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V o lu m * 3, No. 25 Portland, Oregon
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
OBSERVER
Rally protests cut-backs
The Nixon administration's
cutbacks are affecting you.
The Ad Hoc Citizens' Com
mittee Supporting Peoples
Programs is sponsoring a
peaceful assembly Wednes
day. April 4. 1973. 12 noon
at the Pioneer Post Office.
SW 5th and Morrison. The
assembly is to protest Presi
dent Nixon's approach to
federally subsidized pro
grams.
There will be na
tional, sta te a n d
local
speakers.
Thia assembly is being held
in conjunction with a national
commemoration to the late
Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr.
Dr. King articulted to his
death, the belief in human
dignity and the dream of all
men coming together for the
salvation of our cities, na
tiona and the world.
The
national theme is "Martin Is
Not Dead".
The Citizens
Committee Supporting Peo
ples Programs has adopted a
sub theme of "Assasination
of a Dream", to underscore
recent Presidential rut backs
and the deferment of Dr.
King's dream.
LEE MOORE
Moore promoted
The appointment of Lee
Moore of Portland aa Assis
tant Administrator tor Mino
rity and Age Programs in
the Civil Right« Division of
the Oregon Bureau of I^bor
has been announced by Nor
man 0 . Nilsen. the State La
bor Commissioner.
Moore, a former all-state
prep football player who
lives at 1825 N.E. Skidmore,
moves up from a previous
posit!' as a field invesliga
tor foi the Civil Rights Di
vLion. Nilsen said he will go
to e rk immediately on the
hu' backlog of complaints,
getting cases ready for ad
ministrative r e v i e w a n d
working on the conciliation of
complaints.
Another assignment will
be the review of applications
by state agencies for federal
grants to insure the proper
affirmative action programs
are involved.
Moore is a graduate of
Roosevelt High School and of
the criminal justice program
at Portland Community Col
lege. He also attended the
University of Idaho.
He
earned both all city and all
state honors as a guard on
the Roosevelt football team
as well as competing in track
and wrestling.
Prior to joining the staff of
the Bureau of Iaibor. Moore
was a special agent for the
Anchorage, Alaska, p o l i c e
department and was a spe
rial investigator f o r the
Portland School District at
the high schools in the Model
Cities area.
Jettie B. Wild. Jr., Chair
man of the Ad Hoc Citizen's
Committee Supporting Peo
ples Programs, said, in an
noucing the rally:
"When our Congress and
our President of the United
States complete their strug
gle over power, spending
authority, cut backs and se
crecy, poverty and economic
survival, among other things,
will still be with us. We, as
citizens of t h e s e United
States and the State of
Oregon, have a responsibility
to prepare for this even
tuality. The President of tne
United States has seen fit to
alter the strategies of the
War on Poverty. So much
so. that no recognizable war
is being waged.
Poverty,
welfare, drugs, crime, slums,
poor housing, unemployment,
high cost of living, child care
needs, health needs, old age
assistance needs and other
problems will not be solved
by neglect; benign or other
wise. We wish to say this
and you are invited to parti
ci pate.
"The President has made
his decision. The demands
are:
(1) that the elected
officials fight against federal
cutbacks; (2) that state and
making peace permanent.
Specialists in American
Asian relations will keynote
and serve aa resource people.
The public is invited to
participate in the workshops
Saturday morning at 9:30
a.m. and in the afternoon
plenary session for adoption
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Social Workers honored
United eliminates
Sickle cell restriction
United Air I ,ines has
become the first airline in
the United States to allow
people with the sickle cell
trait to hold cabin attendant
positions, according to Dr.
George J. Kidera. vice presi
dent medical services for the
airline.
Although not limited solely
to Blacks, the sickle cell trait
does occur in six to ten per
cent of the total Black popu
lation.
"For years," Dr. Kidera
said, "people with the sickle
cell trait were not employed
by domestic airlines as ste
wardesses or stewards. It
has long been known that
the sickle cell disease is ad
versely affected by a reduc
lion of oxygen such as that
in the cabin of a modern jet
where an altitude of 5,000 to
7,000 feet is simulated during
flight.
"It was thought, based
upon this fact, that the sickle
cell trait would also be
affected by thinness of oxy
gen.
Current technology,
however, allows us to diffe
rentiate between the disease
and the trait and, while
those with the sickle cell
disease still may not hold
of the workshop resolutions.
these positions, those with
Conference resolutions will
the trait may."
be widely publicized and
The move was made, ac
communicated to congressio
cording to Dr. Kidera. in
nal delegations.
consultation with Dr. James
Rear Admiral Gene lai
E. Bowman, professor of
Rocque, USN (ret.), will be
pathology. C o m m i t t e e
the guest speaker at the
on Genetics and the College,
conference as well as a
the Universiy of Chicago.
participant in the workshop
Dr. Kidera pointed out
session. Admiral I .a Rocque
that sickle cell anemia (the
will address the conference
disease) and sickle cell trait
on "Planning for National
are, in fact, mutually exclu
Defense" at the noon lunch
sive, and the approximately
eon (luncheon tickets are not
two million Blacks in the
required to hear the ad
United States with sickle cell
dress).
lui Rocque is a
trait should not be denied
former Pentagon strategic
positions on the grounds that
planner and is currently the
they have an incapacitating
Director of the Cenier for
disease- they do not.
