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Volum e 3, No. 2 0 Portland, O regon
Thursday February 2 2 , 1973 1CK per copy
PEOPLE
Brotherhood Week seeks unity
BY D r. David H yatt
President-elect of the
National Conference of
Christians and Jews
In 1934, more than 300
communities in the United
Stales shook off the dol
drums of the then current
depression long enough to
observe an e v e n t called
Brotherhood Day.
The ob
servance caused
o n ly
a
ripple of response in the
participating communities and
il received virtually no na
tional recognition.
But to a group of men and
women banded together in a
relatively new organization
known as the National Con
ference of Christians and
Jews, that day in April,
AYOS •indent«, Horwld M ille r, M « n u H Jones, Jackie Allen end Donald M ille r, examine 1934. was exciting and in
la o a r w ritten by D r . Robert Blanchard giving school district support to the AYOS program.
In spirational.
And in Denver. Colorado,
the re ar Is Leon Johnson, Counseling Coordinator.
a Catholic priest. Monsignor
Hugh McMenamin was see
ing the fulfillm ent of an idea
he had almost casually pro
posed to the NCCJ two
years previously.
The sug
gestion grew out of this
the administrations rutting
mending
that
the
same
level
A large group of students
situation:
Monsignor M r
bark on social and edura
of school funds be appropri
and teachers from the Albi
Menamin. sitting
i n
his
tional programs, that will
ated to AYOS. "but il Model
na Youth Opportunity School
study
one
July
day.
looked
at
adversly
offset
the
schools.
Cities funds are cut off, we
went to the office of Doctor
his clanedar with the date of
Doctor Blanchard gave the
would have to re examine the
Robert Blanchard. Superin
July 4 in red coupled with
students a letter explaining
situation".
He said the
lendent
of the
Portland
the wording. "Independence
his support of their school.
P o rtla n d School D is tr ic t
Public Schools to obtain
Day." thought:
The stuoent body elected
might
lie
able
to
increase
its
»upport for their school. The
"Wouldn't it be fine if for
a representative. Marques
support of the school, but
future of AYO S is endan
just one day we celebrated
Jones,
to
go
to
Washington
that
it
could
not
completely
gered by the cutback of fed
our inter dependence?" Out
D.C. with Bob Turner, com
replace the Model Cities
eral school aid and the poa
of this reflection came his
munity Relations advisor, to
funds.
Blanchard
explainer!
aible closing of the Model
suggestion for Brotherhood
talk
to
Oregon’s
congression
that the problem with fund
Cities Program.
al delegation and to research
Day.
ing
AYOS
is
a
part
of
a
Doctor Blanchard told the
Those who worked to pro
the possibility of obtaining
series of events, inrluding
students that he is recom
mote that first Brotherhood
other federal funds.
Day saw it become a full
week's observance in 1940.
and four years later, more
than 2.000 communities rep
resenting every state, cele
AYOS students seek PPS support
Work Release brings successes
PART I
Moat convicts who are re
leased from prison commit
a n o it e r crim e and are re
turned, The national average
for recidivism (sibling back
Into crim e) is 65 to 7Oj£.
There is a program cur
rently functioning In Oregon,
called the Work Release Pro
gram , which has reduced tie
recidivism rate among ax -
coo V let ■ who complete the
program to 10^. P a rt of Its
program are such agencies as
tba "half-w ay house,*’ The
Portland Men’ s Center Is one
of four such houses In Port
land and one of seven In
Oregon.
What the Portland Men's
Center, located In southeast
Portland, does la take men who
are about to te released from
prison and place them In a
facility which acts aa a kind of
half-way stop-over between
prison and release or parole.
And In length of tune. It Is just
a stop-over. The longest the
program wants to keep any
client, assures J Im Hammock,
assistant director of the Cen
te r, Is six months. A fter that
time he should be released
Into society to assume the role
of a normal citizen.
