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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1972)
You know because you read it in the observed WASHINGTON BRIEFS why is ' r IK W TOGETHERFOR FULL The administration w ill tell protesting Senators that It has no intention of changing new lood stamp regulations to avoid cuts o r loss of benefits to some recipients. Twenty-eight S e n a to r s urged a gricultuie Secretary E a rl Butz to make sure t fie re would be no cutbacks. I he hew nationwide standard makes couples eligible tfthey receive $222.00 o r less a month, arxl th e e llg ib ility c e ll ing for a fam ily of 4 is $300 a month. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT. i.m d, Observer, Thursday, Jan. 13, 1972 The Northwest's Best Weekly A Black Owned Publication N. j 1 lire »worth Portland, Oregon 97217. '-caption rates: 40 cents per month by carrier, $5. 00 per y ear.' 25 per year by mail in Tri-County area;$6.00 per ear elsewhere. Phone 283-2486 ALFRED LEE HENDERSON, Publisher/ Editor  IN PA Personnel and Production Manager erroneous reflection upon the character, standing o r rep- u: it . f person, firm o r corporation, which may appear in the 1 .5 X - wi ~ Absentee Senators "Greatest Disgrace” Racism in Oregon gets caught I> ember 9th, the Portland Observer predicted that the .ties and colleges In the Oregon state System o f ■dion would soon be in d iffic u lty with the federal g !v- X t as S»nrt°' dlsSrim ina“ on hiring and the lack of idents and employees. Oregon’ s colleges nave long reputation ot unfriendliness toward blacks and other h X t' a a month la te r, Oregon state University was charged . r>. Department of Health, Education and Welfare with v X n ,ag,ahnSL m‘ nOri“ eS and *< *‘ nst »omen. Explicit d edu at,on an ° f * ithdrawal ° f ™Uions of dollars ed immediatelv* " “ th* ma" ’ r is "<* ' ° me; \ at, a d?mCUjt “ me ,o r « U b e « “ » budget cuts • ic the layoff of many faculty and staff members It ’’ public institutions to take a look at themselves’and houses in order before a c ris is situation develops. Welfare racist? • e many other state institutions that require some is the Welfare Department, much Of which is now Idr- ’s Service Department. ’ oral government requires a ll agencies receiving fed- t0 ake an a ifirm a tive effort to re cru it and upgrade people. This is not being done by the Welfare Depart 'd the present time there are in Multnomah County • Im in lstra to r, 2 black social workers, 1 black case- • iack assistance workers and 1 investigator. One assistance workers is leaving the county to accept a 7 position w h ic h w as denied to her in Multnomah . The adm inistrator and the two social workers have degrees, the caseworker has a BA and fifteen years eripnce. * ’ * at ions fo r these positions are not so stringent as the p night indicate - four years of college for the case- r MS ,,r°n’ .hsl* h SCh° ° 1 Snd ,W° years exP*rience in re- lelds for the assistance w orker. Ninety-six positions k - r aVay1nabr e 'L * 2*a r ,uture ’ about 75$ ,or « s ia ta n .e k -rs . Ahat w ill be the excuse fo r h i r i n g all whites t h i s ' „ ,s. drt *5 ° M ‘ nvestl* * ‘ ° r s »«re sent to investigate M C recipients tn the Model Cities area - this intense ation was happening nowhere else in the state Members WHfare Rights Organization called on ¿ . ^ | of the Department of Human Resources and the In-’ ve -tigation was called off. t ZX a - .'-ration of the welfare system is for the convenience of the ration and not for the client - whether bUck o r white ¡1: m s x s x “ WS Notice M rvw *S o fficial position is expressed only in its Pub- r s Column (The Observation Post) and the E dltor’ sDesk. " r m aterial throughout the paper Is the opinion of the to ny. lu.-il w rite r or subm itter and does not necessarily reflect l:h e opinion of the Observer. - § o ABC / -r.i . K F ' 0 o JKL MNO PRS TUV o © ’ Publicaton of the 1972 P ort land Media Guide was an nounced by Stephen Schneider, D irector of the Portland New Communicators project of the Greater Portland Council of Churches. The guide contains basic inform ation about radio, television and newspapers serving the Greater Portland area and was prepared for uae by community organizations who need to relate to the P o rt land media. The 24 page guide Is available fo r $1 from P o rt land New Communicators, 0245 S. W. Bancroft S treet’ Portland 97201. 