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tin Monday, M arch I I , tire Sensible tra n s p o rta tio n < >p— tlons fo r f'eople E xecutive C om m ittee Voted to continue circ u la tio n of Its motor ve h icle gas tax im tra tive petition to enable fuel tax m onies to Ire used for mass tra n s it |X it- poses. Governor lorn M cCall ha<l suggest»! to STOP that it consider a lte rn a tive language and file a new |ie titlo n . STOP officer s sard that the G overnor am i other s t a t e o ffic ia ls agreed in p rin c ip le w ith the aim s of the present pe tition , fxrt fe lt that technical changes should be made. After discussions w ith lire Governor and Glenn Jackson, Highway C om m ission C h a ir man, S lo p lee nled to continue with tlie present wording be- cause of tim e deadlines w ith in which signatures m u s t be gathered, ove r 53,000 v a l id signatures m u s t be file d by Model C itie s Senior A dult Service C enter la an operating -•K»"cy th .t . c u JB „ „ reach service to a ll senior citize n « . H ie p ro je ct office is located at 3904 N J '. Union Avenue. J o ll Southwell, p ro je c t 1)1- ' Im . employ , i StfflOB ADULI (SfRVlCF L IN ,,, “ bout ten fu ll-tim e and over th ir ty p a rt-tim e em ployees, to lendoi seivIces to m ore than 1400 people d a lly , se rvice s to senior adults in clude providing d a lly te le phone services to sick and shu t-in adults, ti «im portation and handyman services and many otliei services designed to Im prove tlie quality ot life fo r e ld e rly citize n s In tin Model N e lglilto rhou l A re a . White House reports civil rights progress STOP p etitio n s Center serves senior citizens Services to Model C itie s Senioi Adults is one o f the p rim a ry functions of the Senior A du lt Service C e n te r. Hie ce n te r's d ire c to r 1« J o ll Southwell, river 1400 Senior Adults receive service from the center d a lly . July 7, 1972, with the Secretary of State, f'eople interested in c irc u la tin g (»etitions can con- tact M r s.Stephen M alm , P o rt land, coordinator fo r the in itia tiv e campaign. PDC awards park contracts M Itc h e ll/ McA r thur / G ard n e r / r r 'h a n e Assoc tales, larxl- acape arch itects and planning consullanls ol P ortland were awarded a contract lo t park development In Ir ving and A l berta Park in the Model G dies a lea at a meeting of tire P o r t land | revelopment C o nn nis- •b n, Monday, March i ' . I he con tra ct c a lls for the Consultant Io developa master plan artl a In s t stage con stru ctio n plan to i Irv in g P a ik tri tfre Irving to n Neighborhood Development P io je c t, and de velop a master plan and an overpass design fur A Ite r (a P ark in the K uig-V ernon-S a- brn Neighbor hood |le ve lo p - ment P ro je ct. A representative of th e planning fir m , ken ri'k a n e , explained some of the f ir s t stage construction plans for Irv in g P a rk, they would in clude an additional I id le I .ea gue baseball diam ond, both emder - jogging and p a r e d paths through the parb,90eeta light f ix tu r e s , e ju r p m e iil, playground « "tO t-lo t** lor pre-schooler s, and new fa c il itie s for ba ske tb a ll. A number of residents ol tlie aiea expressed th e ira p p io v a l of the park p ro je ct al the rneel- urg. Hesklents have feen ac tive since November in d e ve l- oping plans. I lie I rvrng P a r k Design C om m ittee made a sfiecial e ffo rt to v is it area schools to find out c h ild re n 's ideas fur Inclusion in lire park plan, O'Kane not») that the p re sent schedule would allow for planning and approvals torneet a May I, 1972 deadline (or the awarding ot a construction contr act. I he C o m m issio ne rs were also told at the Monday m eet ing that author r/at Ion I r urn the Departm ent of Housing and I r ban I levelopment (HI | j is expected soon which w ill allow re h a b ilita tio n w ork to begin in lire Boise-H um boldt neighbor hood in P ortland under the P ortland Development Com m is s io n ''. Neighbor hoixl Ire velopment P ro g ra m . Although . I,. (500,00 ready b e e n allocate.! to the HIX? by tire federal govern m e