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PORTLAND, L& OBSERVER
Volum 3, No. 23 Portland, Oregon
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THE ONLY
NEWSPAPER IN
Board
approves
programs
Black administers labor law
Jam«« Barnett la 11»United
St*ma Department of Labor«*
Resident Compliance o ffic e r
for Oregon, operating a one-
man office, Barnett adminis
ter« the federal laws relating
to union« and their member«.
Passed by Congress in 1959,
the Labor Management Re
porting and Dlsclosurea Act
protects the rights of employ
ers to organLe,
to choose
their
turn representatives,
collective bargain and Join to
gether for mutual aid o r pro
tection. It regulatea the ac
tivities of the unions and their
officers and provides for tire
rights of the members toequal
and open participation In tire
union.
The W elfare and Pension
Plans Disclosure Act regu
lates the use and record keep
ing of union welfare and pen
sion funds.
P r n e B Administers these
laws as weil as the Veterans
Employment Rights Act and
Executive O rder ' “ 91.
He
receives reports, investigates
complaints ara, evaluates the
union activities. Should he re
quire assistance he can call
on the Department of Labor
Office In Seattle, (he F .B J .
or the United States Attorney
Most usual Infractions are
contested union elections and
The Model Cities Citizen s
Planning B o a r d approved
fund allocations for the fourth
action year budget for sub
mission to the Department of
Housing and Urban Develop
ment for approval.
JAMES BARNETT
misuse of funds.
Barnett
haa
found few
Black union members In O re
gon, especially In positions of
leadership.
Barnett came to Oregon ap
proximately a month ago, from
D etro it. He has been with La
bor for three years. P re
viously he had been an In
ternal Revenue officer, but
saw more chance for advance-
ment and responsibility in the
Department of Labor.
Barnett is a graduate of
Detroit Institute of Techno
logy. with a BA degree in
accounting. He Is m arried and
has three teenage children.
Active in community affairs
In Detroit, tie was psrtlcular-
ly Involved In (he attempts
to desegregate the I letrolt Pu
blic Schools.
KT ¿DIA hires management staff
Joseph W. Bostic, Execu-
D irector
I he Metropolitan Economic
Development Industrial Al
liance. Inc. (M ED IA ), the o r
ganization In Portland which
assists businessmen and po
tential businessmen In deve
loping their effectiveness as
entrepreneurs and managers,
has engaged a management
consulting staff of experienced
businessmen and professional
experts.
Guiding this newly-formed
team Is D r. [lonald C . Jones.
As Chief ManagementConsul-
tsnt for M EDIA, he w ill pro
vide leadership to MEDIA'S
management department. The
principal responsibilities of
the group w ill be to assist
Model
Neighborhood busi
nessmen In the basic planning
for new business ventures and
In
providing
management
counseling to support existing
Model Neighborhood busines
ses.
Such business assis
tance Is especially necessary
during the crucial firs t years
of a new buslneas operation.
t
j
D r . Jones Is an economist and
an authority on personnel
management. He was educat
ed at Columbia University.
D r . Jones has had extensive
experience as a management
consultant and served as a
teacher, researcher and ad
m inistrator In several univer
sities. His previous aasocla-
tlons Include assignments with
the Boeing Company. Supreme
L ife Insurance Company. Yale
University, Pacific Univer
sity and Chicago State Univer
sity, and s most recent assign
ment as a member of the staff
of the C ity-C o un ty C o m p re
hensive
Personnel
Review
The arting director of the
Office of Economic Oppor
tunity (W ar on Poverty) has
announced that the ten re
gional offices of OEO will be
closed on or before April 28th.
W ithin the next few days,
regional office employees will
be officially notified of their
termination.
Howard Phillipa. named by
President Nixon to preside
over the demise of the agency,
said some employees will be
with true daily interest.
Ai the Benj. Franklin, interest
on passbook savings is compounded
constantly, from day of deposit to day
of withdrawal. For maximum earnings
on your savings, pay yourself first in
a safely-insured account al the
Benj. Franklin.
5%
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Paeeboofc S a v in g *
per annum
C e r tific a la * o l D e p o sit
per annum com pounded daily
end paid quarterly IS OOO
m inim um tor ? y e *
@ Franklin
Robert M Hatsn. Prss • 21 Offices • Phone 240-1234
Horns Office Franklin Bldg . Portland. Oregon 97204
Faced by a nearly 50 per
cent cot in federal funds, the
Planning Board attempted to
inrluifi funds for all existing
components in the new bud
get. The budget committee-
recommended the termination
of two projects, the compre
hensive health planning pro
gram and the Martin Luther
King. Jr. Scholarship Funds.
After extended discussion,
funds were taken from money
earmarked for residential de
velopment. to continue the
two programs.
The Portland Model Cities
program will receive $1.985.
000 from the federal Depart
ment of Housing and llrban
Development for the fiscal
year June of 1973 to June of
1971, as opposed to $3.745.000
received for the current fiscal
year.
Proposed funding for the
Model Cities program for the
fiscal year beginning June 16.
