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ANP EQUAL EMPLO'MW
Thursday, ( V to • -r ’
by Lenwood G. Davis
R e c e n tly ,
C h ristop her
Jencks, a H arvard sociolo gist,
released a re p o rt that stated
schools do alm ost nothing to
close Vie gap terween ric h and
p o o r. M oreover, I« conclud
ed, the quality of the education
that public elem entary and
high school students receive
has little e ffect on th e ir fu
tu re income. I t has teen a
tra d itio n a l notion in the I m u s l
sfates that if a («rso n -even
the poorest c h ild - did w e ll
ui school he could le tte r his
economic condition. T h ls " A -
m erlean D re a m " is one thing
that Blacks have strived to
achieve and we believe that
d we got enough education
we could im prove our eco
nomy.- status. F o r s study to
come along now and say that
no m a tte r how much education
we have we w ill s t ill pro
bably not im prove uur eco
nom ic condition is shocking to
say t ie least.
"T h e
c h a r a c t e r of a
school's outputdeiends la rge-
ly on a single input, namely
the c h a ra c te ris tic s of
the
en terin g
c h ild re n ," Jencks
surm ised. "E v e ry th in g el se
l l « school fudget. its polices,
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Any erroneous n r
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"MAYBE, LIKE DIRECTOR OF BUSING, SAMMY"
Black youth mature in trouble era
ALFRED LEE HF V. tR S
By BAY ARI ) RLSTIN
Tl
present generation of
young blacks is approaching
m a tu rity in the m id st of an
era troubled by pe rsistin g
atxl :eeply fe lt sociatw rongs,
i" ustices which are deepened
by o u r expanded personal e x-
The chance fo r P ■ r t
i av mg
: : ft* fo r s e lf f u lf illr ■
, Jjr-
black rep rese rta tic c
1 e m ost b u r d e n s o m e
there are three bL
aff- etion of the young is un
ve
exp re sse ; th e ir in te re st
■ S’ ts
em ploym ent. 1 he s c a rc ity of
of m a jo r factions of t
jobs h a s
spread lik e an
a black to f i l l the
-t
epide iic through our citie s ,
The O bserver as e a r -
sen-
eva tin g a destructive to ll
ously c o n s u e re . fo r the
ruled
fr
ghetto youth, drawing
out along » i t
t er
■_
cut th e ir resentment
and
C . Don Vann and C ‘ a'm ers
anguish.
The jobless rate
Here are some of t e e
ve hee-
a -; one
returning Vietnam
by-passed. A ll of the r-v
veterans is scandalous.nearly
were electee in the
one of five cannot find w o rk.
elections— so there is
I e fa cto ry wnere they plan
The m oral conscience
r e
nee u * o r k may have reloca t
elude the desires of such 3 s
ed to the suburbs o r cu r sue J
It was not u n til I - - t t -
- erte
the
the p r o fit m argin to Taiwan o r
Portland School B o a r . • e
ent
South
Am erica, where its
and the Gladstone C ity C
m k ¡ a ige
owners can capitalize on a
was elected gaiter appoi c-
•ee J fla c k
cheap tabor supply.
elected to a state o r cou
ce in r e C ity
H ow eveij the outlook fo r
of P ortla nd . The o b se rve r e
■ f i k pe rson
black you« is n o te n tire ly as
can win a m a jo r p o litic
' th r _ r’
■intment. And
sorr e r as the pictu re I have
P ortland Citv Cou
pacane
resJy
r. ke such
des ife d . Despite a re le n t
an appointment.
less unemployment problem
In a system that runs
r .1 iti
p i tn. -
' e ! t e c ity
we have moved ahead; despite
com m issioners owe a • .
to t
:
e *. • - a e \e r ,
o u r tm prcverishm en t the suc
a ll must have loyal
ite SUpT I“te r
“*■ invaluable xn
cesses of our young are not
th e ir campaigns o r as
sors
-
s (deration.
