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AMA disgusted
Down in the Valley - - - Valley So Low
tin be ha II ot the A lb in a M tn-
ls te r la l
A llia n c e , we w ould
I Ute to e x p r e s s o u rd is a p p o ln t-
m en t o v e r P re s id e n t N ix o n ’ a
ve to o f the C h ild C a te B i l l .
We (eel the p re s id e n t’ s a r ­
gum ents a g a in st the b ill to be
MU5T WORK TOGETHER FORFULL
ANU EQUAL EMPLOYMENT.
fa c ile and a n tiq u a te d .
re fe ie n c e to e xp e nsive
Portland/Observer Thursday, Dec, 2, 1971
e ra l
The N orthw est’» Best W eekly
A Black Ow ned Publication
LEE HENDERSON, P u b lish e r, E d ito r
V e rn a L . Henderson
A s s t. P u b lis h e r/B u s in e s s m an a g e r
H e le n H e n d rix
P e rs o n n e l and P ro d u c tio n M an a g e r
A n y e rro n e o u s re fle c tio n upon the c h a ra c te r, standing o r rep ­
u ta tio n o f p e rs o n , i i r m o r c o rp o ra tio n , w h ich m ay appear in the
P o rtla n d o b s e rv e r w i l l he c h e e rfu lly c o rre c te d upon being
b ro u g h t to the a tte n tio n o f the E d ito r .
The Editor’s Desk
Nixon denies justice
R e v. John II . J a ckso n , P re s .
R e v. G ordon D ic k e y , V . I ’ re s .
I lls
fed­
is m y o p ic
when co m p a re d to e xpensive
fe d e ra l-In v o lv e m e n t in V ie t­
na m .
H is c o n c e rn o v e r the
d a n g e rs " o f va s t m o ra l auth­
o r it y of the n a tio n a l g o v e rn ­
m en t to the side o f co m m u n a l
approaches t o c h lld - r e a r ln g , "
Is in c o n s is te n t w ith p ro v is io n s
o f the b ill w h ich guarantee
fa m ily and lo c a l c o m m u n ity
c o n tro l.
R e p re se n tin g
fo rty -
two
c h u rc h e s in P o rtla n d ’ s A lb in a
C o m m u n ity , the A llia n c e Judg­
es c h ild c a re needs as c it ic -
ia l and c r it ic a l.
C h ild re n
w ith o u t b re a k fa s t, c h ild re n
w ith o u t d o c to rs and d e n tis ts ,
c h ild re n w ith o u t b re a k fa s t,
c h ild r e n w ith o u t shoes, c h ild ­
re n at home alone
a re a
r e a lity In o u r c o u n try and ir.
o u r C ity o f P o rtla n d .
We c a ll upon C h r is tia n peo­
p le to Influence th e irc o n g r e s -
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in v o lv e m e n t
s io n a l le a d e rs to re -in tro d u c e
the c h lld - c a ie b ill d u rin g the
next session o f C o n g re s s as
p r io r it y business.
Guess who
gets
blamed
W ith
the
w id e s p re a d o u t-
h o w u »««« between
India and P a k is ta n , I t was only
» m a tte r o f tin
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som e-
,one <o t • r ‘ >ui*J to b la m in g the
U n ite d stated f o r it
Sen.
Fr*l
H a r r is
c la im s
A m e ric a n fo re ig n p u lic y d ro v e
India in to the a rm s o f the So­
v ie t U nion and c o n trib u te d to
the " lik e ly * 'd e a t h o f P a k is ta n .
He asses the In d ia -P a k is ta n
was ay a d ip lo m a tic d efeat fo r
the U n ite d State co m p a ra b le to
the f a ll o f C h in a .
