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Page 2 -'kv£ H4O ALL cpUtfc? A M fiV fci ANPfAFOfW» M>T 4L0MÛ ANE - T H A Ty THE M t As I See It IT QUvNT TOOE IM T H K û W r H Y ' SAIO H ß f .iTAN L,eSTMOOO. A diabolical act MUST « TV6ETHEPFOR FULL ANU EQUAL EMPLOYMENT. T h u rs d a y , A ugust IO , By I enwoud G. D avis 1972 The Northw est s Best W e ekly A Black O w ned Publication Published every Thursday by E v e P ublishing Company, 2201 N . killingsworth, Portland, t'regon 97217 S ubscriptions - $5.25 per yea r m T r.-C o u n ty area by m a il. (X its d e the T ri-C o u n ty area - $ r.0 0 p e r yea r by m a il. Phone: 283-2480 M a ilin g ¿dress - P . C . Box 3137, P o rtlan d , O regon 97208. A LF R E D LEE H E N D E K S c\. P u b lis h e r,E d ito r ¿ iÍi¿ IN P A 7T T The O bse rve r’ s o ffic ia l position is expressed only in its P u b lis h e r's C olum n kThe O bservation Post and the E d ito r's D esk. Any other m a te ria l throughout the paper is the opr ion of the individual w r ite r o r su b m itte r anddoes ot ne cessarily re fle c t the opinion of the O bserver. Any erroneous re fle ctio n upon the c a r a c te r , standing o r reputation of person, fir m o r corp ora tion, w nch may appear in the P ortland O bserver w ill be che erfully co rre cte d upon being brought to the attention of the E d ito r. A pplication to m a il at second-class postage rates is vend ing at P ortla nd , Oregon. Ì V ÍC V " » Product of the Black Revolution? The Editor’s Desk ALFRED LEE By Letters to the Editor To the E d ito r: Voter brings apathy and ignorance In recent years many have come to wonder if the rep resentative fo rm of governm ent can e x is t o r if it is doomed to fa ilu re . If our system of governm ent does not w o rk, it is not the fa u lt of the system , but it is the fa u lt of the c itiz e n . The fa ilu re is the re s u lt of public apathy and ignorance. The citizens of the United States hold a unique power that many peoples throughout the w o rld are figh ting to orta in - the rig h t to vote. Y et many A m ericans are not interested enough in th e ir governm ent - which determ ines a ll of the m a jo r aspects of th e ir live s, even life o r death its e lf - to bother to vote once eve ry fo u r yea rs. In th e l9 o 8 election, which was one of the m ost c ru c ia l of ou r h is to ry , only 60 per cent of those e lig ib le to vote did so. A d m ost of those who did vote, did so in ignorance. They voted fo r the candidate because of his appearance, his p e r sonality, o r because of th e ir frie n d s ’ advice ra th e r than con sid erin g his p rin c ip a ls , his ideals, his goals fo r h im se lf and his cou ntry. They voted w ithout understanding the position to which he a s rire d o r the q u a lifica tio n s needed todo a good job. We put ou r fate m the hands of a few men and women whom we fa il to investigate u n til we find them in o ffice . We do not rem em ber them again u n til they vote against our in te rest, and even forge t that in a few weeks. Then we go back and vote fo r them again ( if we vote at a ll) because they have a fa m ilia r name. Representative E dith Green is a go al exam ple. She has voted against ne arly eve ry b ill that would im prove the live s of blacks and the poor, yet blacks and the poor ree le ct h e r tim e a fte r tim e . P arty p o litic s , which are the backbone of the electora l sys tem , are le ft to a handful of people who are then put in the position to make the decisions fo r a ll of us. Of the thousands of registered D em ocrats in Oregon, how many attended the atate Convention held th is weekend? How many a tte d e d the County Conventions? P a rty p o litic s are s t ill open in Oregon and anyone who is interested can p a rticip a te . But few are. because there is hard w ork and little glam o ur except du rin g p re s d e n tia l election yea rs. But th is is the reason the sy stem is not w orking, why the common citize n re a lly has no say about who w ill run his governme-1 o r how it w ill be run . T h is is why the large corporations and business in te rests are in control of the decision m aking, why a few p o litic a l leaders can make the decisions in th e ir own in te re st instead of in the nation's, why th e ir is secrecy and deceit on the highest le vels of governm ent. The only way the people of the United States can recapture control of th e ir governm ent is through the power of the vote. We blacks, who were fo r so long denied the vote, have become as apathetic as the white c itiz e n s . We have seer, t e power of the vote when it rested i the hands of others and was used against us. Now is the tim e to seize this power and, form ing coalitions w ith oth er oppressed groups, use it to renew our governm ent and to bring tru e lib e ra tio n to all A m erican s. Breakfast all hours 5246 3940 N .E , U n io n A v e . (P h . 