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I age S Portland Observer Thursday, October 86, 1972 Cast Your Ballot On November 7th THEATER 287-2887 by Joh n Lewis Thief steals U, S. Congressional can didate In the Third D istrict Mike Walsh released a state ment today saying that Indi viduals unknown to him or Ills organization have teen re moving "M ike W alsh" lawn signs from private r e s i liences. Walsh sakl that on O ctoler 19, police were searching for a station wagon that had come to the home of a Walsh sup porter. M r . l es Diehl on N j i . Shaver, claiming that an order had leen given by Walsh Headquarters to take down all signs. rig h ts stru g g le of the 19t>0’s. It is Indeed a new day fo r us, but we m ust not lo se that s p irit, that d riv e, that se n s e of u r Those ‘Cotton Comes To Harlem ’ gency which su stain ed cops are a t It again I o u r m ovem ent in e a r lie r y e a rs . We have not yet overco m e, but, with o ur ballots and renew ed sen se of dedication, we can move c lo s e r to o u r goals. At the local lev el, in Diehl, knowing this to he every com m unity, we false, attempted to stop the m ust be about the task of sign stealers, hut was un p re p arin g black people to successful. c a st th e ir ballot with so Police later told M rs .p ie h l p h isticatio n in 1972. We there had leen other calls m ust try , f ir s t of a ll, to concerning the taking of signs m otivate the m a sse s to that night. com e out to the polls on election day. We m ust M ore than In any o th er find c re a tiv e ways to s t i period In the h isto ry of m ulate o u r b ro th e rs and black political p a rtic ip a s is te r s to recognize the tion, it is cru cial that im p o rtan ce of the ballot black v o ters turn out to as a weapon fo r change. c a st th e ir ballots on No Aside from the p ro b vem ber 7, 1972. lem of m obilizing v o te rs, So many of o u r le a d e rs have fallen and so many we m ust also give se rio u s attention to acquainting of o u r b ro th e rs and s i s new v o te rs with the b al te r s have given th e ir liv es loting p ro c e ss so that fo r the e x e rc is e of the they may c a s t an effec b allot. In re cen t y e a rs , tive b allo t. Our re s e a rc h Thursday Night sin ce many of the physi effo rts of re cen t e le c KPTV Channel 12 cal and legal b a r r ie r s to that Itt 30-10:35 the ballot have been r e tions have shown a la rg e num ber of black immediately following m oved, too many black the news people seem to take th eir ballots a r e d isq ualified for v ario u s technical re a rig h ts fo r granted . F o r such as m lsm ark ln g , exam ple, only sllghtl» sons voting fo r too many ca n o v er half of those B lacks d id ates, o r im p ro p erly who have been r e g is te r folding p ap e r b allo ts. ed in p revious electio n s Each v o ter needs to be have actually turned out p re p are d to know what is to vote in national e le c expected of him , wheth tions. e r he votes by m achine, In 1972, black people Tune in Meet Miko co m p u ter, o r p ap er b al cannot - afford to s it lot. Such citizen sh ip edu Walsh He s the candi hom e on election day, o r date for Congress who c la s s e s can be conduct b u sin ess as cation can win Mike has usual. O ur b u sin ess m ust m ost effective by local personally met and be to s e e that o u r votes groups taking the in itia listened to thousands tive and holding s e m in a rs a r e c a s t fo r m uch-needed of third district voters change at the local, sta te , and s e s s io n s throughout Mike will explain his th e ir co m m u n ities p rio r stand on an issue of and national le v e ls. It is to N ovem ber 7. mutual interest tim e that we understand We m ust also be con the n atu re of o u r o p p re s Mike Walsh with election sion. It is tim e that we ce rn ed He II Do More For You sec u rity on N ovem ber 7, re a liz e that we a re not because we know also* Here At Home. victim ized only by s p o ra based on p ast ex p erien ce, M i k e W « l» t i to» C r > n g r « M dic o u tb u rsts of ra c is t P < ) O om 4 Portland O r« 97 2 0 7 »-«GODFREY RAYMOND Jim Larim ntenr C h a rrrrw dem agoguery, but that we that th e re a re th o se who would rob us of o u r ballot a re dally victim ized and o p p re sse d by the decision pow er. Again at the local JWY «CE m ade behind closed doors lev el, poll w atch ers and REX)FOX> at city h a lls , s ta te c a p i- black election o fficials and c o r n s -» ski «aeon — . m i a m jr to ls, the h alls of Con should be tra in e d the '—»OSSIE MVS COLOR>OeLuxe’ UmtedVtat» g r e s s , and th e White ready to p erfo rm n e c e ssa ry task s on elec H ouse. W eekn ig h ts M o n d a y thru Thursday 7 :15 As an organization , the tion day to in s u re that V oter Education P ro je c t every black vote is count (VEP) has given m o re ed and that all v o ters a re F rid a y -S a tu rd a y 7 :0 0 - S u n d a y -2 .4 5 tim e , effo rts, and r e p ro p e rly re co rd e d . If we attend to th ese s o u rc e s fo r m inority vo m a tte rs , we can approach te r re g is tra tio n in 1972 than at any o th er tim e in the electio n s of Novem te n -y e a r h isto ry . Our la b e r 7 with the knowledge b o r has been fruitful and, th at black people will vote In