In that six months the pro
gram attempts to Instill In its
clients the kind of social atti
tudes and behavior which w ill
enable them to become useful
members of society. It Is a
large task. A ll the attitudes
which
tlie ex-convict has
grown up with and which
brought him to commit a crime
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must le erased and a new set
put In their place. It would be
an Impossible task In six
months, or even six years,
without the help of the ex
convict.
What the program
attempta to do Is get the ex-
convlct to help himself become
a useful member of society.
" E ith e r we’ re lucky or we
must be doing something
rig ht." Is the way Manfred
Maass. regional director of
the program, describes the
success of the half-way house.
The program has been In ex
istence for six years. In that
time over 2.000 people have
completed the program. Out
of that number only a lew over
200 have committed another
crim e and been returned to
prison.
How do you get a convict to
help himself? "W e use posi
tive reinforcement Instead of
negative reinforcement.’ ’ ex
plained Manfred M aass. "The
men earn prlveleges by doing
chores. The biggest privelege
Is passes. According to O re
gon statutes they can receive
passes which allow them to
leave the facility for up to
twelve hours. That enables
them to he with their families
and re-establish a family re-
latlonship.*’
Maass described this phil
osophy as being one In which
no one stands over the men
and constantly tells tliemwhat
to do, the way they were treat
ed In prison. "W e tell them,
this Is what we expect of you,
and If you do whatweexpect of
you, this is what you w ill get.”
What they expect of the men
at the Portland Men’ s Center,
and tl« other facilities. Is that
they take a responsibility for
caring for themselves and the
house.
Each man performs
certain tasks every day, such
as cleaning up the living room,
washing the breakfast dishes,
or cutting the lawn. Each man
la also expected to make his
own hed and keep his room
reasonably neat.
(please turn to pg. 8. col. 3)
brated Brotherhood Week.
Since 1940, the traditional
dale of Brotherhood Week
has been the full week of
Washington's Birthday.
Cnee a robust national
observance serving as a re
minder of mans penchant
for irrational and divisive
hatreds, the violence and
sealing hatreds of the 1950's
served to undermine its es
sence. A t its best, what we
now call Brotherhood Com
milment Week, was a mov
ing. distinguished plea for
rationality and sanity, in
volving broad and repre
sentative segments of our
nation's population.
During the darkest days
of H itler’s barbarism, for
example, t h e
observance
contributed rather effectively
to American unity, although
admittedly 'he war was the
p r i m e concern throughout
the nation and world.
As our nation now extri
cates itself from the longest
m ilitary conflict in its his
tory. the time seems appro
priate to r e c o m m i t our
selves to continuing efforts
of Brotherhood.
Millions of Black Am eri
cans,
M e x ic a n
Am eri
cans. Puerto Ricans, Native
American Indians and other
minority groups
i n
our
society suffer from severe
deprivation a n d injustice.
Many factors, prim arily ra
cial prejudice, have contri
buted to this deplorable sit
uation.
Race prejudice has shaped
our history decisively in the
past and it is threatening to
do so again.
W hat white
Americans never have fully
understood - but what the
Black American and Am eri
can Indian can never for
get - is that white society
is deeply implicated in the
ghetto and other equally
(Please turn to pg. 8, col. 4)
Rally opposes cuts
Fifty four Oregonians join
ed approximately 50.000 other
Americans in W aih ngton.
D.C. Tuesday to protest the
threatened cutbacks of fed
erally funded programs.
The people went to Wash
■ ngton to demonstrate to
Congress that poor people
do have a constituency.
A rally held on the Capitol
grounds brought out the
theme of unity as every
ethnic group w a s
repre
seated.
Speakers included
Reverend J e s s e Jackson.
Reverend Ralph Abernathy
and Mrs. Coretta King. As
the rally progressed, the
feeling of despair held by
most of those present turned
into one of hope.
Plans
were laid to mobilize the
nation in massive marches
and demonstrations to let
President Nixon know that
he cannot turn his back on
the poor.
Jesse Jackson
described the mobilization as
“an emerging spring and a
long hot summer."
