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.
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'
,
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
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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.
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321 S.W. Salmon Street
Por tlan d, Oregon '11204
Phone 221-3075
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