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I / a 1 Tr ,-r ■ o OD r * /*. . John Janklna, D irecto r of the Office of M inority Business Enterprises of the UJS. Department of Commerce, one of the Nixon Administration's highest ranking Black appointees, stated that he w ill soon resign to return to private business. Jenkins has reportedly been at odds with the Nixon adminis tration. (JMBE was established Ui 1969 by executive order of President Nixon to coordinate federal minority enterprise programs and to encourage private sector action In developing minority business. Yturri joins Highway Commission Former State Senator An thony Y tu rri of Ontario was appointed today by (¡over nor Tom Met all to a three year term on the Oregon Highway Commission. Y tu rri will suereed Fred Hill of Pendleton, whose term expires March 31. Hill de dined reappointment Io the commission, Y tu rri, 5«, was first elected to t h e Oregon Senate in 1956. and served four terms. He didn’t seek re election in 1972. McCall said. "Acceptance of the Highway Commission appointment by Tony Yturri is Oregon's g o o d fortune. Senator Y tu rri is informed, artirulate a n d personable. He was my first choice to succeed Fred Hill, and I'm delighted that he was willing to take on t h i a rigorous chore." Glenn Jackson of Medford is chairman of the commis sion. The third member is Ted Bruno of Portland. Y tu rri was born in Jordan Valley. He received hache lor's and law degrees at the University of Oregon. He is a member of P h i Betta Kappa. Y tu rri has been in the pri vate practice of law in On tario since graduation from taw school in 1937. He was named Ontario city attorney in 1938. In World W ar II he served in the Army's Coun ter Intelligence Corps and in t h e Judge Advocate's I)e partinent. He w a s dis charged with the rank of cap lain. In the 1971 legislative ses aion Y tu rri was chairman of the Senate Judiciary Com mittee and served on com mittees on highways and on criminal law and procedure He guided through the Sen ale the new Oregon Criminal Code, the first comprehen give revision of slate crim i nal law in more than a cen lury. He lormerly served as chairman of the State C ri minal I jiw Revision Commis sion. which drafted the code changes. Y tu rri is married to the former Berne Jayo of Boise. Let Me Live Let me live like a man. A man Strong and Brave. Able to give my brother a helping hand. Let me live to see my wife well and happy. W ith her skin dark and black. and her hair short and nappy. I x l me live to see my son grow tall and proud. and not ashamed to shout it out loud. l ^ t me live to be free. 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Andrew Young, from the 5th District in Georgia, described, in his opinion, the current level of progress in human relations between Black and white citizens of America He commented. " , . . white politicians were frank, they called ua "niggers". This was before we started stand ing up and demanding our rights as men and women. Before we started register ing and voting. When we became 30 percent of the voting population in some districts we became "nigras". latter still, at 40 percent, we were either “nee grows'' or "colored people". And by the time we had gotten a clear majority in some areas of the South, the politicians adopted ua as their “Black brothers”. The observations made by Congressman Young can be made applicable in every field of endeavor in all com munities across the width and breadth of this country. Blacks in Portland have also made progress. They (we) are daily making mean ingful contributions to the success of projects affecting the total community. They (we) have assumed respon sibie roles in developing pro grams designed to solve pro hlems and to bring people of all ethnic groups together in greater harmony. I've said time and time again that loral Black rhil dren are in dire need of success symbols other than the dope pusher and crim i nal elements plaguing the Black community, the mo dern day “Super Fly” if you please. Adequate- recognition of local Black leaders is way past due. The long list of community minded Blacks in Portland are the non recog nized Bethune, Douglass and Caver of today. There are those who do not have a free evening to relax and enjoy the comforts c. ,.C5..e life. They are too busy with meetings a n d helping to finalize pi” - which enhance the groi ¿then the morale f i b . e of the minority community. There are those who are deserving because they have achieved in business or some profession. There are those who are deserving because of their contributions to the welfare of o u r children. There are the long suffering ministers and teachers and offirials in government, labor organiz.ations a n d service groups. They all go about doing their thing without any expectation of recogni tion. The B l a c k Community must follow the white com munity in saying “thank you' to those of us who have tried to make this a better community in which we all can be proud. Ix»t us not forget those who made it possible for us younger "Blacks" to find our place in the sun. Programs for aging Face funds cut Too many dollars will go for salaries, and too much authority will be given the Columbia Regional Assoria tion of Governments (CRAG), if current plans for senior citizen programs are carried out. The charge was made Tuesday by State Represen tative William "Bill” McCoy, Portland Democrat, who is a former director of a Foster Grandparent Program and currently serves as Co-Chair man of the Joint Committee on Aging of t h e Oregon legislature. McCoy was responding to a “string of phone calls and letters" which he says he gets on a daily basis from Portland a r e a people who are concerned about the pro posed funnelling of federal money, intended for senior citizens, directly through the State Program on Aging and into t h e regional “super agency” for further distribu tion. “From reports that I've seen this week." McCoy said, “th irty percent of the money from the federal level would be creamed o f f to staff appointments and over head at CRAG. But there's strong r e s i s t a n c e , too, against CRAG entering into social service planning and service.” According to McCoy, the City County Commission on Aging, and the Clackamas Columbia Washington Coun ties Agency on Aging were set up within the last year, with the understanding that they would each be desig nated as Areawide Agencies for Aging, and would receive and administer funds from the Federal Administration on Aging which are chan nelled through the S t a t e Program on Aging in Salem. The arbitrary designation of CRAG as the grsntee agency does not reflect the desires of older people, or the advice of public administrators of