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As I See It
The Bureau of Human Resources:
some reflections
MUST MONK TOGETHERFOR FULL
MP EQUAL EMPLOYMENT.
Thursday,
by I enwood G. I lavls
October 5,1972
I t w.ia no s u rp tis e that ( I *
P ortland C ity C ouncil ap
proved t ie creation ol the
Bureau ot Human Resources
pruixised t>y mayoi elect N eil
G oldschm alt.
1 la ve stated
that I concui w ill t ie basic
Concept ot lie lu to a u and m y
position is also a m attei ul
public re co rd .
My position was elatxir tied
o il wlien I dal an analysis ol
the o rig in a l proposal lo r a
Bureau ol Human Resoui ces in
A pril o| tins year in tie
I ‘OR I I AM i t >B.xl RV1 R. At
that tim e I made certain re
commendations lot changes
in it. t ktdly enough, some ot
r use recom m eiKlatioiis were
adhere.I to. I am w ell aw aie,
owever, that it would be in
otiose dogm atism to asse rt
that my “ obscure”
sugges
tions were t ie reason w in
M i . Goldschm kit aixl ins s u it
re v a im v ■: th e ir o rig in a l p ro
pose I .
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I v e il
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I s t ill iiia iu ta i that there ire
"IS IT?"
The
Editor’»
Desk
ALFRED
LEE
Those who have talked to P reside nt Lyndon T . Johnson
la te ly say e is c a lm ly getting his a ffa irs in o r le r lo r an e a rlv
dem ise.
If was my pleasure, w hile pastorm g in Pacouiia, C a lifo rn ia ,
to have W arren Hughes, a classm ate of L . B J . as i m em ber
ot tre Parks Chapel A .M .E . C hurch. W arren Hughes was also
a re la tive ol Judge Sarah Hughes, who gave P reside nt L .I J .
ti e i iath of o ffic e in D a lla s a fte r J .l .K .'s assassination.
W arren gave me deep insight into L .B J ’ s l i f e . . He also p re
Undecided» are key to
Presidential race
P re d ictio n s betore elections change. stretch the c r e .ic te .
m a rg in , low er it, uo one thuig and another defend, ,g on »
is
p re dicting, and on Dehall ot whom . Maybe th is is re is, - . >
"h is to ry could be social, p o litic a l propogam ia."
b u t a ctu a lly, doesn’ t it seem logical to reason t lu t elections
a re decided by the undecideds, and in good p a rt at the moment
ot entering the polling booth1
There a r e a whole lo to f diehards. D em ocrats and Reixiblicu
who are m the kitty ot th e ir p a rty ’ s “ counted v o te rs ".
T le v don’ t need any appeals o r urgu: ten ts. I he: u o n 't teed
any appeals o r argum ents fro m the o th e r sxle. They vote
’ ’ rig h t” w hatever.
But le t’ s consider tte undecided v te r .
A lot ol them -
maybe m ost - - are undecided as the, e n te r the polling booth.
Some ot the thoughts are: It looks lik e to the average Black
vo te r that Nixon has oirned the clock back to where “ C iv il
R ight” s ta rt 5d years ago.
‘ People say the cou ntr. .needs a
new change to a new o rd e r, a new p o litic s . "N ix o n has ma.le
B lack t o k e n is m vis ib le w ith in his A d m i n i s t r a t i o n . "
"M cG o ve rn . . . M cG overn. . . vou can’t te ll what he wants
Iro n , one day to the next, ' "S ' ould I take a chance on
M cG overn?”
How many vote rs do such reasoning rig h t up to the last
moment can never be known, but i t ’ s got to he a * hole lo t .
When look backward to 1948 you rem em ber that rig h t up to
electio n day you got up to 25 to 1 odds that Thomas E . Tiewey
would defeat P reside nt H arry 5 . I rem an.
Gn election eve, Trum an took to the airwaves w ith some
do w n -to -earth reasoning.
Think of how man. “ undecideds”
he m ust have won over with his “ The RepuMica s sav tfiev
w ilt . . . e tc . Don t you believe it " T h is catchline repeate '
In his speech.
somewhat t ie same predicted im balance is true today with
the Nixon-M cG overn election coming up. People sav, ' I
n’ t
want to vote to r N ix o n ," o r, “ | don’ t wan: to vote lo r
.McGovern.’ ’
Has there ever tee;, a presidential election m which so many
people le d so little enthusiasm lo r the candidates \A hy VAell,
reasons can le cited but reasons don’t rea lly m a tte r, now.