0 WXY © OPFR - our light show. JjwSimline Telephone PHOTIC ( there's MORE in it for YOU! Why then doesn’ t tlie Senate do something a bou t "absen teeism " instead of p io u s ly wringing hands? Because the Senate is a club of prlnia donnas I n t e n s e ly self-oriented - 99 kings and I queen - dedicated to th e ir own personal accommodation. O bserver’s Intercom Eugene McCarthy won his fight to enter the Illin o is p r i mary election without signing a non-Com mum si loyalty oath which he ra ile d “ d e a rly un- conatltutlonal.” “ Sunday’ s Child” , singing trio from Portland, joined Boh Hope on his annual Christmas show that entertained service men abroad. Mavor Richard Hatcher was named ' hairman o,the Nation al Black Caucus o, Local E l ected O fficials at its a nnu a I meeting held In Honolulu dur ing the annual Congress of C ities. Hatcher and Los An geles Councilman Tom brad- ley were elected to the 35 member hoard of directors ot the National League of Cities. The number of Blacks hold ing high a>hool diplomas In creased during the decade of 1960 - 1970. The proportion of blacks 20 years old and ov er having finished high school was up nearly tw o-thlrds. from 24% to 39.7%. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR We are "th e only newspaper in the whole wide w o rld that re a lly cares about p e o p le ." We ca re about P ortla nd I Total involvem ent in com m unity a ffa irs has resulted in com plete ad v e r tis e r confidence and re ade r accep tance of The P ortla nd O b s e rve r. FIRST . . . in paid c irc u la tio n FIRST . . . in lo ca l news FIRST . . . in local p ic tu re s FIRST . . . in women’s news FIRST . . . in local spo rts news FIRST . . . in local school news The PORTLAND OBSERVER Dear E ditor; Since 1962 it has worked to in Deer Editor, I wish to a p p e a l to your crease political participation Some feel that all too much readers for support to what throughout II Southern states. haa been made of the lasuance could be one o, the most Im The Voter Education Project of a "poatage atamp" by the portant and reassuring devel has assisted to over 1,000vot Independent Poetal Syatemof opments to the history of this e r registration drives in local A m erica. nation - the peaceful and dem communities throughout the No one denies John Doe has ocratic revolution that is tak S o u th . VE P has also spon the right to deliver non-ad ing place to the A m e r ic a n sored citizenship education dressed advertising m atter as South. If it continues, some of programs fo r n e w ly regis long as it la not left to or on the great injustices of this so tered voters. And It has as the m all box. ciety can be eradicated, and sisted newly elected black of The claim by IPSA that It op this country can take a needed fic ia ls throughout training erates a "post office” is ab- step toward its ideals. Your workshops, legal and technical surd. They cannot aell U.S, readers can help bring this consultation, and Internship postage stamps. They cannot about. programs. register or certify a letter. During th e 1960’ s, b la c k In September, the Voter The public cannot rent of post Am ericans to the South made Education P roject had to sus office box from IPSA. They remarkable g a in s in t h e i r pend its registration pro w ill not forward your mall struggle fo r the right to par- grams because of the shortage when you move. They are tlclpate meaningfully to th e of funds. E v e n though more simply ansdvertlatogdellver- political p r o c e s s . R e g is than 100 projects had been sup tration of black voters more ported to 1971, over 50 commu The U.S. Postal Service than doubled. The number of nities w e re applying fo r as performs many services be black elected o f f i c i a l s in sistance when the program The g r e a t e r P o rtla n d A re a 's Best sides delivery of m all. creased over six-fo ld . A nd was suspended. They register aliens, aell many white o fficia ls began to Please Join to support of this federal duck-hunting stamps, display greater sensitivity to cru cia l movement to w a rd a Best com m un ity news paper h elp conduct the ce n su s, help black constituents. more democratic s o c i e t y . with crop and livestock re T h e s e are extremely im Your contribution to theVoter porting. provide address cor portant accomplishments, but Education P roject, Inc. Is tax rection service for business the goal of a tru ly represent Please send m y s u b s c rip tio n rig h t away. deductible. It would be a m ar and governmental agencies ative government is s till d is velous way to start out the and perform housing and oc tant. It we fail to realize how New Year on the right foot. Name.......................................... cupancy surveys. Incomplete thia movement is The postal service provides now and do not attend to the R EP. JULIAN BOND(IND-CA) A ddress.................... free letter m all service for remaining needs, the accom FOR THE VOTER E D U C A C ity ........................... *’ the armed forces In Vietnam plishments thus fa r may turn TION PROJECT • • It haa done to all w ars. out to he empty achievements. 