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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
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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.