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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1972)
Portland ( Ibsenn Casson endorses Ombudsman Sharp c r itic is m of C ity ConunlH slonere who failed to support a proposal fo, a c lty - county "o m b u d sm a n " or people s advocate** came Ihu rsd ay fro m E llis Casson, Candidate lo r C ity C o m m is sio ne r P osition No. I, now held by Connie M cC ready. Casson said newspaper and tele visio n coverage of the in fo rm a l c ity council session I * 'y. h whit i. the i iira c - to r of the M e tro p o lita n Human Relations C om m ission, Rus sel Peyton, presented a 33 page re p o rt recom m ending establishm ent of the Ombuds man position, was "In c re d ib le ." How can C om m issio ne rs M cCready .mil Ivancie pos sib ly think that the present handling ol citiz e n com plaints by th e ir offices Is adequate?” 1 A Homey John l o u n , J i ., often* his campaign off Ice it 5266 M i i ... , , V -H u g D e m o o .U c n o m in a l,,. ,o He Oregon Siarê Hou“ p r e X ^ - J ^ CiS'.on said. ' l i d s is m ore evidence that us undent C ity Council n u m bers — w ith die notable ex- eption of C o m m issio ne r Colds, lirnvlt — believe that citizens of Portland have no •'«isiness irite lering w ith the *a y diey, in th e ir om ni- I'otence, are running the C ity ." Casson sard lie is also " d ls - tppom ted" in fa ilu re of Com m issioner Loloyd Anderson to •upport the ombudsman con cept "because I thought be tte r 'jf M m ." He said Anderson's •uggestion of m aking c ity em ployees m ore responsive to • .p a rt f the p ro b le m . But It m isses tae point that die o rd in a ry per son feels cut off from his c ity governm ent. Including the ele, ted o ffic ia ls ." Goldschmidt ¡H a a s t e a m challenges opponents fo rm e d C ity A tto rne ys B ui I L . Green and Raymond M . K e ll have an nounced that they w ill s e ive a s l.aw yei C o -C h a irm e n of the Haas foi D is tr ic t A ttorney C om m ittee. M r . K e l l state,! that. " M y p rim a l y i eason lo r suppo, ting H a il Haas fo i D is tr ic t A tto r ney Is Ins outstanding adm ini s tra tiv e a b ility and proven ca pa city to wot k with a ll levels John lo t an (center) discusses the Issues w ith Candidates io i fo i 2 d c "*n m l®»lo*’e re 1 11,5 Casson, le ft, and one o f his opponents in the House race. W ally P rie s tly . Cas .ona.vl P rie s tly uttende, die opening of lo r an s campaign headquai te rs . and lo c a l." M r . Green commented that. H a il Haas w i l l bu ng to the D is tr ic t A tto rn e y 's office a genuine concern for people. I hrs is because of his superb record in the State L e g is la tu re ; as a pi oven e x p e ri enced tr ia l law yer; an d as a supportei of consumer and en vironmental le g i s l a t i o n . " Senatoi Haas said that Pels ' ‘ g ra tifie d that these two d is tinguished law yers a re a s s is t ing my cam paign." Talk of the town C om m issioner N eil hm id t, i ind Ida ta fo i m a yo i, hallengod other can didates " to announce w 11 li me that they are making a long- te rn personal com m itm ent to local government and die fu ture of this c it y . " I uesday noon in a speech at the Northeast Rotary C lu b , Goldschm idt p le d g e d " t o serve at least one full te rm as ■ rtland, if J am elected. I lie next fo u rto e ig h t years are c r itic a l fo i tlie fu ture of this c ity , and I plan to 1« right here doing everything I cla ro d . "N o man should be lunning fo r m ayor without m aking that p ro m is e .” G oldschrni.lt added that “ the kind of e ffo rt we need now in local government is to demon strate to |>eople that the sm all problem s of the c ity can be handled. I