Page 2 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 though I a g re e w ith the need lo r such a tu re a u , 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|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 • s j. „ n* k b it m m ... smki nsi Owr I M CAM SAVI YOU H O M Y 0M MCMOOSUMC. . . R esid ential-C om m ercial HOW?. . . WHY? . . . Hiv bulinavi hat grown, a t we have with ihe (inert itoH of CARPENTERS DESIGNERS ond £ST|M A IO R S ,n fro d e With Ron Hendren A YOUNG VIEW OF W ASHINGTON e Kitchens • Addi tie nt • Offices • Stere« e latfcs POLLUTION: MORE HEADLINES THAN PROGRESS e Spec. Cabinet Work NEIL KELLY COMPANY 71$ H. Alberts Psrtteeri, Oregee ♦nv CeN New 217-417» By Ron Hendren Sengstacke in China John H . Sengstuke, e d r 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 China along w ib re, resent.i tive s ot 21 other . , o r d ill e . As m em bers of t e a 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. Letter 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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