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P o r t la n d / O b ie r ve r T h u rs d a y , O c t o b e r 19, ¡9 7 2 Page 3 Myers plans second term 4 't Republican, U h i v i I .I C lay M ye rs, 43, ____ _______________________ * « i elected Oregon s e c re ta ry ol State In I9ti8 by a wide m a rg in , a fte r having I o ld tie o ffice lo t the previous two years by appointment of G overnor Torn M c C a ll, lie is the 19th S ecretary of State since statehood In 1859. The S ecretary ol state, among his o ilie r various du ties, Is (hastate A ud itor and C hief E lection O ffic e r fo r t ie state. |n sddltlon, he selves w ith tlie G overnor and tl» State tre a s u re r on the State Land Hoard, s u iw iv la irig tie a d m in istra tio n of a ll state- owned land and w ateiw ay rig h ts . S ecre tary M eyers was l.o n i M ay 27, 1927, in M ultnom ah County, laised in T illa m o o k, and is a giaduate of Henson High School, P o rtla n d . F o l lowing m ilita r y se rvice , 1« took a Bachelor of Science degree at tl« U n iv e rs ity of Oregon, and la le rd id graduate w o ik at N o rtliw e ste m College o f Law In P ortla nd . BY WALTER L SMART Esecutive Doer tor National Federation ol Settlements arid Neighborhood Centers I lls f ir s t c a re e r |oh was w orking with pro p e rty man agement in tlie T ru s t D epart m ent of the F ir s t National Bank In P ortland, F o r several ye a is 1« was w ith Connecticut G eneral L ife Insurance Com pany of Oregon. In l9hS. M yers, le ft private Cl AY MYERS I u s m o i a to lecom e A ssistant S e c re ta ry of state in S ecretary M c C a ll's a d m in istra tio n . W ien M cC all was elected G overnor In I9W>, te named M y e rs to f i l l out tlie two unexpired years ol his to n il. A ctua lly, M ye rs had m ain tained a deep and continuing in te re sts In tie a ctiva te s of state government and|>ollUcal involvem ent lo r many years p r io r to his appointm ent. He had seived on the M ultnomah County W ellare C om m ission le fo re le in g named by G ove rn or M ark o . Ila tlte ld in 1962 to t ie state Welfa re Com m issio n , where le served as V ies C hairm an and was Instrum ental in in itia tin g fraud investigation, expanding vocational tra in in g , w ork re lie f and adult education prog ram s. Recognized as o ie of tie state’ s outstanding authorities on reapportionm ent, M ye rs co-authored tie constitutional admendmeni on that subject that was approved by tie vo te rs in 1952. H e w a s c h s lr* man of a com m ittee named t<y senate P resident H a rry llo lv in In 1962 to study and make recom m endations of le g is la tive sa la rie s . I lls record o l leadershlpand p a rticip a tio n in t ie a ffa irs of tie Republican pa rty extends le e k to Ins high school days when he organized eight teen age R e p ublican lu i s In 1943- 44 in P ortla nd , lie was T re a s u re r md C halrm a of the O regon State Young Ke- puhllcan I « l e r . i t io . n u t','ic e C hairm an of t ie National Yixing R e jx itli. I , ( - « le i m a i. M y e rs has been e ith e r i le le - gaie o r alternate to lin e e R e jiu b llca n National C on ventions since 19 ex! 196» was among the lop liv e ol 10 delegates elected at lu g e Horn throughout tlie i. t e . On» o fM y e rt* m o s t rew si I - tng " e d ii i i i i i c u I. i i " I tiv ltie s I ■ I l l s III: - 1, ol the Gove rnot *s C om m ission on Youth, which was created by executive o rd e r of G over n o r M cC a ll in M ay 1969, M y e rs has guxlec the Coin-’ m ission Into a w ide s je c tr u m ol involvem ent, including a successful sum m ei yuuthem - ploym ent program , develop ment of a package ol le g isla tio n relating to youth fo r the 1971 session, prepara tlon ot ( irego.'.’ s ¡elec t n • i i. t ie upcoming W t.itr House Conference on C h ild re n and Youth, and em ploym ent ul . statewide coo rdinator, w ill funds Irom a f e le ia l grant. to stim ulate youth program s tin oughout l iregon. M ye rs Is an active Episco palian, a T rustee ot the Oregon C ouncil of Churches, and has rep rese nt»! the Diocese of Oregon as a Lay Deputy at the la st three National Con ventions ol tlie Church, where he has leen Instrum ents! in m oving tlie church into re sponsive action to meet tlie needs of tte poor and power le ss. In announcing his intention to tun lo r re -e le c tio n , M yers sa id , '■( regon Is a growing state, i a ir pojxilatlori in In creasing. o u r economy is expanding and ttie needs ot our " " '' Cl! c. Pe sec re ts ry ol state, as 11« second ranking statewxle ele. ted o lllc la l, is called upon to 11 tress him self to v irtu a lly all of the problem s that affect t l« lu ru te of (ire gon . If re elected. | pledge to continue to give my conscientious andde- d n tied e ffo rts to m aking this state t l« le s t jx is s llle place t live md to ra ise a fa m ily . A ixl I pledge to work closely w ith y « i in overcom ing tie problem s and issues that lie ihead os us as we move into tlie last ju a rte r of tlie 20th century. Cook questions mail schools Senator V erti Cook today announced (list he has reques ted an opinion fro m tie A tto rne y General as to w hetlier o r not tlie present Oregon law authorizes die State Board of Education to license foreign correspon dence schools which operate In O regon. Senator Cook stated: "o n e ol m y con stitu ents was recently bilked out of a la ig e sutn of money by an o u t-o f-s ta te cooresixmdence school which provides! a sub standard and obsolete course of In stru ctio n . The school Is licensed In die state of Its home office , Ixit It Is now con ducting us tusin ess In Oregon In a high pressure and ques- Louise J tlonable m anner. I ’ m a fi ild th is is not an isolated in, idem and that thousands uft>reg< students are l« m g bilked by foreign correspondence schools. I've le e n inform ed that die s u je i-v is o r of I ' i ivate Vocational School Licen sing feels that the I iregon Boa p lo t Education does not have die a u th o rity to license o u t-o f- state correspondence schools. A t the 1973 session, I in tend to spousei o r support le g isla tio n which w ill c le a r ly re q u ire the t iregon Board to c a re fu lly screen a ll c o r responden,« schools course- offered fo r sale in Oregon. If our present law won’t d, Oils, w e’ll change I t. ” Electricity is 20years behind the times: W hile prices foi most everything li.ne risen, die n r age cost o f a unit o f rexidcnti.il electricity is actu.illx less today than it was 211 years ago R eallv1 I Inn make . I,, Iricily one of the greatest household values you II liml Hut. though it s behind the times in price, eleelnery x as modern as Kxlay m convenience. I lie typical h om e now has I wise as in.ms work saving appliances as il did 2(1 years ago A fter all. we re eeononne.il, hut not old fashioned, Pacific hnver senator V ern Cook is ttie D e m ocratic candidate f o r t ! « senate from the East M u lt nomah County 9 e na to ri.il D is t r ic t . D u ring die past two years com m itm ent to fu rth e r edu die P reside nt of the U ,S „ cation d , social aixl humani R ichard M . Nixon, has made ta ria n objectives and also several public statem ents in cut of a concern fo r m ore which lie has repeated his e ffic ie n t u tiliz a tio n of fa c ili- opposition to tla; busing of tie s . ; U states that the public school publics fo r tie m ajor increases In busing purposes of desegregation. have teen occasioned Dy He lias warned that If no moves to provide greater e lfe ctive law Is passed by e d u c t i o n a l opportunities die Congress of the United through consolidating ru ra l States to prevent such bus schools. ing, le w ill c a ll fo r the pas I t becomes evident, as one sage of an amendment to die reads all of die studies C o nstitutio n of tie United analyses md statem ents try States. The position of this representatives o f t h e Na A d m in is tra tio n appears to be tio n a l Education Association In c o n flic t w ith tie decisions and o tte rs competent to te s ti of die United States Supreme fy . that school a u th o ritie s C o urt, leginning w ith tie have Used die school (us as B row n D ecision of 1954 , and a vein le lo r e n rich ing the by le de ral d is tr ic t cou rts, »Jucational program fo r which have ordered busing ch ild re n , bodi in ru ra l and as a method of d ism an tling urban d is tric ts . b l- r a c ia !ly organized, seg re No one can argue w ith the gated school system s. conclusion that qu ality edu The busing of c h ild re n fo r cation IS needed in a ll o f purposes of obtaining ra c ia l o u r schools. Present e v i balance has now become a dence would In d lc .te dial param ount p o litic