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’ 3 ,1 9 7 2 10< p e r c o p y
Human Resource goes to council
by N e il G
Thoughts on a //untan Tksource Bureau
(EDITORS N o ll..* Ih e fo llo w
ing a rtic le Is the statement
of Cleveland C lie tease, E x
ecutive D ire c to r of tlie P o rt
land M etrop olitan steering
C om m ittee, ind does not nec
e s s a rily re fle c t tie opinion of
tlie P ortland O bserver.)
* * ’ ‘'fX'’ n<î' 1 J '‘‘ y 10,h' SUnd,nI
• r . ( le ft to rig h t) C. SmUh, Jack
Jam e,
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Seniors hold open house
l i e Senior Adult Service
C enter field jin open house on
Ju ly 10th to show its new
m en's d ro p -In nm n i. I lie
center, which Is o|Kn week
d«ys from 9*oo a.m . to 5:00
p . m , has free a c tiv itie s (o r
men which Include pool, dom i
noes, card games, checkers,
leading, v is itin g atvl re fre sh
m ents.
I a<ly's a c tiv itie s include
sewing ami q u i l t i n g . The
fa c ilitie s pro vkle a place (or
older citize n s to get to g e tle i
and do whatevei tliey lik e .
1 he C e n to i, which la funded
try M u le l C itie s , employs
fifty fu ll and part tim e em
ployees, m ostly senior adults.
Aside ( rotti the d ro p *In cen
te r, the p ro g ta in has four
organized (unctions.
I he T ta n sp u rta tlo n Ser
vice under t ie supervision of
Stanton I luke, provides t i ans-
p o na tion to the (ood stamp
store, hospitals, hanks ami
d o ctors.
I he
ou tre ach Services,
supervlsm l by M a ry N ero,
contact persons in need of
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lielp w ith household chores,
provide personal care ami
service to shu t-ins, ami le -
llv e i hot meals once a week
to (ergons confined to th e ir
homes.
Haialyman Services, super-
vised by ««tto R utherford, pro
vides m in o r home re p a irs
such as plum bing re p a irs , re
pa irin g broken steps o r win
dows, changing lig h t bulbs,
ami m oving fu m itu ie .
I he I elephone Reassurance
program , also supervised by
Otto R u th e ifo id , c a lls senior
citize ns d a lly to see if tliey
are al lig h t ami to see if s e r
vices are req uire d.
A c tiv itie s scheduled by the
C enter In tlie near future in
clude a M u le l C itie s Semoi
C itiz e n ’ s picnic at Peninsula
Park at 11:00 a.m . F a m ilie s
ami ch ild re n are welcom e and
transportation w ill he p ro
vided.
On August 9th a Potluck
lunch w ill 1« held at M att
Dishm an C e nter at 77 N J*.
Knott at 12:00 noon.
Housing project
continues
In J a n u a ry , 1972, the C h ll-
d re n’ s Services D ivisio n of
tlie Albina M u lti-S e rv ic e Cen
te r developed a Rental Re
porting P ro je c t.
I lie purpose of this p ro je ct
is to m aintain a lis
--- t -- of vacant
aperonents and houses that
ait" lo r ten t In s ite ami out-
«kle of the Model C itie s area,
ami are w ith in the p i ice range
of low -incom e fa m ilie s .
Ihus fa r, the project has
Iven successful in providing
many
low -incom e
fatnlles
with housing; however, there
a iv few er e apartm
p u iklliu
ents
ill^ Hill]
ami
houses listed than people who
need them .
(Please tu rn to p. 8 c o l. 2)
J O IL SOI D W E L L
A tr ip to F ogarty P ark
leach is planned fo r August
15th. The a ll-da y t r ip w ill I k
made In a chartered T ra llw a ys
tu s .
Reservations m ust be
made le fo re August 8 b y c a ll-
uig 288-8338.
The cost Is
>3.75 p e r (verson,
I he center is directed by
J o il Southwell. M rs . M a rie
Smith Is chairm an of the ad
vis o ry board. A ll s e m o r c ill-
zens who are Interested .. in
making frie n d s, finding new
Interests, ami being a part
of ihe com m unity can inquire
about the center by ca llin g
288-8338,
R ealizing that the C ity of
P ortland is at present con
tem plating the establishm ent
of a C ity Bureau of Human
Resources and is proposingto
envoke the Green Amendment
on the Portland M etrop olitan
Steering C om m ittee, bringing
the Com unity Action Vgency
under the d ire c t con tro l of
C ity governm ent; in this a r t i
cle I shall aternpt to express
my personal views on tlie is
sues centered around the
establishm ent of a Bureau of
Human Resoutces by the City
ot P ortla nd .
