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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 .
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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
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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)