I he p ie sent d is p u te c e n te rs
on e ffo r ts o f E a s t P a k is ta n re ­
b e ls to break away fro m the
m a in g o ve rn m e n t fcaat i t has its
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’’Justice delayed is justice denied” is
ro o ts in long standing re ­
especially relevant to the fact the the
lig io u s and o th e r d lffe ie n c e s
President of the United States has not pro­
between In d ia and P a k is ta n .
vided leadership in the area of equal op­
T he ro le s of R u ssia and Red
C h in a in su p p ortin g the a d v e r­
portunities.-
The c re d o of the N ixo n A d m in is tra tio n a p p a re n tly is to f ir e
s a rie s a re a m o re lik e ly de­
For the third time this year the United
any c iv il s e rva n t who f a lls to speak the N ixo n lin e . It is re p o rte d
te rm in in g fa c to r in ca using the
in “ G e n in g It T o g e th e r" , the new p u b lic a tio n o f the M in o r itie s
w a r to e ru p t at th is tim e .
States Civil Rights Commission released
D iv is io n o f the D e m o c ra tic N a tio n a l C o m m itte e .
D e sp ite a ll o f the noise and the c la m o r f o r ca m p a ig n spending
reports criticizing the government for its r e fo r m s , p re s id e n tia l hopeful a re acce p ting ta in te d m oney to
In the f i r s t issue o f the n e w s le tte r Just p u b lish e d, the P re s id e n t
was taken to task fo r not a llo w in g co m m e n ts he c o n s id e rs c r it ic a l
lack of movement in equal opportunities. fin a n ce tb e ir f x ir s u it o f the n a tio n ’ s hig h e st o ffic e .
o f h is a d m in is tra tio n . The a r t ic le s a id , in p a re
A U o f these lo y a l A m e ric a n c itiz e n s have not tu rn e d down th is
The report clearly points out the failure M inted
" I f you openly d is a g re e w ith M r . N ix o n ’ s p o lic ie s and you
m oney. 1 suppose a fte r re c e iv in g it they g iv e a p o litic a l
a re a c iv il se rv a n t, you a re lik e ly to be beheaded lik e m esse n g e rs
b le ssin g and the M in te d m oney becom es p u re .
of the government to act.
o f o ld when they brought bad news to the k in g ."
who a s p ire s to the p re s id e n c y o r any o th e r " B i g P u b lic
Father Theodore Hesburgh.chairmanof O f He
" R o b e r t Lee G ra n t, who su pported the N ix o n e le c tio n in 1968
f ic e " m u st pass the hat b e fo re he can to ss i t Into the r in g .
W r itin g In the N o v e m b e r Is­
and was g ive n a high p o s itio n in the D e p a rtm e n t o f Huuslng and
The m oney is r a is o l la r g e ly fro m sp e cia l in te re s ts th a t expect
the com m ittee,said, ’’the rights these peo­
sue o f South T o d a y , Je n kln a
U rb a n D e velopm ent, d is c o v e re d th is a fte r c r it ic iz in g some of
to m ake a re tu rn on t h e ir in v e s tm e n t.
ple are being denied are rights to which
quotes fro m an o ff-th e - re c o rd
N ix o n ’ s a n ti-N e g ro p o lic ie s . In a o n e -p a ra g ra p h le tte r . G ra n t
I t is p u b lic knowledge th a t the te x tile tycoons ra is e d w e ll o v e r
c o n v e rs a tio n between two un­
they are entitled now,and the fact that these $300,000 f o r R ic h a rd N ixo n in 1968, f o r e x a m p le , in r e tu r n f o r was fir e d la s t m o n th ."
id e n tifie d
A la b a m a p o lit i­
" S im ila r l y , o th e rs who ‘ te ll it lik e it is ’ fu x l th e m s e lv e s de­
a
pledge
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denials continue cannot be justified on pledge (in v e s tm e n t) was w o r th m illio n s in h ig h e i c lo th in g p ric e s m oted o r fro z e n at a le v e l and unable to a d v a n c e ."
c ia n s . " . . . t h e tilin g th a t m akes
G eorge W a lla ce run f o r o ffic e
grounds that the government is gradually to the te x tile in d u s try .
