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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1972)
Portlam l/Cbservei Thursday A p ril ft, 1972 Page 8 Federal employees (Continued from page I) Ten thousand school children marched 30 miles through the city to earn money fo r the March of Dimes. Businesses and funds pledged contributions fo r those who completed the hike. WAl TFR MORKIS In Idpg, as chairman of the Citizens War on Poverty, M r. M o rris took t h i ee months leave without pay to work fo r this program, including tune in W ashington, I ).C „ w lie le he represented th e Western states as a member ot the Community Responsible Advi sory Committee. p ro fit agency comprises some 2000 m em ivi s throughout the nation, an>l has Iven instru mental ui lot ululating die one billion - d o lla r, 40 m illio n - acre Alaska Native Claim s Settlement Act. on his own u iilia tive . M i . Bone has sivnt endless hours traveling and meeting with government ant native leaders In Alaska, amt in pieparing plain language versions ol legislation aftect- mg Alaska natives so that they can understand the opportu nities available to them. He has also organized " tip e r-i- tton Manhunt," a nation-w ide campaign io help Alaska na tives quality (or benefitsumior the Act. I tus program enjoys tlw support of top I eder.il government and state of fic ia ls . understanding and cooperation in a d iffic u lt situation, which w ill be at least partially remedied by completion of tie expansion program in July. D r. Michael W Ukin, chief of the emergency department, emphasize! the importance of hospital emergency room policy which re stricts the number of v is ito rs who may accompany the patient into the treatment area to one fam ily member. "W e've had some problems because emotionally - dis tressed people accompanying the patient to the hospital attempt to crowd into treat ment rooms. This can jeo pardize the recovery of the patient by interfering with our effo rts to help h im ." He cited a recent example: "A youngster came in with a broken leg, another had rammed a stick in his eye. Two patients were brought tn with heart attacks - and an other was brought in with a gunshot wound. Someone thought we weren’ t taking care of a patient fast enough. You’ ve got to realize the tre mendous emotional stress people may be under in an emergency situation. In this case, one group tried to push into the treatment room. It didn't do anyone any good.” The same kind of pressure helps explain why some patients must wah before they see a doctor. "Emergency service cannot be provided on a firs t come- Show us some results! by David M . N e ro. J r. ing experim ent were disap There is no question but that educational achievement is linked toem ploym entquali- fications, and that low achievement results in poor and inadequate preparation fo r obtaining and holding a job. It is fo r this reason that pointing in that DEO has "n o t found a panacea fo r teaching poor children reading and m ath." In spite of the disappointing results of the experiment^ Sanchez went on, " I do want to make it cle a r that 1 am impressed, and I remain im pressed with the work of social e x p e r i m e n t a t io n . It’ s a m u st." The experiment, he said, has shown that social experiments can supply "p re cisely the kind of objective comprehensive information that you really have to have if you are going to make . . . rational decisions.” We support strongly the Sanche/ point of view and add that it is a thoroughly in volved school patron on a broad basts that w ill avl to push the kinds of experimen tation which w ill enable young sters to reach a level of per formance ui the basics of reading, w ritin g and math which is necessary to provide them with jobs. So fa r, the school system has failed, especially m areas like the Model C ities, c lie n t files of projects Iike o p e ra tio n S lE P - L P fully document that young people with High School C e rti ficates are reading on fourth and fifth grade levels. How can they compete in today's employment m arketwith these low skills? T he question needs to be put to school systems: "W hy M r. School Adm inis tra to r, are you not finding a solution by sound experimen tation for those scores of ch il dren whom you are ‘ passing’ without even a little chance to make it in the world of w ork?" We would like to see in novative programs using the data of other projects such as developed by the Office of Economic Opportunity and the public needs to become more aware of what is being accomplished in education and keep abreast of the latest techniques and experiments and th e ir results. As an example are the re sults of a recent experiment dealing with the m erits of performance contractors to teach math and reading to the disadvantaged children. Under performance contract ing, the amount earned by the contractor depends on the learning progress oi tlie stu dents — the more learned, the more earned, and vice-versa. P re lim in a ry results of the Office of Economic Oppor tunity’ s experment in per formance contracting Issued this month indicated that such techniques were no more ef fective in teaching reading and math to these children than more traditional teaching methods. I he experiment, conducted