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Hage 2 ■ 1 •* <* j* « - 'X ATM OSPHERE O f REPRESSION HYSTSKKAL OVER POSINO H4TRÍ0 Œ PEOPLE OR WELFARE <■ *■ S u R U K ^ r<>&■*'*$ IN FOREST .5 ' / / M l& T WORK TOGETHERFOR FULL AND EQUAL EMPLOYMENT Portland Observer Thursday July 13, 1972 M M & H V ß U A N C g a re u a The Northwest's Best W eekly A Black Owned Publication As I See It White Businesses in the Black community Part III A \ by I enwood G. D a v it Published every Thuisday by : vie Publishing Company, . N . k illin g s w o r th , P o rtla n d , t : egun 97217 Subscription $5.25 year in T ri-C o u n ty area by m ail x.t- side the T ri-C ounty a ea - >b.«X) per year by m a il. Phone 283-2-180. M a ilin g a d d re ss - P . .B o a / .H a n d . o r ego- H EM i.K x - N , Publisher/£dltc \ erna L. Henderson A s.'t. Publisher business manage IN P Helen Hendrix Personnel and Production Manager M I ’v •ROT TO hNCWÖ M O NOT TO WISH TO KNOW \ fy Kny erroneous refle ction upon the ch a ra cte r, standing <. re — utation of person, firm or corporation, which may appeal in :he lo it la r x l o b se rve r w ill be cheerfully corrected upon re ng bi ought to ti e atten tior of trie E d ito r. The Editor’s Desk ALFRED LEE / HENDERSON # worse . yhmcaa -w,f ea Æf£/S7ï»-W7Fj WASHINGTON If B lacks in P ortland cannot got white buslnesses in the G re a te r Model C itie s area to change th e ir attitudes about us it may become necessary fo r us to establish m ore Black taislnesses In the Black com m unity. A policy of building up the economy m tlw Black com m unity can bring definite economic and social advan tages. |t can Increase the num ber of Job o|*jnmgs, p ro - vule new avenues fo r idvance- ment, and encoutage the de velopm ent of s k ills ami tl« ow nership of resources. | ast. tail not least. It can help the Black com m unity achieve ac cess to power ami p riv ile g e . It must be pointed out that Blacks should nut 1« um ler • n> Illu sio n about Black businesses because ihe fo r With Ron Hendrsn BRIEFS Press freedoms danger r resident Nixon pre m iseli in a ¡e tte rto M ic h lg a n C o n g re s s - man W illia m B roo m field that his A d m im s tra tio n w ill "le a v e no sten«? unturned” to prevent busing in the D e tro it area. * V m ation of Black businesses in Lenwood D avii the Black com m unity w ill not lead to (low ering of the com m unity, nor w ill it solve all our (B la cks, problem s. How e v e r, that sould not deter us. We must always le m in d fu l, M arcus A lexis surm ise: that p o litic a l power is para that "H ie ’ Black Experience*- lleled by a degree of economic that to ta lity of environm ent., t r a l. i h cie i, io , none e lle , is .in.1 Internai response* t ie economic rewards of that common to meat B la cks- powei can be reaped without ■MKt I the Black man’ s con tie oth er. B lacks are rap id ly sumption as w e ll as his p o li achieving enough p o litic a l tica l and so. tai in .” we musi powei to denial*! that large Constantly le a w jie ol that (p u b lic, con tra cts le given to s u p p o s it io n . IB.NCI Wl Black Businesses. However Ml s | "B ( *y BI ACK” AND B lacks must f ir s t have those M P B tiR l III ACk HI s |- lu slne sses. But unless we NESSES' Black businesses have under o u r co n tro l busl- must also have c e rta in re •••• t il. I I 1 | f 1(. , , s p o n sib ilitie s to th e ir Black d e liv e rin g the required goals NI.SSI.SI Black businesses ami se rvice , t ie p o litic a l de m ust also have c e rta in r e - mands are m eaningless. S|Hinsibllltles to then Black anil white custom ers by p ro viding them with tie lit!.SI services and p tu lu e ts pos sible, Black Business must t® w illin g to expaial aikl in crease (h e ir knowledge and s k ill in the fast pacing tx is i- ne»s area. Black fu sin e ss«» m ust become aware ol the many p io g i ams that can assist them in liecoming stable. | he sm all Business V lm tm s tra - lion lias loan and tech nica l- assistance p ro g ia m s that can evident. - - that a ll men are I® u