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Pa«e 2 You lire te lle r informed hecause you read It In lie Observer! As I See It Ron Handien ______ IN WASHINGTON By I enwoud c . Dav is MUST WORK TOGETHER POR FULL ANO EQUAL EMPLOYMENT. Portland, Observsr Toran: Oregon’s 1st Black Representative? « ^ S 'f C x jr ke'S Thursday March 2.1972 Eternal life for $ 6 4 m illion a y e a r " T h is commission has ap- W hen John Toran announced exist dealing with the status purenfely discovered Hie key his candidacy fui the Demo of women, overlapping also to eternal IKe.” cra tic P arty's nomination to occurs in studies on highway So observed Congressman the Oregon House of Repre safety, age.I |« i sons, crim e , John S, Monagan (D-Conn.) Published every Thursday by Exie Publishing Company, 2201 sentatives there were imme- science, economic opportunity about the International Screw N . K lllingsw orth, Portland, Oregon 97217 late speculations about his and physical fitness. Thread Commission. Created Subscription $5.25 per year in Tri-County area by m a il. Out chances of winning. Some po Many commissions simply by Congress in |9|8, It was to side the Tri-County area - $6.00 per year by m ail. litic a l observers believed that re|ieat tlie wotk of ones p ie - , have a life span of six months the time Is right lo r the elec Phone 283-2486. vlously appointed. F o r in {< e *V and le of no cost to the tax tion of a Black to the House of M ailing address - P. 0 . Box 3137, Portland, Oregon 97208. stance, the President's Com payer. Representatives from D is tric t mittee on IJiban Housing, ALFRED LEE HENDERSON, Publisher/E ditor I >day, s till In existence # 16, since Albina and the Verna L . Henderson created by President Johnson after 54 years. It has s|ent greater Model C ities areas in 1967, jierform etl a task Asst. Publisher/busmess manager an e s tim a te d $5 m illio n of were allegedly redistricted to IN PA Helen Hendrix ijulte s im ila r to that ol tlie public funds and has little to give the residents oi those Personnel and Production Manager National Commission oil show lo r It. areas a representative. How U ilxm Problems, whichhe had Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or rép The Screw I hrea.lCommis ever, a closer examination re Iwgun only six months earl lei . utation of person, firm or corporation, which may appear m the sion is a small txit all too vealed th a t the Secretary of Ilie National Advisory Com Portland observer w ill be cheerfully corrected upon being typical example of committees State’ s redistrteting plan w ill mission on C iv il D lsoiders brought to tlie attention of tlie E ditor. ami commissions advising He Len w o o d G .D a v is s x *» have the opposite ettect. Die echoed tlie reports of two tederal government. single member d is tric t p la n e a rlte i commissions created Investigations by senate ami would g iv e the citizens ot a to study tlie Chicago rio ts of House committees over the particular d is tric t a chance to 1919 and (lie Harlem t lots past two sessions of Congress be represent»! by one of their of 1935. have, in facl, unearthed vast own choosing. Anothei lactoi seveial recent, well-putw- evidence ol waste, duplication that is often overlooked is that licized aixl costly Presiden ami uncondoned bureaucracy there are more white resi presumably all would tv ap tia l commissions have teen In these flourishing advisory dents of Albina and the greater pealing to the samegroups foi ignored oi repudiated. groups. M o d e l C itie s a r e a s than support. Portland’ s Blacks Presilient Johnson refused senator l ee M etcall (D - Blacks. Therefore, by dividing can ill afford tobedlvided.Aisi to receive tlas final re |iu rto f M ont.j, wtio chaired a senate Mayor Lindsey of New Yoi k. those areas, Blacks have a if any other Blacks are plan the National Commission on Governor Reuben Askew of study on the subject, has cal led Democratic presidential can lesser opportunity to elect ning to run for tlie same seat Urban Problems. Its cost F lorida w ill urge President didate, hit the "awesome pow the commissions " a gargan someone that w ill he respon they should firs t assess tlie ir was $1.5 m illio n . The Nixon Nixon to oppose a constitu e r of the Pentagon” , restated tuan monster that we have sive to th e ir needs. And that possibilities ofwinning and set adm inistration