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Ms I rances Schoen-Newspaper Room Untv of (»egon Library Eugene, Or 97403 Congresswoman Edith Green charged with racism The C au nrv Tho Multnomah County Democratic Central Comm it tee, which la made up of tiie Democratic Precinct Com mitteemen ami (Tbmmitteewo- men of MultnomahCuunty, w ill consider a motion deploring "the im plicit racism of Rep resentative Green'» poaltlon" (against ae lf-tu le for Wash ington, D.C J at Its November meeting. Thursday the 30th. The motion originated last Septemher. It was voted on twice in Septemher and did not pass. During Its October meeting tl» Executive Hoard . ___ . derided __- as a __________ compromise not to conalder the motion until after the election In the in terest of party unity. The motion was brought up again liy tie Executive Board on N ovem ler 9th and was re ferred to ti» full Central Com mittee with a "do pass" re commendation. The motion accuses M rs . Green of racism In her op position to statehood or aelf- rule fo r Washington, D . C . This assumption Is bused on M re. Green's absence from a committee meeting of the House D istrict of Columbia Committee laid last summer. M rs . Gteen andSoutlasrn Rep resentatives did not attend ti» meeting so a quorum was not present and tl» statehood bill could not 1» reported out of committee to 1«considered liy the House. Attorney Don Chambers, a m ender of the Democratic Central Committee arid or» of tiie supporters of the motion said tl» motion has several [airposes - to dram atize M rs . Green's voting record so that the people of tl» d istrict w ill be aware of 1er record and her position on m ajor Issues and to attempt to get M rs . Green to publically explain her votes. Chambers said M rs . Green is largely unavailable to the Multnomah County Central Committee and to her consti tuants. SI» has little com munication with the party and most persons do not know why she holds the positions that she does. Chambers said tl»m otion is based on M rs . Green's " p a r ticipation with Southern con servative reactionaries ont!» D is tric t of Colum blaCom mlt- tee to prevent the cornnlttee from voting out the statehood b ill." Washington, D . C . is more than 70 per cent black and If It becomes a state w ill elect at least two Congress men and two .Senators, M rs . Green's hill would continue a small section of the city as the D istric t of Columbia and would give the remainder of Washington to the State of Maryland. This would mean tl« possible election of two Congressmen to represent Washington, hut no Senators. Chambers said he would not call M rs . Green a racist "but her conduct supports rac is m ." He sated that the al legations of racism in her stand on Washington, D . C . are based not on this issue alone tu t on her total record. C ham ters pointed out that M rs . Green is one of the most influential figures In Congress and that at the age of 63, with two o r three more terms, she could gain great power. Rumors that she may re tire in 1974 are circulating, but these rumors were leard in 1970and PORTLAND Meeting PSU schedules play Wanda HUson and David C u rry play key roles In Portland State's production oi "Company" an award-winning musical comedy on m arriage. and 9 at 8:«) p jn . in the Lincoln Hall Theater, Performances w ill I» on December I J ti Portland and Multnomah County are currently begin ning a study which w ill end with tl« franchalse of a cable TV system. To most people, cable TV means "pay T V " and Is useful only to improve reception ind to bring spec ial events into the home which would otherwise not be seen: championship boxing, fo r ex ample. This spring, however, the Federal Communications Commission issued guidelines designed to insure that cab le TV w ill also serve as a vehicle for expression and communication for commun ity, educational, and govern ment Interests. Indeed. In ti« top 100 markets, any individ ual can request and obtain a minimum free access to the cable system. Locally, a citizens group has teen formed to insure wide community and Individual use and Involvement in the em - erging cable TV system(s). Ed L yle, chairman of the group calling itself Citizens forC ab- le Television, sees cable TV as potentially meeting a great many of the communication- needs of Individuals and groups. "Cable T V " , Lyle said, " is truly the television of abundance. Portland’ s cab le system may well provide 30 to 40 channels, aid the sky is the lim it on the potential numbers of channels. To us, this means that a great many sm aller, specialized aud iences can he served.” Lyle announced plans for Citizens for Cable Television to hold a large public meet ing on The Potential Com munity Lises of Cable T V . The meeting w ill he held on Thursday. December 7th at 7:30 p jn . at the M att Dish- Nominations for First Citizen gain momentum Nominations for the F irs t Citizen Award are gaining momentum. Some of those who were nominated thia week are Doehie C lark,D avid Nero, Rance Spruill, Herman Plum m er, Charles Jordan and Brenda Green. Nominations are open until January hth. Nominations that are postmarked no later than midnight, January hth, w ill 1« accepted. Nominations must 1« made on tl» official coupon found in the observer each week. This week's coupon is Oregon Holly boxed and ready to mail To begin the holiday season, the Benj Franklin is offering locally-grown Merry Berry Holly, free for the asking. This bit of Oregon is yours to keep or send to a friend or relative Pick up a box today Beiij. © Irniikliii Robarl H Haren, Pre« . 