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V Portland Observer Thursday, December 30, 1971 Black Employment promise by David M. Nero, J r , Pre»- Uent NERO Industries, and NERO and Associates THE PROMISE The promises of the great-, est gains to be made by m inor ities in America exists in 3 Equal Opportunity (C ivil. Rights Act of 1964, T itle V II).| The practice exists massive discrim ination, un employment, underemploy ment, low pay rates and no aJvancement, according to a report by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc. By the third quarter of 1970, unemployment fo r Black men rose to 7.956, « jobless rate more than 50$ higher than fo r whites. F or young Black men 16 to 19, unemployment jumped to 34.9$ - 1 out of 3 found no w ork. This rate is fo r all Black male workers 16 to 19 years of age. F or disadvantaged youth in poor ghetto neighborhoods, em ployment opportunity is al most nonexistent according to the report. UNDEREMPLOYED Blacks with Jobs when com pared with whites, generally have jobs with lower skills and lowerpay(ironicaUy, they are often required to deliver a higher s k ill while remaining on the pay scale fo r a lower one). They have a dispro portionate number of d irty jobs, blind alley jobs, and seasonal, insecure work, the report states and is backed by our personal experience. More than five years after the employment guarantees of the C iv il Rights Act became effective", personnel offices and union hiring halls in all parts of the United States David M. Nero, J r , President of Nero Industries, Inc. and Nero a r t Associates, In c , a Model Cities tuslnessman and recognized authority on manpower development are s till discrim inating; Black workers with long years of services find the doors of advancement tig h t- s h u t against them. THE RESULT The median Black fam ily, nationwide, gets $0A3< for every d o lla r of income received by the median white fam ily. In the current infla tion - recession. Black fam ily income in the South is little more than half the white aver age. WHERE IS THE PLAN? There obviously is a broad ani deep gap between thepro- m ise of Equal Opportunity a rt the practice. Equally obvious is the need fo r serious dialogue among leaders In both the public and private sectors regarding employment for the disadvantaged. We would be quite interested in knowing where the newly formed Hu man Resources Commission stands in regard to formula ting a plan to actualizing the goals of Equal Opportunity. Professor notes population gain Recent studies which seem to imply that the United States is approaching a zero popu lation giowth rate are highly- misleading, according to P ro - fessor P hilip M . Hauser of the U niversity of Chicago. " I t would be a grave m is take to assume that the pop ulation growth problems of the United States are now re solved. Such complacency could be followed by drastic and irremediable consequen ces," declared Hauser, testi fying recently before the Sen ate Committee on Labor and Welfare, which has been hold ing hearings on SJ Resolution 108 - the "Population Stabi lization Resolution." Hauser said he believed that the current slump in fe rtility rates is probably due more to the economic recession and unemployment than to any widespread desire not to have children. "T he reproductive life of the female is some 30 years, from 15 to 45 years of age,” Hauser said, " o v e r this 30-year period .. babies may be postponed during hard times and produced later in better tim es.” in fact, ne added, we may be on the verge of the "second baby-boom" as the children produced in the fir s t baby-boom of the 1940’ s and *50s reach child bearing age. Speculation that the popula tion of the U.S. may rise to only 260 m illio n by the year 2.000 are unrealistic, ne asserted, " in my judgement, it is possible that the popu lation of the United States, despite the present slump in the birth rate, may well reach a number between 280 and 300 m i'lio n by the year 2,000. Projections below that number are based on extreme assumo- tion that the natality declines between 1957 and 1968 and fo r part of 197i represent secu la r (long runj rather than cyclical declines. This may conceivably turn out to be the case but it is premature to reach such a conclusion; and on the basis of past experience the odds are against it . " The monthly " V ita l Statis tics R eport" of November 29 shows! the rate of natural in crease in this country as 8.L persons per 1,000; over a 12-month period ending with September. Hauser concluded his testi mony: "T o assume that there is no longer need to work to control our population growth is to incur the risk of disaster. To continue on the assumption that much yet remains to be done to bring our excessive populat.oa growth under control is cer tainly the cou-se of wisdom ." 