Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, November 30, 1972, Page 3, Image 3

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    Black convicts find understanding
‘ ■'I’
T v ve
* had enough of prison
life .
I want to go h o m e ."
"M y w ife and ch ild re n need
'tie at home. | don'f (»long
her'«.**
" I 'v e learned my lesson. |
want to get out of
h o re ."
I l»ae i n typ ica l of the re ­
m arks C u rtis C . C re w io ru
hears e ve rytim e lie v is its a
Federal prison as one of the
eight m em bers of the U . S.
D epartm ent of J u s tic e 's Hoard
of P a ro le .
On a recent t r ip to t ie Fed­
e ra l p e n ite n tia ry |n Atlanta,
lie le a rd 116 pleas fo r pa ro le .
" I can only hear onecase at
a tim e and | judge each case
on Its individual m e r l t s / 'M r .
C ra w fo rd e xp la ins. " T h is Is
one business In which two plus
two d ie s n 't n e cessa rily make
fo u r. There are no set stan­
dards try which you can judge
whether an Individual Is ready
to re tu rn to society because 1«
o r slie fa lls In a c e rta in c r i ­
te r ia .’ ’
Kegardless of th e ir pleas
fo r freedom , the Inmates have
learned In dealing w ith C ra w ­
fo rd that they ca n 't " c o n " ttw
man w ith tie thin mustache and
affable s m ile . M r . C ra w ford
la not boasting w le n le says
1» has heard m ost of tie
s to rie s p riso n e rs te ll In t r y ­
ing to w in th e ir freedom .
Chances are good that If
C ra w fo rd did not te a r tie plea
as a defense attorney w hile In
priva te law p ra ctice In St.
I.o u ls , 1« probably heard it as
a p ro se cu to r. He was a t r ia l-
attorney In the St. L o u is C ir ­
c u it A tto rn e y's
office fro m
I9S6 to 1964, serving as chief
t r ia l assistant fo r two yea rs.
If lie m issed t ie story as a
p ro se cu to r o r defense at­
torney, lie got a th ird chance
w h ile serving as a provisional
judge in St. L o u is ' C o u rt of
C rim in a l C o rre c tio n s .
" I feel | have a le tt e r than
average background to review
parole a p p lic a tio n s ," C raw ­
fo rd says, " la m f a m llls r w lt h
po lice . F B I re p o rts, and all
phases of legal proceedings.
So when I see a man’ s record
I have a p re tty good klea of
DR. JEFFREY
BRADY
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SLEEP
IHININC
P o r t iin : o b s e rv e r
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Book
praises
Guyana
The
In He eigh t years le has
leeri P rim e M in is te r of Guy-
■ tn, F orbes Burnham has
■een Guyana becomes tre n d ­
setter and an im pressive
force, riot only w ith in tie
G arib le an,
lu t w ith in t ie
Commonwealth and the H im )
W o rld ,
•'Is book, \ Destiny to
M l u lJ.
I hue
Items Daily!
LIQUIDATORS OF FRUCHT
0 A M A C IGOODS AMO
MANUFACTURfS CLOSIOUTS
Finally A rriv e d !
, v a ila ld e lo N o r th
A m erica a fte r its o rig in a l
publication in England ( A f r i­
can P ublishing Company, 275
»“ « •» . »9^0. sets fo rth tie
years from Burnham ’ s I reak
with D r. ( le d d i lagan and
the
People’ s P ro g re ssive
•'a rty
to Guyana's present
C u rtis C , f.rs w fo rd , only hlack m em ber of tlar I s P a ro le n , . r .i n . .
stability and c h a ra c te r.
black p ris o n e r applying fo r pa ro le .
" ’
’ stens t0
sto ry of a
'•u>aria did not achieve in ­
dependence u n til 1966; fo u r
years la te r than Jam aica and
his background. | don't have
! rinidad. ye t in F ebruary
and to a certain point tle y are
M ore than h a lf of t ie inmates
to leave too much to assump­
1970 she set a lead by becom­
rig h t. It's true that Blacks
were black, yet tfe re were lew
tion o r m isconception.”
ing t ie f ir s t re jx ib lic In the
speak E nglish, but out in tie
black guards o r counselors.
■ .
gheiio, you know, we speak i
( if lie eight m e n d e rs on
It's only fa ir that we should
C o o je ra tive R ejxiblic in which
the Hoard, only C ra w ford and
d iffe re n t kind of language. If
hav m ore m in o ritie s rep re­
her governm ent's so cia list
you are black an t you were
M rs . Paula A. lennant
sented in the c o rre ctio n s sys­
philosophy is g i v e n f o r m
law degrees.
Hut C ra w ford
brought up H e re , It helps to
te m ."
thr ough the cooperative move­
feels he has another advan-
understand th e ir cases.”
