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enough of them w i l l to tip th e
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mted one
to r the p o o r.
Legal S e rv ic e s handles the le g a l p ro b le m s o f the
■ti r e la tio n s , " n s u m - r p ro te c tio n , fra u d , s u its
housing p ro b le m s - - and in th e co u rse o f its w o rk som etim es
fin d s that in o rd e r to p ro te c t the r ig h ts o f its c lie n ts it must
ch a lle n g e tlie o p e ra tio n s o f g o v e rn m e n ta n d g o v e rn m e n ta lagen­
c ie » .
In -Multnomah C ounty, L e g a l A id has been s u cce ssfu l m many
la s s a< tio n s u its a g a in st p u b ln agencies th a t b rought its c l i ­
ents the same rig h ts a v a ila b le to t h o s e that can pay, and, in
some cases, c la r ifie d the r ig h ts o f a ll jie o p le .
L e g a i A id obtained io . p u b lic school students the r ig h t to a
h e a rin g and legal , ouns e l b e fo re being e xp e lle d fro m s< hooi it
has p re ve n te d the suspension o f W e lia re checks w ith o u t a h e a r­
in g , it has fo rce d the c o u rt to p ro v id e a tto rn e y s fo r indigent p e r­
sons charged w ith a m isdem eanor, a* w ell as many o th e r im p o r ­
ta n t in te rp re ta tio n s o f the la w .
The p o o r should have as much access to ju s tic e as those who
a re a b le to pay - - even i f it means suing p u b lic o ffb ta is . It is
s o m e tim e s necessary to fo rc e governm ent a g e ncies t o c a r r y out
t e ir fu n c tio n s p ro p e r ly . It is often necessarv to c la r if y a law
o r p ro c e d u re .
The O .E .O , Legal S e rv ic e s a re d o in g a s e rv ic e fo r a ll A m e r i-
ans - - not only the p o o r, the young, the e ld e rly and the m in o r ­
itie s . L n t il the rig h ts o f a il A m e rR a n s a re in s u re d , the rig h ts
o f none a re se cu re .
C o n tro versial ja ilin g
questioned in V a n co u ver
I he rece n t ja ilin g o f a b la ck m an in V ancouver w ith o u t his
clo th e s has ca u se ! a c r is is in the b la ck c o m m u n ity . B l a c k s
rig h tly c la im that th is in d ig n ity would not have been fo rce d upon
a w h ite m an m s im ila r c irc u m s ta n c e s . In te stim o n y so f a r g iv­
en, th e re has teen no ju s tific a tio n of th is m is tre a tm e n t o r v a lid
reasoning behind it .
B u t in V ancouver a c o m m itte e of c itiz e n s w a s appointed to
look into th is in c id e n t. T h e c o m m itte e in clu d e s b la cks a r ! p e r ­
sons re p re se n tin g the c o m m u n ity . T he y have been allow ed to
question a ll [e rs o n s in vo lve d - in c lu d in g the p o lic e - - in open
hearings.
P o rtla n d has not yet reached the stage w here it w ill a llo w p r i­
vate c itiz e n s to question p o lic e a u th o rity o r o b t a in a ll o f the
fa c ts o f a case. Set ious que stion s of p o lic e a ctio n have a ris e n
■gain ind ig iin , m ludtng the shooting of A lb e rt W illia m *, the
a lle g e ; beating of young people engaged in d is tu rb a n c e s , t h e
a rr e s t and detention j f youths thought to be m ilita n ts . A t no
p o in t has the com m unity te e n allowed to in ve stig a te p o lic e a c-
The O b s e rv e r* s o ffic ia l p o s itio n is exp re sse d o n ly in its Pub­
lis h e r 's C o lum n (T h e O b se rva tio n P o st) and the E d ito r 's D e s k .
A n y o th e r m a te ria l thro u g h o u t the paper la th e o pinion o f the in ­
d iv id u a l w r it e r o r s u b m itte r and does not n e c e s s a rily r e fle c t
the op in io n o f the O b s e rv e r.
co n te n tio n .
The I le m o c ra tic
i a rty cannot e le c t a p ie s x le n t
w ith o u t b la ck vo te s. In fa c t,
it c a n 't even com e c lo s e .S u b ­
tr a c t fro m H u b e rt H u m p h re y ’ s
31.2 m illio n vo te s m 196# the
20 p e rc e n t e s tim a te d to have
been c a s t by b la c k s and a clo se
co n te st becom es a R e p ublican
la n d s lid e .
A lth o u g h b la ck v o te rs h a v e
been an im p o rta n t cog in tne
D e m o c ra tic e le c tio n m a c h in e ­
r y , they feel that they have g o t­
ten f a r less than th e ir s h a ie of
the s p o ils ot seven D e m o c ra t­
ic v ic to r ie s in the la s t lO e le c -
t.o n s . T h i s y e a r, in rh e tm ic
at le a s t, they a re m o vin g to
c o r r e c t the im b a la n c e . " H e
do not have to c o n tin u e to be
the u n re w a rd e d s e iv a n t s o f e i-
tb e i m a jo r p o litic a l p a r t y , "
d«cD •
StofeM, f o iin e i
m a y o r o f C le v e la n d .O h io , m a
speech la s t O c to b e r. “ H e c a n
have a fu ll v o ic e . . . i n t h e ac­
tio n s of the p o litic a l p ro c e s s e s
of o u r c o u n t iy . " H a v e it o ig o
f is l ing on e le c tio n I» y , be .im­
p lie d .