in 18 school dis tric ts around the nation dur ing the 1970-71 school year, was designed to test tie m erits of using performance con tra cto rs. Six private con tractors worked in the 18 dis tric ts , using a variety of e xist ing teaching m aterials. In two additional d is tric ts , teachers' organizations ran incentive experments. The results of these have not been released since they were started Jater than the other 18 experiments. OEO D ire cto r, P h illip San chez, pointing out the correla tion between poverty and lack of education, said the results SHOW US SOME RESULTSI of the performance contract t f fir s t served basis. Suppose you come to Emergency with an infected hangnail. Before the doctor can see you, we have a had highway accident case o r a ne.irt attack victim rushed in. We’ ve got to take care of the most c ritic a l cases fir s t. NO other tactor — length of watt, race, color, or ability to pay — is considered; ju st the seriousness of the problem .” Behn said part of the pro blem is the increasing trern! locally and nationally, tuward use of the emergency room as a "fa m ily d o c to r" who is on the job 24 hours a day. He said the hospital had come to accept the situation as unavoidable, in part be cause ot "o u r present mobile society in which many people do not have a lam ily physician.’ ’ Completion of the em er gency department planned for the new hospital w ill include outpatient fa c ilitie s where last care w ill he available to non- c ritic a l patients, and where maximum st«ed and efficiency is anticipated in caring fo r c ritic a l emergency patients. cil ami M ule I Neighborhood Area residents ami Model City Agency staff monltoi uig ami evaluation. Acconlmg to Elow eis, pro grams already mevlstance in the area are included In t h i s proposal amt w ill remain in operation during tie th in ! ac ción year. Some existing agen cies o’ operation inc lude Con sume is Protection Program, Semoi Adult Service Center ami tie M ulti-S ervice Center. I his means that tie Citizens Planning Boaid, which is tie policy making board for Model C itie s, have the same p rio rit ies, as it enters uito the thud action year, that are presently being carried out dui ing this, the final pa it,o f the second sc- lion year, The Friendliest Blowers said lh e O |e ia tin g Stores In Town! Agences had made significant Since 1908 impact in the community, io meet the p rio rity needs in the Sale. All woven and knit men’s sport shirts. 0 98 KENNE I H H g ISE Kenneth C. Roue, I . S .A r my Corps of E ngineers,P ort land D is tric t (Professional and scientific Division): M r. Boue in itia lly entered Eed- eral Service in I9«?O as a sub stitute postal cle rk. W hile a Postal emDloyee. he earned a Bachelor's degree from the U niversity ot W ashington, ami shortly thereafter became an economist with the Corps ol Engineers. He has since leen i ronuted to the rank of Re- . lonal Economist in the Plan ning Branch of the Engineer mg D ivision. M r. Roue has leen The Portland chapter ot the Student Mobilization Com m it tee to Enri the War in Southeast A s ia has embarked on an in tensive campaign to mobilize active support to a number of antiwar activities this spring. The illusion that the war is be ing brought to an end so care fully cultivated by the Nixon Adm inistration has teen dis pelled iroin the mind sot an ab solute m ajority ot the Ameri can public, as indented by a recent Lou is H a rris poll which revealed t h a t 53 per cent thought Nixon was not telling them the truth about the w a r . The intensity of the a ir war over southeast Asia, particu larly North A letnam, has nev er been greater. Shortly after Nixon’ s return from h is so- called "Journey lo r Peace" to Peking came five days ol mas sive strikes over North V iet nam, involving more th a n 1,000 sorties, and the « m u rd erous strikes followed close on the heels of 101 admitted "protective reaction" bomb ing ra ils on the N orth. As the H a r r i s poll shows us the American people see thrrxigh the transparent hypocrisy ui Nixon’ s lies and calculated maneuvers to fool them. Not only is the war n o t winding down but there is ev ery indication th a t the Nixon Administration hasem barkel on a conscious policy to fu r ther escalate It. Already men tioned is the scope of th e a ir w ar being conducted by the government. Another signifi cant indicator of the Nixon Ad m inistration's real intentions In Southeast Asia Is seen in its c a n c e l la t i o n of the P aris Peace Talks in protest of the convocation of the World Peace Conference h e ld at V e rsa ille s. If Nixon w e re really interested in peace le woulrl have endorsed thlscon- ference. But we readily s e e , when we weigh his words with his actions, that Nixon and those whose interests le re presents w ill he satisfied with lENOW’S FOR “ B R A N D S you k n o w -V A R IE T IE S you like “ • SIZES vou w a n t e 4 H s i m „ . • • • • • ’ * A I ■»> H U.'H.I « N I A, N I | a» « H »«ills »'I lU/'ul 4» N I (). " « ‘ » I».. I A A . ,» It • M iM B Ilt O i U N H ID GKOCUIV J a Rog.3.98 Fash ion prints of D ación' polyester / c o t t o n . Penn-P re s t fo r no Honing. s -M -L -X L . i 7b j / He is the co-founder ol the Alaskan Native Associa tion of Oregon, which he now serves as