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REV. JESSE JACKSON
Push replaces Breadbasket
by Rev. Jesse L . Jackson
Like V icto r Hugo’ selofjuent i
peom, "operation Lush" is an i
Idea "whose time has a r
riv e d ," ] he word ’ push’ re
presents an act of moving
forward for ne. It also de
notes tl« purpose of t l« new
organization, namely to be i
"People United to Save Hu
m a n ity".
Our new organization w ill
extend teyund tla bound a i tea
of Chicago and even the na
tion.
You w ill notice that
we’ ve put no racial designa
tion on oui organizational t i
tle, loi while we are black,
we know that humanity not only
comes in all colors but in al!
Ulysses S. C a rr is an o r
dained m inister who helps
people “ weekdays as well
as on Sundays’ * through a
separate hut related career
as an equal employment op
portunity specialist in
the
Northwest regional office ot
tlie U.S. Labor Department’ s
Manpower A dm inistration.
In his federal job, C a rr is
responsible foi determining
that manpower training pro
jects in Alaska, Idaho, Ore
gon and Washington meet
Fedeial requirements of tne
C iv il Rights Act of 1964.
His
vigilance
provides
assurance that m inorities get
their fu ll entitlement under
Federally-funded programs
in tlie four-state region.
I lepaitrnent aie often made
up of project sponsors anti re
presentatives to whom ne
emphasizes requirements of
He C ivil Rights Act.
' n a tive of i »klahoma, born
and raised on a farm , the soft
spoken 57 year old black man
had a long career in "helping
people" p rior to joining the
Labor Department at Seattle
in 1969.
He points out that lie has
common heritage with those
whose interests he serves.
While lie came to know
the p| ight of 11« poor in Ins own
0«d, if * m re-empi, .siz
ed through personal
exper
ience and hardship during
the depression of the 1930's
Un Sundays, many of those
who l«ear helm in church
pulpits are the same poor
people who benefit through
the manpower training pro
grams which clear his desk
in planning stages.
During the week, however,
his audiences in the Labor
National Urban Coalition
New executive appointments
and promotions within The
National L rban Coalition were
announced today by Chairman
Sol M. Linowltz.
A llie d S. M ills , Chairman
and Chief Executive O fficer
of The New York Bank for
Savings in New York C ity,
has accepted the post of
T reasurer.
C liffo rd Alexander, an at
torney with the Washington
law firm of Arnold and P orter
and form er chairman of the
L\S. Equal Employment Op
portunities Commission, w ill
assume the duties of Secre
tary.
Both are members of tne
C oalition’ s Steer ing Com m lt-
Cbinrf) of pour
bo iff B rn n n m
he secure! employment
as a psychiatric aide in San
Francisco’ s Langley C lin ic.
In the interim , 1« also was
ordained an Elder in the A fr i
can Methodist Church in 1947
and enteral tie Pacific School
of Religion Seminary in 1948
to start w orkfoi a BJJ. degree
majoring in religious edu
cation.
His firs t close
contact
with "troubled people" came
about in 1950 when he accept
ed a position as a group sui>-
erviso r with tie C alifornia
Youth Authority, assigned to
the Preston School of industry
in charge of a 50-ward dor
m itory occupied by delinquent
and young adult crim inal o l-
fenders in the reform atory.
" I needed all of that psy
chological training as well
as a strong religious found
ation,” fe recalls of his in
itia l role in counseling.
Promotion to senior super
visor fo r another 50-ward
dorm itory followed w h e n
the C alifornia Reception Cen
te r-C lin ic was established in
1954.
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C° ™ r Ot 8th Ave snd Skidmore
Sunday Worship 11:00 AJVf.
Christian Youth Fellowship 6:00 PJ\
(2nd and Fourth Sundays}
Thomas Strayhand. Minister
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HI SH loi a comprehensive plan foi tlie development
of black and poor iwople;
Pl si I for the revival of the labor movement to protect
the oiganlzed w o ik c is and to organize the unorganized woi kera;
3. PUSH lot human alternatives to tlie welfare system;
». PUSH foi a Survival H ill of Rights for all childien up to
tlie age of 18, guaranteeing ih e lr food, clothing, shelter,
mrxiical cate and education.
5. I I s|l foi a Survival p ill of Rights for tlie aging, guaran
teeing adequate focxl, clothing, shelter, medical care and
meaningful programs;
6. PISH fo r full political paiticipatlon Including automatic
Votei registration as a i Ight of citizenship.
7. PI SH to elect to local,
state and federal offices per
sons commltsd to humane eco-
Minister does two
,* s» ms .
I lie 12-polnt p la tfo rm is:
I lie small community of
Malouia, Syria, which is iso
lated from the le st of tl«
world except for a small
mountain tr a il, is thought to
be tlie only place on eaith
wheie the language Jesus
S|)oke Is s till used. Aramaic
is a collection of Semitic
languages and dialects spoken
in tlie time of Jesus. Syrian
authorities and linguistic ex
perts at tlie American Uni
versity in Beirut say Aramaic
was the language Jesus spoke
and it survived t« re because
the liny mountain town was
inaccessible
until mixlem
tim es.
situated 38 m iles from
Damascus, Malouia was built
into a cleft In the mountain,
hidden from view on all sides
and with only one t ia il lead
ing to it.
