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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1972)
PORTLAND V o lu m e 3 , N o . 2 P o rtla n d , O re g o n THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN OBSERVER AN EOUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER THE WHOLE WIDE W O R lD THAT REALLY CARES ABOUT T h u rs d a y O c to b e r PEOPLE 16,1972 10< p e r c o p y Mothers’ pleas fail to stop Child Care cuts G re e n Working mothers fear Black Senator to speak for McGovern! return to welfare roll th re a te n e d Walsh campaign gains momentum G oes d o o r to d o o r Mike Walsh campaign signs have sprung up all over A l bina as citizens seek an a l ternative to Edith Green, who fo r so long has represented the eastern portion of M u lt nomah County. M rs . Green's opposition to poverty pro grams, laming, extended un employment benefits, child cere and many o tte r pi g ra in s that would le lp tte people ol het d is tric t has brought ul>out the lu s t sei lous threat to le r long reign In Washington. Mike Walsh is campaigning for tie office of Congressman from tie T hird Congressional D is tric t, lie has teen waging a door to door campaign, meeting as many citizens as possible, since late January. The annual meeting of tlie Irvington Community Associ ation w ill 1« held Thursday, t o . e r 26, at Irvington School, 1320 N .E . Brazee, at 7: 45 p. m. Residents within Irvington neighborhood boun daries (NU£. 7th to N.E. 26th) may ittend the meeting. Main i t e m s of business w ill include election of offic ers, a review of the year's activities, and a presentation of t h e Model C ities foster care plan. A n o m i n a t i n g Com m ittee h a s submitted the following slate of officers fo r A lb in a Lions Walsh told tte Albina Lions in a noon speech that 7000 homes in tte Model C ities area alone In tte T hird D is tr ic t are classified as sub standard. Walsh said that tie P ort land D e v e lo p m e n t Com mission Is doing a good job rehabilitating tlese homes, Walsh has leen active In community service. He was named an "Dutstsndlng Young M a n " try tie National Junior Chamber of Commerce In 1964. He grew up In Irvington and graduated from tie Uni versity of Portland and Georgetown U niversity Law School. As a practicing at torney, le has teen active u, p r o f e s s io n a l organiza tions and is chairman of tie B a r Committee on Fam ily and Juvenile Laws. He volunteers fo r organizations providing legal counsel fo r tie poor. Mike Walsh seeks tie con gressional seat now held by Edith Green, and his opinions d iffe r widely from those d e m o n s t r a t e d by le r ac tiv itie s . Walsh lias accused M rs . Green of not promoting pro jects that wold le lp tie dis tr ic t - l>ut of siending le r time gaining |iowei and pres tige In Washington. Walsh has expressed a num ler of concerns during the campaign: " I am concerned aboutCon- gress which is not responding to the events that are hap pening around us. It is ruled by those elected generations ago — by a seniority system that rewards those who re main in office the longest regardless of a b ility . The system w ill only change when new leaders ate elected who believe tlie leadership of the United States Congress should le based on m e rit not lon gevity. “ I am concerned at the spiraling crim e rate which Increased approxunately 200% In tlie last decade while the population Increased only 13% and further with tlie break down of our crim inal justice system .” "1 am concerned with tlie plight of our senior citizens who are beyond their working days but have given a great deal to this country. Eight m illio n Americans w ill join th e ir rankstlie next five years. We cannot desert them ." "T h e re Is. one other point I would touch on b rie fly and w ill continue to speak about during the campaign. It con cerns our loss of confidence In ourselves and tlie direction America must take in the 70's to restore it. (Please turn to p. 8 co l. 3) Donna Powell testified at the State Human Resource 'ejiartment hearing on child are In Salem. She was mov ed to tears as she describ ed die importance of child are to the working mother. She has one child in the AMA Fam ily Day and Night Care Program and another child In a 4-C day care center. cWfe want CYOU as a sa ve r ■ a ■ ■ • ^ Robert H Hazen. Pres • 20 Offices • Phone 248 1234 Home Office Franklin Bldg . Portland, Oregon 97204 t Also scheduled Saturday is a 2:30 p jn . coffee wit), the A l bina Women’ s League at the B illy Webb Lodge, 6 N. T illa mook. D ym aliy, who served two terms