P o r tla n d
Harlem remembers Powell
Steven Lehman, 20, 9905 S.W. 56th Avenue, Portland,
newest m a n te l ol ifie Governor's Committee on Youth, In
stalls heat i iser valve on exhaust manifold In Portland
Community College class, Lehman, a Jackson High School
giaduate, is second-yea i stmlent In autointove program at PCC,
Student appointed
to Governor’s
Committee
Steve L e h m a n , newest
memhet of the G ovem oi's
Committee on Youth, is not
s u r e what his committee te
sponslblllties w ill entail, hut
he telieves he canolfei infor
mation on some of the prob
lems faced by young peuple.
I ehman, 20, who lives with
his patents M i . and M rs . E r
nest Lehman at 9905 S.W. 56th
Avenue, I'o ttla n d , received
word of his anointm ent to the
state-wale advisory com m it
tee last week, lie isujackson
High School giaduate and a
second-year student in Auto
motive Mechanics at Portland
Community College.
11» Governor '* Committee
on Youth, chaired by < >regun
sec i eta ry of state!? I ay M y e i s ,
meets monthly to discuss is
sues concerning youth. ( if t le
21 committee memheis, six
are high school anil college
stmlents. (itfie i m e m lv is in
clude teaclier s. State senator s
and repr esentatives. State ad
m inistrator s, housewive- , and
Ixisinessmen.
Lehman hopes to t epresent
tlie v lews of the vocation.! I/c a
reer student on the Commit
tee . He t rred a I (be i a I a rts
program after high school hut
left to work In a local bank. He
entered I’ CC fo r naming as
an aulo mechanic in sepiem -
I * ' , 1970. | .ehman say ■•, "PCC
is great fo r people I ike me who
didn’ t leel like making u In
school. Ile ie I have an oppor
tunity to prepaie lo i a Job and
develop In many a te a s . .. like
this com m ittee."
I I * higliest achlevei in the
PCC automotive lepartment’ .s
elimination lot the National
P ly m o u th troubleshooting
Contest, I ehman w ill receive
his associate degree from
PCC In June.
M o ie than 2,000 mourners
(racked t l * Abyssinian Ha|>-
tls t C h u r c h
in H a r le m
fo r i f * funeral of Adam
Clayton Powell, while many
thousands more flllexi
the
streets outskle.
11* Baptist preacher and
form er Congressman, who
d ie d
In M i a m i , w as
praised by black and white
civic, religious and political
leaders.
I Iwy descrded (hechurch's
form er pastor for 34 years
as a black leader without
laser.
they recalled mostly
his reputation for the use of
political puwei In a way that
no other black American had
teen able to match.
"Never
belore have so
many people owed so much
to one m an," said O r. Samuel
P roctor, a professor of edu
cation at Rutgers I d ive r sify.
" L ik e Amos and IlkeMicah,
Adam Clayton Powell was a
man of ju s tic e ," sakl D r.
P roctor, who dellveied the
eulogy.
Recalling M r. Po
w ell’ s firs t political victory,
a City Coua ii seat m d i i .
D r. P roctor sakl.
"H e gave us our firs t evi
dence that American institu
tions were ca|>ahle of any
change at a ll.
He gave us
a new basis fo r hope when
our c h u r c h e s , colleges,
unions, hotels — all were
segregated. When my great
country, America screamed
at me, telling me I'm a no
body, he gave us all hope.”
D r. P roctor, who had served
as r l* Northeast regional
d ire cto r ol t l * o ffic e of
Economic
O p p o r tu n ity ,
brought loud shouts of agree
ment from tie mourners when
he listed social legislation
that M r. Powell has pushed
through Congress as ch a ir
man ol the House Education
and l.afxit Committee.
He said that M r. Powell
had d o r* this with " a com
mittee that hail not let any
social l e g i s l a t i o n come
through
in 100 years— he
roared like a lion and snapped
like a cobr a ."
“ Yes,
he did,’ ’
many
mourners shouted luck, "Y e s,
L o rd ."
the massive church with
mourners fillin g its 2,000
seals and a nurnler of auxi
lia ry rooms, echoed with the
freijuent sobbing of women.
