Portland observer., March 16, 1972, Image 1

r . rances Schoen •
Mew t pape* Room
University o f ( »regon Libran
POR r u ND
»m« 2 N o . P o r t l a n d , O ro g o
<Hl QUIT u n » , , , , ,
ORSE H i A /,'
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
|N , Ht WHOLt W,DE WO>LD |HAT t t A u y
ABOUT Pt Ä . " ' ,d O y
M ° ' ‘ h , 6 ’ 197 2
,O t P ”
'» P V
Black scientist heads department for Oregon Primate Center
White news media marks
National Black Convention
I tie conclusion of the iwo-
il«y National B lack Convention
in G ary, Indiana , m arked .1
m ilestone in (Hack A m e rica 's
strugg le (m independeih e.
C o n tra ry to t h e re p o its in
t ie w hite papers, the Con­
vention, which w is held on
M a rch 10 to 12th , was prob­
ably the m ost s ig n ifica n t e-
vent fo r blacks since the 1908
N lu g ia F a lls m eeting.
It
brought togethei 3,546 dele­
gates representing 43 states.
I lie convention delegates a-
dopted
. detailed
National
B lack Agenda. I he introduc­
tion to " I lie G ary l> e cla ia -
tlo n ”
states that the Black
Agend 1 is ad tressed pi itna i -
lly to black people in A m e r­
ica. It is oui attem pt to ile -
lln e
some of the essential
changes which m ust take p nee
In th is lata) as we and tail
c h ild re n move to s e lf-d e te r­
mination
ami tiu e irvlejten-
It assumes that no
basic change fo r our le n e flt
takes place m black o r white
A m e rica unless we B la c k
people o ig a m /e to in itia te that
change. It assumes tha wo
mu it have some
essential
ngi cement on o v e ia ll goals,
even though we may d iffe r on
many sp e cific s tia ie g le s .
Some of the Items contained
in the Agenda are:
dence.
A proportionate
epiesent
at Ion In buth the Senate and
Cong ress.
A guaranteed m inim um in -
come of $6,500 fo r a fa m ily
of fo u r.
A c a ll upon the Federal
Bureau of Investigation to
stop its surveilance of blacks
and d ire c t Its e ffo rts tow aid
era dicating the drug tr a ffic in
tlie black com m unity.
Rapping back
I be com plete Agenda, which
w ill 1« refined at a la te r date.
Is based upon the fact that
" I he A m erican system «foes
not w o rk fo r the masses of
oui people, ami It cannot be
made to woi k without radical
fundamental change."
11* Oregon delegation to the
Convention consisted of D r.
l ee B low n, A tto rne y John
I 01 an and M rs . A za1ee I a th­
an.
A s t o r in g com m ittee con­
sisting of the chairm an of each
state 1 :legation and chairm en
of the m ajoi black organiza­
tions was fom ied to a s s u ie tlie
continuation of the G ary Con­
vention. l i r . Brown was sel­
ected to represent ( negon on
this stee lin g com m ittee which
w ill meet In W ashington, I i. C .
on M arch 24th
A dditional Info niation on
this h is to ric a l event w ill ap-
|v a r in tlie next Issue of the
Observe 1.
" 'ijp r !
'■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■«I
Kesction to P reside nt R lch a id N ixon's ti ip to C h ln a w a s w o rld -
—f
w»e. IN,-. la whet rea ideate ha..... s.,v d><ut P resident M x o n ’ s
tr ip to t ie t n lent . . . .
kA ayne I ’e w ............ex.
pect that th is t r ip w ill help
in d ip lo m a tic te la tlo n s and
PoaatWy o n e , i , h | r .,,-,
expect that it w ill do toomuch
foi chtld-Cartng •mil C hild
C a re 1’iogi am a.”
»
Ai Au
W a rre n Robinson
is the
sociales, assistants and other
D epartm ent bead of H is to l­
personnel. The Gente, has
ogy fo i the
e ;on primate
1600 sub-human P rim a te s of
C e n te r, locate
,n . 250 ac­
29 species.
re campus near Beaverton.
M r . Robinson is in charge
M r . Robinson has been with
of the D epartm ent of H is to l­
the C e nter since it opened in
ogy, which does research on
1961.
body tissue .
The Oregon Regional P r i­
Before jo in in g the P rim a te
m ate Research Center is tie
C e nter, M r . Robinson was
f ir s t of its kinc and 13 one of
D epartm ent Head o f H istology
seven ie g lo n j| enters in tie
at St. V incent H ospital fo r 14
nation, ta c h of the centers
years. P r io r to that, he held
has a p rim a ry focus. In the
the same position at Emanuel
Oregon C enter, human re p ro ­
Hospital fo r two yea rs.
du ctive physiology and devel­
M r . Robinson attended L e ­
opment was chosen as the most
land College and receiver! his
im p o rta n t area to pursue and
bachelors degree fro m Texas
the C e nter is com m itted to
Southern U n iv e rs ity . He then
studying a ll phases of rep ro­
studied at W a lte r Reed H ospit­
ductive biology. Scientists at
al in W ashington, D . C . He
the ce n te r also work in other
came to P ortland to attend the
areas such as cardiovascular
U n iv e rs ity of Oregon M edical
disease, cancer ind t.-e phys­
School , but when he appi led he
ical bases fo r behavior.
found that p re fe re n c e w a s g iv -
One of the most fascinating
en to residents of the N o rth ­
studies is based on the ad­
west and he could not be ad­
m in is tra tio n of drags to p re g -
m itted fo r two yea rs.
