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Portland/D hserver
Thursday
I he U > . Supreme C o urt de­
clared unconstitutional leng­
thy residence requlrem enta
lo r voting m state and local
ele ctio n s. I lie C o u r t sug­
gested a period of 30 days as
a residence re q u ire m e n t. No
state now req uire s a residence
of only 30 days, so this de­
cisio n cuuld make S.o m illio n
persons e lig ib le (o vote t h a t
had p re vio u sly been barred
because of recent m oves.
M arch 30, 1972
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utation of person, firm o r corp ora tion, which mav appear in the
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brought to the attention of the E d ito r.
The
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Representative
S h ir le y
C hisholm h a s entered th e
M a ryland p rim a ry .
tie has I
To Be Equal
There are othereleinents in
ch ild re n whose passions tte y
the Senate plan, but what they
inf lam e. There is constant use
a ll add up to is a fu ll-s c a le r e ­
of the phrase "m a s s iv e busing
ALFRED LEE HLNDUkSDN
tre a t from the use ot busing to
fo r ra c ia l balance" when the
help end segregation in the
re a lity is a litt le m ore fusing
schools. The plan that a ll the
to achieve desegregation m
cheering was about w ill only
com pliance w ith the C onstitu­
re s u lt in g re a te r confusion,
tion.
s tiff resistance from d is tr ic ts
L u rid sto rie s have b e e n
that are segregated, and per­
painted of litt le ch ild re n l rom
haps even a return to the un­
the suburbs bused en masse to
constitutional dual school sys­
squalid slum s. A c tu a lly , black
tems by d is tric ts that have a l­
c h ild re n have m ore olten been
ready com plied w ith the law.
bused fro m the ghettos to be­
D r . Robert Blanchard, Superintendent of the P ortland P ublic
So there was no great t r i ­
come m in o ritie s u ip re vio u sly
By Vernon E , Jordan, J r .
Schools, stated in response to P resident N ixon’ s busing m ora­
umph here. Sure, the proposed
a ll-w h ite schools. Whenthose
toriu m that " T h is Board of Education has assumed in the past,
alte rna tives were fa r worse,
same black ch ild re n w e r e
When
the
Senate
beat
b
a
c
k
and it does at present, an a ffirm a tiv e re sp o n sib ility to reduce
but the r e s u lts w ill be s im ila r .
some blatant a n t i- b u s in g
racial isolation in ou r schools. Its com m itm ent has been fo r
And we haven't heard the last
amendments and passed in­
ultim ate desegregation and, hopefully as a re s u lt, in te g ra tio n ."
ot the busing issue yet.
stead a plan th a tp u tm ild e r l i ­
det atter seven years ot "a d m in is tra tiv e tr a n s fe r s " , which
S till to come, at this w ritin g ,
m its on busing, there was a lo t
bus children out of the predom inantly black schools, only 554
is word fro m the P re sid e n t's
of cheering from lib e ra ls and
children are being transported f o r th is purpose.
top-level panel c u rre n tly stu­
c iv il rig h ts supporters. There
W hat kind of com m itm ent is the one-way busing of 554 ch ild ­
dying the issue, and action on
needn't have been. The Com ­
ren? What com m itm ent is there to the black ch ild re n who a r e
New York - A spokesman fo r
proposed C o n s t i t u t i o n a l
prom ise solution m arks a halt
le ft in substandard schools? Although federal money has been
the NAACP served his notice
amendments designed to end
in the d riv e to end school seg­
that the c iv il rig h ts organiza­
poured into the Albina schools fo r seven years o r longer, they
all busing to achieve desegre­
regation, ju s t as the fa r m ore
tion w ill qu ickly challenge any
are s till among the lowest achieving schools in the c ity . Monev
gation. We are s t ill laced w ith
re s tric tiv e proposals would
law passed by Congress to halt
can provide better fa c ilitie s and m a te ria ls , but it is not the de­
the prospect that the c u rre n t
have.
ciding fa cto r in learning. F o r a number of years studies, be­
c o u rt-o rd e re d school busing -
w ithdraw al of support fo r the
Under the plan that passed,
"and I p re d ict we’ ll w in .”
ginning with the Coleman Report, have shown that teacher a tti­
ruling s ot the cou rts w ill turn
federal aid fo r fusin g w ill on­
tude, toward the child is the deciding fa c te r. And, c o n tra ry to
Clarence M itc h e ll, c h i e f
into a fu ll-s c a le n u llific a tio n
ly be perm itted when local
the combat pay po licy of the P ortla nd P ub licS ch oo ls, monev
Washington
representative
ol the 1954 supreme C o u rt de­
does not buy good teachers. The teacherm ust have a co m m it­
school o ffic ia ls r e q u o s t It.
and lobbyist fo r the National
cision t h a t made segregated
ment to the child.
