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Bureau approved - Jordan gets the job
Hilliard calls insurance agents
for total commitment
WUllam A . H U IU rd , city
editor of THE OREGONIAN,
told rnoie Pen 500 In d e p e n
dent Insurance agents end
company personnel here last
w e e k tliere la a need In the
Insurance industry for “ tout
commitment to a non-dlscrl-
mlnatory
hiring
policy —
from the top to the bottom."
Speaking at the 44th annual
convention
of the Oregon
Association of In s u r a n c e
Agents, H illiard said, "The
background of racial Injuatlce
In this country Is stUI with
us, and It is a background
tliat needs to be examined
time and time again when we
look around us and ask:
'Where are the blacks? Why
don't they apply for work with
us?
They are protected by
the laws.'
“ That background tells us
that blacks just are not going
to show up overnight because
of fa ir employment practice
laws and other civil rights
legislation enacted to insure
■hem of equal treatment If
tlie y d k l, ixxleed, s e e k em
ployment In areaa where tliey
tied been eeluded previously."
"The black today has no
reason to lelieve that your
doors are actually open."
H illiard advised die Insurance
agents. "B ut If you heceme
die aggressive recruiter, the
future should he d ifferen t."
"D on't look for the ‘ supei
black’ and don't be afraid of
a black failu re,” he con
tinued,
" In general, blacks
slnxild 1» afforded it» same
treatment as any other per
son on the job. But we should
remember that blacks have
not had the opportunity, the
environment
and the en
couragement that most whites
have taken for granted. There
Is s need to take a second
look at die whits standards
we have aet up to use as a
screen for job applicants."
H illia rd joined THE ORE
GONIAN In 1952, and was
Gilmore named
to health program
W ILLIA M HILLIAR D
named city editor in I97|. lie
is a member of tie board
of trustees of the Nstlonal
Urban League, a member of
die Ares I Advisory Com
m ittee, P o r t l a n d
Public
Schools, and a past m ender
of tie board of directors of
die Portland branch, NAACP.
In die concluding session
of the convention, tl« Oregon
Association
of
Insurance
Agents passed a resolution
calling fo r the creation of an
all-Industry task force to pro
vide increased opportunities
in die Insurance tusiness for
members of minority groups,
including "a work/study pro
gram
encompassing actual
work experience coupled with
concentrated education."
T l * Oregon Association of
Insurance
Agents.
head-
qua reared In Portland, Is a
professional trade association
comprised of 750 Independent
agents engaged p rim arily in
die Insuring of property and
casualty risks.
Newly appointed members
to the Oregon Regional M edi
cal Program staff are Bea
trice G ilm ore, R, N „ and
Richard
M . Grant, E d D .
M rs . Gilmore has joined tie
Health Resources Develop
ment Unit and D r . Grant Is
(leading the H ealthcare Needs
Assessment and Continuing
Education Unit.
M rs . Gilm ore received her
Bachelor of Science degree
from the University of Ore
gon School of Nursing and a
certificate
in Methods of
supervision
from Portland
Community College.
Since
1970, she has been employed
by Model Cities and tie Com
prehensive Health Planning
Association of Metropolitan
Portland as a Health Planner
fo r the Model Cities area.
H er previous experience In—
eludes serving as supervisor-
CoordUator for the Home
Health Department of Bess
Kaiser Hospital and on the
staffs of Planned Parenthood
A s s o c i a t i o n ot Po niard.
Vteiong Nurse Association of
Portland, Multnomah County
Health Department, and M u lt
nomah County Hospital.
A native Oregonian, D r .
Grant received his Bachelor
of Science and M aster of
Science degrees from theUnl-
verslty of Oregon. He was
awarded hts M aster of Public
Health from tlie University
of California at Berkeley and
his Doctor of Education from
the University of Oregon.
Since 19t>8, he has served on
the faculty of California State
University at San Diego as
Assistant Professor, Depart
ment of Health Science and
B . GILMORE
Safety.
He has also served
as a consultant to the Los
Angeles County School D is
tric t and San Li lego s a te
CnHege.
The Oregon Regional M edi
cal Program is one of 5b
such programs in the nation
authorized by Congress and
funded by the Department of
Health, Education, and W el
fare.
7 he Oregon rpgram
recently received a $1,072,
710 grant
effective Sep
tember I, to provide funding
fo r the program’s fifth year
of activities designed to im
prove accessibility, efficiency
and quality ot patient care in
Oregon. The new award w ill
expand program staff acti
vities and fund eight projects
in the state.
Gilcreaie diiaqreei: (fucAtioni civilAervice
by Cleveland Cllcraase
It Is most unfortunate that
one of our most publicized
and accredited sources of
information In tlie predomi
nantly
Black
community,
THE PORTLAND OBSERVER.
In Its September 21, 1972 edi
tion edition, released such a
biased
and
misinforming
article on the pruposal for
C ivil Service status of Model
Cities and Possible Future
Bureau of Human Resources
Employees, recommeded by
Commissioner
Nell
Gold
schmidt.
