Urban coalition opposes
busing halt
"O dum a”
dance on
M ay Day
i
*
; V
A
"(N fu ilia '' (N lg e i ian word
fo r " th e greatest o r the u lti
m ate da nce ") is being p re
sented by the Hoard and die
W omen's Au»IIla 17 of the A l
bina A r t C enter to raise lurxls
fo r m usic scholar ships and
o th e r Summer P rog ram s at
die C enter.
I 1» big event is s e tfo i May
Itt H lb" I own H a ll,
N o rth Montana Street. I here
w ill In 'lancing and continuous
entertainm ent fro m 4:10 p.m .
to 1:00 a an. G eneral adm is
sion is $2.50 p e r i« r son, and
Patron ticke ts are $10.00 |« t
l » i son.
Ih e ie w ill be m usic fo r
every taste - fro m the Big
Hand sounds of tl» C c n ie i* s
own Stage Band, to sm aller
combos 1 Iks " 1 ha h "io
1
B ro w n ,” ami the I-lute Q uartet
from P ortla nd State.
A special highlight w ill le a
perform ance by "Ib a n d a w o ,"
a p ro g ia m of m usic ambiance
com bining an A fric a n dierne
w ith con tetn|«irary A m e rica n .
so, sleep Sunday I Monday is
f o r May Day at "o d u m a !”
T ic k e ts are available at the
A lbina A rtC e n te r,8 N .I..K i l l -
u ig sw u rtli, 288-676»),
lj * r 1 -
-í
IhVMJ N o io v is its t i» ( Il egon A li National G uani ba'
th e Albina A ctio n C e nter
located at 707 N . E . Knott
S treet has l«en holding a
sei res of m eetings ovei the
past mondi to involve neigh
borhood residents in issues
com e r 11 uig th e ir com m unity.
1 m 1 hui sd • >. March »»,
1972 these c itiz e n s met amt
adopted the name of Con-
c e u w l C itize n s F o i P o sitive
A ction.
I his
com m ittee
elected as t ’ h.i irm a n, R kdiard
Norwood,
V ic e - C h a ir m a n ,
C h a rle s Buck md S ecretary,
M rs . M ild ted E v e rs .
11» Issue of th is meeting
was C om m issioner N e llC u ld -
schm idt’ s pioposal to the C Ity
C ouncil to esta blish a Human
Resource Bureau, which could
encompass
the
P ortland
M e tro p o lita n s te e lin g C om
m itte e , — E d C — (In c .) as
w ell as Muriel C itie s , both of
which extern) se rvice s to the
A lbina C om m unity.
I he com m ittee alao con
sidered the C o m m isslo n e r’ a
m em oiandum oi M a rch If),
1972 to M a yo r T e r r y D .
Schrunk and C ouncil M em hera
in which he postponed pre
sentation of his proposal fo r
NJ days to insure e ffective
Citizen p a rtic ip a tio n by a llow
ing tim e fo r review , c r itic is m
anil where needed, re w ritin g
of the p io p o sa l.
I his com m ittee reviewed
ami discussed the f ir s t six
pages ol the proposed p ro
posal, ami w ill meet again on
A p ril »>, 1972 fo r fu rth e r
action.
I Ic I lepai tment ol Housing
and Urban Developm ent, In .1
move to im plem ent Federal
le gislatio n foi In oadenlng em
ploym ent opportunities fo r
m in o rity gm ups in the housing
in d u stry, recently awarded
two separate conn acts under
which surveys w ill 1« con
ducted sim ultaneously 111 60
U iban le ag ue m etropolitan
areas and 29 SER c itie s to
locate arxl klenttly m in o rity
p iotesslona ls and businesses
engaged in huusing and urban
developm ent.
i <ne contract,'
for >39 ¿»"i. . . t< ths \ „
Ilona I I than l eague I tevelop-
u c n t I- uundatlon (M 1.1 If-) and
the set olid, loi >151,000; is
to Jobs fo r P ro g re ss, inc.,
( '[« ra tio n se rvice . Em ploy
m ent,
and
Redevelopment
(51. Rl.
H e surveys, scheduled to
commence in m v l-M 11 c ti,w ill
lis t by profession, trade, lo
c a lity , a n l ca p a b ilitie s not
only
black
housing p ro -
.