Along with me
ancient language, the villagers
have also letawed their bib
lical life style.
Mud - brick
and stone
houses, many painted pale
blue, are piled one on top
of tlie other along the sheer
face of a c liff. Ladders or
nai row mud alleys connect
the Ixiildings, some of which
aie gi ottos hollowed into tlie
stone hillside. Many grottos
are engraved with Greek w ri
tings from tlie firs t century.
Women scrub their wash
ing at the community pump.
I he childien herd goats and
the men tend the inhospitable
land.
The Convent of St. Iakla,
said to be the oldest in tne
w orld, sits at one side. Nuns
believe die water that oozes
from the rocky ceiling above
st. la k la ’ s tomb has holy
qualities.
Portland/Observer Thursday, Ian. 6, 19T2
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I ne oveiall thrust of the new group Is to "challenge the
e s s iv e , e. o n o m ic, po H lic .il, and M C ltl forOM m l I .
obtain oui goals through research, education, development
aixl execution of direct actual pi ogi ams that pi ovule for
an
economic, political ami cultural democracy."
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Language
of Jesus
survives
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northtp and depart to »true
fo r an enlarged role for black
workers in this nation.
We w ill oppose all impei lal-
maim those whose coloi and
Linowltz also announced two
istic wars genet ated by this
ideology constitute a threat.
new Vice Presidents: H ervert
or other nations, but we w ill
CXir work and out program
M. Franklin, w fo had teen
suppvit w ais ol liberation,
are cut out fo r. But fu st
D ire cto r of the Housing and
such as those which Centia]
our birth and that w ill take
Urban Growth Division, and
Africans in Mozambique and
place Christmas morning in
A lfred F .F is b e i, who had been
Angola are waging against the
A dm inistrator of the Health
an old theatet in the center
Portuguese ami anyfutuiewai
Manpower Division.
ot Chicago’ s black ghetto (on
which would occur in South
Other staff changes an
47th street).
It w ill take
A fric a . We w ill 1« applying
nounced were:
place on D r. M artin Luther
for non-government organiza
Robert R. Hobson, from
King D rive and at the close
tion status In die United Na
Acting
D irector of Program
of
the
meeting,
we
are
com
tions. We are also reques
and Policy Development to
mitted to sharing Christmas
ting an audience with officers
Special Assistant toPresident
afternoon with prisoners in
of (lie World Bank.
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M. C arl Holman, with liaison
ja il.
Obviously we are laying
C liffo rd Alexander, attorney from Washington, D £ .
responsibilities
for
economic
A.
Lee Henderson, Minister
I
am
s
till
mindful
of
tne
plans to escalate our work
and fo rm e r chairman of the L . S. Equal Employment
words of a P h illip Randolph development and manpower.
i i. lit lo n s .
People in Red
in the political arena, and
portunities Commisshn, is the new Secretary of the Nation
Charles Jackson, D irector
when we were in M iam i at
China and the Hangla Desh
while the contest is going on
al Urban C t lit ion. (Below) Aifrevd S. M ills chairman and
Ellis Casson, Associate Minister
of Finance, to Assistant Trea
the
labor
convention,
that
tne
area of Pakistan are human
to secure convention dele
chief Executive Officer of the New York Bank of Savings, was
surer.
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essentials for anym ajorcam -
appointed Treasurer.
ity . . . And so are those in
gates, we w ill be actively
Leonard
stern.
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paign
are
Planning,
Strategy,
tlie Appalachian white com
cognizant of the fact that our
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11:00 am
the President for Planning anc
and lim in g .
W ithout them,
W ed Noon - The Hour o f Power
,2;00 noon
munity of Chicago.
votes to both parties, but es
Program E v a lu a t i o n , tv
a movement fa ils.
W ed Proyer & Class Meeting
7:30 pro
the key to meaning to ru s
pecially to the Democratic
Assistant Secretary of me
I want to acknowledge my
and the bridge of brotherhood
P arty, constitute a distinct tax
Nursery Core Provided
Coalition.
to them is found in (he act
which has not beer matched
appreciation toMayoi Richard
of People I nlting to Save Hu
We are mekmg our Neighborhood A Brotherhood
Hatcher,
fo im e r Cleveland
in term s of repiesentatlon on
Mayor C arl Stokes and Man
manity. o u r central premise
the floor of the convention,
hattan Borough President
tn its committees or among
is that power re s ile s In the
Percy
Sutton;
to Aretha
its chairmanships.
People, not in Presklents or
Franklin, Cannonball Adderly,
This year we are stating that
P roprietors hut People’
ijuincy J ones, and others fo r
taxation without lepresen-
Operation PUSH w ill con
the e fforts engineeied to keep
tatlon is tyranny and we w ill
tinue to teed hungry people
"Dom estic L a w " and "Law
t t * baby alive during its very
not support tyranny in any
arxl to fight foi a program
Office Management", two new
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iffic
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postpartum.
