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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (June 22, 1972)
flnces Schoen fsity o f Oregon Ubr »ry aper Room . 1 Ye 97403 4 POR TLA ND V o lu m « 2 N o . 315 P o rtla n d , O re g o n THE ONLY NEWSPAPER La w appointed principal F o r tlie past year M rs . Law served as Acting P rincipal of Jefferson. She replaced Henry Marshall who resign«! last August after one year as P rin cipal due to persona I and fam ily reasons. The appointment of M rs. Law as Acting P rin c i pal last yesr made It possible for the school d is tric t to con sider applicants. Including M rs. Law, fo r permanent aaslgnment this year. M rs. Law had Iwen a vice principal at Jefferson since 1968. SI» has been at Jeffer son since 1956, fir s t ss a teacher of physical education, then as a counselor until her appointment as vlceprlnclpal. She Is a graduate of the Uni versity of Oregon ami holds both a |lachelor*sdogiee and a M aster's of Education from that institution. In her firs t years In the dis tric t, 1954 - 56, M rs. Law served as a fifth and sixth grade teacher at George ele mentary school. E l.IT iN IAW Oregon Demos select Blacks AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD THAT REALLY CARES HR Commission cussed are the Vietnam War, the nation's economy, national health plans and education. The Oregon delegation con sisting of th irty -th re e dele gates elected In tie prim ary election, named a slate of twenty-seven a lt e r n a t e s . Among the alternates aie two blacks. B ill McCoy, candidate fo r the Oregon House of Kep- r e s e n t a t l v e s and form er Chairman of the Multnomah County dem ocratic Central Committee, and Isaac White, principal of Sabin Elementary School. Alternates vote only when regular delegates from th e ir own Congressional d is tric t are absent. They serve in many other capacities such as attending caucuses, meeting with delegations from other states, carrying messages to die delegates on the flo o r of the convention. McCoy server! as an alternate at the 1968 con vention In Chicago - the only black ever to he a inemtwr of the uregon delegation. Blaine Whipple, who was elected National Committee man. w ill chair die deleg mon fo r uregon. The Metropolitan Human Relations Commission Is sharply expanding Its efforts to implement an ombudsman fo r Portland government, ac cording toC om inisbionChair- rnan Richard II row ns te In and die Commission’ s new d ire c tor, Vernon Summers. Com mission m enders and staff are urguig public support fo r the plan and asking all m ajor public agencies and organiza tions to join them. I he Ombudsman proposal is based on a recent study of gaps In existing complaint proce dures In local government, conducted by two Commission researchers. The study con cluded that an Ombudsman could greatly improve tlie quality of citizen government contact In two m ajor areas: as "exp e d ito r” fo r those with requests anti inquiries who be come lost In the "bureaucra tic m aze," and as "p ro te c to r" fo r those with gr ievances who cannot find a satisfactory re solution. The Commission adopted tlie report in Feb ruary. New support fo r the conclu sions of tbeCom m usion’ s re port has emerged in the form of a [xiblic opinion poll con ducted in A p ril by C.I.C., a Portland opinion research firm . The survey, based on in- depth interv iews of registered two questions were co rre lated, tlie study fount! that among those who had dealings with Portland city government gon Community Coos Bay. College In "W e 're 77 per cent com pliance right now and I expect us to be 100 per cent by the time of tlie next Council meet ing in September," said An drew C lark of Portland, the Compliance o ffic e r fo r the Apprenticeship and Training Division of the Oregon Bureau of Labor. C l a r k said he thought this was remarkable In that the new Otegon pro gram to meet the new Federal regulations legon In March. The new Federal regula tions have the Intent of pro ve) ing additional opportunities fo r members of m inority groups and women fo r selec tion into appientlceshlp and industrial and public service (raining programs. Basically, they require local apprentice ship and training piograms to have a petcent.ige of m inority group persons Involved at least equal to the number of m inority group persons In tlie area work force. C lark said that In reviewing programs admin Isle ted by lo c a l em ployer-em ployee Committees, 135 needed to comply with die new regula tions. o f this group, 103 have fu lfille d their ohllg.i- tlx is with only 32 not meeting the new requirements. voters, provides additional evidence that many Portland citizens are net happy with their Contacts with local gov ernment. F o r example, c iti zens were asked to respond to the statement "M o st P oniard City o ffic ia ls are not inter est«! in the problems of the average m an." F orty percent agreed. Citizens were also asked if they were satisfied or dissatisfied with th e ir deal ings with Portland city gov ernment. F o rty-five per cent who had dealings with local government were dissatisfied with those dealings. When tlie responses to those there was an even higher per centage of agreement that most officials are not inter est«! in tlie problems of the average man. While forty per cent of the total sample agreed, fifty-one per cent of those who had dealings with Portland government agreed with the statement. The Ombudsman plan is currently heing