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Page 8 Port land/Observer Thursday, Jan. 6, 1972 Reapportionment may cost blacks The possibility that seven black congiessmen may lose their seats through reappor tionment ''gerrym andering,” executed s k illfu lly with tne use of Computers, has been warned by the lie ad of a na tional group of c iv il rights lawyers. R edisricting a re a s to e lin i- Inate oi to blunt the voting strength of blacks and other m inorities is being manuever- ed in such a way that it is d if- ficult to detect and w ill be "alm ost impossible to defeat altei the fact,” according to James Robertson, d ire cto r of the Lawyer's Committee foi C ivil Rights Lnder Law. Robertson issues the warn ings and offers possible steps to avert political disaster for m inority voting blocs in a re vealing article, "Reappor tionment and Minority P oli tical Power,” published in a recent edition ot theL.S.Coni- mission on C iv il Rights D i gest. "T im e is of the essence," Robertson asserts, " f o r the reapportionment situation to day is a genuine c ris is for m inority political participa tio n .'* Seventeen states, he said, reportedly have begun the re- apportionment process, and some have already passed such plans. Redistricting can start at the center of a city and then spread into surroun ding areas, which can result “ i the "p o litic a l fragmenta congressional d is tric ts . tion of any inner-city m inor Congressman John Conyers ity community.*' of Michigan's 1st d is tric t and Only three per cent of all Charles Diggs of the 13thmay United States Congiessmen ffral themselves thrown to are black, despite a black gether in the same d is tric t population of more than 25 with Detroit facing the loss of m illio n , constituting about 13 at least one, and possibly peicent of the total population, two, ot its five current seats. according to 1970 Census fi Congressman Louis Stokes gures. Fewer than 200 (about of Ohio’ s 21st d is tric t mas be two percent) of the more than jeopardized by the lo a so flS jb ,000 elected representatives percent of Cleveland's 19<x) are black, Robertson notes. population and the rap »J A number of black p o liti growth in mostly white adja cians are already apprised of cent suburban areas, which what Robertson calls "th e je t- with the use of a redistrictm g age gerrymander,” and some plan, could split up the inner- have suddenly found them city black wards among sev selves threatened with being eral d istricts with white maj redistrieted out of the poli orities. tical picture altogether. I he public is kept unin- In an analysis of what could forn.«J about such practices, happen with reapportionment the c iv il rights lawyer notes, in seven of the congressional because the "expertise to d is tric ts represented by draw and evaluate these plans blacks in the 92nd Congress, resides m a very small num Robertson notes these possi ber of hands and because so ble results: few people uixierstaixd the Congressman W illiam Clay mechanics of modern appor of M isso u ri's firs t d is tric t tionment or have access to the could be eliminated through means of preparing and pre redistrictm g in St. Louis. senting alternatives.” Congressman Parren M it- Court action to prevent ra chellof M aryland's7thdistrict cial - gerrymandering is re could be ousted by redrawing latively ineffective because congressional d is tric t lines courts generally require proof fo r the Baltimore metropoli of "ille g a l purpose." But tan area. Robertson suggests that the Pennsylvania’ s 2nd d is tric t courts are now leaning more Conressman Robert Nix could toward "throwing the buiden be jeopardized by new lines of proof upon the alleged dis drawn in Philadelphia, which c rim in a to rs.” stands to lose one of its five White racial attitudes changing Bureau of Water works begin project Sickle cell unit organized PCC broadcasts re -e le ctio n PSU Professor invited to London town Lloyd Center - Next to the Liquot PEPI'S One end Only Store Open » 9 0 a m to > 00 p m Daily Sondavi Noon to 4 00 p.m i Music Fundamentals w ill Ke taught by M is . Wilms Sher- Ll»n, Tuesdays, 3:00-5:45; Beginning A rt Studio w ill be taughl by M r. Jack P a iilck on F i Ways, 3:00.5:30 pun. Physical Fitness, Weight Training, and Figure Fitness w ill Iv (aught by membei s of the P,S.IJ# Health and Physical Education department faculty. Dmlei tlv su|vi vision of D r. Lee Hagmlale, department head, classes are scheduled at tlv Matt Dishman Center. Times w ill be announced later. Registration w ill tv at tlv H->.U. Educational Centei . G.EJ). Pre|iaiatlon classes w ill also begin unj«nuary4th, scheduled evenings from 7:d0 to 9;00 pan. as follows: Mon day, Math; Tuesday, social studvs; Wednesday, n ittli; and Thursday, English. 