What is there to cheer about
A ssn, fo r the Advancement of
school system s unconstitu­
that? U n til now the only w a y
In the Portland school system, only 10b teachers and ad m in i-
C olored People, said P re s i­
tional and ille g a l.
desegregation was achieved
dent N ixon’ s proposed m ora­
l4f¥)I1Vm Per ST ? ! i 3re b' aCk’ °Ut ° f a t0 U l o i ’ PPTOximately
The nation should be re
w a s through federal ord ers
hl
B|la.Ck ch lld re n Jre denied the opportunity to identify with
to riu m u n t i l m id -1973 on
minded that th is decision is a
and c o u r t o rd e rs . L o c a l
c o u rt-o rd e re d busing was not
' S *" .P?5“ 10" 8 ot •’ “ th o rn y in the school. They are
landm ark in our h is to ry , an
school o ffic ia ls , fe a rfu l of
denied the model that every white c h ild , no m a tte r how poor his
con stitution al.
indispensable e l e m e n t in
pro -seg rega tion white opinion
school, has from K indergarten through college.
O ther opponents of e ith e r a
achieving a m ore equal socie­
in th e ir com m unities, would
BOanJ ° f Educatlon is t r u ly commited to desegregation.
le g isla tive o r C onstitutional
ty . I t should be rem inded that
often w ait u n til the iro n -cla d
ban of fu sin g also reacted
° " * lth thC jOb’ BuSln* 554 ch>‘dren is "to k e n -
in 1955 the C o u rt ordered that
o rd e r came down iro m above,
• I it is com m ited to quality education, le t it active ly re -
sharply to N ixon’ s decision to
desegregation move forw ard
c n u t and tra in black teachers» staff m em bers and a d m in istra­
and only then would they de­
" w i t h a ll d e lib era te speed".
to rs , so each black child w ill have black adults in his school to
segregate.
And it should be reminded that
whom he can look fo r in sm ration and se cu rity.
Now they w ill be in a bind.
17 long years have passed and
I f they get a cou rt o rd e r tode
what was thendel iberate speed
T he national d ir e c to r of the
segregate the schools and if
now constitutes ille g a l anil un­
A m e rica C iv il L ib e r tie s ! nion
the only way it can be done is
constitutional defiance of the
said P resident Nixon h a s "e n -
through busing, they face the
law of the land.
dorsed separate but equal edu­
choice of using money from
The busing issue has been
cation which was outlawed by
th e ir re g u la r budgets - which
sim m e ring f o r a long tim e and
the Supreme C o u rt in 1954.’ ’
are often too sm all to h e a rth e
has now bu rst upon us because
A ryeh N e ie r decried N ix­
added expense - o r go h a t-in ­
of the hyste rical grasping fo r
on's c a ll fo r a m o ra to riu m on
hand to Washington to a ska xl,
backlash support in an uncer­
busing to ra c ia lly Integrate
thereby getting themselves in
tain p o litic a l year, opponents
schools, saying "p re s id e n tia l
hot w ater w ith the local people
of busing have ieen fa r (roin
Senator M a rk O. H atfield of Oregon was the Keynote speaker
m o ra l leadership is at its low­
who pay th e ir salarie s.
honest w ith the parents and
f o r the State Convention of the Loyal O rd e r of the Moose.
est e b b ."
The Moose Lodge re s tric ts its m em bership to Caucasians.
N e ie r said he believes N ix ­
T h is is an election yea r. TheS eniorS enator fro m Oregon w ill
on Is try in g to trig g e r a show­
be asking fo r black peoples’ votes on the basis of his " r e c o r d .”
down between the federal
But the record of a Senator goes beyond his public statements
cou rts and the executive and
and his votes in the Senate. H is record also includes this ta cit
le g is la tiv e branches of gov­
endorsement of ra c is t po licies by his p a rticip a tio n w i t h
ernm ent.
th is Lodge.
