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Page a MF «4VF MUST Ir tW TOGETHER FOR FULL AFP EQUAL EMPLOYMENT. T fc u r id a y , O c to b e r 19. As I See It 4W4AEMfP TO JUSTICE PV SOUNO OF SONGS ANO SERHONS. SPEECHES ANO PEACEFUL DEHONSTRATIOttS BUT THE NOSE LESS SECRET M77FZ M U THUNOER FORTH A HUNOREP TINES MORE LOUOLY." warjiae> rr Farewell to Lee Brown ¿wewrA.f***«*»»' ¡9 7 2 by Lenwood G . Davte The Northwest's Best W eekly A Block O w ned Publication •ai every Thursday by E xie u blis'. < 22 \ K dlingsw orth, P c rtla n d , twgor 9 7 2 .' Subscriptions - $5-25 p e r year in T r - C o u n t area by ma . x a n e the T ri-C o u n ty a re a - $ 0 .0 0 p er .e a r by m a il. Phene: 2 8 3 -248b M i ia j adress - P . o . Pox 3 137. P o rd w W . »gen 9'2C >. ALFRED LEE HENDERSON, Pabllshe. Editor INP a T he b s e r w r s officie Poem en is expre.-sed aniy in its P vci.S ’ e r ’s Co.urn- (The nervation Poet) a d the E d ito r s esk. Any ether m e te n a i throughout the pope - the opi icr o: tne n f iv id - a i w r .te r :tr s u b m .tie r anddoe> ng tecesssrily r e j e c t the . p tu o n of the ."-serve:. Any erroneous re fle c tw r. upon the c h a n c re , starving or refutatio n of person, firm o r corporation, w -.c - may app ear l the P o rtland O bserver w ill be ctwerfially tor re coed jpom ne: g brought to Lie attention oi the E d ito r. It’s your duty to send them the message... The Editor’s Desk A L FR E D LEE Letters to the Editor rEhO ERSO N Catholic conference commended on lettuce w J.w,, D _— e a r Ed ito — r: Child care: Last priority How im portant is child care? In a period a -e n both tew state and federal governments are attem pting tc push mothers off of ADC and into the job m a rk e t, it would seem that child c a re should he a top p rio r ity . F o r how can m o tw rs w ork if there is nowhere fo r th e ir children to go’ A t how can m others w o r t when they have to w o rry about children who are •unattended or are in less than desirab le situations' Y e t the Stale C h ild re n 's D ivisio n plans to cut an estim ated 15 percent to 50 percent fro m the 4 -C child care r u le e t. Some cuts in social service program s might be necessary because of reductions of fed eral money coming into the state. But why taioe m ost the cut out of one much-needed p ro g ram 7 It is natural that CSD would p r n e c t its own program and let the others suffer m oat, but CSD is responsible fo r all of the children m the state, not ju s t r o s e using the d ire c t services of CSD. M any CSD program s are necessary — foster ca re , adoptions. services to delinquent and disturbed children — but a high p rio r ity fo r child care now could reduce me need fo r such services in the future. The 4 -C Councils across the state came Into being two years ago because of the great shortage oi child c a re . A v a rie ty cf program s have beer.developed — child c e re centers, fa m ily day c a re , latch -key program s — to provide educations: experiences along w ith good child c a re . T his had beer, done w ith private contributions and fed eral money — m ere has bee- no state money involved. Sow that federal money coming into Oregon w ill decrease, the state has deckled to shut off the flow of fed eral money i0 ‘ - r child c a re . It is estim ated that 80 percent of the fed eral money coming into Oregon is used fo r roads, sewers, s tre e t fights, fa c ilitie s , equipment, and that only 20 percent goes to social program s designed to help people. !t appears that .M r. T a n z e r of tfw State Human Resource De partm ent and M r . G alvin of C h ild re n ’ s Service D epartm ent are taking me easy way out. It is much e a s w r to cut out a p n v a te organization that spends no S U M money than it is . tc .ook at th e ir own budgets and program s to see where cuts car be made. The decision nas beer made. M r . T a n z e r and M r . G alvin say there is no way cut fo r 4 -C . Only one man has tfw power to ch ange this decision — and he rem ains sJ e n t. W here are you G overnor M c C a ll7 1 would like to commend the United S u b s Catholic Conference fo r th e ir tim e ly and courageous endorsement and support of the lettuce boy con. T h e ir statement urges that only " iceberg” lettuce c le a rly m arked with tfw o fficial United F a rm W o rk e rs label, the black Aztec eagle, be pur chased. T h e ir purpose in this is to bring about collective bargaining and a rust settle m ent of the dispute. T he statem ent, in p art, ex plains, " In the name of us tic e . church. agencies such as the USCC Cem m :oee on Soclai Developm ent m ust speax cut on controversial issues such as this one even w ith Pw knowledge that they m ight ce misunderstood. Sensitive to the needs and the c ro tie m s of both s tie s , these agencies m ust encourage dialogue by helping to crease an atmos phere of c h a n ty and ju stice. I t was in this s p irit and fo r the purpose that the Second Vatican Council re a ffirm e d the traditional teaching of the Church with regard to the rig ht of w e rte rs to organize and bargain c o lle c tiv e ly arxl, under certain conditions, to re s o rt to the s tr ik e ." T h is issue w as : re a ted by the V a tic a - Council m the " P a s to ra l C o n s tia tw n on the C hurch in the M od em W o rld ," which reads it . p art. "Am ong tfw basic rights of tfw human person must be counted tfw rig ht of fre e ly founding labor unions.’ ’ Ir.cludec m tfw LSCC posi tion is the "S tatem en t on F a r m L a b o r,” .ssued by the Bishops of C e L nited States. N o vem b er 13, 196*: "W e are a »rare that tfw s m all g ro w er is often the v ic tim of c lr» cum sunces beyond his con We cannot afford to work since the sta te is closing o u r child c a re c e n te rs . t r o l, and that his sincere w illingness tc pay h < h e r »ages meets with obstacles which he cannot overcome with a re a lis tic coordination of all his strengths. We urge him to examine his situation c a re h illy in o rd er u see that his so-called independence is unreal and could resu lt m his vanishing from tfw America.-, econom y. We believe that this would be tra g ic fo r our country. " T o protect h im s e lf, his interests. and the interests :t the farm w o rk e rs , we plead w ith him to unite with his be s a ti fo r the men working in the fie ld s .1 A complete copy of the pfcamplet statem ent, which in cludes a history of the con tro v e rs ia l negotiations, can he obtained by » rn ..-g ; P u bli cations ( f f i c e . Lnited States Catholic C onference, 1312 Massachusetts Avenue, N .W . Washington, D .C . 20005 »H ow fa rm e rs and grow ers in associations pro per to them selves. T h is is t fw ir natural right and perhaps even th e ir duty at the present moment of our h istory. At the same tim e we wish to note that throughout this century, our stale and federal govern ments have done much to ass is t grow ers and fa rm e rs with th e ir d iffic u ltie s . The same, unfortunately, With best regards, R ev. Gordon D ickey C atholic L n iv e rs ity . W ashington, D jT . cannot Equal opportunities questioned D e a r E d ito r: When the term "E qual O pportunity E m p lo y e r" ap peared on windows of busi nesses, it gladdened the hearts of many black people. At last we would be hired if there was an ope-ing and »re quali fied fo r tfw position. What a disappointment to find chat, indeed, we w ere hired; but we s till had to work h arder than anyone els e, be genuses, m agicians and O reo cookies ju s t to hold the 4>b. T h e re Is no point in thinking that you w ill advance. M ost of the tim e you a re just a s ta tis tic — included m a quota of blacks that must be h ire d . If this is the case, so much pressure w ill be applied chat you w ill quit tfw jo b . I f you have enoug’ intestinal fortitude to rang in th e re , then comes the second prase of gett-ng rid of you. F ir s t, the pressure is increased w ith hatred and contempt openly shown, then the charges that you i r e not doing enough w ork tc get your ra is e that is due; and if this does not w ork, the same charges a re used fo r your ultim ate d is m is sa l. Straight h a ir and a con- stant sm ile should not tw a qualification fo r em ploym ent. Only a white Aunt Jem im a would f i t this description — she always sm iles on a box of com m eal, and if she was w hite, she would have straight h a ir. I do not apologize fo r my blackness, 1 also do not — in ar.y way — try to hide it. S everal months ago I p re dicted that D r . L ee P . Brown would be leaving P ortland. A a most people no doubt know by n «v . D r . Brown is no longer in P o rtland . He la at Howard U n ive rs ity In Wash ington. D £ w where be ia the coo rd inator of th e ir newly created Law Enforcem ent and U rban Studies Censer. Thia decision was one oi much soul searching fo r O r. BrtMtn. He had many com m itm ents to the S U M . city and com m unity. A pparently, he deetded that he meat expand his 11 ready iegerxlary hort- zone. W h ile at Howard D im - v e rs itv , hia unique expertiee • i l l he used to the fu lle s t. H is experience and knowledge w ill effect the national level. Because Howard U n ive rs ity is a Black school, u w ill become the M ecca to r Black c r im i nologists in the United states arxl they w ill be guxied by D r . B row n. L ee P . Brow n, once again, la putting society be fo re hie fa m ily , w lie . children and own personal am bitions. In other words, he is making the supreme s a c rific e for Black people. force behind tlie caucus. He fe lt that tfw Caucus could tw a unifying lorce in the Black com m unity. D r . Brown was well aware that the Black Cau -us would come under at tack. How ever, ,w