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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1972)
'-'rs Frenc»is Echoen New spaper 'Jo o r Uni verni* Cf Oregon L ib ra r y E u g en e, r e Q7h03 M POR TLA ND ¿HE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN AN EOUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD THAT REALLY CARES ABOUT T h u r .d n v PEOPLE 1C m m ------------------------------- 5 ,1 9 7 2 ,Q< p . r Co0y KA [I , Channel Two, asking that the Tarzan moves be banne'. According to D r. Tee P. Brown, Chairman of the Cau cus, "T he Tarzan movies are an insult to Black people. They perpetuate the myth of white srp e n o rity. The are demean ing to me African nations as well as Americans of African descent." Ladies anil Gentlemen: I hat should cover every one tn attendance this alter - noon; because In spite of my «lucation, | am awaie thai Ibero aro only two tyi<es ol people. If someone would have told me six years ago that | would he delivering a talk at a uni versity commencement, | would have told them that they were eith e r crazy ot being sarcastic. Never-the- lesa, lieie | stand today. My form al education liegan According to Brown, the Caucus has researched what has oeen done on this issue In other cities and found that unvc aiuppou sn 'Z W a movies because of the concern of Black people. "W e a re n o l saying that Channel Two runs those movies to intentionally insult Black people. Rather we ieel that Tarzan movies are s till being shown because no one has ever advised the management of the station that the movies insult Black peo p le ," said Brown. This along with other issues w ill lie items of discussion at t-he Caucus meeting onSunday, June 18 a tb :0 0 p jn . Themeet- ing w ill be held at theE IksClub on W illiam s and Tillam ook. g | lo | Elementary school. Thl i school was composed e ntire!' of m in o ritie s, except fo r a few faculty and adm inistra tive personnel. A fte r eight years at tills segregated In stitution, I entered Washing ton I Ugh School. Upon en rollm ent, I was thrust into a totally alien environment ami to the best of my knowledge, an unfi lerslly one. The fir s t day 1 went to Washington High school and lookal down the lu ll anl saw crowds of white students, I was afraid. I was so afrakl that I went home. My mother told me to go f>ack to school, that they were just another kind of people. I would not have had these feelings of fear anl distrust had I during those early years of school been given the strength and pride to enable nie to face such situations with confidence. I mean with the confktence ami heliel tliat I was of tlie same stuff of which lie roes are made ami any goal was within my reach. The federal government Is too taisy prolonging an out- of-date war; Is too Involved In bolstering big business ami putting a man on tie moon to have an interest In solving people problems. Ihetefore It Is up to tie university to make the firs t step. P o r tie same problems that threaten to d e s t r o y tie n a tio n — Haclsm, Black I ilscontent. Poverty, Hunger, Youth Re volts ami D iscrim ination also threaten to destroy tie uni versity. J " K eadln* T re e , located in |r v tag I - i r k rea d s a s to ry to Alethea ■ interest children in reading. The Reading Tree opens Hie opening of the ee’* . l i t . . I ’ ark, at the co in e r of N J '. 7th Avenue irul f- remont Street. 11« Reading Tree Program is scheduled to op erate in the park during tlie • June through August 4th. CHARLIE STOUDAMIRE It Is tune fo r the Uni versity to address Itslel to the community, e\pectally the young black laces. Don't shake youi head at tlie Black Student’ s I q when he’ s 18; lather, le lp him levelop it when lie is 8 years old. o i le r more programs for tlie school dropout — have in ure community based unlveisity outlets, etc. It Is time fo r tie university to reach out anil help these children tecome talented, educated anil proud — not to prove to whites that Blacks are as good as, o r better tlieo tle y , lu t to make the world a better place for all people with each man living up to his lu ll potential. Everyone has a road to travel down In life — some roads are smooth, straight, nicely paved ami well lighted. Notice I here w ill he an NAACP meeting June 18, 4:110 p .m , at 2752 North W illiam s. A report from the a tea Conference w ill he given. Instant Earnings from Day of Deposit per annum compounded da,ly and pa,d quarterly Franklin ’ ••••“ In n a Black Caucus scores "Tarzan” movies Charles Stuudatulre, gra duating Senior from Portland Slate U niversity, was selected to speak fo r the Class of 1972 at Its Commencement, June llth . Following is the complete text of M r. Stoude m ire ’ s rem arks. loc , P A ID PORTLAND O- .ON PFRMIT NO 1766 OBSERVER Stoudamire speaks at PSU Commencement »> S e p te m N -,, BULK RATE " U S. PO I AGE Robert H Haren Pre» . 18 O ttic a . Phone 248-1234 Home O b ice Franklin Rldg . Portland. Oregon g7204 id wa rough, dark, winding ami full ol hidden dangers. Bui now I SI - ■ ■ I can say proudly that my ■ ■ . ped with streetlights and rul of some ol the dangers. I only hope that all Black people w ill te given tlie opportunity to achieve the same success or greater success than I. I hank you o fficial U ne ol the m ain p u rp o s e s ! ' t t e p ro g ra m Is t< teach • d < te n how to rea d . Atm Ja m e s, Coonlinati < f the program , s.nd she needs 200 v< lunteeis ng ps b sh are th e n ta le n ts in m u - 1 * aI 1» sl< U telling and read ing abilities with the children. I lie re is a 1st a great need (or children’ s books and elemen tary reading m ateual. I he Reading j te e Program is unique because it stresses tlie enjoyment of reading and explor ing ideas and dejends t tally on community involve ment. It also stresses the idea of "each -ie teach one". Reg ular hours of operation are from 10 a jn . until 2:30 p a n . Monday through F riday andon some Saturdays. On Saturdays the men w ill assist youngsters to