W la t each caixlktate needs to do is lin d s o r e wav to re*,
deep into the thoughts, the ideas, t ie “ I — like - - that’ ’
responses ot t ie undecideds. He m ost surely w ill re addressed
as “ A ir . P re sid e n t” .
A ice P resident s p iro Agnew's in tim atio n t. at so ,e nvste riou s
person “ set up” the W atergate in c u e
to e m ia rra s s ::e
kejMiblican Party should cause P reside nt Nixon tc im m e d ia te ly
put a ll the forces at the command to seek out this in d ivid u a l.
F o r if such a phantom fiv e r toes exist, ,« oust possess
genius and daring u r beyond anyone presently in governm ent
o r espionage in this cou ntry.
The genius
such a man is
su re ly a national asset which is te l too valu i. ie h gt tu La:
.
C o nsid er, it you w ill, what this man ( w e 'll call hir.. M r . W a
to accom plish.
F ir s t, 1« had to conv ince two fo n n e r W H l I f. Ih ' sL s u tle r s
and Jam es M cC ord, d e n security d ire c to r lo r the Re-election
o f the P reside nt, that it would somehow le to tt,e id va n u g e
of tie Republican Party lo r them to be augf.t e ,-han. e
bugging the o lfic e ol d.e D em ocratic National Com ltte e . I
le was able to accom plish th is, as M r. Agnew .uggests. it
was sheer genius.
How d e n would he a e w re M r .
: ,
nabbed
Apparently by convincing him to h ire as a oi..pH .es
B ern ard B aker and F rank S turgis, both ot whom ad roles in
the Bay ot P igs invasion.
" In g e n io u s " M r . Met o r must
have exclaim e d.
“ F rom the people who brought us the I ay
ol P ig s, we cannot fa il now to bring you W a te ig a te .“
And sure enough tie plans ot M r. W :ame to m ag rdlce nt
fr u itio n on June 17 at 2:0d aun. in tie W ateigate Hotel in Was -
ington.
F ollow ing conspicuous tra ils ot masking tape over
locks and bolts to keep them open, police surprised the live
in tru d e rs sm ack ui the m iddle of the u ffic e of the D em ocratic
lieadquarters tangled up in $10,000 w orth of photographic
equijjm ent, e le c tro n ic surveillance
levices, lu r g la i tools,
w aixie ta lkie s, c fe m ic s l stunning devices, w ire arxl o ilie r sundry
in c rim in a tin g evidence.
[he men were also wearing r u l le t
surg tcsl gloves ui an attem pt to hide tlie ir tin g e rp rm ta .
I lie in cre d ib le M r . W is presum ably a D em ocrat. But
P re sid e n t Nixon should not le t i>arty partsianship tn te rle re
where the national w elfare is concerned.
M r . W m ust le
found.
bo we urge M r Agnew to come forw a rd and mentify M r . W.
o r provide tie F B I and CIA w ith m ore inform ation to ie lp tn
th e ir search. M r.W m ust le tound!
I
I
loop-hides
ind
¡ues-
It was no s u rp rise to this
w r ite i that C h arle s Jordan,
D tre c to i ol the M id e l C itie s
Agency, was named Acting
D ire c to r ot t ie “ new” Bureau
ot Human Resources created
by tie P ortland C ity Council
on September 200,.
I have
olten
slated that, in my
"In s ig n ific a n t md m e a g e r"
opinion, M r . Jordan is tie
le s t man fo r t ie position as
D ire c to r
ot
the
Bateau.
I beretore, I do not deem it
necessarv to go into de tails
ilx s it Ins ju s tific a tio n s and
e \( e r tfe e .
M y opinion ot
him is a m a tte i of public
re c o rd . At th is tune no one
knows w h e lle r Jordan w ill
apply to r t ie le itu a n e iil posi
tio n . |, fo r o ie , hd|e that le
w ill lecom e the le n n a iie n t
d ire c to r. Even though he is
probably t ie le s t ju a lilte d
man fu r the position, there
is no assurance that le w ill
get it . We m ust re m e m le i
tfiat this is an election y ear
and ’ ’ prom ises are like pto
c ru s t, they are made to le
b ro k e n ". At his luncture ol
the p o litica l ha ll game, how
e ve r, tie c ity council w ill
alm ost have to a|i|<oint Jordan
hecause
ot
p o litic a l e x-
le d ie n cy, F ro m where I am
s ittin g , tle y re a lly have no
choice, in do tle y?