N e ie r sakl: " T h is Adm in­
is tra tio n has waffled on re s i­
Com m unity C are Assoc., Inc.
generously contributed to the
dential segregation, on em ­
The Peoples P rogram
fund fo r M r . and M rs . Robert
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ploym ent integration, on eco­
. The O bserver1 s o ffic ia l position is expressed only in its Pub­
Johnson, M rs .S h irle Turner,
nomic integration and on hous­
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lis h e r’ s Column (The Observation Post) and the E d lto r*sD e sk.
and the others who suttered
ing and re sid e n tia l integra­
Telephone: 288-8321
Any other m a te ria l throughout the p .pe r is the opinion of the in­
loss due to f ir e in January of
tio n . W ith this latest action
dividual w r ite r or su b m itte r and does not n e cessa rily re fle c t
1972. The clothing, I a b r lc _
Nixon has closed the fu ll c ir ­
D e a r Reverend Henderson,
the opinion of the O bserver.
household g o a ls , fu rn itu re and
c le .”
Verna and Staff:
money represented an out­
As D ire c to r of Community
pcxiring of compassion iin i
Care Association, I n c , I vial,
cannot be measured by any
to thank a il of t h o s e who so
standard. M ore th in VXIcon-
tn b u tlo n s were received, and
Seattle School Supt. Forties
since it would be im possible to
B ottom ly said that p re sid ent
acknowledge each one in d iv i­
N ixon’ s school busing m es­
d u a lly, I would lik e to th a n k a ll
sage gives " le gitim a cy to seg­
of those who contributed, on
regation and to a ce rta in ex­
Iw hali of the Johnsons an l
tent, ra cia l s e p a r a tis m ...”
M rs . T u rn e r ami tlie others fo r
B ottom ly said:
f »TTfKTIOK fM T R A IU H
their ir e ami concern. Each
" I think M r . Nixon is t r y ­
instance such as this serves to
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blesses everyone concerned.
Segregation plus money equals
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**vf the IS U C nporptf you todoy'
I do thank you (o r your p e r­
desegregation, t hat way you
sonal involvem ent In th is un­
TRAIL« ««.Q U ITS!
can avoid using transp ortatio n
de rta kin g, arid look forw a rd to
SAVE! SAVE! SAVE
to get ch ild re n tog ether.”
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p ro -in te g ra tio n po licy despite
from 10< foot
defiance of busing o rd e rs by
two c itie s and tlie e ffo rts of
O— 100.000 h ai__
The P ortland Black Caucus
som e
state le g is la to rs to
"»■• œung,. bow, Mop,. co— Wap. caa. —
— ••' r« > iniskö io match ant ccxoa
w ill hold a m eeting F rid a y,
freeze state busing o n e r s .
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bused past a ll-w h ite schools to
attend a ll-b la c k ones on (he
othei sale o l town, no ob­
je ction s were raised.
Black people are not believ­
e rs in the theory that It takes
a seat next to a white child to
make black kids le a rn . What
we want is equal access to
equal education. And it it t ikes
fusing to achieve th is, as tlie
co u rts have ruled , then let
those who oppose tiusing come
out into tlie open and express
racism openly instead ol ha l­
ing behind codew ords and d is ­
to rtio n s of tact.
Commitment to
desegregation?
Mitchell sees win
ACLU
In busing
ask Congress to stop busing
o rd e rs u n til m kl-1973.
M ost of those lavortng a halt
to busing to achieve ra c ia l ba­
lance in schools, hailed tlie
P re skle n t's action. 5otne of
tlie m ore m ilita n t supporters
of moves to p ro h ib it lo s in g by
C o nstitutio na l
amendment
were not sa tisfie d , however.
M ifc tie ll, who called N ixon’ .s
action in cre d ib le , am) a Nixon
s u p p o r t e r , sen. W illia m
B rock, R -T enn., were in te r­
viewed on the N R C - TV To­
day Show.
M itc h e ll Saul Nixon "h a s
precipitated a C onstitutional
c r is is because he has taken a
position that t ie con stitution
t
help In a rt a ng mg appoint­
ments letween constituents
ami governm ent o ffic ia ls .
In addition, many publica­
Washington - Having d if f i­
tions m e available lie e (o rtlw
c u lty getting youi Income tax
asking. I hese range f lorn your
retund fro m Uncle Sam? Last
representative's
new sletter
year thousands of A m ericans
o r his autogiaphed p ictu re
experienced undue delays ui
(they e s |e c la lly like to semi
receiving then checks. A lew
you those), to booklets de­
who complained to th e ir con­
scrib in g how our govei niiient
gressm en and senators got
w orks ("H o w O ur Laws A re
fust re lie f.
