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BULK H A IE U S. POSTAGE P A ID 1 POR TLA ND V o lu m « 2 N o .2 2 P o rtla n d , O r e g o n THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN PORTLAND, OStGON PERMIT no OBSERVER AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER THE WHOLE W ID f WORLD THAI REALLY CARES T h u rs d ay ABOUT M a -c h 2 ,1 9 7 2 10< per 1266 copy PEOPLE Portland’s Black citizens charge Taxation without representation' “ fix a tio n without re p re se n ta tio n " w is the c ry of the p a trio ts as they 'declare ! th e ir Indene , ence fr-.,rn England and form ed a new nation. I hese w ords hold true today in the ' n ite ! Mates and in P o rtla n d . It Is a m yth that ait black oe . are isadvantaged ami that :raw m ore fro m theecoror. j in the form of w e ifa ie , un- et:.: .• .m ent benefits, i« t soelal R . es than they coatrUaila. Li.. Its in P ortland pay a consule, .r e amount of taxes, yet are without representation in the le ) bodies of the city, coun ty and state. " ia x a tio n w ithout representation” could w ell te the c ry of blac- , and other m in o ritie s aero tie la: , since nowhere is the re true representation in the law -m xing bones and in the courts that in te rp re t and enforce the law P ictured below are a fe w o fP o ra n d ’ sb .k c iti/e n s who are Deiz seeks new Judicial position AI I ’ HA H.<>YI*t •4.»i of ' ‘ I o s l . i , " P ortla nd ( >pei a 's M a rc h M ,ii>l || per fo i nianve, w ill le the guest o f lio n o i along w ith other cast m em bers at a co ckta il reception often to tlie public at the hbony C lub, prfcJay, M arch 10, h o rn 5:30 to 7:30 p.rn. Alpha Floyd to sing in Opera Alph.i F lovd , the talented »opt ano who triurnplied in A tla n t j a s " I i e e t n o n is lia " t f i r hoi ow e nt Scott J q illn 's i .•<- lim e ojiei i, comes to Pot tlarkl Io st.u .is " I osca” In P oi t- lni»l O pera's production ul the P u ccin i o|iei ,i M a tch 9 at»I 11 ,i| (lie C iv ic A m lllu i lurn 41 It pan. M iss F lo y d 's f ir s t (>er- form ancs hi P ortland w ill also n is i k l«?i f u si c re a l ton of Ifw rule ol lo se a, the beautiful singer who lecom es involved in lo v e , i evolutlon n i'l ,le .ilh . In M y.i, M r Floyd w ill make liei debut at (lie K uyal ( >|<ei a llix is e . Covent G arden, Lon don, i r.gl . id , in the title lo le ot V e rd i's o jie i a , " A ld a . " A lso s ta rrin g w ith M iss Floyd a ie y.a lv.id o i Nuvoa.the M exican tenoi who sings re g u la rly w ith the New York C ity I ip e i a, as M a i loC avai a- d o ssi, I oaca's lovei who la a p a in te r and suspected Roman re v o lu tio n a ry . Ihum as I ip - Uai, a leading hai iton w ith tr» .Munich state (jp e ra ami (re - iuent v is itu i to m a jo r opera houses in tlie I nlted States md Europe, plays sca rp la , the chief ol Riane po lice an) |>er- secutoi of both Tosca and C avai adossl. I he Hono.able M ercedes I - . D e i/, D is k let Coui t Judge, has 11,0,1 tie, candidacy foi the position ol J xlg eo f the C n cu lt Con t in the O ep aitnien t of D om estic Relations fo. tlie f ourth Judicial D is tr ic t. J Judge D e i/ w ill seek (he new ju .ln lal p. .ition of I ej.ai tment No. 18 c eated by the 1971 O tcgon L e g isla tu re . Judge D e i/ has had seve ia l y e a r expei lence as a lawyei specializing in fa m ily ami juvenile m a lle i s in addition, she ae.ved P .o te rn C ir c u it C o urt Judge in M u Ion C ounty's c o u rt ol D om estic Relatione d u rin g the summer ol 1971 arid has ju s t re ce n tly served in thia c o u .t in M ultnom ah County. A native ol N ew Y o , k and .lu r n iiu s ol H u n te i College, .Mrs. D e i/ earned fie , I ,w degree at No. thwester n College ol I aw in 1 or Hand w hile employed as a legal se cre ta ry. Slie has been secre ta ry and chairm an of the M w o Cour ts « • « m m itte e in tlie O re g o n S ta te I , \ , , for f a m ily Law Semina, ,mi ,n legal se .vice (o the I9b7 le gis- la tu re , • Judge D e i/ became a pei manem t iregoman in H as and m a n led H l In