studied by the C ity's A dm inistrative Review Committee I he Human Rela tions Commission requests that communications from citizens and rgam/ations about the proposed ombuds man be forwarded to Mayor Schrunk and County Chairman James Gleason, with copies to the Human RelatlonsComnus- sion. Answers to questions are available from the Human Relations o ffic e in C ity H all. PMSC develops Youth Councils The Portland Metropolitan S t e e r in g Committee has funded a Youth Uevelopment Program (the W iro n Poverty) with o ffic e of Economic o p portunity monies. As a part of the Youth De velopment Program , three Apprenticeship council improves EEOC rating In 1967 the OregonStateAp prenticeship and Training Council was reorganized and new requdementa w ritten to guarantee m inority participa tion In appiè nt Ice ship tra in ing. At that time there were few m inority trainees In the state supervised program. A glowing report on com pliance with new Federal equal opportunity tegulatlons w as p re s e n te d at a meeting of the Oregon State Apprenticeship and Training Council at Southwestern o re - OBSERVER states in com pliance," said Carl Sorenson, Portland, the State Supervisor foi die Bureau ol Apprenticeship and T raining of the United States Department of Labor. Following C la rk 's report, the Council acted to insure that some of the standards adopted fo r use by local com mittees did not have language which might be construed as breaking the federal equal o p p o r t u n it y regulations. Local committees were asked to delete such language as "m e n tally f i t " and "attitude and personal cha ra cte ristics" from a lew of the 80 standards adopted. Neighborhood Youth Councils each fo r North.Northeast, and Southeast. Each Neighborhood Youth Council has submitted a proposal o r proposals fo r funding various youth pro grams. The Youth Councils are made up of neighboi hood young people between the ages of 14 anil 25 who determine p rio ri ties of youth problems and plan and implement programs to meet young people's needs. I he North Neighborhood Youth Council Is in the process of establishing a Young Soul Radio station which addresses itself to the following prob lems: high rate of unemploy ment of low - income young people, lack of educational ra dio broadcasting, lack of youth directed and oriented enter tainment and cultui e in media, ineffective youth - community communications, and few pro fessional training opportuni ties fo r low - Income young people. The Young Soul Radio sta tion w ill employ and train low- income young people In all aspects of radio broadcasting. "O f these 32, most of them have done most of the action required," C lark note d ." This Is a pretty fine record and we should be proud. We should be one of the top states, if not the top stale. In the Country. Instant Earnings from Day of Daposit per annum compounded daily and paid quarterly • h u ij.O F ra n k lin » « •« •a t • •* •■ •• • ie*N aaee Robert H Hazen. Pre» • 18 Olflcsa • Phone 248-1234 Home O ffice Franklin Bldg.. Portland, Oregon 87204 " I 'm proud of the way our local committees have come through. They all seem to want tc do the right th in g ." C lark said that most of tlie committees which have noted deficiencies In programs In regard to m inority e n ro ll ments havcsetgoalsandtlm e- tables to come into com pliance. C lark said that In 1967, when the new Apprenticeship and Training Law went Into effect there were 19 m inority persons enrolled. "Now we have 141 and most programs have a number In excess of federal requirem ents." "Y o u 're ahead of most Douglas P arker, staff member of the Portland observer, greets Senator Wayne Morse during the Phil Sherklan Days celebration In Sheridan, Oregon. Senator Morse was Grand Marshall during die annual events which Include a parade, carnival th rills , logging contests, and a three day rodeo. ABOUT T h u rs d a y June 2 2 , 19 7 2 10< p e r copy PEOPLE Comments from a candidate seeks Ombudsman (¿lien Lew, « lung - time Poitlarxl educatoi who has served as teacher, counselor, and adm inistrator in the P o rt land schools since 1954, has been appointed P rincipal of Jefferson High School. Gladys McCoy and Senator Wayne Moi se were selected by the Oregon delegation to die dem ocratic National Conven tion to serve on die platform ctxnnilttee. Each state has two representatives on this com mittee. I he committee meets by area and then as a whole to w rite die dem ocratic Party P latform . The committee w ill meet In Washington. D.C. be ginning June 23rd and w ill re convene In e a rlyJu ly and work throughout the convention In M iam i. Some of the most pressing Issues to be d ls- IN S POSTAGE P A IO RORTIAN j , C " Qxg _±£-y'T r o i,« $ By John Toran I lie votes have now been tabulated and the Democratic nominee fo r State Represen tative from D is tric t #16 Is not a black man. I would like to share with you some of my observations and experience as a candidate fo r state office. F irs t, I would like to thank all those people who did con tribute th e ir time and money to my e ffo rt. On the p rim a ry day we were able to recruite over 25 people to act as poll watchers of the precinct poll ing places In D is tric t 16. Many of these people left th e ir employment early to helpwith this job. Through th e ir ef forts we learned of Im pro prieties, If not Irre g u la ritie s, which can sometimes happen in the polling places. I would especially like to thank Lavor Gonzales. Calvin