n til we can deal w ith these sm aller problem s suc- essfully, we w ill never _ o_ gain D ie confidence of t ie publn which we need to deal w ith tie la r g e r ie g io n a lp r o b ie m s .il- tlmataly, th a t w i l l determine tie quality of life fo r o u r c it i z e n s. I see th is as the so rt of e ffo rt that re q u ire s tim e. C ity government, which is closest t ! ' * people, ought to fe * this citizen-governm ent re la tionship happens. If we can’ t have it rig h t fe re in P ortland, T h e a te r 3 0 0 ? . Ä E44A. ,b e r t a Casson note,) that me M e tro p o lita n Human Relations C om m ission was asked to make an extensive study of the ombudsman function last fa ll by tlie M ultnom ah County Board of C om m issio ne rs with the concurrence of the c ity cou ncil. "N o w , when the re p o rt is brought to die Council fo r d is - cussion, botfi M r s . M cCready anil Ivancie have the u n m iti gated gall to adm it they haven’ t even read it, but d is m is s tlie concept out-of-hand anyw ay," Casson said. One newspaper account said Anderson had not read the ra p o n e it h e r , Thursday M arch .30, 1972 Page 3 II VJ The mob wanted / Harlcmbadc / They got Shaft... i- up to here. P o rtla n d showing bu t d ie C o m m issio n e r denied th is was so. Casson said a local govern ment om budsm an-- who would answer citize n com plaints and be the c itiz e n ’ s advocate in finding his way through the governm ental m a z e — is "needed desperately in P o r t la n d ." Casson also c ritic iz e d C o m m issio ne r M cC ready fo r asking recently that election re fo rm m easures be instituted by e m e r g e n c y ordinance, 'fla u n tin g the advice ol the c ity attorney who says to do so would te u n c o n s titu tio n a l." M rs . M cC ready's sugges tio n ," Casson charged, " i s an election yea r grandstand P la y.” ; SHAFT’S his name. (SHAFT'S his game. MUSIC BY ISAAC HAYES I I Z- »» C o -fe a tu re £ ° T e Io H a r le m Red F q x x ls ta 7 r m fat o n |S t a r r in g 'h e p o p u la r T V star Sanford a n d Son I I then it may not be possible anywhere.’ ’ Goldschm idt went on to say tfiat the so rt of campaign lie is Hying to tun. one which in volves thousands of people, is the kind of e ffo rt needed to txiild lesponsive governm ent after the election is ove r. ' Television and radio cam paigns can’ t replace personal contact aftei election day - so it would be p o litic a lly false to be elected p rin c ip a lly by using th e m ," he sax). t of R a y m o n d St Jacques a n d C a lv in L o c k h a rt | N SHAFT o. . Best je n e Song 2 Best a c a d e m y a w a rd s O r ig in a l score 6 t 6:45 ■ I x e e k m g h ts -it_7:4> - S und ays a t 12:45. evenings at I’m running with Bang Bang „ B u r g w in ru n s f o r sch o o l b o a r d S ta te R e p re s e n ta tiv e D is tric t 14 J im m y B a n g B a n g W a l k e r B u r g w in , a IV70 graduate fro m Madison High school, is a cam ixlate fo r Portland School Board P osition paring to run again foi die so did a telegram lie sent die I residency, and who had in d i P resident demanding support » ). He is p re se n tly w orking fo r the Portland Recycling V o ik a a m a g a z in e — u n s ig n e d cated tluit lie intended to maka fo r his campaign to stop bus le a n t, a n o n -p io fit co rp o ra tio n , fu sin g his p rin c ip a l campaign M u c h I I , 1972 is s u e . ing altogether. S hortly a fte r lie believes tax re lo rm is needed to s h ift the burden off issue if he ran. D u i mg die th e telegram reached th e sum m e i. G overnor W allace *• 1 • irto id began hlttu ig that issue hard repo r t e r s t he re tha t M r . M xon t h e p ro p e rty ta x fo r school ami unstantly, and