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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (June 22, 1972)
Portland, i ipserver PORTLAND £ f x Cburrt) of p o u r C boiK Jesse denounces HHH statem ent the Democratic P a tty ’ s presi dential nomination. Jackson said telegrams have been sent to oilier pro minent black and La Un A m e tl- can leaders urging them to apeak out on tie Humphrey Issue, including NAACP head Roy W ilkins, D r. Ralph Aber nathy, SCI.C presklent: M rs . Coretta Scon King; Vemon Jordan, executive director of the National Urban league: tie Black Congresalonal Cau cus; Caesar Chavez of the Ututwl Farm Workers and Corky Gonzalez. “ We today see M r. Hum phrey betraying the civil rights of advancement,” Jack- said. "W e form erly remem ber M r . Humphrey In 1948 trying to help lead us into the 20th century. We today see M r . Humphrey trying to push us buck into the 19th centruy.” “ We can’t believe that Hum phrey has turned his back on the whole thing." le savi. Humphrey reporters in Washington savi that he had made the statement In answer to a specific question and had tried to underscore in his answer the dangers of en couraging Wallace and his convention delegates to form a third party. Humphrey said that the possibility of Wallace accept ing ” a good liberal Demo cratic platform ,” a Condition tie made before te would ac cept the Alabama governor as his running mate is about as likely as "m y flying to the moon.” College provides m igrant The State Land Board awarded M t. Angel College $3,(Jh8 to teip the col lege pro- vkle housing for at least 150 mlgiant laborers and their fam ilies this summer. G o v e r n o r Tom M cC all, chairman of (he Land Boa id, said the M t. Angel College Board of Trustees w ill make space available In Bole, B er nard and Marmlon Balia and provide (he use of a small dor m itory. The total coat of the project w ill be $H,2t>8, o f which $3,440 w ill be paid in rent by the migrants living on tie campus. M cCall said the other two members of (tie Land Board - Secretary of State C layM yers and State T reu su ier Rohert Straub - concurred tn the re quest by the collage. The money comes from the Oregon Rural Rehabilitation w Mrs. Jessie Henson CALDWELL’S COLONIAL MORTUARY 2 0 N E. 14th Avenue Portland. Oregon 97232 CALL 232 4111 DAY OR NIGHT j lf;e OUSEHi EH Religion in the News Rev. Jesse L . Jackson, national presklenl of Opera tion PUSH, denounced state ments try Sen. H u lv rtII.H u m phrey (D .-M In n .), that te would accept Alabama Gov. George C . Wallace as his run ning mate, and culled on all m inorities to “ Immediately vacate the Humphrey cam paign.” Speaking for a group of concerned citizens meeting in Denver, C o lo , M l . Jackson said, “ We want to make It crystal clearth atC eo ig eW al- lace Is not acceptable to us under any conditions.” Jackson also referred to l.os Angeles M ayor Sam Yorty, Sen. Henry Jackson (D.-W ash.) anti Gov. Wallace as " a group of neo-racists.” Yorty and Jackson recently endoiaed Humphrey's but for Thursday, June -'J, |97_> Fund, which haa$l64,000 from finances administered by Sec retary of Agriculture E arl B u b . McCall said sim ilar propo sals for other migrant housing projects at private colleges will te acceptable to the Land Board. In addition, he has asked Roy l.ieuallen, chancellor of the State System o fH lgterE d uca- tton. to determine whether dorm itories on public cam puses could be mode avail able, particularly at Oregon College of Education in Mon mouth and Southern Oregon College at Ashland. B o th areas have a high demand for migrant housing, the governor said. McCall said the federal funds could be user! for capi tal rehabilitation of camps for migrant labor. Requests from farm ers for grants and loans wilt be considered, McCall said. The state money going to M t. Angel College w ill help assure that proper standards of health, safety, privacy and food service w ill be available, McCall said. Father Christian Mondor, president of the college, said M t. Angel College opened two dorm itory buildings for use by migrant fam ilies last year in sn effort to help alleviate the need for housing. Most of the costs were met by volunteer workers and donations from faculty and students. The grant I rom the state this year w ill relieve other fund a to help pay a small salary for a project director anl two as sistants, Father Mondor said. M cCall said that while col lege dorm itories were In tended for this purpose