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Page 2 MARTIN LUTHER HING UR /• Thursday. August J, 1972 Part 111 4 CHILD iS^IOLENl'E' M / 5 T I t W K TOGETHERFOR FULL ANO EQUAL EMPLOYMENT. by Lenwood C. te v ls Portland/O bserver ! « a i n V? Th» N o r th w e s t's Best W e e k ly A Block O w n e d P u b lic a tio n I f Published every Thursday by i- xie Publishing Compsnv, ?.\’ i N. Killingswurth. Portland, Oregon 97217 Subscription $5.25 per year in Tri-County area by m ail, tu t - side the Tri-County area - >o.di) per year by m a il. Phone 283-2486. M ailing address - P. o . Box 3137, Portland, Oregon 97208. ALFRED LEE MENDERS* N, P u b lis h e r/td ito i SS I ’ J ^ ^ A C A J N S T A M W U N tl MAN IS VIOLENCE' J) <7 b_/ SUPPRESSING A CULTURE IS VIOLENCE IN PA The Observer’s o fficial position is expressed only in its Pub lish e r's Column (The Observation Post) and the E d ito r's Desk. Any other m aterial throughout the paper is the opinion of the in dividual w rite r o r submitter and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Observer. h n y erroneous reflection upon the character, standing oi rep utation of person, firm or coi poration, w hich may appear in the Portland observer w ill be cheerfully corrected upon being brought to the attention of the E ditor. Portland’s young Black middle class aspirants CONTEMPT FOR POVERTY is violence : IGNORING MEDICAI. NEEDS IS VIOLENCE" Add these to your list of violence, Mr. President... Application to mail at second-class postage rates ¡spending at Portland, Oregon. 1 was pleased to observe that at the last Black Caucus meet ing, there were In attendances number of the young Black middle class aspirants that 1 have been w ritin g about over the past tew w e e k s . It w ill 1« interesting to see u they w ill attend the fo rth coming N .A.A.C .P., Urban League and e tc , meetings. It goes without saying that your participating In com munity affairs Is long over due. However, It appearsthat StAIE of you young men and women are fin a lly g e t t in g the message. That is to say, we as Blacks either swing to gether o r hang separately. And until this is unequivocal ly understood by you young middle class aspirants, itw ill be necessary fo r we older (over 90) BlM kS tOCOMtMH- ly remind you of your com mitment to the Black cause. The Young middle class Blacks in Portland must keep abreast with what Is occurring on the national scene and see To Be Equal The Editor’s Desk ALFRED LEE HENDERSON By Vernon E. Jordan, J r . The question of A m erica’ s policy toward tlie crim in a l states of Rhtxlesia and South A frica needs to be cleared up. A n u m b e r of recent actions make it seem that we are being backed into a corner by supporting these corrupt regimes whose exist ence is dependent u p o n e x - An Agenda for Oregon The Oregon Black Caucus has presented to the black people of Oregon its Black Agenda - pointing out the elements of op pression prevalent m Oregon and proposing specific methods of implementing change. Oregon is a state that has throughout its history excluded black people from its p o litica l, economic, educational and social life . It has over the years refused to deal with the problems of its m inorities - to the pointofdenying th e ir very existence. A l though there has been lip service to equality, brutal d is c rim i nation and racism are s till rampant. A quick look at the elected and appointed o fficia ls of government and the employees of state and local government reveals without question that this policy of exclusion s till exists. The white people of Oregon need have no fear as they look at the Oregon Black Agenda, fo r the Agenda deals with the p o liti cal, economic, educational and social evils of our society. I It deals with the oppression of the masses of the people by the in stitutions devised to re s tric t and exclude the few. A strong and united black political force in Oregon may yet bring the salvation of our state fo r no one is free until all black people are free I Seniority system breeds incompetence nt top The death of Senator J . Allen E llender, who was the President pro-tern of the U.S. Senate, points out once again the evils of the Congressional seniority system. As the system operates, a Senator o r Congressman only needs years of service to place him at the head of powerful Senate Committees. Senator Ellender was the third man in line fo r the presidency of the United States. At the death of the Presxlent and Vice President, he would have become