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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1973)
I’ age 8 P o rti and /O bserver Thursday January a. 1973 Alcohol counselors organize Hy E llis Casson, P resident Portland Branch, NAACP This w rite r was informed last weekend that the Public p roadcasting System is trying to b ill public affairs programs fo r 1973. Among the shows on the cutting block is the controversial black program “ Black J o u rn a l". Therefore, 1 am sharing with you the following statement and isk that you let your voice be heard - L l W AND CLEAR. Unless there is an outcry from the leadership and the Black community. Black Journal, our only nationally televised Black affairs pro gram, faces extinction next year. The Corporation fo r Public Broad casting's contri bution to this country' educa tional television programming is a strategic plot to k ill Black points of view, a “ march to the rear of the C ivil W ar.“ CPB President, Henry L . Loomis, has called fo r Public Television to develop special ized audiences, but he sees Black Journal's appeal to a special audience. Black peo ple, as an audience not to be considered. In order to lessen his ar rogant racism, CPB P resi dent Henry L . Loomis, in the name of Thomas B. C urtis, Chairman of the Board fo r P ublic Broadcasting, has at tempted to lay the blame fo r C PB 's attitude toward Black Journal on the discontent of selected “ Negro (sic) lea ders,” whom he refuses to name. If elected Black o ffic i als are not a m ajor portion of this Black leadership, then who lsL o o m isa n d C u trista lk- ing about? Ironically, CPB’ s own polls show a wide acceptance of Black Journal by Black lea ders and by the Black com munity and a la reer one in general than other public TV programs. The reason fo r the lies and coverups is the same reason that lim its all Black programs funded by the Corporation fo r Public Broadcasting to less th . ■ $1 m illio n out of a $50 r ill ion ludget. CPB's new w ire iffa irs program fo r the nt r season w ill he “ C rim e Gazette" concentrating on "la w and o rd e r" techniques, and we know what that means. One easily recognizes the hidden agenda of Loomis and C u rtis when it is a m atter of record that the representa tives of the 230 public sta tions recommended to CPB that B la c k jo u m a l be refund ed and remain a part of next years programming. Because of rumors and re cent reports in the December 14 issue of the Washington Post (“ PUBLIC T .V . MAY- DROP ‘ BLACK JOURNAL"*), Friends of Black Journal chapters, past participants on the program, other Black lea ders and just plain interest ed viewers, may from your area of representation, have flooded CPB’s switchboard and Black Journal's with calls to ve rify o r dispel the rum or. But more importantly, all have asked what can we do? We have made the following sug gestions; 1. W rite and/or telephone Henry L . Loomis, President of CPB and Thomas B. C u r tis , Chairman of the Board at CPB headquarters in Wash ington, D.C. Corporation fo r Public Broadcasting 888 Six- cee-tu Street, N.W. Washing ton, D.C. 20006 - (202) 293- 6160 2. W rite your elected of fic ia ls urging them to protect your rights to the airways and the proper use of your tax do lla rs. 3. W rite and/or call your local PTV Station and let them know how you fee! about the ELLIS CASSON issues and Black Journal. Note: Public T.V . stations through its representative PBS, recommended to CPB that Black Journal be refund ed and maintained in next years programming. Whether Black Journal is cancelled o r not depends on whether the protest is loud enough this tune. But the real question to he answered is when w ill white people stop dictating our needs to us and when w ill our voices raised in unison he enough to bury the Loomises and Curtises and replace them with w ell- meaning, committed spokes men in positions of authority, and when w ill white people in Public T .V . give us something back fo r our tax dollars te - sides Insults. • The local NAACP Board of D irectors w ill meet on Monday January 8th at 7:30 pun. (NAACP-OFFICE). This w ill be the firs t meet ing since election. • The General Membership Meeting w ill be fille d Sunday, Jan. 14th 4:00 pun. - Bethel A.ME. The installation of of fice rs w ill take place-Mildred A . Schwab, newly appointed Councilwoman w ill be our special guest. