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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1972)
F r a n c o Se Fio en - N c w s R in U n i v e r s i t y o f O re g o n L ib r a r y F u g c n e , Or 9 7 4 0 3 M Q U uT í U S PO STAGE _ P A f o O D IA N O , OREGON NAACP Executive Director to Speak by Nan Phillips Friday night. May 19, Port land Chaptar of (1« National Association for Colored Peo ple (NAACP) will o b w rv a the 18 th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision of 1954 with a ma as m eetli^ at which one of the men most responsible for that decision w ill speak: M r . Roy W ilkins, executive director of the NAACP. (he meeting will be held at 8:00 p.m. at tl« Vancouver Avenue baptist Church. It Is open to the public, according to K ills P . Casson, president of the P o rt land branch of the NAACP. Proceeding the mas» meet ing, a Champagne Sip w ill be heM at the Labor Center, 201 8 W, A rthur, to honor M r . Wilkins, with proceeds going to the national NAACP F t d<sn Fund. In charge of the Champagne Sip are Lois E l dridge, chairman. Hazel G. Hays, honorarychalrm an,M r. and Mesdamea Mahlon Stone. H arry Ward, C .A . White, Van Eldridge and Chauncey Hays. In an article about M r.W U - kins five years ago, when he was 65, the New York Tim es called him a "M as ter of Power*’ . |n the Intervening five years he has «Med to his accomplishments In the cause of freedom, and now, at seventy years of age, he has Just returned from a visit to A frica, and c a rrie s a work and speaking schedule which would exhaust most younger men. Following are quotations from the New York Tim es article: "Roy W ilkins. ex-Pullm an car w aiter, red cap, slaughter POR I l i ND of our Affirm ative A c t io n Program as Is possible will have to he accomplished with the positions t h a t become ■ivallable through turnover and those positions alone.” To Implement the program, Wolfe directed that each col lege, school, program and supporting activity submit to the Vice President for Aca demic Affairs In November of each year an analysis of anticipated vacancies. Resig nations w ill be reported as soon as they occur and infor mation thus accumulated will te- made avr.llable to the A f- I -matlve Action O fficer and Wolfe said that W. Keith t the Committee on A ffir Evans, director of the Office mative Action In Faculty and of Planning and Institutional Staff Employment. Wolfe also declared that Research, hopes to have a -lata bank established by Dec. the Vice President fo r Aca 31 to supply information re demic A ffairs would not ap ports required by the Office prove the Idling of a position of C ivil Rights. Hecautloned. unless a showing has been however, that "th is Is not made that an effective, good- faith effort has been made to an easy task" because Ore locate a qualified female or gon law prohibits any re tir e m e n t that applicants pro m inority applicant to fill the vide racial or ethnic Infor Jeb. The shortage of minority mation. The University, he explained, w ill seek the In graduate aaslstants was ac formation on an optional knowledged as one of tl« U niversity’s "m ost urgent basis. Wolfe also called attention problems,” but one which probably won’t be solved until to the economic plight faced by all schools In the State the 1974-75 biennium due to System of Higher Education the flnanc.il crisis and the re ‘ ctloti in the number of and the slow-down In enrol' graduate assistants. ment growth. Wolfe emphasized that "the "T h e difficult financial sit uation In which the University University recognizes the Im finds Itself . . . . makes far portance of understanding the more difficult than would separate and Individual char acter and nee.J a of each of the otherwise be the case the pro blem of meeting the goals set m inorities” and added: ‘‘ In fulfilling the require forth In our A ffirm ative Ac tion report,” Wolfe wrote to ments of its A ffirm ative Ac Ms. Kiner. " In the short tion program, the University run, we are faced with a will consider each minority situation In which enrollment group to be associated with a growth w ill be very modest, unique social and economic d lrxieed there is any at all. environment and outlook. The must mount a We do not look forward, there University fore, to growth of staff and balanced attack on the pro blem. m inority group by faculty resulting from work load Increases. This, com m inority group. "W e have been more suc bined with the unfavorable fis cal position faced by the State cessful, as would be expected government, means that such Implementation of the goals (Please turn to B -2 , col. 4) Portland State University President Gregory B. Wolfe has pledged that University officials w ill "redouble our effo rts" to comply with fed eral rules In the hiring ami promotion ol women and mem bers of minority groups, Ihe comments w ere d lrect- od to M s. M arlalna Kiner, regional civil rights director lo r the Department of Health, Education and W elfare. Re presentatives of her o f f i c e visited the PSU campus e a r- Her this year to check on the