While I can ap
preciate the viewpoint and
opinion of Rev. AJJ. Hender-
^Why not invest locally?
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Savings on deposit with us
go to work here In Oregon.
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omasa: Franklin aid«. Portland. Oregon SZXM
son, It is most Important that
the citizens of our city not
le misled down a primrose
path, due to promises tradi
tionally made to p rim arily
black and other disadvantaged
persons In ourcommunlty. As
a Black man, I am not willing
to
settle any longer for
promises,
o v e r the years,
too many promises liave been
made and later broken. I
want guarantees, something
concrete, a viable plan with
out loopholes, which lias been
adopted, endorsed, and proven
workable before I w ill be
ready to stand up and cheer.
F irs t let me ask this ques
tion.
P rio r to reaching his
opinion, did Reverend Hender
son consult the members of
the City-County C ivil Service
Review Committee, which was
appointed approximately one
year ago, with a budget of
$72,000 to 1» expended on re
search on tlie present Civil
Service Structure. Perhaps
If Reverend Henderson liad
contacted D r . L ee Brown, who
chairs this c o m m itte e ,o rM r.
George Rankins, the D irecto r
of tlie Concentrated Employ
ment
Program , who also
serves on the committee, he
would not have been so eager
to form hla opinion.
Thia draft proposal was
submitted to my office by M r,
Ron Buel of Commissioner
Goldschmidt's staff, who re
quested my recommendations.
Unfortunately, this proposal
Is filled with nothing more
than supposition and I find
myself unahle to begin to make
any recommendations, except
perhaps to tear it up and
start again. Of course, this
proposal appears to be a mere
continuation of the same ap
proach taken by Commis
sioner Goldschmidt's staff, In
regard to the establishment of
a Bureau of Human Re
sources.
Tlie original pro
posal, as well as all subse
quent documents related to It,
have teen non-deflnltlve in
nature and leave the most
Important matters to S|iecu-
latlon and conjecture.
Let me raise a few more
questions for everyone to con
sider. As this proposal would
bring a totally new function
Into city government, should
the
existing positions be
adapted into an old system?
O r should the old system be
adapted to the new function?
Tlie proposal states that " I f
an employee does not pass
the examination, C ivil Ser
vice status w ill be withheld.”
A re people fully aware of
C iv il Service guidelines so
that they fully understand what
can hajipen to- a non-Clvl)
Service member wlthoutgaln-
Ing C iv il Service status? The
proposal deals with "how to
get current employees (PMSC
and Model C ities) who are
performing their jobs well
Into the C ivil Service sys
tem ." This is most disturbing
In that quite often In poverty
programs, people with limited
qualifications and skills are
hired with the intent of teach
ing them hwe to perform their
jobs w e ll.
At the point of
entry Into the Bureau of Human
Resources, many of the staff
may not be performing their
jobs " w e ll" . Where w ill they
be then — leek out on the
streets,
collecting
unem
ployment or on tie welfare
rolls? The C ivil Service has
long been a means by which
to d i s c r i m i n a t e against
blacks, m ln o rite s and low-
income, disadvantaged whites.
In no way does this proposal
set forth any type of change
or restructure of this system.
Why not develop a new C ivil
Service system. Incorporating
a viable, sound career ladder
plan, by which those under-
trained and unde rskllled could
enter the system and have
the- opportunity to advance
through It?
So what If this
proposal
w ill
supposedly
"take care" of all those em
ployees who are presently In
the training process — what
w ill happen to those future
employees to come?
Wlwt
avenue w ill they have to enter
the C ivil Service system?
The availability of jobs
listed on the "C iv il Service
Careers Opportunities L is t”
within the proposal. Is most
(Please turn to p. 8 col. 5)
Correction
E . Shelton is not a Repub
lican,
but la a life-long
Democrat. Hla wife, Helolse
la the R e p u b lic a n in the
fam ily. Tha Observer apolo
g ia s for this e rro rl
C la rie s Jordon, D irecto r of
the Model Cities Agency, was
named Acting D irecto r of the
new Bureau of Human Re
sources created by tlie Port
land City Council on Sep
tember 20.
The City Council un
animously approved the crea
tion of tie Bureau of Human
Resources
p ro p o s e d
by
M ayor-elect
N e il
Gold
schmidt. The creation of the
Bureau was steeped in con
troversy lecause it proposed
that the Green Amendment be
invoked,
placing the
(W ar on Poverty; programs
directly under tlie city and
eliminating
the
Portland
Metropolitan Steering Com
m ittee. Ih e Bureau w ill ad
m inister the city's manpower
and social service program
including Model C ities.
The original plan included
the takeover by the city of
tlie functions of PMSC. Thia
m atter w ill be decided by
the city council in a few
weeks. Commissioner Gold
schmidt said the incorpora
tion of the poverty programs
into the Bureau is basic to
its existence.
He believes
there is too much overlap
among
the various social
agencies and that the Bureau
w ill help eliminate this pro
blem.
opponents fear that city
control w ill take authority
trorn the community boards
made up of persons who use
and benefit from the pro
grams and will place all de
cision making in the hands of
city government.