2 8 2 - 3 8 4 3 ) N . W il l i a m s A v e . (P h . 2 8 4 - 0 5 5 5 ) 6 am t i l M i d n i g h t M onday th r u F r id a y a n d S a tu r d a y 24 h o u rs T h u r id a y obviously, it was not tlie work ol needy |« o p le Ivcause they probably would not lave taken everything. B esides, tlv needy know that they only have to ask the Community C are X ssociation to r toed,clothing, e tc ., and tliey w ill get it w ith- out a lot ot red ta i« . I o my knowledge, the C .C .X . K s never refused t help anyone. C la ra M. P eoples. D irectoi ol ti e Community C are \ s - sociatio ’. l as stated ovei and , voi a ,a and ii'.i tl at this o iga ation is a . oininuiiitv icency desig ed to se iv e I1«' needy in and out ol the com munity . It is a sad state ot a ita u s when society drive-- indivi d u als ti' a pui to i desi « r a th tl at t e y have to steal b e a s ic e ss e n tia l . ot ujiviv.il tio n i the pool . In an alitueni country like \m e ric a there really should not 1« poverty Lenw ood D a v is sti n k en («opte I ven though we S|<cnd lull ions ol d o lía is on d e te n te , we have d o iw as little a s p o s s i b l e to deal with miel nal p ro b lem s, such as (H'veity, in the United s ta te s . I h e re to re , until the United s ta te s Covet nnienl te d ire c ts its p rio ritie s it will 1« nec e s s a i y to have p ro g ra m s like C .C .\ . I wa . happy Io see tlie slate and local governm ents, as well as pi ivale citizen s, come to ti e 1rs. ue ol C .C .4 , and replace m ost ol ti e item s that w ere stolen. I l u s g e s t u ie is a cla ssica l exam ple that s«>MI I’l u P I I IX» CXRI KlltX I I’l u l'l I . To Be Equal --------------- Secrecy repeats HENDERSON This colum nist rarely w rite s about isolated incident* that i ajx*n in tlie community . H ow ever, since one liicaleut that o ccu rred w as of such a diabolical nature, I deem it ap p ro p riate to speak out. N am ely, the tl e tt ot g olds Horn the Community C a re \ s - so ciation. (C .C .V .) How any norm al iv ia o n o r (versons can steal trom tlie needv a d pool is I'ey oi «J all la tiu n a le . I osay it w as mi u.nane, unit Inkable, uncivilized, p rep o stei ous. al - surd, liai a io u s , c /astly * si uncouth docs not adequately d e sc rib e ti is uu »lent. \ s m ost people very well know tl« Community C a ie \ s - sociatiou is a voluntary, o n - p ro tit o ir.i. i ation that p r o vides loud, clothing a J ot ei item s lot the needy .i d pool re g a td le s s ot ra c e , colot oi cre e d , l his o r g a n atioi aJ u st com pleted tlie m ost m a s sive cam paign in its e v .s le ce to collect tl ixisands ot pounds ot to id , many lo s e s oi clothes, many cooking uten s ils , e tc . M d to r persons to come along and steal th o s e item s is l« y o td my com p re hension, The fou rth a n d fift: a p ri mt- ments in the past year to the powerful hoard 0: the Cortland Developm ent Com m ission were made recently — as usual, veiled in secrecy and with no input from the ;«ople they serve. Twice before — ia s tju ly a t the e xp ira tio n of Ned Lo ok's second th re e -y e a r te rm , and in January w hen Ira k e l erand H arold Halvorsen res.gned. 1 was p a n of a c o a litio n of neighboihood groups asking that at east one of the board m em bers be a person livin g r an area actually affected by u rra n renew al. Each tim e we are ignored by a ll but one m em ber of the C ity C ouncil. The c u rre n t PDC board m em bers live in D u n th o rj« , Visitor M t. I a to r, P ortla nd Heights, and now, the lo w est a, co in tee. D r. Jen k in s, lives m I igard' Obviously none of these a ie a s will 1« facing t e real prob lem s of urban renew al now or .n the fo rs e e a ile future. Is it asking too much that EVEN ONE ol ttie ¡« a rilm e m bers know and understand firsth a n d low the decisions t'ley make affect the lives ot neople in an urban renewal reads I .'ear M r: D u rin g a vacation in my old • unie state I noticed your ex cellen t paper. D e sirin g to read it w tien 1 ack in M alania 