52 F A IR I.IE ST. N.W. Z ip .............................. Many thliya to life cannot We m u s t not allow this to A T LA N TA , GA. 30303 and should not be reduced to happen. A ll of ua who are con dollars and cents. The postal cerned about (he h e a lth and service we created to perform Justice of t h i s society must $ 4 .5 0 for 52 weeks these and many other ser support this movement and see vices, many without charge, that Its promise la fulfilled. for the public and not solely The Observer keeps you Inform ed The Voter Education Pro to make a profit. ject haa been one of the prime Many of us feel that tlie pos you know because you read forces In this m o v e m e n t. It In the M ail subscribe now and save Money! DEF 0 © 0 * fo r President. upon squeezing out every bit of A greater cause of Senate Senate-paid w o r ld t r a v e l debilitation comes f ro m th e ahead of the official d u ty to Senate "m o o n lig h te rs" w ho which they were elected. And regard the Senate as s tric tly t h e y , t o o , ask the m ajority secondary to t h e i r m o n e y - leader and the m inority leader rnaking activities tn being of to hold off votes until they re fered high-paid le c tu re ,e e s turn from then world junket simply because they are sen ing at taxpayers’ expense . . . ators. As the Republican dean ot the Senate r e c e n t ly said, " b e in g p a id $ 2,500,or$50 speeches. . . T o o many senators h a ve chronic absences because they Three top black legislators are on the lecture tour piling in C alifornia are supporting up annual lecture incumas that Sen. George McGovern fo r the even exceed theirSenate sala presidency. They are W illie The I nited States Senate is ries - sometimes e v e n d o u Brown, J r; Leon D Ralph; and in trouble. It is because grow bling their Senate s a l a r ie s . John M ille r, who is the ch a ir ing numbers of its members no I heir absences not only open man of the C alifornia B la c k longer regard it as a high in ly retard and postpone the pro Legislative C a u c u s . M rs. stitution foi d e d ic a t e d and gress of senate business be Coretta King is supporting Sen honorable service b u t rather cause of the d ifficu lty of get Muskie. only as a means to an end. ting the necessary q u o ru m It h a s b e c o m e a m e r e piesent to do business- h it as Cincinnati w ill get its fu s t spring-board to th o s e w ho w ell, behind the scenes unduly black major next year when would use i t - even abuse it - delay the Senate schedule. Be-* form er DEO Adm inistrator f o r their sellish in te re s i s, cause repeatedly they go to tne Ted B erry takes office. T h e w h e th e r such interests be m ajority leader or the mlnoi i- chartei Democratic M a jo rity com m ercializing th e ir p o s i ty leader and beg them to call Coalition, T h e C i n c i n n a t i tion and title with the acquisi o ff a vote scheduled for a cer C i t y Council e le c t e d four tion of high-price lecture fees tain day simply because they mayors, with Thomas Luken or running for President. can’ t be there as they are max (white, to serve during 1972 1 have no c ritic is m of Pres ing a high-pa kJ lecture hun and B erry to serve d u rin g ’ 73, idential aspirations as long as dreds of m iles from W ashing those Presidential aspirations ton. Nearly half of M anila’ se le - do not result in dereliction of So the Senate procrastinates nientary school p u p i ls a re Senate duties in representa f o r the convenience of " t h e classed as "se ve re lyu nde r - tion of state and national con m oonlighters." And what hap nourlshed." stituencies. A fte r a ll, having pens on the Senate flo o r, to a A health department survey been a Presidential candidate lesser degree, happens behind showed 4 3 per cent weighed in 1964, who am I to c ritic iz e the scenes in the Senate com less than tw o-thlrds o, the Presidential ambitions? Yet, m ittees. normal weight for thelr ages. I never missed a Senate ro ll- In a d d it io n . . . there are Nearly all the others were un call vote while I was running those senators who are bent dernourished to some degree. Republican S e n . M argaret Chase Smith of Maine saidtne Senate's "greatest disgrace" is the absenteeism of m e m bers who are away campaign ing, lecturing, or simply jun keting. She called fo r a Con stitutional a m e n d m e n t d e - signed to keep her colleagues on the job. The amendment would require automatic ex pulsion of any senator not pre sent and voting on record ro ll- call votes 60 per cent of th e tune. Following are excerpts of Sen. Smith’ s indictment: - GHI 3 to I? Rep. Paul McCloskey (K - C altf.) said he w ill introduce legislation to force federal o f ficia ls such as J. Edgar Hoov er to re tire at age 70 or loose a ll benefits. The Editor’s Desk • preferred by A black correspondent Samuel E. Yette, who was fired by Newsweek riled complaints charging the magazine with racism and denial of free speech and press. He alleged Newsweek was guilty of “ in cipient racism ” through! his four vears with the Washing- ton bureau. Verna L . Henderson Publisher/Business manager Helen Hendrix T h e P o r t la n d O b s e r v e r (5) Pacific Northwest Bell tal service employees are public servants and that they deliver m all to people, not houses. Charles Hudson Observer Bargain offer encLf Feb.,1972