tilize d by present arxl created equal; that they are « s p i r i n g b u s in e s s m e n . MEDIA in the Black com endowed by th e ir C re a to r w ith m unity m P ortland alsoa sslat ce rta in unalienable rig hts; thai among these are life , m in o rity lu sine sses. lib e rty , ami t ie p u rsu it of since white fausinesnes in happiness." ■he Black com m unity ap L ife . Perhaps it is not parently a ie not sensitive to the needs, d e sire s t ik i a s p ir unreasonable to suggest that we did not give lt anil that It ations ol Blacks, we must establish and support (Hack is not ours to take, whether ip the case of the c rim in a l companies. If we do not take who m urd ers an innocent v ic Hie In itia tiv e to ilo ce rta in dungs fot ourselves, no one tim o r H e state which then takes the life of tie m u rd e re r, else w ill. I herefore, we must tha t we are obliged to p ro not only " ta lk B ie c k ", we tect o u rs e l.e s from those must also " B l y HI A C k " . sick enough to threaten t ie According to Jam es Hetlbun •nd Stsnislaw H. W e llis z : io lives ami safely of others, there is no doubt. But it is im prove tlie economic position ol the B lacks, it is c e rta in ly to our c re d it that we have fin a lly realized that obligation necessary that jo b ami ad does not include the rig h t to vancement oppoi tunnies 1« in flic t death In the name of «’««'•o.l up in white en ter ju s tic e . p rise s outskie of pre do m i nantly Black areas. In a ild l- it is an alltogether reason- al le and m o ra l conclusion ■ lo n , however, a p io g ra m is which presents no cause '«oiled to fa c ilita te Hie ris e whatsoever fo r a la rm , but and development of a Black ■xistnees com m unity w ithin rathe r an im p ortan t occasion fo r renewed faith in He ma ■he Black com m unity. Need- less to say, a program M USI tu rity of c iv iliz a tio n and in I® Inaugui ate.1 at oncel the grow th of humanity to ward man. " I shall ask f o r the aboli senator Thomas F . Eagleton tion of the punishment of woman in I9b| rathe r than ( I ’) , »hen he was attorney death u n til I have the in fa lli fight H® case i.xl ris k the general of M is s o u ri, w rote b ility o f human judgment gas c h a m fe r. |n his ja il c e ll that "W e know fro m o u r e x - dem onstrated to m e .” after the tr ia l the sobbing pei lence in M is s o u ri that the I his was the conclusion of p rison er disclosed that his leath penalty hits hardest Thomas Jefferson said. "W e re it le ft to me to decide Thom as Je ffe rso n ne arly two fa ttie r had teen executed in A co a litio n of 12 public in those who are poor in whether we should have a governm ent w ithout newspapers, hundred years before die ttie e le c tric c h a ir 33 years terest groups petitioned the m a te ria l w e a lth ." He went Federal B ow er Comm is ion to Supreme C o u rt of the f nited o r newspapers without a governm ent, I should not hesitate e a r lie r fo r the c rim e of tape. on to say that of 32 state a moment to p re fe r the la tt e r . " States v ir tu a lly stru ck down As one N orth C arolina m other e lim in ate d is c rim in a tio n a- p rison ers executed in J e ffe r • The press is now under one of the m ost vicious « tu c k s in its capital punishm ent late last gainst women, blacks and w rote, "W ha t p ric e this hoy son C ity since 1937, only one h is to ry . Not oniy is there Vice P reside nt Agnew condemning month. fa th e r's life ? Spanish-su reamed persons W hat d e te r - was able to pay fo r his law rent? the press when it d iffe rs w ith his opinion, but now the Supreme It was a close decision and employed by gas and e le c tric y e r. rhe patterns of exe C o urt has found that the sources a re p o rte r uses in seeking one which raised both pra ise companies. An EEOC re p o rt cuting poor people and m em inform ation are not privtledged but m ust be revealed in and scorn on C apitol H ill and fo r 1970 charged gasan de lec su ffice it to sa> that among bers of m in o ritie s can be across the land. co u rt. There is also the E lle n sb u ry t r ia l, regarding the t r ic u tilitie s w ith the w orst Che 7 0 -o r-s o oth er Ju n e d ic- seen to p re vail throughout the release of the secret Pentagon Papers to newspapers Senator Edward M . Kennedy em ploym ent record fo r blacks tions in the w orld — includ nation. As Warden Lew is E. A t the same tim e the Postal Rate C om m ission of the L'JS (D .