chaiged ( m A p t il .’d, 1971, tlie Su- .Prices Good W ednesday, M arch 2 9 thru S atu rd ay April 1. had » n u n ! governm ent o lii- funding and that m oi e state and die Nixon A d m in is tra tio n w itti prem e Coui t announced its de fo le r a l aid Is needed. A ll c ia ls that if they suggested having done m ore than any cisio n in tlie case of Swann vs. m ore than the m in im um fusin g of these things need to be preceding ad m in istra tio n to C h a rlo lte -M e ckle n b u tg Board re q u ire ) by law they would sought very a ctive ly ami loud desegregate public schools. of l.ducation - tlie I n st " B u s " fin d them selves involved in ly . H e need to quicken our I lien, on August 3rd , P re s i- in g " case to !<• ruled on by the other assignments o r quite move towards in fo rm al izing dent Nixon pu blicly repudiate,! C o u rt, I lie decision was un- possibly in assignm ents odiei . w ith die Austin plan, which had been t:1 n r ' .ii ii ,| |||g opinil.nf than (w ith) the federal govern an a lte ra tio n in teaching m eth approve.) by both his A ttorney which was d e live re d by C hief m e n t." ods ami an opening of o u r General and his S ecietary of Justice W a iie n ¡.. B u ig e i, MY-TE-FRESH G rade AA In die late n ine te en -sixties, schools to tlie com m u nitie s. Health, Education, and Wel stated that although the ju d ic i lo w er federal co u rts began I he school needs to move fa re . I he P resident also an a ry had neithei tlie mandate ru lin g that, since de -fa cto se c lo s e r to tlie com m unity am) nounced that lie liad ordered nor the d e sire to set a "fix e d gregation (re s u ltin g la ig e lv C arefully selected white Reg 93 th is Is not accom plished by- them to h o ld busing " t o die m athem atical ra c ia l balance" fro m housing patterns) was eggs ideal for Easter setting up advisory c o m m it ’ lb con K ^each m inim um ie ,p iiie» l by law” ol white and black students in fostered ami accepted by local coloring __ tees that are obscure am) lack Highland grow n coffees fo r belter ami had asked the se cre ta ry to public school, govern m ent- o ffic ia ls , it a is effectively the any decisive power whatso Avci ¡able G rocery Section flavo r. subm it to C o n g re ss that same ordered busing was a propel same as d e -ju re segregation A vailable Grocery Section e v e r. I tie answer is to make day an amendment to die pro C onstitutional remedy in d is (■ met i. .ne. I b) • a ,, |l ... MY TE F IN Ì Sugar Cured Tender Smoked ( ty), mised Em ergency School As tr ic ts w heie segregation was equally un -C o nstltution al. Be Mayonnaise or tonomous, because th is is the m y - te - fine sistance Act - providing a b il o ffic ia lly sanctioned a n l cause ol such ru lin g s, a ■.,,!- least bureaucratic way to at Salad Dressing lion and a half d o lla rs to aid school a u th o ritie s offered no stantial number of schools in tack problem s ol a com m u Reg 59 schools 111 the process of dese- otliei acceptable plan fo r de- tlie N o rth were ordered to tie- n ity . | he power of decision g ie g.it lug - to "e x p re s s ly pro 32 oz. Holf regaling. gin desegregating last fa ll, of should lie where theproblem s h ib it expenditure of any of Reg to 59 ‘ *oCh Gallon In N o rth C a ro lin .i, w h e ie th e ten by way o! (u sin g . N a tu ra l are. Tender smoked hams with th a t sweet those funds fo r b u sin g ." A id e En,oy the fla v o r perfec o id e i applied im m ediately, ___ V a n illa , c h o c o - ly, that made the Issue a At this point there is no stu- smoky horn fla v o r m every tender tim e lie made die aimounce- 'Hoyonno'»' tion and satiny smooth Jonathan Y a rkle y, an e d it o r of -* la