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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
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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
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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.