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A couple of week» ago nine
of ua from the Portland
Branch attended the NA A C P
Northwest Area Conference
in Seattle. Washington.
I t was an outstanding con
ference and the highlight was
the presence of Clarence
Mitchell. Director of the
Washington Bureau of the
NA A C P. Mr. Mitchell has
been with the N A A C P for 26
year» and is commonly known
a» the “101st Senator of the
United States."
I would like to share with
you this week M r. Mitchell's
address which will show you
some of the real concerns we
in the N A A C P have, and
must address ourselves to in
the immediate future.
E lli* H. Casson
Text of speech of Clarence Mitchell
Perhaps the most eloquent
Texas and a Black man Irom
description of the status as
the state of Georgia serve as
signed to Black Americans
congressmen re p res en tin g
was given by a great leader
districts from their reaper
who has passed from us. He
live states. W hat is more,
gave a message to the nation
they are accepted and treated
on Thursday night when CBS
with dignity and honor by the
repeated his historic utter
colleagues who also came
ance that the white citizen
from their states.
stands on history's mountain
As we look at these- things
top and the Black citizen
I have mentioned we must
stands in the hollows.
remember that in the Nixon
President Johnson, who budget it is proposed that
made that statement, was there be an increase of over
himself an example of one $600 million in funds fur Civil
who sought to place the Black Bights Agencies. A t this
and W hite citizen on high and point I am prepared to accept
equal ground. Another great this proposal in good faith. I
champion of Civil Bights will say also that the admin
spoke in Washington this istration has now given to the
past week at a dinner given Congress an opportunity to
in his honor and in the honor continue to support Civil
of one of his colleagues,
Bights Agencies
And it
former Chairman Emanuel
will be up ta us to fight to
te lle r of the Judiciary Com
implement these proposals
mittee. The person who made and to make them work in
the statement was former the way we would have them
Congressman William
Mr
work.
Culloch, a Bepubliran of Ohio.
He reminded the listeners
On the other hand, as we
that anything go<id that they
look at the Nixon budget, it is
possess, they must fight to
clear that many of the great
hold.
programs which has meant
We have won great victor
much to the disadvantaged
let by getting important leg
are headed for the chopping
islalion passed. We have an
block. Notable among these
Equal Employment Oppor
are The Anti Poverty Agency
tunity Act which covers pri
and The Model Cities Agen
vate employment. Federal
cies. These great programs
Employment, state and local have done much to bring to
employment. The reach and
forgotten citizens new hope
power of this law was seen
and new opportunity in get
recently when, as the result
ting into the mainstream of
of an agreement with the
American life. All across this
A m erican Telephone and
country 1 have seen examples
Telegraph
Company.
The
of how these programs have
Equal Employment Oppor
resulted in cleaner streets or
tunity Commission was able
have given police depart
to announce that job benefits
ments an opportunity to re
in the way of hark pay and
lease
personnel from clerical
prom otion
for
women
duties in order that uni
amounting to some thirty
formed personnel might be
million dollars or more had
been won by application of freed to fight crime. It is also
evident that in many hospi
this statute.
Lals and many schools, and in
We have Fair Housing Ix*g
other aspects of our national
islalion. The reach of that law
was again demonstrated in life these programs have
given new meaning to consti
the month of December when
tutional promises. Thereby,
the Supreme Court pointed
they have helped our citizens
out that not only did it
understand the great value of
protect the minority against
law as we know i t
discrimination, but it was also
It must be remembered
designed to protect white
that
even though the Presi
persons who themselves be
lieve in Fair Housing and do dent may seek to dispose of
the Congress
can
not wish to be confined to them,
maintain the life and vitality
what are called all White
of these programs. And it la
G hettoes. (T ra ffic a n te v.
Metropolitan Life Insurance our job to see to it that
Congress works in this direc
Company.)
We know the power of tion.
Title V I of the 1964 Civil
We face also the question
Bights A rt. We have seen a of revenue sharing. There is
virtual revolution in employ
no doubt that it is the
ment in hospital's treatment
intention of the Nixon admin
of patients because federal
istration to transfer money
assistance required non dis
from federal financed pro
criminatory policies. Perhaps
grams to so-called revenue
the best indication of the
sharing projects. This could
political change is the fart
be constructive if the money
that today in the Congress of is spent for what is needed
the United States a Black
and is spent in a manner that
woman from the state of will benefit all of the citizens.
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Unfortunately, this is not yet
the rase. So far, the states,
cities and other political sub
divisions receiving monies
under revenue sharing pro
grams all too frequently are
planning to spend such funds
for purposes that do not help
the general welfare.
Here
again, we have the respon
sibility to see that the monies
are spent in a way that
will be beneficial to all.
1 would like also to close
with a reference to a problem
which has been exaggerated
out of all proportion. That is
the question of whether at
this late date, after the 19.64
and 1966 school desegrega
lion decisions, all children
shall be given access to
schools without regard to
race. In the Congress last
year, voices called for legisla
lion that would cancel out
c o u r t desegregation deci
sions. Make no mistake about
it. although the President led
in this call he was joined by
many Democrats who call
themselves liberals.
