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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1973)
Mm. f * * * bo<n U a tvu M ty *»' • a h ,M y J * * “ k g m . i« # * 1 OBSERVER «« V o lu m e 3 , N o . 15 P o rtla n d , O re g o n THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER T h u rs d a y J a n u a r y 1 8,1 97 3 10< p e r copy THE WHOLE WIPE WORLD THAT REALLY CARES ABOUT PEOPLE Oregon honors Martin Luther King Peace march scheduled The Inauguration Day Peace Coalition, representing a broad grouping of pesce-orl- ented organizations and Indi viduals in the Portland area, w ill hold a peaceful march snd rally on Saturday, Jan uary 20, 1973, starting ! 11:00 » jn . In the North Park Blocks and «arm Ina ting at a rally on the Pioneer Post Office steps at 12:30 p jn . i GENERAL FOODS IS A CUSTOMER OF LOCAL BANK - General Foods Corporation recently made a aubatantlal deposit In the Fteedoni bank of Finance of Portland. Venerable F . Booker (left), President and Chairman of the Board of tie bank, la shown receiving the deposIt check from R JI. Burgess, of Portland, D istrict Salea and Distribution Manager for the food company. (Pleaae aee story on page 8) Eymann sees productive session speaker of the House of Rsp- reaentativea. Richard Eymann aeea many changea In the current legislative session. The House has many new members, and more young m em lers and women. In! Representative Eymann point ed out that many of the old stalwarts are beck to provide leadership and stability. There have been rule changes and changea in procedures that w ill enhance tie work of the legislature. Fortxam ple, all ludgets w ill go tothecom - mlttee most related to tie program to le looked over before they go to the Ways and Means Committee. Thia w ill ensure that the legisla ture w ill learn of the needs of the programs lefore money decisions are mails. Eymann sees solving the school finance problem, with related problems of property tax, as the legislature's greatest job. The legislature must find a way to finance education In a way that all children w ill receive an equal opportunity for quality edu cation, rather than the child who lives In a disadvantaged area receiving less oppor tunity than the child living In wealthy area. Also, educa tion must be financed In a way that collects taxes from those most able to pay. Eymann believes there will he consumer protection laws passed this session that will serve to protect the pur chaser. F o r the first time, there Is a House committee on consumer affairs. State law says that It Is Illegal to discriminate be cause of race, color, national origin, religion, sex or age, lo t It Is common knowledge that this dot* fretjuendy. A House committee will look Into the state's affirmative action program, which re q u ire s equal hiring and pro motion policies In state posi tions, to see how well It Is operating. Although this pro gram is to ensure minority hiring In all state agencies and departments. Eymann was heard that It Is working wall on only two agenclss. If the committee finds a need for more legislation. It w ill be Introduced. I he most com mon reason given for not hiring minorities is that they are not judged competent for the particular job or a white is judged more competent. If this Is true, Eymann would suggest a crash program to prepare minority persons for particular positions. C ivil Service policy w ill be looked over to see that requirements actually fit the position, for example Eymann feels too many positions unnecessarily (Pleaae turn to page 8 Col. 5) Black* charge Forest Service M ayor Nell Goldschmidt announced hit support of the rally, which w ill coincide with President Richard Nixon's Inauguration. Endorsing the demonstration, Goldschmidt said "m illions of words have been written and spoken against the outrageous con flict In Southeast Asia, and yet our soldiers remain to kill or be killed and the Whlw House allows the devastation to continue. " I add my voice to those, not only In our nation, but throughout the world, who say once and for all, 'Am erica, stop this Insane war and bring our troops home, and apply our resources to the projects of peace*.** Goldschmidt pointed out that D r . M artin Luther King had been Involved In the peace movement prior to his assassination and that the demonstrations still go on five years later. Commissioners M i l d r e d Schwab and Lloyd Anderson have also lent support to the peace demonstration. Mayor ask* opinions M ayor Nell Goldschmidt has requested the assistance of the public in making ap pointments to the Portland Ifevelopment Commission and the Portland Planning Com mission. All nine positions on the Planning Commission are vacant throughexpirations and resignations. Two of the five members of P J j.C . have resigned and (Please turn to page 8, col. 6) The 7th and 8th Grade Chorus from M artin Luther King Elementary School, led by Dave Flanigan, sing "Reach Out and Touch*' and "T h is Land is Your Land" for members of the O re gon State House of Representatives. The House of Represenu- tives of the State of Oregon honored the birthdate of M a r tin Luther King, J r . by the passage of • mot on declaring January 15, I9?d, to be " D r . M artin Lu-4:< King, J r . and Rosa P a rte Day’ ’ . The motion was presented by Representa tive W ally