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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1972)
■n 2 Ç (0 5 •o â > o ■D Z IO Nero to assist MC Task Force David N eiu, President of Nero 14 Associates, Inc., con firm ed lie had accepted an In vitation to usatala TaskFoice of tl« Model Citte-* Citizens Planning Board to develop a concept fo r the ptoposed City Bureau of Human Resources. M t . Neto w ill I» donating Ills time ami services to this pro- Ject. A Model Clues T a s k Force, made up of merit le i sot the Citizens Planning Hoard has laten appointed by M r. Fred Flowers, Board ch a ir man. (his I'ask Force w ill piesent to the Citizens Plan ning Hoard recommendations foi oigunizatiuti, management ami citizen participation tor the rww City Bureau proposed by City Commissioner, Nell Goldschmidt. Charles Jordan, Executive D ire cto r of Portland Model C ities, stated that M r. Nero w ill wot k closely with the I ask Force and w ill endeavoi to in sure that input to tire Human Kesouices proposal [« s o lic i ted from all concerned citizen groups anil agencies. In addi tion, M r. Nero w ill gather ad ditional factual data in support of the structural design of tire Bureau ami prepare the organ ization and management structure for the new City Bu reau. In accepting this challenge. M r . Nero stated to the Model C ities I ask Fotce, he wasgl i l to 1« able to show his appre ciation to tl« Model C ities Program fo r tie support they have given him over the past tw years. M r. Jor lari stated Ire «as glad to be able to accept the services of David Nero and wa rg ia te lu l for theopportun- PORTLAND Vo lum e 2 N o ^ 9 P o r tla n d , O r e g o n THE ONLY rty to u tili/e that expertise M r. Nero has developed through his association with Model C ities. This project w ill also enable M r. Nero to gain more exposure at C ity Hall and gain expertise in wor king as a con sultant to the C ity govern ment, Jordan adder!. 7 he eight m enders of tl« Mixlel C ities Task F ace are M rs. Qpal Strong, Chairman, J o s ia h Nunn, M r s C *ia M a y Peoples, Lee K ell, Robert Rogers, Herb Simps ,n, Deb bie Norman and M rs. Marian Scott. M r . Nero stated 1« would oe keeping tn very close contact with the Task Force regarding the progress of his w ork. He indicateli the Task Force would be receiving a form al report within 20 days. z n A p r il 27, 1972 M Q 4 ri * Q to -» Several black students are among 90 eighth graders in Portland chosen to participate £n the annual 1972 E ighthGrade Columbia Basin A g ricu ltu ra l l our to Sherman, G illiam and Wasco Counties A p ril 2 8 -3 0 . P articipating students are: from Boise school, Jeanean Dunn, Tony Howard, Steven Knight, Gloria Johnson, Rus sell Richie and Corinthian D u rin g a v is it to tl« t m versity of Oregon campus, senator \\ ayne Morse chats with Vernetta Cald Mathies, with M rs. D e l by well, Head Resident of tl« I o ’s Hamilton dorm itory complex. Norman as chaperone; Irom Woodlawn school, Johnny I), i Jegrats, Eisle Grave a I H illy Maxie; from Peninsula i, c h a t ie Smith indKay Aubrey; Irom M t. T a b o r School, Barnell Wilson; in Irom Creston School, M a rc i- ity. -'Equality ol opportunity “ I here’ s liable to be con- Morse sees the problems is the la - under our Con- anne Jackson. of racism, intlation, unem (pston in a dream deterred,” T h e ir expense-! ree tr ip to stitu.iv>i, "vviHa.u.aiiis, 'and wrote poet Langston Hughes ployment, and inequities in Eastern Oregon is sponsored 20 years ago. health and education as all Presidents and Congresses by the Sherman, G illia m , and related to the w ar. ’ ’ The have failed to enforce the Since 1968, confusion has Wasco County Wheat Growers money we are spending to law .” In 1964, he sponsored abounded in nearly every as- Associations, along with a spect of the Nixon Adminis k ill American boys and Asians the Economic im portunity number of cooperating organi- is money we should he using Act, which is responsible fo r tration’ s domestic and foreign policy. F o r m e r senator izations and is coordinated to solve our crying domestic the creation of Head Start, with the help of Portland 4 - H Wayne Morse, whose dreams Upward Bound, the Community needs,” be explains. Club extension agent. Gray The long time Oregon law Action programs, and the Job and service to the Oregon Thompson, and Portland Pub maker feels the federal gov people were deferred four Corps. ernment must take greater lic Schools cooperating. years ago in his narrow re- His position on school bus During th e ir stay the eighth election defeat, is campaign responsibility in meeting ing is cle a r: " In 1954, the health needs, “ so that every graders w ill be guests at ing to correct some ol this Supreme C ourt ruled that American, regardless of in homes of (amities which have confusion. equality of education is im M oise charges Nixon with come or economic class, is been carefully selected and possible without integration. misleading the people on the which also have an eighth insured q u a lit y medical L ater court decisions have Vietnam war. "D on’ t let him grader. c a re ." He would also