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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 . CLARK
w ill take effect on A p ril 7, too
Commissioner
ness sessions of the com m it
late foi the Florida pi Imary.
tee are dominated in secret by
Donna C ollins
DBC/nd
When legislation w ritten
Chairman W llb u rM ills and the
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Chiefly by M ills and Byrnes
ranking m inority m e m b e r ,
Portland, Oregon
comes to the House floor.
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