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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1972)
2 2 <= IC T )« 5 o - 3 - £ O > £ O S o Major chain store promotes black a - OS - Ma Stafford McDougaid Is the Merchandising Supervisor of Apparel Sections fo r six Fred Meyers stoles in I ’ o rt- land ami Vancouver, she Is the hlgliest ranking black in the p ie d Meyeis company. Stoics she supervises are Walnut |»srk, llazeldell. Fourth P lain, Penninstils, Rose C ity ami Hollywood. M rs . McDougaid started at Bon Marche in Seattle as a waitress. She trunsfered for selling, then became a trainee In retail work, she served fo r a while as a floorw alkei, then became an assistant buyer. She was employed by Jay J « "I . d ... ........III.-, ,., lady's buyer fo r eleven stores. In this position she travelled to Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco ami the Orient. When M rs . McOougald movel to Portland, she was employe! by F red Meyers as a II >A M il * Il 'GA ID trainee. A year ago she be came assistant apparel man ager at the Burling aine store, tlien was ptomoted to M e r chandise Sufiervisor In m er chandising in Portland. De partment stores in general and the re ta il business have not Ixseri open to blacks in any numbei. She was one of the few buyers in the country when she worked for Jay Jacobs. M rs. McOougald advises « young |>eople to get as much education as possible. A l though it is possible for some people to come out of high school ami get good positions, those who have more educa tion get more opportunities ami support from others. Site redits her th irs t fo r know ledge and tier constant seeking of new ideas with enabling 1«i to progress in her pro lessiori. she Is enthused about what she is doing anti this /’OUTLAW) V o lu m e 2 N o . 3X P o rtla n d , O re g o n IH l ONLY NEWSPAPER IN helps her sell herself, both to her employers and the per sons she works with and with other professionals in the business. She (eels that be lieving in herself builds con fidence in others. M rs. McDougaid loves to travel and appreciates the op portunities she has had to v isit other countries, but would only want to live in the I nited States. Although there are great problems here, she Z feels there are also more possibilities of solutions. In her present position, M rs. McDougaid meets many blacks in the fashion Industry. Approximately half of the cur rent fashion designs are done by blacks. F red Meyers buys from some black merchan disers am! at present is buying from a black ompany In Port land. M rs . M liougald is the mother of tf ree children, Lita Anna M aria, who is 16 years old amt goes to Jefferson High School. Shannon l.a ve ll, who is 12 and goes to Beech; and Rance C ornell, who is 9 ami also attends Beech. ( ItaAnna Maria plans to publish a black glamour magazine, and both Rance ami shannon plan to be doctors. C o rn e lls ! I oug d , M rs. M I louglid’ s I the night manager at Fancy Dan’ s. ORSERTER AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER IH t WHOLE W .D I WOULD THAT BEAUT CARES ABOUT P m .. ?h u fs d ° ' ' M " ,9 7 2 l0 < P » ' ‘ °P V Travel agency premises promote Wreck’s Cruise by Phil F rest , , C ss<,n tu ‘ he G o ve rn o r’ s Com m tsslun on Youth ■ “ 1 '• " •* <«*».•* Casson appointed to Youth Commission Secretary of State Clay M y- ers, who Is the chairman of the Governor's Commission on A out It, announced the appoint ment by Governor McCs11 of B ills Casson to the State Com mission on Youth. Casson’ s term w ill runfrom A p ril, 1972, until April 2 1, 1975. Casson, who has seived In an advisory capacity to the commission w ill now assume a policy mak ing position. Casson is the firs t black adult to serve on theconirms- slon, which lias hail black high school ami college student members. Ihe chairman of the Youth Commission Is D r. Thomas Sullivan ol M t. Angel College. During its three year exis tence the commission has WFUki-j on |? legislative PH has worked on summer em ployment fo r young people, sponsor»! a state-wide con ference on C o m m u n ity Schools. They are currently studying the effects of de crim inalization of marijuana, are spongoi Ing a statewide con ference on veneral disease. I he three char ges given the Commission by the Governor are to do what is possible to enhance the environment fo r youth, to coordinate youth ac tiv itie s , ami to make recom mendations to him reg.i i ling necled changes In the law. Morse visits Albina Sunday at Bethel Wayne L. Morse, w ho Senate Sub-Committee on Ed served as Oregon’ s Senator ucation. From I960 to 1968 lie fo r twenty-four years ami is l’ut more education b ills seeking to regain his Senate through the Senate than had seat, w ill v is it Bethel A .M .I. leen passed In the history of Church on May 14 ami spend tlie the nation, each carrying tlie >iay in Albina, senator ami Morse Amendment,forbid ling M rs. Morse w ill attend the II the use of federal education a.m. service at Bethel. funds in segregai»! Institu I he public Is invite I to at tions. Morse, along w ltli sen tend an informal colfee hour ator Greuning, was th e lirs tto at 1:00 pan. at Bethel A.M.E. oppose the w ar In Vietnam, Church, 5828N.E.8th.Senator calling it "Im m o ra l ami ille Morse would like to meet the g a l." Be Is well known fo r his citizens of Albina, renew oi l fight to improve C iv il Rights ac<|ualritances ami discuss th< legislature ami equality fo ra li Issues that concern the com