Homy A lte rt defends (lie plan aa
necessary In (lie era ul Revenue
Sharing. (Page 3)
Human Resource Bureau controversy continues
PORTLAND
V o lu m « 2 N o 2 ^ P o r tla n d , O re g o n
AN
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Lenwood G, Davis, in his column
"A s I See I t " ,
continues
his
analysis of the plan and its possible
effects on tie Black Community.
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OBSERVER
deWeese accuses Goldschmidt of political manipulation
Jordan advocates access to power
Veinun Jordan, executive
d iie c tu i ol the National Ui ban
l eague, s|ioke to a crowd of
about 300 people at the annual
Portland U d a u League din
ner, I hursday, A p ril 6.
As il« newly elected execu
tive, Joidan c la rifie d the ma*
j o i goals of tl« IJi ban League,
as he sees them, in the 1970’ s.
He said, " J Iw Urban League
w ill continue to 1«, firs t, a
foi eful advocate fo r tin cause
of black people and other mi«
non tie s. Secondly, a result
oriented, issue - oriented o r
ganization dedicated to serv
ing the people, th ir d ly , we
w ill continue to be a bridge be
tween the races forcing unity
and haimony in a land torn by
sti ife and division. Fourthly,
we w ill contuiue to be unapol-
ogetlcally and unequivocally
fo ith rig h t t e l levets in and
w o ike is fo r an o|«n, p lu ra l
istic, integiateil society."
Joidan spoke of tie change
in th e c iv il rights movement
from the |960’ s to tl« 1970‘ s.
" In the 60’ s the issue was the
i ight to sit on the bus . . . To
day tl« issue is w te re that txis
is going and wliat d ies II cost
to get H ere. In the 60’ s the
issue was tl« right to eat at
tl« lunch counter. T uday the
issue Is die hunger and malnu
tritio n that stalks tl« land. . .
11« central is ue of tie 1970’ s,
tl« n . Is the iestruccut ing of
Amei lea’ s economic anti p oli
tical power so that black peo
ple and chicanes and other
Americans have their f a i r
share of tl« rewards and
iwsponsiblllties anti (he deci
sion making in every sector of
our society.”
Jordan slentified the "c o re
of A m erica's problems as ra
c ia l," and said, "S o long as
Highlight of tl« annual Urban League dinner was speaker Vernon Jordan, Executive d u e cto r
of the National I t han League. In his address, Jordan outlined the goals and projects of
the organization foi the yeai and received enthusiastic approval from a I those who atten
ded.
poor black people, Chicanos
and poor whites are set
against each other, scramb
ling foi tl« crumbs from tl«
table of an affluent society,
this nation shall te troubled in
mind and in s p ir it."
1 he I roan Leagu» s at
tempting to find practical so
lutions and technicalca|M blll-
tles and Jordan s a id , ” 1 be
lieve tl« battle has shitted
from (he sceets to the de
liberations ol legislative com
mittees, zoning boards and
school boards.
Burns
"O ne of tlw firs t m ajor pro
grams in tl« coming y e a rw lli
1« to institute a m ajor voter
registration d rive in the north
and west to help bring about the
political biowning of A m e ri
ca.”
si«aking of economic im
provement, Jordan said, " I
believe ami the Urban League
believes that economic em
powerment means p u t t in g
green dollars into black pock
ets and fillin g jobs at all lev
els. Economic empowerment
means opening up the suburbs
to blacks o l all income levels
Taxes
‘ ‘ D iscrn n in a to iy
taxation
muai 1« ended." stated Rep
■ esentalive k e ilh Burns (()-
M u ll. Co.), while speaking be
fore the Woodstock kiwanis
Club early Wednesday morn
ing.
"P ro p e rty (axes are not
baaed o a a n in d lvid u a rsa b lllty
to pay and are therefore un
fa ir.
M oreover, meaningful
tax i eform must he accom
panied by a maximum of pub
lic ity on the procedures and
an oppotunlty fo r all taxpay
ers to participate in the tax
icfo rm l« a i lugs."
Repi esentative Burns hit on
several issues of Importance
to his d is tric t while speaking
Jo the Kiwanis group.
I he form er deputy d is tric t
attorney pointed out that the
victim s of crim e are often ig
nored by society.
" I w ill propose that Oiegon
adopt laws to aid victim s of
crim inal acts. Citizens who
sre
injured by crim inals
should he compensated," de
clared Bui ns.
’ ’ When elected,** Burns
said, "1 w ill continue to make
mysell available io any con
stituent who reeds assistance
wants to discuss the issues."
Represent Burns concluded
by saying that citizen involve
ment in local guvei ninent
should 1« maximized.
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Ikiij.^Fmiiklin
Robert H Kazan, Pre» • ifl O ffices • Phone ¡24-3333
Home Office Franklin Bldg . Portland. Oregon 97204
Hans
so t h e y can be near tl« new
jobs coming now in new sub
urban plants and o ffice s."