T h is th re a t r e c e n tly has
been m a d e m o re e x p lic it by
G e o rg ia S t a t e R ep. J u lia n
Bond. In speeches at c o l leges
and u n iv e r s itie s in W ashington
S tate, Bond said that the b la ck
A m e ric a n fu tu re "d o e s n ’ t lie
w ith ' e ith e r of the tw o m a jo r
p a tt.e s , " and h inted that a
b la ck fo u rth p a rty m ig h t be
to i m e d .
N o t th a t anyone b e lie v e s that
t i e v a s t in ij o r i t y o f b la cks wno
go to the p o 11 s in N ovein be i
w ill vote o th e r than D e m o c ra t­
ic . F t om 85 to 90 p e r ce n t o f
t ie b la ck tu rn - o u t w ill e n d up
in the D e m o c ra tic c o l u m n ,
b la ck p o litic la n s e s tim a te .B u t
the siz e of th a t tu rn - o u t can he
in flu e n ce d , they arg u e , and the
D e m o c ra tic p a rty n e e d s e v e ry
vote it can get.
N o rth e rn c ity c o u n c ilm a n .
T he new sp r i t ol b la c k as­
s e rtiv e n e s s f l o w s
llr e c t ly
fro m the unprecedented le v e l
ot black p o litic a l in v o lv e m e n t
in the late lu ftu 's and e a t ly 19-
70‘ s. In those yea i s, b la cks
began to c o n tro l tlie p o litic a l
spaces a r o u n d th e m . They
e le cte d 13 b l a c k m e m b e is o f
the I
House ■•! Rep e-e.'P ,-
liv e s . I hey to o k the c ity h a lls
o f th re e m a j o i c itie s ami
s c o te s o f s m a lle i ones. I Iv y
turn e d up on c ity c o u n c ils and
[V -iso s
md ju d g e ,
school board m e m b e i s and a l­
d e rm e n . They begun tour. le r -
stand how A m e ric a n p o litic s is
played a n d they began to be
m o r e s o p h is tic a te d about me
‘ quid p ro quo’ th a t m akes tne
syste m w o ik .
" T h e r e a te th ie e ru le s to i
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C la y . " R u le num bet one le -
m ands that w e h e p ra c t cal an.i
s e lfis h . R u le n u m le i two says
th a t you take what you cun get
and g iv e up w h a i you have to .
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however you ca n . It w e’ re not
w illin g to play by those t ale ,
we m ig h t as w e ll go hom e. H e
a r e ju s t ta k in g p a rt in an e x ­
e rc is e in f u t u lit y . ”
H aving le a rn e d - and, to
s o m e e x te n t, p r a c t ic e : -
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o c i its . P a tty C h a irm a n L a w -
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p o litic a l e n tity that has shown
the s lig h te s t w illin g n e s s to
m ee t th e ir d em ands. I he Re­
p u b lic a n s seem to have w ritte n
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A w a rd . A w a rd Is give n e a c h
ye a r to a p ro m in e n t A m e ric a n
" f o t whom c o m p e titiv e a th le ­
tic s in co lle g e and a tte n tio n to
p h y s ic a l w el l-b e in g th e ie a fte i
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F a m e . P re s e n ta tio n w asrnade
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D r , J e ro m e H . (B ru d ) H o l­
land, C .5 . a m b a ssa d o r to Swe­
den, is the 1971 w in n e r of the
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a d is tin g u is h e d c a re e r of na­
tio n a l s i g n i f i c a n c e
and
a c h ie v e m e n t." D r . H o lla n d ,
who le tte re d
in fo o tb a ll at
C o in e d , was hon oied as an
A ll- A m e r ic a end in 1938 a n d
1939 and has been iixlu cte d into
t l * N a tio n a l F o o tb a ll H a ll of
C o m e in e a rly a n d w e w ill tr y to
d e liv e r y o u r D e n tu re * th e S A M E D A Y
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them tl it it le a s t o n e - fifth ol
i l l p a rty c o m m itte e s and s ta ff
w o u ld l e b l a c k s . Ile a ls o
pledged a g i e a te r ro le lo i
bl ic k s in tlie p a r ty 's d e c is io n
.
t t 'ib le su p p o rt - read " m o n ­
ey
- to i b la ck i le m o c ra tic
c a n d id ate s. n 'H n e n k n o w s
'e iv w e ll that his p a tty needs
I I ik k vo te s .
P ut h is p ro m is e s w e re not
the end. Changes in the ru le s
In w ich d e le g a te s to tlie J u ly
convention w ill le selected
hold out the p o s s ib ility that as
m a ti y as hOO b la c k s co u ld t v
am ong tlie 3,016 ¡le ts o n s w h o
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d ia n a p o lis . I.y le s , on: e known
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l i m e - l ife exe u tiv e , Donald
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