Priestly and was co-sponsored by Representa tive Howard W ill Its. Speaking In support of his r e s u i t Io n , Representative P riestly said, "T o honor D r. King is to remind ourselves of the true reasons why we revere his memory. He is revered because he stood for the moral and the just even when the law does not reach that high a standard. Too often we come to revere the law even when It's effects are unjust. Including M s. Rosa Parks as one to be honored is particularly fitting. Hope fully there are many in the community that w ill refuse to do the unjust In the name ot the law. Ultim ately it Is the standard ol the people, not the standard legalized by the people's representatives, up on which our community and state t e l , . ” Representative E arl Blu- menaver, a member of the State and Federal affairs com mittee, also spoke on be half of the bill saying D r . King’ s eloquent advocary of equality, love and courage helped es tablish a whole generation of activists. "The point is not only honoring a great man to day. We ate reaffirm ing our commitments to the ideals to which D r. King dedicated his life ." Following the closing of the session a program honoring D r . King was presented by students from M artin Luther King and Boi9e Elementary schools and John Adams High School in Portland. by Ken E Umore A charge of discriminatory hiring and employment prac tices has Iwen leveled against the Gifford Plnchot National Forest by m em lers of tie C lark CountyCommunltyCon gress/ a community service and assistance organization that has been active in racial equality and human rights In the northwest. A spokesman for tie Com munity Congress said that the F o re s t serv ic e exercises discrim inatory action when It comes to recruitment and re tenstlon of minority employ ees. especially Blacks for full and temporary employ ment In professional, tech nical anil clerical fields. The charge further states that ap proximately 2SO-3OO whites are employed Ivy tie federal angecy and only five Blacks in low-paying positions retain Every day is pay day with true daily interest. A i ihe Beni Franklin. inlcresi on passbook savings is compounded constantly. from day of deposit to d a y of withdrawal. For maximum earnings on your savings, pay yourself first in a safely-insured account al (he Benj. Franklin. 5% 8^ Passbook Saving* par annum C a rtlttc a te s o t O apoatt par annum com pounded daily and paid quadariy (XX) m im m um lor ? y a a rt l l e u j . 0 F r a n k lin A Robert H Hazen. Pre» • 21 Office» • Phone 248 1234 Home Office Franklin Bldg , Portland Oregon 87204 1 r full time employment at this tim e. The Community Congress claims to have indirectly as sisted the Forest Service last year In tie agency's summer minority employment por- gram hit are complaining as to why more minorities are not employed In the Vancouver office fo r full time, part time and temporary positions that are frequently available. "The Forest Service does not want to take the essential Initiative required to get m i norities motivated enough to take the required C ivil Serv ice Examinations,qor do they wont to let minority place ment agencies and Individu als know of existing or an ticipated vacancies. Roy H arris, a young Black who Is associated with the fed eral agencies Vancouver of fice, suspended any comments at press time however he a l so has a federal discrimina tory practices and employ ment complaint pending at the present time against the for est In question. Members of the Community Congress said that should the minority employment situa tion not Imporve within the next couple of months thay Intend to file a federal dis crim inatory hiring and em p lo y m e n t practices suit against the Gifford Plnchot National Forest In an attempt to Increase the number of m inority Jobs and to es pecially unveil the racist, bias attltuiles that are present In the decision making levels of the federal agency, accord ing to representatives of the CCCC. Senator selects Toran Senator Ted Hallock, C hair man of the Señale E nv 1 roznent and Land Use Committee, has announced the appointment of John Toran as Legal Counsel and Administrative Assistant to that committee. Toran has been a practic ing lawyer In Portland since 1963. He is a member of the Association of C rim inal De fense Counsel, the American T ria l Lawyers Association, the Dragon State Bar, the Multnomah County B ar, and the American Bar Associa tion. Currently Toran is a member of the Oregon State B ar Commlaee on C ivil Rights. In 1972, John Toran was electsd Treasurer of the M u lt nomah County Democratic Central Committee. He Is also F irs t Vice Chairman of the Sabin Community Association and a member of theCommlt- fee of the Division of National John Toran Missions of the United Pres byterian Church. Toran becomes the first Black to serve as Legal Coun sel to an Oregon legislative body. Sabin pioneers community school Sabin E lement* ry School is offering some 30 activities to Portland adults of all ages beginning Monday, January 15. Sabin School la one of three elementary schoola In the Portland school district to operate a pilot community school program. According to Lee Paavola, coordinator of Sabin's com munity school program, "Portland citizens have long (Please turn to page 8, col. 7) Schwab opens doors