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• » POHTL-i \D n i ill« - I 7 i r , e i V tfI Portia n d /O b jc rv tr Û/ZS//////<// PiiLLrLAJXll Campaign '7 2 Womens rig h ts are an " o b vious factoi *’ in the campaign ol Patsy M ln k ,( ',s . Represen tative fro m Hawaii, who a r rived in P ortla nd la s t F rid a y tti liegin tie r campaign lo i the Presidency in the Oregon P r i m ary e le ctio n . In addition. M u . M ink strong ly advocates "th e right to p a rticip a tio n on o ve iy level of society'* lo r any citiz e n "re g a rd le s s ol race, re lig io n , o r sex.'* M rs . M ink h o p e s fo r " a ......... Ugh I hange in the o td e i ol pi lo i Itles that oui country is com m itted t o . " She cited th e po ve ity c r i s i s , education, health and |Hillu(lun a s c ru c la l areas (or tax ex|« n< litu ie. S till the m a jo r Issue ol tier campaign. M is . M ink (eels is that an Imm ediate date should 1« s e t fo r w ith dra w al f r o m V iet Nam . she stated that si« (a lls " t o see any lu r tlie i Justi ficatio n lo i ttie w a r " , p a rtic u la r ly in lig h t of Unproved r e lations w ith C hina. M rs .M in k Representative Patsy M ink was welcomed to the C ity of Roses believes t h a t (ear ol Chinese by Gretchen K afoury, l« i campaign C oordinator fo i P ortland expansion ju s tifie d the war in Repiesentatlve M ink came to P ortland to open tie r campaign the tnlnds ol many in tlie p a s l. (o r the Ile m o c r itlc nom ination fo r t ie Presidency. (H1SE1ÌLLH Campaign gifts bring tax break In the new tax law passed in De en tlter Congress adopt ed a long-advocated step to encouiage m ore sm all con- t i ilxition s to p o litic a l cam paigns. S ta llin g th is y e a i, tax payers may get a tax break fo r p o litic a l co n trib u tio n s to fe d e ia l, state o r local can didates o r com m ittee s. They may take e ith e r a tax deduc tion , as they do f o r a c h a rit able co n trib u tio n , o r a tax c re d it, which is deducted d ir e c tly from the Income tax owed. I o get the tax deduction you may c la im half of your p o litic a l contr ilxitio n s, but not m ore than $50 if you file singly o r $100 on a jo in t re tu rn . A lte rn a tiv e ly , to get the tax c re d it you may cla im $12.50 on a single re tu rn or $25 on a jo in t re tu rn . Black Caucus plans education objectives Casson seeks E llis Casson announced his candidacy fo r C ity Councilm an M arch 12, at Bethel AME Church. M r. Canon M id fa part. The tim e has come when City Hat] must re fle c t the thoughts attitudes and feelings of a ll the people that it rep rese nts. We need a new vis io n . We need a new voice are! we need a new image. T h is 1 can o ffe r ." Harl Haas seeks DA position JCPS names board members I am i . in d id u te fo l D ls ti let A ttorney (or M ultnom ahC oun- «y As a tr ial lawyer lo t tlie p a st 10 year s aril a c itiz e n le g is la tor for t ie (last 4 yea i s, | have sujipoi t«J an d sponsored me enactment of fir m , la ir c r im l - n..i laws, realist le gislatio n, as w e l l as the long-needed consum er and en v iro n m e n t I prete. tlo n la w s o f (he 1971 l.e g la la tlv e Session. I know that a ll ol us in M u lt nomah County want il« s e laws fir m ly and equally enforced by the D is tr ic t A tto rn e y 's o ffice . O ur P olice and M e i ilf 's I « - pai tm cnts have done th e ir jobs w e ll. H ow evei, fo i it« past y e a i, the re has l« on a lack of effec tive leadership in o u t D is tr ic t A tto rn e y's o ffic e which has re s u lt« ] in less e ffe ctive pi o - tection ol our citize n s and un equal enfoi cem ent ol t l« law. I iual au l f ir m