the President. Senator Ellender was the most travelled of American Senators. He visited nearly every nation in the w orld at government e xp e n se - often taking his fa m ily and friends. He visited countries that could not conceivably have been of interest to the Senate com mittees of which he was a member. He was not even a good representative, often causing emharassment to his government. On one occassion he was expelled from an African nation be cause of his ra cist comments while a guest. Yet this man could have become the President of the United States. A fte r E llender's death, Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina was elected to f i l l his position, merely because he had the most seniority of any member of the Senate. Thurmond is best known fo r his opposition to C iv il Rights legislation As long as the Senate of the United States is operated on the seniority system, the positions of power w ill go to the older men of the South who have kept th e ir seats fo r years and years and who abuse this power to th e ir own ends. Unless the seniority system is eliminated, we w ill be oppressed by these old men until they die off--one by one--and we could end up with one as our President. W e W ill Heed Every W ish... Our reputation fo r integrity and competence w ill assure coneideration fo r every wish of the fam ily. C. Don V ann VANNS MORTUARY 5211 N .W illiam s A venue 2 8 1 -2 8 3 6 Portland,O regon i»»ae»««a»»eeeee«eee»»eeeee>>>, t<<<<, »«nom »« WASHINGTON BRIEFS / With the United States ab staining. the United Nations Security Council voted tocon- demn " a ll acts violating' its embargo against Rhodesia. The United States maintains economic relations with Rho desia in violation of the UJ9. embargo by importing Rhode sian chrome and nickel ore in trade allowed by the 1971 act of Congress on strategic ma te ria ls. The council adopted the condemnation in a resolution sponsored by its three A frican m em ters - Guinea, Somalia a.d Sudan. The r e s o l u t i o n barring trade with Rhodesia was firs t adopted by the Security Coun cil in 1966 and strengthened later as a means of pressur- ng the rebel white m inority regime to allow more political rights fo r the eastern A frican te rrito ry 's black m a jo rity. The National Bar Associ ation w ill hold its 47th Annual Convention inM lami from Au gust 1 - 5th. James W. Cobb, president of the 4,500 member organization said the conven tion theme is "New Dimen sions fo r the Black Law yer* The main thrust of the pro gram w ill deal with positive approaches fo r solving the problems of the poor and m in o ritie s within the law enforce ment and judicial processes. M rs . Gloria G. Vernon, a veteran government econo m ist, has been named d ire c to r of the Office of Foreign Economic Policy in the Labor Department's Bureau of In te r national Labor A ffa irs . In her Department's Bureau of In te r national Labor A ffa irs . In her new position,M rs. Vernon w ill - ir e c t the activities of the of fice, which Is responsible for formulating trade policy fo r the Labor Department as it affects the American working force and fo r administering the UjS. trade adjustment as sistance program. The Durham, N. Carolina native, is a graduate of Howard U niversity. Charles Evers said Senator George McGovern would have to put his pledge of more blacks in federal positions In w ritin g before he would ac tively campaign fo r the Sena to r. " I want it in w riting from the man,” he said, "Ifw e d o n 't get it. I ’m not going to have much enthusiasm fo r this tic k e t.” ploitation and oppression of the m ajority black population. These are countries that rule by te rro r and comm it grave violence against th e ir black m a jo ritie s. In South A fric a , fo r e x a m p le , the system of apartheid means that black people must live in designated areas, c a n n o t organize unions o r political parties, cannot be members of political parties at a l l , and cannot strike. South A frica is currently engaged in a diplomatic offen sive to win fu ll acceptance In the fam ily of nations. So It has mounted a vast public relations campaign designed to show that It’ s really not such a bad place. Yet this prison-country can only be compared to H itle r's Ger many o r to Stalin’ s Russia in its denial of basic human rights and in its oppression. The prisons of Southern A frica are f u l l of b la c k people whose only violation was to fa il to conform to the Inhuman pass-laws o r other Infractions of the code