1 thought it bast to give tlie sub scrip tion to tlie Itlr a r y oi the college w liere I teac so P at others an share it w ith m e. a re a ? \pp aren tly M a yo r schrunk (who makes the appointments and th ree of ou r C ity Com m issio n e rs (who continually vote to approve thenn think so. D r . \ . B rettau er M île s College Birmingham, Materna S in cerely , C a ry l W aters 3805 N .E . Ibth P o rtlan d , O regon 97212 W ith Ron Hsndren A Y O U N G V IE W OF W A S H IN G T O N A FRESH LOOK AT TWO DIRTY WORDS By Ron Hendren WASHINGTON “ Juvenile" and “ delin quency" are words which, when used together, are sure to arouse the passions o f Americans in all parts o f the country And w ith good reason Juvenile arrests for violent crimes have risen a whopping 167 percent in the last decade, and today almost two-thirds o f all arrests fo r serious crimes are o f persons under the age o f 21 The picture is bleaker still. According to a recent F B I report, upwards of 85 percent o f convicted youths who have spent time in some sort o f reform school end up com m itting second offenses, often more serious than the first This tragic ineffectiveness in dealing with juvenile crime prompted the House o f Representatives recently to pass H R 15635, the Juvenile Delinquency Preven tion Act of 1972, which promises a new emphasis on reaching and helping trouble some children before they become delinquent. I f the b ill passes the Senate, as is likely, the century-old era o f reform schools w ill be on the way out o ffic ia lly Its demise has already been heralded in many states, including Massachusetts, where America's first publically run re form school was opened I 26 years ago. The Lyman School for boys was con sidered a model institution at the time o f its christening in Westboro in I 846. and was widely imitated here and in Europe Today it is closed, and by the end o f this summer Massachusetts w ill not be operating a single juvenile prison Florida, California and Minnesota- are among a host o f other states which are following suit No one is absolutely certain why reform schools failed Their ineffective ness has been laid variously to financial c o r r u p tio n and physical brutality “ Stockyards for wayward children no body else wants," one congressman called them In addition to their near total failure at rehabilitation, the costs per child in these institutions often range from $10,000 to $12,000 per year more than most families earn Half-way houses and foster homes are two substitutes currently in vogue to replace reform schools Some are proving successful, at least in attaining certain minimal goals Libra House, an experi mental half-way home in Cambridge, stresses the need fo r a highschool educa tion as an effective incentive to con tribute to society, and thus an im portant deterrent against repeated offenses Har vard students tutoring convicted juveniles report the youths generally have a strong and sincere motivation to learn O f the 200 juveniles who participated during the last twelve months in the Community Aftercare Program, a similar effort in Boston, fewer than ten percent have been re-arrested As Fast Boston Parole Officer John Granara asserted about this positive approach to rehabilita tion, “ for many it is the first time they have been able to feel they are needed by anyone ” But these alternatives to reform schools are not w ithout their critics, some of whom see the end result as pampering instead of punishing The Community Aftercare Program, for example, has come under strong criticism for providing a $5-per-week incentive to delinquents for regular attendance at training sessions Nevertheless, most admit that these innovative methods do provide tome re habilitation, and that in itself is a marked improvement over the past Moreover, the new Juvenile Delinquency Protection Act, if enacted, w ill provide an additional basis for reaching troublesome youngsters even before they become delinquent Preventing delinquency, coupled with increased, effective efforts to rehabilitate those juveniles who have already com mitted crimes, may provide a means to minimize lawbreaking by youths And to the degree that we are successful in curbing juvenile delinquency, crime in general ultim ately w ill be diminished Certainly there could hardly he a more laudable and needed undertaking Vernon L , J o n la 'i, Jr. I e su p rem e C ourt ended its 1971-7.’ term w ith tie d r a i iu t , e d ' e a t tem ng vei - d iet that ! a:,s t 1« .le a f «nalty as it "W e x is ts . I is is sumetl i • Io i overdue, s in c e t l « death ,«nalty is a c r e e l a id unusual pums ment t; a t a i i J c r im i• atory fas' i, i. C J u s oi issu es ot (« rso iial uxi civil i c' ts in favor .it pi o- v i ty rights i d local gov- e, m en t. I 1« c le a re s t indi cation ot tl« C ourt . turn- at'o u id on equal l ights was last ■ , tl ' ruling that p ri vate I . s. even w l« n I ice xsj by state agetu les, an pra< - tice a ll tie r tell l i e C o u rt, in a dec ism au thored ly J u s tic e Rehnquist, tie u ltia cm iservative whose appoi-tm ent was so bitterly p ro te ste d , ruled against a black man denied serv ice by a M oose Lodge operating under state liquor license and state rvgulat m i. I ’ uigood M a t s t pom ted out, tie ¡«nalty d isp i o(>oi lionately on l« o r , tie ig o ta n t, and "tt« the underprivileged m e n d e r s ol so ciety ." t ut tie lact tlett tin s d e c i sion was fy a slim 5-4 m a r gin, and that the C ourt ten tt e dooi o ie tin ic i slitution of tlie death penalty hy states wi ld provide tot u n d o n ti ap plication oi o tle rw isc m eet some ol 1!« Ju s tic e s ol e lions indi a te s th eC u u rt stop ¡«d la r sh o rt ot tl« humane goals ot outright abolition. It also indicates t l« t 11« post-W arre n C o urt is less bold in ctiarging new paths in law . t his was esp ecially evident by another decision an <xineed t l« same day that s ta rp ly lim its t l« rig h ts ol tlie pre ss. LI la- k lewstnen IK irters lost t l« n suit to p re vent forced testim ony le iu re g ra id u rie s tfiat could im p e ril th e ir sources ol i« w s in fo r m atio n. Since re p o rte rs have teen called le iu re such tid ie s as p a rt of "fis h in g ex p e d itio n s " fo r evd en ce, t ic v e rd ic t could w ild u p 'a rm in g die p u b lic's rig h t to know and the freedom of tl« pre ss. T 1« Supreme C o u rt’s re cord th is pest year lias, in general, feen ot« ot re tre a t ta mi d is c i uti mat to • It this decision is an in d i- ation that the C o u rt means to arrow I lack people s rig h ts ol access to | i ivate fa c ilitie s licensed I y tl« state, a recent school desegregation case ixild n d ica te trouble ahead in that atea as w e ll. 11« C o urt ruled, (7 a slim 5-4 vote, f ia t a sm all town in V irg in ia whose schools were pied om in ately white could not secede trom a school d is tr ic t whose schools were predom inately th ic k . H e real significance ot t l« t case is tliat fo r t l« f ir s t tune since tt« h is to ric 1954 decision uutlaw i g school se gregation, t l« C o u rt was less than unanunuus on a m a jo r case in tliat fie ld . The firm stand shown in j« s t cases lias leen broken; 01« vote sepaiated v ic to ry trom defeat on a cru cia l school in te g ra tion case. With a num ter of vital school cases coming up in tlie ta il te rm , this , ould mean that the C o u rt w ill iom o tte r h ia n c i« s oi tl« governm ent in re treatin g trom the e lfo it to Im ally desegiv.'.ite \m e r i- ca 's school*. I ins narrow d e, ismn rin gs .1 warning t»jll lo t tt«* fu tu re . t u « ot tl« t a li m a rk * of the W at ten C o u rt was its re l- uigs enlarging t l« protection given the rig h ts of d c fe iila n ts 1.1 cd w ilt t l« jm wer ot tl« •late, but two recent ru lin g s show that tl« C o u rt is taking a strong “ law - and - order'* sta id against 1 d i v i d u a l rig h ts . In 01« case, it reled tliat su si« ts are not e n title d to legal assistance j t ,ml ice lineup dent if n at ions le fo re the fo rm e r c le rg e s ate brought. |n another, perhaps m o te im portant , ase, it reled that ju tie s in most c rim in a l rases ui state cou rts can con v ic t de le ida nts hy less than the unanunuus vote t l« t has l« e n a h a llm a rk ot our system ol ju s tic e . I his ra ise s t l« question of what hapiens to guarantees tlia t g u ilt m ust le d e te rn m e d “ le y u rd any sliaduw of a doubt'* if |c u p lc w ill le sent to ja il on M to 4 a id 9 to 3 ju ry votes? B lack defeidants e s je c ia lly , an expect little ju s tu e a id e r tle s e ,«w re lin g s . T lie sc are just a haidful of 0 « cases tlia t, taken to- ge ttier, indicate a tu rn a ro u id by tt« Supreme C o u rt, 1 fiat is w iiy we look to the coming C o u rt te rm w ith apprehension. OPEN SATURDAY MORNINGS MODERN LIFELIKE lor TOOTH EXTRACTIONS. 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