He
nant monkeys that induce var­
turned to the fie ld of research,
iations In the development of
where he has rem ained.
the anatom y and the behavior
M r . Robinson has also held
of ihe o ffsp rin g .
Surgical
a p a rt tim e position of A ssis­
s k ills have been developed to
tant V e te rin a ria n w ith
the
rem ove the fetus fro m the body
Oregon State R a cing C o m m is-
of the m o th e r, study it, and re­
sion fo r 27 ye a rs. He is re ­
tu rn it to the womb to go to
sponsible fo r the enforcem ent
I®1 in . The d e tails of changes
of Oregon laws at the horse
of horm onal balance, anatomy,
and dog race tra c k s . The win­
and behavior that accompany
ning anim als are given blood
sexual cycle s in males and fe­
and urine tests follow ing each
m ales are studied.
race to
de term in e whether
Research is done w ith p r i ­
drugs have been a d m in istered .
m ates - monkeys and apes -
M r . Robinson supervises th is
because they most nearly re ­
procedure and is responsible
sem ble human beings. F ifty
fo r subm itting evidence of in ­
in vestig ation s are currently-
fra ctio n s of the law .
being conducted and a ll are re ­
M r . Robinson has been at
lated to reproduction o r to
P ortland Meadows since itw a s
heart and cancer research.
re b u ilt in 1948. He knows of
I h e C e nter is staffed by
no black jockeys who have rid ­
45 fu ll- tim e scie ntists fro m
den in P ortla nd , but there are
all ove r the w o rld . Support­
black owners and tra in e rs who
ing them are 160 research as-
race th e ir anim als here. A
La rg e percent of the patrons
of racing are b la c k .
M r . Robinson s w ile , Alyoe,
is a resource teacher at the
P ortla nd Residential M a n ­
power C e nter. She is c o o rd in -
ator fo r S ickle C e ll Anemia
testing a tth e c e n te i^ w h e re a ll
incom ing black students w ill
be tested.
The Robinsons
have two
sons. Robbie is w o rking on
his M a s te r's degree in Secon­
dary Education. J im earned
his BA last ye a r and plans to
enter the U n iv e rs ity o f Oregon
School of Law th is fa ll.
C liffo rd J . C a m be ll, J r . . .
" I t was a fine p o litic a l ges­
tu re which was guaranteed to
raise the P re sid e n t’ s jxijxi -
la r ity in an election yea r, ft
was also a recognition of the
w orth and sovereignty of a
nation whose Ideo ogy is much
d iffe re n t than ou rs. However,
as a black man, it makes me
much prouder to re fle c t that
blacks were invited to come
to China in preceding years,
ixit M r. K is s in g e r had to sneak
in to ask if our P reside nt
could v is it . "
I ANA \ BRAMI
I anya B u n ie . . . . " I think
the t r ip to China help««I to
seal a p re vio u sly trem endous
c u ltu i a I, p o litic a l and econo­
m ic gap between two ol the
m ost pow erful cou ntrie s in
the w o rld .
But I also think
the d ip lo m a tic corps choosen
to tia v e l w ith Nixon re­
presented ami relayed m ore
a ccu rately
tlie tremendous
ra c ia l pre ju dice ot tlie I lilted
States, than the sjxiken 01
w iltte n
word
evei could
ha ve."
American
Civil
Union
announces
suits
WAYNE PEW
Benj. Franklin
introduces
Black Mayor speaks at OCE
Phil B erthiaum e
Financial Advisor
A new service to help individuals plan
retirement income is now offered by
the Ben| Franklin, with financial
expert Phil Berthiaume heading the new
department He is available tor
consultation at the Franklin Building
on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and at
other times by appointment
Call 224-3333, Ext. 214
Benj. 0 Franklin
n o t . A
L
' ' ^
^
Z
« A V IN O «
A
IO A N
A « « ,
Robert H Hazen, Pre» . IS Offices . Phone 224-3333
Homi •'« ire . Franklin Bldg Portland, Oregon 9?204
V ic k i Magnusen . . . "W ith
Red C hina's recent e n try into
the U , N. and the election
yeai at hand, N ixon’ s choice
of tim in g fo r a v is it could
not have been m ore advan­
tageous. I also leel tlie to u r­
ing pa rty could have been m ore
representative of tlie people
of the U.S.
The t r ip as a
whole was quite enlightening
as to the c u ltu ra l and physical
aspects of tlie country and 1
hope fu rth e r com m unications
can be exchanged to be tte r
relatio ns, but I really feel
th is t r ip was a personal p o li­
tic a l move on N ixon's behalf
ra th e r than an honest g o n l-
w lll exchange.”