v ic e pres vient and executive d ire c to r. t his nun- nothing less than a total m ili tary victory In Southeast Asia. In 1908 the Nixon Adm ini stration stopped the bombing ami pledged itse lf w illing to negotiate; today it is refusing to talk and starting to bomb. 1 he SMC sees is tie only solu tion to tie war the immediate and total withdrawal of all troops and m aterial from all of southeast A sia. T he pa tence of the American people is wearing thin. We are not convinced by the adm inistra tion's sugar-coated le s . We w ill continue in an a ll-o u t ef fo rt to help mobilize masses of [eople in independent action in the street until the war is brought to an immediate end. I he American people w ill le satisfied with nothing less. On April Istan AntiwarCon- feren e was held at Portland State! n ive rsity. Strategyfor how to best involve students w omen, veter m . and the v a ri ous community groups iri tie A pril 15th Portland demon stration and build the p a rtic i pation of Portlamters in the Los Angeles West Coast pro test A p ril 22nd was planned. Local e m lo ise iso f d e t i n ference and A pril 15-22 ac tions include the Youth for Muskie, Oregonians fo r Mc Govern, Young Socialists for Jenne .x - Pulley, the Interna tional Longshoremen and Warehousemen’ s I nion, the Multnomah County Democrat ic Convention, the Oregon Poor People’ s Second state wide onlerence, the Portlan Federation of le a d e r s . Io al III, A F L -C lo , ami other s. On April 15th a street march ami ra lly against tie war is le - ing planned fo r Portland to help build the Loa Angeles .Ap r il 22nd action. I he A pril 22n-l demonstration w ill culminate a month ot intense antiwar a ctivity, on A p ril 19, despite the refusal of the Portlaml School Board town dorse them, Portland High School students w ill take part in a national High School speak-out on tie War. Assemblies, t a l l i e s ami te a ch -in s w ill take place In Portland’ s High Schools. High School students are demanding that the School Board schedule a c tiv ité s in all the schools tfiat day. Sale. All styles and sizes. Gaymode panty hose. S a le 3 25 \ r i i J ¡U R e g $ 5 l ong sleeve sport shn ts in a s s o rte d fashion pi infs. S -M -L -X L . Peace group plans Spring anti-war activities! (statement by George Kon- tanis. Spokesman to r the Port land s t u d e n t M obilization Committee to End the War in SJr. Asia) SHO P Come celebrate! It’s our great 70th Anniversary. Emanuel Hospital to begin remodeling Stop-gap rem ode ling to ex pand Emanuel Hospital's existing emergency room facilities w ill get underway immediately in response to tremendous pressure on the department. Vice President Walter Behn announced. Behn said that hospital authorities e a rlie r had hoped present fa cilitie s would serve until completion of the new hospital building, but that sky rocketing demand fo r services makes the immediate expan sion necessary. He said the earliest possible date fo r completion of the new building, just north of the present hos pital, is 1975. Planned $35,000 expansion of the Emergency Room w ill provide three new treatment areas, an improved waiting room and some added fa c ili ties including a conference room fo r counseling. Space fo r the expansion was secured by moving the entire Medical Records department into a temporary structure on a hos pital parking lot. Behn says that Emergency Department staff members now treat about 24,000 patients a year — approximately three times the number the depart ment served less than 10 years ago in the same quarters. Emanuel has fo r years borne the heaviest burden of any private Portland hospital in providing emergency care. Extreme overcrowding pro duces problems, and hospital spokesman ask fo r community I'oial funds expected from HUD are 3.745 m illlo n d o ila i s fo r the th iid action year. unproving the quality of life in the Model C ities area, dui ing the second action year. (Continued from page I) position of Equal Employment Opportunity Counselor cover ing the entire state ofOregon. Not only has his work been in valuable in unproving te la - t ion ships tv tween employees ami supervisors, but he has saved the Postal service many thousarvls of dollarsby reduc ing grievance procedures and lost time due ^d is c rim in a tio n complaints. M r. M o rris is a charter member ami past chairman of the i iff ice of E qua I (. ipportun tty Poverty Program , and has been the liaison contact be tween this agency and the gen eral public through a demon stration program of parent in volvement sponsored by the Jewish Community Center.He has served on the M ayor's Committee to r investigating school disturbances ami on the Portland Schools Superinten dent's Committee fo r s im ila r purpose. He is also a memhei ot the Oregon Education \sso - ciation HumanRelationsCom- m itte e . variou s p io g i am areas tows id ■> Reg.3 .9 8 M en', knit sh irt of cotton s trife s or s o l id s . Sizes S - M - L - X L . Wallace Beei"y styl ing. S a le 4 Reg $ 5 i oog I sleeve style Wallace Beeiy cotton sh u ts. Sizes S -M -L -X L . ’ T for $i Reg.1.69pr A ll kinds of panty hose to fit every size le g , eveiy size budget, s le e i stretch nylon and A gilon(T )nylon. 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