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A g a in the D eputy A tto rn e y G e n e ra l has a n
sw e re d fo r his boss (see le tte r, c o lu m n th re e ). The
G o v e rn o r a n d th e S ecretary o f State c a ll the
OBSERVER w h e n th e y w ish to d iffe r or discuss, but
w e o n ly h e a r fro m th e D ep uty A tto rn e y G e n e ra l.
In fa ct, a n a p p o in tm e n t w as re q u e ste d to discuss
th e A tto rn e y G e n e ra l's p ro b le m s w ith a ffirm a tiv e
a c tio n a n d c iv il rig h ts e n fo rc e m e n t, b u t w as b ro k e n
by M r. Johnson.
N o w to th e facts.
W h e n w e speak o f the
absence o f Blacks in th e A tto rn e y G e n e ra l's o ffic e ,
w e m e a n in th e A tto rn e y G e n e ra l's o ffic e .
A re
th e re a n y B lack a d m in is tra tiv e assistants, p e rson al
se cre taries, e tc., w h o a re a p p o in te d by a n d d ire c tly
re sp o n s ib le to th e A tto rn e y G e n e ra l?
By stre tch in g the im a g in a tio n to in c lu d e a ll the
e m p lo y e e s o f th e Justice D e p a rtm e n t as th e
A tto rn e y G e n e ra l's p e rso n a l e m p lo y e e s , w e p ro b
a b ly c o u ld fin d a Black a m o n g th e m . By th e sam e
lo g ic , th e G o v e rn o r c o u ld excuse his lack o f Black
s ta ff by p o in tin g to a ll o f th e Black state e m
p lo y e e s (scarce th o u g h th e y a re ) a n d c la im th em
as " h is ” e m p lo y e e s .
But if th e A tto rn e y G e n e ra l w a n ts us to lo o k a t
th e Justice D e p a rtm e n t, w e w ill. There •» « m o re
th a n 70 a tto rn e y s e m p lo y e d by th e Justice D e p a rt
m ent -
n o n e a re Black. M r. Jo hn son 's p re d e
cessor h ad tw o Black a tto rn e ys, the last le a v in g th e
d e p a rtm e n t in N o v e m b e r, 1970.
M r. John son 's
predecessor h ad tw o Black a tto rn e y s w h e n th e re
w as no a ffirm a tiv e a c tio n a g re e m e n t; n o w th e re is
a n a ffirm a tiv e a c tio n a g re e m e n t b u t no Black
a tto rn e ys. U n d e r M r. Jo hn son 's p redecessor th e re
w e re a n u m b e r o f fe m a le a tto rn e ys, u n d e r Mr.
Johnson th is n u m b e r has decrea sed .
The W e lfa re R ecovery D ivisio n , w h ic h in v e s ti
gates fra u d in w e lfa re a n d a rra n g e s fo r su pp ort
p aym en ts, is u n d e r th e A tto rn e y G e n e ra l's ju ris
d ic tio n .
This a g e n cy is h e a d e d by W a lte r
F u ja g a m i, a Japanese a tto rn e y w h o w a s a p p o in te d
by M r. Johnson's p redecessor. W e lfa re R ecovery
has no Black a tto rn e ys o r p ro fe s s io n a l e m p lo y e e s .
WRD has a Black c le rk -ty p is t I in its P o rtla n d o ffic e ,
a n d th e y o u n g m an re fe rre d to b y M r. D urha m ,
w h o is a p a rt tim e e m p lo y e e a n d c a n n o t be
h ire d as an a tto rn e y u n til he passes th e O re g o n
Bar. In our in v e s tig a tio n s , w e h a v e b e e n u n a b le to
fin d Black e m p lo y e e s in th e o th e r WRD o ffic e s .
If th e re a re Blacks h o ld in g p ro fe s s io n a l p o s itio n s
in th e Justice D e p a rtm e n t, w e in v ite th e A tto rn e y
G e n e ra l to m a k e th is k n o w n to th e p u b lic .
We
w o u ld lik e to h a ve th e n am es, th e p o sitio n s, the
c iv il se rvice status a n d th e d a te o f a p p o in tm e n t o f
these Black e m p lo y e e s . W e w ill b e g la d to g iv e
th e A tto rn e y G e n e ra l c re d it w h e re c re d it is d u e .
But fro m o u r in v e s tig a tio n o f th e D e p a rtm e n t o f
Justice, w e see no progress. W e see o n ly loss o f
p re v io u s gains.
M r D urha m , w o u ld yo u a g a in h a ve us b e lie v e
th a t th e A tto rn e y G e n e ra l is b la m e le ss ? If so, as
w e said b e fo re , a p h a n to m has ta k e n o v e r th e
D e p a rtm e n t o f Justice!
Blacks s t i l l
c o n s id e r
O re g o n 's A ffirm a tiv e A c tio n A g re e m e n t to be just a
p ie c e o f p a p e r. N ot p o lic y , Sir, b u t p ra c tic e ?
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LETTERS
Johnson defended
Your editorial. Still a Piece
of Paper, states there are no
Blacks in the offices of the
Governor, the Secretary of
State, the State Treasurer or
the Attorney General.
I
cannot speak for the other
offices, but your statement
concerning the office of the
Attorney General is wrong.
There are Blacks employed
by the Departm ent of Justice
as well as orientals, A m eri
can-Indian, a n d
spanish-
speaking Americans.