te s tra w b e rry national ra th e r than i section . I l i C I l I , Ik- I i.!, " I I,I, ness ( bite center slices not removed from I Other Special Flavors or n®opol»tan die G reensboro DAILY NEWS, al one - a lact that M r . Nixon ledge on the school board. \ t A v a ila b le G r o c e r y S e c tio n full halves fusin g as th.il term is com w rote that sum m e i, "S ince could sca rce ly have been un a place in tim e when 18 year A v ailab le M e o t Section A vgiiooie G rocery Section monly used in school - dese M ay, the o rd e r <>f tlie day gen aware ol when lie delive red his old-- h a w the i |ght to v o te , am i gregation cases. | have con e r a lly has been: we are going ■ n i l - busing statement in th e "a w a re n e ss” of a ll types is siste n tly oppose,! die (using of to obey die law, we a re going to sum m er. I ast ( a ll’ s protests increasing at younger a n d out nation’ s schoolchildren to obey it fu lly , ami we are going ami rio ts against busing in die • r ages, il achieve a ra c ia l balance, and I to ohey it in g o o d s p ir it . " N orth delighted some South lo r a school boa id to de am opposed to the fu sin g of Reg 69 12 Oz Pkg Y ardley supported his conten e rn e rs in Congress as tliey te n u me policy without having ch ild re n sim p ly fo r tlie sake of tion by c itin g what had hap- watched th e ir N o itlie rn co l a sound knowledge of what b u sin g ." lbs. fre e kids hockey pened in G reensboro, where a X . 9 > 1 .3 9 I leagues squ irm under a n ti- those persons that are most M inneola variety. A cross between a Of course, t h e Supreme ticket on every pkg case like tlie one In C h arlo tte busing pre ssure from th e ir d ire c tly jffe c te d by tlie po Beautifully decorated with flu ffy pastel g ra p e fru it and a tan gerine Sweet C o u rt hail stated in die Swann Details on pkgs hud (wen le lo r e a luwei fed er constituents. Then, in m id - pkg lic ie s think. and juicy, easy to peel and section. 'costing, candy eggs and coconut 2 case that It was not appioving al c o u rt at tlie tim e of die Su January, the suprem e C o u rt A vailable Delicatessen Section layer white Avo.ioble Produce Section busing f o r the purpose of prem e C o u rt ru lin g , (nicethe agreed to con sid er, in e tfe ci, A vailable Bakery Section achieving ra cia l balance in ru lin g had teen announce,!, lie w hether d e -fa cto segregation schools, ami no one, except w ro te , die G reensboro suit Is the same as d e -ju re s e g re [leihaps lu s m anufacturers was qu ickly and am icably s e t- gation. By that tim e, m em bers ami lu s d riv e rs , hadevei pro D , C l , w ith o u t t h e expected of Congress b o t h fro m the po sal (using fo r the s a k e ol ’ ’com m unity-w ide resistance South and from the N orth had busing. In fa ct, just a lxiute v- and sch o o l-b o a rd re c a lc i responded to ttie anti-busing eryone d is lik e d o r regretted tra n ce .” fe rv o r, which M r. Nixon had Hie use of busing, but In most Less Ilian a month a lte r the done so much to create, by =11619 cases so fa i no one has devised Supreme C o u rt decision, die d ra ftin g scores of a n ti-fu s in g Reg. 69 fo 79‘ 15 oz. a m ore e ffe ctive method foi Reg. 35 governm ent Imposed a s tric t b ills am! an ti-bu sing amend R e g .49 each breaking up un-C onstltutional busing plan on die school sys Contains everything you need ments to t h e C o nstitutio n. pattei ns of segregation in pul> tem of A ustin, le xa s, ami, as for decorating eggs in b rig h t Having set off th is inflam ed Tender fresh ,elly centers Fruit p a ir lie schools, and in some cases tlie United States C om m ission Eoster colors Glen liv in g stun, 