1 he Black community
B u t these young students
an —
whose
com m itm ent and de-
Judge Mercedes
ei , >
Gladys
M cCoy, who have hot
ee
ce it has
grounds of poverty have ma
been ea sie r fo r black *
e
:te power
tured
into successful, and
s tru c tu re . In p iese -.rr.g r re
i n - - e rt
oftim es b r i l l i a n t profes
to get the c ity council vie
■er - t it
sionals engaeed m s c ie n tific
O ther black men who wer
ouid
and medida! research, edu
have made good com ir ss
ts , Her
cation,
scho la rly
pu rsuit,
A m erson, Charles J or.
g vem m ent services and p o li
We predicted months g • -
tic s .
and no» we are precicm e
1 lg*S
on the lis t tc f i l l the va ■ '
These fledgling carpenters,
S u it Senator Betty
e le c tric ia n s and sheet metal
te Hot
of Representatives
w o rke rs were often raised in
' reen
leading D em ocrats.
an ionosphere of deprivation
Ed Whalen is la bo r le
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com m unity.
The streets where they played
Jack M ills is Vice
r<
* e r e ridden w ith v io le n t crim e
lites N - lim a i
Bnak and l rban \ffa irs
and infested w ith drug addic-
Ira B lalock is Executive
t co: perhaps they, atone tim e,
m unity Action P rog r^
suffered from a n a rcotics habit.
In pre dicting that te s e <r-
i on the lis t, there
T h e y'Mrtg have a lw a y s
is much controversy v e r t •
t - • the C o c .m is - m ar ;hed in the fro n t ranks of
sioners come from c e
e; t fo r outgoing the iv il rig h ts me ve m e n t.
M ayo r T e r r y schru k. *•
W hen cur cause was lonely,
r tla r d . I h e r e is
strong feeling that v e e :
u i come fro m
w hen popular sentim ent op
another section of t e c ity t
rep rese r itio n . posed our aspirations, it was
We contend that since al
' i t C me as ton.
the mdotnltaMe s p ir it of youth
the next com m issi — r
al
r e r t <ur r - v e - e-1 d iv e .
representation
Y uung
M acks,
ris k in g ja il,
te s tin g s , o r death fea rlessly
served
in
the vanguard of
Portland denies
Black representation
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Notice
l i e O bserver welcomes
your c o m m e n t s and sug
gestion, however, in ord er
to p r in t your le tte r we m ust
have your nan« ard address.
If the person w ritin g about
t ie recent Black C aucus meet-
r g » H I claim tr e ir le t te r s we
w ill re glad to p rin t them.
Jones
(C o ntin ue! from Page 1)
council seat to the position of
M a y o r,
w ill
re fille d
by
appointment
by
the
C ity
C o un cil.
those campaigns so c ru c ia l to
o u r movement; the freedom
rid e s , s it-in s , vote r re g is tra
tion cam paigns.
Now, the c o u r s e of the
struggle fo r Mack p r o g e s s
is changing, ( x ir goal is to
seex a r e g u l a r , norm alized
place in society and to do
th is in a fir m ly
in te rra c ia l
fra m e w o rk. B lack you th-stu
dents, young w o rk e rs , pro fe s
sionals, scholars ire ow ac
com plishing this, not sim ply by
fillin g a slot m an organization,
but ly excelling m t f e i r chosen
occupation.
G e;« rations to come w ill find
that the om rnicne t md perse
verance of tfese young people
have do e j great leal tc remove
d is c rim in a tio n from the i s t a
tions ot A m e ric a -o. e ty • id to
erase pre udice fr w v e e a rta
and m inds of Am erican people.
t ie c h .a rx te i is tic s of th e
tea chers- is e ith e r secondary
o r com pletely ir r e le v a n t."
I his re p o rt is of p a rtic u la r
concern fo r B lack people be
cause it supports tl« position
of white ra c is ts . Jencks re
lieves that spending m ore
money w ill not g re a tly Im
prove the quality uf schooling.
Blacks have known fo r years
that this conclusion is invalid,
b e c a u s e fo r years Black
schools have not received
e q u a l financial support as
compared w ith white schools.