they can be adapted. He said thia solution la fa r better than leaving migrants nochotcebut to live tn tents or their autos. r DAY CARE MOTHERS i i I I as many have been forced to do In the past. Slate Agriculture D irector Irvin Mann, chairman of the Oregon M lgiant Housing I ask Force, estimated that housing for approximately 4,000 la borers and their fam ilies will he needed this summer in th e M kl-W lllam ette Valley alone. Almost $100,000 in funding to U«S. community organiza tions and African liberation movements was announced recently by the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization. D r. Lucius W alker, J r , executive director of IFC d , emphasized the unity in the common struggles of black Americans and the Afncan people In announcing IFC O ’ s firs t grants to Southern A fr i can liberation movements. Crants of $4,000 each were designated for the Mozam bique L i b e r a t i o n Front (FR ELM IO ) and the joint o r ganization of (he Zimbabwe (S Z A N l) and the Zlm batwe African P e o p le s Union (ZAP! ). The grants express IFCO's c o m m it m e n t to strenghthen the political pro cess of liberation for African people, and to support com munity organizing activities. On hand to present ami re ceive the ZANl -Z A P ! grant were owusu Sadaukai, chair man of IFCO's International Task Force, and Matuku Hamadztnpl. treasurer of the United Command of ZANl - ZAH . Sakukat said “ this small grant represents a beginning of our Involvement with our African brothes and sisters. It is our hope that It w ill spur others to make sim ilar grants." Evidence of such support was acknowledged from five other groups: four Norfolk, V a. churches and the Bro thers and Sisters of the A fri cans Research Studies Center 4435 N.E. 9th 2M -5091 "Show us you c s re i” is the cry of e Spanish - speaking gioup who teal the Catholic church has largely turned its beck on its millions of Am er ican members of Hispanic background. W o rk e rs in the United States Catholic Conference's division for the Spenlsh- spesklng are making plansfor a late June meeting to make the ilemands more spec if le and detailed. “ The church het been a white racist Institution,” Ru ben Alfaro of Lansing, M ic h , said. "W e need to try to sen sitize its bishops. ThsCatho- llc church (In the United States) has not been relevant to the Spanish-tpaaku<.” ST A N O triW a- •oa - t ».H r. w.*.-» .**•- By Reverend T . N . Noffa Noted author, film producer and photographet Cordon Barks w ill receive the 57th Sptngsrn M edal, awarded an nually to "th e man or woman of African descent and Am er ican citizenship who shall h a v e made the h ig h e s t achievement during the pre- celmg year o r years in any honorable field of human en deavor.” Hailed as a ” 20th century Renaissance m in ," M r .B a r k s is cited for his “ unique crea tivity as exemplified by his outstanding achievements as photographer, w rite r, f ilm maker ami composer.” Also for his dedication and "the symbolic significance of his remarkable c a r e e r as an inspiration for talented and aspiring Black artists.” Among his film s are "T he learn in g I re e ," based on his autobiography and "Shaft.” He has composed works for piano and wind instruments and has authored two volumes of verse, ies vies numerous fea ture articles in L ife magazine. Instituted by (he I ate NAACP board chairman J.L.Spingarn In 1914, the medal was awa rded last year to Rev. Leon H.Sul livan of Bhiladelphia. i ither recipients include the late D r. Ralph J . Bunche; form er HI D Secretary Robert C. Weaver; Jacob Lawrence, painter; Leontyne Price; Senator Ed ward Brooke; Sammy Davis, J r , and l angston Hughes. Foundation raises funds for liberation i I Chicanos ♦ I charge ♦ i Church i ♦ I i I ♦ CARE FOR BABIES ♦ ♦ IN YOUR HOME. I ♦ I AMA i Fam ily D a y /N ig h t Cara I i J $3 .50 a child per d ay Be true to thyself Parks wins aw ard at Cornell I niverslty. Receiving the ZANl -Z A P U check, Ham adzlripi stated that his American trip had been one of "deep Joy.” "W e have had fruitful dis cussions about our united snuggle . . . ami havestreng- thened ties with our brothers and sisters h ere." Pilate said untoHtm, "What is truth?” But hete truth is the complex solution, the di vine plan for the creation of a heaven, of happy human be ings. Every individual tooth is part and particle of this sys tem which Is employed In car rying out the C reator’ s pur pose. 