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED. At the regular scheduled workshop, conducted by the U .C . Santa Cruz extension, held In Aberdeen,Washington, the Oregon-Washington group voted to become m enders of the National Association of Alcoholism Counselors and T m iners. T his organization la die out growth of the concentrated e ffo rts to do battle with alco holism , that has developed ui the last two o r three years, using a new concept; instead of professional counselors leading the way, paraprofes sionals .ire used, people who are either recovering alco holics o r have had real close association with the problem. These programs have been in existance through out tlie U.S. since 1970, and one of the outstanding programs (gening p a rticu la r notice fo r its suc cess, not only in the north west d is tric t hut on a nation wide evaluation) is the Alco holism Counseling and Re covery Program In Portland, Oregon, an agency operating under the Portland Metropol itan Steering Committee. There are s im ila r pro grams of this kind funded through O.E.O. located in the W ashington-Oregon area and many other Alcohol programs that w ill be eligible fo r mem bership In NAACT. NAACT's objective and goals are to furnish better service to the Alcoholic and their fam ilies, through exchange of ideas. E. C. SOUL SURVEY 1. Superstition - Stevie Wonder 2. Work To Do - Isley Bros. 3. Ms & M rs. Jones - H illy Paul 4. 992 Arguments - o'Jays 3. Theme From The Men - Isaac 6. |f You l et Me - Eddie kendrti 7. I've Never F und a Man - Met 8. The World Is A Ghetto - War 9. You ( >ught To Be W 1th Me - AI 10. one Life To Live - Manhattei EmUe Summers was elected chairman D ire cto rs fo r NAACT. methods, and resources, mak ing it possible to have high quality standards fo r all par ticipants; also to serve as an advocate fo r attaining recog nition from others in the Al coholism Programs, and to represent its membership in regional and national affairs assuring an equal status fo r those working in alcoholism professional and paraprofes sional alike. A t the firs t meeting of NAACT, by-laws were ac cepted and D is tric t officers chosen. Those elected to serve on the firs t Board of D irec tors were; M rs . Sybil Bul lock, D ire cto r of the Alcohol Counsel located in Salem, Oregon; Ms. Trudie Gideon, South Bend, Washington; M r. E rnie Beaton, Medford, o re - oi »I« Boa nt of gon's Alcohol Counseling P ro gram ; M r. David Wright. Di rector. Everett. Washington Alcohol Program; M r. Boh McCarthy of the Baker. Ore gon Program; and M r. Emile Summers, from the Alcohol ism Counseling and Recovery Program . Portland, Oregon. Elected Chalrm anof the Board was M r. EmUe Summers, of Portland, Oregon. Secretsly was Bob Higgena of Hoquiam, and 1 reasurer, Ma. Trudie Gideon, South Bend. Washing ton. Information on NAACT may he had by addressing a le tte r to any of tie above officers. F o r Portland letters, w rite to M r . Em ile Summers, P.O. Box 14628, Portland, Oregon 97214, o r call 233-6541 Ext. 49. Listen to the SOUL GIANT of the NORTHWEST Every Saturday 12:15 - 4 3 0 KGAR 287 • 2887 8th smashing w e ek held over — Exclusive You d o n ’t have to be Black to dig Freedom of Senator Mark Hatfield said that enacting legislation to insure freedom of the press “ must be a top p rio rity item when Congress reconvenes next month.” “ F o r nearly 200 years, a free press has served this country as a balance to government,” Hatfield said. “ Its unbridled voice is as v ita l today as i t was in 1776," he said. Hatfield said that basic Air Force eliminates waiting period Now there is no waiting to get into the United States A ir Force. That Announcement was made today by A ir Force R ecruiter Master-Seigeant Lavern J. Nelnstadt. According to Sergeant Nein- stadt, expansion of existing programs has provided the needed space in A ir Force Technical School classrooms to enable young men who are high school graduates toenhst fo r their choice of careers. The start mg salary is now over $3002X1 each month with Federal program (Continued from page 1) students at Whitaker Elemen tary School. - PPS - (F o rfu rth e r informa tion, contact: Fran Baumann, public information specialist, 234-3392, Ext. 336) (Continued from page 1) the CWE Program, the em ployer is providing a le tte r- trained product fo r the fu ture labor market. It Is the ultimate goal of the college to have work ex perience as a requirement fo r all areas of vocational instruction. There is a tremendous need fo r employers to use CWE students in th e ir organiza tions. We, at Portland Com munity College, s o lic it your assistance in this program. For fu rth e r information, please contact* our office at 244-6111 extension 346: James B o o ze ro rC a ri Parker. generous housing and rations money fo r men with fam ilies. Mechanics and Electronics head the lis t of A ir Force needs, with many openings currently available in admin istra tive jobs. The A ir Force offers a free aptitude test which is admin istered every Monday. Tues day. Thursday, Friday, and