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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.
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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