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a University of (»egon Library Eugene, Oregon 97403 POR TLA ND V o tu m * 3, No. 12 Portland, O regon THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN OBSERVER AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER THE WHOLE W IDE WORLD THAT REALLY CARES ABOUT Thursday Decem ber 28,1972 1(X per copy PEOPLE Charles Jordan leaves City position Black prophets foretell future The Mystic H e a rt an E .S .P . Board which was invented by a Black in Chicago and d istrib uted by Goodo D istributors of Los Angeles, haa the mystic power to forteII the future. If one concentrates the Heart automatically and truthfully answers the questions it is asked, A few of the M ystic Hearts were consulted in Portland, which revealed some great truths. The Heart does not speak well of Portland and the O bserver cannot reveal many of the truths it told about the racial situation in Oregon. Following a re some of the pre dictions that the Observer feels at liberty to publish. Students build carolers C aro lers are self portraits made by the Special Education students at Humboldt school. Children looked themselvea in the m irr o r to see how they looked whey they were singing. Nlta Poster, left, la supervising the installation of the display on the Humboldt stage. Others are M yron Staley, Donald Harrington (whoes attention wandered) and L a rry Panley. Many of tie things we pre dicted last year did come to pass. We were not predict ing 1972 like the local white prophets or astrologers. We w ere predicting the future from the Black M an's point of view. We predicted last year that 1) N ell Goldschmidt would be come mayor of Portland; 2) B ill McCoy would become the firs t black legislator; 3) Ad m inistrative transfers would cut out some grades in A l bina; 4) Because of the re - districting in cutting Albina into four pieces that Blacks could not elect a black leg islator; 5) the Portland City Council would remain lily white; 6) and Nixon would re main President. As 1972 comes to a close, again we want you to see 1973 through black eyes. We predict thatTom M cCall w ill get a federa 1 appoint ment , leaving the governor ship to Clay M yers. John Toran w ill gain more polit ical exposure in the Demo cratic P a rty . A m ember of the State Sentate w ill hire a black secretary and there is a possibility that one o r two m ore legislative positions w ill go to Blacks. T ie new head of the Bureau of Human Resources fo r the C ity of Portland w ill not be black. When Nell Goldschmidt becomes mayor he w ill have the opportunity to appoint many persons to his new ad m inistration, bringing city government closer to the people. Blacks still hope that Goldschmidt w ill bring a new era for Black People in P o rt land. Goldschmidt w ill at tempt to shake up the power base in Portland giving the power to the people in order to bring much needed progress toward making Portland a true C ity of Roses. Goldschmidt w ill oppose Julian Bond for the presidency in 1980. The firs t directo r of Model C ities was white. W ill the last directo r be white also? Model Cities w ill continue for another year and then be phased out. The Portland M et ropolitan Steering Committee w ill be taken into the Bureau of Human Resources through the Green Amendment. Op- posed by many Blacks, this move w ill come soon after the -aw City Council takes office. The G reater Portland Coun cil of Churches w ill come un d e r pressure to hire at least one Black - pressure gener ated by Its members sermons. Child care w ill remain a heated issue as the state at tempts to take over control of private child care programs through the withholding and manipulation of funds. The Oregon Consumer League, having terminated its Charles Jordan, acting di rector of theCity of Portland’ s Human Resources Bureau and d irecto r of the Model Cities Agency, resigned from his position effective January 5, >973. Jordan w ill be the D i rector of C areers Education fo r the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. Jordan told the O bserver that he left the city with mixed emotions. He feels that the Bureau of Human Resources w ill m aterialize in two o r three years and w ill be a success if the people of P o rt land do not expect too much in the firs t year and If the C ity Council gives its sup port. He explained that the Bureau cannot change the de livery of city services in one year. Jordan regrets leaving Model Cities but feels that if the Citizens PlannlngBoard gives the new directo r the Same guidance and encourage ment it gave him, there w ill be no problem in filling the position. Jordan described Model C ities as a demonstration project. " I t was not designed to solve the problems of the inner city but to demonstrate new techniques in dealingwith people problem s.Model Cities works with established insti tutions, supplementing th eir budgets so they can experi ment with new methods. If techniques developed are suc cessful, they should be insti tutionalized and become part of the program. Then the Model Cities money can go elsewhere to help with other problem s.” In carrying out the demonstration projects, some individuals w ill benefit but not all people w ill receive direct benefits. Jordan considers Oregon a difficult state fo r Blacks but one that holds prom ise. Blacks have made few gains in private General Mills refuses Urban League talks Paul P arke r, Vice Pres ident. General M ills , Inc. and chief negotiator at recent talks called by Twin C ities Urban Leagues and the National O r- g a n iz a tlo n fo r Women (N .O .W .), decline to agree to another date fo r dlecuaslry lack of affirm ative recruit ment of m inorities and women in professional and man agerial (exempt) positions at General M ills . The Urban Leagues and NOW refused to accept M r . P a rk e r's proposal of Increas ing General M ills ’ exempt m i nority staff positions from three to aproxlmaosly 4 per cent by December, 1973, but w ere w illing to meet fo r fu ture discussions. M r . P arker was unwilling to set a firm date for such a meeting. In coming to no amenable agreement with the organiza tions, General M ills plans to continue Its present program of hiring 15 percent m inori ties and women up to the end of 1972 and 25 percent by July 1973. According to Lawrence Borom, Executive D ire cto r, St. Paul Urban League, "th is means that of 500 exempt positions that w ill be available across the coun try by December, 1973, only 65 m inorities and women w ill he hired, and we cannot