enforcem ent of our law IS not accomplished by m e re ly publishing a booklet on consumei p ro te ctio n while allow ing an o u t-o f*s ta te p ro * n io te r to u s e fraudulent schemes to swindle hundreds of thousands ol d o lla rs f i om citize n s ol M ultnonrahC ounty. a l's o ffice and local o ffic ia ls , I he D is tr ic t A tto rn e y 's of to develop p ro g ia rn s that w ill fic e has an absolute responsi prevent c i im in a l c o n d u ct-n u t b ility to tre a tc ltiz e n s e ju a lly , ju st prosecute it aftet a c itize n lu t equal pro te ctio n of the law has already been v ic tim iz e d . is not accompl islied by prose Through that type of c o o rd i cuting m inor c rim in a l conduct nated e ffo rt, we can have ef of one economic group of our fe ctive d iu g abuse pro gra m s citiz e n s aril not enforcing me of substance, ra th e r than just same la w as to other highei talking about drug ab use pn ot economic groups w ho engage to electio ns. in the s a m e v io la tio n ol it« I pledge to 1« fa ir . la w . I guarantee the law w ill be I lw D i s t r i c t Attorney equally an d u n ifo rm ly en should have a pro pe l sense of fo i c e il. p r io r itie s . It is not an nnswei I he em phasis ol the ottice to the Increase in professional w ill be not only to prosecute a u l violent ci im v to concen the g u ilty , but to coopei ite tra te a m a j o r p o rtio n ol Hie w ith all goveinm ent.il units D is tr ic t A tto rn e y 's e ffo rts to ami to prov hie assistance ami m ln o i offenses; that is, to at leader ship in foi m ulating pi tack th e minnows ami forget g ta m s to wot k with out youth the sharks. ami prevent c rim in a l ami ille We need a D is tr ic t Attorney gal conduct. who Is w illin g , through leader \ gi.idu ate ol W llla m e ite ship and an e ffo rt of c o o j« i a- I n ive rsitv C ollege of I iw in tion w ith the A ttorney G ener- Hrd, H.i is is now aruenihei of Illin o is State sen. Richard M i G a r y ,]i .M ay or R lchaid G. Hatcher are among 21 prom inent black fe d - • • 'I, the Oregon state B a r A ssocia tion, the Am ei ican Hai Asso cia tio n , ami the M ultnom ah B a r Association. He has teen an in s tiu c to r at N orthw estern C ollege of 1 aw at I ew ls anJ C la rk ami j le c tu re i atW illa - m ette U n iv e rs ity College of La w . Having s e r v e d a s an O regon .stale Kepi e s e n ta tiv i ami a state sen atoi, Haas was a m e n u « i of the J u d i c i a r y C om m ittee ol die House ami the C n m ln .il | aw and P roce d u re C om m ittee ol the senate. He author») ami co-spon- soreil many le g isla tive h ills in the c rim in a l law fie ld , includ ing th e present law which re qu ire s the D is tr ic t A tto rn e y's o ffice to speedily bi mg to tr ia l imliv i.Iu ils a . GUeed » t . i lines, ami w as one ol the chief advo cates of theConsum ei and En viro n m e n ta l P rote ctions I aw enact«! in the 1*4711 eg isla tive s e s s io n . r He arid , ... There were 425 c ity o ffi c ia ls e le c ta l m aking up (lie hu ge st group; school board m em bers were responsible lo r 176 e le c t« ! positions; law o filc e i a, U 7 ; < ount) off represent I I I and state rep résentatives a ril senators are responsible fo r 47 seats. C ra ig Berkm an, Republican candidate foi stale I ie s u r e r , announcal that he has been invited to apply foi the White House F e llo w s P ro g ra m . A ssociate D ire c to r ol the W hite House F ellow s p re gi m i, E i « le u c k Rentschlei Iwrshop quartet, a pro fe ssio n al m agician and games. Bev erages and snacks ava ila ble. A dm ission Is $2.50 and p ro ceeds go to the D e m ocratic I ’a ity . F o r fm th e i in fo rm a tion c a ll 288-1598 Or 287-0758. 