repair th e ir bikes. F or m o re information please contact Ann James, 288-1280, o r L illia n Herzog, 287-0857 PMSC holds housing seminar I lie P o rtlan d M etropolitan steel c mmlUeC, junction with o ilier igencies . duct a se rie s ■ ( sem inars re garding home maintenance ami financing. some ol the agen cies that w ill participate are: tlie local home lu il let s asso- , ■ oa rd ,financial ittons, development agencies, coast Albina Libraries may close I he Albina Branch and tlie Vernon Branch L ib ra rie s are among twelve brandies that w ill he closed June 30th, un less fuixls can helound to sup plement county tax money that is used fo r the lib ra ry sys tem. Besides closing branch lib ra rie s anti curtailing hours of the main lib ra ry , approxi mately 140 employees w ill te terminated. This w ill br ingan overall savings ol $800,000. I he libt .1, v Hi !g, ! ■ || ly one of a number of county services that w ill be e lim i nated o r cut back because of lack of funds. The largest cut w ill be In the number of county employees, l i e county commissioners have voted not to accept pay In creases Oils year and not to give pay Increases to top management positions. The county employees who are not terminated w ill receive theli regular annual Increase as re quired by a union contract and c iv il service regulations. Another area that w ill be hard hit is the County Ex tension Service. Programs under CES that w ill be cut are 4-H clubs, "m eals-on- wheels’ ’ anil nutrition ser vices. Edgefield Lodge, a treatment center forem otlon- ally disturbed children, was to have been closed but w ill le taken over by the state. The reason fo r these cuts is Teresa P orter, a fourth grader at Boise Elementary School, lack of money. The county chooses a book from the collection at the Albina Branch l*«lget must he cut a total L ib ra ry . Services for children at tlie lib ra ry Include a Satur of approximately $4 m illion day afternoon movie and a pre-school story hour. from the proposud budget. I here area number of reasons ten Into the budget. T'heniea- hospital, which now must fo r the lack of funds Including ■ ire was then referred to the come from the general fund. the defeat of the county auto voters and was defeated. An The new county budget w ill mobile license tax. This tax other cause was the lossof the maintain some programs at was passed by the legislature measure to provide money tor the current level and decrease and expectKl funds w e re w rlt- the operation of the county the activities of others. guard reserve, and others. All residents within the target areas of Southeast, Northeast anal North Portland are invited to participate in the seminar. Ihe pre-registration date w ill be from June 12th to June 30th at the following places: P o r t la n d Metropolitan steering Committee, 1110 S.E. Alder Street, Telephone: 233- 6541. The Albina Action Center, 707 NJ£. Knott, Telephone: 286-8345 Portland Action Cornmit- te«> ' sion Street, Telephone: 233- 8491 Registration may be com pleted by telephone o r in per son at any one of the above lo cations. The seminar w ill be sche duled from July 24th to July 28th, 7:30 pan. to 10:00 pan. at Planned Parenthood Con ference Room, 1200 S .E .M or rison Street. The subjects to be covered are homebuilding, home purchasing o r renting, home financing, home mainte nance and zoning, sub-divi sion, urban renewal, and relo cation. F o r fu rth e r Information on pre-registration and the sem inar, contact any one of the of fices listed above. P-C opens A free program designed to aid low-income fam ilies with small children w ill admit new members from Northeast and Southeast Portland, beginning Monday, June 12, from 10a.m. to 1:30 p.m. P a r e n t- C h ild Services, In c , 424 N.E. 22nd Avenue, w ill serve expectant mothers and fam ilies with childten through the age of thrv The purpose of the p> i n am is to Improve the skills i cea- sary to strengthen ann enrich tlie fam ily. While (he E cus of the program is on the child, parents w ill receive training in n u tritio n sewing and good (Continued on page 2, col. 3) Peace ship visits While whistles, bells and atmosphere. The captain of the vessel. D r the Canadian andUnitedStates Earle Reynolds, is in P ort Navy, the Phoenix of H iroshi land with the ship. D r. Rey ma slippKl quietly into a berth nolds, a Physical Anthropolo at the foot of the Hawthorne gist, was sent by the Nation Bridge. The Phoenix was In al Academy of Scientists to Portland at the request of the Hiroshima to study theeffects Rose Festival Peace Commit of radiation on human bodies. During his 3-1/2 years stay in tee, as an Inspiration to those who seek peace. Hiroshima he decided to de vote the remainder of his life The Phoenix, a small vessel to seeking Peace. Lullt in Hiroshima In 1954, has The Phoenix was brought to travelled 90,000 miles and Portland from C alifornia by a crossed the P acific four crew of Portland men. A fter tim es. In 1967 the Phoenix staying In Portland fo r throe carried a cargo of medicine to days, they are returning the Haiphong fo r the war Injured ship to San F ranclsco. A sim people of North Vietnam. The ila r crew of Californians w ill ship returned to Japan and took take the ship to nine elites In a s im ila r supply of medicine cluding Stockton, Sacramen to the people of South Vietnam. to, and as fa r down the coast The ship went to Shanghai, as Monterey on a Peace m is Chuia, in 1968, to take a mes sion. These visita are spon sage of peace and reconcilia sored by members of the tion, but although they re Quaker Church. mained in Shanghai fo r three The trip to Portland was fi days, the crew was not allowed nanced by private donations to precede Into China. The through the Rose Festival ship also vlslteu Vladivostok, Peace Committee, a group U.S.S.R. on a Peace mission, that la holding events to high to aak the Soviet government light the peace e ffo rt. to cease atomic testing In the fire boats met the war ships of
