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
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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
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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 !
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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.
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