Receiving many rounds o f
applause fo r hts m ajor points,
Jordan e n d e d his speech by
saying that it takes men and
women in responsible posi
tions to care about those who
have not yet made it, and until
then, the nation w ill suffei
from racial s trife . He con
cluded, "W e s h a ll not be
moved from our sac red m i s -
slon to make this a land of
freedom, a land of Justice and
a land of complete equality.”
The Oregon Black Caucus
w ill hold a general meeting,
Sunday, A p ril lb, from 5:00 to
7 :0 0 'p jn . at the.Multi service
Center, 5022 N. Vancouver.
T l« public is invited to attend.
VOTE
released
VOTE, the non-partisan re
po r t of candidates and mea-
su es published as a public
service by the League of Wo
men V otersw ill be available to
the public after A p ril 13 th. The
28-page newspaper w ill be
available at various super
markets ami bookstores in the
P o r t la n d
area and from
League members. VOTE sells
thi IQf per copy.
Edited by M rs. Wendy Wen-
net, the publication is a joint
project of the Portland and
E a s t Multnomah C o u n ty
Leagues of Women Voters.
T h e Leagues neither support
nor oppose candidatesorpoli-
tical parties, but offer the vot
ers a complete resume of is
sues to be on theMay 23rd p ri
mary election b a l lo t and re
ports the answers that candi
dates have given to questions
on various subjects. T h is
year, VOTE gives information
on six state measures, three
county measures, one School
D is tric t 4il measure ana lists
over 200 candidates fo r va
rious national, state, county
and city offices.
"E ve ry effort is made to
provide completely factual and
objective explanations of bal
lot measures," states Jane
Cease, president of the P ort
land [.eague.
38,000 copies of VUTE: w ill
be printed this year. School
D is tric t gi and other school
d is tric ts in tl« county use
VOTE in their social studies
classes. M a n y local b u s i
nesses buy VOTE fo r their
employees. As oi.March29th.
31,000 copies have been sold
through advance orders.
Members of the VOTE staff
include: M rs. Wendy Wenner.
E ditor; M rs. Mary M u ir and
M rs. P hyllis Wilson, Ballot
Measure chairmen: M rs. Sue
C h is h o lm ,
Questionnaire
chairman; M rs. Jean Root,
D istribution chairman.Please
contact M rs. Jean Root, 253-
5881, if you would like to or, er
some VOTE papers orundout
where you can buy one.
charges
B i l l deWeese
posed by Goidschmxit.
deWeese questioned how
such a broad program could be
implemented within a period of
only 60 days, when a s im ila r
program at the state level re
quited three years to properly
organize.
"W hat must be stressed to
all Poi tla iw .-.
las .^.ix-d,
“ and most importantly to
those receiving benefits from ,
as well as those men and wo
men helping in the existing
poverty programs, is that
there can be no r a d i c a l
changes without total evalua
tion.”
deW ee se cone luded t h a t
while a consolidating and uni
fying Bureau of Human Re
sources might well be the an
swer to resolving many of our
prcise.it p ivL.*..
never lose sight of the purpose
of these programs: to help
people - - not to manipulate
them ."
Short elected federal chairaiaa
Ralph B. Short, d is tric t
d ire c to r of the Internal Reve
nue Service, was unanimously
elected chairman of the P o rt
land Federal Executive Board
fo r the upcoming fiscal year.
The PFEB election took place
at a Thursday luncheon meet
ing.
Named to the post of vice
chairman was Colonel Paul
D. T rie m , d is tric t engineer
of the U. S. A rm y Corps of
Engineers in Portland.
Short has been with the
arrogaace
" 1 he recent (allure ol the
appointee to the D is tric t At
torney's office to firs t consult
with the City and County Com
m issioners has resulted in a
delay in producing an effective
la w enfoiceinem program ,"
said lla rl Haas, a candidate (or
D is tric t Attorney, as 1« spoke
before the Commercial Club.
"How anyone faintly fam i
lia l with local government
could attempt to spend Multno
mah Countv taxpayer’ s money
without fu s t hav ing approval
from the City o r County Com-
missionets is inconceivable,"
Haas said in regard to tl«
appointees failure.
" lir e
present appointee
seems intent on spending even
that money which hasn’ t been
appropi lated. His demand lo r
anotler increase ol $2000 in
his own salary Is an abuse of
the rights of taxpayers of our
county at this tune of increas
ing high property taxes. M r.
Connall's demand that he be
pa id more than the Attorney
General of Oregon, plus get
ting a new Buick, is nothing
less than fiscal arrogance,"
said Haas, a strong legislative
supporter lo r property tax re
lie f.
"W e need a D is tric t A tto r
ney who spends his time pro
secuting c i im inals, protecting
oui environment and consum
ers, rather than spinning his
wheels fo r his own benefit. As
a C rim inal L a w Revision
Commissioner, leading advo
cate of consumer protection,
I w ill spend my time enforcing
those laws, not just inc teas uig
the cost ol government (o r ex
ecutive sa la rie s ."
B ill deWeese, candidate for
. ... itmouncedMondiy t h a t
C ity Comm issloner Neil Gold
schmidt’ s proposed Bureau of
Human Resources wasnothing
more than a "naked power
grab,” so hastily conceived
and shallowly pursued p rio rto
announcement, that it could
well become a political and so
cial power base, manipulating
great sums of money and mas
sive numbers of people.
