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Thursday. August J, 1972
Part 111
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ANO EQUAL EMPLOYMENT.
by Lenwood C. te v ls
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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
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WASHINGTON
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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
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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'
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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
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