4 drew B illin g s le y ; MARC President Kenneth E>. C la rk ; MARC Vice P resident a .id Washington o ffic e r D ire c to r E leanor F a r r a r . H o w a rd L m - v e is lty law P ro fe sso r F rank D . Reeves is E xecutive D i rector of JCPS. O ther m em bers of the Ad visory Council are C a lifo rn ia Congressman Augustus F. Hawkins; Ohio Congressman Louis Stokes; Nevada State Assem blym an Woodrow W ¡1 son; M ichigan S ecretary of State Richard A . A ustin; S ali na, Kansas .Mayor R obert C. C a ldw ell; St. P ete rsburg , F lo rid a C ityC o u n cilw o m a n C . Bette W im bish .Muse; M ont c la ir , New Jersey Mayor Mat thew G. C a rte r; Sheldon,South C a ro lin a School Board M em ber F ried a R. M itc h e ll; Ceene County, Alabama S h e riff Thomas E . G ilm o re . M or e than 600 selected de l Conference delegates w ill egates w ill gather in W ashing include « lu ca tio n a l spe cia l- ton, O X « Ma .sts, e le c ta f o ffic ia ls , com Apr il 1 at the Congressional m unity leaders, parents, a n l B lack Caucus to develop a student groups fro m through national p o licy on m a jo r edu out the nation. cational issues. D r . B ernard C . W atson, The Congressional Black p ro fe s s o r and chairm an of Caucus, joined by other spon urban education at Tem ple soring groups w ill attack the U n iv e is ity , has been nam«J lin g e rin g problem s of educa p ro je c t d ire c to r. tion re la tin g to black and de A ccord in g to H aw kins, Wat p rive d com m unities. son has had a broad range of R eordering of p rio ritie s expenence including teacher w ill also be one of the p rim e and a d m in stra to r in the pub ob je ctives of the three-day lic schools and se rvice on the N ational P o lic y Conference on National A d viso ry C ouncil by Education to r Blacks. appointm ent of fo rm e r P re s Lo s Angeles Congressman ident Lyndon B. Johnson. Augustus F . Hawkins, confer The conference steering ence vice chairm an, said, com m ittee w ill be re p re se n t "T h e ob je ctives of this con ative of such co-sponsoring ference are sim ply the devel groups as the N ational Urban opment of national policies League, M e trop olitan Applied and po sitio ns of an agenda fo r Research C e nter, N AAC P, equal educational opportun N'AACP Legal Defense Fund, itie s fo r black c h ild re n .” N ational Council o fN e g ro W o - Hawkins added, "R ecen t men, Delta Sigma Theta So c o u rt cases, pending and pro r o r ity , United Negro College posed fed eral le gislatio n, the Fund, National Urban C o a li changing com plexion of urban tion and the N ational A ssocia and ru ra l school d is tr ic ts , tne tion fo r Equal O pportunity in widespread academic de H ighe r Education. p riv a tio n of black youngsters The p r io r itie s set by tne and the continuing ris e in un conference delegates w ill ap em ploym ent provoke serious pear as recommended in the questions about the role and national black agenda that is function of education in the now being developed by the live s of black childre n and C ongressional Black Caucus. yo u th ." Let’s Get It Together H a v e you reg istered to vo te? Do you know your district? Do you know you r c a n d id a te to the O regon House of K illin g s w o rth R e p re s e n ta tiv e s from District #16 ? P re sco tt F rem ont Skidmore F rem ont John Toran rep re se n ta tio n for Berkman gains honor Demo’s invite public I lie public is in v it« l to a Cocktail p a rty -c a rn iv a l Sat- u n la y , M arch 18 at T im b e r* lanes, NJE. 4()th a u l Halsey S treets, l« gin ning at 8:00 p.m . to meet D em ocratic candi dates