1 ^ fre d M e y e r^ ‘ MY-TE-FINE Real Cream State T a x Ice Cream Vonilla Chocolate Strawberry Half Gallon N e a p o lita n Reg 59' O Full Cut Round Stea > Chunk Style light Meot Reg, Coffee Properly aged for tende flovor Check our celec trim for extra value Bakery Savings Angel Food Cake Pullman style Reg. 59 * l-lb . 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Reg. »J 68 Yorn f hoire / | *T v j « White fluoride or fresh mint Available Cosmetic Section Election J a n u a ry 18 USDA Choice Beef chili H o w e seeks Howe said, "W h ile things ahead appear to look a bit g rim , I nevertheless feel I should continue to represent the business community - p a rtic u la rly in light of Frank Case's resignation from the school board. "C e rta in ly one of the most urgent concerns to be resolved In the immediate future is ade quate financing of the P ort land Public Schools." Classes scheduled at tlv Pol (land State I hilvei sity Ed ucational Center Beginning January 4th include: "F u n damentals uf M ath" (aught by D r. Gavin BJiok and M r. Paul DuBose, Moutlay and Wednes day, 7:00-9:00 p.m,; "M ath l.ssential for S tatistics" taught by M rs. M ild ed Ben nett ami M rs. Ruth Ann Kame, luesdsy ami Thursday, 4:00-* 9:00 p.ni.; "Interm ediate A l- g e b ia " taught by D l . Gavin 1 lie City of Portland Bur of ihe machine. The machine eau ol Water Works w ill tw- is equipped with spring steel g iii work next month on a scrajiers ami w ire blushes $1-5,00) project to clean and which w ill scoui Hie intei lui line nearly six miles of watei uf Hie pipe. |t ,s flexible main at a savings of $500,000 so that It can negotiate bends. ov«i the eoM .I rtpiactag n. C ity Commissioner Lloyd An It moves forward at the i ate derson has announced. ot about 100 feet jiei minute M ile iso n sax! that the pipe Ä X w “' Ä K i ï ' - J— MC with anobservei walking along relming project« II double (be Bjork ami M i. James Msy- residents of Albina Ree in inn r - *®s 8iv«n to low-income the ground checking its pro life of (lie S5-ycar old main nsid, Monday amt Wednesday, f ee free by I he Albina M u lti- S e m « C e n te n * '“ gress by means ol tlie sounds so (Hat if u is structurally 7:00-9:00 p .m , "Introduction made as ft progresses through oun. , it should tv functioning to College M ath" taughl by the main. A short-wave radio ■tisfactui'Uy Into the 21st Id . Gavin Bjork, Monday ami c >ntu i y . car amloperatoi lollow the ob- Wedivsday, 7:00-9:00 p.m. servei ami maintain radio I he watei main, which runs and “ Math fo r Elementary contact with (v i sonnel at me from M t. labor northwest to Teacher«" taught by Dr.Gavin water intake valve io adjust NE 33rd Avenue ami Mason HJ'ok, Momiay ami Wednes the flow as needed. street, was laid in 19 io . day, 7:oo-9too p.m . "Instruction Objectives" or Known as the Vernon supply Also being taught w ill tv “ How to Better Conven In- I lie concrete w ill be mixed main, it has 40-inch diameter "E nglish Composition" by from ation" is the title of a in a portable mixing plant ami pipe which w ill I» cleaned, M r. Tom Dyei ami M i. loin dropped into a buggy which package of 10 cassette tapes wspe. ted (or any breaks ami Larson, Mondays, 6:45-9;.«) prixluced in the studios of operates between the lining then lineal with 3/8 Inch of P.m.; "Cum-epis of I- i c t l u n ' KPCC, Portland Community machine amt the feed point. cement mortal . N IN SICKLE taught by M r. Tom Dyer ami College radio station, by PCC Andeison said that tlie main CELL FIGHT M r. lorn Larson, Werhws- Bids already have tven '■"■ ll; ui'mles .it I,!» , student Joel M ille r fo r the dsys, 6:45-9:30 p.m.; "A m e r ca'I«.! on the job. Comple Centals ami 10-foot sections Oregon Board of Education. A new national non-profit S A I I.S R E P ican F ic tio n " taughl by M r. tion is scheduled foi A p ril The five to ten minute tapes of pipe w ill tv removed to organization has tx:en created Richard Hopkins, Mondays. IS to be ready for the sumiuei are used to help technical F ianklm L a lvra tu i les admit tie electric-piupelled to mobilize th e fight against 4:00-6:00 p.m.; "Human De spi inkling season. instructors at Oregon high c a it, lining machine ami work sickle cell anemia, th e c rip I aatein ami Su. t u egun lei ■. velopment" taughl by M r. men. schools and col leges with cur Cali un establlshed dira to pling in he 11 ted b I ooddisease The cost uf the cement mor Rlchaid Hopkins, Mondays, riculum planning. The pack ' juiH iv biutogicaia, that affects p rim a rily Blacks. tal lining is one-fifth the cost D i. p i ank Wesley and M r. age has been demonstrated I I v lin in g m achine .q ip lie s ■ ntiblotics, phannac e u lic a ls , of replacing tlie Iuie with new The new o r g a n iz a t io n Clayton Reeat 3hui »days, 7:00 nationally as an example of u is e c tic k ie s ami in s tiu m e n ts . Hie m ortar to tlv pi|>e liite r- called the National Associa pipe, Anderson said, pointing to 9;00 pun.; General Sociol Oregon educational innova Bacheloi d e g ie r, m ajui m l" •' \ cent! Hue .1 c,.