G ra n t is bla ck, but the re a c tio n that led to h is being fir e d is
is the same thing that m akes
not lim ite d to m e m b e rs o f h is ra c e , said D N C ’ s M in o r itie s
com panies o ffe re d th e ir m o d e s td o n a tio n to both p re s ­
gearing up to eliminate them. Actual per­ id e T n he tia o l il candidates
a d ru n k d r in k w h is k e y ," said
D iv is io n D ir e c to r A n d re w C . M use , F o r speaking out, fo rm e r
in 1968 in r e tu rn f o r th e ir su p p o rt o f o il de­
one o f the p o lltic a n s . "W h e n
formance in the resolution of problems, p le tio n a llow ance and o il im p o rtq u o M s . U nim p ea ch a b le so u rce s
S e c r e u r y o f In te r io r W a lte r H lc k le was s u m m a rily fir e d . And
people ask me is he gonna
l i s t o f b la cks le ft t h e ir Jobs because o f thought c e n s o r-
not progress in the development of mech­ say N ix o n gave h is pledge but H u b e rt H u m p h re y refused . s h long
ru n , 1 ask th e m , is th e re gon­
ip o r o th e r Im p ro p e r r e s tr ic tio n s . T hese include top N ixo n
The o il b a ro n s, ra is e d m illio n s f o r N lx o n ’ s c a m p a ig n . In re ­
anisms alone, is the realistic yardstick by tu rn , he has fought and w ill co n tin ue to fig h t the p e rp e tu a te o il appointee Ja m e s F a r m e r , fo r m e r a s s is ta n t s e c re ta ry o f the na be an e le c tio n ? "
J e n k in s pointed out that
which the governments civil rights effort b e n e ifts , w h ich c o s t the m o to r is t s e v e ra l cents e x tra f o r e v e ry D e p a rtm e n t of H e a lth , E d u ca tio n and W e lfa re .
J o u rn a lis ts have been sp e cu la ­
g a llo n o f g a so lin e we buy.
should be m easured.”
tin g fo r m onths about W al­
T he D e m o c ra tic a s p ira n ts a re h u s tlin g c o n trib u tio n s fo r the
la c e ’ s In te n tio n s , often con­
Black people know full well that the pres­ 1972 p re s id e n tia l p r im a r ie s . In F lo r id a , fo r e xa m p le , Boeing
tr a d ic tin g
th e m s e lv e s and
C o m pa n y o ffic ia ls staged a bash f o r Sen. H e n ry Ja ckso n , D -
T h e re is in fa c t a c r y in g need fo r ra d ic a l r e fo r m o f o u r v o t­
ident is not giving leadership in the effort W a s h , who led the fig h t in the Senate to save B o e in g ’ s su p e r­ ing la w s . D e sp ite its high le v e l o f lite r a c y , the U nited States has
each o th e r, " h u t to the hom e-
COM PANY
f o lk s , " says J e n k in s , " th e r e
to eliminate racism . And if the president so n ic tra n s p o rt p la n e . T h e re a re se v e ra l un io n s also p re p a rin g one o f the w o r s t v o te r p a rtic ip a tio n re c o rd s among w e s te rn
has
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D e m o c ra ts , f u lly a n tic ip a tin g r e c ip r o ­
d e m o c ra c ie s . In the 1968 p re s id e n tia l e le c tio n n e a rly one out of
fails to provide leadership, why should the c to a l in s v u e p s p t o in rt f th o r e ir p ro fa v - la o rite
q u e s tio n . He wUI run f o r two
b o r p ro g ra m s .
e v e ry th re e e lig ib le v o te rs d id not v o te . The 47 m illio n A m e r ­
Carr’
reasons: (1) He is d riv e n by
agencies of government that he commands
L o s A n g e le s ' m a y o r Sam Y o r ty , is squeezing C a lifo r n ia long
ica n s who d id n o t vote exceeded by 16 m illio n the n u m b e r who
a co m p u ls io n to ca m p a ig n that
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be expected to move with urgency.
o rd in a r y p o litic ia n s can bare­
" C it iz e n s f o r Y o r t y " tr e a s u ry , a s e c re t ca m p a ig n c h e s t, w h ich
M any who d id not p a rtic ip a te in 1968 would have lik e d to but
If the president were to decide to make w ill co n tin u e to be fattened by te s tim o n ia l d in n e rs , c o c k ta il p a r­ w e re d e te rre d by outm oded re s id e n c y re q u ire m e n ts o r o th e r ob­ ly even c o m p re h e n d ... (2) He
is convinced h im s e lf th a t a
o th e r e u p h e m ism s f o r the big C o lle c tio n D a y.