Speaking before an Albina
audience, deWeese charged
that the Goldschmidt program
was an "a c t of po ltical expe
diency designed to influence
the outcome of the forthcoming
P rim a ry E le ctio n ."
"T h e most dangerous affect
of this proposal," deWeese
said, " i s that certain of the
present poverty programs
have been alarm ingly slowed
in the services that they ren
d e r.” He stated that OEO pro
grams have been delayed in
submining proposals.
He continued by saying that
" th is 60-day wonder program
has cast a shadow of fear over
both the workers within the
poverty agencies and the c iti
zens of Portland who so de
servedly benefit from these
se rvice s."
" T h is p ro g ra m ," deWeese
said, "la c k s careful compli
ance with OEO and HUD regu
lations and objectives, and it
does not spell out a positive
format fo r the fu tu re .”
deWeese proposed an a lte r
native program that would call
fo r the formulation of a broad-
based citizens committee to
evaluate th e strengths and
weaknesses of all e x i s t i n g
poverty agencies. Based upon
their recommendations, th e
mayor should take appropriate
and responsible action. He
said he is in favor of the p rin
cipal of the Human Resources
Bureau, but not as it w aspro-
Internal
Revenue Service
since 1945, follow ing 3 years
of combat duty with the U, S.
Marine Corps in the South
P acific. He was tax advisor
to the Japanese government
ui 1949-51, and to the P h ilip
pine Republic in 1963-65.
P rio r to coming to P o rt
land in 1971, short served as
assistant IRS d is tric td ire c to r
in Los Angeles fo r b years.
Col. T riem was commis
sioned in 1950 upon his gradua
tion from West Point.
He
has served in Iceland, Hawaii
and Vietnam, plus at numerous
posts and schools throughout
the U.S. He came to Portland
in 1969 as deputy d is tric t en
gineer, and was promoted to
his current post in 1970.
Presiding at the election
meeting was outgoing PFEB
chairman C. J. Griesm eyer,
regional d ire cto r of the Vet
erans Adm inistration.
The
Portland Federal Executive
Board is comprised of the
heads of some 80 Federal
agencies and offices in the
Portland area.
M rs . Freddye Petett, D irector of Operation Step-l
signs
a $25,000 contract fo r Nero Industries while Bob Rogers,
Assistant d irectoi lo r Manpower amt 1 raining of Associatevi
General Contractors, watches.
The contract w ill provide
30 new Jobs with on-the job training and medical care.
Nero awarded coatract
Bob Rogers, assistant d i
rector fo r Manpower ami
Training fo r Associated Gen
eral Contractors has an
nounced the release of a
$25,000 contract to Nero In
dustries. the c o n t r a c t in
volves on-the-job training ami
medical care fo r 30 people.
Operation S tep-U ft part of
Nero Industries, w ill be re
sponsible fo r recruitm ent,
counseling ami placement of
personnel. l) r . JohnMarshall
w ill handle all medical exam
inations ami care.
Rogers said, " T h is is the
firs t contract of this kind that
we know of in th e Northwest
ami the West Coast.”
H ie contract, the firs t of its
kind issued from the Oregon
State Highway I'epartment to a
m inority agency, is for one
year. S im ila r projects have
been initiated ut only three
other states - Maine, ken-
tucky and Tennessee.
Ihe c o n t r a c t Is jointly
funded by the state amt federal
governments. In itia lly
th e
contract was let toAssoeiated
General C ontractors. I hey in
turn sublet tt to Nero Indus
trie s .
‘ Nero Industries was best
qualified to perform thlsw ork
fo r u s ," Rogers said. He has
hopes of renewing the contract
next year, too.
Volunteer honored for service
PAST PRESIDENT HONORED - Goi i.i Bradford, left, daughter of M r. and M rs . J ohn Bra itoi ,
546 NJ£. Stanton, the outgoing president of theEmanuel Hospital Junior A uxiliary, was presente '
a new guard fo r her pin representing more than 500 hours of service to the hospital. Pat Spohn,
right, 85b7 N. B u rr A v e , now Junior A uxiliaryC oordinatur and herself a fo m er Junior \ ix ilia rv
president, "re m in is c e d " during annual pinning ceremony held at Emanuel School of Nursing, Sun
day, A p ril 9. Jum ois annually give thousands of hours of service ifte r school and on weeken i t
assist in a variety of hospital departments; activities also include projects like holiday parties 'o r
pediatrics patients ami weekly entertainment fo r patients in Extended Care, others on the pro
gram Included the Rev. Wallace Petzoldt, chaplain, who gave the invocation and benediction; Wal
te r Behn, vice president ofLmanuel.who awarded pins, assisted by M rs. Helen M i ¡1
. irer tor
of volunteers. M iss Bradford also intrixluced new officers present: Colleen Howard, president;
Greta Hartman, vice president; Karen Arnold, secretary; and fro y Y ing, n la 1 lim a n
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