n t, w I itten i ithr i .. from HI I) to proceed has not teen received as yet. T h is is required before costs can he rncu r i »1. H o rse-H u m bo ldt residents have set housing reh ab ilita tion and replacem ent as H e ir p r i m ary objective during (he in i tia l stages of th e ir p ro je c t. When work begins in the Boise-H um boldt neighborhood It w ill mean that only H e r .Hot neighborhood iri the M n d e lC l- ties area w ill not have started an action pro gra m . Ih e P o r t land le v e lo p m e n t C om inrs- sion is w orking w itlr the re s i dents to develop p r io r lt ie s fo r im provem ent in E l i o t and br ing ite m under th e Neigh borhood le ve lo p m e n t P r o ll ra m . T o «late in t ie Model C itie s area, the Neighbor hood D evel opment P ro g ra m , which h a s (wo y< anil the recently com pleted A l bina Neighborhood Im p ro ve ment P ro je c t have resulted in tie reh ab ilita tion of some 935 homes as w ell as im prove ments of stre e ts, a lle ys, aide- * 1 ' . I ’ ..•■I- m : ; I I ns; the development of new parks; ad d it io n s to school s i t e s , and im provement of other public fa c ilitie s . Other long range pr io ritie s note! by the residents include im provem ent ot s tie e ts and tr a ffic safety; developing of pedestrian walks; im p rove ment ol building of com m unity; social service am) recreation facilities in c lu d in g p a r k s , r e ha bilitatio n of stru ctu re s and street tre e s. co m m e rcia l planting of »rtland/Observer Washington, D .C . — Ihe I I raise has released a S(H' lal repor t c itin g pi ogr ess In " c i v il rig hts and r elated so cia l p ro g ra m s ." I fie re p o rt liste d forw a rd steps in employment of blacks, erlu Ition, justice, w e lfare , m in o r rty business, housing ami Hug abuse. Die report was released du rin g a recent W hite House new conference. T op A d m rn - Istr rtion blacks p a rtic ip a tin g in tfre br iefing included: Rub e n J. Brown, Special A ssis tant to tfre ('re s id e n t; Samuel Ja kson. A ssistan t S ecre tary ol HI I r; John Jenkins, D ire c tor of tfre C om m erce D e p a rt- m ent's o f f i c e of M in o rity Business E n te rp ris e ; Samuel P i e r c e , G eneral Counsel, T re a su ry I repartnrent; Samu el .m inions. A ssistan t secre ta ry at HUD; and Stanley S. Scott, A ssistan t to the D ire c tor of Com m unications fo rth e Executive Branch, ih e White House. I fie i eport liste d t h e s e highlights of t h e A d m in is tra tio n ’ s c iv il rig h ts reco rd; W h ite • • F txle ra l c iv ilia n m in o rity employment increased from 349,251 in 1969 to 390,051 last M ay, meaning that m in o rity w o rke rs hold 19.5 p e r cent of the Governm ent’ s n o n m ilita ry jobs. Ihe P resident has ap pointed seven black Am bassa d o rs, increased the num ber of black m ilita r y o ffic e rs of gen- ei al o r flag o ffic e r rank from two to seven and increased the number of blacks in G overn ment " s u p e r - g r a d e s " jobs from b3 to ne arly 100. • • Ihe per rentage of black ch ild re n in a ll-b la c k schools nationwide decreased fro m «0 per cent in 1968 to about 12 cent last fa ll. A k ) to black c o l leges has m ore than doubled from the 1969 spending level. • • I he Justice D epartm ent has increased its staff of attorneys to enforce the C iv il R ig h tsA ct of 1964, which bars Fede al aid 1 r.ale, from 93 in 1969 to 185 th is yea i . C iv il rig h ts review s to d e te r- Russell Dams. Photographer s Male m ine com pliance with Hie law are expected to increase from 12,300 in 1969 to 52,000 next yea r. • • I he number of counties not offe rin g fo u l stamps to the poor has b e e n i* J u c * l from 440 in J in u a ry 1969, to nine and the number of persons aided has quadrupled. • • M in o rity business aid from th e G overnm ent increased fio m $2OOmillion in 1969 to a budgeted total of $505.8 m il lion for 1973. • • i . 