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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1972)
Simmons heads Housing Management Center H l«) Secretary G e o r g e Romney announced that the D irectors of tie new ly-or ganized National Center for Housing Management of Wash ington, U ,C „ have selected Samuel J . Simmons, HUU's Assistant Secretary for E«|ual Dpportunlty, as tie Center’s >ew presidents«! chief execu tive officer. In accepting M r . simmon’a resignation as Assistant Sec retary, President N ix o n wrote: "You have put tie Fed eral Government firm ly on course toward ending dis crimination In housing aixl, although much remains to te doiw, tie rs can be little doubt of the direction In which we are moving." M r , Simmons w ill assume hla new duties on Monday, September 7. H Is appointment by tie President as HUD As sistant Secretary was on Jan uary 25. 1969. C a rte r L . Burgess, Chair man of tie Board ofDirectors of the National Center for Housing Management, pointed « it that M r . Simmons, as As sistant Secretary, is "aware of tie basic mission of tie Center which focuses on tie preservation and effective management of tie Nation’s tie tesjKinalbllity of tie chef leuslng stock, a most impor executive officer of a corpor tant national resource.” ation.” Mr.SInunons w ill also M r . Ikirgess added that In serve as a member of tie hla rew postM r.SIm m onawUI Board. "have gereral su|ervislon Secretary George Romney over the p ro ierty, busiiess commended M r . Simmons for aid affairs of tie corpotatlon bis "outstaiding contribution and Its officers, employees in tehalf of Equal Opportunity aid agents. In general, le w ill within HUD aid throughout tie have all the powera aid per le d e ra i estahl lalunent. He form all tie duties normally has provded tie leadership P o r tla n d /O b s e r v e r Several key legal aid civil nghta organizations severely criticized the UJS. C ivil Ser vice Commission's proposed new guidelines for the Federal Service Entrance Examination as "in v a lid ", "ra c ia lly dis c rim in a to ry". aid "totally in adequate". I t«se criticism s were first registered at a morning press conference lied at the offices of 0 « National Urban Coa lition. aid later form ally filed with C ivil Service Commis sion authorities. Cooperating organizations Include th e NAACP Legal Defense Fuid, H e National U rle n Coalition’ the National Education Asso ciation, th e Employment Rights Project, 0 « National Lew Employment Project, The Law yers’ Committee fo rC ivil Rights Under Law, aid Ralph Nader's Bubllc Interest Re sea rcli Croup. Referring to the Legal De fense Fund’s "Com m ents", L D F sjxikesman Jeffry Mintz noted that ledeial employees, under tl« EmploymentUppor- tumty Act of 1972, lave the same rights and remedies as enabling us to systematically expaid opportunities for m i nority entrepreieurs in tie fe ld s of construction, housing • id community development. As a result of his patence aid lersisten t dedication, stan dards lave leendcvelojed aid • re lelng implemented to in sure that Federal housing pro- giam s w ill provde exjanding options for all Americans. F ly 6 5 :3 0 p m Boy Except 1972 to a llow r e lie f to le g ranted FOR -B R A N D S you know -V A R IE T IE S yo u lik< -S IZ E S you w o n t Need r ~ Glasses rä S t* S em le r SCHIER pet ent of I pi y sic lana and STifiT a v u » sf ahi et »l0G dentists are Black. About five percent of the employed regis tered nurses are Black. Of the 13,400 students m l .s, medi cal schools in 1971-72, about five percent were Black. 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Step out of the heat w ith these Fngdaae Week Vaues. ■■■ ye Modo> FPi-tZoTT » — W in g i GENEVA’S 4228 N . W illia m . 7 fiM ^ “ «ornate Ice M aker free when "‘“ ft? » Frigidaire 3 door during F r.g id e ir. Week ’ All you pay io inetallatton “1 Page CREDIT to anyone whose evalence of ownership is of record prior to granting tie relief, aid who is otherwise eligible. 71« deadline for filing for proferty tax r e le f was April 15, 1972. However, McC II sad that those who attempted to apply for relief and were rejected lecause of the ad ministrative rule now will have their applications ac cepted . B. Que In Town O pen 10 , lENOW'S Judge appointed C a fe August Temple U niversity’s School of Medicine w ill recruit m in ority applicants for medical education by establishing a system of early alentlfication and continuous career de velopment services for m i nority college students in tie G re a te r Delaware Valley Re gion. Admissions procedures w ill he changed to increase the enrollment of minority ap plicants at Tem ple. T ie University of Pennsyl vania’s School of Veterinary Medicine w ill dentify disad vantaged students w.th poten tial for veterinary medical education and encourage them » <«»» Si M..»«wfcre H I *«iiiya„ The Friendliest *h A fest Bw'*>s*<sr to enroll in training, if tley ANE »(li * Í ANE Ciasen Stores In Town are not qualified toenroll, the school w ill give tie necessary -s a o ....