a l issue. B la ck students transported It is no longer approached on to desegregated schools gain the basis of the facts but, in» academ ically w hile white stead, e m o tion ally and with students m aintain tb e iru s u a l strong ra c is t im p lica tio n s. academic pe rfo rm an ce. What Is proposed is no In those few cases where total p ro h ib itio n of school w hite students are tra n s txising to protect de ported to predom inantly Black neighborhood school. T his schools, m ost often t ie B lack proposed le gislatio n is d i schools are im proved phy rected only at busing in s ic a lly as indeed are th e ir tended to achieve ra cia l educational f a c ilit e s and pro balance. At d iis moment, g ra m s. throughout d e United States, F o r me, one m a jo r argu ne arly tw e n ty -m illio n pupils m ent in opposition to th is a n ti- are being transported to husing legislation o r C o nsti school by buses at a public, tutional amendments to p ro h i exjense of nearly $1 b illio n . b it fusin g comes from a T ie best estim ates of d e statem ent made by D r . Ken M e t r o p o l i t a n A p p lie d R e - neth B. C la rk . " A l l of these search C enter, New Y o r k , p ro p o s a ls ," 1« states, "h ave In a recent fact book on pupil as th e ir cen tra l fa ct that, tra n sp o rta tio n , would indicate fo r d e .Trst tim e since the that only 3% of a ll bussed Em ancipation P roclam a tion, students are le in g tra n s p o rt the le gislative and executive a l to schools fo r purposes branches of the federal of school desegregation. government are s e rio u s ly en T h e ir study suggests ttiat a te rta in in g action to lim itth e la rg e r num ber of p u pils are rig h ts ol ra cia l m in o ritie s to being transported at de unqualified equality of opport public e \|« n s e to r a c ia lly - u n ity — and are also attem pt segregated schools. Includ ing to lim it the duty of d e ing public schools, p riva te fed eral courts to assure and schools, parochial schools p ro te c t these r ig h ts ." and ch u rch -re la te d academ i I agree w id i D r . C la rk w le n es. he says any an ti-bu sing le gis The NAACF Legal Defense lation w ill t« ra c ia lIv r e s tr ic and Education Fund rece nt tive and re g re ssive . I agree ly p u b liste d its re p o rt on bus w ith Ins statem ent that a ing e n title d , " I t ’ s Not the C o nstitutio na l amendment to D istance, I t ’ s d e N ig g e rs .” p ro h ib it such ¡u s in g o f c h il T h is re p o rt indicates that dren "w o u ld p e rv e rt andde- M assachusetts enacted tie mean the C onstitution ot d e nation’ s f ir s t pupil tra n s United States and would make po rta tion law in 1869; that it an instrum ent fo rth e p e r 43 1/3% of the total U.S. petuation of ra c is m ." [Aiblic school e n ro llm e n t is We m ust tigh t to retain the transp orted to school d a lly ; rig h ts guaranteed in th e that 256.1XXJ fuses are now C o nstitutio n of d e United tra v e lin g 2.2 b illio n m ile s States. We m ust pre serve it per y e a r. fro m those who would destroy The U . S. D epartm ent of it . F o r In the process, they Health , Education, and W el w ill destroy o u r ch ild re n aixl fa re points out that (using our ¡eople. has teen m otivated by a Circuit JAYNE,JUDGE For Judge of the Circuit Court, Fourth Judicial District, Multnomah County, Dept No. 1 as the experience and ab ility reoui d of a judge, resulting f rom 20 a rs of rep resen tin g people, pe »1 in te re s ts . Her d is tin guished il and crim in a l p ractice includes appearances before the Suprem e Court of O regon, the United S tates C ourt of Appeals for the Ninth C irc u it, and the United S tates Su prem e C ourt. Y O U h a v e t h e r ig h t to E L E C T ! ■■ ■■■■• ■ . ,t‘ K raem er. C ' , , ; - - . , Hurry. Our Penney Days sales are now. Save on panti-hose. $5 will buy you fo u r of our p a irs 1 .6 9 panti-h09e. Sale 4 for $5 R e g .1 .6 9 stock-up savings fro m Penneys. R u n -re s is t and lig h t--o n tro l S u b t le Shapers included in this sav- ir.es spree. Nude heel stylin g fashion c o lo n , P ro p o r tioned sizes short, average and long. Sale. 15/0 off all shorty curtains Nixon called inept administrator In dds highly v o la tile year, ll.e Demos rats and Republi cans .»like have leen gearing up lo r the Impending p re s i