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.
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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
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*«iiiya„
The Friendliest
*h A fest Bw'*>s*<sr
to enroll in training, if tley
ANE
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Stores In Town
are not qualified toenroll, the
school w ill give tie necessary
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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
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