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Page 8 P orti and/Observer Thursday, M arch 1, 1973 DON’T BUY ANY LIVING ROOM SET THIS WEEKEND’TIL YOU’VE CHECKED Som p FRI. 1 0 -9 • SAT. 1 0 -6 • SUN. 1 2 -5 Report from the Senate by Senator Keith Huron. District 6, Portland, Or, One of the bills which has drawn the greatest amount of attention before the com mittee on Local Government and Urban Affairs, of which I am Chairman, is SB 159, the Landlord and Tenant Act. The Committee has held extensive hearings and will continue to do so until the bill is sent to the full Senate for its consideration. The bill provides for a balance under the law be tween the landlord and the tenant. Many of the exist ing landlord and tenant laws date back to medieval En gland and are certainly un realistic in l i g h t of the modern u r b a n problems which we face today. 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The most common prob lem with most convicts is that they are released from prison, are given $100 by the state as a gratuity, a new suit of clothes and are told “good luck." More often than not that luck is bad. as is attested to by the 65 to 70 ■»% of the ex-con victs who return to ja.l. After a few days the $100 is gone, the suit just barely keeps him warm, he can’t find a job because no one wants to hire an ex-convict, so there is only one thing left to do: go back to his old habits • rob a store, mug somebody, or burglarize a house. The halfw ay house at tempts to gradually inte grate the man back into society. The first and most important thing it does in find the man a job. That is no simple task. First and foremost, there is the preju dice that most employers have against ex-convicts. Second, there is the fact that the work records of the men often look like a list of motel stops on a three week cross country trip. How do you overcome handicaps and obstacles such as these? "The key word is coopera tion.” insists Manfred Maass. “W ithout the cooperation of local businessmen, and of the community, we could not possibly succeed.” Five prominent Portlanders have considered this program im portant enough to come for ward and serve the Commu nity Advisory Council. The chairman of that council, Ira Mumford, who is the man power information specialist for Operation Step-up, has devoted considerable time to talking to prospective em ployers for the clients of the Work Release Program. He also helped organize a number of activities to ben efit the men of the Center. Last Christmas he lent a hand in organizing a gala Christmas party which the men, their families and friends attended. Other council members are Jean Higgenbotham of F IS H , who provides the men with free clothes when they first arrive at the Portland Men’s Center. There is Captain Norman Reiter of the Portland Police D epart ment who, as head of the Police Academy, spends time »15 1. 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SIDNEY THOMAS DISPENSING OPTICIAN 18-Pound* Capacity Washer for □•lightful, light plaaiant Kant to freshen your home and car. 6 3 0 SW B r o a d w a y 2 2 6 -6 6 8 8 S M IT H 'S -Basket (Continued from page I, down chlorine emissions from 100% to 10%. Fluorine gas emissions are the biggest problem con fronting the aluminum in dustry and the present pro cess being used, called scrub bing, cuts down the emis sions to 6 to 8 lbs. of fluorine to every ton of aluminum produced. Current Troutdale production is 105,000 tons of aluminum. ducted f r o m rental pay men is. A tenant may not repair, at the landlord's ex ,iens«*, if the conditions were 2-iKED P e o p le s ... [ caused by his own deliberate aria. One of the moat essential features of the bill is that it a ls o prohibits retaliatory eviction. This arises in instances where a tenant has complained regarding t h e conditions of his apartment and the landlord had either threatened or actually evic ted the tenant from making legitimate complaints to au thorities about violations of building codes and other housing codes. Under the A rt, if the tenant complains, such retaliatory evictions would be prohibited. suit against the tenant. The tenant is a l s o prohibited from harming his rental pre inises and acting in an un reasonable manner. Under certain conditions the tenant may also employ what is called “self-help“. Thia provision of the A rt allows the tenant to repair items in h is apartment which the landlard refuses to fix. The amount of the repairs may then be de The bill places ihe duly on ihe landlord Io comply with all housing, building, sanila lional. electrical, plumbing, lire prevention safely and security law. regulations and ordinances. It also sjm -II s out exactly what the laud lord is to do with seeurily deposit* and pre,laid rent' ll requires Ihe landlord re lurn Ihe security deposit to (Continued from page 1) D is p e n s e rs o f Fashio n E y e w e a r Soft a n d “ W id -to w n ” 2600 N E. UNION 159 would go a long way toward correcting these pro blems. For example, some of the biggest complaints voiced by tenants are the return of security deposits and the so called "landlords lien", which permits t h e landlord to take the personal property of a tenant for non payment of rent. An other major complaint by tenants is that when they complain about the need of repairs, some landlords will vict them. Two of the biggest la n d lo r d p.-v hlems faced in our society are that there is no real duly upon the tenant to maintain the premises in a lil and habitable condition, and the tenant staying in the premises while not pay mg rent. The bill would apply directly to these pro blems and is not onesided. It clearly establishes duties, responsibilities and reason able conduct on the part of luith the landlord and the tenant. R e y n o ld s ••• B in y o n O p t ic a l ’ Lampus Revolving Charge Part from SO Ut »1000 Exeea« over »1000 instructing new officers in the importance of the pro gram. There is Paul Render, Vice Chairman of the Coun cil, who is with the National Conference of Christians and Jews in Portland. There is Kenneth Kowalski, Portland C om m unity College s ta ff member, who has been able to get tutoring for the men who request it. Others in the community, but not on the council, also perform important fuentions. such as Lieutenant Roger Haven of the Portland Police Department who acts as a liaison between the Portland Men’s Center and the Port land Police Department. Most important though, is the program finds the men jobs. Once they have jobs they are in a position to feel real self respect, and put themselves in a position to be able to rejoin society. The most important fea lure of the W’ork Release Program to the taxpayer is that it takes the men who have jobs off the support rolls of the state. The money they earn provides at least part of their support, from $3.50 to $5.50 per day, on top of that it pays for their clothing, for their transportation to and from work and for the welfare of their families. Together with that they save what ever money is left over in a special account administered by the Division of Correc tions. When the men are released to go back into society, they often have over $1,000 saved. Other services provided include group therapy sea sions and individual psychol ogical therapy upon individ ual request. In the next biennium the Division of Corrections is requesting five more such centers from the legislature. I f the success rate of the new centers comes any where near t h a t of the existing seven, the half way house will have gone a long way toward doing the thing the Division of Corrections is supposed to do, enable the ex-convict to become a use ful member of society. Save s153 Pillow Back Sectional kin tenant within a specified lime period and account for his claim to any part of the security depo.it in the event that the tenant does not comply with th e rental agreement. Another impor tant aspect of the bill is that it requires the manager to inform the renter who owns the building und where the owner lives. On the other hand, the hill places duties upon a tenant. The tenant is required to live up to his rental agree ment and if he docs not. the landlord still has eviction rights and may also bring 67 D und C Cell Butteries Reg. 33* •och Freshly made clusters with toasted crispy peanuts and luscious chocolate coating. Available Candy Section» Top Crest Pkg. of 2 23 pkg. 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