- . * Since 1908 instruction. • M fM B ÍÍ Of UNHID GROCERS M eharry received a $220,- 229 grant to support ,ts Bio medical Scienoes and Dental Admissions Program . The Biomedical Sciences pro gram, for college students in terested in lealth careers, strives to increase the num ber of minority students en rolled in lealth professions schools and to improve their performance in classes. 7 he dental program provales sup plemental training fo r disad vantaged students who were unable to qualify for admis sion to Meharry s School of D entistry. M eharry also received a $104,791 grant to uidertake an EASY undergraduate program in healtii a re administration and planning for minority students at M eharry and rearby Fisk L niversity and Tennessee ö r . S en tier State University. M eharry 4 « fris e s . . . w ill administer the program MA vi you » aid the other two schools will AH Optical EYES EXAMINED m d ,. serve as centers of instruc insurance tion. F o r Rear R e t o ld Accepted Blacks comprised II per cent (23 million) of the Na •Ptni.onanniJMaiaCaiai Waicoaan * Atk Ils About tion’s population of 203 million SOFLINS in 1970, hut tley are serious Contort laesos ly uiderrepresented in the J u _________ health professions. Only two Governor grants tax relief M intz s a d , " T ie EEOC su n - dards ensure tier ability to predict job performance will le the measure of the valdity Mintz emphasized, how of selectlondevices. 7 (« C iv il ever, tla t tlieae "rights aid Service Commission makes remedies have been Ignored Uns a seco id ary factor, The by 0 « C ivil service Commis emphasis is rather on deter sion's proposed new guide inmationa which in essence line a - in faulty interpretation judge the test itself, with the of Congress intent. In contra relationship to Oe ability to diction of tlie Equal Employ je rfo rin the job greatly lim ment Opportunity Commis ited ." sion's application of tlie law 11« CR C’s examination to private, as well as state and standards, Mintz declared, local, employees, aid In ap " w ill have the result of pro parent contemjit of the Su ducing a lower quality of civil preme Court’s de. isions on service employee aid w ill not the subject. serve to eliminate racial Mintz shaied tlie press con b ia s." ference podium with D r . R i- 11« Legal Defense Fund’s ghard Barrett, an irdustrial and the o tter organizations' psychologist consulted tiy tlie reports Identify as the "most LD F: Stephen Poliak, an attor fundamental andpervasivede- ney representing tlie National fect of tie CR C’s proposed in Education Association aid structions . . . tlie reliance on form er chief of tlie Justice 'rational v a ld ity ’ an Invention Department’ s C ivil RightsDe- of tie C ivil Service Commis vlsion; aid D a vd la te l. staff sion" which lias the endorse director of tlie Lawyers’ Com ment of neither tie American mittee for C ivil Rights U id e r Psychological Association, l.aw . Uie EEOC, Ue Department of Compering tl« EEOC stan L a te r , nor tie Office of Fed ds ids to those of the CSC, eral Contracts Compliance. Stripped of its cloak of professional jargon," the LDF report states, "rational va ld ity means that tle C iv ll Ser vice staff analyzes a job, se- lec ts or develops a set of tests » ill le made for tills sta r- which Uie staff members be studded jerfonnance aid will lieve measure abilities re- feature le e r aid hot dogs. In quired by 0 « jobs, aid lien commenting on theevent, Dick confers upon itself Oe mantle Eymann, House Democratic of respectability by declaring Leader, had this to say: that Oiese tests have met pro "W ith incumbent legislators fessional standards." «inning for only half of tie M oreover, tie LD F report house seats, this Is a new continues, " l ie re is no otter fe ll game. W eDeinocratsare check of Oe va ld ity or non- confident that we can win con discriniinatory nature of the trol if good candidates like tests; all that Is necessary is form er Representative BUI that persons In tie employ Bradley receive the support ment of Oie Comm ission agree they have so well earned by that t le ir work is satisfac R o le n l . C arter, form er their past service in the to ry.” general counsel of tleN atio n - House. B ill was named by us T ie LD F concluded that " If al Association for the Ad as tie outstaiding Represen these proposed Instructions vancement of Colored People, tative of tie 1967 session aid are finalized, theCIvllServlce has teen named Judge of tie would le an Incumlent now If Commission w ill liave missed U.S. Southern D istric t of New he had not been willing to the opportunity to make Oe York by President N ixon. make a sacrifice by trying to United States Government a C a rte r’s appointment was save a Democratic seat for leader In tie area of equal em continued by tie U.S Senate Ute loyal Senate Democrats ployment opportunity." last F rd a y . In 1970. To do so he gave up a safe house seat. Now le deserves to Ic returned to Salem ,’ M em le rs of tie public are invited. For further Information, call 252- 1514. »O g o C a ll 2 8 2 - 6 3 6 3 Bradley salute set A "Salute to Bill Bradley" Is being held by tl« East Multnomah County Demo cratic Forum on Saturday, August 12. 