t. e United States a man is measured by his financial status. Yet even when th is qua,ificatc, is m et, other b a rrie rs are raised and black people are s till isolated from p o litic a l power. ■ lanes and Industry, Fstnl Centei . Gove, no, M cC a ll r ecently appointed her to ser ve is one of oui ju d ic ia l representatives of t ie C om m ission on Jud icia l R e fo rm . J III zona. She com pleted her college c r a llt s and graduateli m Dec. 1971. C ongratulations M iss B y rd , fly w ith success. V z " H 't J t iw " " 'u s . ; Benj. Franklin introduces Student at Jeffe, son High School brow ses through some of 6,000 new paperback Finks m stalle last ¿ •"“ 7 .... .. Ib r a r , Turnove. of paperbacks than tlie turnovei of hardbound h o o k s d u rin g th e e n tire last two school years. L.ipei back li Schools4 Photo)tU eS Ck" ° Ut hOn° r 8yS,et" ’ ove r- s“ ' ffe>> and bean-bag c h a irs . (P ortla nd Pub ic Phil Berthiaumo Financial Advisor A new service to help individuals plan retirement income is now offered by the Benj. Franklin, with financial expert Phil Berthiaume heading the new department He is available for consultation at the Franklin Building on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and at other times by appointment Call 224-3333, Ext. 214 Hoberl H Hazen. Pro» second V ic e -P re s id e n t Coast J a n ito ria l serv ice League bills $ Let . : . , 197?. she w ill le based at I ove I- iel.1 m I i d l i s . l e . is. FtDIHAL V ic e -P esident Coast Ja n i to ria l Service of S e cre ta ry-7 re a su re r ofC oast J a n ito ria l Service Urban < le i wing» on I i Id iy . In Ma ic h of 1971 s ie was selected fo. lis tin g m who's who among student s m A me. I- can Jun io i Colleges in ie - can Junio. Colleges in recognition of out .t.m dliig, m e rit ami accom plishm ent as a student at M aroclpa Tech nical C ollege, Phoenix, A i l - Manuel Scott Albert Scott C ity C o m m is s i» te i N e il G oldschm idt w ill announce his candi dacy fo r the i ' e of Mavot of the C ity of Portland on M arch 5th at W estniu .ster P re sb yte i lan C hurch. Jordan fu lly complete.1 le t (raining as a D e lla A n L u e s s le w .. i d - was a w a i.le d Samuel Scott please lu rn to page 6, c o l. 4 •Ms. S b e n d a l l y i d , d.iu g h- t<- o( M rs. Charlotta I f* o itla m l, ( l i e , has su cce ss S ie X o r lu K. Neil Goldschmidt runs for Mayor Byrd flies for Delta Air Lines ess. Coast J anitor ial is the second- la rg e st J a n ito ria l se rvice in the e n tire Northwest! / 1 Assistant Dire t<. of a Imii isti itive Se........ the Northwo it Regional | I a ith n | its ■ y, h o llo w in g her adm ission to (lie (negon state Bar in I960 she se ive il on Hie Youth C om m ission ol Lor tlaml ami sei ved on tft«? executive com m ittee. Some ol Judge I l e i / ’ s c tl le n t com m unity Service 1. m in e s include: C h airm a n of t ie (ne go n A d viso iy C om m ittee to the I s C iv il ' (:>’"U„,S r ¡Stas I • | UWi ,rnl C la rk C o l- Pr esident of Coast Jan itor ial / i.an Henry i oi exc-_ , a ),000; then tadei >1 taxes $500,100 However, m ere are hundreds m ore Blacks in P o rt land whose incomes are above t ie average fo r the Portland area. T here are also hundreds who would fa ll w ith in the $10,000 to $]4,00u category. 1 h e s e selsrie mpound msny tim es the taxes paid by black people in P o:tla nd. Franklin ■ A V IN tlS A. IO A N A H N . • 18 O ffices • Phone 224-3333 Home O ffic e F ra n k lin B ld g . P o rtla n d , O re gon 97204 • Service Mark Jefferson turns to paperbacks Portland Urban League Ex ecutive D ire c to r, E . Shelton H ill, announced thatVernond. Jordan, J i ., E xecutive D ire c to r of the National I r b a n League, w ill tie the g u e s t speaker fo r P o rtla n d 's 27th Annual M eeting. T his w ill be a d in n e r m eeting, held in the Assem bly Room of the Memo ria l C o l i s e u m , Thursday, A p ril 6, at 7:00 p.m . Cost of the dinner w ill be liv e d o lla rs ($5.00) per plate. A ll I rban I.eague m em bers ami frie n d s are invited