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ALFRED
LEE
HENDERSON
A black economics ?
We hear much talk about black c u ltu re , black a r t, black
p olitics, and black econom ics. Is there such a thing as black
economics, o r is economics something without c olo r? Many
social and p olitical scientists believe the econom ic system is
the basis fo r group living - that p o litic s , fa m ily life , religion,
a rt and m usic, all stem fro m the type of economy practiced by
the group.
W hether o r not they e re c o rre c t, we know that
the ecomonic system ia of p rim e concern to A m eric a n s since
in this country the worth of a person is judged by his Income and
m a te ria l possessions.
The black man In the United States does have, if not a separate
economy, a d iffe re n t standing in that econom ic system and a
m ore d iffic u lt path to its successes.
a black businessman firs t of a il has a m o re d iffic u lt tim e
obtaining the liseaces and p erm its required to s ta rt his business,
fo r n early e v e ry type of business is controlled by lo c a l, state
o r federal regulations. A black man, who usually has not had
the opportunity to gain experience in the upper management
levels in his previous em ploym ent, m ight not have a complete
knowledge of the various requirem ents and procedures of the
bureaus of government w itb which be deals. He probably does
not know how to take advantage of tax loopholes w ritte n fo r the
advantage of big business. He m ight not know how to reap the
greatest benefit fro m accounting system s, buying, m arketin g,
advertising.
Black businessmen usually s ta rt w ith a s m a lle r financial
becking than com parable w hite businesses because he has less
money of his own and is able to borrow less.
Rents and insurance a re m o re expensive in the areas of the
city where the black business is lik e ly to operate
T ra in e d m in o rity people are d iffic u lt to find in many trade»
and those who are trained a re usually w orking fo r white busi­
nesses that can afford to pay adequate s a larie s and benef:ts,so
the black businessman has to b ear the expense of trainin g most
of his personnel and face high turn o v e ra s they seek em ploym ent
in other com panies.
M ost black businesses cannot afford to pay union scale wages
and benefits. They could not find enough black union m em bers co
employ anyway because blacks have been kept out of most unions.
But they do lose business because many union m em bers w ill not
by non-union goods.
Black businesses a re also handicapped by th e ir m a rk e t.
M any a re not supported p ro p e rly by blacks fo r various reasons
and they are not supported by w hites. So we see s m a ll, black-
owned businesses begin w itb high hopes only to close within
a few months. If many of these businesses had been supported
during the firs t few months o r years, even at some inconvenience
to the custom ers, they could have grown into healthy businesses
able to compete fo r trade and able to contribute to the com m unity.
So there is a “ b la c k e c o n o m ic s " -o o s o f hardship and expense
not as heavily born by s m all whits businesses.
T h a t« is also another “ black econom ics’ * a tw o rk in P o rtla n d .
It Is the economics that causes black people to shop In a w h ite-
owned store ra th e r than In a black-owned sto re, to eat in a white
restaurant, to reed a w hite paper o r magazine - ra th e r than
supporting black business. U n til P o rtla n d 's black citizen » leant
to support th e ir awn com m unity and to re je c t those white tu s t-
nessea that d ra in
resources and retu rn nothing to It, black
business w ill continue to fa ll and white business w ill continue
to take our money and tre a t us with disresp ect.
When we know that there a re whits businesses In the center of
Albina that say they do not have to h ire blacks because they w ill
get the black trade anyway. It Is tim e fo r a change
lu
Tha Observer*» officiai politice is expressed « l y l a i
Habar*» Cpiutaa (The Observa tics Poe»> and «ha BAO o T
Aay « h e r m atarla! th roughout tha paper la tba oolaiaa af
dividual s rrtm r « « t a m e r o f f does a m e e e e e n rv y
of thsTJbaarver.
BRIEFS
W alesr E . F au ntroy, the
D is tr ic t of C o lum bia’ s non-
voting delegate to Congress,
announced M onday that he is
throwing his support io Sena­
to r M cG overn (along w ith a
number of uncom mitted d el­
egare» to the D em o cratic N a ­
tional Convention).
Fauntroy, who ran fo r P r e s ­
ident as a fav o rite -s o n candi­
date, was determ ined that
blacks would be decisive in
choosing the [ie m o c ra tlc nom­
inee. Scorned when he chose to
run, Fauntroy re a lize d that
* it h a slate of black delegates
pledged to him he would have
bargaining pow er.
Senator M cG overn has ac­
cepted most of the p rin c ip les
of the Black P o litic a l Conven­
tion. He has also prom ised, if
elected, to name a black to the
Supreme C o u rt, to hla cabinet
and to sub-cabinet positions in
proportion to the population
ra tio .
