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,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
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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