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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
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"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 * .
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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convent*ons that w rite the pa rty p l. t -
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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
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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
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fans D epartm ent gra nts because it has faded to com ply w ith
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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
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/ 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
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by exam ple, by P re sid e n tia l rh e to ric and hv
stant surve illan ce.
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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-
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an incentive. Oregon s colleges are already in Jeep financial
they cannot afford to ris k the loss of federal d o lla rs
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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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