somehow felt that it would em erge vic to rio u s ly . L e e P . Brown was orw of Il goes without saying that the m ost p ro lific men to a r Blacks in Portland des riv e in Oregon in recent lim es perately need htm. tecause arxl his influence and impact not tw realized im the Black leadership here is w ill already nil and we can't af m e d ia te ly . M usi jwople know ford to lose anym ore B lacks. Chat they could call him up L ee was just beginning to and he would always fwlp make his impact on the local them . M ost people know that tw stood Ui the backgrourxl Black om m um ty. I am not and gave guidance. W hetfw r unmindful that he was b to e rly v is ib le o r invisible, hia pre c ru iz e d fo r tfw le tte r that he w rote to the Com m unity Con sence was te ll. “ F a re w e ll vention. It seems to rite it D r . Brwwn; Portland and O re was not so much what he said gon w ill m iss you'** o r did (o r did not do) as a 1 have observed that a (ew the way that he went o tiw r poaentul leaders have about it . It was reg retful a rriv e d in the community — that he was out of town when Jam es Rogers and Almose the convention was held. How Thompeon — and it w ill he e v e r, as the (acts sur rounding interesting to see what role that " c o n tro v e rs ia l" le tte r they w ill play in the future' come to light, I am sure 1 have tie feel ing that Leon people w ill re a lize that he H a r r is w ill not be in Portland was somewhat justlfted fo r too much longer. And it would w r;ting it. As of date, how tw a shame to lose him . In e v e r, ALL of the (acts are spite of his "personal philo N U T known. sophies and habits,” tw is an As I have often surm ised. able and know ledge r Lie In P ro fe s s o r Brown was re a lly dividual and we need h im . We doing too many things. How m ust soriwhow keep Biecks e v e r, he did stop doing some ■n the state. T h is point w ill of them arxl .’ egan to con tw analyzed in a forthcoming centrate on the Oregon Black a rtic le . Caucus. He was the moving BLACK POWER is in the voting box this year. Ruby L . Pace 114 N £ , Shaver P o rtla n d . Oregon With Ron Hendren A YOUNG VIEW OF WASHINGTON 1972: NEW HIGH IN POLITICAL LOW BLOWS W A S H IN G T O N -It may be that the full scope of the intelligence activities earned out by employees o f the Committee for bbe Re-election of the President will never come to Light. Certainly, the details of the Watergate caper and related incidents are not likely to be sorted out prior to the election. And since the finality of the ballot box seems somehow to render unimportant even he stormiest of cam paign antics, perhaps nothing much will ever come o f the wnole affair More, however, is to be hoped for. The activities »nth which the Republicans have been charged -and the Administra tion's own investigators apparently have confirmed that at least some o f those charges are justified -are of a distinctly illegal shade What is worse, some of those activities seeia to have been earned off by, or at least with the knowledge of, rather high officials in the Republican scheme of things Politics, we all know, can be a dirty business And precisely because we have come to expect questionable conduct during campaigns. :here is a tendency to brush the whole matter aside as unworthy of serious attention It is a tendency we should resist The Campaign Practices Committee, which has been ir./estigating complaints about dirty polit cs for 18 years, an nounced the other day that it handled more complaints in the first five weeks of this campaign than during any com parable period in its history “ I f the present trend continues," said committee chairman Charles P Taft, “ we will have a new high in political low Wows during 1972.” I f we are to believe T a ft-a n d to date no one has challenged the impartiality of hia com m ittee-then one of two things has happened. Either we have become better at detecting bad poiitica, or we must be resigned to the fact that there is more of it today than four, eight or 12 years ago. Of course, part of it may be that i t ’s somehow in vogue io level chwges. It you are accuaed of bugging, let’s say, the tactic ia a.) deny it happened, b ) deny knowledge of it if it did happen, c.) call 4 a cheap political shot and d .l accuse the opposition o f larceny-all in the same indignant breath. A more-or-less calcu lated confusion reigns and no one knows what to believe If the truth ever does come out, it's not until after the election, and that spells “ too late ” But this year, »nth its overall increase in corrupt campaign practices in general and the Watergate affair in particular, provides an opportunity to crack down on the whole nasty business, if not through the ballot box then in the courts. It is an opportunity we should avail ourselves of. 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