Thursday. June 2 8 . 1972
The
Editor’s
Desk
WASHINGTON
T a n OEbpics
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* IF YOU T H IN K THINGS ARE TO UG H.THEY’RE
TOUGH ----------- IF YOU THINK TH E Y ^ E NOT,
YOUZRE CRAZY / *
A m ericans fo r Dem ocratic
Action released th e ir rating
of ‘ 'lib e r a lis m ” among Con­
gressm en. Top m arks go to
Senators and representatives
who fa v o r w ithdraw al fro m
V ietnam a n l reduced defense
spending, and who have made
"c o m m itte d e ffo rts for w el­
fa re re fo rm , child develop­
m ent,
public
em ploym ent,
c iv il rights and environm ental
im p ro vem en t."
Scores fo r O regon’ s Con­
gressional Delegates are:
The
O b s e rv a tio n
POST
As I See It
White Businesses
in the Block community
Part III
the white businessmen in
the Black com munity a re not
lelnvestln g th e ir p ro fits back
into the com m unity. M ost of
these businessmen only come
Into the Black com munity and
f i ll th e ir cash re g is te rs with
the hard earned money of the
resaients of the g tea te r Mode I
Cities areas anJ return to
h e ir suburban homes in Lake
.iswego, B eaverton, T ig a rd ,
Raleigh
H ills , P o r t l a n d
Heights, e tc . The tim e ta past
due when they M U S T invest
p art of th e ir p ro fits back Into
the Black com m unity.
M any whites surm ise that
they a re re a lly doing Blacks a
valuable service by having
th e ir stores In the Black com­
m u nity. O nly v e ry n a i v e
Blacks would believe that su­
p e rfic ia l supposition. M o re ­
o ve r, it le just the opposite:
Blacks a re re a lly contributing
to the white m an’ s w ealth. It
The death penalty
and the Nixon court
We ail rejo ice in the Supreme C ourt decision that ruled the
leath penalty as It is p ra c tic a l In the United States to be uncon­
stitutional. The court held that executions fo r m ost m u rd e rs ,
rapes and other c rim e s may not be c a rrie d out because they
constitute “ cruel and unusual punishment*’ in violation of the
Eighth Amendment to the C onstitution.
O f the 598 men and two women condemned to death, 329 are
black. 257 a re w hite, and 14 of other ethnic groups. It is w ell
known that the death penalty was most often applied to the poor
and to m in o ritie s . The new decision does not ru le out capital
punishment when it is m andatory and applied to all who are found
guilty of certain c rim e s . Although this decision is a step. It
does not do away with capital punishment e n tire ly .
The court divided 5 to 4 in this decision, w ith each of the
nine Justices w ritin g a separate decision. Justice W illia m O .
Douglas condemned the death Density as “ feeding prejudices
against the accused if he is pooi and de»plsed, poor and lacking
p olitical clout o r I f he Is a m em ber of a suspect o r unpopulai
m in o rity , and saving those who by social position m ay be in a
m o re protected p o s itio n ."
Justices Thurgood M a rs h a ll and W illia m Brennan based th e ir
opinions on the idea that capitol punishment is incompatible
with human dignity and m o ra lly unacceptable under evolving
standards of ju stice.
J u stice Byron W hite and P o tte r Steward found that capita
punishment is so infrequently and “ fre a k is h ly ” imposed that
its underlying ration ale as a d ete rre n t has lost It's meaning
Strong dissents w ere filed by C h ief Justice W a n e n Burger
and Justices H a rr y Blackm on, L ew is Pow ell and W illia m Rehn­
quist. a ll Nixon appointees. Rehnquist said the m a jo rity opinion
was “ not an act of judgem ent, but ra th e r an act of w i l l . " Chief
Justice B u rg er encouraged the states to w rite new capital
punishment laws that would be le g a l.
T h is case points up once again the trend of the Supreme Court
away fro m the rights of Individuals. The Nixon appointees have
once again voted as a unit and voted against the extension of
human rig h ts .
P re s id e n t Nixon has had the unique opportunity to appoint
fou r Suorem e C o urt J ustices.
If re -e le c te d he w ill in all
Drooaouity oe entitled to appoint another. And his appointees
w ill then nave ine m a jo rity .
I ae upcoming election is of c ru c ial im portance. Not only
is the presidency fo r fo u r y e a rs at stake —
but the future
of the U.S. Supreme C o u rt fo r the next 30 o r 40 y e a rs .
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Approval of a $500,000 loan
to help establish a black-
owned and operated Holiday
Inn at Tuskegee, A l a . was
announced today by Robert
A . Podesta. A s s t.S e c. o fC o m -
m erce fo r Econom ic Develop­
ment.
The Macon County D evelop­
ment C o rp , of Tuskegee Is
the applicant fo r the loan fro m
the Econom ic Development
A d m in is tra tio n . U .S . D e p a rt­
ment of C o m m erc e .