M ad e" ami " o u r American
This is ju s t one of the many
Government: What Is It and
ways m em Iw i s o( Congress
how does It f u n c tio n ? " ) ^ ven
can provide d ire c t and prom pt
a lu ll-s iz e d A m erican flag
assistance to constituents (in
which has teen hoisted, at
tin s case by advising the Intel -
least tnom eiitai lly on t ie Ca­
nal Revenue Service ol tlie
p ito l flag staff.
uveidue refund and gently ad­
Copies of the C onstitution
m onishing tlie tre a su ry to pay
ami Pledge of A llegiance are
Its debts).
also available, olten In quanti­
E v e r y d a y hundreds ot re ­
ty to teachers, as w ell as a
quests lo i help poui into con­
c o lo ilu l ami w e ll-w ritte n p ic­
gressional o ffice s. Vet re la ­
to ria l histo ry of the C apitol
tiv e ly tew vote rs know of (he
b u ild in g
( " o u r C a p ito l’ *)
se ivice s that are available oi
which many have found useful
how to obtain (hem. A lis t of
ui teaching A m erican h is to ry .
what your congressm ancando
O thei lie e jxib llca tlo n s In­
fo i you Includes:
clude t ie haixl-bound volume,
the A g ric u ltu re Aeai Book,an
• assistance in getting pass­
almanac -A m e ilc a n a p u b ­
p o rts (oi Am ericans travelin g
lished annually by th e lie p a rt-
abroad.
m ent of A g ric u ltu re . A m y r i­
• I tee passes to tlie Senate
ad of " h o w - to " pamphlets are
ami House v is ito r s ’ g a lle i les,
available (one p a c k e t fo r
and to special "co n g re s s io n ­
bride s provides in lon na tion
a l” to u is ot the W hite House
on eve iything from how to buy
and othei federal buildings.
meat to how to raise ch ild re n ).
• cutting away ted tape (oi
Congressm en can
even
citize n s who encounter prob*
[Race a I United numbei of th e ir
loins In dealing w ith federal
constituents on the m a ilin g lis t
agencies, such as (he S o c i a l
to receive ,.e Congressional
Secui tty A d m in is tra tio n , tlie
Record, th e d a ily verb atim ac­
Selective service System ami
count of C ongress’ proceed­
tlie Intern al Revenue S ervice.
ings. Considered one ol (he
• obtaining free research
most im portant governm ent
ttia te i la ls through the L ib ra ry
publications, its annual sub­
of C o n g r e s s foi students,
s crip tio n rate is $ 45 - b u t! iee
w rite r s ami othei s prepsi mg
If your congressm an is w illln g
term papers, re p o rts, looks
to place you on his lis t.
ami the lik e . (F o r those with
W ritin g youi representative
deadlines, niem bei s ol Con­
is tlie best way to obtain these
gress can gel these m a te ria ls
services and m atei la ls. Con­
fio in tie I.lb ra ry 's C o n g ie s s -
gressm en advise that le tte rs
lonal Research Service olten
should Iw short and to (he
on one day’ s notice.)
point - Iw care fu l not to cover
• assistance to students in
too many subjects In one lettei
ob u ung appointments to tie
w
lw thei you are giving youi
m ilita ry service academies.
opinion on anupcom ing vote oi
• sum m er jobs in Washing­
requesting help onsom epiol»-
ton (o r students.
le m .
Ron Hvndrsn
IN WASHINGTON
and t ie co u rts have not [ic i-
m uted him to ta k e ."
"N o w he's standing in tie
doorw ays of t ie schools like
George W allace saying black
ch ild re n can’ t come in until
1973, and m a yle n e v e r," M it­
chell said.
" W e ’ ll te rig h t in cou rt
w len they pass such a law, and
I p re d ic t we’ ll w in ."
B rock took Issue w ith M it ­
c h e ll’ s
school - house - door
.(.■lenient, tying Nixon prop­
e r ly wanted to get the lu sln g
situation c la rifie d In lig h t ol
" c o n flic tin g decisions coining
out (by various cou rts) crea t
ing . onfuslon not only at tie
local level tu t t ie national le
v e l.”
S eattle
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these products are purchased
fo i governm ent use, the lis t
does not constitute an en­
dorsem ent of them. It does
mean tlw y have passed rig or -
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