of apartheid. Don’ t forget this is a country that defines acts of te rro ris m as "a cts embarrasing to the adminis tration of the state" o r " s t riv ing to bring about any change. It is painful fo r any A m e ri can, b u t especially f o r b la c k citizens, to see our government take any steps favorable to such an outlaw state. Yet the U. S. sells jet planes to South A f r i c a and agrees to let that country sell gold to the International Monetary Fund, gold that has the blood of black m iners on It. We're also selling jets and extenling d o lla r cre d it to Portugal, which Is using both the planes ami tie money to make war on liberation move ments In Mozambique and Angola. A t the same time, we are tuying chrome from Rhodesia in defiance of a L M . boycott on trade with the rump white settler gov ernment there. There should be a demon stration of o u r moral ab horrence of the system of apartheid, too. The m o s t visible and jyowerful such demonstration would be the appointment of a black man as U4>. ambassador to South A frica . Such a step would be an obvious Indication tv black Americans as well as to black A fricans that this nation w ill not play ball with the political ami social s y s te m of that racist state. P rivate corporations that choose to answer the moral dilemma of profiting umler conditions of a racist state that keeps Its black m a jo rity In sem i-slavery, can demon strate the lim its of th e ir co upe ration by appointing black Americans as managers of th e ir South A f r i e a n enter prise. They can also push the system to Its lim its by training native blacks fo r managerial posts and putt ing black and white workers on the same pay scale. There’ s a lot more that can be done even within the lim its of the rotting system, tail our government and in vestors should be aware firs t, of the te rrib le moral conse quences of supporting a sys tem that thrives on semi slavery and second, that when the Inevitable day of re tri b u tio n comes and b la c k A fricans come to power, th e ir actions today must tecapable of facing harsh Judgments. What Other young Blacks are doing to bring about changes within tlie system. 1, p e i- aonally know of no dynamic young Black man o r woman Portland that has emerged to give leadership to that segment of tlie population, there are howevei, a num- ber of potential Individuals that have the necessary a- b llltle s to tie forceful lead- I would Include in this group persons such as Haruld W H1 lam s, I ienn Is I ‘ ayne.G Ienn W illiam s, H ill Wilkerson, J u lius Stokes, Clarence Berry, e tc , to name a few. Howevei, due to a m u ltip licity of rea sons, none of tlie above-men tioned, in this wi ite r's opin ion, has reached anywhere near th e ir fu ll capabilities. I here are also other young Black men and women who are a rriv in g in Portland al most daily that inay emeige to help give direction to these young Black middle class aspirants. Portland does not need an other Lee P. Brown, Leon H a rris, Charles Jordan, I Ilia Lasson, ClevelandGilcreasti, Chambler Jones, E . Shelton H ill, George Rankin, B ill ■, i . | is ONLY one of each and they are doing ih e lr thing in their own unique way. How ever, J do surmise that you young Biecks consult these individuals because they deal with tie "estab lishm ent" daily and they may Lenwood D a v it help you young Blacks to a- voxl some ot the p itfa lls that they may have encountered. Most of the men mentioned w ill gladly give any assist ance that they can to Black young men ami women. You young men and women must firs t i eoi lent youi selves to tlie total Black experience. Next, you must reassess and redirect your long range alms am) objectives. In the mean time you should not neglect to take a stand on what is happening to oui Black bro thers and sisters TUDAY. It is a liig h t to have fine cars, clothes and apartments, how ever those should not become obsessions with Black people because these aiu tlie things that tlie white man has used to deter us from our own xlen- tlty-b y brain-washing us to ¡Stitem oui selves after him amt his value system. What I am saying in essence is that it is line to have those m aterial things, tu t we Ml SI NEVER FORCE I THAI No BLACK IS FREE UNTIL A l l HI ACKS ARE. FREE' Kturnrm ... sMKt nsi 0*r M CAM t o V I YOU MOM IY 0M M IM O D M M C. . . Residential-Commercial HOW? . . . WHY? . . . Hu butinett ha» grown, a» we hove, with the fine»« ttoM of CARPENTERS DESIGNERS and ESTIMATORS m the trod« Kitchens AAA tie