to attend. T ickets are available Hom a ll Board member s and at each I r ban League office . M r . Jordan was bor n in A t lanta, G eorgia, ami attended public schools the re . Be re ceived his B ach elor's deg: ee fro m D e l’ auw U n iv e rs ity in 1947, amt was graduated from the law school at Howard I n i- v e rs ity in I9tx). A fte r a sho rt period in p riv a te p ra ctice , he joined the staff of the Southern Regional Council of N A ACL as the Georgia F leld Representa tiv e . In |9px, he w is appointed D ire c to r of th e Southern Re gional Council V ote r Educa tion Project. By 1970, more U J ,0 nee B la c k vo te rs had beer, re g iste i eii as a re su lt ot this p ro je c t. In 1970, he became the Executive D i- nectoi of the United Negro C ollege Fund, an organization w hich has pi ov ided col lege ed ucations fo r many thousands of • / \ C leveland G ilcrease D ire c to r of P ortland M e tro politan steering C o m m itte e .lt is debated that he is the second highest paid black in the state next to Sidney W icks. He pays a lot of taxes. : < *• Sidney Wicks th ird b e s t pe form e, in tne N BA, pays into the state and national economy w ith a s m ile . C harles Jordan IS D ire c to r of the .M o delC itie s P ro g ra m . « D r. Mliiiiam A.J«nklna,S o: Evluc itio n , I’ , i tlarx: < ;e U n ive rsity V Judge Mercedes Diez serves in the D is tr ic tC o u r to f the >tate -»f Oregon. C. Don Vann is a m o rtic ia n and a com m u nity worke: . A m em ber ot the U rb a n League, N A A C P , Chamhei of C om m erce, he is an example to youth th a titc a n be done. He pays taxes and is a loyal c itiz e n . ‘ * Black >outb. Cut rently. M i . J e fle is o n High School may have found the key to turning on 1,100 teen-agers to read ing: Paperback books. ol papei backs in the f ir s t week was greater than the tu rn o ve r of hardbound books du rin g the e n tire last two school yea rs. Using $3,500 In fed eia l funds, Jefferso n last January purchased 6,(HH) copies of 3,000 d lffe i ent non-f ictlo n ami fictio n papeiback title s ami Installed them in a special section of the school lib ra ry at 5210 N. K erby Ave. A ccording to head lib ra ria n Joan R o le rts , the tu rn o ve r M rs . Roberts said an honor system guides use of tne paperback books, w ith stu dents le ln g asked to exchange two books for two nun e books. No records are kept of who takes ami re tu rn s the paper backs, she said. th e school lib r a r y , con taining 22,UR) hardbound books is in i carpeted area fo rm e , Iy u s e d as a gymna siu m . it has the tra d i'io n a l shelves, tai les .ml c h a irs . The papeibock lib r a r y , how e 'e r , featuies fre e -sta n d in g sw ivel hook i icks, plus o v e r staffed ami lean-bag ch a irs to provide an in fo rm a l at m osphere. "W e measure the lib r a r y ’ s success by tlie g re a tly In creased n u im e r of paperback books tucked into purses ami p o c k e ts ," M o . R oberts said. Jordan wi ites a weekly c o l umn, To Be E qu al,” which is published in 200 papers throughout the nation, includ ing the "P o rtla n d o b s e r v e t.” Be joined the N a tion al! rban League s ta ff, succeeding the late W hitney At. Young, in Jan uary of this yea r. We are con fide nt that the message he w ill share w ith us on .April 6, w ill tie both in sp ira tio n a l and chal lenging. This w ill be his f ir s t public appearance on the West C oast. I tozel G , Hays is v e iy much a controve: sial fig u ie . She is C o ordinator of C om m unity Sei vices a n d C iti- zen Pai ticip a tio n fo r LI V .S h e has hired a s ta ff of 40 people of d l f f e i e n t ethnic back grounds who pay a l a r g e amount of taxes. H. Belton Hamilton Rev. Sam Johnson fo rm e rly the black w ith the highest position in state gov ernm ent, is now w ith the UJ>. D epartm ent of Health, Educa tion and W elfare. is Social A ction D ire c to r foi AM A, D ire c to r of Yaun Youth C are C e n te i, pastor of tne Highland UmteJ Chruch of C h ris t and also founder of High P ark e n te ip ris e .