As Executive
D ire c to r
of tlie Portland
M etrop olitan Steering Com
m ittee, | (eel | m ust take
tlie resp on sibility fo r the pro
tection of o u r low income
citize n s ami the I ’ MSC staff,
whose lives perhaps w ill be
greatly alfected by the es
tablishm ent of the Bureau,
as outlined in the proposal
piepared by Com issione i
N eil G oldschm idt's o ffice .
W hile I shall continue to
m aintain my position of sup
p o rt of the concept of a Bureau
of Human Resources, , can
do so only if the established
Bureau is structure d to m axi
m ise tlie services and d o lla rs
expended in the C ity of P ort
laml lo r tlie needs of the poor.
However, in m y opinion, this
had not teen determ ined by
the in itia l proposal.
It should be understood that
C om m unity Action Agencies,
such as the P ortland M e tro
politan Steering Com m ittee,
ate an integral pa rt of the
broad fra m e w o rk of Federal
program s designed to help
solve urgent social problem s,
including poverty. W nhin the
o ve ra ll
fra m e w o ik ,
other
Federal program s such as
Model C itie s , are concerned
d ire c tly w ith strengthening the
CLEVELAND C1LCREASL
a b ility of government at all
levels to deal w ith the array
tlie poor but business, la bo r,
m ore
e ffective
s e lf-h e lp
of problem s facing A m erican
e ffo rts by the poor, in d iv i
service agencies, c iv ic and
com m unities. W hile c o n tri
dually ami in organizations
re ligiou s organizations are
buting substantially to this
through which they can p a rti
enabled to play th e ir fu ll role
asjvect of the total e ffo rt.
cipate in planning, conducting
along with governm ent, con-
Com m unity A ction is engaged
ami evaluating program s af
tr ltu tin g th e ir human and
p a rtic u la rly in the com ple
fecting th e ir liv e s .
financial resources to the
m entary task of strengthening
—g re a te r p riva te , voluntary
solution of com m unity p ro -
tlie means and capacity (or:
involvem ent by which not only
(Please turn to p. 8 c o l. 2)
Imamu
Vernon Sukumu,
West Coast Chairm an of the
Congress of A frica n People
ami West Coast Co-Convener
fo r the National Black P o li
tic a l Convention, was re
cently the keynote sp e a ke rfo r
tlie f ir s t Oregon Black P o li
tica l Convention ami granted
me the follow ing exclusive
Interview .
per annum com pounded daily and p a id quarterly
Benj. 0 T n in k lin
H obart H H a ta n P ra t • I« O ttic a * • P h o -a m 33.13
Hama O ttic a t ranklm Rhlg P o rtla n d O rngon 8)204
Dn M ai ch J-i, 1972, | sent
you a p i >osal (o r a City of
PortJand Bureau of Human
Resou ree
As you w ill re-
c a ll, tie Bureau would be
created
pi -cir.g the P o rt
land M etropolitan Steering
C om m ittee a.id the Mode
C itie s P i ,.*•
uidei ne clty
bureau.
phe Bure iu should
eventually include i l l <4 the
c ity en
including hum m er *73, the
Lmern-a
CAM!
\ outh C - .’T s ,
Since M arch
posal
has
been
the p ro -
listributed
through ut •
... .
rex iew .
l i e Model C ities
C ttiz e
the
tland M et
S tM r li
,
task forces t examine the
propos
...
jgg
tions ; r the I ins
•
p a rtic ip a ti : structure (th e ir
jo in t rec r.menc ation is at
tached).
I oth tlie Planning
Board and the steering Com -
—
e c t-
ings to discuss the p i
P ortland A c tic Com m ittees
Together ■ ¡s suggested a c it i
zen p a rticip ation stru c tu re .
At the request of adm inis
tra to rs of the present p ro -
gran.s, a local consulting
•
,
also reviewed tlie proposal
and drafted recom m endations
Tor t ie i ubeau's c itiz e n and
admi: is tra tix e s t.u c tu re s .
Ihe goals of the proposed
Bureau of Human Resources
are:
—P rovide centralized plan
ning (o r social and poxertv
p ro g u m s in tie c ity , p e r
m ittin g m axim um use - I Io. ,
state, federal ind priva te re
sources and e lim in a tin g ove r
lapping se rvice s.
—E stab lish c le a rly that tlie
C ity of P ortland is taking
resp on sibility
fo r w orking
with the community toinanage
human resources pro gra m s in
the c ity , ending confusion
about who is accountable tui
operation of these program s.
- B rin g
human
resources
program s into the re g u la rc ity
government system , so that
understanding ,f t.'iem by other
c.ty bureaus may he increased
and the a c tiv itie s of those
lu r e »us may be b e tte r under
stood ami u til ized in the human
resources fie ld .
