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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1973)
Mr». ! rane« Schoen - Newspaper Room University o f (Iregon Library Pug ene, Oregon 9740't POR TLA ND V o lu m e 3 , N o . 16 P o r tla n d , O r e g o n THE ONLY Boe brings 'open door’ policy Senator J n o n Hue, |> re si lient of the Oregon senate, told the o b serve r that lie sees as one of the curre nt legisla ture's moat exciting changes Its "o iw n d o o r" jx jllc y . 1 lie legislature Is attempting to Involve the people of Oregon in th e ir government and to make government more ac cessible to the citizens. ( me innovation la the new W AITS line, with which any Oregon resident can c a ll the leglsl ature to ll free to obtain inform ation alxxit pending b ills o r hearings, (Hiring the firs t week of the session the legislature received 100 calls a lay, necessitating the addition of anotlier line, and the calls are expected to In crease as ti e legislative Ixis- Iness procédés at a faster pace. Senator Hoe expects the O em ocratic controlled legls lature to have a good working relationship with Governor M cC all. He w ill work with the Governor w(»never pos sible, hut w ill disagree when I» feels the interest of the people w ill I» le tte r served by going another direction than the one tl» G overnor pro poses. " I ’ ll support him when I think he’ s rig ht and w l»n I think t« ’ s wrong I’ m going to work to change It. That’ s SENATOR JASON BOE the true relationship that should exist letween a legis lature and a governor,” He was raised in a m u lti-ra Hoe expects the real p o l.tl- affirm ative action. He met cia l neighborhood that Includ cal action to move from Wash w ith representatives of the ington to tla state capitols. ed (Hacks, Chicanos, and Jew C h ild re n 's Service D ivision This is an Important trend. ish people as well as whites of and of agencies providing child In his »pinion, because i»nple m ixlerate «Mans. He is s till care to work out solutions to concerned w ith the problems are often overwhelmed at the t l» c ris is In child care fund of m etropolitan are asa lttixigh klea of having to go to Wash ing resulting from fe leral cut he now lives In a small coast ington, l),C , to make th e ir backs. He had legislation al town, Reedsport, where 1» needs known and not knowing introduced that w ill prevent what to do when they get there. Is a practicing optom etrist. tl« C h ild ren’ s Service D iv i He wants t l» people ofuregon He stated that he is looking sion from witholding funds to feel that they can go to fo r real progress - " w ill de from 4-C chUd care agencies Salem and get tl« answers. mand progress In these l» fo re the legislature can act He expects the curre nt ses areas” . It Is fo r this reason on the m a tte r. sion of the legislature to re that he chose senator Keith senator Boe recognizes that shape policies and build ma Bum s fo r tl« Chairmanship the state's affirm a tive action chinery fo r receiving citizen of the Senate Community a program , designed to bring Imput that w ill have an Im Local Government and I rban m in o rity employees into state pact on state government A ffa irs , a position that was employment, is moving too throughout the century. sought by many other Sen slow ly. He plans on Investi Senator lir e 's Interest In ators, gation In this area and w ill urban problem s stems from propose legislative action If Two of Senator Hoe's con his childhood in Los Angeles. the need Is Indicated. cerns are fo r child care and NEWSPAPER IN OBSERVER AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER fHE WHOLE WIDE WORLD THAT REALLY T h u rs d a y J a n u a r y 2 5 ,1 9 7 3 10< p e r copy CARES A IQ U T PEOPLE Child care providers sue State of Oregon The agencies that provide child care through tl« M etro politan Area 4-C Council have voted to file suit requesting a declaratory judgement to re strain the State of( iregon from Implementing new e lig ib ility requirements fo r child care. The conflict letween the State C hildrens’ service D i vision and tie child care agencies funded through 4-C . The child care program s are operated with federal money and use no state funds, but th e ir federal allocations are being cut back by tie state agency as p a n of an overall cut in federal funds to social service program s. The State C hildrens’ Serv ice D ivision proposed strin g ent qualifications fo r e lig i b ility fo r the 4-C programs as w ell as a more s tric t fee schedule fo r parents' pay m ent. Previously 4-C pro gram s have been operated ac cording to federal guidelines which allowed the use of tl« program by fam ilies of mod erate Income and by students and with re a lis tic fee scales so that fam ilies w ith low in comes could 1« provided qual ity child care at a cost com- mensorete with th e ir income. The size of tl« fam ily, the income, and the current cost of livin g index are considered when