• Service Math
(P lease see Section II page 4)
ln i discussion w ith a group
of students l a s t Ihu rsiia v
W arren W idener, niayot of
B erke le y,
C a lifo rn ia , dlS-
cussed Ins ideas on the opere
ation ot c ity governm ents and
some of his observations on
tlie effects ol Ins new p o licie s.
W idener is a black in his
early th irtie s who repreaents
an in te restin g switch in the op­
e ra tio n of city governm ents.
He is a graduate of U n ive rsity
of C a lifo rn ia ’ s B olt H all I aw
School, having done u n d e i-
giaduate w o rk at B e ike le y.
Before taking ovei the posi­
tion of m a yo r, W idener served
on tlie Berkeley C ity Council
fo r two years.
I alking about Ins campaign
tlie m ayo r stated, "T h e main
Issue was one of change
the r a c e f o r th e m a y o r s e .it
w ere eight candidates, two
blacks ami six w hites in a pojv-
ulatio n t h a t was 70 per cent
w h ite, t his was the f ir s t of
the ideas of change ami the
second m ight 1« that the two
blacks took a m a jo rity of the
votes. Talking about the out­
come W idener said, "I only
won ovei the oth er black by 49
votes. . . it wasn’ t a landslide
v ic to r y .”
1 he actual biggest change
discussed by W idener was in
tlie m anner amt contents of tha
proposed budgets that tlie city
was to w o rk w ith . Speaking
against the city m anager fo rm
of city g o ve rn m e n th e sa id th .il
the council use to ju st accept
the Ixidget as proposed by the
c ity m anager.
F o r th is year the B eikeley
C ity C ouncil scrutin ize d the
budget pioposal foi four o r
five months before passing the
budget at the last possible
m in ute. W idener said that he
atxi the council were woi king
on a precedence set up by the
I
<
governor of C a lifo rn ia of eco­
nom izing the budget, r e s ta r t
off with a ten p e r cent cut was
made in the 4.5 m illio n d o lla r
budget proposal. One in te re st­
ing cut was the e lim in a tio n of
rio t equipment fro m the police
departm ent budget. T h is was
done with the feeling that it
wouldn’ t be needed because the
new ad m in istra tio n would be
m ore open to the needs of peo­
ple that were prev iously tu rn ­
ing to rio ts to he heard.
Budgets also served another
ixi i po se in t he ope ra t ion o f c ity
governm ent. W ider.er stated
that at the tim e lie became
M ayor there were only fou r
blacks in the police depart­
ment of the c ity . When the po­
lice chief was questioned about
tin s the chief said that they
couldn’ t find any m in o ritie s
that w ere interested in the jo b .
The m ayor d id n ’ t quite accept
this explanation because he
couldn t understand not ie in g
able to and a m in o rity person
w illin g to take a jo b that re ­
quired m inim um p re -tra in in g
and started at $13,000 a year.
So when the budgets came
out fo r the next year and
the salary increases were
listed the po lice departm ent
was given a fiv e p>er cent in­
crease ind the garbage c o lle c­
to rs received seven and a half
per cent in crea se. W idener
fe lt that the police departm ent
got the point because at last
count the num ber of m in o ritie s
in the jx ilic e departm ent had
increased by 100 pe r cent to
eight men.
One in te re stin g aspect of the
election that W idener was in­
volved in was the p a rtic ip a tio n
ot students in the vampai j j i . He
stated that an overw helm ing
(Please
see
page
8 col 4)
The A m erican C iv il L ib e r ­
ties Union announced that it
would f i l e suits to challenge
pro visio ns in tlie C i t y C har­
te rs of Ashland and Pendleton
that req uire candidates f o r
c ity office to be p ro p e rty own­
e rs .
C h arle s F . P in n e ll, Paul
M ille r and w Ilh a m G. Cower
w e r e all rejected as candi­
dates fo r M a yo r and C i t y
Council of Ashland solely be­
cause they are not projverty
owners. M r.D a v id B .M itz im -
berg’ s attem pt to file as a can­
didate fo r C i t y C ouncil of
Pendleton was also fru s tra te d
on the same grounds.
According to C h a rle s l)a v is .
Chairm an of tlie Oregon a ffi­
liate of A C LU , such p ro visio n s
have been held unconstitution­
al as a v io la tio n of the equal
protection and p riv ile g e s and
im m unities c l a u s e s of the
Fourteenth Amendment o f the
L\S. C o nstitutio n. D a v ls s a k i,
We were amazed to d isco ve r
that such arch aic, m edieval
pro visio ns existed in O rego n-
there is c e rta in ly no ju s tific a ­
tion fo r them in a d e m o cra cy.”
The ACLU w ill be asking the
courts to o rd e r the m u n icip a l­
itie s to p e rm it the persons
pre vio usly rejected as candi­
dates to file fo r the o ffice s they
seek.
BULK R A fr
U. S. POSTAGE
P A ID
PORTLAND, OR ON
P6RMIT NO 1266