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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.
Lord, that day will 1 ever aee.
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"Voice of the NAACP” | Kafoury reports from Salem
by Ellis Casson, President
The y o u n g . Black con
greaaman. 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.
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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
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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.
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two campaigns, and set forth
in M r . Dean's book.
It is
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TH E MAKING OF A BLACK
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