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Portland/Obae rv er Thursday February 8, 1973
Camp Fire
(Continued from page 1
James T aylo r was a first place winner in Highland Community
Center's ping pong tournament. At the table in the background
is Elaine Antoine, another firs t place winner.
Additional
winners were: F irs t place - Del ben Newton and Eddie Lomax;
Sencond place - Gregory and Avery Pnney, Paulette M cM urray
and Lindell Betts.
236,256 boxes of candy will
be dispensed to group lea
ders.
Proceeds from the candy
sale are used to buy camp
sites, c o n s t r u c t build
ings. maintain s i t e s and
structures and provide the
program for both resident
and day camps.
Although
Camp Fire Girls is a United
Good Neighbors a g e n c y .
UGN does not support the
camping program.
There are two resident
ramps. Camp Namanu on
the Sandy River.
n ear
Sandy, and Camp Kwonee
sum. in the mountainous
area a b o v e
Washougal.
Washington.
“We have many girls in
the inner city who are in
terested in becoming Camp
Fire Girls and sharing in all
of the indoor and outdoor
benefits of the program,”
said Miss Anita Austin, spe
cial project director for the
inner city. "Our problem is
securing interested a d u l t
volunteer leaders.”
Miss Austin, who spends
her full time working with
the inner city program, may
be reached by interested
volunteers at 224-7800 at the
Camp Fire Office.
Hays leaves PDC
Court
(Continued from page I)
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training ground for many
minority people who have
gone into other PDC depart
ments. Some persons have
moved up into supervisory
positions under Mrs. Hays'
training.
The site offices are re
sponsible for planning many
of the more visible improve
ments in the Model Cities
are - housing and street
improvements, tree planting,
street and curb improve
ments.
The site offices also are
the focal point for citizens
participation. The neighbor
hood committees have been
among the most active citi
zens groups in the city.
Due in large part to Mrs.
Hays' efforts. PDC employs
25 full-time and 11 part
time minority persons out of
a total of 126 employees.
Mrs. Hays has encouraged
her staff members to con
tinue their education.
At
the present time, nine em
ployees are attending col
lege, one is in high school,
and one is preparing for the
GED.
Mrs. Hays serves on many
boards and committees dedi
cated to human rights. She
is a long time member of
the Executive Board of the
NAACP Portland
Branch,
Aging
(Continued from page II
Delbert Newton displays skill that earned him a firs t place
award in Highland Community Center’ s ping pong tournament.
Tournaments are held every two months.
President’s budget
(Continued from page I)
Research, development, & evaluation
Community Action Operations
Health and nutrition
Community economic development
Migrants and seasonal farmworkers
Legal services program
General support
1972
1973
45.07
351.0
157.2
26.8
36.5
285.3
165.2
30.7
67.7
18.2
66.7f
36.3
73.8
18.5
committee in the near fu
ture.
Action on the nursing
home bills was postponed
until they are referred by the
Speaker of the House for
committee recommendation.
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A regular meeting sche
duled each Monday at 3:00
in Room 309 of the Capitol
Building, has b e e n esta
blished for the Committee.
changed by the Legislature.
This question has not been
brought up by the Legis
lature or l e g a l opinions
sought.
Senate President J a s o n
Boe said it is unlikely that
the Legislature will reopen
this question since it would
endanger t h e position of
each legislator.
A red is
tricting could change or eli
minate the districts many of
them represent, particularly
those in Multnomah County.
The o n l y practical re
course, in the opinion of the
group that is now ogranix
ing, is through the courts.
The federal courts have re
quired s o m e
states to
change their legislative dis
tricts when it was proven
that they had been drawn to
weaken Black voting power.
Unless legal action is tak
en. the legislative districts
will not be redrawn until
after the 1980 Census.
Various agencies
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tBillion dollars
Under no circumstances
do I believe inflation can be
fought with massive unem
ployment, s u c h as that
which will be created by the
abolishment of the Office of
Economic Opportunity and
over one hundred o t h e r
social service (human ser
vice) agencies. In defense of
his actions the President has
stated, “the time has come
to get rid of old programs
that have outlived t h e i r
time, or that have failed.