11. bousing low and m iddle income fa m rl- 156,001 to an expected total of 566,000 next year. I he housing is sub sidized by the F e d e ia l Gov ernm ent. *• L ' , t said, drug abuse prevention e ffo rts include a tw o -th ird s spending increase from 1969 to $371 m illio n this year; a special ac tion o ffice has been created for drug abuse prevention and it reports d ire c tly to the P re s i dent, and Veterans A dm ini stra tio n drug treatm e nt cent e rs fo r drug a d d ic t*! veter ans have increased fro m s ix to 3 2 . Scott said that the repor t, the f ir s t of its kind under P re sid e n t N ixon, was meant to counter unjust c r itic is m an d “ le t people know ther e is con cern fo r a ll segments of life in this A d m in is tra tio n .” A T T E m O r T0« TRAILERS k (AMRER 0W1ERS! lutaaaMi wawows \ ruling hand*! down hythc I .5, suprem e Cour t last June 21 holds thur fe.le ta l agents may be sue-1 if they enter a h o m e unlaw fully to se t rch and a rre s t its occupants. But what constitutes unlawful en try ? Many te l teve that agents m ust show a w a rrant before entering a home. But M r.am i M' i I at lea i . j amea, s r , ot P o rtla n d , r rregon have learned d iffe re n tly . As a re su lt ol events that began on J anua ry 4, 1971, two "l tho J lin e - . ( n il , : - rerl - C h arle s, Jr , andC heryl - are serving sentences In fed e ra l le n a l in s titu tio n s . I h e y were convicted on charges of assaulting Ic ie r al o ffic e rs - two Federal Bur eau of In v e s ti gation agents who had entered th e ir home without showing a w a rra n t. Appeals w ere Hied on behalf of lo th young people w ith tire 11J», c ir c u it cou rt of appeals in San F ra n cisco . Cha lie s 'n a p - peal was turned down, a n d tie is c o n fln c l in Hie youth deten tion fa c ility at I lt!le to n ,C o lo ., to s e i v e an Indeterm inate sentence w ith a s ix -y e a i m ax im um . C h e ry l's appeal w ill le (ward M arch 7. What I c l to Hie assault charges? tin that January afternoon Mr s. James was at home w ith 14 of tie r c h ild re n . When I l- y e a r - o ld I im m y ran into tire livin g room sh o u tin g ,"M a m a , the F B I Is h e re !" everyone thought he wa s jo kin g . But a moment la te r two w hile men in c iv ilia n clothes entered tfre room and approached 20-year old Char les, a com b.it veteran who had leen wounded In V ie t nam and decorated. He was wanted because lie was A W O I . from the navy. I he F ill agents d kl not know the d e ta ils of C h a rle s's case, nor would they listen when M rs . Jam es trie d to explain. T h re e months pre vio usly C h arle s had requested a n d been granted a leave so that he m ight m a rry h i s fiancee tie- fo re th e ir child was bom and lie w ith her at the b irth . At the last m inute the lenvew ascan- celerl, b u t he c a rrie d out his p la n s anyway, leaving the Long Beach naval base and tra ve lin g to P o rtla n d . 1 here he made no e ffo rt at conceal ment; lie rented an apartm ent and took out a telephone in his o w n name. Im m ediately 1« phoned an o ffic e r on his base a broken nose. to make known his where Die subsequent events were abouts, explain why fie had left, g r aphically d e sci tie d b y M rs . ami pro m ise to re tu rn as soon James to an in te rvie w e i who as the child was born. called on tier at tier home Hut there were com plica some tim e la te r. tio n s. I Ire baby became 111 ami " I asked the ch ild re n to was kept In the h o s p i t a l . g a ther around ami p r a y that C h arle s h im se lf was III. His C harles would not bo h u rt. But patents kept urging h lin tu re t h e y (the F B I) came back in turn to hrs base, a m i his fa ttie r al<out 20 m inutes oi so ami it went w ith him (o v is it the P o rt looked like about 20 agents. land office of Congresswoman I hey jumped down tehirv! E dith Green to try to s tra ig h t tlre ir c a rs ami drew then guns e n th in g s out. Finally, i»v Hie toward the house. The neigh f ir s t of the y e a r , everything bors can te ll you tire agents had was arranged. H is w ife and guns because they saw th is too. baby were home from the hos "S om e of the other kids p ita l, ami he had completed the said, ' I he FBI is back,' am) I necessary a n mgements to came to tire kitchen door ami tra v e l to I ong Beach th e fo l M artha went to answer tfre lowing week. fro n t d o o r, she had ju s t come I hat w a s how things stood ui fro m school and d id n 't know when tire tw o F B I agents en a b o u t C h a rle s getting a r tered the Jam es home on Jan r e s t * ! . M artha went to the uary 4 ami refused to ta lk w lth door ami sard, 'M am a, H e i HI M rs . Jam es. In s te id , t h e y . . .’ ami th a t's as fa r as she walked up fo C h arle s, and got. I hey slammed the door agent B ittne r said; "C om e on, back against her, and the next b o y , w e 're t a k i n g y o u ." thing | knew they threw lier C h arle s a n s w e re d ,"!lo n 'tc a ll against the w all ami thendown me 'b o y '." B ittn e r repeated on tlie door, and tli ree D them his exact w ords, the second sat on liei . she was scream ing tim e placing em phasis on the fo r me to h e lp tie r. She said w on! " b o y " . they were pulling hei h a ir and A t that point, insisted M rs . bending her linger s back. Jam es l a t e r , tro u b le could 1 said, 'Y o u 're hurting h e r. s till have leen averted: " I f Do you h a v e to do a ll th a t? " they had just let me talk to Dne of tliem sneered ami said, C h arle s m yse lf, hewould have 'G et t h a t woman away from gone w ith them without any m e .' I hey (licked M artha up fuss. I trie d to te ll them to let ami took tie r out. She was us t a l k to him , a n d they ju st charged w ith assault ami re w o u ld n 't . | hey ju s t took sistin g a rre s t. Hut they as o v e r.” | he two agents, Bittner saulted lie r. ami Phelps, moved in on C har "T h e y took M artha am) les to handcuff him , and a scuf C h eryl to Rocky Butte, both of fle broke out. C h a rle s reached them. I yelled out the doo r and fo r a lamp, fxrt his m othe r ami said, ‘ I hey are ju v e n ile s .’ two of rhe g ir ls grabbed it lie- I hey claim ed they didn’ t know fo re he could. In the general they were ju ve n ile s, but I told confusion ami panic, the fa m ily them that when they le tt the dog rushed Phelps. David, the d o o r. Ami tle y took them both 14-year old, t r i e . l to pull the to Rocky Butte. D ia l's th e d o g off, but P h e lp s m is m te i- adult ja il. | think they took preted Hie boy's action and .se M artha away that same night cured a stranglehold on him . ami took her to tlie juvenile Shouting to Phelps to release home. I think C h e ryl staved tier young b ro th e r, 17-year old overnight there, ami then she C h e ryl got hold of a ro llin g pm. was taken o u t to Clackam as Die agent m aintained the hold county and juit in a women’ s and C h e r y l hit him ove r tire ja il out th e re . But she was head. D u ring the melee a bot s till considered a ju ven ile . tle w a s knocked to the flo o r, M artha was kept about fo u rm ami agent B ittn e r sustained five days, ami they let lie r go cuts when lie fe ll on Hie broken without b a il. C h e ryl was fit ja il glass. about three weeks, h e t o i e Ih e agents d ragged Char les there was a bail to r lie r . " out of tlie house and took him M rs . James re p o rts that tlie to Rocky Butte Jail, w liere he agents refused to s p e a k with was held without h a il. B ittn e r her anddkl not show tier a w a r was treated for his cuts, ami rant. " I was the only adult In it was determ ined that Phelps the house," she said, "a n il I hail suffered a concussion ami feel tliat Hils is re a lly wrong. H e have rig h ts . E sp e cia lly in our home. I hey said t h e y xlentified them selves to Da vid, m y 14-year old. But I feel tliey should identify t h e m selves to Hie head of tlie house ami not to Hre c h ild re n . " I don't think they even had a w a rra n t. We asked aboutthis over am) ove r, ami they kept saying tliey d id n 't have to have one.” A lte r the tr ia l ( ,S. A tto rne y Sidney Lezak told the press: 'W h at's all th is about a w a r rant? If Hie m an's a fug itive and there is probable cause to think lie s in the house, a w a r rant is not needed and is i r r e l e v a n t." But he conceded t h jt the FBI h jd not sen tC ha rlesa warning ami had made no e ffo rt to info rm them