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Portland Observer Thursday July 13, 1972
M M & H V ß U A N C g a re u a
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As I See It
White Businesses
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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
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