dential election w ith charges and counter charges ol the ojiposing ( u r t y ’ s pre sid entia l nominee and his stand on tie " is s u e s " . Congressman P a rre n J , M itc h e ll (D -M d .) joined the fracas this week by c r itic iz in g P resident N ixon’ s housing jx illc y and GOP sup po rte r’ s a ll lo r " f o u r m ore y e a rs ". "R ic h a rd N ixo n ,” the Con gressm an said In a statement issued last week, "th ro u g h inept ad nu nisti ation of this nation’ s housing program s, has lecom e one of d e largest Slum lo td s m A m erica. The fa ts s |e a k lo r th e m se lve s." " F o u r m ore years of Nixon w ill mean fo u r m ore years of housing d is c rim in a tio n , four m ore years ol cities blight»! with abandoned structures, fo u r m ore years of poorly planned and adm inistered housing pro gra m s, fo u r m ore years of ris in g co n tn ictlo n costs - - fo u r m ore years of Nixon fa ilu r e s ." " F u r th e r m o r e ," he said, "a p p ro x im a te ly 32 percent of a ll It lack-occupied housing un its, ami 7U jie rce n t of a ll dw ellin gs occupied by A m e ri can Indians are substandard," M itc h e ll noted that the D epartm ent of Housing and Urban Development "h o ld s title to m ore than 36,000 homes throughout the country and . . . m illio n s of d o lla rs in n iu ltl-la iiiU y dw ellin g u n its. " Y e t " , le added, "d e s p ite the fa ct that m illio n s of A m ericans are inadequately housed, tte A d m in istra tio n lacks any plan to use de se so re ly needed d w e llin g s ." I he M aryland D em ocrat quoted Edward Brooke, the lone black in the Senate, who is a Rejiubllcan from Massa chusetts, who has said that t ie co u n try’ s housing supply is " f a llin g fa r sh o rt of e x is t ing needs and we have not begun to honor tte goal of 20 m i l l i o n new units by 1978 . . . ” M itc h e ll also cited a 1971 Urban League re p o rt which illu s tra te s t ie problem of t ie Increasing abandonment of housing due to ' ‘ ra c is m ... e xp lo itative resjxinse of the real estate m a rke t, inadequate public pro gra m s and co n tro ls, a highly r e s tr ic t» ! black sub- m a rke t (Including suburban e xclusio na ry p o licie s), and a rapid w ith dra w al of in vest m ent capital fro m o ld e r neighborhoods , . . " The Congressman con tended that d is c rim in a tio n In the housing m a rke t Is " r a m p a n t" but th a tl’ residentN ixon "h a s fa ile d to vig oro usly en force t ie f a ir housing la w s ." In addition, he noted that recent studies indicate that even a fte r a ll " r e le v a n t" socio-econom ic I n e q u i t i e s have been resolved, “ blacks w ill s t ill have a s ig n ific a n tly lo w e r p ro b a b ility of owning a home than do w h ite s.” " T o d a y ," he explained, ’ •h«iaing d i s c r i m i n a t i o n causes p ro s je c tiv e black buyers to have an 8.8 percent lo w e r p ro b a b ility o f home ow neishlp than w h ite s ." To illu s tra te t ie c re d ib ility of these allegations, M itc h e ll cited the high rate of aban doned housing units in New Y o rk C ity (which has " w e ll over 100,00(1" abandoned un its), P hiladelphia, Pa. (w ith "c lo s e to 20,000" of such un its), Chicago (where re portedly ” 150 landlords walk away from th e ir buddings every m o n th "), Boston, and D e tro it. In |970, M itc h e ll said, "w ith much mo about nothing, this ad m in istra tio n announced that It was going to meet the nation’ s housing production needs m d hold in lin e tie escalati ig construction costs by in trixlu cln g p ro d u ctio n -lin e housing s im ila r to autom obile assem bly,” However, D je ra U o n B re a k through. the program designed to achieve th is goal, "h as been a bust,” he concluded. a /oteless people is a hopeless people. Sale 4.66 48x30 R eg 5 49 fib e rg la s s w ith two-toned tex tured look. Cotton kn it frin g e . 48 X 3 6 " cu rta in , Reg. 5.99, Safe 5.09 48 X 12 " valance, Reg. J.49( Sale 3.39 * 5 0 « ¡ V . h a f i .'•V 'V c > -f • ' - v ¡T" •' À i Ù f ’” Í \ V ; X v Z?’' i S w-VtCd“ iùb'- is* a l e 3.39 4 8 x 3 6 " , 4 8 x 3 0 ’ R eg 3 9 9 M a ry I ou* cu r tains are acetate taffeta flo r a l p r in t. Cotton lin in g . Fashion c o lo rs . 84 X 11’ ’ valance, Reg. 2.89, sale 2.45 See many other shorty c u r tains low on sale. 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