The a ll-b la c k corporation
was organized In 1969to c re a te
new Jobs through economic
development In die Tuskegee
a re a .
C o rp oratio n o fficials say
the EDA loan w ill enable It
to build a 103-room m otel on
a fiv e -a c re site near the In­
tersection of Alabam a Sues
Highway 81 and In terstate 85
at Tuskegee.
A U.S. L a b o r Departm ent
o fficial has outlined an a ffir ­
m ative action program to help
state agencies expand m ino­
rity job opportunities.
A rth u r A . Chapin, Manpow­
e r A d m in is tra tio n D ire c to r
fo r the O ffice of Equal E m ­
ployment O pportunities, re­
cently sum m arized a model
program to “ unlock" state
m e r it systems to blacks and
other m in o ritie s In a speech
before the New Y o rk State C a­
re e r lets Society.
What w ill the new
high school graduates do?
by Dr. Benjamin E. May:
Thousands upon thousands
of students have graduated
fro m high school. Highschool
com mencements
are o ver.
W het percentage of high school
graduates w ill go to college
bi preps ra t loo fo r a degree
to Beach, to do re search , to
w ork In industry, government
o r to p repare them selves to
e n te r a professional school
such as law , m edicine, m in is­
t r y o r to com plete th e ir work
in some technical school to
become engineers, ate .
A ll of thia Is wonderful and
fine and those who look fo r­
w ard to a professional c a re e r
beyond college w ill In a ll pro­
b ab ility land on th e ir feet.
T he g re a t question is what
w ill those do who do not go
on to college? In fa c t. It Is
not necessary fo r e v e ry p e r­
son to re ceive a college edu­
cation o r a u n iv e rs ity degree,
but It is necessary fo r every
person to have a s k ill which
w ill enable him to take c a re
of hla fa m ily and do something
that the com m unity needs to
have done.
It Is necessary
fo r a high school graduate to
be able to get a job.
It la the hope that high school
graduates who do not go to
college w ill go to an area
technical school o r » te rm in a l
Junior
college which w ill
enable the non-college g rad­
uate to le a rn a s k ill In nurs­
ing, designing, building, paint­
ing, a rc h ite c tu re, e le c tric ity ,
plumbing,
rep airin g
auto­
m obiles o r some trade that
w ill enable him o rh e rto m a k a
a re s p e cu b la living and con­
tribute something to the well
being of the com m unity.
It la too bad that we live In
a society w here m o re prestige
Is placed on the white c o lla r
than on the blue c o lla r w o rker
who w orks In o v e ra lls . I am
quite sure that a »killed e le c ­
tric ia n o r a skilled plum ber
makes m o re money than the
average public school teacher
In the United States and many
of them make m o re than col­
lege p ro fessors.
P re s tig e should go with any
trade o r profession In w hlci
one doea w e ll. A college or
u n iv e rs ity degree may not be
n ecessary, but it is neces­
sary that one possesses a s k ill
In some a rt, some work that
w ill make him re ip e cta b le to
h im s e lf and to the people.
R e a lly, it doea not m a tte r
that Joe Louis did not go to
colleg e.
It did not m a tte r
that Joe Louis did not handle
the King's English v e ry w e ll,
but It m a tters much that Joe
Louis became the heavy weight
champion of the w orld and that
his name w ill go down in boxing
history as one of the greatest
fig h te rs .
It does not m a tte r that W illis
M ays o r Hank Aaron a re not
college graduates.
Both of
diem a re at the top of th e ir
profession.
T h is should be
die aim and d e s ire of every
m an, w hether he goes to col­
lege o r not — to do something
w orthw hile and do it w e ll. D e­
g rees may not be Im ports .<
but s k ills a re .
paying (and paying d e a rly ) for
what we get fro m him . Blacks
who believe otheiw ise a ie in
need of lobotom ies.
F u rth e rm o re ,
one o n l y
needs to v is it any white busi­
ness in the Black community
and he o r she w ill observe that
moat of these establishm ent»
have anywhere fro m 75 to 100
p er cent white em ployees.
Y e t. a close observation w ill
reveal that th e ir trade Is 75 to
80 p er cent Black. Sim ple
m athem atics »how that these
businesses should, tlie re fo ie ,
have 75 to 80 p er cent Black
employees working fo r them
Some w hite businesses wtl
no doubt d ec la re that they s im ­
ply do not know whet to do about
this d eplorable s itu a tio n .T h is
w r ite r recommends the fo l-
A YOUNG VIEW OF WASHINGTON
half of the 2jb m illio n hand­
guns sold
annually in this
country may be outlawed un­
d e r legislation proposed by
Senator B itc h Bayh (D -ln d .)
and approved recently by the
Senate J u d ic iary C o m m ittee.