16-yeat- reaction, tlie P resident poured and spicy sugar shell Sports or dress styles in no one lias devised any other on C iv il Rights In te r com old student at G rant High A vailable Tov ond Candy Section luel on it by announcing that o il cotton, 100% nylon method. (A s it happened, th e Available C andy Section mented, die plan was "c o u ra - School, announced F rida y that he had on le red a study to de busing ordered In C h a rlo tte to o r o rlo n and n y lo n gously accepted” by l o c a l lie w ill run fo r tlie P ortland te rm in e wliethei le gislatio n o r blends Sizes 10 to ,3 . destroy segregation was less school a u th o ritie s . However, School Board as a w r ite - in a C o nstitutio na l amendment Available Apparel Section than the fu sin g that had been the decision was not accepted candidate. was needed to reverse cou rt used there to pre serve segre by a federal judge fo r the d is I ivingston eat I le r had w ith decisions that upheld oi o r gation.) Tw o days a fte r die t r ic t , who rejected it, late in drawn because the co u rts had dered b u s ily . " M y v ie w s o n P re sid e n t’ s statem ent. Gov J u ly . About that tim e . Repub tule il out another Ib -y e a r-o ld busing are w ell know n," he e rn o r W allace announced that lican state chairm en fro m the John I im ler, on tlie grounds said at a press conference in lie would run fo i the P residen South met to discuss strategy that a cam!kfate m ust ie a e a rly F e b ru a ry. " I fa vo r local 1 3 o i. fo r the forthcom ing election cy, and attacked M r . Nix,ai by reg istere d vo te r. c o n tro l of local schools, lo p - Save 52 A te llin g the pre ss, "H e just p a ir _ Reg. 69 g each year, ami reported a lte iw a n l Living ston said students pose (using fo r t ie purpose of Reg '1 .4 9 > / . ach keeps saying lie’ s against bus Choose fro m o rlo n to P reside nt Nixon that the In should have one of th e n own Choose from norm al, hard to racial balance . . . I he p ro li- ing, ami o u r c h ild re n Just keep and nylon sweater sock crease In school desegrega num ber on tlie school Board. hold o r tinte d o r bleached Look your best this Eoster lem we have now is that some styles o r acrylic ve 0,1 getting bused.” A week la t tion was de stroying hlsSouth- He expressed hope that he Choose regular, super or gentle hoir form ulas co u rts have liamled down d e ci lour styles in a ll boys' e r , tlie Covet nor ordered that e m base, o th e i re p o rts in di could b rin g a fx M it"d ia lo g ” be A vailable Cosmetic Section A va ila b le Cosmetic Section sions which seem to d iffe r sizes a sch o o lg irl in Alabama who cated that his ba so was also tween tlie Ixianl ami students. fro m those view s, ami so t ie Available A p p are l Section had t „ Dde tw enty-tw o m ile s to being weakened by G overnor He would like to win Seat I question a rise s as to whether school by lu s be reassigned to G eoige C . W allace, of A la on the board, now hel.l by legislation o r a C onstitutional a school ne are r her home. Open 9am to 10pm daily, including Sunday bama, who was c le a rly p re - Jonathan Newman, who is (Please see page 6, c o l. I) I hat made the fro n t pages, ami seeking re -e le c tio n . I'. x c e ip i H o m " ( . i l k o f tlie L o w n " s o c i m u o l I lie N ew S c o tt D a v e A n d e rc h e c k ,C h a irm a n 319 N .E . W y g a n t for Highest Quality Foods] Folger's Coffee 79 Hams^53 Full Butt Half W 13 Ice Cream 57 , L Bar-S Wieners 16-year old seeks Paas Easter Egg Dye 1 $ 1 19 MY-TE-FINE Jelly Bird Eggs Men's Socks 1 S I 00 election Toni Hom e P erm anen t Suave Boys' H a ir S pray I I ^ O O IS Tf < Always plenty of free and easy parking I I