11* coffin, placed at the
foot ol I f * church’ s circ u la r,
marble pulpit, was flanked "envious ami mediocre men*'
by roil, white ant yellow ui Congress had denied M i.
wreaths of flowers and by Powell his Congressional seat
American flags.
ami had "made (he Congress
A I 'nited States naval pla a sm aller place.”
toon formed an honor guard
Mourners
included New
in front of i f * coffin. Young Yoik Representatives—C har
black and white men, (heir les Rangel, Edward I. loch,
hall closely cropped, con William Ryan, M ario Blaggi,
trasted with Charles Ken-
■hirley Chisholm ami Bella
yatta, Harlem nationlrst, who, S. \hzug—ami Boiough P re si
with a wide A fro hair style, d e n t
P e rc y
E. S u t-
stood at attention near them. ton.
" I here was nothing wrong
Ihe body of M r. Powell,
with Adam but A m e rica ," said who died late I uesday night
t l * Rev. Gardner C. I aylor, in M iam i a( 63, was to I *
m in iste r of the Concord Bap cremated
ami
the ashes
tis t Church in Brooklyn, " lie scattered on the Bahamian
was boro to walk a royal toad. islaml of B im in i. More than
Wien Adam was boro, nature 13.000 mourners viewed the
played a tric k on Am erica. He b«Jy of M r. Powell on Satur
was born among the oppressed day at the church, the police
but with a kingly presence, a said.
nimble mind, coutage and
audacity — w h a t the old
fteople used to call " a sasst-
riess.' ”
Mayor Lindsay was an un
Close to 4,000 persons
scheduled s p e a k e r .
I I * gathered on the windswept
church’ s associate m inister, coiner of Harlem 's Seventh
the Rev. Davkl N. L lco rish , Avenue ami 125th Stieet fo r a
called him to tie pulpit, ami thiee-hour outdoor tribute in
the Mayor was applauded as a "F in a l People's M em m ial
he moved along the crowded R ally" foi fo rm e r Harlem
aisle.
Representative Adam Clayton
I,Ike the other speakers, Powell.
M r . Lindsay stood before the
Manhattan Borough P re si
gold Coptic C hristian cross dent, Percy E . Sutton, called
that had l*e n given to M r. on the gathering to rem em ler
Powell by Em peror Halle tie late M r. Powell as "a
Selassie of Ethiopia in recog giant who was responsible for
nition of a re lie f program the most dram atic changes
that M r. Powell ran lo r t l * ever made in behalf of the poor
church during the Depression. in our country."
In measuied tones, the May
Form er State senator Basil
or recalled the man who was A. Paterson, who kept the
H arlem ’ s unquestioned p o liti steady stream of black speak
cal leader fo r more than rwo ers moving as the master of
decailes as "a man ol style, ceremonies, t o ld the hun
b rillia n ce and compassion - a dreds of schoolchildren at the
skilled p o liticia n ."
rally:
He said, " | knew him and I
“ F or the young people w ho
shared with him hisconviction didn’t know hun, it was ibtack
fo r justice, just simple justice man, Adam Clayton Powell,
and fa ir treatment fo ra ll peo who had control of 25 percent
ple.”
of this country’ s domestic
D r, Roger Shinn, a pro
spending."
fessor at the (Inton rheologi
Ami Livingston L . W ingate,
cal seminary, noting that M i . form er d ire cto r of the New
Powell had left ihe church to Y o r k Urban League who had
go into politics, told the teeri an aide to M r. Powell,
the mourners:
"H e opened
sakl that "w h ite s had deter
Its doors, learned its rules
mined that he would not hold
and because 1« dal, others
that power fo r long.”
did likewise and this nation
M r. W ingate, who had leen
w ill
never te the same tie counsel to the House Edu
again."
cation and Labor Committee,
The present senior black which M r. Powell headed, told
member o( Congress, Repre
the enthusiastic crowd that t l *
sentative Charles E , Diggs
committee "had passed 60
ol Michigan, brought shouts m ajor b ills in live years and
ol "A m e n ," "A m e n ," ami
the media concealed his (M r.
" T e ll i t ' " when he said that Powell's) performances with
Street r a lly
City Club calls for marijuana
I his week ( I* Portland City-
Club released its report on
Legal Sanctions of Marijuana,
l i e committee studied the
legal sanctions imposed upon
the possesslun, use and sale
of marijuana In Oregon. Ihe
committee unanimously re
commended that ile ie I * no
crim in a l o r legal sanctions
foi personal use oi possession
of m arijuana. Ihe m ajority
recommeikted (he.ivoklanceof
the black market sale of m a ri
juana through legalizing its
sale with appropriate con
tro ls . Ihe m inority re iu m -
uieikled that die sale oi pos
session fo r sale, oi cultivation
of marijuana he (reatedeithei
as a lelony oi a misderneanoi,
w ithin the dlscietion of (he
court.
