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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.
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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
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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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