Weknow
form
.
provkling jobs or an income
courses in the legal services
Some columnists in p a rti
fo r all people in this country.
now that we re a winner . . .
program at Portland Com
cular have made much of our
It w ill lie involved m the fight
and we’ ll never be turned
munity College, w ill be offered
statement concerning the birth
for decent, quality education
around.
w
inter term . Thecourses are
of tl« new organization at
and for ie fo rm of Has legal
M e rry
Christmas
must
p rim a rily designed fo r per
Christm as tin « . | he jues-
system, especially as it is
mean more than being mei ry
sons working in the legal field,
tlons have centered unwhethei
evklenced in the courts, tie-
on Christmas . . . It must
fxit they w ill be open to the pu b-
1 considered the new organiza
cause vast numbers of our
lic .
indicate that C hristm as has
tion, the church amt myself,
people are s till being econom
meaning and that in a mangled
"Dom estic Law” w ill te
: • W it I tie is
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ically disenfranchise,! by loss
world, no Christmas can come
taught by Richard H. Muller,
ever, is whether out new o r
of their land In the South.
without marching orders tn the
attorney with the firm of T a n -
ganization can become the new
We w ill 1» working to de
fight on injustice, neglect and
blyn,
Bouneff, McLennan,
salvation for black people ami
sign a land teform program
bigotry. If our organization
Muller^M arshall and Hawkes.
all people whose lives aie
ami also working to fight the
is to be tl« new salvation fo r
The class w ill begin Tuesdav,
burdened by the shackles of
land grabs in this nation. This
black and poor people of the
January
11, 7 to 10p .m , room
deprivation.
includes tlie land grabs ami
world, then it must begin on
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rip offs undertaken by the De
1 am an ordinary man. I do
sound premises.
Center.
ancouver
First Baptist Church
not consider myself a god,
partments of (rb a n Renewal
Thus our firs t task w ill be
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Office
Management*’
m the citie s. W ill be con
ami as such, I w ill make m is
ancouver
Ave.
one of gathering massive In
w ill be taught by Ruben G.
cerned with ch lld ie n ’ s B ill of
takes. When the cameras and
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formation on the basis of re
Baylor, o ffice Manager for
mikes are thrust in my d ire c
Klghts. We w ill lie working
Sunday School
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search. educate those who
D a v ie s , B ig g s , S tr a y e r, Steel
tion, they are directed, in a
choose to join us. A fte r we
Morning W orship
, b0Q A *
larger sense to the constitu
have educated our people, we
ency I represent - a reality,
w ill ACT.
Or. 0.B, Williams, Pastor
not a myth o r a fable, mani
fested each Saturday morn-
1 he Church With A H eart-Felt Welcome"
We are not running head
ling.
strong into any project. We
Today, we can report that
intend to provide the kind of
'at least partly as (1« result
analysis of situations which
of oui agitation, the schools
w ill perm it us to fu lly under
which were scheduled toclose
stand the consequences of our
In early
December
have
actions, to assess the a lte r
remained open. Teachei nur
natives and to project results.
Reverend James O’ Brien,
he appeared with a be
ses w ill be on the Job until
We
believe that It is time to
pastor of the F irs t Parish
te r his summer vacat
June. I he welfare c i Isis has
understand that any other
Congregational Church
in year. " | ’ m just finis
gained new dimensions of so
course means only reaction
B r o o k to n , Massachusetts,
eight years so peoplek
cial ami political action amt
and that is a logical prelude
produced apalrofcllppersand
well enough to know t
with the Intervention of ft«
to sickness.
an e lectric razor and shaved not a kooky guy, butwhi
courts, medical aid grants
This Christm as, give your
a five-month growth of lean!
peared with the beard I
have been sustained. State’ s
fam ilw s tl« tenet It of your
in the pulpit of hischurchdur-
sorts of weird respons
piesence and your attention.
ing Sunday morning servica.
said.
Encourage them to join you
I he 37-year-old minister
The lesson to be I
In a commitment to evidence
said his act served a purpose.
from the uicklentwas I
some renewal In your own life
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’ I dal it as an object lesson,
"D o n ’ t judge people by
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by determining to build and
but it was a lot of gout fun,
nals. Allow me to be i
Sunday
Evening
Worship
7:00
p.m
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sustain the community of your
too. I asked them If 1 were
I’ ll allow you to be you,
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any different going bearded
lesson also had fringe b
Keep on PUSHing like your
Youth Meeting-Fri.
7:30 p .m .
11:00 a.m .
into the pulpit than coming out
he said, " |n all the yea
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leaders te ll you to . . . for
cleanshaven." The minister
been here, never have
DAY OR NIGHT
we’ re a winner!
Rev.A Mrs. Joseph I . Brazil-Interim Pastors
said he received a lot of flack
women kissed me on t
from his congregation w!x»k
out of the church."
Unusual Services With An Unusual People Because Of An Unusual Christ
yAethodisf g
M inister shaves in Pulpit
Mrs. Jessie Hensor
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