accept these term s .” P rio r to June, 1972, there were only 2.5 percent m inor ities and 5.3 percent women in corporate exempt positions at General M ills . As of No vember 30,1972, employment was three percent fo r m inor ities and 7.1 percent for women. Instant Earnings from Day o f Deposit per annum compounded daily and paid quarterly I f o n j. ® Franklin n *a **k a tea« Robert H H e ie n . Pre« • ?O O ffice« • Phone 248-1234 H o m e O ffice Franklin Bldg . Portland. Oregon 0 7 2 0 4 work in manpower and educa tion and provides the oppor tunity fo r " a lot of action.” Jordan came to Portland in July at 1970 to become di rector of Model C ities. He had been Assistant C ity Man ager of Palm Springs, C ali fornia. Jordan assured the O bserver that he w ill be in Portland and w ill continue to be involved in the community. Some political strategists predict that Charles Jordan w ill tun fo r public o ffice-p os sibly the city council in 1974. Day care center booms The Metropolitan Economic Development Industrial A lli ance, Inc., (M E D IA , Inc.) is a private, non-profit local de velopment corporation (LDC) licensed to participate in the full-range of Small Business Administration’ s is dlrectand g ra ran teed loan project. The Board of Directors o fM ED IA , Inc., consists of nine individ uals form erly selected by the Office of the M ayor, by the Citizens Planning Board, and by the Executive Committee of the Model C ities Program . The Community Develop ment P ro ject’ s p rim ary ob jective is to obtain fo r MN entrepreneurs, consumers. and labor force participa a more equitable share of opportunities and here through increased partici tion in the greater Portl economy. The Progra goals w ill be achieved thro» 1. A s s l s t a n c e to i trepreneurs to participate the established credit mai and the leading of seed fu to MN concerns fo r use e ith e r fixed oroperatlngci ta i. 2. Provision of mana ment and technical assists: to M N entrepreneurs to crease the efficiency and i pand the scale of area enu p rise. By Linda Thompson Yes, St. M artin is lively as ever, serving fam ilies in the Albina area. Each morn ing hetween 6:45 a jn . and 9:00 i j n . , a great number of fam ilies feel proud and reassured going to work afte r having taken th eir children into the D ay Care Center, knowing that th e ir children w ill get the best care possible. The child ren in the nursery are con tented, happy and eager to come each day. While St. M artin 's is quite lib eral in changing with to day's educational trends, a wholesome and stable atmos phere is maintained. St. M artins not only helps develop respect in the child ren for themselves and others but this same feeling seems to penetrate into the parent, in many instances parents acquire a greater degree of seif respect and self-confi dence which is noticeable. (Please turn to page 8 col. 3) (Please turn to page 8 col. “ The Urban Leagues and NOW w ill step up a national selective buying campaign against General M ills pro ducts If such a slow rate of hiring m inorities and women continue,” said M r . Borom. The Twin C ities Urban Leagues launched a selective buying campaign against Gen era l M ills in July, 1972 when the corporation rejected th eir request for an Increase from 2 percent to 5.5 percent in alx months and 11 percent by July, 1973 In employment of monorlties in professional and managerial positions. NOW fltlly supports the U r ban Leagues and has filed a class action suit against Gen e ra l M ills " f o r practicing sex and racial discrim ina tion throughout its operation.” Other m ajor organizations endorsing the boycott are: The Delegate Assembly of the National Urban League W o m e n 's Equity Action League American Indian Movement Mlnneapolle Urban Coalition The Black Women's Institute fo r Social Change industry tut are beginning to make gains in public service. He advises young Blacks with ability not to become frustra ted at the lack of opportunity in Oregon and leave Che state - but to hold on and do some thing about the situation. Jordan believes change is coming at a slow pace in Ore gon but that Oregon holds great promise fo r Blacks. Jordan is excited about his new position and sees it as a new career. The Northwest Regional Educational Labora to ry is doing experimental (Please turn to page 8 col. 5) Media reveals new image By Joseph W . Bostic The purpose of M E D IA , Inc. is to d eliv er lim ited financial assistance, on-going technical assistance and management counselling to existing Model Neighborhood based bus inesses and to potentially vi able resident owned bus inesses, and to attract new enterprise to the Model Neigh borhood. The objective of the P ro ject is to promote the overall economic development of the Model Neighborhood and adjacent areas by u tiliz ing existing Model Neighbor hood economic resources,en trepreneurial talent, and the financial-technical resources of the g reater Portland Ec onomic Community. CHARLES JORDAN Hard work pays D r . Lee Brown was elected the firs t president of the Ore gon Black Caucus. Brownleft Portland to teach at Howard. MAYOR SCHRUNK J . A . PAGE The retirem ent o fM a y o rT e r- ry Schrunk brought the elec tion of Nell Goldschmidt and the challenge to appoint a Black to the C ity Council. T ie Oregon ConsumerLeague fired the director of its Mod el Cities program, J . Alton Page, again bringing to the surface the question of cit izen boards and citizen pow- Please see pictures pages 3, 4 and 5 ec The year 1972 has not been a bad year to many fam ilies and especially to the Mahlon Stone fam ily. They look to 1973 as a very exciting and pro ductive e ra . The reason is that the Stones take life with a positive approach. T h e lrp h ll- osophy is "through hard work, initiative and determination one can achieve his goal.” The Stones are dedicated to youth and to making our so ciety a better place for youth to live. M r . and M rs . Mahlon Stone cannot be considered the aver age Americans because of the fam ily achievement. Under obstacles that would have caused the average man to “ toss in the tow el", Mahlon Stone moved into an exclusive all-w hite neighborhood when it was unpopular for Blacks to live in white neighborhoods. Many Black People use col o r as an excuse fo r not bet tering fam ily position. But Stone prevailed because he has the durability of the Rock of G ib ra lte r. His advice to young people is, "N o m atter what your goal in life is, handwork and determination, along with preparedness, w ill help you reach vour goal.”