1973 totals $3.897,920. Pro
gram areas to be funded
include social services at
$84.565; Citizens Participa
tion. evaluation and adminis
(ration at $815.260; and citi
zen relocation at $736.267.
Thursday March 15, 1973 10< per copy
PEOPLE
______________
Cheryl James... Free at last
Richard Belloni. Judge of
the federal court in Portland,
commuted the prison sen
tence of teen ager Cheryl
James to t i m e
already
served.
Cheryl was sen
lenced in April of 1971 to an
18 month sentence at Ter
minal Island Federal Cor
rectional Institution, to begin
after her graduation from
high school t h a t
June.
Cheryl had been arrested for
"assaulting an FBI officer" in
her home.
Cheryl was one of the
three members of the Char
les James family that was
taken into custody by federal
officers on January 4th. when
FBI officers entered t h e
James h o m e
to arrest
Charles, Jr., age 20. who was
AWOL f r o m
the Navy.
Charles had left his Navy
[Mist to be home during the
birth of his child, and he had
reported his address and his
intentions to return to his
base.
Mrs. James states that the
FBI agents did not properly
identify themselves or pre
sent a warrant when they
came to the house to arrest
Charles.
In the confusion
that resulted in the house- full
of children and the family
dog, the officers reported
that they had been assaulted
with roiling pins and other
weapons. Cheryl s a id she did
not knew who the men were
and that she was defending a
younger brother who was
beaing strangled by one of
the men. Charles. Cheryl and
Martha, age 15, were ar
rested. Charles, a wounded
veteran, was sentenced to an
indeterminate sentence with
a six year maximum. He is
now on probation and is at
tending Portland State Uni
versity. Martha was given
three years probation.
Two weeks after her high
school graduation. Cheryl be
gan serving her term at
Terminal Island in San Pedro.
California.
Since that date. Cheryl has
been through a series of legal
moves, including release on
appeal and a number of
motions to prevent her re
turn to prison.
While in
prison Cheryl became preg
nant. she states, as the result
of rape, and in October of this
year gave birth to a baby
boy. Maurice.
J u d g e Belloni's decision
frees Cheryl from serving
further time in prison, but it
does not clear her of the
prison record which she in
curred as a juvenile. It will
allow her to eontinue her
studies at Portland Com
munity College and to begin
to plan for her future.
Present in the court room
were approximately 100 sup
porters. Black and while, and
from all walks of life. Pro
minent in the crowd were
Cheryl's high school teachers
and fellow students.
Much of the expense and
work involved in Cheryl's
case has been carried on by
an interracial committee, the
Cheryl James Defense Fund,
chaired by Mrs. Ann Camp
bell. Arthur C. Spencer, III.
Secretary of the group, told
the Observer. "We are now
pleased to be able to get to
the task of helping Cheryl
CHERYL JAMES
rebuild her life and we are
grateful for the support evi
denced by the large turnout
at the hearing this morning."
Among the organizations
that have been prominent in
the Cheryl James defense are
the Women's International
WATTSTAX premiers at Black theater
C o m m itte e.
OEO offices close
Everyday
is pay day
A,"
AN EOUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
n U WHOLE W IPE WORLD THAT REALLY CARES ABOUT
transferred to the General
Services Administration to
oversee the audit of DEO
hooks and the disposal of
property owned by OEO.
Four Democratic senators
have asked a federal court to
remove Phillipa from office on
the grounds that his appoint
ment it illegal.
Senator
H .A . Williams (Dem. N.J.).
Chairman of the Senate Iaibor
and Public W elfare Com
mittee. and three other com
mittee members filed the suit
in the U.S. District Court for
the District of Columbia.
The suit alleges that Phil
lips it holding his position
illegally because President
Nixon did not send his nomi
nation to the Senate for
confirmation.
Law requires
that the OEO director's nomi
nation be confirmed by the
Senate and another law indi
rates that a temporary ap
pointee cannot serve more
than 30 days without Senate
confirmation.
Nixon appointed Phillips as
acting OEO director on Jan
uary 31 and assigned him the
task of dismantling
th e
agency created by President
Lyndon B. Johnson to fight
the "war on poverty".
Notice
The Portland Branch,
N A A C P. will h o l d its
March membership meet
ing on March 18. 1973 at
4:00 p.m. at Hughes Mem
orial Methodist Church,
111 N. E. Failing. Senator
Keith Burna will speak.
The Northwest Prem ier of
'W A T T S T A X . . . The Living
Word" was held Wednesday
evening at the Alameda Cine
ma. The Alameda is the only
Black owned theater in the
Northest and one of few in the
nation.
Miss Carla Thomas, a star
of the movie and a Stax
recording artist, was present
for the opening. Miss Thomas
was accompanied by Ms.
Fannie Young and William
Cherry of the Stax Record
Corporation.
In pre show ceremonies.
Miss Thomas was presented
the Key to the C ity by Vernon
Summers, Director of the City
of Portland Human Relations
C o m m i s s i o n , represent
ing Mayor Neil Goldschmidt.
The premeir was enjoyed by a
packed house, including 125
invited guests.
In describing the film, a
representative of Stax said.
“All of us have something to
say . . . but some of us are
never heard. Seven years ago
the people of Watts stood
together and demonstrated to
be heard.