Before le in g appointed to
m ent.
le is the only B lack on
the Board of P arole. C ra w ford
C ra w ford was ajipointed by
This new status co n firm s
the Hoard.
was d is tr ic t d ie c to r fo r the
I resident Nixon to t ie post
many indications that Guyana
Small Business A d m in istra ­
“ I fir m ly le lie v e that
a
on Novem ber 9. 1970. | j e is
■■■■' ■ >,•1 arn I . .vidu-
tion o ffic e in St. L o u is . He
black is In a position to un­
tie th ird Black to serve on
aJity and d iscove ring tier own
re
ca
lls
that
fo
u
r
months
be­
the Hoard of P a ro le , The oth­
derstand tie problem s of t ie
way forw a rd,
fo re his appointment, tie of-
b la c k s ," le says,
e r black m e n d e rs were sco-
•l w a s
P rim e M in is te r
fice
had
processed
only
nine
vell Richardson and Hom er
U . S. Bureau of P risons
Burnham who led Guyana to
loans.
In
t
ie
ensuing
six
Henson, who served fro m 195
ihdejendence and into becom­
s ta tis tic s show that tfe r e are
months, tie office processed
to 1958 and 196? to 1969, re­
some S,25o Blacks among tie
ing a re jxib lic and, who is
161
loans.
spe ctively.
m ore than 21,500 inmates in
la rg e ly resjior.si.'le io rG u y -
He also served as d ire c to r
Federal Institutio ns.
ana’ s present s ta b ility .
C ra w fo rd does not mince
of the l.eg al Aid Society of
w ords w le n le says th a tm o re
\ Destiny to M ould, .1 se­
t
ie
c
ity
an
J
county
of
st.
"Y o u ought to see th e ir
Blacks
and o tle r m in o rity
lection of B urnham 's si>eech-
L o u is .
faces light up when they see
m e n d e rs are needed in all
es and jxib llc statement over
A graduate of West V ir g in ­
m e ," C ra w ford says. "T h e y
areas of co rre c tio n s . Point­
a five year je r io d , provides
ia
State
C
o
lle
g
e
.C
ra
w
fo
m
ub-
probably feel that a Black man
ing to t ie A ttic s . New Y o rk
a contem porary comment on
tamed his law degree from
can understand them le tte r
p rison r io t In 1971 1« sayS^
a ll the sig nifica nt points in
L in c o ln U n ive rsity in |95|.
the recent h is to ry of Guy ana.
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Groceries, Furniture, Clathleg. Mise.
Black
increase numbers
The rtim h e r of blacks hold­
ing seats In state le gislature s
rose by 21 w ith t ie election
of 178 black candidates In
tfe Novem ber 7 election, a
iw rvey by the J o in t C e nter
fo r
P o litic a l Studies has
shown.
There are now 227 black
state le g is la to rs In 38 states,
com pared to 206 in 37 states
le fo re the e le ctio n . E le ction s
involving
black candidates
were held Novem ber 7 in 31
states: black le g is la to rs also
field seats In an additional
seven seats In which n o le g is -
| la tive e le ctio n was hel l Nov­
e m b e r 7th.
O f the 227 le g is la to rs , 103
are Incumbents re-elected in
th is month’ s ba llo ting ; 49 are
incumbents who hold seats
which were not up fo r con­
test in Oils election, and the
rem aining 75 are blacks who
I were not in the previous
le g isla tu re s.
The figu res were com plied
by the Jo in t C e nter's re ­
search d ivisio n , w ith the aid
of a network of JCPS c o r ­
respondents throughout tie
cou ntry.
The Joint C e nter fo r P o li­
tic a l Studies Is a p riva te ,
n o n -p a rtis a n
o r g a n iz a ­
tion which provides research,
education and technical a ssis­
tance to black and oth er
m in o rity group elected o ffi­
c ia ls and to Individuals and
organizations
representing
m in o rity group In te re sts.
A ccording to the C e n te r’ s
survey, blacks were elected
in three states — Arkansas,
M ln ie s o ta
and Oregon - -
where none were In the p re -
vlous le g isla tu re s. H e three
black state representatives
and ore black state senator
elected In Arkansas are the
f ir s t black le g is la to rs in that
state's h is to ry .
O th e r sizeable gains were
achieved by blacks in Texas,
where there are now nine
black representatives com ­
pared
to only two black
representatives and one black
senator previously, and In
Indiana, wdth five new black
representatives where there
were two in the past le g is­
la tu re .
The la rge st loss of black
le g is la to rs occurred m Ills —
nols. where re d is tric tin g of
m u lti-m e m b e r house d is tr ic ts
contributed to defeat of three
in cum le nts,
reducing
the
num ber Of black representa­
tives fro m 14 to II.
The num ber of black sena­
to rs rose fro m 37 to 43, an
Increase of six, o r 16 p e r­
cent.
In the lo w er houses,
the number of black re p re ­
sentatives Increased by 15, o r
ten percent, from 169 to 184,
A ll lu t five of the black
le g is la to rs elected this month
are D em ocrats. Three state
representatives ami one sena­
to r
are Republicans, and
another senator ran on both
Republican and L ite r a l t ic ­
kets In New Y o rk C ity , one
senator In New Y ork ran on
D e m ocratic, Republican and
L ib e ra l tic k e ts . There were
51 Republican le g isla tive can­
didates, 247 D em ocrats and
13 Independents o r m em bers
of
oth er
p a rties on the
Novem ber 7 ba llo t.
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