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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.
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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 , \
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for f a m ily Law Semina, ,mi ,n legal se .vice (o the I9b7 le gis-
la tu re ,
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Judge D e i/ became a pei manem t iregoman in H as and m a n led
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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.
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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.
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Benj. Franklin
introduces
Student at Jeffe, son High School brow ses through some of 6,000 new paperback Finks m stalle last
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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!
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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
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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
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• 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
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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.
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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 .
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D r. Mliiiiam A.J«nklna,S
o: Evluc itio n , I’ , i tlarx: < ;e
U n ive rsity
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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 .
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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 .