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Tuskegee Syphiilis scandal called genocide
US tests
bus bon
Scoutmaster of Boise T ro o p #92 lielps boys board camp-bound txia. T l * Big T hunder District
of it» Columbia Pacific Council of the Boy Scouts of America provided campsites for 80 boys
from Mixlel Cities and Columbia V illa . Among the boys sponsored were Boise T roop #92 and
Ockley Green I roop #29. I 1« boys. Including Scouts and non-Scouts, w ill spend a week at Camps
M erlw eather and C lark on the Oregon Coast.
The
Justice Department
last Monday asked tbeU,S.9th
C irc u it Court of Appeals to
halt desegregation of Oxnard,
California schoola, until all
appeals In the case are com
plete.
Substantial busing is in
volved In the Oxnard desegre
gation effort.
The department's request,
filed by David L . Norman, as
sistant attorney general for
civil rights, and W illiam Kel
le r, U.S. itto m ey in Los
Angeles, marked tie first
time the government had gone
to court to defend the federal
antibusing law that took effect
July 1.
As a measure of the Impor
tance the department attaches
to tl« case, Norman w ill be in
San Francisco to participate
when tie case is argued
(«fore the 9th C irc u it Court,
a spokesman said.
Under the new law. federal
court busing orderstoachleve
racial balance In schools are
postponed until all appeals are
exhausted or the time for ap
pealing runs out.
Lawyers for the Western
Center on Law and Poverty in
(Please turn to pg. 8, col. 4)
JAMES MAYES lias been promoted to operations officerat F irs t
National Bank of Oregon's M idway-Division branch. He resides
at 420) N .E . 20th Street. A native of Portland, he was graduated
from Benson High School and received his bachelor of science
degree in business administration from L in fe ld College.
U of O seeks black students
SANDRA G AYLuR l), 1971 National Hula lloopChainplon, checks out the form of her sister Teresa,
age 7, who isa contestant in tills year's event. The 1972 National Hula Hoop Championships, spon
sored try W hain-o, makers of tie popular toy. w ill take place for the fourth year at the Universal
Studios Tour Entertainment Center, Universal City, California, on T hursday. August 24th. Re
gional Hula Hoq, Champions from all overtheUJS. w ill be competing for the top prize of a $1,000
U.S. Savings Bond.
/Veso heÿai 6ui/dcommunity
With tl» opening of a luxur
iously remodeled office build
ing, David M . Nero, J r ., I«a
taken another step in tie ful
fillm ent of a lifelong goal, that
of an Independent and profes
sional bualiesaman bringing
together and utilizing minority
scientists and professionals in
tl» delivery of services.
Nero heads both Nero Indus
tries, Inc. and Nero and Asso
ciates, |nc., (»adquartered in
the l e i r t of Albina at 3525
N .E . Union Avenue.
Nero Industries, organized
in tl« spring of 1969 for pur
poses of setting up several
cWhy not invest locally?
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Savings on deposit with us
go to work here In Oregon.
Franklin
Sob.rt M. Hann. Sraa • is ONlow • Skone M S -itM
M om . O fflO M tre n M Ie SW « . M * r t e M . O w e « . 17104
sophisticated s m a l l bu
nesses throughout the area
divisions and to be later s,
off as separate entitles, w
later deslgi»d as a manpov
delivery organization.
Nero pointed to one of
contracts with pride. "Ope
atlon S T E P -U P Is a M a
Cities
funded contract I
$213,730 annually,deallngw
the unemployed and underei
ployed of this neighborhot
In tl» Second Action Year ■
placed 119 Model Cities re;
dents In higher-paying jol
T heir total monthly lncoi
tiefore placement was $43,5
and Is now almost doubled
$84,219 monthly. We havepr
vlded educational asslstan
to 181 Model Neighbor!)»
residents In areas of technic
training to PhJJ programs
Nero said thatextenslve n
search Indicates that STEF
UP Is unique. "T h e re 's n
another one like it In the coui
try that we know of, and I la
lieve we have a concept whit
could be adapted anywlere ar
provide a need which can I
measured In substantial ecc
nomlc tenns, but. most lm
portantly, can provide fc
man's well-being and lnde|»n
deuce. Industry Is now wlllln
to hire qualified minorities I
wider and more responslbl
positions throughout thecoun
try.
"T he last statement is th
chief source of skepticism ex
pressed by Nero-watchers
those looking at the enter
(Please turn to pg. 8, col. 2
Project 75 Is an educational
opportunity program designed
to provide tl« opportunity and
«ipport for Black people who
want to attend college. The
program iegan In F all of 1968
and has grown to be the largest
student-populated
and stu
dent staffed program of Its
kind on the University of O re
gon campus.
The rationale behind t l *
program Is to advance an ed
ucational opportunity to Black
people who, because of low
High School CPA's or lack of
funds would not have other
wise had t l * chance to further
their educational exper«nces.
The advantages of a college
education today are many —
and the disadvantages of not
having one are twice that.
After a four-year col lege pro
gram a man has many more
doors open to him and the
tools or skills to open doors
that have hlther-to been closed
to him.
With these same
skills he can go beck to his
people aid teach others what
he himself lias learned, there
by helping them to help them
selves. The BlackCommunity
-•an strengthen itself aid grow
and become a powerful unit
through education and moti
vated minds.
With these goals in mind.
Project 75 has designed into
Its program as many faci
lities as possible to meet
t l * various needs of its stu
dents aid to help them to
make t l * last of their ex
periences here. F irs t Is the
ijuestion of financial a d for
each student.
This is pro-
vded in three forms:
1.