• ND| I
craftsm en , Ixd also the sub
stan tial
segment
of
t ic
nation's
Spanish s|« a kiiig ,
A m erican Indian and o rie n ta l
population in categories of
service as a rch ite cts, ac
countants,
la w yers,
engi
neers, housing developers,
real
estate
broket s, anti
a p p ra is e rs , construction con
tra c to rs and subcontractors,
m ortgage bunkers anti brok
e rs ,
p ro p e rty
insuiance
bro kers and agents, housing
m anagers, housing
onsul-
tants, and urban planners.
ll l'D
S ecretary
George
Romney announced in J.mu.u v
Casson opens office
E llis II. Casson, candidate
foi C ity C ouncil, P o sitio n » I,
w ill open his beadquartei s,
followed by a pre ss c o n le i-
ence, on Saturday, A p r il 8,
1972 at noon.
I he o ffice is located at 119
N .E . M ason, ju s t o lf Union
Avenue.
M r . Casson Is P reside nt of
the P ortla nd N AAC P, m etnhei
of the C ity Planning C o m m is
sion arid C iv il Rights o ffic e r .
F ederal llig liw a y A d m in istra
tio n .
M r . Casson w ill also have 111
office In southeast P ortland.
I he public is invited to Sat
u rd a y's open house.
11« suprem e C o u rt ruled
that states cannot autom ati
c a lly t a k e away t l« rig h ts of
unm an led t.itlx iis . I l« . - " u il
said a natural p a r e n t-m a le o r
fem ale - should have a chance
to prove his fitne ss.
Best Bi. Que In Town
O rders
to
O pen
Fly
6
go
Call
5:30pm
Boy
Wings
A
I he signers Include leaders
from business, m i n o r i t y
groups, local governm ent, la -
b o i, re lig io u s groups and pub
lic interest organizations.
In making tl« statem ent
publii , C o a lltio n C h a ln n a n S o l
M . Ltn o w itz said it “ 'lem o n-
strates the concern of thought
ful [«ople fro m a ll w alks of
life about tliese e ffo rts to re
verse the p ro gre ss we have
made and halt the p ro gre ss we
have made toward quality edu
cation fo r our ch ld re n .”
» Inowitz said that success
ful enactment of e ith e r le g is -
Urban League conducts
surveys for HUD
Albina
committee
meets
Cafe
A group of m o te than 60
leaders representing 1 broad
c ross - section of A m erican
life has expressed str ong op
position to e lfo r ts to outlaw II«
b u s 1 rig
of students e ith e r
through le g isla tio n o r con sti
tutional amendment.
I he group, m em bers of the
sle e tin g com m ittee of tl« N a
tional Urban C o a litio n , Issued
t l« follow ing statement:
We, the under signed m em
bers ol the Steer Ing Com
m ittee of the N ational Urban
C o a litio n , do hereby ex
press our strong op|H>sition
to the e ffo rts to outlaw stu
dent
larsirrg, w h e t h e r
th ro u g h
con stitution al
amendment o r through le g
isla tio n , as one ol the means
to achieve e>|ual educational
oppo rtu nity. At th is tim e in
our national h is to ry , every
tool to help move us toward
1 belter educated ami better
integrated society m ust le
preser ved. What we need is
not fu rth e r p o la riz a tio n but
leadership to m a k e the
I rnted States tru ly united in
fact as w ell as name.
2 8 2 -6 3 6 3
Except
M onday
Special
Fries
$1.40
Food A Drinks
GENEVA’S
< 228 N . W illia m *
d ia l targets would 1« de
veloped by each III D A rea ami
Insu ring O ffice fo r involving
m in o rity group entre pre ne urs
an l pro fe ssio nals in three of
III D’ s m a jo r huusing subsidy
pro gra m s - t l« in te re st sub
sidy homeownei ship atvl ren
tal p ro g ra m s and the rent
supplement p ro g ra m .
A t t l« con tra ct signing
- e ie in .a i« -.,
im uel J . S im
mon:., HUI.) Assistant Se :re-
ts ry fo r 1 qua I o p p o rtu n ity,
pointed out that a m a jo r pro
blem in tl« past has lieen to
vle nttfy m in o rity group b u si
nesses atvl p ro fe ssio nals |n -
Vulved in con stru ction . "M a n y
of
these m in o rity e n tre
p r e n e u r ami p ro fe ssio nals
are not m em bers of local o r
national pro fe ssio nal o ig .in t-
zations o r trade associations
•fld n e , th e re !'.re , virtually
unkown o r un re co g n ize d ," 1«
said. " I his i«w re g is try w ill
kle n tify these m in o rity co m
panies and in dividu als ami as
semble in a u n ifo rm way tl«
kind
of
in fo rm atio n con
tra c tin g tgencies and groups
need when they are planning
huusing ami oth er urban de
velopm ent p ro je c ts ."