When we cut a million dol
lars for a federal program,
that money is not lost and
its power to do good things
eliminated; r a t h e r that
m o n e y is transferred to
other budgets w h e r e its
power to do good is mutli-
plied.” To me, the Presi
dent's elimination of major
domestic program is dan
gerous; especially in an era
when people's ability to help
themselves is dwindling with
massive unemployment, the
high cost of livng, the high
cost and limited medical ser
vices.
Yet, our President
can tell each of us in his
Inaugural Address “do not
ask what your country can
do for you, but what you
can do for yourself.” One
would think that at this
time, with the President's
optimism for our country's
future, there would be a
federal commitment to hu
manity, which is needed now
more than ever before.
Our present national legis
lative trends pose real and
present dangers to the con
tinued existence of Commu
nity Action Agencies, es
and has served as First Vice
President, Secretary, a n d
Chairman of l^bor and In
dustry.
She served two
terms as Secretary of the
Western Region.
Mrs. Hays will join the
firm of Christian Electrical
Corporation, owned by her
brother. George. She said.
“Becoming involved in the
family business has been a
life long dream
a dream
to make a successful minor
ity owned firm a reality.”
There is fear in the com
munity that Mrs. Hays will
be replaced by a white.
Some Model Cities residents
are contemplating a cam
paign to request the assign
ment of a Black to the
position.
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pecially since they have al
ways assumed the role of
federally f u n d e d
advo
cates for and with the poor.
These trends tend to dilute
and diversify the influence
and developed skills which
the poor have begun to
acquire with great difficulty
through the Community Ac
tion Agency. The dilemma
facing each CAA throughout
our country is how to become
a local institution, while pre
serving the community ac
tion concept which has been
won with such effort and
while retaining the role of
the CAA as advocate for the
’»oor. Another national di
lemma facing both CAAs
and local governments is
how can the CAA work ef
fectively with elected of
ficials for the purpose of
liberating the p o o r and
enabling legislation tends to
ward regulation of the poor?
CAA Directors must become
fully aware and knowledge
able of pending legislation
and must communicate this
awareness and knowledge by
developing joint strategies
with the poor and CAA
Boards, elected officials, and
the various community or
ganizations. CAA Directors
must adapt their leadership
role to include the role of
“Community Representative”
within the emerging local
community development pro
cess.
Community Action
Agencies must develop a
knowledgeable and concern
ed constituency locally, in
the state, regionally, and
nationally, which will create
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new lines of communication
by which these new con
cerns can be heard and
acted upon. Communiy Ac
tion Agencies must provide
more active support to their
state and national associa
tions for the purpose of
projecting t h e community
action concept.
As a Director of a Com
munity Action Agency, I am
more than ready to meet
this challenge and assume
the responsibility to seeing
that our poor continue to be
recognized and receive the
assistance they so desper
ately need, d e s p i t e the
views of our President. But
it is about time that every
one, each citizen, awaken to
the fact that the problem
facing our country today is
not just the problem of CAA
Directors or the Office of
Economic Opportunity. The
problem of poverty in our
country affects the lives of
everyone. Poverty will not
disappear if it is ignored;
this theory has been tried
time and time again in our
country and proven false.
Isn’t it time we all joined in
a united effort to eradicate
poverty?
A united voice
would insure that our mes
sage would be heard in every
corner of the country, from
the smallest local city hall to
the big white, stone build
ings in Washington, D.C.
Throughout this article, I
have made a sincere, honest
appraisal in my efforts to
illustrate what the drastic
cuts in the president’s do
mestic budget mean to all of
us. One has only to look
around in the City of Port
land.
In a multitude of
different areas, from public
Housing to Model Cities, to
Day Care Centers, to Com
munity Action Agencies, the
cutbacks will definitely put a
new burden on an already
gravely overburdened com
munity. Unquestionably, to
me, all of this dramatizes
human suffering and degra
dation.
Since Blacks have
always been at the bottom
of the economic heap, it is
the Black who will feel most
directly the cuts in welfare,
employment, health and edu
cation.
Reid; two brothers, Cederick
and Manfred, who attend
Oregon State University and
Pacific University; and a
sister, Irene, who is a first
grader at Holy Redeemer
School.
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