assessing fees. The P rovide r Agency As sociation, made up of more than SO child care agencies receiving funds through 4-C, voted to resist what It con siders to 1« unnecessarily s tr ic t regulations that w ill rule out many of tl» c h il dren now in the program . They voted to seek a legal injunction against Tl« stale. Senator Jason Hoe met with representatives of tie P ro vid e r agencies and of CSD and asked that tie new regulations not he filed and that an injunction not be sought un til tie legislature could meet on the problem . Senator Betty Roberts, (D - Portland), introduced legisla tion at the request of Senate President Boe, (D-Reeds port), aimed at continuing day care fo r a ll children now en rolled in 4-C child care pro gram . Senate BUI 74, which con tains an emergency clause, dire cts the Department of Hu man Resources toconsultw ith the Joint Ways and Means Com m ittee on expenditure of rem aining 4-C DayCarefunds fo r the current biennium. "W h ile 1 cannot stop the Federal government from picking one pocket to put tie money in another, as 're ve nue sharing’ ,” Boe said, " • Intend to do everything in my power to see that no fam ily Is ruled ite lig ib le for trying to better its e lf financially. ■ Revenue sharing appears m ore and more to he an elu sive, non-productive, even counter-productive proposal. The lio n ’ s share of the money this year is going to the Gov e rn o r's proposal for school finance. “ Day Care providers are rig h tfu lly incensed about the effects of the Federal cut. It has put tl« m and the C h il dren’ s Services Division on a co llisio n course which ap pears to te l«aded toward lengthy court action at tl« expense of the children. "T h e solution to this im mensely complex problem must come from within the Le gislature and be guided and directed by the Legislature w ithin the available resources of this s ta te ." The b ill Is now In the Ways and Means Committee. In the meantime, the C h ild ren s' Services Division has filed the i«w regulations with the Secretary of State's O ffice, so that P rovide r Agencies w ill now pursue an injunction preventing th e ira p - pltcatlon. The new qualifications fo r the uses of 4-C programs are: 1) Single parent fam ily em ployed away from home o r incapacitated In a manner and to a degree that renders the individual incapable of caring fo r h e r/h is children. 2) Tw o-parent fam ily in which the father is unemploy ed o r m arginally employed (employed less than eight months per year in the current and proceeding calendar year o r less than 100 hours per month). 3) Single parent fam ily in which parent is enrolled In a train in g program that w ill (Please turn to pg. 8, col. 6) UL signs contract The Portland o u tre a ch p ro - gram is operated by the U r ban League, in cooperation with A F L-C IO . The program Is designed to get m in o rity persons indentured as appren tices and journeyman trau« es In the building trades. It is financed by the UJ>. De partm ent of Labor. The National Urban League is tl« prim e contractor, and the a ffilia te , the Urban League of Portland, is a sub-contrac to r. The program is five years old. The last program year ended October 31. 1972. The UrbanLeague successful ly placed 41 apprentices and 30 journeym antrainees, which exceeded the required goal. T h e ir gross earnings w ill be in excess of o re -h a lf m illio n d o lla rs . Since October 31, 1972, the program has t«en operating on a month-by-month extension. Tuesday, January 16, 1973, E . Shelton H ill. Executive D i re c to r of the Urban League of Portland, went to Los Angeles and signed a contract with the National Urban League fo r $95,367 to com plete the program yearending O ctober 31, 1973. He received verbal assurance that the pro gram w ill continue fo r the fo l lowing program year. Emanuel Hospitals new Mobile Cancer Testing van w ill provide cancer detection tests fo r women of the Model C ities area. The van, which w ill move throughout the area, c a rrie s com plete fa cilitie s fo r the examinations. Mobile unit gives tests A new cancerdetection pro gram was announced at Eman uel Hospital today by P o rt land O bstetrician - Gynecolo gist and Program D ire c to r C liffo rd F earl, M .D. The “ M obile CancerDetec- tion C lin ic " provides testing fo r cancer of the uterine cer vix fo r women in lim ite d -in come o r m edically isolated areas of the state. The c lin ic is also equipped tom akeavai- lab'e ether types of examina tions such as one fo r cancer of the breast. The fir s t of its kind in the Northwest, the program is founded by anoregon Regional Medical Program (ORMP) grant through the department of Health, Education and W el fare. The screening clin ic is housed in a 35 foot, one ton mobile unit designed a fte r a regular physician’ s office, containing two examination LBJ civil rights achievem ents g a in praise " T o 1» Black in a white society Is not to stand on level