la rg e nu m b ers and all a c ro s s the South, tens that we, as black c itiz e n s , of thousands of new black will have used one of v o te rs have been added to o u r g re a te s t w eapons- re g is tra tio n lis ts . This the vote to work is an im portant and ne change In th is nation. fo r c e s s a ry f ir s t step , but o u r work is only half done. John Lew is is Exe It m a tte rs little that we cutive D ire cto r of the Vo have re g is te re d m o re te r Education P ro je c t, than a m illion and a half Inc. (VEP), based in At black v o te rs in the p ast lan ta, G eorgia. This a r ti six y e a rs if half of that c le Is one in a s e r ie s num ber do not vote. spo n so red by the Youth We m ust a d d re ss o u r C itizenship Fund, Inc. se lv e s to this problem (YCF) in the hope that with the kind of com m it all eligible black v o ters m ent and dedication which will c a s t th e ir ballots c h a ra c te riz e d the civil on N ovem ber 7. 3 0 0 0 NE A lb e rta COMEBACK CHARLESTON BLUE Mike Walsh Reports signs Walsh said, " I t la one tiling for youngsters to take a lawn- sign (or a souvenir hut It Is something else for giuwn adults to lw out taking down algna that volunteers made and obta Inert permission to place on the lawns of |>eople who support Mike for Con g ress." à HAIRSTYLES O p e ra lo rs : L illian W illiam s Ruby 3632 Reed N. W illiam s U LLIA N 'S B e a u ty Salon Specialists In A ll Phases Ave. 2 8 1 -6 5 5 4 H elp break the p o v e rty c y c le . Become in v o lv e d w ith C om m unity A c tio n . The P ortland M e tro p o lita n S teering C om m ittee - EO A ( In c .) The C om m unity A c tio n A g e n cy fo r Urban M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty . NIO S .E . A ld e r P o rtla n d , O regon 97214 Telephone: 233-6541 . __ if COMING NOV. 1 r jll y # 'Ex c ite m e n t PCC president opposes Measure 9 R METROCOLOR »*-** Coming Nov. 15 On November7 ,1 9 7 2 ,O re gonians w ill be voting on a proposed state constitutional amendment to prohibit a tax on property to pay operating costs of grade schools, high schools, and community col leges. The measure was placed on the ballot by the Oregon Farm Bureau through the Ini tiative petition process. A g ri cultural groups indicate that because of the property tax, Oregon is a very high cost state fo r doing business in agriculture. Community leaders, many parents, most school hoards, educators, and educational groups are working agalnist Ballot Measure 9 because they feel It endangers local con trol of schools and community colleges and provides no a l ternative source of revenue for financing [whileeducation. They al s a see the possibility of payroll and other taxes which may threaten tlie healthy growth of business. Measure 9, if passed, be comes effective December 7, 1972. This would mean that no property taxes would he available to operate schools and community colleges be ginning with school year 1973-74. Portland Community Co, lege President A m oD eB ei nardls states. "The Impai on PCC would 1« serious, would mean that the colleg would no longer have a ta base for 50% of Its build lng program or 0*20% Iocs contrliwtlon to the operatln fund— a reduction of approx I mately $2,242,000 for opera lions.” De Berna nils sees threi alternatives to property ta financing if Measure 9 sue* <»eds: replacement by stab funds; tuition increase; oi cutback of programs, facili ties, and staff. D r . Dale P arnell, Superin tendent of Public Inatructicn, believes that the 1973Legis lature should be given a chance to consider alterna tives to financing schools try property taxes before doing away with the present system. MORSE Democrat for U.S. Senate It we are to continue to throw our money away for the killing of American and Asian y in a tragic conflict, we will never solve any of our pressing domestic problems. The s T / t e m ,nflat'° " a"d unemployment It has kept us from improving our educational system and cleaning up our environment, and has deterred any serious move for tax reform." - Wayne Morse, April 18. 1972 Wayne Morse consistently voted against all appropriations for the war in Vietnam, Hatfield did not In fact, Hatfield voted for appropriations specifically earmarked for the conduct of the war. Wayne Morse voted against wire tapping and electronic sur veillance. opposes preventive detention, and rejects any at tempt to dilute the guarantees of the Fifth Amendment Mark Hatfield voted for bills containing all of these measures There’s a difference... Check the record. Wayne Morse says that the federal minimum wage law should be equally applied to all those working. Mark Hat field voted for a Buckley amendment to the Social Se cuuty Act which would have allowed workers below the age of 18 to be paid $1.60 an hour or 80% of the mini mum wage whichever ii higher Wayne Morse does not approve of court packing and did not support the Administration's political nominations to the Supreme Court; Mark Hatfield voted for the confir mation of Burger, Blackmon, Powell and Rehnquist he al«o supported the nomination of Richard Kliendienst for Attorney General. P a id fo r W a y n e M o rs e fo r S e n a te ( .n r n m t lt u c P h il G e o ry e T re a s u re r, 5 9 5 C re st D r iv e , I u g u n e , Ó re .