in tie C alifornia State Assembly, has been a state senator since 1966. He is cu r r e n t l y chairman of th e senate's Democratic caucus. The senator is also a mem ber of the C alifornia advisory committee to tie L . S. C ivil Rights Commission. He is editor of the quarterly journal. Black P olitician, and the author of a book by the same name. Dymaliy founded the Urban A ffa irs Institute in C a lifo m ia and Arizona which attempts to provide m inority students in ternships In government at all levels in those states. Jeanne Davis has iustleen selected D ire c to ro f (fie AMA Fam ily Day and NtghtC.ire Program . She is a social w oiker fo r Children Service Division in the M u lti-S e r vice Center. The fo rm e r D i rector Gloria F isher resigned to join the Por tland observer staff. Sidney Thomas, Portland fir s t B I a c k disjiending op tician has recently been em ployed by (linyon Optical at Jantzen Beach shopping cen te r. Father Gordan Dickey, fo r m e r Associate M in is le r of St. Andrews Catholic Church and V ice-President of AMA is attending die Catholic Uni versity School of Social Work in Washington , DrC. He is enjoying his filed placement at Prince George County Court House. Tlie new chairman of the Albina A rt Center Board of D ire cto rs is Janice B a rre tt. She was one of the founders of the center and an intern teacher at Jefferson High School. Byrd Bettis, D ire cto r has scheduled new classes In modern and African dance druming, sculptor and repre- s e n t a t io n a l a rt. Thera Memory is organizing a com munity stage band. Betty Mosley joins die ob server staff as a type-setter. She is die wife of Nathaniel Mosley, S r. and Is tlie mother of seven children. She was a private secretary fo r die consideration by the member ship: President, Ev Leisure; V ice-Presidents, Ed Kent, H erbert Amerson, B i l l M illn e r and Sydney Fond; Recording Secretary, Ann Walrod; Corresponding Sec- tetary, Barbara Reddick; T reasurer, ja c k Quinlan; New D ire cto rs, M ary S till w ell, Joan W alters, and George Coppendge. Nominations w ill be en couraged from the floor, however, consent of nomi nees m u s t be secured p rio r to the nomination. Representative Bob E llio tt, one of 4-C ’ s early supporters, (second 'rom rig h tj, listens to testimony before making his statement. A. L . Henderson, Chairman of the Board of D ir ectors of tlie Metropolitan Area 4-C Council (left) tegan the IHiblic testimony. ■ V’ î’ alrtz t Ed Klumpp, Central A dm inistrator of the Metropolitan Area 4-C Council, testifies on the effects of cuts in funding of child care programs. Approximately 300 parents, board members and staff members attended a hearing in Salem to hearwhy the State Human Resource Department plans to cut federal funds used by the 4-C (Community Coordinated Child C a re ) Councils. Among those groups heavily represented were the Metropolitan Area 4-C Coun c il ( Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas Counties), the Lane Ciounty 4-C Ccu-.cil ar.d the In dian-','igrant Coalition. Jacob T .n ze r, r ir e c t o r of the Human Resource Bureau announced that a drastic cut in federal money w ill be made from the state-wide 4-C bud get. The reduction w ill be retroactive of July 1, 1972. Although there w ill be a de crease in federal money com ing into the state, it is the re sponsibility of the state tode- termine which programs w ill receive the money. T h e parent and others at the hearing, proposed that the cut not all be taker, from 4-C child care, but that they be absorbed by state programs also. The 4-C programs have ¡sen developed in the last two years by local boards and parents, using local con tributions of money and space which is matched by federal funds on a 4 to 1 basis. Local money is contributed by ser vice organizations, unions, em ployers, school d istricts, churches-all of w hui seethe need fo r expanded child care fa c ilitie s . There has been no outlay of state funds. The 4-C child care pro grams are operated bycorr mumty boards made up i parents and other Interesi ed citizens. The program provide and can fo r the child ren of parents who are em ployed o r who are in tra in in j To be eligible parents mus be past, current o r potentia recipients of welfare an must have incomes belw specified standards. A rrang merits are made forparent earning above the margins income to pay fees accordin Co a sliding scale. 