s ta c le s . W h ile b la ta n tly d is c r im in a to r y law s - lik e lite r a c y
changes, the Department of Agriculture tie Y s o rty and * s tre
s e rie s o f s im m e rin g p o litic a l
a s u ry is n e ve r closed f o r c o n trib u tio n s . I t does not
te s ts - have been s tru c k down, o th e r re q u ire m e n ts w h ich w e re
would no longer give assistance to southern
e v e n u w ill suddenly co alesce
m ake any d iffe re n c e w h e th er he is ru n n in g o r n o t the k itte n is
d e lib e ra te ly im posed to r e s t r ic t v o tin g by the po o r and m in o r i­
in 1972 in to an apocalypse
s t i l l being fe d . M o s t D e m o c ra ts do not take Y o r ty ’ s p re se n t
tie s s t ill re m a in .
black farm ers on a "separate and unequal
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w h ich would e le c t h im p re s i­
ca m p a ig n fo r P re s id e n t s e rio u s ly but he does b e a r w a tc h in g . The
I t is no co in c id e n c e that states w ith low p e r ca p ita Incom es
b asis” . And the Internal Revenue Service
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The
com
ponents
of
p u b lic m u st w atch Y o r ty and o th e rs because th is too, p ro v id e s
and above average illit e r a c y ra te s a re the same sta te s w ith the
W a lla c e ’ s v is io n , a c c o rd in g to
a neat and handy excuse to w rin g m o re m oney out o f h is a d m ir ­
would no longer give tax exempt status to
m o s t s trin g e n t v o te r re g is tr a tio n la w s .
J e n k in s , a re a d is a s te r In
e rs .
The N e g ro has a la rg e stake in the passage of u n iv e rs a l re g ­
white-only private schools.
V ie tn a m , m a s s iv e re je c tio n of
A n o th e r D e m o c ra tic co n te n d e r, A la b a m a 's G eorge W a lla c e
is tr a tio n . O n ly 56 p e r ce n t o f e lig ib le b la cks voted In 1968
fu s in g as a d e se g re g a tio n to o l,
Racism is deeply rooted in our institu­
Is he a D e m o c ra te , an Independent o r W hat? A t any ra te W a l­
com pared to 69 p e r ce n t of w h ite s . T h e re is s c le a r need to
a fa ilu re of N ix o n ’ s C h in a p o l­
la ce is h olding a p p re c ia tio n d in n e rs a c ro s s the c o u n try . H is
rem ove the h u rd le s w h ich im pede the re g is tr a tio n o f b la c k s : the
tions and until it is eliminated in govern­
FOR
ic y ,
and
a sim u lta n e o u s
fa ith fu l d is c ip le s a re being soaked f o r $25 a p la te . H is s lic k
long d is M n c e s to so u the rn re g is tr a tio n o ffic e s , the h o s tility
w o rs e n in g o f un e m p lo ym e nt
ment, there is little hope for improvement
n e w s le tte r is sold to s u b s c rib e rs f o r $ 10 w h ich g iv e s h im an
and u n c o o p e ra tiv e a ttitu d e s o f r e g is tr a tio n c le r k s , the lim ite d
and In fla tio n .
B R A N D S y o u know
a d d itio n a l th ru s t.
re g is tra tio n h o u rs .
in the private sector.
In a ll o f th is no acco u ntin g is g ive n o f how the m oney is spent.
The re m o v a l o f these o b s ta c le s w ill f a c lliu t e the e le c tio n of
The nation is in the middle of technolo­
W e th in k it is w o rth m e n tio n in g , h o w e ve r, th a t In te rn a l Revenue
m o re b la ck p o litic a l o ffic ia ls . I t w ill a lso a llo w b la cks to p la y
V A R IE T IE S y o u liki
A lo t o f " le g a lly r ig h t”
agents have tra ce d p a st p o litic a l p a yo ffs to the law o ffic e o f W a l­
• la r g e r p a rt In the c o a litio n of lib e r a ls , la b o r and m in o r itie s
gical revolution. Old social values are be­
la c e ’ s b ro th e r, G e ra ld . W a lla ce sh a re s th is o ffic e w ith h ls b ro -
d r iv e r s ar e k ille d on o u r high­
w h ich has te e n the d r iv in g fo rc e behind p ro g re s s iv e s o c ia l
S IZE S v o u w a n t
ing challenged and new life styles and
th e r . In te re s tin g w o u ld n ’ t you say?