'I ruth is a unit. It is a unit because its authority is one. N o ffa In Genesis we read, " In the beginning God created the the sun. moon, and stars re heaven and ea rth ." In the first volved around it and adopted chapter of John we read, "In the genuine truth that the sun the .beginning was the W ord and is the center of our solar sys the Word wasGod.” But there tem, we did not change sny were not two beginnings; there truth, we merely exchanged were not two Creators or two our fable understanding of creations. Jesus of the New truth for the real truth. Truth Testament is the God of theold is the expression of Cod’ s wis lestament. Jesus said, “ All dom and promoted by His e te r power is given Me In Heaven nal love governing the activity and upon earth He Is A l of the angels in Heaven and the mighty." There can be but one devil in H ell, men and all tf« Almighty. He is the all and all, earth, and all creat.on down to love, wisdom, truth, life, un the movement of the last par derstanding, and mercy. He is ticle in our atomic system. Alfa and omega, the Lord of Were we to attempt to an Lords, King of Kings, the Be swer Pilate’ s question, in my ginning and the Ending. conclusion it could be m this Oh, how love thou thy Lord? simple answer: "T ru th is the It is my meditation all the day. way. Honesty is the way. Oh, Thy word is a lamp unto my that the Lord would guide my (eet and a light unto my path. It is truth constant unchange ways and keep His statute s till. Oh, that my Cod would grant able. I he works ol His hands me grace to know and do His are verity and judgement. All w ill. Oh, send Thy spirit down His commandments are sure; they stand fast (or ever and to w rite Thy laws upon my ever and done in truth an) up- heart. Save me from falsehood nghteous. and despair. Thy truth to me impart. O rder my footsteps by Thousands upon thousands Thy word and make my heart of laws have been written. sincere. Let sin have no di Some are attempts to interpret mension, Lord, but keep my the len Commandments, but conscious cle ar. Make me to none of them can be said to be any improvement onthiseter walk in Thy commandments, nor let my head, my heart, my nal code written upon the table hands offend against my God. of stone with the f ir.ger of God. for ever and ever. Amen.’’ If truth were unsuitable, the "M ay Cod bless and keep results would be chaos. We you,” will be my honest pray could make no plans for the e r. "Love worketh no jJf to future. All our lives' learn his neighbor therefore love is ing would be undone. Tom or the fulfilling of the law.” Ro row sunshine would be uncer mans 13 -10. tain. Fields planted to grain When we examine the 13th might yield only weeds. Noth ing would endure and man’ s chapter of Corinthians it leaves so much In our heart efforts would end ic the worst because Paul put it so beauti chaos of all times. W hen we abandoned the old fully, "Love suffers long, Ideas based upon the apparent does not behave itself unseem ly, does us nc evil, endureth truth that the earth was the center of the univer se and that hard. Is not puffed up.” >•< • ' iOKkW > □ (' ALLEN TEMPLE cme church c rner of 8th Ave snd vkidmore id 5. 'u-xlav Wot ship li:0U AJ9I. C* r is ta r y u p ] F e l l o w s h i p 0 :0 0 P „ M ( - n J jr x l F o u r th y u n d a y s i 1 ’ a , r, ir x ! . M i n i s t e r / in s. » Vancouver Ave First Baptust Church 3138 N. Vancouver Ave. Phone 282-94% Sunday School 9 00 A M. Morning Worship 1 1 0 0 A M Dr. 0.1. Williams, Pastor "The Church With A H e art-F elt Welcome" M e t h o d is t £ •v— n 5828 NE. 8th A. lee Handerson, Minister 288-5429 Ellis Casson, Associate Minister Zest of Life Church School Morning Worship Wed Noon — ine Hour of Power Wed Prayer & Clast M ee’mg Nursery Core Prodded By C a rn e g ie " H a p p y " Pullen ■■■■■■■■■•■■■■■a■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ frees men from slckness,dan- gers, disasters, from the bur dens and limitations of the physical earth, from the en ta n g lin g web o f circumstan ces; from injury by bom f^ bul let, battle or catastrophe. Where is the evklence and the promise of such unim agined attainments, the assur ance of the success of such great ventures? It Is tn the words, the demonstrations, the m iracles, and the eye-w it ness accounts of C hrist's own triumphs over all the depriva tions, (he legal and religious restrictions, the prejudices, the hatreds and the evils in the hearts of 'righteous' men who opposed Him from the day of His birth. In the face of all these ob stacles Jesus