7 he event, to le held at the home of George and Irene S tarr at 909 N J -. 114th, Portland, w ill legin at’ 5:00 p jn . The jwrty will feature the firs t joint ap pearance of the ihree Demo cratic noinineees for state- w de office, jo e Smith, can didata for attorney gereral, Beulah B aid, card date for Secretary of State, ard Alice C o rte « , caidd ate for State T re a s u re r. Alsofeaturedwill le Representative Dick E y- man, Sprtngfeld, House Democratic Leader, Ralph Bunch, Democratic card date fo r Congress, F irs t D istrict, ard Allison Belcher, M ult nomah County Democratic Chairm an. T ie s p e a k in g schedule w ill be: Belcher, 5:00 p jn ^ Eymann, 6:00p.m.; Hard, 7:00 p. m .i Corbet, 8:00 pun.; Smith 9:00 p jn . and Bunch, 10:00 p jti. a charge of $5.00 per couple In launching a m ajor effort Xavier University of Louis to Increase tie number of iana In New Orleans w ill re Blacks in tie h e a l t h profes cruit aid train students for al sions, tie UJS. Department of lied lealth careers in rural Health, Education, ard Wel • reas. Emphasis w ill be fare (IIEW jaw aided ten giants placed on tie recruitment of totaling mote than $1 million m ilitary veterans with health to schools and organizations experience aid students from in eight States. rural areas. The grants were among 13 T ie University of M a ry totaling more than $1,4 m il land s School of Pharmacy will lion, tie firs t to 1« awarded undertake a three-phase pro uider a new Federal effort to gram to expand opportunites raise tie proportion of m inor- foi Blacks in pharmacy. l i e ite s in tie health professions. project w ill include a re cru it Institutions aid organizations ment program, a retentionef- m 10 States received the ore- fort and assistance to gradu years grants awarded try tie ates beginning t le ir careers. Bureau of Health Manpower Mississippi Valley State Education. 7 le Bureau is tie College w ill conduct Operation major educational component III )P ( I i a unrig Health Occupa of HEW ’sNational Institutes of tion Potentials), which is de- Health. signed to prepare students for health careers aid graduates The University of Alaba foi prac tice in shortage areas. m a’s School of Community ard Emphasis w ill le jiut on train Allied Health Resources will ing students for careers in conduct Project Black Aware pharmacy, medic lie . dentis ness with grant funds. Using try’. veterinary m ediclie, pub a team of health career coun lic health, nursing, medical selors, tie school plans to technology, dental hygene, disseminate lealth careers physical theiapy, aid sanita information throughout A la tion. bama to young Blacks. Rutgers University’s L iv ingston College w ill offer sev The University ofCalifornia eral new scence courses de at San Diego School of M edi signed for disadvantaged stu cine received a grant to .on- dents interested m lealtl duct a rriulti-pronged effort to careers, l i e college also w ill recruit students into lealth provde students with oppor careers, l i e approach will tunities to see health activities include lectures, conferences, in such settings as Neighhor- workshops, visits aid training hotd Health Centers in New programs. York City. Governor Tom M cCall sad le has directed tie proferty tax rei e l be granted to several («rsons who had teen denied r e le f because of an administrative technicality. l i e 1971 Legislature passed a law granting property tax re le f to homeowners based on household income. Ad ministrative rules adopted by the Dejiartment of Revenue to Implement the act provded that hoineowiers must have recorded their deed by Dec ember 31 of the year for which r e le f was to te granted. At least 60 jersons were temporarily denied r e le f for failure to record their deeds. M cCall told Charles Mack, director of the Department of Revenue, that the adminis trative rule was working a hardship on jersons whowere actual homeowners but who were unaware tliat their deed or laid sale contract had to 1« recorded. M cCall sad Oe Issue was brought to his attention by some Oregon tax collectors and assessors. The governor wrote to Mack: " | have a strong feel ing tliat the Act was jessed by the legislature to provde r e le f to low-income aid elderly persons aid that ad m inistrative niceties should not 1« used to thwart the leg islative desire. Inthosecases where 0 e jerson claiming relief was actually tie owner of Oie proferty p rio r to Dec ember 31, 1971, I direct you to grant Oe property tax re l e i if tie evdenre of owner ship has now teen recorded aid if tie and leant is o tle r eligib le." He also asked Mack to change Oe department's rule utlier employees covered by 1 I tie V II of the C ivil Rights Act of 1964". *y , Blacks in health jobs to increase Samuel J. Simmons Civil Service exams discriminatory T liu r s d Hom e Furnishings IN HOLLYWOOD...N.E.4gnd S S A N 0 Y .!288.S333 «RHSMoiaz : uncoln t ,? < 3