4-C programs stress de velopmental programs, of fering learning experienc« suitable fo r the childs age, a number of different types o projects are provided family day care fo r children undet three years; child develop ment centers fo r children 3ges 3 to 6; before a f t e r care fo r school age children; emergency centers: and v a r ious programs fo r children with special needs. The effect of cutbacks of funds w ill be that some pro grams w ill have to reduce the number of children they serve-some may have to close. This is in spite of long waiting lis ts . An estimated 65 percent of the fam ilies using 4-C child c a r e fa c ilitie s w ill loose th e ir employment,drop out of school, and have no re source except to turn to public welfare fo r th e ir support. Centers of the proposed cuts pointed out the tremend ous additional cost of wel fare that w ill result from the lack of child care fo r working mothers. 1st National Bank promotes First Names in the news X Beach. Irvington schedules annual meeting A ddresses lait tfe y need te ip In se curing needed moneys from W ishlngton, "T im e and e ffo rt on the part of tie local Congress man is reeded to le lp se cure this money." The In- cum lent, who has represent ed the Thud D is tric t fo r (fie last 18 years, has not had tie time to Jevote to th is local problem, s a Id Walsh. Walsh said he would take die tune to work with local o fficials and die Department of Housing and Urban Re newal to sjeed up this pro cess of home rehabilitation. C alifornia State Senator M ervyn M , Dyrnally, who re presents tie Watts area In tte state legislature w ill slump fo r tie presidency of George McGovei in Portland's Black commur.iry Friday and Satur day. D ynislly w i l l tour P o rt land’ s Model C ities area F r i day afternoon with tie Rev. A lfre d Henderson, e d ito r of the black weekly, the Portland O bserver, (he senator w ill d e live r a public speech at 7:30 p jr . . Friday at the High land Community Center NE 9th and Going. Dymaliy w ill give an in form al talk over lunch Sat urday at noon to the executive b o a r d of the Portland M in is te ria l Alliance and members of Oregon's Black Caucus. The lu n c h w ill be at the Thunderhird Motel atjanz.ten S o c ia l Action Committee located in theChancery office. The Plack V oter Division fo r the e -election of the President announced tlie fo r mation of a Black Educators Committee to re-elect tM President. D r. T o m m ie Young of North Carolina Cen tra l U n iv e r s I ty , Durham, North Carolina w ill he acting chairman. M r. H. R h e tt James, \ssociate Professor of Social science, BishopCol- lege, Dallas, Texas, w ill he acting ‘«-chairman. Black Educatoi s attest to tlie fact that during the Nixon Ad m inistration mote money has been alio, ated to B la ckco l- leges t ian ever before. Senator Wayne Morse, Democratic contenderforU > . Senator, expressed a deep re gret regai Jlng President N ix on's reaction to child care as he toured Bethel Child Ifevel- opnient Center. M rs. Ella Joyce Flora was promoted to the position of P ro-A ssistant C ashier,oper ations Department Assistant of die F irs t National Bank of Oregon. This position is that of a bank officer and carries responsibility fo r the oper ation of the bank. M rs , Flora is in charge of the internal audit of die bank's business and ce rtifie s the ac counts each month. She super vises die vault te lle rs and assists in the training of new te lle rs. She has many other duties such as orxle ring supplies fo r the bank. As one of th e official signatures she signs checks and drafts fo r the bank. Don Culp, manager of the Lloyd Center Branch said M rs . Flora has progressed rapidly through the Link career ladder and he Is proud to have lie r as an o ffice r. She is the firs t black woman to achieve the position in the F irs t National Bank system. She has the opportunity to move on to higher positions in operations o r there are other options fo r her. E lla Flora receives le tte r >f appointment iron« Don Culp,, manager of the Lloyd enter ranch, F lrs t National Bank of Gregon. M rs . Flora is th> Links fir s t black female o fficia l. M rs . F lora has teen wit! F irs t National fot ree and one-half years. H e rfirs ty e a r was spent at the 26th and Burn side branch as a note ind col lection te lle r. She has been at the Lloyd Center Branch fo r three and one-half yea re wlien she was acom m ercia' te lle r, was general ledger book- ke e je r, and was a ate and collections te lle r. M rs , Flora is also involv- ed in v a r i o u s community a ctivities. She is the chair man of the advisory board ol die 4 C Model C itie s Point of Information and R eferral and Is chairman of the advisoiy board of Bethel Child Develop ment C enter,
