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Page 2 In Nineteen Seventy Two, I The March 1$ To The Polls M/5T W W TOGETHER FOR FULL ANO EQUAL EMPLOYMENT. REGISTER SO YOU CAN Po. tland/Observer Thuisdav Febuury 3, 1972 The N o rth w e s t’» Best W e e kly A Block O w n ed Publication VOTE Published every' Thursday by Exie Publishing Company, 2 N. Killingsworth Portland, vVegon 97217. Subscription $5.25 per year in Tri-County area by m ail. Out side tlie Tri-County area $6.00 per year by m ail. Phone 283-2486 ALFRED LEE HENDERSON, Publisher, Editor Verna L. Henderson Asst. Puhlisher/B usiness manager Helen Hendrix Personnel and Production Manager IN P A r»,«j siio n eo u s renection upon the character, standing or rep utation of person, firm or corporation, which may appear In the Portland Observer w ill he cheerfully corrected upon being brought to the attention of the E ditor. youth is the sea „ . OF HOPE, ENTERPRISE, ANDENEROY, TO A NATION A S WELL AS an individual : * ff. UILH4AC The Editor’s Desk ” Reactions to PresidentNix on’s State of the Union Address to Congress were mixed. Senator Edward Brooke (Rep. -Mass.) said, " I think that President Nixon’ s ad dress was an eloquent states man-lie and moving appeal for prompt action on the great unsolved problems of this year and this generation. " I applaud him for the tone and substance of his remarks and for the sensitivity which he has shown in dealing with the d ifficu lt and complex is sues. Let us hope that the promise of the new year w ill be achieved in the months to come and that the second ses sion of the 92nd Congresswill be racorded fo r us accomp lishments.” Representative W i l l i a m Clay(Dem. - Mo.) disagree!, "T he President, a great foot- hall buff, has once ig.ir, showed us his game plan, play the end against the middle and the middle against the end, resulting In no net gain but a lot of commotion and con fusion, hoping that this razzle- dazzle w ill not te analyzed very carefully by tt« people." As part of its long drive to become the nationally re cognized Democratic party in the state, the National Demo cratic Party of Alabama (NDPA) is aiming at a state- financed prim ary election this .May, to select an alternative slate of delegates to the na tional party’ s convention. Huntsville dentist John Cash- in, who heads NDPA, said that a request for state funds to conduct the prim ary in counties where the predom inantly black party won 20per- cent or more of the vote in the 1970 election would tie presented to the A lubama sec retary of State in early Janu **7 ■ Representative Ralph Met calfe (Dem. - III.) said, ’ ’ 1 was very disappointed in the President's state of the union message because he was speaking to the people instead of the issues. He talks about the bounties of tomorrow but fails to recognize o r deal with what D r. .M jrtin Luthei King referred to as ’ the u r gency of tlie moment.’ "These include the high un employment rate which, for blacks, is in excess of 12 per cent nation-wide. T he president put the overall un employment figure at six per cent, hut there is a disparity in this in that it fails to site the gravity of unemployment among m inorities. “ The President failed to. deal with a c ris is in housing- and the deterioration of tlie city. "H e did not deal with the inequities of health. Does he not recognize that the mor ta lity rate for black infants is 80 per cent, as contrasted with 20 per cent for whites: the black women have a higher rate of death due to the lick To Be NDPA seeks funds for primary election .3 Hatfield Awards senator Wayne Morse and Senator Mark Hatfield w ill re ceive awards fo r then work (or peace and justice. Among tlie sponsors on the Business Executive Move l owanl Peace m Vietnam, I lie American Friends service Committee, Clergy ami la ity Concerned, PSI' Campus Conservatives, Portland Chapter of United Nations Association, P o rt land Chapter of the Women's International League tor Peace amt Freedom, Portland Chapter o( the World Feder alists, USA, ami the Portland World Wldiout War Council. There w ill te a dinner at 0:30 p.m. m Collins Hall, F i r s t U n ite d Methodist Church. Uinnei is $2.50 ami tickets can 1» obtained hum M rs. W illiam M o rris , 5230 S.W. Burton D rive. A public meeting w ill follow in the sanctuary (or which there is no charge. power be9ins Reocti°" »0 "Sfate of Union” mixed Nineteen Seventy-two is an election year. Not only a press ent w ill be electee!, but a U. S.senator from Oregon, (our Congress men, state officials, state legislators and a Mayor. In order to have a voice in this important election, it is nec essary (or black people to register so they can vote. The per centage of blacks voting in Portland is noticably below that of other voters. It is also crucial for blacks to become involved at the local level in both political parties - to have a hand in w riting the county and state platforms, in choosing candidates, and in evening influence in party affairs. The firs t step to political power is strong organization at the local level. The Multnomah County Democratic Party has never had precinct committeemen and women for every precinct. Just call Demo Headquarters and tell them you are interested. Participation in campaigns is another way to learn the polit ical process, especially for young people. Every candidate for each office must be questioned about his beliefs and his plan ofaction to eliminate racism and poverty . The time has come to