ground. While tl« races may stand side by side, whiles stand on histo ry's mountain and Blacks stand on h i s t o r y ' s h o llo w ." These were among President Lyndon Johnson's last p-ibllc words as he made a ra re appe a rance at tl« opening of his c iv il rights papers fo r public use in the Lyndon Baines Johnson L ib ra ry at tl« U niversity of Texas. He made c le a r his belief that "U n til we over come unequal history, we esnnot overcome unequal op p o rtu n ity ." Praising the accomplish ments of a few Blacks who have succeeded in politics, athletics and entertainment, Johnson said, "W e must not allow the v is ib ility of tl« few to dim inish efforts to satisfy Every day is pay day with true daily interest. A i the Ben|. I -ranklin. mlcicxi on passbook savings is compounded conxlunily. from day of deposit lo day of withdrawal, l or maximum earnings on your savings, pay yourself first m a safely-insured account ai the Bern I ranklin. 5 # C z- Paaabook Saving« per annum a - Z Certificate* of Depoait t/L 6 /[J / w and paid q u a rte rly I m m h m inim um for year« Beni. © Praiikliii Robert H Huzen Pr«» • 21 O ffitê i • Phone 248 1234 Hom e O ffic e F ranklin B ldg Portland O regon 97204 importance of ea rly cancer detection. D r . F earl began plans fo r the traveling cancer detection clin ic in 1969 with the en dorsement of the American Cancer Society and under the directio n of Harvey Baker, M .D . The Emanuel Hospital medical staff member worked closely with Assistant Vice President Robert L . Layne and ORMP on the plans and development of the grant ap plication. D r. F e a rl’ s long-tim e In terest in a project of this type was increased when he served as a mem ber of ORMP’ s sub committee on cancer, repre senting the field of gynecolo gists. In addition to the mobile cancer detection project, the mobile unit w ill be used by ORMP fo ro th e rty p e s o f health care services. (Please see additional story on page 8, column 5.) 4C names new director our responsibility to tl« s till unseen m illio n s who arefsced w ith that basic problem of being Blsck in a w h it e so cie ty." The recent C iv il Rights Symposium sponsored by the U n iversity of lexas at Austin provided a platform fo r the asessment of progress and problem s In the area of equal opportunity during tl« John son A dm inistration. The symposium marked the open ing fo r research of the c iv il rights papers in tl« l.yndon Johnson Presidential L ib ra ry . President Johnson was fo r tunate to be given the oppor tunity to hear praises of his work In the field of c iv il rights, a w ork 1« became committed to late In his career, while 1« s till lived. society disrupted from any the United States fo r all cause to obey tl« law because m inority groups than had been It Is In the interests of a ll, accomplished by any ad " In the field o fC iv il Rights, m in istration since the adop President Johnson fu lfille d tion of the C iv il W ar Amend both of these prerequisites to ments between |9c5 and 1870," a just society. As a result, M r . W arren said. much progress hss l«en Vernon E . Jordan, J r., made, but also much remains Executive D ire c to r of the to 1« done." National U rb a n League, M r, W arren spoke b rie fly traced the development of the on what he called "th e three ’ Second Reconstruction’ from great landmark acts which its t«glnnmg in the c iv il have changed the lives of m il rights legislation of the John lions of people from complete son A dm inistration. fru stra tio n and abject despair Commenting on the C iv il to cautious hope and guarded Rights Act and other legis a m b itio n ." Those acts are: lation, M r . Jordan said, — The C iv il Rights Act of "T a ke n together, they broke 1904, which prohibited d is tl« back of legal segregation, crim inatio n in public accom shifted some power to m in o r modations, in program s re itie s, reordered the way the ceiving public assistance and masses of people thought In employment, and esta about d o m e s t ic issues, blished an Equal Employment created a body of law and F o rm e r Chief Justice of the Opportunity Com m ission. custom that w ill he, fo r the United States E a rl W arren — The Voting Rights Act m ost part, Irre ve rsib le , and paid tribu te to form er Lyndon of 1965, which authorized tl« gave to Black people a se lf- B, Johnson and his achieve attorney general to appoint conscious confidence that w ill ments In the area of c iv il federal exam iners to re g iste r continue fa r Into the fu tu re ." rights legislation, voters in areas of marked Julian Bond, Georgia legis "U nfortunately, it Is true d iscrim in a tio n and streng la to r and a founder of the that race prejudice resides thened penalties fo r inter Student Nonviolent Coordina In the hearts of people as ference with vote r rig hts. ting Committee, told more greed, avarice and violence - - The C iv il Rights A ct of than 1,000 persoi.s assembled d o ," tl« fo rm e