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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
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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.
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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
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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.