20 Offices • Phone 248 1234 Horn» Office Franklin Bldg . Portland. Oregon 97204 y ? ï I M ST ¥ s *F M SF on page 7. T l« F irs t Citizen Award honors distinguished volun tary community service and leadership liy a memherofthe city. (Justifications are: 1. Person must be a resi dent of the Portland area. 2. Must 1« 21 years of age or over. 3. Must have performed out standing volunteer services within the community. 4. Must possess a high de gree of leadership. Inspira tion and cooperation In com munity affairs. man Community Center, 77 NE Knott Street. Featured speak er at the meeting w ill be F e rris Top, previously a local TV personality and cur rently teaching television pro duction and mass communica tions at M t. Hood Community College. Also Invited to the meeting are Commissioners Connie McCready from Port land and Ben Padrow from Multnomah County, the two elected officials directly re- sponslble for the study ofCab- le TV in Portland. They w ill present the role of government in the franchaise of cable T V . "No one person or group can claim to speak for all of the potential citizen uses of cab le T V ," Lyle said, "but with C C TV , we hope to he able to offer a structure through which individuals and groups can express their diverse needs for access to this new means of communication,” Goldschmidt names manpower coordinator C arl E . Slmington has been designated by M ayor-elect Neil Goldschmidt as the new Manpower Coordinator for the City of Portland. The Manpower Coordinator serves as staff advisor to the M ayor on all manpower and related matters; he is respon sible for planning, directing and coordinating manpower activities under the super- vision of the M ayor. Slmington attended Multno mah J r , College and Portland State University. He is a fo rm er Support Manager for the Portland Metropolitan Steering Committee's Man power Programs and a T ra in ing Coordinator fo r the Con centrated Employment Pro gram . PCC Adult Center needs volunteers Portland Community C o l- Adult Tutoring pro gram at the Concentrated Employment Program. 220 N. E , Russell, needs volun teers. The center operates Monday through Friday during working and evening hours. Tutors are needed to help students with low-level skills in reading, writing, and arithm etic. Each student sets his own. Individualized goal and works with a tutor on a one-to-one basis tc achieve that goal. An unusual part of the new program Is the emphasis on employment skills. Employers may re commend their employees tc the CEP center fo r job- related tutoring. Tutors may pick the days hours they wish to contribute, and they may choose the sub ject they wish to teach. Vol unteers are placed according to th eir interests. There are no educational requirements for becoming a tutor . , . just a willingness to help your neighbor develop basic learning skills. Interested volunteers may contact Rosalyn Menashe at Portland Community College. Adult Tutoring. 224-2135. 5 . Strong consideration should 1« given to community ser vice rendered during the two year (erlod immediately pre ceding the selection. 6. A person having been chos en Portland F irs t Citizen Is not eligible for selection a second tim e. 7. The selecting committee shall weight carefully the re lative emphasis to 1« placed on direct community service through development of the community itself or a major Institution. King-Vernon-! area vote priorities Residents of the King- Vernon-Sabln area of North east Portland w ill vote on neighborhood priorities for tl» fourth action year of the Nelghlxirhood I levelopment Program (NDP) at a corn- bineU meeting of tl» three neighborhood associations on December 6th. NDP Is a Feilerally-funded program which makes pos- sible such projects as re habilitation of homes ( as well as construction ol i»w housing), improvements to streets, l i g h t i n g , parks. cable TV in 1972. lation through the House re Allison Belcher, C hairper gardless of her assumption of son of tl« Multnomah County what the Senate would do. Central Committee, told the Regarding her strong oppo Observer that she is not sup sition to busing to lessen ra porting the motion. M rs .B e l cial isolation in the public cher said, "T he specific mo schools, M rs . Green said si« tion is unfortunate in that it does not consider busing to be was done without the neces a racial issue. She does not sary research on M rs . think most Americans are Green's record on this issue. concerned at all with race, hut Although | certainly support with social class. self-government and state Political analysists say tl« hood for Washington, D . C . it m ajor issue of the 1972 elec would appear thatM rs.G reen, tion was race, even though since she has co-sponsored a many issues were couched in b ill, is in favor of self-deter other term s. The emotional mination, also.” issue of busing, as brought up M rs . Belcher feels that tl« by the President and by Con Central Committee should try gress, led by M rs . Creen, to open the doors of communi was based squarely on the is cation with M rs . Green and sue of race. Blacks point out that if this motion is passed fact that busing was never an the doors w ill be closed. issue until it involved busing M rs . Belcher continued. " It black children to schools in would be wise if M rs . Green white neighborhoods. were to publically make known M rs . Green told the Ob what she has done and what