selves of his personal circu m sta n ce s. Lhev dxi not know of his com m uni cation w ith an o ffic e r in his unit ami ot his arr.rngem ents to return to his base. M rs . Jam es stated that FBI agents who te s tifie d in cou rt m is re p re s e n t*! what had oc curred d u rin g th e a rre s ts .A c B»a o* >aw«e»ed low o t ................... , , . . . ; 0 o ., ir u M a o o a i . s « •ie TR A IL» MFR. QUITS! SAVE! SAVE! SAVE ON BASEMENT F A N IL IK O’1 w 1Q.QQA feet of 4>7 A 4«7 ■? vec'iory — »Oeoi Eo» bavem«nt W so d i. » «v i. decorator d e t qot . . S1.V7 to U .17 per iM « G eorgia Pacific A U.S. Plyw ood Panel M ouldings n R i. co w r^ i. b o w . (ta p ,, o o w r, ttwM. to p w rwi. M l. r t f - f lN IS H E D TO M A TC H A N T C O lO « F A N t llN G — 2 0 loTon and ( iiw A m ! STOCK UF cording to t h e i r testimony, C h arle s hit one of them w ith a lamp ami one had be e n h itw ith a bo ttle. r>n the second occa sion they said M artha has as saulted them wlien they came ui the do or. Saiil M rs . Jam es, " I sat ami heard th e m ami it made me sick wlien I heard it. I d id n 't know t h a t they would do that under oath . . . tel I things they knew were absolutely false. I 'hey’ re good lia r s . ” I lie case against C h e ryl lias been c ritic iz e d on a num ber of points. J ie Morehead, a P o r t land attorney who represented Mar t in , m a in ta in *! that w ith out doubt Chery I should have been trie d in juvenile co u rt. " I . v en rnu nle r ca ses a re t r ied in state ju ve n ile C o u rts ," he said. M i. a n d M rs . Janies feel that C h e ry l’ s c o u rt-a p p o in t*! attorney did nut provide an adequate defense ami that he weaken*! her case when lie persuaded hei to waive a p re - I mi ma ry hea r in g. He w ithd rew fro m the case after the tr ia l. Die second attor ney a p p o in t*! by the c o u rt, M r . and M rs . Jam es discovered, was a longtim e personal frie n d of F B I agent Phelps, whom Cher - yl was accused of assaulting. When the Jam eses o b je c t* !, he adm itted the frie n d sh ip ami w itlxlre w from the case. And so, three weeks a lte r N her 18th birthday a n d two weeks a fte r h e r graduation fro m high school, C h e r y l James began serving an 18- monHi sentenc - at the T e rm i nal Island C o rre c tio n a l In s ti tution in San P edro, C a lif. M artha was placed on a th re e - year probation, but lie r proba tion has since been revoked. Com m unity s u p p o r t has i>een forthcom ing fo r the young people. A b ira c ia l C h e r y l Jam es Fund C o m m i t t e e form ed by interested c itiz e n s , has expressed concern o v e r (be " r a c is t , c o n flic t-p ro v o k ing m a n n e r" of the F B I agents and h a s questioned whether s im ila r tactics would have .'«en used in dealing w ith a white m iddle cla ss fa m ily . M r s . Jam es, who teaches a weekly Bible class a n j who has p a n ic ip a t* ! in church a c tiv i tie s in Hie Albina area o f P o rt land to r many years, had this to say; ‘ I had taught my c h ild re n to love ever y body and to judge l« o p le on the m e rits ol who they are ami th e ir c h a ra cte r ami p e rs o n a lity . I w a n t*! my ch ild re n to know that I'm not w ith people that do w rong. And so 1 said to the man that was standing there, "> o u 're white people ami you have the power, so you can come into our home and do anything you lik e .' And he said, 'You say such a thing as that m fro n t ot your c h ild - :en’ And 1 t , W ell, childre n are standing h e r e looking at what you’ redoing in our home.' "T h e y did n ’ t have respect to r m e. I was ju st nobody, [hey j u s t b a rg * i in lie re ami took over. And they ta lk about com m unism , but I ’ ve read that they do th is . I hey ju st come in and take a p la c e .. .[d o n 't have re spect fo r that. We m ig h t 1« black, fxrt w e 're s till peo ple. Ami we’ re not dum b. I can t understand how [«ople expect you to have respect fo r tliem it they do n't have respect fo r y o u ." .Stephen G. G ilber t I make movies in the Coast Guard. a 321 S.W. 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