( A ,t;, tion fo r Sickle Cell Disease, out that preserving the sound ogy taught by Ray R u t, Wed- tions. Two additional 20- anim ai hu slu ndiy p ie !, How- thickness controlled by me w ill concent: ate its efforts on ness of the existing system nasdays, 6:45-9:30 p.m. mmute tapes to be used with ever a(»|iio|>i iato selluig •<- building a national program of rete of travel and trip le mech was an important means of H istory of Western C iv ili slide presentations w ill be anical dowels that rotate 3o0 education, detection o f ca n i- iv i (enea ami ajijiaieril («oteii- savin;: tax dollars over a per zation taught by D r. Charles produced at KPCC in the near tia l w lll t v c o n s ld e ie d .K n u w - degrees to smooth tlv mortal iod of many years. e ts , services, genetic coun LeGuln lUesduys, 6:45-9:30 future. lodge uf animai health pto - seling, and research on th e to the in sale circumference P.m.; Economics lo r Elemen He explained that tlv pro ot tlv pipe. ducis .ne necessary. Sa le s disease and its multiple e f tary Teachers taught by D r. cess involves use of a hydrau ( n j inuary 29, M i «.Get el- fects on Blacks. » M V i lence w lll enhance youi Hugh Lovell, Mondays, 6:45- dine Hammond, better known lic cleaning machine which F irs t section of tlv pro 9:30 p.m.; Elements of Logic as " M is s G e n ” , the beluvmi w ill travel through the pipe b e n efit» , c s i, smi tiavel ject to be stai tert w ill Iv in The o r g a n i z a t i o n * iS taught by M r« . A n d re a Otness T.V. personality, w i l I s h o w when water pressure is iv n s e » . E o i Ini appt. Cali the H e i uf N E ■ eniunt sn eet launched form ally by official Thursdays, 7:00-9:00 p Jn . co lte ci applied to the upstream lace how to make and entertain with ami 57th Avenue. representatives of 18 lo c a l Fundamental« of Speech w ill simple ;v(,(vts ,t tlv \ l ..it r , - l'u i ti.im i(S iD ) 289-2443 sickle cell anemia organiza tw taught by M r».GwenD«iw mah Cotnty Library, ■:. urie tions who met in R a c in e lelson ami M i s. Cynthia Ham- Killingswoi th. (206) 492-9587 h ill, Iuewlays,6:45-V;00|).m E qual D p ivi tumty Employei Wise., Dec. Hand 12, following a prelim inary planning meet | P r t f « Good Wednesday in g several weeks e a rlie r , n thru Sol., Jon 8th Washington, D.C. The Asso ciation is, in effect, a fedeia- tion of local Black grassroots organizations from across the country. A large m a jo rity of white ses in 1963 - southerners, white Southerners accept it Americans approves of inte those whose education stopped today, compared with 1942. grated schools, hotels and at grammar school, ru ra l res Two other questions showed restaurants and "bringing a idents and unskilled workers. significant changes in attitude: black friend home to din They s till are not as pro- In 1963, about 48 percent ner,” according to a nation integration as college gradu of the white Americans polled wide survey of racial at ates, Northerners and persons said they wouldn't object if a titudes. holding professional jobs, member of their fam ily Nearly half say they accept "b u t the difference is nar brought a Negro home to din racially mixed neighborhoods rowing,' the authors report. ner. in 1970, 65 percent said and marriages - a marked They polled 1500 people, se they wouldn't object. change from a s im ila r study- lected by age, region, income, In 1963, about 48 percent made in 1963. occupation, education, re said they don't object to black- The poll, reported in the ligion and ethnic origin in or white marriages. In 1970, it December issue of Scientific der to give an accurate samp was nearly 50 percent - about American, is the fourth in a ling of American opinion. the same number who said they senes of racial surveys con The response to the ques accept integrated neighbor ducted in the last 29 years tion of ra cia lly integrated hoods. Sickle cell anemia, until ie - by the National Opinion Re schools shows the dramatic If present trends persist, search Center. cently unknown tom ostA m er- population at the time of the it seems like ly that both neigh lcans, is n o t a new problem. " In that time, the trerrl next report by the National borhood integration and racial It has assumed greater promi has been distinctly and strong Opinion Research Center in interm arriage w ill be accep nence in recent years, h u w - ly toward increasing approval about seven years," the au ted by 60 percent of the white of integration,” the authors thors said. change over the years: said. ever, along with th e increase Sheatsley and Greeley, who In 1942,40 percent of North "T h e trend has not been in self-awareness among the is a Roman Catholic priest slowed by the racial turm oil and a specialist in ethnic stu- ern whites said blacks and black population. It is esti whites should go to the same f / es the center, pomt „ t of the past eight ye a rs." mated that I out of 10 blacks Based on their findings, they that the responses at the suc schools. Only 