server that she favors child her intentions a re .” She does care and thinks the "W elfare not think M rs.G reen should be C ycle" cannot be broken un charged with racism, hut. til child care is provided for "She no longer is thinking of disadvantaged fam ilies. E a r the disenfranchised people. lie r, she told a Portland daily She senses a change toward that she approved of the Pres conservatism and fears that ident's veto of child care and the breakup of the Democrat that she would not support ic coalition of intellectuals, child care programs for the workers, Blacks and other poor unless they include the m inorities, and the poor w ill middle class fam ily. She said permanently relegate the there are too many programs Democratic Party to the roll designed for the poor and for of the minority p arty ." welfare fam ilies at the ex Attorney John Toran, who pense of the middle class par was an unsuccessful candidate son, for the Oregon House of Rep M rs . Green wondered how resentatives and is servingas she could be called a racist T rea su re r of the Multnomah when she is a member of the County Democratic Central National Council ofNegroW o- Committee, said, "Thepeople men and Delta Sigma Theta of the Third Congressional Sorority. M rs.G reen explain D is tric t should he informed ed that she and Lena Horne a re upon what ground or reason friends. Lena Horne raised Congresswoman Green has funds fo r M rs . Green in 1966, elected to withhold her sup She said that in 1964 she was port from enfranchising the on the credentials committee people of the D is tric t of Col for the Democratic National umbia. Convention and that she helped "A s an individual. I urge the Mississippi Freedom Congresswoman Green to Democratic Party in its e f cle arly declare her position forts to be seated at the con with respect to the enfran vention in place of the reg chisement of the people of the u la r Democrats of M issis D is tric t of Columbia and to sippi. cle arly declare the reasons Fannie Lou Hammer and for taking that position, so the other leaders of the M issis people may judge fo r them selves the right or wrong of sippi Freedom Democratic Party have condemned M rs . her position.” Green saying that her com Toran is member of the promise with the Mississippi National Black Assembly, which has gone on record in Democrats was a sell out. Roy W ilkins, Executive D i favor of home-rule fo r the rector of the NAACP during D is tric t of Columbia. his recent Portland visit, said, M rs . Green told the Obser " M r s . Green is the enemy of ver in a telephone interview Black People, not o n lyin O re- that she voted fo r home-rule gon but throughout the United in 1965. H er own bill would States. M rs . Green is against place Washington in the State busing, which is against black of Maryland, rather than give children receiving quality ed it statehood. M rs . Green said ucation. Anyone who is against she did not support the state black children receiving qual hood bill because shewas sure ity education is against Black it would not pass in the Senate. People. Busing is a neces Proponents of statehood sary tool forBlacks to achieve point out that the Senate has qual ity edua tion. M r . N ixon' s passed home-rule legislation philosophy about ghetto six times in recent years, on schools, which is shared by ly to have the bills defeated M rs . Green, of poaring more In the House. They say It money into schools in the ghet would have been better for to is the philosophy of sepa rate M rs . Green to have used her but equal - which is nothing influence to get good legis- new!" school sites, public facili ties and other priorities established by residents. The program is administered locally by the Portland I » velopment Commission. The meeting w ill 1« at 7:30 pun. at Vernon School, 204 NE K llllngsworth. Residents living In the area bounded on the south by F remont, on the west by Grand, on the north by Killtngsworth, and on tlw east by NE 22nd as far south as Prescott and thereafter NE 18th are e li gible to vote at the meeting. Patrolman surveillance deters crime The North Portland Spec ial Patrolmen, Inc. is pe troling the neighborhoods of North and Northeast Portland as a deterant to crim e. The Patrol surveys homes and businesses at recular hours fo r a nominal fee. The com pany is owned by Robert T . J . O live. The North Portland Patrol men, Inc. was tunded with a $30,000 Small Business Ad ministration loan. They have purchased eight new Plymouth Sataiites and $8,000 worth of radio equipment. The company employs 31 person, 25 men and 6 women. Ten employees were taken from W elfare rolls - seven black and three white. Olive does not see tie Pa trol as competition with tl» city police. He notes that there is a shortage of police men and says that his Pa tro l w ill help deter crim e. The Patrolmen are bonded and are Insured to covet false arrest charges. Nate Proby, Field Repre sentative, demonstrated that the cost of one stolen tele vision set would cover the cost of protection by the Patrol men fo r two years. Captain James Brown, Commander T J . Olive, Sgt. Ralph Wiehe and Nate Probv Field R ep resentative. of the North Portland Special Patrolman discuss the days calls. P~ The Patrol surveys homes ind businesses. They also patrol churches, child-care centers and other non-profit organizations at a reduced fee. The North Portland Special Patrolmen, Inc., is an Equal Opportunity Employer that employs persons of varied ethnic backgrounds.