You may also be interested
in knowing that one of the
Blacks employed by the D e
partment of Justice has re
lied substantially on his em
ployment to finance his way
through law school.
He
graduates from law schorl
this year and has already
been offered a position as an
Assistant Attorney General.
He accepted that offer in
December and will join three
other new law school grad
uates in our honors program.
Perhaps the Attorney Gen
eral can be criticized for not
publicizing his efforts in the
Affirm ative Action Program,
but a newspaper man who
m a k e s judgments without
the facts is clearly subject to
legitimate criticism. To my
knowledge no one at your
paper took the time or effort
to check the facts.
V ery truly yours,
James W . Durham . Jr.
Dep. Attorney General
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6 3 0 SW B r o a d w a y
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by Lenwood G. Davis
W hite Americans h a v e
historically responded to two
things - tragedy and vio
lence. Blacks also respond to
these events.
The possible
closing of the P.S.U . Educa
tional Center is a classical
example.
Now that it ap
pears that the Ed Center will
be closed there seems to be a
concern for it on the part of
the community.
Even though the PSU ad
ministration has n o t yet
made the decision as to
whether the Center will con
tinue, it appears as if it will.
I t w ill be a tragedy if the
Center is dosed.
It has
served the community well.
The community d i d not,
however, utilize it to its
fullest.
I am sure that the stu
dents who have attended the
Center over the past four
years will be sorry to see it
closed. No doubt others in
the community also will be
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sorry.
Over the past two years
the Center increased its of
ferings and has constantly
tried to expand its courses.
I t reported that it had a
success rate of about 93 per
cent, which is unusually high
for any institution. In fact,
few institutions can make
that claim!
At this stage it is not too
late to avoid this tragedy.
The community can w rite the
final ending. If the commun
ity wants the PSU Ed Cen
ter to remain open it will
have to act
now
and not
talk.
I f the residents of
Portland express a serious
concern over the Center it
might stay open.
To quote the Director of
the Cener: " If we are still
politically useful, we will
survive. If not, we will not.
W ork and success do not
have much to do with it." I
believe we are land will bel
“still politically useful". The
only thing we have to do
now is prove it!
With Ron Hendron
J a n tz e n B e ach
2 8 3 -3 1 9 5
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B R IG G S , H A T T E N , M IL L E R tk S T E N G K R
Your ticket to
toe big game:
^...including
transportation
Y ou want Io see the big game
So what do you do? lust switch on your
T V act A nd m t more o f the actum than moat
of the men on the field Y o u ’ve got the
best seal in the house- -fo r about 2« worth of
electricity per game
A YOUNG VIEW OF WASHINGTON
HUMAN GUINEA PIGS
W A S H IN G T O N -It wasn’t much, they
told the prisoner, just minor surgery on
his brain designed to make him less
violent, and with the surggry came the
promise o f freedom.
A scene out o f 1984? No. The time is
today and the location is the California
Medical Facility at Vacaville, where oper
ations like the one described above were
recently performed on three prisoners.
What the prisoners were not told is
that the psychosurgery would render
them incapable o f feeling pleasure or
sadness, and would forever render deci
sion making difficult for them.
But the end goal was achieved -
permanently altering the subjects’ be-
havior-and that seems to be enough to
satisfy a growing number o f medical and
government authorities who support
psychosurgery.
Psychosurgery is just one o f the many
forma of experimentations which are be
ing conducted on humans today, often
without their full understanding and
sometimes without their knowledge.
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (D -
M inn.) late last month introduced legisla
tion to set tigorous guidelines governing
medical experiments involving people.
He reminded his colleagues o f a bar
baric syphillis study involving 430 black
men which was conducted over a period
o f 40 yean in Alabama. The men, all
afflicted with syphillis, were given $50
plus burial expenses not to undergo treat
ment for their disease At least 28 and
perhaps as many as 107 died as a result.
Humphrey said the fact that these men
volunteered is clear indication that con
sent o f those involved is a totaUy inade
quate standard. The most dangerous ex
periments almost always find the poor
and uneducated as their subjects, people
who may not be able to understand or
fully comprehend the danger to which
they will be exposed.
In some cases, according to Hum
phrey, individuals may not even be aware
they are the subjects o f a test. Recently,
according to associates o f consumer advo
cate Ralph Nader, the University of Mich
igan dispensed diethystilbestrol (D E S ) to
coeds who feared they might be pregnant.
DES is a synthetic estrogen which has
been linked to cancer. The daughters of
some 840 women who were given DES in
the early 1950’s are now found to experi
ence a high rate of malignancies, accord
ing to Humphrey.
To stem unwarranted and overly dan
gerous experiments on humans, Hum
phrey has proposed to establish a Na
tional Human Experimentation Standards
Board, an independent agency authorized
to draw up rigorous guidelines governing
h u m an
experimentation in projects
financed by federal funds.
The board would have subpoena
power and the right to hold hearings, it
could obtain injunctions to halt experi
ments not in compliance with its guide
lines.
Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D -
Masa.l, chairman o f the Subcommittee on
Health, has already conducted hearing
on human experimentation. Interest on
the subject is high in both the Senate and
House, and prospects for legislation along
the lines proposed by Humphrey seem
good.
Meanwhile, the experiments go on,
and the majority o f physicians conduct
ing them, says H u m p h i.y, have never
even studied the ethics o f testing. Perhaps
some o f them have forgotten the admoni
tion o f Hippocrates: “ Life is short, and
the art long; the occasion instant, de
cision difficult, experiment perilous.”
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