and pa rty w o rk e rs . | n- te im m in e n t includes a bare ,ljd and appoint«! o ffic ia ls and leaders in oth er fie ld s who have l« e n named m em bers of the A d v is o ry C ouncil of the Jo in C e n w i f o r P o litic a l Stud ies (JCPS). A Washington based non- pi o u t ami no n -p a rtisa n p io - g ra m , JCPS IS jo in t ly sp o n sored by Howard U n iv e rs ity and the M e tro p o lita n Applied Research C e nter (M ARC), was established in 1970 by _ gra nt fto m the Foundation to serve as a rese arch center on black p o litic s ami to assist the la p td ly inc leasing numlxsi of black e le c t« ! o ffic ia ls being m ore e ffe ctive jxib lic serva nts. I he A d v is o iy C ouncil intend»! to serve as a re source fo r advice ami counsel to the JCPS board of govern- oi s ami staff m developing and im plem enting the Center p o lic ie s ami p ro g ia rn s . In announcing the form atio n Of the Advisory C0UBCll,JCPS Hoard of G o ve rn o r's C h a tr- man I ouis M a rtin commented that tt« acceptance of mem bership by these already busy black le a d e is fs another illu s tra tio n ol the gre at in te re st and concern black people a re d ispla yin g in cha rting the own d e s tin y .” M a i tin is vice president ami « l it o ii a l d n e c to i ol (lie sengslacke N e w sp a pe r s , which include the C h ic a g o I h illy | letender. M assachusetts senator | d - w.uxl W. Brooke and Hl D A ssistant Secretary Samuel I A l. Jackson, m em bers lire JCPS Hoard of C o ve in - o rs , w ill also serve as Ad v is o ry C ouncil chairm an ami v ice -ch a irm a n , re sp e ctive ly. C thei m em bers of tlie JC P s Hoard of G overnors, who se lected the member s of the Ad v is o ry C ouncil are : Howard U n iv e rs ity P reside nt James l i . Cheek; Howard l n ive rsitv Academic A ice P reside nt An Black officials increase A ccording to He Votei Ed ucation P ro je c t (VEP) if« num l-er ol black elected oil i- c ia ls in southern states has Increased hy 738 in the past s ix months, from 1.15 to 873, A m id st the increase, how e v e r, Alalvim a lost In posi tions ilue to a referendum vote abolishing the office of the Justice of the Peace. John Le w is, d li e cto i of VEP sakl that blacks s t ill f i l l only a fra c tio n of the o ffice s a v a il able and his organization would rem ain dedicated to in creasing the number of blacks Involved in the election pro cess. He said that Hie rise In the nmnhei of hlacke lecied o ffic ia ls since the passage of the Voting Rights A ct of 1965 indicates that blacks a ie " b e ginning to acquire the kind of p o litic a l sophistication which w ill enable them to lu g ln to c o n tro l th e ir own d e s tin ie s ." section H p ige SECTION TWO M ink opens campaign in Oregon Statement of H a il Haas T huriday, M arch 16. 1972 congratulated Berkm an on his selection as one of Am erica Ia n CHistanding Young Men and went on to in vite B e rk m an’ s application to the pro s ' am. In his le tte i, Rentschlei described the W hite House F e llo w s pro gi im as one "designed to b ring in young men and women between the ages ol 23 and 35 fo r a one- year exposure as a kies m em bers ol the Cabinet o r P re s id e n tia l ad viso rs. When asked about the in vita tio n , Berkm an s a il he was fla tte r e d " , but could not con sid e r the p ro gra m it this tim e . " | am fu lly com m itted to seeking the o ffic e of state T r e a s u r e r ," he concluded. L e t’s build . . . to g eth er. Help help us all bv working on niv ca to rep re se n t you. You’ll dig it building som ething to l a s t . . . W rite or dro p b y 3 2 6 0 N.E. Union A ve . Com m ittee to elect Toran