L.B.J. in retirement: withdrawn but calm
HENDERSON
The Watergate phantom
many
tionable points that need to
hr
straightened
out. E s-
pe cia lly t ie whole issue of
the C iv il s e rvice status of
tlie employees and tlie en
forcem ent
ot
the
Green
Amendment.
1 he City C ouncil m ust te
care tu l not to le t the poverty
program s lose th e ir inde-
lendeik-y.
dicted that L .B J . would pass m ore C iv il Rights B ills than any
ot his predecessors.
W arren Hughes was rig h t
I wight Eisenhower le ft 45
U» boot
•:
When Johnson departed, there were 435 program s w ith
p ric e tag ot m ore than $25 b illio n .
yea rly
L .B J .
pushed through J« '
ken edy’ s voting rig h ts law,
which enfranchised m illio n s ol blacks in the south. Johnson
started M edicare fo r t ie e ld e rlv arxl M edicaid lo r the re e fy .
He started also t.heW i r o n l ’overty arxl tre Model C itie s program
to cure urban ills .
Today, Johnso' at >4 is very ju ie t. lie is setting his house
in o rd e r, since in his re a rt he knows he ' as hoen a good P re s
ident. lie sold tie fa m ily IV in te re st, subject h governi ent
approval, fo r about $9 m illio n , tie f as com pletely withdraw n
from the spotlight oftheW fine House. He w on't talk to the p ress,
won’ t respond to attacks, won’ t perm it hi* frien ds to draw him
l to a discussion of national a ffa irs , lie is through w ith p rlv ite
■ u s ire s s .
lie is , iv m aking sure (hat ' la h a in w.
,«•
any p ro lle m s . He teels that tie Johnson men iust don’ t have
a long lite expectancy.
It m ust te ve ry painful to r t ie fo rm e r P resident to w ith
dra w . A man who f as teen on tie W ashington scere since tie
• • r » J id ’ s and who dom inated W ashington loi live v e il s m ust
ii d it n iiic u it to bacoma a lla n t.
it ta re a lty u believable
and it is a m y s te ry .
However, rem em bering w h a tW irre n
Hughes told me a lew y e a rs ago in Pacouiia, it gives me a:
in s ig it mto «us s ir H ue. ew J o at who la s t ill going through
severe w ittid ra w a l pains hut rem ains calm .
It is no sui p rise that I ave in my scrapbook i le tte r Iron,
Prostdant Johnson. lie anewerad the e lite , , tha poverty
victim s :n sonally .
\O cy \ ... t
,
.
Hor.s
many nights to elwek on Am erican casualties.
Many r e jio ite rs and newscasters who re a lly dkl not under
Sta I | .1 J . and leaked out h itte r c r itic is m of him should know
It at it ta in s the old man’ s Insides. He has seive i Ins country
w ell - e was a gre at P resident it not die greatest ,,i a ll tim e s ,
lie s its s ile n t now. lettng H isto ry le Ins Judge. We are told
.! J . a
c ritic s, loi le w ill not figh t nor defend his re c o r
He sim ply
w ill turn t ie oth er ch e e k ." He is I tstentng to a | Hstant I iru m in e r'
I '«• I list a I | ,1-um et KJ . “ W ell done, I . B J , Well do;.- ,
.food ind faithful servant.”
A m y s te ry man? Yes and No. I . K J , has sin-, ly adoiged tie
philosophy tfiat tus frien ds need no explanations aid that his
enemies wouldn’ t le lie v e him anyway.
I ' at is tie reason 1« stays o tie ranch and out of H e spot
lights ol W ashington, D.C. He is satisfie d w it his reco rd ol
se rv ic e and t ie only |uest,on le is concerned w ith is. " | s
the M astei satisfie d w ith him ?”
t < 0
twered pe rso n a lly. He was a P re s l
who re a lly care d.