r Chief Jus 1968, which prohibited d is at the symposium that the re tice said, “ Ixil its manifes crim ination In the sale o r cord of the |960’ s " i s more tations can 1« curbed by law rental of most housing in the than pieces of p ip e r, copies so fa r as Its Infliction upon nation and protected persons of b ills o r speeches made. others Is concerned In the exercising haste educational The record is In changes in same manner that we re and working rights, and c iv il peoples lives, in votes cast strain theft, fraud and as rights w orkers urging others and elections won, in jobs sau lts." to exercise th e ir rig hts. secured, In education achieved M r, W arren continued: "Compendiously, th e s e and In the bittersweet d is "B u t all laws are Ineffec acts, together with the v a ri covery that hamtxirgers are tive unless there Is a w ill ous adm inistrative programs only hamburgers, wherever on tl« part of those In author inaugurated l«tween 1963 and they are eaten." ity to enforce them, and a |968 to relieve poverty, Roy W ilkins, Executive leadership In them to Inspire break up ghettos, and plan D ire c to r of the NAACP, said the people who must even fo r model citie s, did more to tua lly pay the price of a (Please turn to i’g. 8, col. 3) make c iv il rights a re a lity In rooms, a bathroom and a re ception area. A registered nurse, a phy sician, a medical receptionist and a d riv e r travel with the clin ic during testing hours. Beginning in the Model C itie s area, the fu lly equipped c lin ic w ill travel from location to location, offering free Pap tests to residents of the area. The mobile cancer detection unit w ill be located in the Mod el C itie s area through A p ril. 1973. F o r the rem ainder of the p ro je ct's f ir s t year, the clinic w ill be scheduled fo r testing throughout the Portland M et ropolitan area. Testing w ill become state-wide during the second and third years of the pro je ct. Am erican Cancer Society volunteers w ill play a key role in the initiation of the pro ject by contacting prospective patients and emphasizing the AJL. Henderson, chairman of the M etropolitan Area 4-C Council, announced the resig nation of 4-C Central Admin istra tio n Ed Klumpp. Klumpp has accepted a po sition with a national consult ing firm to be the principal investigator, evaluating Title I program s. M rs . Edie Ryman was ap pointed by Henderson as in te rim ad m in istra tor. M rs. Ryman is Program Develop ment Coordinator fo r 4-C and previously Assistant D ire cto r of the Model C ities Point of Inform ation and R eferral. "Although we are so rry to see M r. Klmpp leave” , Hen derson said, ” 1 have the ut most confidence in M rs . Ryman’ s a b ility and in her sincere dedication to child care. I am sure 4-C w ill con tinue to expand and enhance Its service to fam ilies under her guidance." The Metropolitan Area 4-C Council Coordinates and funds approximately 50 child care programs in Washington, Clackamas and Multnomah counties. It holds the Model C ities contract to provide child care in the Model C ities area. Scott moves up Rear A d m i r a l Joseph J , McClelland, C o m m a n d e r of the 13th Coast Guan) D is tric t reads citation to two of P o rt land's Coast Guard re cru ite rs. Chief G erry Arnold and Pettv O ffic e r F irs t Class Tony T urne r. T urner, a Portland resident, and Arnold from Bothell, Washington were cited fo r th e ir out standing w ork in enlisting 53 men into the Coast Guard in one month. Portland men commended Two of Portland's Coast Guard re cru ite rs were com mended during ceremonies at 13 th Coast Guard D is tric t Headquarters in Seattle. C hief Petty O ffice r G erry Arnold, O fficer-|n-C harge of the Portland recruiting office received the Coast Guard Achievement Medal and Pettv O ffice r F irs t Class Tony T u rn e r received a L e tte r of Commendation from theCom - mander of the 13th Coast Guard D is tric t. (Please turn to pg. 8, col. 2) F o rm e r newsman Stanley Scott w ill become the White House tiason officia l with m i n o rity groups and the highest ranking black on the White House staff, o fficia ls report. Scon. 39, w ill !« a special Assistant to the President.He succeeds Robert J, Brown, who has held tl« job fo r four years. Brown plans to return after the inauguration to his public relations business in High Point, North C arolina. Scott has been an assistant to H erbert G. Klein, White House D ire c to r of Communi cations fo r the past 18 months. A He is a native of Atlanta. He has worked fo r United Press International in New York, fo r Black - oriented newspapers in Atlanta and Memphis and fo r Westing- house Broadcasting Co. He is m arried and has three c h il dren. Klein’ s staff is gradually being reduced, and Klein him self is expected to leave the adm inistration within a few months. White House Press S e c re tiiy Ronald I , Z ie g le r has said he does not plan to take over the Klein operation.