have found that if busing is the tool you,” he says. "H e ’ s The tour is held annually to the federal government sup only way to achieve integration not winding town the war, but improve understanding 1« port public education by 30 in the schools of a specific New Asian tween urban and rural people expanding it. percent. He would obtain the community, then students gravevards are being lug and to show students the oper funds fo r this federal aid by- must be bused. That is the ation ot an Eastern Oregon plugging tax loopholes c u r law, and 1 think society must Morse predicted thousands ol wheat (arm . Some ot the things rently given to corporations, abide by it.” lives would Ie lost in South foundations arxl charitable the students w ill see include F urther, Morse believes rod-weeding, airplane spray east Asia; he now predicts trusts. schools must be integrated at that it the I nited states does ing, d e -horning of calves, Lnlike many other liberals the teaching and adminis not get out of A sia , m illions grain elevators, and conser of late, Wayne Morse is not trative levels. "B la c k stu of lives w ill 1« lost in a fa r vation practices used by the about to abandon the goals ol dents should never have to greater war. racial integration and equal farm ers. (continued on page 6, co . 6) Morse campaigns for return to United States Senate M r. Harvev Rice, assistant director of tl« Portland state I nlverslty I tucatlona' ('enter. 261I N.F , Union, l« lp s to bold theC ED (C ertlflcate o f I qulvaiencvl w hich M r. Gera • B.tllev (right) re ceived through 2-1/2 months ot study at tl« Educational Center. M r. Bai ev came to Port'and in October, 1971. and M r. Rice wasmstrument.il in getting him starte toward his Cl I an.' plans fo r continuing his education at Portland State I ;nlvei s ltv . Education brings success By Nan P hillips How does a young man 22 years old suddenlydecide he’ s going to make a new life for hmiseH7 A life completely out of B a l t i m o r e , Maryland, where 1« was bom into a fam ily of six biothere and five sis ters - a life e n tiie ly different from tl« one lie’ s known: odd jobs, no ambition, no future. It helps to have an uncle who lives in Portland, Oregon, an unde who te lls you to come to live with him and his fam ily til you can get yourself on tl« track. I hat's what hjp|«iied to Gerald (U tley. He came to Portland in October, 1*971, to live with his unde, Samuel Macon, who Is on the stall at Grant High School. Gerald spent tl« (lis t weeks looking tor a job, with no luck. One day, 1« dropped by the Portland state I n ive islty Educational Center at 2611 N.l . I nlon Avenue. Hetalked with M r. Harvey Rice, Assis tant D ire c to r. M r. Klee asked him some stiaight questions. Where was Gerald heading? How much education did 1« have! What job training? W hat could he ollei an employer? G erald said he had worked tor a rooltng company, done odd jobs, was in the Marines (or awhile, never finished high school, couldn’ t find a job. M r. Rice suggested that !« study tor his CEP and earn the equivalent ol a high school d i- plorna. Gerald took him upon it ami tor 2-1/2 months 1« showed up it tl« Filuc.ttion.il Center every school night. 1« took the GEP test, and passed It. Ihat was his Christmas present to himself: hlSGED diploma, which he received I lecember 23, 1*971. While he w a s attending school every night, he got a job days, working as J cabinet as sembler at B.P. Johns F u rn i ture ( o m p a m . He got the job through the P d IC (Portland i ippoi tuniiv Ithlustt i.ilization Center). He takes his job ser iously . Even when he smashed a fln g e i, hedkln’ t lay off work. .so now he has a job, his GF I ) - what next? More school, 1« says: art classes at night at Portland Community Col lege, with the dream of going on to Portland State t n lve r slty. And eventually the big dream: a college degree which w ill enable him to teach a rt in high school. The Observer salutes this young man with a future, which he Is bringing about through his own hard work. The Ob server also salutes M r. Har vey Rice, who encouraged M r. Bailey to finish high school, and helped him believe that tie could go on to college. Protesters march in Portland By Roger I lot band strains of " In the Mood” softly emitting from the Dick Niles show loom were m om entarily drowned out SJtunlay by the passing ol some 1000 slogan chanting marchers protesting the es calation of 1 . S. bombing in A letnam. Beginning at the south Park Blocks shortly after noon, the marchei spro ceeded in an onlei ly I ashion down oth Avenue behind a large banner depicting a A iet Cong flag and an American flag upside down, undei the w ritten im perative, "Stop the bombing.” A lter passing through the shadow ol the monolithic 1st National build ing, the marchers tu ned on Main st. ¡n.l conime iced to the Women’ s Park Blocks on 3rd St. for i short anti-w ar ra lly. I he m u c h , the largest since 1970, drew I ittle specta tor response in spite ot the vehemence ol the pi otestei s. Most ol the onloi kei s v iewe.1 the event fio m l«hind the piotective cover of store tio n t glass with