let the Democratic Party know that blacks and other m inority groups w ill not continue to vote solid Democratic tickets when nothing is received m return. Candi dates do not bother to campaign in Albina and learn the needs .of its citizens and do not return to Albina after election. They don’t have to - they are guaranteed a solid Democratic vote. Black voters gave the Democratic Presidential candidate in 1908 twenty' percent of all the votes the Democratic Party re ceived. l e t black delegates were only two percent of the total at the Democratic National Convention that year. That kind of relationship must not be allowed to continue. Oregon, for ex ample, has never sent a black delegate to either party con vention. With Albina divided into four d is tric ts , election of a black w ill be d iffic u lt at best. But this year several highly qualified black men w ill be running for office. The black community must stand behind them, with time, work, money and moral support. W ith unity and effort on the part of a ll, we might put the firs t black man in the state capital or in city hall. 4 Morse, the Democratic candidate. The NDPA slate w ill be ’ ’ tru ly integrated” , Cashin said, and selected totally in the prim ary. By contrast, the ‘ ‘ regular’ ’ iiem ocratics, headed by Robert Vance, w ill select 75 per cent of their slate by prim ary election ami x the remaining 25 per cent in a su te convention. The "re g VERM- N JORDON, JR. ular slate” Cashin said, is likely to consist of Democrats by Vernon E . Jordan, J r. whose "tru e loyalty” Is to Gov. George Wallace and Newspaper stories and "som e hand-picked Uncle Congressional hearings have Toms” , picked to meet new revealed a housing moitgage rules requiring that delega scandal in Detroit that could tions reflect the racial com wind up costing taxpayers $2.« position of the states they re m illio n . And there is reason ary. present. If the Challange to believe that sum may go Cashin said the NDPA slate proves to be successful. Cab hlghei if, in ■ jape ter, o tl e r would challenge the "re g u la r” in would become the state cities in the nation share tne Democratic slate at the cru Democratic chairman, and two Detroit experience. cial credentials committee NDPA members, including his But the real loss can't tjc meeting two weeks before tne wile, Joan, would join the measured in do lla rs. The July Democratic convention powerful Democratic National real loss is in the damaged in M iam i. He expects tne Committee. In the event of confidence, dashed hopes ami challenge to be successful be a Democratic victory in the blunte: aspiration of more cause of Its “ m oral’ ’ right presidential election, NDPA than 20,000 fam ilies who ness, the fact that the m ajor would "co n tro l every damn trusted in federal programs ity of ’ ’ lo ya l" Ilemocratic vo bit of patronage" in Alabama. only to be thrown to the ters In the state are members The NDPA attempt to gain wolves. They thought they of NDPA, ami the close con a state-supported pi lrnary has were getting fe tte r housing, nections between himself and been long anticipated, but tne but because real estate spec way was finally cleared by a leaders of the liberal elements ulators were in collusion with recent ruling by a three- In states considered vital to s o m e h o u s in g ir i , o . . to-1 (h e y judge fe le ra l court ruling or a Democratic presidential wound up with defective hous victory. Should the NDPA dering re - apportionment of ing. slate not be recognized, le the state legislature in a way Unable to afford the repairs said, those liberal elements that may Increase black re or the inflate! prices on homes might not vigorously support presentation by 1,000 ¡lereerit. bought with federal guaran tees, they lost ever ything they had. Meanwhile, real estate speculators made a fortune by selling bad housing at high prices. According to onewit- The observer*a official position lsexpressed only in its Pul> n«ss at the Congressional Usher’ s Column (The Observation Post) and the Edltor*sDesk. healing, 40 per cent of De Any other material throughout the paper la the opinion of the In tro it is speculator-dominated. dividual w rite r oi submitter and does not necessarily reflect I he D etroit disaster, whi. h the opinion of the Observer. affects moi e than ¿0,0)0 fam i lies who trusted a fe.lei al program and then lost their of prenatal care? Black ch il dren are suffering ami are doomed to be scarred all of then lives because they lack vital nutritional care. ’ ’ 1 did not hear tlie Presi dent speak to the inequities in the school system which results in black children scor ing tar below the average of the national norm in reading ami mathematics. ” 1 would say that there is not much difference in tne state of the union message of 1971 and the one of 1972. He seems to te more con cerned about giving to the wealthy than giving to those in need. The $15 billion which tie is requesting for a space shuttle plane should be put into the services so des- parately needed lo r the under privileged. ’ ’ I think his veto ot the child welfare b ill was an Inhumane action by the Presklent o( the United states. We can't pro duce Ralph Bundles and M ar fin Luther Kings if our chil dren are not given tie r i g h t start in life ,” Rockefeller impeachment sought Assemblyman A rthur o . E v e (Deni - Buffalo), who is black, introduced an unjeach- ment resolution designed to impeach New York Governor, Nelson Rockefeller. He was the unofficial chairman ot tie observers committee set up to negotiate a leacelul settle ment at A ttic State Prison. T he resolution proposed impeachment for “ following a course of conduct which w as responsible fo r the deaths ot 43 persons" in tie Attica re bellion. In a fe r y s p e e c h on tie floor. Eve blamed Rockefeller for not going to Attica during the rio t, a move the lawmaker said m ig h t have prevented bloodshed. He also saldKock- efellei w as responsible fo i use of "unnecessary deadly f o r c e " by statepol Ic e who stormed the prison " firin g in discrim inately into the inmate population." The resolution was referred to th e Assembly Rules Com mittee. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ w h y is 1 L The P o rtla n d O b s e rv e r p re fe rre d by 3 to I? there's MORE in if fo r YOU! We are ’’the only newspaper in the whole wide world that really cares about people.’’ We care about Portland! fotal involvement in community affairs has resulted in complete ad vertiser confidence and reader accep tance of The Portland Observer. FIRST . . . in paid circulation FIRST . . . in local news FIRST . . . in local pictures FIRST . . . in women’s news FIRST . . . in local sports news FIRST . . . in local school news W A S H IN G ÌO N hon.j , ebeen tro it mortgage scandals. averted. A ll that was neces Many people w .ll see tie new sary was for adequate coun program - as they saw me selling to fam ilies using tlie D etroit situation - as an un federal programs. regulated creation ol new de The 1968 Housing Act pro mand for housing. The vul vides fo r such counselling, tures w ill le back again - although very Jittle money was bilking poor people out of the made available fo r it. But housing that’ s r ightfully theirs fam ilies getting federal sub and stealing tax money to sidy need the counselling and boot. other services necessary to In dollar terms alone, a pi o compete In the very compet grain of counselling for sub itive and speculator - filled sidy recipient makes sense. housing field. It could have saved $200 m il The message from the [re- lion in D etroit. But perhaps tio it fiasco is loud and clear: even more important, it could counselling is essential to the save the experiment anil othei success of subsidy programs. federal programs from fa il When it is absent, tax money ure. fills the pockets of crooked Without counselling assis speculators and poor people tance to ensure a fall chance s till don’ t get decent housing. in getting decent housing, It is important for federal thousands of people w ill be officials to recognize the ur at the m e r c y of a none-too- gent need fo r housing coun fa ir marketplace, and w ill be selling services,, especially victim s of a cruel and tragic since they are about to em hoax. bark on a promising new e<- periment to subsidize liettei housing for the poor. ITiis nation - wide expei I- rnent, called the Housing A l lowance Experiment Pro gram, w ill provide for ash payments to about 10,000fam ilies to help them pay me rent on apaitments In tlie ojien market. fhe subsidy w ill 1« based on the gap be- tween what they earn and what then rent is. I he program’ s I fie AT l.-C K ) announcer! of backers h o i* that such a pro ficia lly that It w ill oppose gram w ill piovide more anil f ’ reskJent Nixon’ s reelect ion fe tte i housing for poor people, bkl t h i s year, regardless of and at less cost than fedei al which Democrat Is nominated. ly - built housing piojects, T his Is the firs t time the 13 jb m illio n mem lie i labor organi Whethei this program w ill zation sa il it would try to do prove to be an a kJ to the poor le at M r. N'lxon for a second fam ily’ s quest for decent term. housing or whethei it will Alexander Barkan, who di become another boondoggle rects political and campaign for real estate speculators may depend upon the extent fund raising an<i dispensing, " I ' M I <CR | I, , to which adequate provision as its prim ary political goal fo r counselling is built into in 1972 the defeat of Richard tlie program. Nixon’ s bkl for ieelection.” The reliance upon "volun ta ryism ” or upon the better The union normally does aftei the Democratic arsl Re instincts of landowners ami publican parties have chosen funding developers Is mis placed In fhe face of tie I >«- their nominees. AFL-CIO Opposes Nixon / BRIEFS fa- James DePrlest, nephew of M jria n Anderson, was iptxiin- ted Associate Conductor of tlie National Symphony<ircheetra. I he 35 year-old Philadelphian wears leg braces as the re sult of pollo. Democratic State Assem blyman W illie Brown, J r., of San Fianclsco said he wants to become the firs t black at torney general of tlie I ,S, lie said, "B lacks w ill ask for a great deal at the Democratic National convention. I do not believe we should settle f o r less than a black attor ney gen eral — I want John M itchell’ » jo b ." A decision by tie U„s. Dis t i l i t Court bars Montgomery, Alabama from allowing the use of public athletic fields and facilities to private seg regateli schools. The court sakl tie policy Is unconstitu tional regardless of state! admissions policies ami that " tlie test Is w le tte r theclty* a aid frustrates the right of black citizens to a desegre gated public education.” The PORTLAND OBSERVER You can Mail subscribe now and save Money! The g r e a t e r P o rtla n d A re a 's Best Best community news paper Please send my subscription right away. 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