citizens. munity. Senator Morse w ill tie at While a member oftheO nl- I nthank Park at -’:00 p.m. to te>! States Senate, Morse meet with the area youth and served as Chairman of tlie residents. H om e Improvement Täys! Improving your home will pay big dividends in comlort and satisfaction Home improvements also represent tangible values that increase year alter year as real estate prices continue Io rise Plan your improvements today qel a cost estimate then call the Beni Franklin Home Improvement Depl direct line 248-1357 K0’1’-© .In iiik liii Roban H H an n. P r .. • i t Ottica« • Phon, zas I I M Mom« Ollie«« Franklin Bldg Portland, Ongon «zzo« Welfare reform b ills now In tlie U. S, Senate would ’ ’ make conditions even worse than they presently are fo r needy ch ild re n " said a repre sentative of the Northwest Regional Conference of the Child Welfare League of America (CWI.A). I he Conference, whlchcon- clud»I a three-day meeting in S e a t t le , u r g e d sup port of the national CWTjk position against the adminis tration's Fam ily Assistance Program (H .R .l). Terming the welfare pro visions of H.R. I as " r e tr o gressive, rather than re fo rm in g ". Elizabeth Bannister, Chairwoman of tlie Con ference, pointed out that 90^ ol present welfare recipients would lose lenefits if the b ill became law. ’ ’ This would be disastrous for tie almost six m illion children now receiving well,ire a id ", she said. M iss Bannister noted that an even more punitive b ill spun so led by Senator Russell Long would deprive children uf the mintm .il heneflts of II.R. 1. "W e find this h ill totally unacceptable", she said. More than 1200 participants from the Northwest Region of Be CWLA attended the Con ference. The CWLA is a voluntary national feleratlon ol p riv a te and public child welfare agencies. Students request damages New tutor center opens in North Area Do you have some time fo r otheis? Portland Com munity College hopes so, and on the strength of that hope, we are asking fo r potential tutors in reading, w riting and basic arithm etic s kills. V ol unteers so inclined can work with teens to octegenarlans o r grade levels running from firs t through high schools. A ll tutors are volunteers— Ihe san Francisco Branch <* tire NA.ACP has ftl» l d $295 m illio n lawsuit against die San Francisco Unified School D is tric t demanding complete desegregation of the Junior and senior highschools next fa ll. I he suit asks dam ages of $50,000 fo r each child attending segregat») second- ary schools. The suit, the firs t of its kind, charges that students in junior ami senior high school have been damaged by attend ance in in fe rio r segregated schools, which causes them to suffer "severe emotional, psychological ami economic disadvantage." ihe s u rc h a r ges that this is ihie to thedls- tr ic t’ s policies ami that the students should 1« compensa ted. J lie suit does not ask fur damages fo r students pre viously e n ro ll» ! In segregat»! schools. I he NAAGP charges that65 | * r cent of tlie c ity ’ s 5,822 black junior high students and X) per cent of the 5,288 black senior high school students s till attend ra cia lly segre gated schools. REV. R. CU M o r i - A previous NAACP suit, file»! In 1970, result»! in an Two distinguish»! Albina order by the U„S. D is tric t area clergymen, the Rev. Court that San Francisco ele James A. Coleman ami the mentary schools he desegre Rev. Ro.-ell G ilm ore, w ill be gated. Desegregation by among four chaplaincy re si- means of busing was Initiated ilents at I iiianuel Hospital In September, 1971. during 1972-73. housewives, businessmen, professional people, students- trained and supervised by the Adult Tutoring s u ff. Most volunteers have never taught before. Immaculate Heart School, located at 26 N.E. M o rris, is opening its doors to all adults who want to upgrade th e ir »lucational s k ills . An orientation workshop fo r all volunteer tutors w ill be held on Tuesday evening, May 16 at 7:30 pan. Tutoring w ill begin on May 18, Thursday, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. and continues every 1 uesday and Thursday even ings. Please call Rosalyn Men- (Please turn to p, 3 col. 5) ACLU files complaint for homosexual duties as a teacher. According toCharles Davis, Chairman, the ACLl of Ore aehe at 224-2135, Portland gon is representing M iss Bur Community College fo r more ton to establish that govern inform ation. ment employees may not he fired because of th e ir sexual preference. " I f a teacher can be discharged without some evidence that her sexual conduct has im pair»! her ability to perform he 1 teaching masonal e, unfair, discrim i duties, o r that she has made natory anti in violation ol sexual advances towards p la in tiff's c iv il rig h ts.” I he minors or fellow -w orkers,” action was filed ' under the Davis sam, "She is unjustly C ivil Rights Act of 1871. made the victim ot public I la in tiff in the suit is Peggy prejudice and superstition. Burton who was employed by Surely in 1972 Oregonians are Cascade I nion High school as sufficiently mature and eman a teacher until suspended by cipa t» l from superstition to the p r i n c i p a l , Leonard abandon a social policy that A .L . Henderson, Chairman TsderiC", on October II, |97|. brutally deprives a citizen of of the Boanl ot D irectors of M r. F » ie ric o took this action a livelihood sule y because of tlie Metropolitan Area 4-C when Miss Burton admitted a non-typical sexual pre- Council, re p o rt» l that a full only that she was a homo day child care program fo r terence that injures no one. sexual. 