disavowed the tional ammendment banning created.” his support of school busing, is tlie m ajor fallacy in the Sec aside their own personal poli Commission on obscenity and "fo rce d busing." Askew said arxi called fo r greater federal Advisory commissions are retary of State’ s re d istrictin g tical ambitions for unity In the Pornography even before it The Senate Finance Com he believes M r. Nixon "has effort to find jobs for the un not a new phenomenon. They plan. The Secretary’ s scheme community. A classical ex d e live r« ! its final report. mittee voted to clamp down the responsibility and obliga have been utilize.I since the employed. He told students allows more w h it e s to h e lo - ample ot this division hap Cost: $1.8 m illio n . on financial abuses by doc tio n " to block an animend- in Los Angeles that favors adm inistration of Geoige cat&l in every section ot the pen»! in Baltim ore and Atlan Moreover, tliete has teen tors under the Medicare and ment that has "tremendous removing crim inal penalties Washington, who appoint»! one Albina ami greater.Model C it ta and we should learn from little public response from the Medicaid programs. The plan im plications" in stopping or fo r possession of marijuana to settle tie Whiskey R e le l- ies areas than Blacks. their mistakes. F ifth , tlie can current adm inlsti atlon on the calls for local medical com reversing Southern progress Iion, ami tew question that and favors lim ited amnesty There are other fundamen didate must las.-ome more sen fiixilngs of (lie Presklential mittees to determine whether in desegregation. Askew is fo r war protestors. tle y s till serve a uselul func tal issues in Toran’ s election sitive and sympathetic to th e Commission on Campus I di The U. S, Senate has lin a lly passed a compromise b ill doctors are charging for un about to begin a campaign to tion. In the (last tew decades, He accused Pre side nt Nixon that m u s t he alluded to also. citizens that he aspii es to reti rest of I97U, which had ex that w ill give the Equal Employment Opportunity-Commission needed operations and ser defeat an anti-busing question and Governor Wallace of cre howevei, bureau, i atic spiawl re sent. Namely, if he iselected w ill he penses of $685,000. some of the power it needs to enforce c iv il rights laws. vices. on the Florida prim ary ballot. ating "m ass hysteria” on the has made then alteration all be elect»] by the people or the M r. Toran also has a num The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission w ill be Perhaps one ol Hie most fussing issue. "1 am fo r lu t totally unmanageable. organizations that help to fi ber of assets that can be most lierplexlng problems IS that authorized to go to court against employers or unions that bussing because the alterna The seilousness of tie nance his campaign. If he is useful in his campaign. F irs t, Senator W illiam P roxm ire currently there are no ade discrim inate on the basis of race, religion, national origin tive of perpetuated racial seg situation was revealed by a elec ta i by the ;ieopie then he he is perhaps, the ( li st really (Dem.-W isc.) announced that o r sex. quate provisions (oi te im mat regation is worse, fa r worse. House sulvomtnittee which must represent them at all serious Black candidate to run he has undergone hair trans Since it was created in 1964, the commission has had ing inactive atkl obsolete ad The Berkeley City Council ” 1 am fo r bussing because two yeais ago atteui|v(ed to cost. If he is r e a 11 y elected foi the pregun House of Rep plants. It w ill take 18 months visory bodies. The House only the power of persuasion, and more than one half of voted to d ire ct the city man if the choice is between in make a survey ol all ot ganized by others that financed him, resentatives. E v e n though fo r the h a ir to grow. ” 1 subcommittee survey d is the 100,000 complaints heard have remained unresolved. ager to investigate whether convenience and the repudia commissions advising tie he would have todance to their vther Blacks have run loi that w ill s till be a semi-baldy, covered at least 50 cotmHis I he commission s authority- w ill also extend to employees tlie city can regulate the acti tion of the Constitution, I staixi gov em inent. A ftei Isolating tune because they paid the tid position they really were not but a little m o r e semi and a sions which