many programs which cur rentiy serve senior citizens in M u l t n o m a h , Clacka mas, Columbia and Washing ton counties, McCoy said. "We're past the point in time when just one or two administrators can make the decisions about public pro As your Representative. I am very happy to have the opportunity to begin sharing with you weekly the news of what's happening with the State Legislature in Salem. Eight weeks have gone by and so far the H o u s e of Representatives has passed only two pieces of important legislation, but this is be cause of the system in which most decisions are made in committee. The O r e g o n State la-gislature has passed the Equal B i g h t s Amend ment to the United States Constitution which gives le gal equality to women. We have also passed a major tax reform bill which w i l l di re d ly affect all the people in the state. You will be hearing much more about the tax hill lat er. I t is now being con side red by the Senate and then will be presented in April for the vote of the people. Very likely t h e legislature will take a short recess so that the members will have an opportunity to come back into their com munities and discuss w i t h the citizens the details of this bill. Basically the tax reform program eliminates home owners property t a x as a source of revenue for schools and replaces it with an increase in income taxes. The result of this is that people with higher incomes will be paying more taxes and those with l o w e r in comes will be paying less. It has been estimated that most Oregonians with an in come of $15.000 a year or less will be paying a lower tax bill, if the people of the state vote for the new tax p r o g r a m . Important fea lures for residents of the Model Cities area are a con tinuation of the special low income property tax relief and renters tax relief. There are many other bills which are being worked on in committees w i t h signifi Government and Urban A f fairs Committee of which I am a member, will extend the provisions of the law indefinately. t h u s allowing Model City merchants to pur chase the insurance that they need to protect their busi nesses. By joining any classes in the Portland Institute of Lifetime Learning, the years after fifty five can become some of the most enriched and the fullest for those who find growth and achievement through experimenting with new ideas and knowledge, thus adventuring in the ever renewed discovery of their own mental potentials. The Spring Term begins Wednesday, March 14th. For further information, call any of these numbers: Mabie Colvin 236-6451 Ruth Cave 774 1002 Gladys Sechler 281 9123 Grace Smih 288-1616 Hazel Kuntz 285-4344 The following telegram has teen received from M rs . Co rona Scon King on the oc casion of the publication by the Joint Center for Political Studies of THE MAKING OF A BLACK MAYOR. by John Dean. The book is a study of the strategies and tech niques that contributed to the election of A J . Cooper as the firs t Blackm ayorofPrichard, Alabama. M r . Dean was M a yor Cooper's campaign mana ger. Its publication by the Joint Center was announced at a press conference Feb.2l. "T h e 1967 C ivil Rights Act guaranteed to people In Amer ica the right to vote; it did not. however, guarantee them the skill to use that voce. John Dean’ s book, THE MAK ING OF A BLACK MAYOR, addresses itself to this pro blem. M r . Dean's extensive experience in the political arena makes this book a de finitive p rim er In practical politics for Black people, ra ther than a sterile intellec tual study good for library shelves and nothing else. W ith the election of such peo ple as Andrew Young to Con gress In Atlanta, and A J . Cooper to the M ayor's post In Prichard, we find ourselves on the threshold of a new era of sophistication In Black politics. In both of these campaigns the candidates were able to speak to issues which deal with the needs of all people. The campaigns of our future Black mayors, congressmen and senators w ill profit from the use of SHOP I am very anxious to hear from you about y o u r con cerns on these and other matters facing the state leg ialature. Please w rite me at the State Capitol Building in Salem. There is a toll free number at the Capitol to call for information on any p e n d i n g legislation: 1 800 452 0290. STEPHEN KAFOURY cance for Model Cities res idents. One of these is a proposal to take money from the gasoline tax to use for mass transit. This would have the effect of increas ing T ri Met services in the Portland area and also low ering the air pollution which is becoming a severe prob lem in Portland. There are several bills giving tenants more rights in dealing with their landlords. Also of in land. A standard procedure of insurance companies for many years was "redlining". This practice of drawing a line around a low income area and refusing to issue fire or theft insurance to merchants included i n the district was contributing to t h e deterioration of Port land’s inner city. A bill was passed in the 1971 Session of the Stale Legislature to outlaw red lining but it was only in effect for two years. Senate Bill 45. which was heard in the House laical terest is a bill sponsored by Representative Priestley and myself which would m a k e M artin Luther King's birth day a state holiday. Call On Us because Long Distance is the next best thing to being there. © Pacific N o rth w e st Bell S emler • All L u m i Groud Io J#»r Doctoti Ptnetiphon, The Oregon House of Rep resentatives passed a men sure Thursday w h i c h pc-r tains directly to the Model Cities neighborhood in Port EAST CREDIT D r . S e m le r A r f r is e s . . . King praises book grams t h a t serve people." the solon said. "People them selves have to be involved in those decisions, and I hope that this problem c a n be opened up for further in vestigation and involvement of many persons who arc so vitally interested." McCoy said that he would be talking this week with Directors of Project ABLE, (“A Better Life for Elderly”!; with Mildred Schwab, w Hum an Resources Direc tor for the City of Portland; Clackamas Columbia Wash ington Counties Agency on Aging officials; and members of the City County Commis sion on Aging. Pag* 3 APPOINTMEVT 0», Jarrara mavì roua All Optical IHSUKANCE the techniques utilized in these two campaigns, and set forth in M r . Dean's book. It is my expectation that copies of TH E MAKING OF A BLACK MAYOR will become dog-ear ed from use of many years to come!' Äcctploi KYIS Exam inad lad y M rU H r far Seat ePaaoaaan tad . Aafc U« «alat* Casas Wtfcmsd S O F L IN S »tai it irvit* nauta u©o O F F IC II S. WTbirdaad Morriooa Mat «feas ■ t t t n n U J O * ' ea. \ Ffcem »7-7188 R. 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