1 he Cascade D is tric t Such a policy is inhumanly school age children in the School Board, on the recom Model C ities area has been ciuel to the non-conb»rmists mendation of the Superin- in our community and dan made possible without cost to tendent, I r» l Archer, te r tlie Portland Public Schools gerously threatensthepriva. y m inal»! herone-yearcontract of every public servant." Irom May 15 through June 9, on October 28 "because o' I he ACLU suit asks the while tlie public schools are her im m orality of being a court to order the school dis clo s» l. The schools a re clos p r a c t ic in g homosexual." tr ic t to restore M iss Burton ing early because of lack of [here was no question of Miss funds. to he 1 teach ing position, to en Burton’ s professional compe join the defendants from fur F r » l F lowers, Chairman ol tence . ther discrim ination against the Model C itie s Planning She was not accused of any her on account of her status Hoard, located Model C ities homosexual acts, nor were as a homosexual and to award funds fo r the "lo c a l match” there any allegations that her her damages sustained by to secure l» le ra l Title IV A status in any way interfered reason of the school d is tric t’ s (Please turn to page 8, col. I) with her performance of her action. Albina clergy chaplaincy c h ild care continues' residents Encouragement, s u p p o r t amt cooperation from the A l bina M in iste ria l Association has been a key factor in ac quainting area m inisters with the chaplaincy »lucation pro s'a m , according to the Rev. W illiam I . A d lx,D .D „E m a n uel chaplain; as anexample, he cited Rev. G ilm o re ’ s involve ment in hospital m in istry dur ing a special series of work shops sponsored at Emanuel last Spring In cooperation with the A.M. A. Announcement of the selec tion of lo u r chaplaincy re si dents from among 15 qu a lifi» ! applicants was made by the Rev. Adlx on Monday, May 8. The program begins in Sept ember. Also named are the Rev. M. Rixlerlck Anderson, now in Kislc C linical Pastoral Bumper stickers, campaign brochures ami window signs adorn the premises of the Cruse-Kahn Travel Agency, 1000 S.W. ia y lo r Street, sharing space with booklets, maps and timetables promoting world tours and other trip s . Seated amid this array of suggestions to escape to another ¡ran of the world is W rex Cruse, candidate fo r Mayor, whose campaign to date competes with that of a Ford LTD, it's a quiet ride. Candidate Cruse, age 64, and a native of Perkins, Oklahoma, is not new to politics, having lost three previous contests in which he has beer, engaged. In 1964 he was defeated in his bid fo r C ity Council seat by W illia m Bowles, in 1966 Francis Ivancie beat him in a race fo r the Council seat vacated by Ormond Bean, and in J970 he was defeat»! in his bid fo r Chairman of the Multnomah County Democratic Central Com mittee by W illiam " B i l l " McCoy. While his campaign brochure states that he is " T r u th fu l" it fa ils to note that he has ever been a candidate fo r public office p rio r to this present race. It also term s the candidate as "Com passionate", while in a conversation with a represen tative of the Portland o bserver, identified to him as such, tie said that the reason Negroes live in a ghetto results from the fact that many of them are too lazy to replace a window when it gets broken and too lazy to cut th e ir own grass. He indicated that it was his feeling that the only way Negroes could improve th e ir stature was to get an education, ami that was up to them. He was careful to add, however, that he had many friends in the Negro community . He felt that Portland's Black vote was a small consideration in term s of the c ity ’ s total population and it would appear that fo r all intents and purposes he has w ritten it off. In this he does not stand alone, but he ts on the record. Cruse recently went to v is it those who work in the ivory tower at the( iregonian and says he was rebuffed with a comment from them to the effect that th e ir choice in the m atter ol sup port ir. the race fo r M ayor had already been made. He noted that, had he been Spiro Agnew, they would have paid more attention to him . As regards a recently publish».1 poll concerning the standing of those running fo r Mayor, which indicated that he has little support from any area of Portland’ s population, he said that he has taken a sidewalk survey of his own on downtown streets, ■and failed to tint) much support fo r front runner Neil Gold schmidt. Cruse did say, however, that the only question he ask»1 , of those to whom he spoke was, "A re you going to vote fo r Goldschmidt?" Hardly an in - depth survey. He also noted that he did not indicate to anyone interviewed that he was a candidate fo r Mayor. His campaign folder states, ” \V rex Cruse is his own m an", and it would appear that's what he w ill 1« following the May 23 p rim a ry. at public schools The American C ivil L ib e r ties Union of Oregon filed a complaint Tuesday in the I nited States D is tric t Court of Oregon on behalf of a tea cher who was fired from her teaching duties solely on the basis of tier admission of her status as a homosexual, I he complaint alleges that the action by the School D is tric t was "a rb itra rv , un- i e w o a o u ** w • ja a - o • «• JÇ S = s 5 Ï s 5 X * Ö 3 □ O m