1971 was a good year The Portland observer takes this and wish you a Happy New Year. method to thank you by Dorothy Spencer The fa ll of seventy We started on our way It was so very much work Just too much work for a twenty-four hour day But our course was set We’ re here to stay, you bet It was a very hard year On Onion Avenue- We were so cramped, you see So we packed our gear and we moved to get out of m iseiy to a larger place Where we could have more space It was a very good year. Our advertisers are great You really came through We’ re so appreciative And we want to say, thanks to you You made it come true You’ ve kept us here It was a very good year. We had a tab so small We outgrew it last fall Then Metro was a must It was the only way out foi us We expanded you see And we had no fear It was a very good year, I hen more blessings came We purchased our press And we were overjoyed Just full to the brim with happiness We are on our way A hearty - f hanks - to you It was a very good year Very good Very good It was a very good year. Free counseling agency The second volunteer coun seling organization has been established by the private sec to r to assist m inority busi nessmen in securing Federal contracts. The program w ill he administered to m inority tusinessmen in Pittsburgh, Pa. by Urban Talent Develop ment Inc., a non-profit com pany. Under an arrangement with the General Services Ad m inistration, Urban Talent Development has been desig nated a Federal Procurement Counseling Center. GSA w ill provide technical assistance, m aterial, and a flow of current information to the firm which w ill then provide the service to tusinessmen at no cost. The fir s t program of this kind was established in Seattle, Washington, recently. Four s im ila r programs are planned fo r development in Texas. Bunche issue Publ,she«l NEW YORK - The January issue of "T he C r is is " maga zine, the NAACP organ, is dedicated to the memory of Ralph J, Bunche, the late Uni ted Nations Under-secretary, who was a long time member of the NAACP Board of D irec tors. The contents of the maga zine include a moving eulogy by NAACP Executive D irec tor Roy Wilkins; an analytic international c iv il servant by P rof. John A. Davis of the College of the C ity of New York; a warm appi a Isa I of Bunche the teacher by retired Professor Sterling A. Brown of Howard University; and b rie f tributes by more than a score of eminent American and foreign leaders who had worked with D r. Bunche in various endeavors. Also included in this spec ial issue of "T he C ris is " are three notable addresses by D r. Bunche; a four-page pictorial "Odyssey of a Statesman"; and an editoi lal on D r. Runciie. The magazine is due out this week. PCC assist area High Schools The Portland Community gram provides two incentives: College D is tric t encompasses •’ firs t to the high school In 35 high schools located in five structor to prepare his stu different counties. PCC, in dents fo r advanced placement, Ciopei atlon with d is tric t su aid secondly to the student perintendents and high school h im se lf." Fots says the only officials, has developed p r o unexpected result of the pro giam s to answer specific ed gram Is that high school In ucational needs of the students structors are undeiestimating enrolled In these high schools. the quality of their instruction This fall a new program of aril are reluctant toplace stu advanced placement for high dents as high as they should be school achievement was stai t- placed. Advanced placement ed In PCC’ sDraftingTechnol programs w ill be started soon ogy program. A lte r more than ui machine shop, electronics, a year of working with super and construction technology. intendents and industrial arts Included in the mote than teachers in the community ¿0,000 students attending college d is tric t, a plan was es Portland Community College tablished to give competent this fall term are 310 students and experienced high school who ate involved in PCC’ high graduates advanced standing school articulation program. in the PCC drafting program. This program provides learn A fte r review of the drafting ing experiences for adults who program course outlines, syl ate returning to earn a high labi, a rt tests, the high school school diploma and high school instructor is responsible for age students who ate sim ul evaluating his student’ s pro taneously enrolled at PCC and gress a rt then helping to place at one of the high schools In the him in the most appropriate d is tric t. s k ill level of the PCC pro In 19o9 the Otegon Board of gram. If the student success Education granted tocommun- fu lly completes the course Into lty colleges the authority to which he has been placed, he issue adult high school diplo receives cre d it fo r all prere mas to persons21 years of age quisite courses. atxi older, i f a student is un Glen F ors, Department der 21 years of age, he must Chairman for Engineering a rt receive permission Irom his Drafting, says the new pro d is tric t high school to enroll Figurine Shaping Studio at PCC for an Adult High School Diploma. At the com pletion of 19 cred It units a high school diploma la awarded. Students who attend PCC un der "simultaneous enroll ment” speixl one-half day at their high school and one-half day at PCC. The program is specially designed fo r stu dents needing coui ses that their high sc hoots do not offer. Students receive both high school ami college credit foi satisfactorily completed work at PCC. As an example, each college term approximately 10 students from Ilg a id High School are also enrolled at PCC, taking courses which w ill piepai e them for careers in machine technology, weld- uig, drafting, airfram e ami powerplant, and automotive technology at the same time they complete the require ments fo r their Tigard High School diploma. Figurine Shaping Studio is opening It’ s reducing N liealth tuliding program to men. Now Men, you loo cun enjoy (Ilia simple, easy way to lose those unwanted pounds and incite si Stalling January 11, men's houi » at the studio will 1» 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday and Friday evenings. Your program w ill 1« designed especially to suit you I needs. needs. Expert counsellors w ill suggest suitable diets and a program of active and passive exercises especially suited to your needs. 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