ns NEIL NELLY e Offices » Sfece« COMPART TU It After»« Nrttend. frega» e Beth« ♦7Y1Z e Spec. Calxnet Werk CaM lew 287-4178 SH O P lENOW ’S With Ron Hendr«n A YOUNG VIEW OF WASHINGTON FOR -B R A N D S you know THE LONG ROAD TO LASTING PEACE -V A R IE T IE S you lik t By Ron Hendren W ASHINGTON—The names Vladim ir G. Turkhanovsky, a middle level o fficia l in the Russian government, and Franklin A Lindsay, an American businessman, are not exactly household words in either of their respective countries. And although these two, together with other citizens o f the two superpowers, participated in the culmination recently o f a milestone in improved relations between the United States and Russia, it is no surprise that the occasion slipjied by w ithout the attention o f many Ameri cans. But the event was nonetheless an historic one, because it marked the first major agreement on nuclear arms control to be concluded and published, not by the governments o f the two nations, but by private citizens. The group's state ment, released simultaneously in Washing ton and Moscow on July 19, is the initial accomplishment o f a program o f parallel studies launched in 1970 by the United Nations Association o f the United States o f America (U NA-USA) in cooperation with its counterpart in the Soviet Union UNA-USA is a private research and educational institution whose member ship includes prominent businessmen, scholars, scientists and the like The Russian group is comprised o f repre sentatives o f large public educational in stitutions, the trade movement, and the various Insth.uJ.i o f the Academy of Scientists. Not one o f the participants in either country is directly connected with the higher echelons o f government. Their published studies highlight agree ment on steps to be taken by the two nations to curb the spread o f nuclear weapons and to control the proliferation o f materials which are essential to the manufacture o f nuclear devices. The groups agreed that nuclear com petition between the U.S. and Russia should be terminated, and further recom mended jo in t efforts to enlist other nuclear weapons countries, including China, in nuclear arms control measures. Agreement was aslo reached on the need fo r additional measures to achieve the objectives o f the Nuclear Non-Pro - SIZES vou w a n t liferation Treaty which came into force over tw o years ago. Although 71 nations have ratified the treaty, tw o o f the major nuclear powers France and China have yet to agree to its provisions Moreover, ax o f the eight "near-nuclear” countries have failed to join in the agreement West Germany, Italy. Japan, Switzerland, Israel and India The report differs in several respects from o fficia l government policies both o f our country and o f Russia, and this is the first lim e the Soviet authorities have permitted oppoang views to be published inside the Soviet Union. This new open ness w ill permit the Russian people to see an alternative perspective in fact, an American perspective to o fficia l Soviet policy. And this step is only a beginning In the words o f Cyrus R Vance, chairman o f the UNA-USA Policy Studies Com mittee and former Deputy Secretary of Defense, “ The objective o f parallel work is to see whether new areas o f common ground can emerge common ground which cou d have some impact on na tio n a l a i d in te rn a tio n a l decision- m a kin g ” Two more jo in t programs have already been launched, one o f which is concerned with common interests in environmental protection. Soviet scholars in America say that this is the first time the Russians have ever proposed a jo in t assessment o f national environmental laws and regula tions in the U S. and the U.S S R Thus while their efforts were generally ignored by the press, th<- United Nations Associations o f our country and o f the Soviet Union have none heless taken an important step in the direction o f achieving increased undertanding and co operation at all levels, essential in gredients in the President's own efforts at relaxing tensions with (he country which has been America's chief rival for more than two decades OCopyrisM 1972 by W A S H IN G T O N W E E K L Y , Inc All right» reserved T he F rie n d lie s t Store« In T o w n Since 1 9 0 8 • M . I Sf m ... . » . • V * ft » ei» ft....».,1 • t i 1 '»<• A N I ( a lis e n • N Lo<nbe>d e» C'»e • R e » e > e ft • (« 2 n d a» H ills F le te SI O ...s »A h» SI 11.d r A N I M v u .w ,, M em e«» I«»». 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