He w as m is u n d e rs to o d by m any o v e r tlie
\ letnam W a r, hot no one e v e r m e n tio e d how he would stay iw ik e
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und p u b lish e r ot b e Cl i ago
D a ily Deferxier and ten w «le
ts circu late d weeklies, is now
in t ie Peoples Republic ot
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tive s ot 21 other . , o r d ill
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m e n ca n society o: New spaper
E d ito rs , tf ey were invited by
the Chinese Hsm j .
News
Agency to r a t ree-ween tour
ot the country . sengst i .'ke, a
m e rtite r ot the tm ird o ! ASM
is founder and fo rm e r p r e s i
dent of the \a tio n a l Newspaper
P u b lis h e rs A sso cia te . Ihe
to u r w ill re tu rn Iro n , < i a
on f ic to re r 2 i r 1.
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to the Editor
D e a r A I:
I lia n x y o u lo r yourgooctr
t o n a l a g a in s t the H o u se ;w s » e c
a n ti-b u ssin g b ill .,> this weeks
O bse rve r.
I latve w ritte n Senators Hat
fie ld a.id Packwood urgu..: t at
tliey seek to ueleal same in the
menace.
C o ng ratula tion s to y u u in th e
good job you are domg w ith the
O b se rve r. I appreciate very
much getting K each week.
A our trieixi
M ere dith A. G loves
WASHINGTON Like i,t principle spokes
man in the Senate. Edmund S. Muskie
(D-M ej, the drive to conquer pollution
has experienced a meteoric rise to
oblivion.
It was predictable enough All the
symptoms were there, from over-ex-
posure in the press to well-informed
zealots who brought more emotion than
facts to their arguments As a result, the
headlines and hearings are all but over
and many of the pollution problems
remain virtually untouched.
The increasing difficulty we are experi
encing in disposing of solid wastes pro-
v des the most evident example that
pollution has not subsided along with ’ he
headlines.
Americans now discard over 250
million tons o f trash annually, better than
2,000 pounds for every citizen, and the
amount is expected to double by 1980.
Our methods of coping with this man
made mountain continue to be astonish
ingly insufficient. Nearly seven months
ago I reported that 94 percent o f our
nation’s open dumping systems were in
adequate Unfortunately, that figure is
still accurate today. Moreover, three-
fourths of our municipal incinerators are
not only inadequate, they are among the
worst air pollution offenders.
In some urban areas the problem is
already critical. In New York City, for
example, trash disposal (when you can
get it at all) costs twice what it does in
most other parts o f the country. And in
the next two years the nation’s largest
city will have used up all its available land
fill space. What then1 Today’s technology
dictates additional, expensive processing
plants, and that will raise disposal costs
further.
Faced with 250 million tons of trash,
you would think we might take a hard
look at such items as disposable cans and
bottles Mother Earth needs roughly 100
years to decompose completely the aver
age can. As for throw-away bottles, they
become permanent fixtures, forever em
bedded in a thousand forgotten land fills
at best, or obstructing roadways and
stream beds at worst
And yet, only one state Oregon has
taken steps to discourage throw-away
containers, and the federal government
has barely begun to study the subject
sent' sly.
Recycling, not only of bottles but of
virtually all our trash, may be one answer,
in New York City alone it it estimated
that $34 million worth of scrap could be
retrieved from tlie municipal waste (low
each year.
Another possibility is burning trash at
heats so intense that virtually no polliV
tion results, and then utlizing the re
sulting energy to produce, for example,
electricity.
Both of these approaches are techno
logically feasible today. Indeed, recycling
has been going on for better than 50
years, and in fact nearly half o f our
country's supply of copper is recovered
from scrap Likewise, 30 percent of all
aluminum, 20 percent o f all paper and 18
percent of all zinc.
However, because it is not always
economically desirable to recycle, govern
ment encouragement will likely he
needed before this approach can provide
a significant contribution to reducing the
trash mountain As for high-intensity
burning, that too is expensive.
fhe first prerequisite, o f course, is
increased public awareness, not through
emotion-packed charges and counter
charges but through a continued patient
and reasoned presentation of the (acts As
Mark Twain wrote, "Habit u habit, and
not to be flung out of the window by any
man, but coaxed down-stairs a step at a
time.”
Our habit o f being careless with trash
has had decades in which to become
firmly entrenched It will have to be
coaxed. That may be harder and less
dramatic than headline splashing, and
certainly i t ’s not nearly so much fun But
it ls the only effective way to accomplish
a job which must be done.
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