I he
(e g is try w ill le made a v a il
able to F e d e ia l agencies and
t l« p riv a te con stru ction in
dustry to provide em ploy
m ent op po rtu nitie s fo r m in o r
ity groups to com ply w ith
F e ile i.il
equal opportunity
le gislatio n amt regulations.
P rin c ip a ls involved in the
survey oi Spanish speaking
c itiz e n s
are M le an t ro i .
Jua rez, lip e i.it ion SER P ro
je c t D ire c to r ami Joseph o ’
Cam po, Washington Area D ir
e c to r fo r 1'[« ra tio n SER.
George J. Roybal is III 11 Co
o rd in a to r foi
the
rush
s|«.iktng .
I he c ity in Oregon that
w ill 1« undei the survey is
P o rtla n d .
People's
law yer
speaks
M r s . Fay Slender, D ire c to t
of " P i * o n I aw P r o je c t" , w ill
speak at t l« F ir s t I n it.n ia n
C h u rcli, K ill S\\
12th Street
in P o rtla n d , A p ril IS, at 7:15.
M is . Stendei w ill s i« a k on
the need lo r P riso n R eform ,
and t l» Causes and Preven
tion of C rim e . C a lle d, "1 1 «
People’ s T h ird W orld la w
y e r , " M rs . Stendei has serv
ed as delense law yer foi lluey
Newton, E ld rid g e C le a ve r ami
George Jackson.
I he ta lk is spun so i ed by tl«
Women’ s In tern ation al I eague
fo i Peace ami Freedom ami
the A m erican F rie n d s S er
vice C o m m itte e. I here Is no
charge.
rh e Am erican Cancer Society
wants every wom an in Am erica
to have a Pap test W hy? It can
save lives from u te rine cancer
I a t io n
o r a constitutional
unendment to end busing could
lead to fu r tle r d e te r io r a tlo n o f
ui ban schools and "in te n s ify
t ic stra in s which are tea 1 ing
us a p a rt."
"W e must have m echanisms
in all areas of a c tiv ity which
w ill help bring us together, "h e
s.ml, "a n d fu sin g is one such
mechanism. Throughout the
country, people of go a l w ill
are w orking togethei to make
b u s in g succeed in a positive
and con stru ctive m anner. We
should he supporting them , not
pursuing p o licie s which un-
le rtn in e th e ir e lfo r ts .’ ’
P o ít/a ;y f/(,bse fvei
no KBirrwHtt... una m i
t e r fie ld .
But he added, "N o w I don’ t
see how it ’ s going to w ork
p ra c tic a lly u n til states s ta rt
shifting the burden in p a rt to
statewide corporate and in
dividual income tax bases.”
He said the Federal G overn
ment should also pay f o r “ a
m inim um of 20 per cent of
the total cost of public p r i
instructed in c o rre c t methods
for fillin g out the ta x -re lie f
application fo rm . L a te i the
teachers w ill 1« available at
th e ir schools fo r counseling
e lig ib le ta x - r e lie f applicants
before the A p ril 15 filin g dead
line.
State o ffic ia ls e stim a te that
some 7u,000 to 80,000 hom e-
owners w ith in the P ortland
School D is tr ic t are e lig ib le fo r
tax r e l« f . To date, however,
less than ten per cent of those
e lig ib le have applied fo r such
re lie f.
Under p ro visio ns of the 1971
P ro p e rty Tax R e lie f A ct, tax
re lie f is based on a percentage
com parison 1«tween house
hold income and actual prop
R esid ential-C om m ercial
HOW? . . . WHY? . . .
H it business h a t grow n, a t we have,
with the finest t to ff o f CARPENTERS,
DESIGNERS a n d ESTIMATORS in the
trade
Kitchens
Addttiens
I he idea liehiiKi the com ic
book, according to Blackman
• i lio n s , i i . ry,|nd ian a.
Is to lu lf ill the goal of prom ot
ing a "p o s itiv e -e ll-u n a g e and
a ttitu d in .il evelopm ent among
young black Am ericans toward
th e ir so cio -e c o n o m ic suc
c e s s ." Blackm an c o in ic s w ill
1« t l« fir s t phase in a com
plete program to create an
international sym bol ol a black
accom plishm ent u tiliz in g all
youth dire cte d m edia.