—G ive the m in o rity and d is
advantaged persons who h.xe
been employed in M o -ie lC itie s
and P \|s C the opportunity to
advance in the C iv il Service
system .
--P u t the C ity m u position to
>per>d revenue sharing funds
in the human resources area
in the m ost productive way
possible.
Ih e various pro gra m s to
be adm inistered anil co o rd i
nated by the Bureau deal with
d ire c t services to individual
citize n s
E xtensive citize n
involvem ent in th e ii planning
and execution is v ita l, and in
many cases is a mandatory
requirem ent of the federal
governm ent.
(Please tu rn to p. 8 c o l. 2)
ACLU elects leader
i he election of Les Swan-
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American C iv il L i b e r t i e s
I'n ion of Oregon was an
nounced today. M r . Swansi i,
a pa.rne. in the Eugene law
f i r of Johnson, Johnson, ami
Harrang, is a 1966 graduate
of the Oregon School of Law,
where he served as P resident
of the student body ami As
sociate E d ito r of the (iregon
Law Review. He also holds
a n s te r's degree in p h ilo
sophy fro m the C larem ont
G : .i uate School. He has been
a m em ber of the Executive
Board of the AC LU of (.iregon
since 1967 and a delegate to
A C L l 's
National
Biennial
Conferences in 1968 ami 1972
in addition to serving as an
ACLl Cooperating A ttorney.
Swanson
assumed office
ju s t a fte r the I nited States
suprem e C o urt by a fiv e -fo u r
vote reversed two favorable
lo w e r cou rt decisions in an
Oregon A C L l suit against the
Lloyd C o rpo ra tion . The case
involved the denial of oppo: -
tu n ity to peacefully d is trib u te
pam phlets in Lioyd C enter.
sw anstn, in j statement
prepared
fo r
the
press
called the decision in Lloyd
Co<p. v. Tanner " a step in
the w ro n g d ire c tio n " ami noted
that the m a jo rity of the L\S.
Supreme C o urt "ca m e down
on the side of pro pe rty rights
and against that m ost funda
mental of a ll freedom s unde;
our con stitution , the freedom
to speak.”
An exclusive interview
with Imamu Sukumu
by Lenwood C. Davis
Instant Earnings from Day of Deposit
(L I d
C ity
Counci
ju
The O bserver s tro n g 'y sup
p o rts the le ve lo p m e n t ol t ie
Bureau of Hum an Re- a rve s.)
By Cleveland G ilc cease
(le ft to , ig |„ ) , , e w T ite ,
d s c h m id t
IN IT.RVIEWER: M i.S uku m u,
how can Blacks In tlie United
States gain p o litic a l power?
SUKUMU: There are fo u r (4)
areas that Blacks m ust de
velop p o litic a l sophistication.
F ir s t, Blacks must he elected
to p o litic a l offices because
(Mil It lea I powei detenu Ines
e c o n o m ic
power. Those
Blacks that are elected must
represent
the interest of
Black people ami Blacks must
constantly see to It that the
Interest of Black people are
IMAMU SUM 'M L
one and the same.
Black
p o liticia n s must speak out on
«II Issues that e ffect Black
(Kopie. Black p o litic ia n s must
not I k cooperative or c o r
ru p t« ] by the white power
stru ctu re . Second, tlie re must
be com m unity organization.
A ll Black com m unity groups
must unite fo r a common
cause ami good organization
w ill be the key to successful
program s. If a ll the org an i
zations cannot agree then the
m a jo rity w ill have to work
without them . The organiza
tional goals need not be large
ones, they can be of a sm all
but sig n ifica n t nature. T h ird ,
there m ust I k a co a litio n a l
liance w ith non-B lack groups,
such as the poor people’ s
group, the w e lfa re rig hts
groups, the Indians, Chicano,
O rie n ta ls ami poor w hites. In
other words Blacks should
have alllanx'es w ith anygroup,
(Kople, o r organizations that
can help our cause. F ourth,
Blacks may use d isrup tion
tactics to get its point over.
F o r exam ple, an organization
may d is ru p t a meeting in
o rd e r that the group w ill re
cognize It and hear its point.
(Please tu rn to page 8 c o l.3 )
IkiOR BUST
Summer Time students tour Canada
Nineteen students of the St in rirw a * . c.
Canada fo r fou r days.
The v'ouig people w m ’i y
P rt* ram e a r” ed money to v is it
du rin g the t r ip .
F s th e r Gordon Dickey is d ,
S a y 7" churches snJ Cook t , , e , r '
meals
tional ami recreational a c tiv itie s fo r sixty elem e ntary s c h o o ^ w n g s r e r s * 1" ^ ’ P° ,” Or’ • d“ C‘ *
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