Bayh's b ill, which la aimed
at elim in ating the com m ercial
sale of s m a ll, concealable
handguns, was approved last
veek by a vote of 12 to 2
by the com m ittee. The only
two m em bers opposing the
m easure
w ere C hairm an
Jam es O . Eastland (D -M ls s .)
and Senator John L . M c C le l­
lan ( D - A r k . j .
Both are up
fo r re -e le ctio n thia y e a r.
A fte r the vote. Bayh stated
that hla proposal would “ take
out of the m arketplace the
weapons most frequently used
by c rim in a ls ."
One of the
p rim e targets would be so-
called snubnosed pistols often
re fe rre d to as “ Saturday night
specials"
because of th e ir
cheapness and easy av a ila b ili­
ty-
The weapons used in the as­
sassination of Senator Robert
F . Kennedy and in the attempt
on G overno r George C , W al­
lace’ s life would be Included in
this category.
Among those testifying at
at the hearing p rio r to the
com m ittee action was M a r y ­
land G overno r M a rv in Mandel
in whose state G overnor W al­
lace was shot, scarcely two
month» after the state legis­
latu re had approved a strong
gun control act.
M andel said he fe lt “ fru s ­
tratio n and anger*' at the ease
with which the weapon used to
wound W allace was purchased
in W isconsin and brought Into
his state.
“ It illu s tra te s p re c ise ly the
d iffic u ltie s states have In re­
gulating the flow of handguns” ,
Mandel said In hla argument
fo r the need to have federal
controls.
Many w ill re c a ll
that It was In M an d el's state
scarcely two years ago that
Senator Jo sep h D .T yd ln g sw at
defeated p rim a r ily because of
hla strong stance In favo r of
gun c o n tro l. Now M aryland
has one of the toughest state
gun control laws anywhere In
the country.
But w hether the success of
gun control
proponents In
M aryland Indicates a radical
turnabout
In M aryland ers*
thinking le doubtful.
It la
equally doubtful w hether the
com m ittee approval of Bayh'a
M il la indicative of a nation­
wide trend In favo r of gun
c o n tro l.
T he gun lobby le s till the
most powerful on Capitol H U I,
and w hile It le acceptable to
fight the National R ifle Assoc­
iation, it le suicide to become
“ P ublic Enem y N o . 1 ". M e m ­
bers of Congress a re pain­
fu lly aw are that whet happened
to Senator Tydlngs In M a r y ­
land could also happen to th e m .
Thus Bayh'a proposal. whUe
It wee greeted by the press
with much hoopla, la actually
v e ry lim ited In Its ecope.
en et that. Its approval by the
J u d ic iary C o m m ute does not
Insure passage by the full Sen-
Ev­
Lenwood D avis
giving ue ANYTHING . W eare
With Ron Hendren
W ASHINGTON - N e a rly one-
W yatt
Green
Dellenback
L lim an
Packwood
H atfield
la m o re to the white m an’ a
benefit than the Black m an, to
M y the least. because he le not
At any ra ta , fo r a gun con­
trol m easure,
the bUI has
reached an intriguing stage
during this P resid en tial elec­
tion y e a r - a tim e when it’ s
safe to talk about c o n tro v e r­
sial Issues only so long as you
don’ t re a lly try to do any­
thing about them .
The next move w ill be up to
the Senate.
lowing: P lr e t. these w h i t e
businesses should e m p l o y
M O RE Black»: Second, they
should put th a li money In the
Black bank: T h ird , they should
advertise In BOTH of the Black
newspapers:
F o u rth , these
businesses should contribute
to the Black Health and Dental
C lin ic » , Day C a re C e n te rs ,
Black C hurchea. Black civic
and relig iou s organizations;
F ifth , they should designate
that th e ir contributions to the
United Good Neighbors Field
be given to m in o rity p ro ­
gram s; Sixth, the white busi­
ness« a M U S T listen to what
th e ir Black custom ers have to
say. But most of a ll, these
businessmen M U S T ba sensl-
tlva to the needs. d e s ire s , and
aspirations of Black paoplal
It has teen reported that
some white businesses stated
that “ we do not have to ac­
quiesce to the wishes o fo u r
Black custom ars because wa
w ill shop with them anywayl”
Blacks M U ST not patronize
white businesses that do not
want th e ir tra d e . It ia up t o u t
to sea that they “ do not get the
Black tra d e .” We do not have
to pay to ba d iscrim inated
against, hum iliated, abused
and
treated
like “ second
c la s s " c itize n s . Those days
are gone and I mean gone fo r­
e v e r. if It becomes necessary
fo r Blacka In the com m unity to
prove that point they muat ba
vociferous and use any and a ll
means to get th e ir point overt
Note: P a r t H I of W hite Busi­
nesses In the Black Com m u­
nity w ill appear next week.
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