Also at issue is the question
of civil service and the fate
of the agency employees if
they go under the city.
Jordon was named acting
directo r and w ill be con
sidered along with other ap-
CH.ARLES JORDON
plicants if he decides to apply
for the permanent position.
C o m m is s io n e r
Gold-
schmxit, under whose ju ris
diction the Bureau now lies,
said he hoped to get the
Bureau
in
operation
by
January 1, 1973.
Cleveland Gilcrease, Exe
cutive D ire cto r of PMSC and
one of the most outspoken
citizens of the formation of
the Bureau, said he was
pleased with the selection of
Jordon to head the depart
ment.
Gilcrease said he is
in favor of a Bureau of
Human Resources in concept
but that he is opposed to the
invoking of the Gree Amend
ment as he fears it w ill re
move the necessary inde
pendence from the poverty-
programs.
Suit asks equal funding
A legal showdown has de
veloped between a persistent
Black fund-raising organiza
tion and the U.S. C ivil Ser
vice Commission, the United
Way of America, Inc.
In a case with broad ram i
fications, the United Black
Fund,
lnc„
a non-profit
charitable organization, has
filed suit against the United
Givers Fund and United Way
of Am erica, Inc. fo r d is cri
minatory practices "against
blacks and poor people."
In the suit, the UBF charges
that Hampton has illegally
prohibited them from parti
cipating
In the Combined
Federal Campaign, under the
guise of F ftleral regulations
promulgated by him.
Hampton, the feel, has de
prived them of their right to
solicitation privileges without
due process, thus violating
their civil rights covered in
the C ivil Rights Act of 18bb.
UBF filed motion for pre
lim inary Injunction mandating
Hampton and his agents to
perm it UBF to solicit within
the Federal Installations in
1973 (which is slated to ¡«gin
October 12, 1972), or prohibit
Hampton
from
scheduling
solicitation In that campaign
p rio r to final judgment In
this action.
A hearing on the case has
been scheduled before Judge
O live r Gasch in the U.S. Dis
tric t Court. Room 21, at 4:30
p jn . on September 25. The
results of the hearing has
national Implications. In that
It sets precedence fo r other
cases throughout the country,
which have United Way of
Am erica under attack for
their discrim inatory policies
on disbursements of funds.
UBF President Calvin Ro-
lark asserts, "Blacks in the
inner cities have fallen to
receive th e ir’ falrs h a re 'fro m
these (UWA) funds.” Citing
the Nationel Urban League
as an example, he points out
that among minority organl-
zations the NUL receives the
greatest amount frem the
United Givers Fund.
And,
N U L ’ s share is only two-and-
a-h alf cents out of a d ollar.
"F urtherm o re, this regu
lation Inhibits freedom of
choice which should be the
right of every employee him
self to choose where his
collar fo r charity goes." Ro-
lark continues.
"W e cite the findings of
the United Givers Funds' own
Task Force headed by M r .
Hobart Taylor in which the
failure of the UCF to meet
certain cn tical community
needs was highlighted . . . On
thr contrary, it should com
pel granting solicitation p ri
vileges so that the entire com
munity may be serviced,"
concludes Rolark.
Walsh opposes Green
on poverty issue
Mike Walsh, candidate for
Oregon's T h ird D is tric t seat
in Congress, criticized his
opponent, Edith Green, for
her lack of support of poverty
programs.
Also told a group of Port
land T oastmasters that the
Third D is tric t is Oregon’ s
only urban seat and one char
acterized by areas ofextreme
poverty.
Walsh said that since 19t>5,
Congress has funded pro
grams to aid these poverty-
areas and that this year after
extensive hearings and debate,
both
Houses of Congress
adopted a conference report
that would extend the Office
of
Economic
Opportunity
through the next two years.
"E v e ry Congressman from
Oregon voted for the pro
gram — except the Repre
sentative who has represented
the urban Third D is tric t for
the last 18 years,” said
Walsh.
"T h ia b ill, designed to aid
cities and those in cities who
need help, was rejected by
Incumbent Edith G reen," I r
said.
"T he fact is that cities,
like Portland, do have large
areas of poverty, and the
cities need help to combat
that poverty,” Walsh said.
“ Programs and agencies like
Model Cities and the Portland
Metropolitan steering Com
mittee are doing a good job
here,
and I believe they
should be supported — not
vetoed," he said.
Angela
seeks Cal
position
Angela Davis plans to return
to California by the middle
of next month in an attempt
to get her old job back at
UCLA
as
a
philosophy
uiatructor, a close associate
said.
M iss Davis, acquitted ea r
lie r this year of charges re -
la Bed to the M arin County
Courthouse shootout In 1970,
was fired by the University
of California Board of Regents
e a rlie r that year on grounds
a hr
m ade
inflammatory
speeches.
Tbs word of bar reairn
to
California cams from
longttae association James
Alexander who la accompany
ing M iss Davis on a tour of
basasrn Europe.
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