have not held a of companies and unions employing as few as 15 persons, vitie s and location of w ar- with the Constitution. more than 1500 such groups d le r. o r to put it more blunt little less baldly ." taken as sei ious candidates by single meeting in over two and more important, w ill include the employees ot federal, related industries within its "T h e President has seized which spend at least $r>4 ly, lie would only be a "N e g ro ” the B la c k community ar»l years. state and local governments and educational institutions. boundaries. The city attorney on it, and fanned the flames m illio n annually, the sub- representing Black people. surely not by tlie white com lia is . Hie Intel national This is significant in Oregon since acursory glancewill was instructed to investigate of fear over it. That may co m n ilitre concluded that it However, knowing Toran, that munity. Their candidacy was S crew T hread C o m m is s io n , Representative W i lb u r show that federal, state and local governments in Oregon what contracts industry and serve his needs fo r he would would le ''im p o ssib le ” to a big joke and served no use would never happen because he M ills (D .-A rk.) recommended aikl s c o re s of s im ila r g io u p s , hire an insignificant number of m in o rity w orkers. The the University of C alifornia prefer a debate over busing locate (hem a ll. is his own n un. In fact, some ful purpose other than the a 20 percent boost in Social continue to exist — at the tax moral and economic issues and the law have failed to have with the Defense Dept. to a debate over Vietnam, or "Nobody but noixxly In the may call him a m ilita n t. In my cause of tlie white establish payers’ e x jw n s e . Security benefits. The poli inspire these agencies to hire m inority workers, perhaps and the C IA. The city joblessness or the endless federal government knows opinion, however, lie is only a ment. Toran w ill, un like p re - tical bombshell w ill be in A lm o s t e v e i yone ig io e s the fear of federal intervention w ill. council also asksd the U. S. pandering of Washington to exactly how many advisory man that te lls it like it Is and vious candidates bring some cluded in the Social Security that p u s ltiv e a c tio n is needed, Many employers sign compliance contracts agreeing to Government to end the war, to big business and high fi u m m iite e , th e re a le , ” said dignity and set luusness to his doesn’t take any affronts from b ill Congress plans to send hire arxi upgrade m inorities, but have no intention of keeping and xevei a l c o i r e v tiv e le g is stop taxing the people of nance." s e n a to r W illia m A . R o th , J r . the powers that tv. campaign, Second, the candi to President Nixon before the this bargain with the government. They go through the la tiv e proposals aie now pend Berkeley to support war, and (K Del.) who conducted his Attorney Toran w ill have to date has the support of the November election. M ills is ing le lu re Congress. motions of w riting a few letters proclaiming their status to stop spending money on own study ut the situation. overcome many, many ob County Democratic P a ity and a candidate fo r the Demo Wliethei my w ill see the as an Equal Opportunity Employer, but do not require their war that should be spent " to In addition, there are many stacles before he can 1« elec Is running in a predominately cra tic P arty nomination for light ol day is unoei tain. P er personnel department to put this policy into practice. They provide housing, education and instances of duplication of ted. F irs t, since lie is Black, Democratic d is tric t. Third, the presidency. The U, S. w ill supply Vene do not seek out m inorities or make jobvacancies and training haps a commission should le health care fo r all citizens.” e llo ri among know advisoiy and white voters out numbei he is erkloi sed or w ill le en zuela with 100 a i r - t o - a i r opportunities new to them. a p p o in t« ! to study tlie m a ile r . groups. Four such gioups Black voters, tie w ill have to dorsed try the leading Black m issies. J ne courts have held that an absence of m inority workers appeal to m a n y ethnic groups and white civic , political, Richard G. Kleindreanst, is itself proof of discrim ination, no m atter what the motive Prison guards in California and run a m u lti-ra c ia l cam clal arxi professional