achieved mas tery over the dominating Influ ence of Judaism, over storms, tunger, the vengeance of mobs, the rage of the money changers. the snares and vigi lance of spies and armed sol diers. It was only whenChrlst willingly put off the Immunity which perfect heavenly obedi ence gave Him , that He could be taken by the servants of the High P riest. His most glorious achieve ment was that He submitted Himself to the cruel torture of a spectacular public execu tion. and submined even to the evil power of death; as a sac rifice for the sinfulness of oth ers, and also to demonstrate that He had power to take up the same body and walk away fully alive, to show men what (hey also could do with the same faith and obedience. Jesus ss ld ."E ve ry one that is perfect shall b e ts h ls M a s - te r.” Luke 6:40. And, " V e r ily, verily, I say unto you. He that belleveth In me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do also; because I go unto my F ath er.” John 14:12. "H e that belleveth In m e,” - enough ¿9 M)« •M sm « K « . e io JO « X »» » aW **o>. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■a If adventuresome, idealis tic, vigorous youth would walk in the way of the godly obedi ence of C hrist they could ac complish grand and glorious heavenly feats scarcely ima gined by men. Eager young men by the bil lions have risked the lives of their bodies and sou I a tn bat tles, In strange and hazardous adventures seeking gold and other wealth, or fame and for tune in business, entertain ment, music or sports. Many have achieved fame, but fewer won fortunes. Such great successes, no m atter how wonderful or b ril liant, no m atter how great the f a m e or fortune they brought, have led only to old age, to ultimate defeat, d is il lusionment, disability, misery and death; proving that such great ventures and endeavors were vain and futile ambitions. Of whet use is all the wealth of a Howard Hughes to a man who is old, dlseaseil, unhappy, sinful, decrepit, senile and dy ing? "What shall it profit a man Il he gain the whole world and lose his own soul?” asked Je sus. Whai then Is the greatest goal of all striving? What Is the ultimate achievement of all xleallstlc adventure and ambitious striving? Is It not the attainment of the Kingdom of Heaven? Jesus said, "Seek ye firs t the Kingdom of Cod. and His righteousness; and all these (desirable) things shall be added unto you.” M att. 6:33. it Is the attainment of (he m asterly, heavenly. Immortal life In the body In this world, with Infinite freedom, joy un speakable. full of glory; with Immunity from aging,disease, accident, disaster, infirm ity, disability and death that is worth any amount of striving to achieve. Such heavenly c o a li tion, which Christ said Is to be achieved on thia earth that 5 CÀTHOUC CHUSCW 9:45 am 11:00 am 12:00 noon 7:30 pm W e e re m e h m g our N e ig h b o rh o o d A B ro th e rh o o d ' to believe my words; and do what I say to. Christ both healed the lame and opened the eyes of the blind. He raised others from the dead; as He Himself was later raised; and He com manded His disciples also to: "H eal the sick, csstoutdevlls . . . and raise the dead.” M an . 10:8. Jesus said, "T he re be some standing here, which shall never taste death, till they see the Sor. of Man coming in His Kingdom." M att. 16:28. Also, “ If a man keeps my sayings he shall never see death.” John 8:51. "H e that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him w ill | give power over the nations.” R ev.2:26. Creat rewards are offered to obe dient and faithful overcomers. "H e that overcometh shall in herit all things.” Rev. 21:7. "T o him that overcometh will 1 grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also over came, and am set down with my Father in His throne.” Rev. 3:21. \lcunt Oln'rt Rapt ist Church Re N E John H Jackson M in is t e r First and Schuyler PorRond, Ore Ltt u4 tnatr 8o phone 284-1954 Sunday School Morntnç Worship Vatpar azvi 9 o.m Ilo n » 5pm 8c w a* M aran ath a Evangelistic Center : 1222 N . E . S K ID M O R E Pastor Bible Class 9:15 am Bible Training School 9:15 am Surxlay morning worship 11 am Evening Worship 7 pm ms s Bible Study Hour lue. 7 pm Q iafch O ffice 288-7241 Youth Office 288-7243 Hour of Prayer Power Wei: 7 pm to 8 pm Youth Meeting F r i 7:30 R e v e re n d W e n d e ll W a lla c e Pastor A ll thin gs new in 1972 pni aa aa u aaa a a a a a a a a a B a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a e a a e a a J