w ays each y e a r. T he P O R T ­
change in A m e ric a . T he ta s k w hich was in itia te d by the passage
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s e lf fr o m the o th er g u y’ s m is ­
persist in primitive notions. White supre­
sal v o te r r e g is tr a tio n w ill go a long way to w a rd s c o m p le tin g th a t
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ta ke s. Don’ t be "d e a d r ig h t.”
macy is sacred. Lip service is given to
raaeeaeeae.
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lis h e r ’ s C o lu m n (T h e O b s e rv a tio n P o st) and the E d ito r ’ s D e s k .
Some claim progress, but in the words
A n y o th e r m a te ria l th ro u g h o u t the paper i t the op in io n o f the in­
A n o ffic e boy e x p la in e d th a t
d iv id u a l w r it e r o r s u b m itte r and does not n e c e s s a rily r e fle c t
of Father H esburg,” No one can get greatly
he took the Job so he could
the o p in io n of the O b s e rv e r,
le a rn the th re e m o d e m la n g ­
excited about progress that is made after
uages: P o lite , p ro fa n e and
his death..”
p a te r.
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c it y o u tsid e the South to be
th re a te n e d w ith lo s s o f fed­
e r a l school funds because of
ra c ia l d is c r im in a tio n .
A r t h u r F le tc h e r , fo rm e r
A s s is ta n t S e c re ta ry of L a b o r,
w ill becom e e x e c u tiv e d ir e c t ­
o r o f the U nited N e g ro C o lle g e
Fund on J a n u a ry 1.
J a c k ie R obinson
has been
chosen " M a n o f the 25 Y e a rs ”
by S p o rt M agazine fo r h is ro le
as the " m o s t s ig n ific a n t p e r­
fo r m e r ” . H is co m m e n ts in­
clu d e d , " B la c k p la y e rs have
saved b a se b a ll, kept ba s e t« 11
on top h i t I th in k fo o tb a ll and
b a ske tb a ll have moved
yond baseball In ra c e re la ­
t io n . "
The P eoples P a r ty , a new­
ly fo rm e d fo u rth p a rty , named
D r . B e n ja m in Spock Its can­
d id a te f o r U , S. P re s id e n t.
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ru n n in g m ate w ill be
J u liu s Hobson, a b la c k lead­
e r fro m W ashington D .C .
The Senate c o n firm e d the i p -
po ln tm e n t o f D r . E a r l B utz as
S e c re ta ry of A g r ic u ltu re by a
m a rg in o f 7 v o te s . B u tz was
opposed by S e n a to rs who ob­
jected to h is p o s itio n a g a in st
s m a ll fa rm e r s and w e lfa re and
by o rg a n iz a tio n s
In c lu d in g
SCLC and the W e lfa re R ig h ts
O rg a n iz a tio n . T he s lim m a r ­
gin is c o n s id e re d a d efeat f o r
the N ixo n A d m in is tra tio n and
an e xam ple o f N ix o n ’ s p o o r
se le ctio n of n o m lnees.8
The PORTLAND TRAPFIC
SAFETY COMMISSION ssys
" M a k e th is C h ris tm a s a sea­
son of good w ill.
P ro m is e
N ot T o K lii Anybody T h is
H o lld s y . If Yuu D r in k , D o n ’ t
D r iv e . ”
UNITED AIR LINES
NEEDS
DOMESTIC
STEWARD/ STEWARDESS
We are now taking applications to
meet the needs created by our
growing fleet of aircraft.
If you are friendly with an outgoing
personality and enjoy working with
people, we would like to talk to you.
Additional qualifications are:
Minimum age 20
2 years college or public contact
experience
lit. 5’2” to 5”’ with proportionate
weight
Must be neat and well groomed with a
pleasant appearance
To find out more about this exciting
job apply in person at - -
PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
MEZZANINE FLOOR
December interview» every Thursday
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
(no appointment necessary)
An Equal Opportunity Employer
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