progress of the University’ s year-old A ffirm ative Actlca Program . Bobby’s daughter visits Albina Kathleen Kennedy, eldest daughtei of the late senatorRulwrt F . Kennedy Is expected In Portland. Thursday, May 18 to campaign foi Senator George McGovern. There will he a coffee for Miss Kennedy T lu raday evening at tl« Rev. Alfred Lee Henderson's church. Bethel A .M .E . hosted by Gladys and B ill McCoy, John Toran and Robert Hughley. Ih e coffee Is from 7;3O to 9 p.m. and the public is cordially Invited to come and meet Miss Kennedy. Peace Ship comes to Rose Festival 11« Rose Festival Peace Committee and tie people ol Portland have invited the Quaker ship Phoenix to P o rt land during Rose Festival Week. The ship w ill arrive In the Rose City on June 8th and w ill be mooted at the police dock onPortland'swalerfront. The Phoenix, which Is re nowned throughout the world as a ship of peace, sailed to North ami South Vietnam In 1967 to deliver medical sup plies for relief of civilian ca sualties of the bombing raids, sailed to the Soviet Union In protest of nuclear testing, and In 1968, attempted to sail Into Shanghai as a g e s t u r e of friendship («tween the people of the United States and China. I he ship w ill leave Its per manent dock in California in m kl-M ay to l«gtn the d ra t leg of a voyage which w ill culm i nate In August at the Republi can National Convention. The volunteer crew which Includes native P o rtlan le rs and V ie t nam Vets, w ill becaptalned by Bob Maginnlss, a tugboat op erator on the W illamette Rlv- • r . D r . E arl Reynolds, noted anthropollgisl and peace acti vist who la the permanent skipper of the shipy w ill appear In Portland during the Fes tival, Ihe Rose Festival Peace Committee leels (hat the ship w ill add significantly to the civic festival. It w ill stand as a witness to peace and w ill of- fer the people of Portland an alternative to the naked, de structive vessels of the m ili tary - vessels which are cu r rently destroying the people ami lands of Southeast Asia. Magnusen promoted in US National Bank i H om e Improvement Täys! Improving your home w ill pay big dividends in com fort and satisfaction Home improvements also represent tangible values that increase year after year as real eslate prices continue to rise Plan your im provem ents today get a cost estimate then call Ihe Benj Franklin Home Im provement Dept -d ire ct line 248-1357 F ra n k lin Roban H H ita n P rat • i t O ll ie « • Rtiona l u i m Horna O h io « Franklin Bldg Portland Oregon S7S04 ^4 r Í 1 7 • Donald W. Magnusen /• Donald W , Magnusen, assis tant manager at the Union Avenue Branch of United States National Bank of O re gon, has been promoted to manager of the new branch at Halsey-Gateway, 10735 N . E . Halsey S t , which is scheduled to open In early July. Magnusen joined the bank's w ork/college program In I960, and during the next six years alternated work at various bank brandies with attendance at the University of Oregon, from which he was graduatevi hi 1966. Since then he has been loan counter assistant at Hollywood Branch and assis tant manager of Burlingame Branch, gouig to Union Avenue Branch In 1969. In his latter assignment, he lias been responsible for the branch’ s commercial loan portfolio. Magnusen served in the Oregon Arm y National Guani from I960 to 1967. He has also been active In the Junior Rose Festival, assisting in the entry of a float from the branch area tor several years. He llv esat2627S .W .H am il ton Court, is m arried are) has one son. Oregon Black Caucus Meeting at 6:00 p j n , May 21, 1972 (Sunday) at the Elks Temple, b N . TUamook. house worker and newspaper man, learned early in nfe the importer* e of being able to reach and to Influence men with power. |t Is to this mastery of the geography and mechanics of power In Wash ington that the executive d ir ector of the NAACP owes his reputation as a politician and statesman ii the cause of civil rlghta. " T h e monument in M r. W ilkins’ s long career of triumphs and disappointments Is the 1954 Supreme Court decision that overthrew the doctrine of 'separate but equal’ facilities in public edu cation. It gave him his great er! $875,000 for an athletic field and appurtenances for an all-w h ite school, and an other item of $27,500 to re model a factory as a Negro elementary school.’ "A s editor of the Kansas C ity C a ll, a Negro weekly, M r . W ilkins read stories from from all parts of the country that spoke of discrimination, white terro rism , and lynch ings. He had Joined the Call in 1923 on graduation from the University of Minnesota, and his life In Kansas C ity was to brand him deeply. ’’ His firs t job with the NAACP was assistant secre tary. From 1934-44 he also Caucus presents agenda The Oregon Black Caucus, having recently elected its firs t officers, w ill meet at the Elks Club on Sunday, May 21, at 6:00 p m . According to D r. Lee P. Brown, President, "W e are prepared to move on a num ber of Issues that have liere- to -fo r e b e e n neglected." Brown said that his Board of Directors met last week and identified economic de velopment as the firs t item of business. "T h e re a re ,” said Brown, "several busi nesses that operate In the community that have overtly Insulted black people. For example, they have told the publisher of our black news paper that they do not adver tise in his paper because they w ill 'get black trade regard less.’ " Emotionally, Brown responded to that by saying, ’ ’W e’ ll see if that’ s thecase." Other businesses have said that they do not care If they get black trade or not. To that Brown responded, "M ost of their business comes from black people. If they don’ t care if they get black custom ers, we intend to oblige them ." According to B row n, ' -la c k people in Portland have been taken for granted. They have been insulted. This has gone on too long. The Oregon Black C a u c u s Intends to change thia. There is a new day a-com ing." A ll people who are inter ested in being a part of this dy namic new group a re Invited to attend the Caucus meeting on the 21st, 6:00 p m . at the Elks Club. Get out to Vote The Voter Education Com mittee of the N .A .A .C .P . has scheduled a "G et Out To Vote" Rally, as their last community- event before the Oregon P r i mary Election. This party w ill be held at the Albina A rt Center, 8 N i , Killingsworth, from 8 p.m. to 10 p j n , Monday, May 22. The rally party is free to the public. Citizens w ill be able to meet and talk with city, county, aixl state candidates. Music and refreshments w ill te served. Election mate rial w ill be distributed. Home tour scheduled How remodeling can affect the livability of a home w ill be the keynote of the Tour ofRe- mcxleled Homes to be held Sun day, May 21st, from noonuntil 4:00 p j n , sponsored by the Keep Portland Beautiful Com mittee. In the north-northeast Portland area, three homes w ill be opened to the public: At 4806 N . Haight, a condemned house was change ! into a mod ernized, comfortable dwell ing; at 3111 and 3126 NJE. 14th (homes are across the street from one another), both homes had kitchen remodeling and other changes. Before and af ter photos and/or drawings w ill be displayed to graphi cally Illustrate the changes. In the Portland area, six other locations are to be held open fo r public view. Jobs range from re—siding to major changes In structure. Loca tions, as pinpointed on the map, are as follows: 7664 SJ£. 19th, exterio r skiing,' 1818 S.E. Bldweli. exterior ^Please turn to B-3 col. 3) M r. Roy Wilkins est satisfaction, he says, be- c«>" - *'t reaffirmed the con- stitu* or?' rights of Negroes as equ ' iza.. s end was the greatest document since Abraham Lincoln's Emanci pation Proclamation.* " M r . W ilkins was born in St. Louis, on August 30, I90L Upon the death of his mother in 1906, he and his younger brother and sister were taken to St. Paul, M in n , where they were raised by their mother's sister. There were only about 3,000 Negroes in the com munity and M r . W ilkins did not suffer the penalties of a dark skin. ” ’My uncle worked for the Great Northern Railroad. He earned about $85 a month and his maximum salary be fore he died In 1928 was$125,’ M r . Wilkins recalls. 'Yet he put us three children through college. My sister graduated from Hamline Uni versity, my brother and I from the University of Minnesota. W hen my uncle died, his house was free of mortgage and debt txit he never lived long enough to txiy an automobile.’ " I t was in Kansas City that .Mr. Wilkins firs t confronted an almost totally segregated city, where Negro homes were bombed, where tough police men were a fact of life . ’ The thing that got me was school segregation,’ he says, ’ The city asked for a school bond issue which contained an item edited C ris is , the official or gan of the NAACP. He was elected executive secretary April 11, 1955, on the death of W alter White. "B y then he had behind him the Supreme Court decision overturning school segrega tion. He had also led the fight that enabled President H arry Truman to desegregate the armed forces. " M r . W Ukins is m arried to the fo rm er Aminda Badeau of St. Louis, who comes from an old NegroCatholic fam ily. She was graduated from the Uni versity of Chicago and trained in social work at ja n e Adams famous Hull House in Chi cago. The Wilkins live in Queens. They have no chil dren. "Recalling his long strug gle since 1931, when he joined the national staff of the NAACP, M r. Wilkins says one of his most poignant memor ies in the changing racial climate is an incident in 1932. "T h a t year, Homer Cum mings, then the United States Attorney General, called a conference in Constitution Hall in W ashington to discuss the problems of crim e. The lynching of Negroes was not uncommon then, and when it was suggested to M r . Cum mings that the conference dis cuss lynchings, he said they did not belong to the category of crim es under discussion. (Please turn to B -2, col. 4) Senator Wayne M orse chats with Charles Ford following mo ring service at Bethel AME Church where he delivered the Mother s Day Message. (M ore Pictures on page B-2)