organi o r method. Nixon’ s nominee for Attorney began a d rive to amend the paign. And since lie w ill focus zations in the city. Four tli, \ | r . General, found no fault with This does not mean a lew janitors; or one man in a top State Constitution to perm it his campaign on the rights of lo ia n is running at a time Angela Davis was released level job. It means " a t all levels” . mass arrests of thousands the death penalty. Capital the consumer, the quality of when tlie 18 year old votes on $102,500 bail, she has been of protesters in Washington, EEOC s effectiveness w ill depend in part on the direction punishment was recently de our schools, the inequities in could play a niajoi role In his H.C. last May. He declined h e ld in ja il since October of given by the White House, and on the availability of funds. clared unconstitutional by the the present tax structure and election since this w ill le the 1970. Bail was approved by to take a position on school EEOC in the past has shown the willingness to act; it w ill C alifornia Supreme Cour t. th e problems of m inority firs t time they w ill he allowed Superior Court Justice soon have ti»e power. fusing and gun control. groups, these issues a re bi o.id to vote in thlse kind of elec Richard E, Arnason, based enough to ap(>ej| to all ethnic tion. Fifth, tlie candidate is on the C alifornia Supreme groups since they affect ev < apable, artlcualte, im pres C ourt's recent ruling striking rhe Observer* s official position is expressed only in its Put> eryone. Second, as in every sive and perceptive. down the death penalty in Cal Usher's Column (The Observation Post) and the Editor*sDesk. political campaign, finance As 1 see it,” John Toian ifornia. M iss Davis is re Any other m aterial throughout the paper is tie opinion of the in w ill 1« a problem. However, w ill be Oregon's firs t Black stricted to six San Francisco dividual w riter or submitter and does not necessarily reflect since he presumably has the elected m eiulei to the House area counties. the opinion of the Observer. endorsement of the Demo- of Representative. If Toran is Lov-I.ee-I.adee ocratlc P arty, it w ill appar not elected it w ill not le I m - K lllingsw orth Ik Vancouver Neighbor hoal H ills ently help finance his cam cause lie did not have enough Tillamook A W illiam s Georgia P acific Bldg. paign. T hird, he lsn o ta sw ell support from the people; Itw d l 5th Ave. (Downtown) County Court House known as some other poli n o t be because h I s campaign lih Ave. (Downtown) M iam i, F la . - C o m m o n Gardner said, " i t come sunder Paige’ s Phstniacy ticians in his area and he w ill was not taken seriously; itw d l 7th & Knott C a u s e Chairman John W. a closed rule and is always Grant High Phaimacy have to ca rry his campaign to •3rd a Knott not be because he does not have Gardner called on all P resi passed." Freedom Bank the people almost on a door to th e a b ility; it w ill not be be Union A Knott dential candidates to publicly Piedmont Phaimacy Since the closed rule means door basis and explain to (hem cause he was not the le s t can F alling A ( mion disclose by M a r c h 21 the Grenfells M aiket no Congressman c a n offer an in no uncertain terms that they didate; it w ill not le lecau re Skidmore A Union names of those they w ill con amendment, Gardner added, L illia n ’ s Beauty w ill be represented by an iden he was not properly financed; W illiam s Ave sider fo r Vice-President and Maxey’ s Grocery the p r a c t ic e explains why tifiable and responsive per it w ill he because the m ajority W ill lams A Going pledge that they w i l l recom there has never been a direct All>ei (son Mai ket son. Fourth, Toran may be of the |ieople in his d i s t r i c t K ill ingswoi th mend to their p a r t y conven House vote on an issue as im C lark M arket running against other B la c k s till are judging a man on the W illis A Penninsula tions only names from this portant as the oil depletion al 15th Avenue Ih rlftw a y individuals for the same seat, color of his skin and not on his Brazee A 15th group. lowance. F ied Meyers and this w ill r e d u c e his a b ility, haracter and Integ Union A K lllingsw orth Speaking at a C o m m o n Phipps Pharmacy rity . chances of winning because, "T h e p e o p le of Florida N, Shaver A M ississippi Cause membership meeting in should not be denied, because