a passivity with which one might watch a tele- vison renin. Fven Portland's largest newspapei fe lt the march was no more note worthy ti an a lew paragraphs well lu ck of the front page. by the tens of thousands all It is unfortunate that this ove Southeast Asia as part passivity reflects a general of the electronic battle reaction to the war by many fie ld ” . These devices trans w ho have been lulled into com mit the slightest sound, smell placency by statistics inoica- o r vibration to a ir-b o rn e t elay ting I ,s. troop withdraws I. As piatfoim s which leed com pointed, out by speakei s at the putéis directing bombers to rally Saturday, tew realize the scene, senator Proxm ire that "o n ly the color ot the pointed out the only unfor bodies has changed,” as the tunate aspect of thesedevtces: L ,S. continues financial sup ” 1 he sens, i s cannot tell the port ol South Aietnamese and difference between soldiers, mercenary soldiers. women and children. Speakers In addition, large amounts at the rally suggested boycott are l«ing spent oncomputers, on products produced by such and a great variety of elec large companies a sl.T .T .w h o tronic weapons. E ectromc manufactu e many afthecom - se n so rs have been dropped (Please see page 7 col. 4) Celebrities appear at Zodiac Tea * I See Portland’ s Black Middle C l a s s : A Disappointment! Page two by Lenwood Davis. I 5 ? 3 10< per copy Calvin O. L . Henry, P res.- dent of the C o rva llis Branch, NAACP, charged Oregon State U niversity with d iscrim in a tory practices. In a p re lim i nary report to Oregon State University p r e s i d e n t . D r. Robert M acV icar.follow ingan investigation by the NAACP, Henry accusea baseball coach, Gene Tasnelli, of cutting black outfielder, Verdel) A d a m s , from the baseball team fo r ra cial reasons. The case was brought to the attention of the NAACP by Lonnie H a rris, Chairman of the CorvallisHum anRelations Committee, who reported that he had heard that black players had been cut from the baseball team because they were black. He also heard Coach Tanselli rem ark that he was not going to have blacks on his team te ll ing him what teams he could play o r not play with. Tanselli had stated that the coach at Brigham Young U niversity was his best friend and that he would not have blacks on his team because of black opposi tion to racial policies ofBYU. There has never been a black player on the baseball team since Tanselli has been coach at Oregon State, nor had he re cruited a black player. Other members of the team informed the NAACP th a t Adams was a good baseball player and that he could not have been cut from the team because of lack of a b ility . They stated, as did Adams, that the coach never made any attempt to assist or encourage Adams and did not give him help when he asked fo r it. One white player recruited by Tanselli said the coach told him that he would never have a black on his team. The team members also reported that Adams was re placed by a white player who had not proved his a b ility , did not try out fo r the team o r par ticipate m spring training. It was also reported thatDon Reyno.ds, who graduated from C o rva llis High School in 1971, would have liked to attend OSL but knew he would not be treated ta irly by T anselli. Robert C la rk, American Le gion coach who coached Rey nolds, said he has observed (b U ’ s baseball program and teels that a black w ill not re ceive a fa ir opportunity. Conterences with thecoach- mg staff brought the conclu sion that OSU A thletic D ire c to r, James B a rra tt, is not really concerned about getting to the root of discrim inatory practices in his department, but is interested in justifying the positions of his coaches. He does not admit that racial discrim ination exists m (S I athletics. r he conclusion drawn by the C o rva llis Branch is th itCoach Gene la .is e lli has d is c rim i nate! against Verdel I Adams because of race and that the Athletic Department has not taken action to insure th a t Coach Tanselli’ s attitude is not goo.! fo r the OSD basebal program and recommend that if he cannot change, he be re placed. I hey also recommend that the A thletic D ire cto r "take positive and construc tive action to root out d is c ri minatory practices in his de partm ent.” S ee Instant Earnings from Day of Deposit B e th e l's per annum compounded daily and paid quarterly Franklin Robert H Hazen, Pres • IB Offices • Phone 248 1234 Home Othce Franklin Bids . Portland, Oregon 97204 I lie next meeting ot the ( u e - gon Black Caucus w ill 1« held A p ril 30,1972 between 5:00 a rut 7:00 p.m. at tlie E lksC lu b .b N . Tillamook, f o r the purpose of electing o ffic e rs . Everyone is welcome. Z o d ia c page MRS. MARK ILA TF1ELD k MRS. CLAY MYERS Jl'DCE MERCEDES DEI? Tea 5 , c o lu m n 1. MRS. PETER HURST I 5 £ -4 Corvallis NAACP charges OSU with racism Students visit Eastern Oregon XJ 2 > > -f O m m s 3 ■ OBSERVER AN EOUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER T h u rs d a y NEWSPAPER IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD THAT REALLY CARES ABOUT PEOPLE O) 2 m o k J o £ o < 4