Satu rday. To make an appoint ment to take the test, call 222-7433 in Portland o r drop by the office at 321 s.W. Salmon Street. Black e m p lo y m e n t (Continued from page 1) Among the m ajor occupa tional groups, a marked de cline in unemployment was registered by w hite-collar w orkers, whose rate dropped from 3,6 to 3.1 percent.W ith in the w h ite -co lla r group, the rate forprofesslonal and tech nical workers dropped from 2.8 to 2.1 percent after ris ing sharply in October, and that fo r cle rica l workers de creased from 4.8 to 3.9 per cent. The rales fo r blue-collar workers (5.8 percent) and service workers <fiA percent) showed little over-the-month change, but the blue-collar rate was substantially below Its year-ago level (7i per cent). Given the stability in the level of employment and the drop In unemployment, the labor force declined over the month by 240,000 (seasonelly adjusted) to a level of 872) m illio n , o v e r the past year, the labor force has risen by 12? m illio n w orker* (after eliminating the effects of the 1970 census population con tro l adjustment introduced in January 1972). SUPERFLY F ir s t Amendment treedoms are threatened by recent court action eroding the a bility of newsmen to present informa tion to the American public. “ Congress must act to see that undue judicial in te rfe r ence is removed from the news gathering and dissemi nation process.” he said. He said he is drafting a proposal to insure freedom of the press by providing legis lated protection to newsmen to protect th e ir news sources. left, was an honored guest and speaker as Judge Mercedeae Ter L . Stone, retired pastor of St. Philips Eplscapol Church Lewis, presiding Judge of the Court of Domestic Relations. Jacksoa resigas (Continued from page 1) ager of the New Community Development Corporation, as well as HUD General Assis tant Secretary. His December 13 le tte r of regsignatlon was accepted by the President “ with deep re gret” . The President commended M r . Jackson on “ four years of distinguished service in HUD's wide-ranging area of activities. I p a rticu la rly val ued the dynamic, exacting di rection you gave to the Com munity Planning and Manage ment program s", he wrote. Black universities welcome NR OTC Two more predominantly Black universities now have Naval Reserve O fficer Train ing Corps(NROTC)units.This makes a total of five Black colleges o r universities which now offer NROTC training. The two latest ones are North Carolina Central Uni ve rsity, Durham, NjC. and F lorida A & M University, Tallahassee, F lorida. The units are commanded by Navy Commanders Raymond A. Lam bert, and Benjamin T. Hacker, respectively. P rincipal speaker at the North Carolina U niversity dedication ceremony on Oc tober 27th was Secretary of duty, honor, and country were things that would guide them throughout their naval ca re e rs. He spoke of the “ pro fession of the sea” and said that good judgement, leader ship, and honor and courtesy were as much a part of that profession as that a rt of sea manship, He closed by wel coming them to the Navy, add ing “ Gentlemen, we need you . . . we thank you fo r joining u s.” On November 8, 1972, Rear Adm iral Samuel L . Gravely, J r., tie D ire cto r of Naval Communications, and the fir s t Black admiral in naval history, spoke at the dedication ceremonies at F lorida A & M U niversity. He told the midshipmen the history of the NRf/TC program and traced the Increase in tie number of B lackofflcersfrom the firs t 12 In 1944 to the more than we have today. The S m tad M a M irfid o pley Hu Sugar Hf uara1 CUtTlS Deadlier than Dracula! His H a b its ... UNSPEAKABLE His L u s ts ... INSATIABLE His F a te ... UNBEARABLE REAR ADMIRAL SAMUEL L . GRAVELY, JR., the D ire cto r of Nava) Communications, makes the dedication speech in ceremonies which took place at F lorida A 4 M Uni ve rsity, Tallahassee, Florida, on Novernter 8, 1972, FBI and Portland Police s ift the debree amoni The office was dynamited early Tuesday morning A dm iral said that he envied the young men and that a w orld of opportunity layahead of them. “ I am confident," he said, “ that this unit w ill grow and enrich our service, this university and our Na tio n ." The other three Black schools offering NRfZTC training are P ra irie View A 4 M in Texas; Soutlern Uni ve rsity, Baton Rouge, La2 and Savannah state College, Georgia, ...... ( 01 ()R . ea ^ ■ ^ ^ ^ ^ g g ig ig lg ll AnAIAIRICAN INIfHNAIIONAI Pxtute « I WIUJAI» MARSH«! I DERISI NICHOLAS VORETTA McGEE BORDOR PIRSÉRT. THALMUS RASOIALA. ... «SEPPI NAAP WllIIAMCHAIN )0A(lt0Ì(«SiMRATRI0Nt)N0INt6X.'.'.ÌÌ7?S,..6 fM ( PMI HOUKS Monday - Tue sdì) Wednesday - p r | Saturday 5:30 p jn Sunday 2:45 p jn .