B lacks have also known that
if we had received the same
a m o u n t of m o n e y fo i uur
schools we could have im
proved the quality of V e in '
Ih e author rem arked that
even
if a ll c h i l d r e n —
both Black and W h ite -- could
be made to score e ju a lly w ell
Another point of view
on tests, t ie re su lt would do
little to erase economic in
e q u a lity. F u rth e rm o re , even
It two students hod tie sane
education, |Q , and f a m i l y
tw ckgiou ixl, tle y olten have
w idely d life i ing income. At
le a s t
75% of He va ria tio n ,
Jencks concludes, "m u s t le
due e n t e r to LUCK o r to suti
I I NVVi ,(O DAVIh
tle , unm easuredditferenves in
P E R fvU N A U n r a id t > N - |||l. -
outs. P a re n th e tica lly, Black
JDB competence! Thus, le
students must be encouraged
says, "In ste a d ol accepting
to stay ui school,
t ie myth that test scores are
Jencks* re p o rt should not
synonymous w i t h
‘ in te lli
aid probably w ill not tarter
gence' a id that 'in te llig e n c e '
Black people f rum educadon-
is t ie key to economic suc
il I >1 tc Itu.bd, il ,,|
lives.
cess, we would do b e t t e r to
I re r e s e a rc ie r's conclusion*
recognize that economic suc
are at le s t tentative
a id
cess
d e ie td s
la rg e ly on
faulty a id should not le
o t le r (actors,**
taken s e riia is ly ly B la ck*.
As an educator I m u s t
M ost ol tlie study has not
disagree w ith most of tre
leen tested on desegregated
conclusions of the re p o rts.
schools ui the south. Most
It
is an educational (act
of (le data was taken from
that environm ent is a m ost
existing studies ami (Alt in
im portant
fa cto r in a stu
to a com puter. Hence, if any
dent's IQ . ft is an education
of the data was in c o rre c t-
al fact that students- a id
obviuusly some was- tle ri tie
esp ecially B lack schools can
conclusions also had to le in
achieve economic success if
c o rre c t. I his re p o rt noduuht
we get iju a lity education. If
w ill
lecom e r e n o w n fo r
B lack students do not have
Its
pletlio ra
ol erroneous
p r o ie r m otivations and
in
i
vm ) M USI
NUT i t
centives then they w ill p ro -
I AKEN
s i. R I K M A
BY
tu b ly lose in te re st and faith
BI.ACKh t
in schools and tiecum edrop-
D K *r-rx a -r
Welcomes
Your Visit for
Consultation
D en tal
Quoted
in Advance
ci S dit
«Cem< in at yeur cenvenience*
IH H H \ H Ui I M
Swdiwrn F e n te ttiw i
SLEEP
ALL Dtntoi INSUEANCi
Accepted
Durio<|
E x t r a c t io n s
am ■ m s HR »
The one and only Nixon
F ro m
The New Y ork Tim es
September 22, 1972
w re n Richard Nixon ran
f o r the P re sd e n cy fou r years
ago, re benefited from the
p o litic a l equivalent of the
statute of lim ita tio n s .
i t was tireso m e, everyone
agreed, to keep bringing up
all that old stuff about how
M r . Nixon d is to rt« ; J e r r y
V o o rh is 's reco rd in 194b o r
how he and M u rra y C hotm er
smeared
Helen
Gahagar.
Douglas as pro -C om m u m tst
in the Senate campaign in
1950.
Since Joe M cC arthy was in
his gra ve,did it re a lly m attei
any m ore all the nice things
M r . Nixon used to say about
him. o r that ‘e borrowed ard
re in e d so many of his tech
niques?
So it was that in 1966 the
newest of the many new N ixon*
wa*
allowed to strik e a
Statesman-1 ike pose. V ote rs
forgo t his b ru ta l misdeeds of
b e 1940's and 1950's.
But,
of
course.
veteran
p o litic ia n s ra r e ly a lte r th e ir
cha racters o r th e ir con vic
tion s.
L ik e the rest of us,
they are what they are and
can hardly begin being much
d iffe re n t at age 55. So M r .
Nixon has been the kind of
P reside nt that e ve ryth in g in
his e a r lie r c a re e r had fo re
shadowed.
M r . Nixon was elected on a
"p le d g e " to end th« w a r, but
vote rs m ight have done le tte r
to re c a ll that in 1954 re had
urged Am erican intervention
to save the French in V ie t
nam and that as rece ntly as
1967 he was saying that V ie t
nam was ’ th« c o rk in the
bottle of Chinese exp an sion ."
We m ig ht then have been able
to foresee that under M r .
Nixon another 20,(JU0 A m e ri
cans would die in Vietnam ,
that today the P a n s peace
talks would s t ill he stalled,
that m ore bombs than ever
wculd he fa llin g on Vietnam
and that the w a r would s t ill
be on the fro n t pages.