P rio r to January I, 1972,
under oiegon Law conviction
ol use o r possession o r sale
of marlujana could be treated
with f t * discretion ol t l * court
as eith e r a felony punishable
by a maximum of ten years
In prison, o r a misdemeanor.
Its possession was also sub
je ct to a line of not more
than J 5,000,
Unite r
the new Oregon
C rim in a l Code, which went
Into effect on January I, 1972,
conviction for possession or
sale c a r ie s a prison term
of up to one year o r a tine
of $1,1X10, in case a is con
sidered by the court as a m is
demeanor, o r If a lelony a
prison term of no more than
ten years o r a tine of no
more than $2,500. Courts no
longer have complete d is c re
tion as to whether a felony
or misdemeanor Is Involved.
F o r example, use of the drug
Willner
appraises
economy
Is classified as a m is-
other problem. I) Marijuana
deineanoi. Il the conviction
adversely .meets the indi
is a firs t offense and less
vidual by taking away his
than one ounce ol marijuana
motivation. Initiative and in
is involveil, the penalty must
hibitions.
it could damage
I * foi a misdemeanor. Hut
the whole character of Am eri
If a person over IS furnishes
can society. 4) To legalize
marijuana to j pei son under IS
marijuana would make its use
and there is a three yeai d if
mote wklespread.
Ihe p roliferation ol con
ference in Iheir ages. It is
Arguments commonly made
glomerates is one of t i *
a felony.
lo r t l * legalization of m ari
m ajor causes of present eco
The new federal law also
juana tollow:
nomic problems. Ournational
relaxes penalties. All man
1) Marijuana does not lead
economic program should I *
datory maximum sentences
to Jnd-soclal conduct, and
to preserve the tree enter
are eliminated except for the
l l * retore is not a proper sub
prise economy. Ihe spread
engaging in " a continuing
ject ol legal sanctions.
of conglomerates has meant
enterprise” . In 0 « case of
2) I he current wklespread
that an increasingly greater
a Hi st oltense lo r possession,
violation ol tlic present laws
part ol t l * economy is domi
the offender can I * put on
brings disrespect lo r t l * law
nated by enterprises whichcan
probation and it there are no
in general, ami the tact that
set prices without the re
fu rth e r offenses during pro
marijuana is legallx classi
straint norm ally imjxised by
bation, ft»- proceedings may
fied as a narcotic, which it
competition.
le dismissed without a deter
is not, adds to t l * cre d ib ility
1 would propose the follow
mination ol g u ilt. F or those
g«P-
ing measures to revitalize
under 21, the court can order
3) Because marijuana can
the economy:
expunging of all o fficia l re
only be purchased illegally,
confs relating to t l * crim e.
it exposes t l * use ami socle tv
I, Vigorous use ol anti-
I he transfer of small amounts
to a nurnler of adverse site
trust laws.
of marijuana torno i enumera
effects ol the illic it sale of
2) Specific examination ot
it mgs.
tion o r only enough to cover-
the conglomerate trend ami
cost, is consiilered simple
4) 11* present law subjects
lai more vigorous control ot
possession.
F o r t l * firs t
the user to the possibility
regulated industry.
tittle, marijuana is not in
ot having a lelony record.
3) l i m i t the number of
cluded as a narcotic drug,
5)
Marijuana is not tie
separate areas in which a
I he new Oregon law, on t l *
cause of current widespread
corporate
enterprise
can
other hand, s till defines m a ri
dissatisfaction w ith American
function.
juana as a narcotic.
society, amt although it is
4) P r o v id e
preferenti tal
In Its researchtheCityC luh
associated with long-haired
treatment fo r smal
husi-
found the lolluwing arguments
youth. Its use is widespread
nesses in dealing with the
against t l *
legalizing of
through all social levels,
lederai government ami ta ilo r
m arijuana. I) t m il t l * lu ll
Ihe
committee
recom
government policies to help
extent of pyschologlcal and
mended, based on available
small businesses.
physiological
effects
are
medical and sociological data,
5) Revise the lederai tax
known, we should not make
that legal sanctions govern
structure so that it does not
legal a substance that might
ing the use ami possession
promote die growth ol big
prove to I * dangeioua.
2)
of
marijuana
are
inap
Ix.siness, but rather provides
Society a heady has a large-
propriate and that there should
an incentive fo r the small
scale problem from alcohol
I*? no crim inal or legal sanc
businessman.
and we should not legalize
tions fo r personal use ami
another drug am) create an
possession.