Commissioner M ild r e d Schwab spoke to the Portland Board of the NAACP Sunday, congratulating the organiza tion for its years of service and asking for its assistance. M rs . Schwab was recently ap pointed to the City Council and is Commissioner for Public A ffairs. Her depart ments include the Bureau of Human Resources. Model Cities, Office of Economic Opportunity, the Metropolitan Youth Commission and other city agencies dealing with human needs. M rs . Scwab said the City of Portland is entering a dif ficult period of change and that city government will be open to the ideas of the people. She assured those In attendance that the experi ence and resources of the NAACP would be sought end used by her office. Stating that the city must learn to U9e the resources of organi zations such as the NAACP, she asked that citizens seek her out, bring her their pro blems, and get better ac quainted. M rs . Schwab administered the oath of office to P resl- (Please turn to page 8, col. 7) The people of Portland hon ored D r . M artin Luther King, J r . on his birthdate at a Me m orial Service held at M t. Olivet Baprist Church. The service was sponsored by the M artin Luther King Scholar ship Fund of Oregon and the Albina M inisterial Alliance. The program, "F o u r Faces of King's Philosophy” includ ed musical selections and talks depicting the life and works of M artin Luther King. Reverend John Jackson, P res ident of the Albina M inisterial Alliance, spoke on Religion; Reverend E llis Casson, Pres ident of the NAACP, Portland Branch, spoke on C ivil Rights; Charles Crews, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the M artin Luther King Scholar ship Fund of Oregon,discuss ed Education; and M ayer Neil Goldschmidt spoke on Human Relations. M ayor Goldschmidt, on his firs t official visit to Albina since his taking office, dis cussed the effort to have the birthdate of M artin Luther King declared a national hol iday. He stated it is hard for Am erica to face the fact that a Black man is equal to the founders of this nation and that many Americans, both Black and white, do not yet realize that King's contribu tions equaled those of the national heroes - Lincoln, Washington, John Adams, Franklin, etc. Some of this lack of realization is because King lived in our own time. Excerpts from " I Have a Dream " are read by Uorene L arry, Eight Grade Student at M artin Luther King Elementary School. Seated are Brenda Palm er, stu. mt of Boise Elementary School, who narrated "Voices of Children” , and Speaker of the House. Representative Richard Eymann. M ayor Neil Goldschmidt sneaks at M artin Luther King Mem orial held at M t. Olivet Baptist Church. (M ore Goldschmidt compared King's message with the statement made by President Kennedy about Winston Churchill, "He mobilized the English lang uage and sent it into battle", saying that King used lang uage to capture the aspirations of his people, to mobilize the conscience and move the na tion's children. " In finding freedom for Blacks, he did not shut out whites, but gave pictures on page 8) freedom to whites who were also imprisoned by the sys tem .” The service was narrated by Phil McLaurin, Administra tive Assistant to the Mayor and form er D irecto r of the Black Studies Program at Portland State University. Re cipients of the M artin Luther King Scholarship Fund served as ushers. Black Studies publishes journal The Northwest Institute of African and Black Studies (form erly the Black Studies Center) of Portland State University w ill publish the firs t volume of its new jour nal, THE NORTHWEST JOURNAL OF AFRICAN ANU BLACK AMERICAN STUDIES, early in M arch. D r. Almose Thompson, editor of the jour nal and director of the North west Institute of African and Black Studies, stated that the journal, which w ill be published quarterly, w ill re view scholarly research,edu cational programs, and speci fic areas of the political arenas with respect to educa tion that is of importance to and affects Black people in th eir thrust toward equal status and true liberation. Focusing on and analyzing the true experiences of Black peoples articles will dealwith social, cultural and educa tional Institutions, literature, art, psychology, politics. i\ D r . A, Thompson economics and e ducation. The first volume will In clude the following topics: "T he Effect of School and D istric t Size on the P erfor mance of Low-Income Stu dents” by Almose Thompson; "A .H . Francis: A Discussion of an Early Black Portland Settler’ s Corresponiience to Frederick Douglass” by Philip Foner; "The Black Economic Experience” by McKinley Burt; “ Nigerian Unity: A New Dimension” by Innou Kaeje. "The Role and Effect of Public School Advisory Boards” by Em - mory Holmes; "B lack Student Unions: A Reappraisal” by Lee Brown and Lenwood G. Davis: "Evaluation of Man power Programs: The Ra tionale" by Henry An.lerson; and "W illlam Stanley Bralth- waite: An Appreciation” by Janies Rogers, D r , Thompson Is pleased with the response from per sons asked to contribute to the journal as well as from those asked to serve on the editorial board. T he editorial board of seventy member« Includes scholars, w riters and persons respected In their respective fields. They include: D r , C . E ric Lin coln of Union Theological • (Please turn to page 8, col. 7)