I he B la c k m a n
Com ic
sei ies, which w il l be produced
by I otn F loyd, the cartoonist
responsible fo r the cartoon
publication "In te g ra tio n is a
B itc h " , evolved tro m the psy
chological need fo r the " h e r o
itia g e ”
which blacks have
been .tenied. "B la c k m a n t ills
the gap ami the needs, ( « d i
ctated to the ab olition ot drug
abuse, adverse ghetto con
d itio n s amt ra cism , Blackm an
w ill capture the im aginations
ot m illio n s of young pe op le."
Blackm an w ill do battle with
the ev il genius Rodent, a ’ ’ huge
r a t- lik e c ra tu re that stalks
tlie streets of the pe op le"!
N a rc o tic , a "d e a d ly fiend who
preys on the youth of the
w o rld; ami B ro th e rs Gone
Mad — a ll sow m enem ies of
the s u |« r-h e ro .
Blackm an w ill possess a n ti-
g ra vity boots, which w ill allow
him to lif t h im se lf up by his
bo o t-stra p s, amt a tune ma
chine that w ill allow his pre
sence in h is to ric a l situations.
I lls u n ifo rm of red, black amt
green is meant to p o rtra y the
c o lo rs of the lib e ra tio n flag.
I he com ic book w ill prov ide
black
youth with reading
m a te ria l that w ill r e lle c tc u r-
rent problem s that are readily
ule n tifia b le , provide a hero
im age, ami provide a medium
to teach black history in a
unique ami en tertain ing m an
ne r.
• Spec. Cahute» Werk
T h is week the P ortla nd O bserver salutes M a ry Ruth
H ooker. M ary came to P ortla nd , Oregon J u ly 2, 1970 a fte r
having been nsed on Chicago’ s South Side. T here she at
tended Banneker and P a rk e r Grade Schools. Then she went
to Simeon Vocational High School where she m aintained a
4.0 grade pc int average. she was top freshm an at Simeon,
and, that same year, sne w asLady ofSim eon (Hom ecom ing
F ootb all C o u rt).
P re se n tly M a r y is a ju n io r at Thomas J e ffe rso n H ig h
School where she is P reside nt of the R ed C ross C lub, Vice
P re sid e n t f : ! « N e w C irl's C lu t^ H e a d of The Neighborhood
G ir l Scouts, and Vice P reside nt of Sales m ju n io r Achieve
m ent.
M a ry , bornN ovem ber 2, 1955, resides at: 5547 N E M a l- |
|!o r y , P o rtla n d , Oregon 97211.
e rty taxes paid.
In many cases, ta x -re lie f
offsets w ill equal o r exceed
possible p r o p e r t y - t a x
in
creases fro m v o te r approval
of the proposed increased tax
base
w ith in t h e P ortla nd
School D is tr ic t.
P a rtic ip a tin g teacher o r
ganizations are the P ortland
Federation of T eachers, P o rt
land A ssociation of Teachers,
P o rtla n d Grade Teachers A s
sociation and th e Portland
High School Teachers Asso
c ia tio n .
I HE 1 (fxSi.RVER SALU TES V( 4 M.AR) RUTH HOOKER 1 1
Courtesy of
Pacific Northwest Beil
DOORS OPEN 9 AM . . .come early for best selection!
BUDGET
SHOPPERS!
got really great
senfite and top
value for your $ $ !
Announcing
A
shipment
fro m a fa m o u s
m a n u fa c tu re r
in cludin g m an y
Separates
and
Sports
Wear
lo vely
Spring and
Summer wear
in Polyester
wash 'n wear
Sizes 8 to 20
BIG
STORAGE HOUSE
Here s a sturdy a ll metal house you con
erect easily fo r BIG storage fo r a ll yoor
ou td o o r things W ide opening sliding
doors, pre-finished m aroon and creme sid
ing, over 7’2 " high 9’ 7 " wide and 10 2”
deep A perm anent b u ild in g a t trem en
dous savings' «
R e g u la r
IZ>
Th* B it Ce. «Isa sals
F U R R m iti, APPUABCIS,
(ROCEBttS, VABIKTV A M
■UtlBM C M A TIR IA LS. . .
and avarrtMng at spacial
parchase sevíaps.
Tennis
CO
o
c
■O
BEE stand. Ur B a rg a in s !