M iam i, Gardner sa id th lsd is- of a quirk of tim ing, from hav closure would "a llo w the vot ing available the sam edlsclo- ers, the media and convention sures that w ill be available delegates to weigh the recoids M r. Richard Nokes following Apr li 7 in other state and viewsof all potential Vice- Deai E ditor; E d ito r Presidential p r i m a r i e s , ” Presidential candidates.” Gardner said. THE OREGONIAN The final decision should be 1 was very much interested 1320 S. W. Broadway He a s k e d all candidates in made by th e convention dele in the a rticle that the " P o rt Portland, Oregon the Florida p rim a ry tocom ply gates, Gardner said, "n o ta s a land Observer” carried la s t "w ith the s p irit of the new rubber Stamp but after serious week by Lenwood G. Davis on Dear M r. Nokes: law” by m akingpubliconFeb- delibeiation on the choices be Portland B la c k Caucus. I I think that i t ’ s a good ruary 28 arrl March 9 a de fore them.” agree with some of M r. Davis’ idea to have a Portland ob 1 read with interest the Thursday, February 17, 1972 issue of tailed lis t of all their campaign He also said thatcandidates points and disagree with oth server in this community that expenditures for the p rim a ry. the PORTLAND OBSERVER, a rather new black community s h o u ld lie prepared to state VO« m a in ta in a balanr <> o l $ l(X) o r m ore e rs. I believe that one of the is run by blacks, (r always Gardner also said that can newspaper. This particular issue dealt with the history of publicly at any tim e who their shortcomings or weaknesses ■ no m a ile r ho w m any < her ks you w rite has some good things about didates should state whether blacks in Oregon. They repunted several editorials from chief financial backers are, of the Caucus is that it does blacks In our community. I t ’ s ear lie r days from several of Oregon's newspapers, including they w ill “ fight the secrecy how much they have received II yon m a intain you r a r r o u n l balance at not have enough of the "g ra ss not as big as the Journal or THE OREGONIAN. For those of us that are native Ore t h a t shrouds and cor rupts so f r o m them, and the t o t a l roots” people and this should the Oregonian but it might «-F m ore than $2(X), b u t less than $ KXI much of the public process.” gonians and feel that Oregon has a history of justice and amount received since the last be remedied immediately. | get there. I would 1« proud piogressive leadership, those messages from the past He called for open meetings at g ift came in. It you m a intain yo u r a r r o u n l b a la n rp at think that the greatest asset of if it would get there. I hope are quite revealing. all stages of the legislative He complimented Senator Portland Black Caucus is that the Portland Observer stays process. ™ m ore than $I(X), b u t less than $200. McGovern, Mayor Lindsay and its possibilities are unlim ited. in business THE OREGONIAN editorial of September 26, 1909, reprinted "T h e re is no better example Representative McCloskey for 1 disagree that one spokesman II you r a rt o n n t goes b e lo w $ KXI you r by Spurge Simpson in the OBSERVER, does not sound like what I would like to of how’ closed’ a Congr ession- already pledging to make such * m o n th ly service (b a rg e w ill be a flat should represent the group. I Boise Elementary School believe to be any statement from the twentieth c e n tu ry .lt al operation can be,” Gardner information public. He added think it should have sevetal s a id , "than the functioning of indeed Indicates that the past is fille d with many wrongs, that President Nixon, Senator spokesmen. some of which are a part of our present day. I hope that the House Ways ami Means Muskie and Senator Humphrey This reader also hopes that a ll Oregonians w ill unite and commit themselves to see that Committee, which shapes the have shown no inclination todo A ik about pottage-free Bank By M ail »enrice M r. Davis w ill continue to tliese wrongs are laid to rest forever and that we can indeed laws governing every tax dol the same. w rite enlightened and infor be a state that is a model of justice. la r that we pay." USE A mative a rticles fo r your news He noted that a new law re- Sincerely, A fte r public hearings are paper. qulring s im ila r information concluded, 1« noted, the busi DONALD E . 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