We were able to defeat
some of the worst of these
proposals because we had
bi partisan support. I æ I us
tell the people of this country
that the fight against trans
portslion of children to public
schools is not a fight merely
against Black children of this
nation. It is a fight against
the courts and the judicial
process. It is imperative that
if we are to save justice for
all people in our land we must
turn bark efforts of those
who would seek to use the
Congress for the purpose of
destroying just court deci
sions or who would seek to
amend our constitution!!! A
frivolous way so as to cancel
out the benefits of equal
treatment of the 14th amend
ment.
in this time of crisis, 1 hope
all of us will remember that,
as President Johnson said in
his last interview, we can
overcome but we must work
for that purpose.
Health
insurance
discussed
"Action for H«a 1th Secur
ity” w ill be the theme of a
five-state legislative strategy
conference on national health
Insurance to be held March
8 -9 In Portland, O regon.Par
ticipants from Washington,
Oregon. Idaho, Nevada and
Northern California w ill gath
e r at the Portland Holiday inn
to develop plana for citizen
lobby efforts in their states.
The meeting w ill be jointly
eponsored by the Health Se
curity Action Council, a coali
tion ot 40 national organiza
tions which support the prin
ciples of the Kennedy-Grif
fiths bill for national health
insurance and the Oregon Co
alition fo r Health Security.
Opening the conference on the
evening of March 8th w ill be
E .G . M arshall, s u r of The
Bold Ones television series
and a prominent spokesman
for the Kennedy-Griffiths b ill.
Announcing the conference.
Oregon spokesmen Dennis
Thompson of Salem and Rev
erend 1rs Blalock of Portland
aaid: "T h is session of Con
gress Is likely to pass some
form of national health Insur
ance members of Congress,
the bill which is passed w ill
serve the Interest of doctors.
Insurance companies, hospit
als and other providers far
better than It w ill the average
citizen. Healthcare is too im
portant to be left to vesteti In
terests, and so a grass roots
movement Is underway to cre
ate consumer health lobby
groups In every state. The
March 9 -8 conference Is our
kick-off event for organizing
the Pacific Northwest.”
Oregon
Common
Cause
P A C C h airm an . Blanche
Schroder, announces intro
duction of a Conflict of In
terest
b ill
and a Lob
bying Disclosure b i l l
in
Salem. Common Cause mem
bers believe that public ac
cess to the kinds of informa
tion provided in these bills
would be a step to the
restoration of confidence in
our public officials.
Oregon is a state of many
governmental
commissions,
boards, and agencies which
wield considerable power and
influence in addition to the
disposition of large amounts
of our tax monies. Their
decisions can. and often do,
affect our daily lives in many
ways. W ithout laws requiring
public disclosure by public
officials of their financial
holdings, it is virtually im
possible for the public to have
the facts needed to determine
to what extent, if any. a
public official may be influ
enced by such matters. The
Conflict of Interest bill does
not require that persons di
vest themselves of their
holdings, only to disclose
them. Income would be stat
ed by categories, not in
specific amounts.
Comon Cause, itself a citi
zen's lobby, believes that
lobbying plays an important
role in the governmental pro
cess, lobbying, however, by
it's nature, seeks to influence
decisions and it is thought
that the public has a right to
know who the lobbyists are.
what legislation or adminis
trative action they are paid to
influence, the amounts they
spend and ihe public officials
to whome they direct their
activities. Oregon is the only
state in the union which still
allows fees payable only if
lobbyists' efforts are success
ful. The Common Cause bill
would prohibit such coni in
gency fee lobbying. Oregon
Common Cause m e m b er-
were surprised to learn lh.il
legislators can be paid by lob
byists. The bill would not al
low this practice. The bill also
includes disclosure require
ments to those who lobby
administrative agencies and
officials. The principal »pun
sor of the bill is Represen
tative (B) Bill Ge. inn of
Albany, Oregon.
The Civil Bights Division
head also said she was hope
ful the present session of the
leg islature would “be kinder
than in the past” so that the
present investigative staff
could be expanded from the
present 12 persons. "We've
had a backlog of cases for
some time dealing with all
illegal forms of discrimina
tion. including age” she said.
"W ith more help, we might
be able to get caught up so
we can deal with cases as
they come up."
Commissioner Nilsen told
the Council that a lot of the
problems dealing with age
discrimination in employment
stem from ignorance of the
law. "We must make people
realize that you should hire
on the basis of background,
training and experience -
period," she said.
A representative of the
National Council on Aging.
Jim W intz of Seattle pointed
out that "once a person is 45.
he's behind the eight ball
when it comes to work. He's
in a captured position. We
(the National Council) find
that people 45 and over are
now being put out of jobs.
They run into a dead end.
"W e feel it is the most
subtle form of discrimination
there is."
