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Porti and /ob server Thursday March 22, 1973
Burns discusses law
Senator Keith B u r n s ,
vate interests. “The reason
speaking to the general mem
is obvious." Burns said, “be­
bership of t h e Portland
cause it permits them to
Branch of the NAACP on
make large sums of money.
Sunday. March 18, stated
Some private elube that have
that the two most significant
l i q u o r licenses virtually
pieces of civil rights legis
exist off the profits they
lation in the Oregon Senate
earn from the sale of Li­
are House Bill (HB) 2807 and
quor." It is common know
Senate Bill (SB) 475.
ledge that many of these
HB 2807 is another step in
private clubs also discrimi­
coverage of the prohibition of
nate on the basis of race,
discrimination on the sale of
color, creed as far as letting
residential housing.
The
people come in as guests or
present Jaw applies o n l y
to become members of the
when a house is being sold
organizations that own the
by a realtor.
HB 2807
clubs. SB 475 would add as
extends this to include sales
a basis for suspending and
of housing by the owner as
revoking liquor licenses such
well.
discriminatory conduct b y
Senate Bill 475 aims to
any licensee, including pri­
prevent the state from is
vate clubs.
suing liquor licenses to esta
Senator Burns also pointed
blishments that discriminate
out that in this session of the
on the basis of race, creed,
Legislature, t h e
Oregon
color and sex. The licenses
State Senate has more Black
issued by the Oregon Liquor
employees than in any pre­
Control Commission are valu­
vious session. The Oregon
able and vigorously sought
Senate has worked vigor­
after by businesses and pri­
ously to accomplish this.
Rents increase
Rents are going up in
Portland!!!!!
On January
10, the start of Phase III. all
price controls on rent were
removed. Since then, many
low income people and peo­
ple on fixed incomes have
had to pay 10% 30% more
each month to continue living
in apartments and houses
that have seen few or no
improvements in years.
There is a national move­
ment to get local govern­
ments to do what the federal
government will no longer
Garnett
Dawson
loads
(Continued from pg. 1. col. 8)
they work with the business.
Most companies have been
found to be flexible when
confronted with a complaint;
however, if there is no re­
sponse from the company,
Mr. Dawson would hand the
case over to the Attorney
General where further action
would be Uken.
Mr. Dawson sees much to
do in the community. He is
disturbed when people can
continually g e t loans for
cars, "but when you want to
get a house, they say NO."
And with the rising prices of
food, shelter and transporta­
tion. it looks as though Mr.
Dawson and the Consumer
Protection Program really
has a job set out for them.
However, the tall, slender,
bearded young man who
conveyed this information to
me in a cautious, b u t en­
thusiastic manner, s e e m s
ready for the challenge.
do. It is time for the City of
Portland to accept its re­
sponsibility during this cur­
rent emergency.
Get involved!!!!!
If you
have had a rent increase
since January 10, or know
someone who has. please
contact our office.
Call or
stop by. Information will be
keep confidential.
(Continued from pg. 1, col. 3)
The first break came when
he played “Cotton Cornea to
Harlem" as a second run.
together with “The Learning
Tree' by Gordon Parks. He
had more busineaa in three
days than he had in the
previous month.
Thia success gave him the
opportunity to obtain more
films as second runs, since
the film distributors are con­
cerned with gross income
and audience potential.
The Alameda's initial first
run movie was Black Jesus',
the story of Patrice Lumum
bo. This was a 'heavy' film
and did not draw well. The
next first run was Honky'.
an interracial love story star
ring Brenda Sykes.
Superfly' was the first
Premier. There was a sell
out crowd at the sneak
preview on November 11,
1972. The house was packed
for the first two weeks, and
Superfly’ ran for an unpre
cedented nine weeks. It was
at this point that the Ala
meda became a serious con­
tender with the downtown
theatres and was acclaimed
as an up and coming first run
house.
The Northwest Premier of
WATTSTAX' was held at
t h e Alameda Theatre on
March 14, 1973, with Carla
Thomas, one of the stars of
the film, and a Stax record
ing star, the honored guest.
Garnett says of his recent
success. “We'll keep our fin­
gers crossed. We are trying
to spend money in the com­
munity to make a theatre
where people can bring their
families and friends.
We
thank o u r cuatomers for
their patronage, for that is
what enables us to bring
them the better films. We
try to book films we think
the people would like to see
and we welcome their sug­
gestions."
The Alameda, O regon's
o n l y Black owned theatre,
has moved from a struggling
fifth run neighborhood thea
tre to a serious contender for
the best first run films. This
success conies f r o m two
sources - Harvey Garnett,
who had the tenacity to fight
with the film companies for a
chance, and the people who
were willing to wait a few
weeks to see a movie in
order to support a Black
business.
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Shield law
(Continued from pg. 1. cd . 5)
editorials are concerned with
justice to the race, with
equal privilege or with com­
plaint against conditions as
they are."
Thus, she told the sub­
committee, “it is imperative
from the Black perspective
as well as from a larger pdnt
of view that newsmen be
allowed to gather and report
news without interference
especially from government."
Mrs. Murphy cited two
sections of the Department
of Justice Guidelines for Sub­
poenas to News Media and
urged caution in the use of
these guidelines.
Concluding her remarks,
the AFRO board chairman
stressed that t h e
First
Amendment and the Consti­
tution had been "instruments
which h a v e enabled the
Black press to survive.”
She said NNPA calls upon
all other information and
education segments of our
nation to "rededicate them
selves to the principles of
freedom embodied in the
First Amendment and to the
re-education of the American
People to these principles."
Seven of the nine members
of the subcommittee, chaired
by Representative Robert W.
Kastenmeier of Wisconsin,
attended the hearing, the
final on the shield law legis­
lation unless a special session
is scheduled.
During the question per­
iod, Mrs. Murphy told the
subcommittee that it was
NNPA's view that "absolute
law" would not be approved
by Congress at this time, and
therefore felt "the best law
is the First Amendment."
Sent Up The River
By You
by Bill Jeffries,
Staff Assistant
to Wally Priestley
One of the major pieces of
the political puzzle this ses­
sion is the replacement of
two - term Senate Finance
Committee Chairman Sea»-
tor Vern Cook. Vern is well
known as an advocate of tax
reform, while Senate Presi­
dent Boe has not established
that kind of reputation.
Representative P riestley
has made his position public
in the following statement:
“I deplore Boe's a c t i o n .
Senator Cook is a responsible
and capable public servant.
As an early and continuing
supporter of the Governor's
tax plan, I have recognized
that it has been the Presi­
dent of the Senate who has
played the role of major
obstacle, raising abstract,
publicity seeking questions
designed to fit his state wide
political ambitions."
Senator Cook and Repre­
sentative Priestley are quite
often c l o s e collaborators;
most recently they shared
sponsorship of the package of
bills designed to benefit the
sportsfishermen of the state.
These bills are in fairly good
shape in the Legislative pro­
cess but could use more
public input.
Any reader
interested in this subject
should contact their repre
sentatives in Salem.
Wally Priestley recently
has become involved in hear
ings on the bill to extend
coverage of the minimum
wage to farmworkers.
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