir s t black a ll- a ta r foot ball game as a benefit fo r S ickle C e ll Anem ia research *nd m usic scholarships, in addition it w ill spotlight sm all college players who are often overlooked. Coach fo i the E ast w ill te (,re e Hanks of South C arolina State andCoach fo r the West Is Vanene John son of Arkansas A M 4N . Senator Bob I'ackwoad (R - O re ., has gained assurance from Senator Henry M . Ja ck- son, chairm an of the Senate In te rio r C om m ittee, that hearings on his b ill to esta b lish the French Pete in te r mediate recre atio n area w ill be scheduled " e a r ly next y e a r." 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