Committee members were:
D r. C h a r le s Grossman,
Chairman fo r t l * M ajority;
A . I elghton Plant ami Donald
W, Green, 111, Chairmen for
t l * M in o rity; Ernest Bonv-
hadl, Fred M. Huchwalter,
P hilip D. Chadsey, W illiam
E llio t P. Skinner has been
Gittelsolin,
D r. Frederick,
named chairman of Colum
A . M. Kingery,
George |).
bia’ s department of anthropo-
Lena nt.
h’gy, becoming the firs t black
department chairman in the
u n ive rsity’ s histo ry, A Co
lumbia faculty member since
1954, D r. Sklnnei became an
M ost
charges of absenteeism ami
nonproductivity.*’
He said that M r. Powell, who
il* d at t l * age of 63, "had ac
tually leen killed on March I,
1967, when lus(Congressional)
seat was taken from hun . . . I *
died broken-hearted that no
black leaders were capable of
rallying support to reseat
him .”
M r. Wingate called " h is
legacy the most sophisticated
black leaders in the w orld”
and added: "W e must not allow
them to put us into the tric k
bag of comparing M artin with
Adam - they were both great.
Don't let ti* m play one leader
against another. Did th e y
compare Eisenhower w it h
Roosevelt - Washington with
Jeflerson?”
11* pastor of the Resur rec-
tion Roman Catholic Church of
Harlem the Rev. L a rry Lu
cas, stood like other speakers
between an American flag and
th e red, green and b la c k
"black liberation fla g "to c a ll
out that "Adam showed Con
gress he would not I * a good
little colored boy whose head
could be patted."
"Im m ature r a c i s t pigs
stripped Adam Clayton Powell
of his pow er," he said.
T he Rev. H. C arl McCall,
president of The Amsterdam
News editorial board, said the
thousands of blacks blocking
the western half of Seventh
Avenue fo r the ra lly were the
"H eritage and legacy of.Adam
Clayton P o w e ll."
"Adam started us on the
road to freedom and lib e r
a tion," he said. "W e owe
Adam our commitment that we
w ill complete t l * struggle."
associate professor in |9pj
and a fu ll professor in |9oti.
From I9pp to 1969 he served
as I nited States Ambassador
to Upper Volta. Inl97l,hew as
appointed Franz Boas Profes
sor of Anthropology atColum-
bta.
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The New York State Senate
eulogized M r. Powell and
adopted a unanimous resolu
tion expressing sorrow at his
death. Several lawmakers who
spoke of M r. Powell said that
he had been maligned in the
public eye in his la te r years.
The Senate m a jo rity leader,
Joseph Z a re tzki, Democrat of
Manhattan, said M r. Powell
w a s "th e fir s t m ilita n t" and
"to o k on the whole country-
single - handedly” in seeking
equal rights fo r blacks.
" I f you’ re going to have the
n a t io n a l standards, then
you’ ve got to have a right to
reopen cases.”
“ All desegregation cases?"
asked Robert M cClory (Rep.-
IIE).
" Y e s , s i r , " Meindienst
said.
In h is prepared statement,
Meindienst defended t l * con
stitutionality of t l * P re si
dent’ s move, saying that it ci id
not constitute interference
with the Supreme Court’ s se
curing of a constitutional
right, only a “ pa rticu la r rem -
ewiy” - husing.
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would reopen
court cases
Attorney Genei al-designate
Richard Meindienst testified
that President Nixon’ s anti
busing legislation would per
m it t l * reopening of every
school desegregation case in
the country to meet standards
in the proposed measure.
His testimony belore the
House Judiciary Committee
conllicteil with that of Health,
Education and Welfare Secre
tary t II lot I . Richardson,who
told the senate! abor.and Pub
lic Wellare Committee last
month that the measure would
perm it the reopening of rela
tively lew ol current desegre
gation orders.
On reopening cases, th e
President's proposal c o n
tained this section:
"O n applieationof an educa
tional agency, court otxtersor
lesegregation plans u n d e r
I itle VI ol theC ivil R ight-A ct
of |9p4 m ellect on the date of
enactment ot this act ami In
tern led to end segregation ot
students on the basis ot race,
color o r national origin shall
le reopened and modified to
comply with t l * provisions oi
this act.”
I he h ill says t h a t , (or
drawing desegregation plans,
the courts and federal agen
cies cannot increase busing
to r grades one through six ami
must use busing only as a last
resort In the higher grades.
Asked about t l * reopening
provision, Meindienst said.
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