"On a Sunday this past
August, in the Los Angeles
Coliseum, more than 100.000
Black people came together to
commemorate that moment in
American history.
“For more than six hours
Senate
WASHINGTON (NNPA) —
Black Press Week, March 11-
17, marks 146 years of print
ed protest against one form
of slavery o r another for Black
Americans, says Garth C .
Reeves, S r., president of the
National Newspaper Publish
ers Association (NNPA) and
editor-publisher of the M iam i
T im es.
page
Vickie G arrett has been
appointed as a page for the
Oregon State Senate.
Miss
G arrett attended Wilson High
School in Portland.
Before
graduating from high school,
she was admitted to Portland
Community College and be
gan taking courses toward her
goal of becoming an elemen
tary teacher.
Miss G arrett loves her new
job with the Senate, enjoying
the excitement and involve
ment.
Miss G arrett is the daught
ter of M r. and Mrs. Galvin
Irb y of Portland. She and her
five month old son. Todd, will
live in Salem during the
legislative session.
this audience felt. sang, darn
ed and shouted the living
word.
“This is a film of that
experience and of what some
of the people had to say."
The film features perform
ances of a dazzeling array of
talent from the Memphis-bas
ed Stax Organization during
last summer’s W attstax 7 2
concert.
Their message in
song is enhanced by dialogue
of community people and arid
commentary by Richard Pry
orall.
The feature film
combines the creative talents
of the Stax Organization with
t h e award winning docu
mentary film techniques of
the Wolper Organization.
Alameda C i n e m a owner
Harvey Garnett was pleased
to be chosen for the Norwest
Premier.
Garnett has had
difficulty obtaining first run
movies from the film distribu
tors, even after a successful
nine-week run for "Superfly”.
Garnett is a firm believer in
the concept that the Black
community should gain some
measure of financial benefit
from the current trend to
B la c k
and Black-oriented
films.
League for Peace and Free
dom. which provided the ori
ginal bail fund; the Albina
M inisterial Alliance; t h e
ILWU Auxiliaries; and the
Methodist Federation f o r
Social Action. Attorney Nick
Chaivoe handled Cheryl's ap
peals.
Bridge
Watchers
A "riverfront supcrinlen
dent'-«" observation area has
been established on the east
bank of the W illamette River
at the fool of N. Randolph
Avenue to view the rise and
placement of the center span
of the new Fremont Bridge.
Grandstands have been e-
rected.
The Division will
also have a mobile in forma
tion van equipped with mo
dels at the bridge and slatis
tical information loraled al
the observation site.
Direction signs have been
installed on streets on the
east side to assist drivers
wishing to reach the site.
Black Press celebrates 146 years of service
“ Today, the protest is a-
galnst economic bondage that
holds most Black people in
the lowest paid, least desi
rable jobs, as well as In
the worst housing in the Uni
ted States,” M r . Reeves adds.
t
One hundred and forty-six
years ago, the NNPA presi
dent continues, when John B.
Russwurm and the Rev. Sa
muel E . Comish launched
Freedom's Journal on March
16, 1827, the fight was against
more than 200 years of sla
very In the South and for more
decent and humane treatment
of freedmen In the North.
And although physical sla-
JOHN B. RUSSWORM
very was abolished In name
more than 100 years ago, and
considerable progress haa
been made, slavery In many
forms still exists for Black
Americans, M r . Reews points
out.
"And th is ." declares the
NNPA head, “ is the continu
ing challenge of the Black
press which now stands at
208 In number with a com
bined circulation of more than
four m illion, according to D r.
Henry G. Labrle, a research
fellow at Harvard University
who has just completed a study
of the Black press.”
A good indication of the con
tinuing need fo r a vigorous
Black press to help support
the long hard fight for full,
first-class citizenship fo ro u r
people Is the establishment
of more and more Black news
papers at a time when W hite
papers are declining in num
ber, M r . Reeves explains.
According to D r . L aB rle's
study, M r . Reeves points out,
of the 208 Black newspapers
In Am erica, 132 have been es
tablished since 1950; 96, since
1960: and 31, since 1970
A generation ago, says the
NNPA head. Black newspapers
numbered only a little over
100, although since Rusa-
wurtn’ s Freedom's Journal,
nearly 3,000 Black papers
have come and gone. Now
there are 208.
o f these,
five were founded in the 19th
century:
The Philadelphia
Tribune, 1884; the Baltimore
Afro-A m erican and the Hous
ton Inform er & Texas F ree
man, 1892; the Des Moines
New Iowa Bystander, 1894;
and the Indianapolis Recorder,
1895.
M r . Reeves says there are
now three Black dailies in
continental U.S.: The Atlan
ta D ally World, the Chicago
D ally liefender, and the New
York Daily Challenge. Week
lies number 190, semi-week
lies, five; monthlies and bi
monthlies, 10.
"B lack Press W eek," M r .
Reeves declares, " is the time
fo r a re-dedlcatlon of this
press to an ever-continuing
fight until every Black Am eri
can Is free to advance himself
o r herself to the full extent
of his o r her ab ilities ."