2 percent of are c a rrie rs of (hedisease and roughly 1 out of 400 have the conclude that a politician who cessive polls may reflectwhat Southern whites favored inte gration. disease. The c o n d it io n is campaigns on an anti-integra People think they should say. In 1956,60 percent of North tion, backlash platform is rather than what they really erners and 14 percent ot believe. But they added: making a gross blunder. chronic a nd disabling, a nd no cure has been developed. "H e is adjusting his style "Nonetheless, even a Southerners said they accept school integration. change in what one thinks one A prim ary purpose o f th e to something that does not exist, said the authors, An new organization w illb e to e d - ought to say « significant." drew M. Greeley and Paul 8. ucate the nation on the impact The authors acknowledged that th e ir findings may repre Sheatsley, directors of tne of sicklecelldisease on the in Chicago - based center. dividual and the fam ily, and to sent a change in attitude but "O n the other hand, the lea not necessarily a change m behavior. der who thinks social condi stress the urgent need for de tions are suitable fo r leading tection and treatment p r o In 1963, it was 72 percent grams. the renter even fu rth e r toward of Northerners and 33 percent racial integration would find NASCD w ill coordinate local of Southerners. strong support." and national efforts already In 1970, when the last sur- The groups that changed tne underway, w ill p r e p a r e and very was taken, about 82 per distribute educational matei i- most in the last eight years, cent of Northerners and 45 according to Greeley and’ percent of Southerners said als, develop recommendations Sheatsley, are the ones that they accept school integration. Paul H. Howe, member of f o r te s t in g a nd counseling gave the most bigoted respon- the Portland Board of Educa I his means 22 times as many clinics, p r o m o te the estab tion since 1968, today lis h m e n t of diagnostic a nd announced his intention to seex treatment c e n t e r s , s e t up screening programs, and pro reelection to Position 2 on the seven-member board. vide technical assistance in all Howe, age 55, is vice-pres areas of piogram operations. ident ofdistnbution fo r North The r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s ex west Natural Gas Co. During pressed their c o n c e r n that his four-year term on the Black g r o u p s w o u ld n o t school board, he has served receive support In t h e i r ef as Its representative in salary D r. Lewis N. Goslin, asso forts to deal with a problem and the C ity of Portland's consultations with employees ciate professor of business affecting their well-being. Department of Public Works. of D is tric t No. 1. Goslin is a member of the adm inistration at Portland The position Howe seeks is The o r g a n i z a t i o n w ill, State U niversity, has been in Citizens Task Force appointed one of three four-year school therefore, d e v e I op mecha by Mayor Schrunk to review vited to teach business policy board offices facing voter de nisms fo r assuring that local managment problems of the at the London Graduate cision during the May 23,1972 black-oriented organizations C ity of Portland and is a School of Business w inter and p rim a ry election. The terms and black-controlled medical spring term s. Planning and ZoningCommis- begin next July 1 and endjune institutions receive adequate sioner to r the C ity of Tigard. A faculty member of PSU's 30, 1976. funding fo r their piogiam s. Previously, he has held Systems Science Institute M arried and father of two academic and Industrial posi since 1968, Goslin was named children, Howe resides at 2728 In addition to soliciting sup an outstanding educator for tions with the University of NE 72nd Avenue and has been port from federal and lo c a l Lancaster (England), Man 1971 by Outsanding Educators a Portland resident since h e a lth agencies, the new or of A m erica. chester Business School 1937. His m arried daughter ganization is preparing a na (England), Indiana University, He has directed the two- attends Linfield Colege and tionwide c a m p a ig n to raise the University of Washington, year-old intern program his son attends Benson Poly fu n d s f r o m individuals and IBM, Boeing Company, P itts which has given graduate stu technic High School. from private foundations. burgh Plate Glass Company dents the opportunity to solve " M y decision to seek re - and ALCOA. management problems with election was based p rim a rily Goslin is past president of nearly two dozen industries on the need fo r continuity on the Northwest Chapter of the and agencies including Hanna the board,” he said. "W e in s titu te of Managment Industries, Omark Industries, now have a good balance in Science (IIM S ). Zehrung Chemical Company tlv present composition of the board." 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