-M a s s .) viewed t ie C o u rt’ s and below average fo r Spanish ing a number of state govern Lawes of Sing Sing put It Postal Service is considering another rate Increase that w d i action as "o n e of t ie great sumamed A m e rica n s. ments m lh ls C0Ufltry „ about the 151 people he es S bitive'1* C° St m* Umg newsPaPer ® and magazines p ro - ju d ic ia l m ilestones in A m e ri which abolished the death corted to the death cham ber, can h is to r y ," and a decision By a b-3 lib e ra l-c o n s e rv a tiv e penalty before t ie Supreme " A l l of them were poor and A ll of this in spite of the constitutional guarantee of freedom which gives "new life to our s p lit, the Supreme C o u rt ex C ourt acted, not one ex m ost of them were frie n d democracy and to the quality tended the power of police to ? P "” 5- know that the press is not free, however. perienced an Increase in (he le s s .” Aside fro m the governm ent harrassm ent is the dependence of A m erican J u s tic e ." stop and f r is k " suspects on rate of capital c rim e s com F in a lly , there is the m oral of the press on ad vertising, which pays the b ill fo r the news the s tre e t fordange reus weap A t the same tim e , according m itted. (in A m e ric a , when question. Thomas Jefferso n, paper" s production. to a re p o rt in The Washington ons. The opinion was w ritte n neighboring states are com who opposed capital punish reomw* th“ CVer the Pr ess needs the support of the Post, L t. G overnor L e s te r by J u s tic e Rehnquist. pare.!, those without the death ment nearly two hundred People. The press is the voice of the people, vour spokes Maddox of G eorgia called the penalty do not have higher years ago, also gave us in man. its p rim a ry goal is to re fle c t your goals and aspira ru lin g " a license fo r anarchy, C a lifo rn ia S ecretary of State hom icide rates that those with the D eclaration of Indepen tions. In re tu rn it needs you r support. rape and m u rd e r. Edmund G. Brow n, J r . w ill the death penalty.) one is dence a phrase m em orized by J * foundui8 of F reed om 's Journal In 1880. m ore These e x tra o rd in a rily d i sponsor le gislatio n to count led to the Inexcapable con e ve ry school c h ild : "W e hold eth” ‘! 7 P“ * 1103' 10" 5 b ^ e been born, yet less vergent reactions re fle c t the e ra ct the Supreme C o u rt ru l clusion that punishm ent’ s e f these truths to he s e lf- “ tod* y ’ They haVe been v lc lim s not only of wide schism d iv id in g A m e ri ing allow in g states to issue fectiveness m ust He p r im a r ily M o re recently, Joe Grsham economic pre ssure s and governm ent re s tric tio n s , but liq u o r licenses to ra c ia lly d is can public opinion on punish to Its ce rta in ty , not m its of Hughes, a black N orth Caro com m unity apathy! ment by death. T here is, on c rim in a tin g p riv a te c lu b i. seve rity. lin ia n . pleaded g jilt y to the the one hand, the abhorrence C a llin g the High C o u rt’ s ru l What about equal ju s tic e in rape of an e ld e rly white of a punishm ent which is both ing " a n in vita tio n to b ig o try " capital punishment cases? u ltim a te and irre vo ca b le ; and Brown said his proposal would on the other, the re c u rrin g revoke liq u o r licenses of p r i fe a r that c rim e rates, al ready vate clubs g u ilty of ra cia l o r high, w ill now so a rw ith o u t the re lig io u s d is c rim in a tio n . th re a t of the gas cham ber. P utting aside fo r a moment the m ora l issues raised by by Rev. Jesse L . Jackson execution, there are essen- _ tia lly two questions we should ask about cap ital punishment. F o r the past several weeks removed