According to Nilsen, com
mittee members are Sue
Gordon, Coordinator of the
Women's Program for the
State Divisiuii of Continuing
Education; Sal Lissitz, Exe
cutive Director of the Robi
son Jewish Home; D r. Wal-
WILPF reviews Vietnam
The Women’s International
League fo r Peace and F ree
dom w ill hold a series of
discussions on books regard
ing Vietnam . W ILPF believes
it is important for Americans
to understand the background
of the w ar and thia country’ s
mistaken involvements there
as well as to know and ap
preciate the Vietnamese Cul
ture.
The series of book discus
sions w ill be held on Tuesday
noons, from 12 to 1:30 p j n .
Room E - Public L ib rary,
S. W . 10th and Y am hill.
Tuesday. March 6
WHEN CAN I COME HOME?
(A debate on anmesty for Ex
iles, A n ti-w ar prisoners, and
others) byM urray PolnerD ls-
cusslon leader - Ray Hart-
sough.
Tuesday. March 20
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Tuesday, April 3
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N E X T VIETNAM S. byMIchael
T . K lara, Discussion le a d e r-
Sylvia M ore.
Tuesday, A pril 17 •
THE ENEM Y: W HAT EVERY
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Greene. Discussion
leader - Ann Campbell.
( • This time only: 11:30 to
1 pun.)
The public Is Invited and
welcome: Bring a Sandwich:
Coffee Available.
For
further information
contact:
M ary Bolton, 246-
6324.
scheduled
Two public bearings w ill !e
held on city-county consolida
tion this week. Tuesday even
ing, February 20th, the Char
ter Commission w ill meet st
8:00 p jn . at T rin ity Church
in the proposed Council Dis
tric t 1. The meeting Is open
to the general public. It w ill
be broadcast live over Radio
KBPS.
A county-wide hearing is
scheduled at 2:00 pan. on Sat
urday, February 24th In the
auditorium of the Public L i
brary. This second county
wide hearing (the final one oc
curs at the end of May) was
scheduled fo r Saturday after
noon to accommodate those
people who are unable to at
tend evening meetings.
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4919 N .E . 9th Avenue (in the
basement) for free health
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ventative medicine, referral
services, and health screen
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day 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
For
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ter Klopfer. Departm ent of
Psychology at P o r t l a n d
State University.
Gorman Hogan, Editor of
the Catholic Sentinel: Court
land Carrier, Manager of
Dunhill of Portland, Inc.;
Swan N e l s o n , Executive
Secretary of the District
Council of Carpenters; Carl
W. Mays Jr.. Senior Vice
President of the U n i t e d
States National Bank; C.
Kevin Collins. Equal Oppor
tunity Officer for the United
States Arm y Corps of En
gineers.
Robert Boozer. Public Ser
vice Careers Program of the
State Personnel Division; E.
Shelton H ill, Executive D ir
ector of the Portland Urban
League; Clyde H. Fahlman.
General Employment Man
ager, Pacific Northwest Bell;
Catherine Foyston. U r b a n
Concerns Committee Chair
man of the Portland Cham
ber of Commerce;
Jean
Young, member of the State
Advisory Council on Sex
Discrimination i n Em ploy
ment.
All are from the Portland
area. Nilsen said additional
members will be added from
other areas of the stae.
Creation of the Ad Hoc
Committee implements one
of the rcommendations made
at the conclusion of a recent
inquiry by the Research D i
vision of the Oregon Bureau
of Labor into the employ
ment problems of Oregon
ians between 45 and 65
years of age. The study is
entitled Up .Against the M id
dle Age Barrier.
Nilsen said he will ask the
Ad Hoc Committee to advise
the Oregon Bureau of Labor
on the administration and
enforcement of the portions
of the State Fair Employ
ment Practices Act covering
age discrimination. He said
one of the projects for the
Committee will be to hold
public hearings throughout
the state so that guidelines
can be formulated for use in
interpreting the law.
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la open to all interested per
sons. For Information w rite
the Oregon Health Services
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Urban Studies
Center,
Portland,
Oregon
97207 o r call (503) 222-3843,
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City-County
Council studies age discrimination
Members of the State Ad
Hoc Advisory Council on Age
Discrimination in Employ
ment were
to ld
at an
organizational
meeting
in
Portland that guidelines are
needed to help in the enforce
ment of sections of the
Oregon
Fair
Employment
Practices Act pertaining to
age.
Gayle Gemmell, Adminis
trator of the Civil Bights
Division of the Orgon Bureau
of I.abor. said that guidelines
would not only help in law
enforcement but would help
those covered by the law to
understand the extent of
protection. She said it would
be helpful if the Advisory
Council could lend its assis
tance in developing such
guidelines.
The
13-person Advisory
Council was appointed by
Norman O. Nilsen. the State
L ab or Com m issioner and
chief administrator of Ore
gon's Human Bights Laws, to
extend the benefit of the
members knowledge and ex
perience to the Bureau.
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