NATIONAL DEFENSE
STUDENT LOAN.
This is
federal money borrowed by
the student which must be re
pad by the student over a 10
year period following the com
pletion of his education.
2.
EDUCATIONAL
O P
PORTUNITY GRANT (EOG).
This Is federal money granted
(given, to students to use
toward their education. This
money is not given in place
of the NDEA loan, but is pro
vided in addition to the loan,
3. WORK - STUDY PRO
GRAM,
This is a federally
lUnded program which enables
eligible students (from low
income f a m i l i e s
and/or
inane tally
Independent) to
work In a training situation
(in areas related to the stu-
dent’ s interests, while goir^
to school. The federal money
comprises 80$ of the student
salaries, while the employer
pays the remaining 20$.
These three financial aid
programs combine to cover
the average student expenses
for the year, averaging one-
third each of the total among
• 4 the financial package of ap
proximately $2900 per year.
In addition to providing fi
nancial service for its stu
dents, Project 75 offers three
other services to all its stu
dents.
These services are:
(I) academic advising and
counseling, (2) tutorial ser
vices and (3) vocational career
gudance.
Advising / Counseling Ser
vices provide a source of aca-
(Please turn to pg. 8, col. 5)
Representative Ralph H.
M etcalfe (D e m .- lll.j, chair
man of the sub-committee on
health of tie Congressional
Black Caucus, has demanded a
bill-scale investigation of the
4 0 -y e a r experiment on syph
ilis conducted by the United
States Public Health Service
in Tuskegee.
M etcalfe said ne is looking
into the possibility of seeking
compensation for surviving
victim s and tie fam ilies of
t h o s e involved in the study.
On July 26, A s s o c la ted
Press revealed that the Tus
kegee Study began in 1932 with.
600 black men, mostly poor
and uneducated, used as human
guinea pigs in the study of the
effects of syphilis. Four hun
dred of the men had syphilis
txit were not treated. The
study was begun by D r . J . R.
Hellen, assistant surgeon gen
eral of the venereal disease
section of the Public Health
Service, ten years before pen
ic illin was found to be a cure
for syphilis. In spite of the
availability of the drug, no
treatment was offered to the
men who were also kept ignor
ant of their disease. At the be
ginning of this year, only 74
were s till alive.
D r . Regionald James, a
government doctor who was in
Macon County between 1939
and 1941, sax! he was told not
to treat men involved in the
experim ent. "Whenever I in
sisted on treating such a pa
tient, he never showed up
again. They were being ad-
vised th e y shouldn't ta k e
treatment or they would be
dropped from the study. At the
time, certain benefits were
proffered the patents such as
treatment for other allm enu ,
payment of burial expenses
and a $50 cash benefit. To re
ceive these benefits the pa
tient had to remain in the pro
g ram .”
The m atter is being dis
cussed on Capital H ill. Sena
tor Edward Kennedy (D e m .-
M as a.j, chairman of the Sen
ate sub-committee on health,
has his staff making a p relim i
nary investigation. Senator
W illiam Proxm lre (D e m .-
W lsc.j called the s tu d y a
"m o ra l and ethical night
m a re .” D r . EdwardMazique,
form er president of the N a
tional Medical Association,
said the experiment was not
necessary.
The only thing
needed at the time was a treat
ment for syphilis and once
penicillin was discovered, that
removed any excuse for human
experimentation.
The NAACP has called for
legal action against a ll per
sons
involved. " I t is not
enough to deplore and suspend
it. A ll perpetrators of thia ra
cist crim e must be exposed
and punished. It is a further
demonstration of how cheaply
the conceivers and executors
of this diabolic plot hold
black life. They would never
have subjected white persons
to such an experim ent."
The following is the text of
(Please turn to pg. 8, col. 2)
Indian study approved
This w»«k the U n ted Indian
Council approved a proposal
by Grant-Morgan Associates
of Portland, Oregon to conduct
a community analysis and
needs
assessment of the
American Indian currently re
siding in urban Multnomah
County. This study is funded
through an OEO grant under
the sponsorship of the Urban
Indian Program , an agency of
the
Portland Metropolitan
Steering Committee, E.O-A^
-
Inc. Included in the communi
ty analysis w ill be selected in
terviews with Indian Fam ilies
and individuals concerning
their problems, needs and as
pirations. Through in-depth
interviewing techniques de
veloped by Grant-Morgan As
sociates for community analy
sis and utilizing trained Indian
field interviewers, approxl-
mately400 Indian fa m il« s w lll
be contacted for information.
(Please turn to pg. 8, col. 4)
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Work begins on Irving Park project
Life begins at 52. That is
the hope residents of the I r
vington area hold for Irving
P ark where work has just be
gun on a long-awaited Im
provement project. The park,
named in 1920 for Captain
W illiam Irving, a prominent
Oregon pio i»er, has teen the
subject of intensive neighbor
hood planning over the past
year. The firs t phase of those
plans, a tot play area and i«w
basketball facilities, is being
put into action this week. Re
grading of the baseball area
w ill begin shortly.
Residents started planning
for improvements at a "hap
pening" in the park In late Au
gust of last year, o ver 200
persons listened to music and
offered ideas about the future
of the park.
Irvington Community Asso
ciation president.
Andrew
Fink, appointed Herbert Am
erson to chair a committee to
implement change using many
of the Ideas brought out at the
"happening.” The committee
submitted a proposal to the
Portland Development Com
mission to use Neighborhood
Development Program (NDP)
funds from the federal govern
ment to Improve the park.
The residents contraeteti
through the PortlandDevelop-
(Please turn to pg. 8, col. 6)