from the p rim a ry The f ir s t : Is the threat of we have teen involve.! in the one of the oldest m em bers challenge to the Daley selected execution m ore effe ctive than of the House, Emmanuel G el the th re a t o f Im prisonm ent Convention delegates. This le r who heads the House Jud i in preventing kidnaping, rape, has Im m ersed us in a d ire c t D e a r S in c ia ry C om m ittee. He was m u rd e r and o t h e r c rim e s confrontation w ith the m ayor re c ru itin g fo s te r parents f o r defeate.1 by a young woman pre vio usly punishable by and the 59 persons whom the Did you know that there are this p ro je c t. We are looking 30 years of age. death? The second question: D e m ocratic organization of over 300,000 ch ild re n in fos fo r fa m ilie s who are con The question of who w ill Regardless of its e ffective Cook County slated to take te r homes in the United States? cerned about young people get a piece of Hie action Is ness, can the death penalty seats as delegates and a lte r In Multnom ah County, there w ith problem s, w illin g to be now v e ry real and open to he applied equally and fa ir ly nates to the D em ocratic Na are 850 fo s te r fa m ilie s pro personally involved in helping options and p o s s ib ilitie s that » * to a ll persons convicted of tional Convention in J u ly . viding care fo r l,4 0 0 ch lld re n . them and who w ill be recep dkJ not p re vio u sly e x is t. If E d ito r: capital crim e s? Some re p re The A lte rn a te Delegation These are ch ild re n who are tive to education, train in g and p a rty con tro l sh ifts, then the sentative case h isto rie s m ight has contended that Hie selec te m p o ra rily m nesd of a sub case-work support. This is an 1 concur w ith the position com position of those who re help to provide answers to tion o f the Delegation was stitute fa m ily because they opportunity fo r people to help taken by the Oregon Black present the P a rty at eve ry those questions. fundam entally undem ocratic, are unable to rem ain In th e ir keep these children out of level. Including the national Caucus concerning its c a llin g A s long ago as the reign own homes. and in d ia m e tric opposition in stitu tion s and give them a le g isla tive level o r the House fo r a com m unity convention of Queen E lizabeth I o p En to the M cG overn Reform s Many delinquent and p re - chance to rem ain in the and Senate, w ill also have to to select a B lack person to be gland, d u rin g an era when which had been adopted by delinquent childre n could also neighborhood that they know. change. As fa r back as a recommended to the P ortland even picking pockets was the D e m ocraticN atio na l C om - be helped by fo s te r care and I f you are interested o r C ity C o un cil. Since th is p e r year are! a half ago. M ayo r punishable by death, c r im i kept out of in stitu tio n s and m ltte e over a year ago. We J lh e o b s e rv e . , « « , «, great lengths to see that its , ■■ , •• know of anyone who m ig ht Richard H atcher c i G ary was son w ill have the support of nals were "fou nd to cut poc have contended that the pro deeper c rim in a l involvem ent. be interested in being a pa rt the com m unity he w ill be re paving Hie way fo r the adop kets and pick pui ses even at K T c a r e r e p (re m a n E xpe rts In the fie ld of d e lin cedures used to select the of this program , we would ■ the globe as w e ll as Im portant local happenings. tion of these re fo rm s by using presenting the com m unity. places o f executions while delegates were designed to quency prevention advocate be happy to explain it to you. his s k illfu l learlershlp to T h is type of move may seem e x e c u tio n s were being exclude blacks, women, other neighborhood program s to I lle aware of vita l Issues and how they affect you. C a ll us o r come in tc see done . . . " somewhat unusual to some. guarantee that blacks would combat grow ing ju ven ile de m in o ritie s and young adults us at the M u lti-S e rvice "'en be given at least 20 p e rc e n t