Portland delegates repre
sen ted the Albina Ministerial
Alliance, the Portland M etro
politan! Steering Committee,
the G reater Portland Council
of Churches, child care and
headstart mothers -
but
most were concerned citi
zens who wanted to get
information aa well as to
make their voices of protest
US Bank names Grigsby
Tenors D. Grigsby has been
amed operations officer at
he Lombard Emerald Branch
f United S û te s National
lank of Oregon, according to
.J. Winczewski. manager of
he branch.
Mrs. Gngsby joined the
iank as commercial teller at
he Lloyd Center Branch, and
ias held numerous positions
rithin the banks since that
time.
She is Junior Achievement
advisor, and treasurer for the
Portland Sickle Cell Anemia
Foundation.
Her outside activities in
clude sewing and volleyball.
Mrs. Grigsby and her hus
band. Ernest, reside at 77
N.E. Morgan. Portland. Ore
gon.
Schnaible appointed
Pacific Northwest Bell has
appointed Roy Schnaible
Portland Division Manager,
replacing Gene Pfeifer who
becomes assistant comptrol
ler at PNB's Seattle head
quarters.
Schnaible assumes respon
sibility for some 261,000 tele
phone subscriber accounts in
Portland as well as Oregon
City. Gladstone. W est Linn,
Milwaukie. Oak Grove. Lake
Oswego. Burlington. Carlton.
Rainier. St. Helens. Cascade
Locks
and
G overnm en t
Camp.
Employed at PNB for 17
years. Schnaible has worked
in the company’s commercial,
a d m in is tra tio n , accounting
and plant departments at
Portland, and is returning to
this area from a brief assign
ment at the company's Seat
tie headquarters. He is a
graduate of Oregon City H.S.
and Lewis & Clark College,
and served in the U.S. Ma
rine Corps during the Korean
W ar.
Schnaible and his wife
Ilene have a son.
The
family enjoys fishing and
Attorney General arrested
Attorney G e n e r a l L«e
Johnson was arrested this
week and accused of driving
while under the influence of
an intoxicating liquor. John
son was released on bail
from the Salem City Jail.
James Durham, a spokes
man for Johnson, said the
Attorney General d e n i e d
that he was under the in
fluence of alchohol. stating
that he was very tired at
the time.
Johnson has had 13 mov
ing violations since 1963 and
his drivers license has been
suspended twice, once in
1968 and again in 1969.
None of the previous vio
lations were f o r
driving
under the influence of liquor.
Johnson was elected A t
torney General of the State
of Oregon in 1968 and again
in 1972.
The Attorney
General is the chief legal
officer of the state and head
of the Departm ent of Labor.
Minister promotes
Brotherhood works
Doctor Raymond Balcomb,
pastor of F irs t United Metho
dist Church, is promoting
Brotherhood
through
en
couraging his congregation to
subscribe to the Observer.
Doctor Balcomb, a native
of Palo Alto. California, is a
graduate of San Jose State
College, earned h it Bachelor
of Sacred Theology degree
"magna cum laude” at tie
Boston University School of
Theology, and his Ph. p .fro m
Boston University Graduate
School.
Before becoming a minis
te r, Doctor Balcomb was a
journeyman machinist.
He
pastored churches In Massa-
chusetts and Portland, Med
ford and C orvallis, before be
coming pastor of F irs t United
Methodist at 1838S.W .Jeffer
son.
Doctor Balcomb has written
two
books.
STIR WHAT
YOU’VE
GOTI
and TR Y
READING THE BIBLE THIS
W AY. He has leena contribu
to r to 12 books, magazines
such as: THE CHRISTAIN
CEN TU RY. THE PU L P IT,
THE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE.
P U L P IT DIGEST, ett: and to
the
National
Council
of
Churches: syndicated news
paper column, " P ra y e r for
Today.”
u
Henderson, Editor and Publisher of the OBSERVER. Spurgeon Waters of the OREGONIAN.
E Shelton H ill, Executive D irector of the Urban League of Portland visit with column s
n Rowan during his visit to Oregon. Rowan spoke at Portland State University and at the
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