4635
NE
9th
f
HfW ITfNS »PflVIUC 0»U V
B t l CO. «
'"fh
4
95
2
Remember—
ify b i end fohridl
Table
n
O/7S7 /.T / /)'
Youth of the
Week
m a ry e d uca tion ."
" I am in fa vo r of breaking
d is tr ic t lin e s ," the M a y o rd e -
c la re d . " I think a ll m ayors
who feel that th e ir people are
trapped by suburban p o litic a l
pre ssure s ami generally hos
tile state le g isla tu re s feel this
way. We also know that it's
going to be ve ry d iffic u lt, if
not im possible, to w ork it if
you don’ t tackle the p r cess
of funding.”
A s the black and P uerto
Rican population in the New
Y ork C ity schools has grown
d u rin g
recent years, tie
degree of segregation has in
creased to a " s e v e r e " level,
according to the Flelschm ann
C om m issio n, the state panel
that has been studying public
schools.
The com m ission
found that 88.7 p e r cent of
the c ity 's schools were ra
c ia lly im balanced.
About 11,000 ch ild re n , re
presenting 1 percent of the
public school population, are
en ro lle d in a volun ta ry pro
gram of busing fo r in te gra tion.
Highland Community Center
>
Cali Now 217-417»
Salutes
price
to
COMPART
715 N. Abart« Perttaed, Ori
»7717
• leths
"Blackman” fights
racism, crime
In a short tu n e , black young
ste rs across the country w ill
1« able to lay down super
man and Green I .intern ami
pick up t l« e xcitin g , a c ti <n-
packed adventures of Steve
Thomas, s ta r athlete to r a
sm all m id -so u th e rn college,
who— a lte r su rvivin g an ex
plosion in t l« la bo ratory ot a
renowned black s c ie n tis t- - is
transfo rm e d into the ‘ ‘ B la ck
man . . . . soul wonder of the
w o rld . . . . the super black
champion sworn to r id the
lu iive rse ol [« v e rtv , c rim e
ami racial b ig o tr y ."
NEIL KELLY
• Offices
• S ter es
rülLLLJAJl
Teachers to help tax relief applicants
Dozens oi teacher volun-
te e is from the P ortland Pub
lic Schools th is week learn to
help [«ople f i l l out ih e ir appli
cations lo r propel ty ta x re b e l,
thanks to the Schools fo r th e
C ity C om m ittee.
1 he com m ittee, oig a m /e d
to campaign fo r the school tax-
b a se Incre IM pi " ¡" .s a l, on
M arch 29 sponsors a te a ch e r-
tia in tn g session at 4 p jn . in
tl« school d is tr ic t's a d m in i
stra tio n building at 631 N.E.
Clackam as St.
Conducting t l« tra in in g ses
sion w ill 1« M r s . P h y llis
W iener, m em ber of the P o rt
land Board of Education, amt
George M ille r of the Oregon
Departm ent of Revenue.
Ie a c l« i volunteers w ill 1«
Our tM CA M SA V E YOU
MOM Y OH AEM 0DÍUUC.
C a llin g busing "a n over
blown, em otional code word
that cam ouflages t ic real is
su e s ," I. inowitz said that "(h e
qu ality of education fo r all
c h ild re n should be t ic subject
of deepest concern to all of
u s ."
"W e are com m itted toan in
tegrated s o c ie ty ," he said,
" B u t we are steadily becom
ing m ore d ivvied , m ore sep
arate, anil m ore unequal. An
a r b itr a r y and expedient end to
fu sin g would only worsen a
situation that is already c r i-
Lindsay backs
school consolidation
M ayo r Lindsay of New York
said 1« favors the consolida
tion of c ity and suburban
school d is tr ic ts fo r the pur
pose of in te g ra tio n . But he
added that such a move would
te " d if fic u lt , if not im
p o ssib le " without sh iftin g tl«
lu c le n of school financing
from the local p ro p e rty tax
to the state and Federal
governm ents.
M r . Lindsay declared his
sip p o rt of the recent Federal
court decision ord e rin g the
consol station of the p r im a r ily
black Richmond, V a , schools
with the predom inantly white
schools
in
the
suburban
counties of H enrico and Ches
Ih a r id a y A p r ii ò> 1^72 Page 3
St.
3
O
X
ONE GENERAL L O C A T IO N
Albina ft Htllingsworth
CLOSE 0 SU N D A V
9 fo 5
« A M O U S I ABH S
e