However, s im ila r com m unity In the e a r lie r days of our linquency. under the age o f 30. te r. [H onie d e l,v e ry of the P ortland o b s e .v e . „ available fo r a of a ll com m ittees, com m ittee conventions have been held in own cou ntry, ten men were What Is im portant to under In o rd e r to Im plem ent this M em bers of me staff of chairm anships, flo o r posi -San Diego, Newark, B la tim o re hanged f o r m urderous con ls m . ll extra charge in m ost ol the P ortland m etropolitan area. stand Is the real issue behind concept, the Model C itie s Fos the F o ste r Home P roject are tions and housing . . . in other and A tlanta and they were spiracy in Pennsylvania on the challenge. There is much te r Care P ro je c t has been available to talk to in di words 20 pe r cent of e ve ry m ost e ffe ctive . June 21, 1877 — a mass exe ta lk by so-called p o litic a l established. T h is p ro je ct is viduals, groups or o r y a n it t » thing since blacks could F u rth e rm o re , we must let cution which m ight have a p ilo t program to help c h il experts about McGovern being tions who would like to know dem onstrate a consistent re our public o ffic ia ls know that served as an exam ple and a a " l o s e r . " dren and young people who m ore about the project. cord of support fo r the Demo we are holding them to th e ir warning to a ll would-be c r i are in trouble o r who are What they are re a lly saying F o r your subscription, send ,o: c ra tic pa rty which had been election pledges that all peo m in als. Indeed, theN ew Y ork headed fo r troub le , get in is that this year the question Portland O bservei litt le rewarded by the p a rty ple should be represented by Post e d ito ria liz e d at that tim e, $5.00 for of who w ill con tro l the Demo tensified Help In specialized P.O. Box 3137 Its e lf. 7 Sincerely, "W e may be ce rta in that the governm ent. T h is com m unity fo s te r care homes. c ra tic P a rty is the Issue. P ortland, Oregon 97208 Lew is L . W inchester, D ire c 52 istut«« Since we are not a m a jo rity p itile s s se v e rity of the law convention that w ill be held We, the staff of the P ro je ct Hie old D em ocratic w a r- to r C h ild re n ’ s Services D iv i to the electorate in any but w ith in the next few weeks w ill w ill d e te r the m ost wicked tveed your help! We are now horses have already suffered sion Model C itie s D is tric t a stia te g ic few c itie s and from anything like Im ita tio n of give un ity to the Black com setbacks du rin g the recent counties. It Is necessary that these c r im e s ." Yet, the night m unity because eve ry Black p rim a rie s . . . and the Dele Address — - — —— — — —_______ we would w ork In coa litio n after the executions of these organization, club, and group gate challenges have served , 1. ? " . 0 ^ lr V , r * ° ^ to ia l position is expressed only in its Pub- w ith those whose Interests w ill be asked to p a rticip a te ten men, two of the witnesses to point up the Neanderthal h sh e r , Colum n (The ()bser>, tlon po>t) in d rhe C i t y --------------- — ----------------------------- --------------------- and concerns are similar and in this convention, i t is tim e at the t r ia l were m urdered c h a ra cte r of the p a rty ’ s ap d X u a T w X T o r 1 thr/ ' u«houtth* P « '* ' '* the opinion of the in - ' who, fo r the m ost p a rt, have fo r Black P o rtla n d e rs to seize and w ith in two weeks five of paratus. State 8i Z ip __ . . . . . . . the tim e, fo r it is oursl the prosecutors had met the teen locked out of H e p o liti The leaders of both p o liti cal process, and esp ecially same fate, according to re cal p a rtie s had teen running A pt. if a n y - — Tel— — — . —. ■he p a rty apparatus. Lenwood C . Davis cords of the National Society It is them lik e p riva te clu b s. A of Penal In fo rr-s tlo n . re fo rm challenge In New York (Please turn to p.5 col.3) Letters to the Editor Foster homes needed To select appointee People politics T P’My whole family reads The Portland Observer l.'i'