Toran, Melvin Toran, Betty ( iverton and Kay Jermgan. To them especially I say WELL DONE . . . They were the very heart of my campaign o r ganization. I do not mean to slight anyone else who helped in the campaign . . . It is just that I grew to depend on them fo r th e ir tim e, labor and inspiration. The idea to run fo r political office probably occurred to me very early last year. The specifics of what to run fo r did not je ll until a lte r we had fought the Myers legislative redistricting plan in the Supreme Court. T h isp rim a ry election clearly proves that the -ffe ct and. we think design of tie plan was to deprive black people of a voice In Oregon P o litics. We hold this to be true notwithstanding the nomination of a black by liem ocrats In House Dis tr ic t 15. I supposed that 1 had a duty to prore to the SupremeCourt of Dregon by actual experience that the Myers plan was in fact discrim inatory . I mean, if the blacks offered a can didate who was In every re spect qualified to represent the people In D is tric t 16 and who had committed himself, he s till could not be elected. I he experiment to be valid required that 1 conduct a cam paign with as much money, skill and energy as 1 could muster. We got some money, »e used every idea we thought would work and we worked so hard that two days before the prim ary we were ab solutely exhausted. I must concede now that our theory was a bit cock eyed, but given the variables which we had not in itia ly con sidered I s till think it would have been very, very d iffic u lt fo r blacks to elect their own ATTORNEY JOHN TORAN candidate. Here are the results: Berg 280 Campbell 833 McCarty 647 Maxwell 1030 • P riestley 1564 Ross 425 Shank 787 Toran 1175 Vklan 406 Wilson 241 You w ill see that only votes prevented our nomina tion. We have good reason to believe that I was per sonally attacked by more than one candidate and sad it is report . . . we know some black people not only v ilifie d me, but they also assisted white candidates in the v ili fication and did things tc people In such a way the voters would think I was responsible. So be it. I was told p o litics is a d irty busi ness— now 1 know why that is frequently said. Some conclusions: Organizations means people plans and execution. Black people w ill go to the polls and vote if and when they believe they have a rea son. Black people in Portland have not given up on the poli tical process as a means of improving th e ir coalition. Black people have been divided so long it is d ifficu lt to establish a single purpose or goal they w ill back. The so-called black voter "a p a th y". If it exists, is rooted deep in past disap pointments and economics. Black persons who seek political office have a respon s ib ility to th e ir brothers and sisters to make a total com mitment to the business of gening elected, it is a dis service to black people who want to participate In the poli tical process by voting, to put In a half-hearted campaign. Such a candidate wastes the voting efforts of black people and at the same time con tributes to the discourage ment black people have to ward the p o litica l process. It is not true black people are distrustful of black lead ership. But b la c k people do not want fools fo r th e ir leaders . . . nor do they want th e ir leaders to fool them or o r fool with them. An analysis cle a rly indi cates that many people are not yet accustomed to the “ single member d is tr ic t" idea. Several have said to me, " I am so rry you lost, but 1 voted fo r you.” But when you ask where they live, you find that they were lying. There are many questions about the campaign which re main unanswered. F o r exam ple, why did D is tric t #16 have a lower voter turnout than the average? Why did we have so many candidates in the race? W hy did so many people fail to vote, after going to the polls, in the legislative race? Many people want to know what are my plans. They are: (1) Get even more involved with matters concerning the community: and (2) be pre pared to be of service, p o li- cally if need be, to the com munity. Ted & Pat’s opens for business By Roger Dorband rwo restaurants under the ownership of Theodius (Ted) Sanders have recently opened in the Albina area. Mr.Sand ers has resided in Portland with his wife Pat since 1958. He is an experienced chef who learned cooking In Alabama. Since moving to tlie Portland area M r. Sanders has been assistant chef at the Original Pancake House on Barbur Blvd. and Pancake C orner at the Lloyd Center. Most r e - , cently he was chef at Sam's Hofbrau at Portland State. M r. Sanders considers pan cakes his specialty and conse quently plans to serve break fast during all hours at his restaurant. In addition there Is a wide variety on tlie lunch and dinner menu Including some soul food. iy>ening a chain of restau rants has long been a dream of Sanders, who considers his present two restaurants only a beginning. He envisions a chain of up to fifty restau rants run on a p ro fit sharing basis. P resently.M r.Sanders Invites anyone to make an in vestment and come into the business on an employment haste TED SANDERS M r. Sander's wife Pat Is also Involved in the restaurant on a part tim e basis. C urrent ly her time is occupied in »Baching summer school. Tad and Pat’ s restaurants are open dally from 6:ilU a jn . 't i l midnight, Monday through Thursday aid all night Friday and Saturday. They are lo cated at 3«80ft, W illiam s and M26 Union xvenue.