Or
consider
ch a ra cte r
• asassinatlon.
In 1952. M r .
Nixon denounced the m em ber*
of the Trum an A d m in istra tio n
fo r th e ir fa ilu re to stand up
to
C om m unist China. He
described G overnor Stevenson
as " A d la l the appeaser . . .
. mi /'W
Lawrence
who got a I'b J -. fro::
Acheson's College of Co
w a rd ly C om m unist C e n ta l--
t.”
In 1969, the same M r.N tx u n
sent V ice P reside nt Agnew
out to defame A verell H a r r i
man. In 1972, he sent H.R.
Haideman, his W hite House
Chief of staff, on television
interview show to say that
Senator Edmund M u s k « and
other c r i t i c s were "c o n
sciously aiding and ire ttin g
the e n e m y" — a very slight
paraphrase of 0 « co n stitu
tional definem ent of tre a s o r.
Then he had H e r fe r t K it-« ,
his D ire c to r of Com m wuca-
tion s, cha racterize M r.A lu s -
kie as "b o ltin g beyond tfe
bounds of c n tic s m and dis
s e n t."
Having o rc ie s tra te d thus
sm ear campaign, M r . Nixon
n a tu ra lly tfe n came forw a rd,
w ringing his hands, and said,
" I do not question the p a trio
tism o r the sin ce rity of those
who disagree with my policies
to bring peace . . . "
In 19So, Vice P reside nt
M uon took partisan c re d it fo r
the Supreme C o u rt’ s school
desegregation decision.
It
had, he said, leer. . ,evef
under th« leadership of " a
great Republican C h « f Ju s
tice , E a rl W a rre n ."
The man who made that
rem a rk hecame the President
who has turned every supreme
C o u rt vacancy into a p o lilK <1
f « ld day.
When th« Se ate
quite p ro p e rly refused toco n-
f ir m c . H a r r o lI Cat
F lo rid a
fo r th« Supreme
C o urt, P resident Nixon d is
torted a question of jiersonal
incompetence into "a n act of
regional d is c rim in a tio n ."
" I understand th« li t t e r
feeling of m illio n s of A m e ri
cans who live in the S outh."
M r . Nixon declared, presum
ably hoping to p r o fit fo rm any
"b itte rn e s s ” be uuld whip
UP.
In his f ir s t national cam
paign In 1952, M r . Nixon was
shown to he the beneficiary
of a secret $16,1X10 fund sub
scribed by a clique of Soutli-
ern C a lifo rn ia businessmen.
Twenty years la te r, be be
gins th is campaign as the
beneficiary of a secret $10-
m illio n fund e ile c n ie d by
wealthy donors whose names
he refuses to divulg e.
M r . Nixon entered p o litic a l
life w ith p o litic a l la w y e rM u r-
ray C hotm er as his gray
em inence.
In 1956 a senate
investigation showed that M r .
C h otm er was engaged in in
fluence ;saddling. He seemed
to recede into the background,
and, in 1958, M r . Nixon told
Stew art Aisop, " I t was a
tradegy that le (Chotm er- tad
to get involved In the kind of
law business that does not
m ix w ith p o litic s .'
T ra g ic o r otherw ise, when
M r . Nixon a rriv e d in the
W hite House so did M r . C hot
m e r. He is busy in Washing
ton today p ra cticin g t l« "k in d
of law business" le always
ha», doing secret p o litic a l
chores fo r the President and
acting as a conduit fo r hot
p o litic a l money from the d a iry
lobby and other special in
te re s ts . W ith him In the Nixon
entourage are a num ber of
other p o litic a l fix e rs , w ire -
bipping hatefetm en and p ro
paganda ¡« d d le rs. as seedy a
crowd as ever surrounded any
C h e f E xecutlve.
In the 1950’ s, young M r .
Nixon
was
Im ita tin g
Joe
M cC a rth y and playing fo r the
M cC artf-y vote. In tfe 1970's
m ature P re sld sn t Nixon is im
itatin g George C . W allace and
playing fo r the W allacite vote.
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1 he total u . S. deaths from
action by hostile
forces In
Soutteast Asia as of September
23, 1972, was 45,858. Wounded,
3O3,4(XJ; cu rre n t m issin g , 1,142;
curre nt captured o r in te rred ,
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