Defense I n f o r m a t i o n in
United employs 6,700 ste
Washington. D.C.
As the
wardesses and almost 400
first witness for the Defense
stewards.
in the Pentagon Papers trial,
l a Rocque testified that the
possibility of harm to the
country from the release of
the three volumes of the
top secret study was nil.
Conference explores peace
A Pacific Northwest Re
gional Conference e n t i t led
"Peace: How Secure?" will
be held on March 31st at the
Smith Memorial C e n t e r .
Portland State University.
The Saturday session will
include workshops dealing
with the many facets of
city officials, as an alterna
live, use federal funding
(revenue sharing) to subsi
dize programs affected by
the cutbacks; and (3) that
the state and city officials
establish and maintain com
munity action agencies. Come
out on the 4th of April for a
couple of hours. You WILL
make the difference."
Some of the programs af
fected by the administration’s
cutbacks are: Veterans' Bene
fits. Model Cities, Low In
come Rural Housing, Higher
Education. Insured Loans.
Child Care, Day Care, Neigh
borhood Youth Corps (NYC),
Concentrated Em ployment
Program (CEP), National Al
liance of Businessmen - Jobs
Consortium (NAB), Migrants
and Seasonal Farmworkers.
Community Economic Deve
Three children with looks of the most innocent of sm iles, complete uninterest and question
lopment, Assistance to Non
ing curiosity, rest on their doorstep in the Albina community, while enjoying the spring weather.
Profit Sponsors of Low and
(Photo by Rosemary Allen)
Moderate Income Housing,
Head Start Mothers, Librar
ies, Legal Services, Milk
Subsidies for the School Kids,
Urban Indian Programs,
Public Schools a n d Man
power Training.
The Conference is spon
sored by the Political Science
Department of the Portland
State University and by the
Northwest Conference Com
mittee in cooperation with
many other organizations.
To cover the costs of the
conference, there la a $1
registration fee a n d a $2
charge for the luncheon.
For further i n f o r m a
t i o n and regiatration, con
tact Nadine Hoiland, Con
ference Registrar. PO Box
1003, Beaverton O r e g o n
97005. phone 544 «425.
D r. O.B. Williams
Observer
month
proclaimed
Dr. O.B. Williams, minister
of Vancouver First Avenue
Baptist Church for the past
29 years, recommended to the
membership of the Albina
Ministerial Alliance that April
b e d esign ated Observer
month in the churches ot the
community.
(P lease turn to page 8, co l. 3)
A.L. Henderson. Editor and
Publisher of the Observer,
will appear on The People
Show, MC'd by Harold Wil
liams, on KGW TV at 1:30
a.m.. Friday. March 30. The
program is a repeat of the
Sunday morning show. Re
ferring to Henderson as “The
Robin Hood of Peace", Wil
liams guides the discussion in
the realms of the need for and
the message of the Black
Press, the problems of Black
business, the problems of
young people seeking profes
sional employment, and how
racism prevails in the poli
tical. educational and eco
nomic life of Oregon.
Marjorie Wright, an assis
tant professor of community
service at the University of
Oregon, has been named one
of two “1973 Social Workers
of the Year" in Oregon.
Ms. Wright, of 4059 Donald
Street. Eugene, was selected
for the honor by the board of
directors of the Oregon Chap
ter of the National Associa
tion of S o c i a l Workers
(NASW) for her public ser
vice and professional leader-
shop role in establishing the
Better Social Service Bureau
in Eugene.
The bureau, which fields
complaints about social ser
vice agencies in Lane County,
was set up last June by
about 60 members of the
county district of the state
social workers chapter. Ms.
Wright was president of the
district at the time.
Ms. Wright received her
award at a state wide break
fast meeting of the NASW
Chapter which was held at
the Sheraton Inn Lloyds
Center. The breakfast was
the highlight of the "Action
for Health Security" which
was the theme of a five-’ tate
educational conference co
sponsored by NASW. The
conference had two purposes:
First, participants w e r e
given an in-depth explanation
of the Health Security Pro
gram (Kennedy-Griffiths bill)
with ample time for discus
sion. questions, and compari
son with other proposals for
national health insurance.
Second, participants f r o m
each of the states repre
sented at the two-day con
ference (Oregon, Washing
ton, Idaho. Nevada, a n d
Northern California) deve
loped plans for the formation
of local health security core
mittees in their state. Fea
Gone but not forgotten
Phil Reynolds, long-time
leader in the fight for equality
in Oregon, died in his home on
March 26th, at the age of 85.
Reynolds w a s born in
Georgia and came to Portland
in 1914, following his dis
charge from the United States
Army. He was a supervisor of
Red Caps for the Northern
Pacific Terminal Company for
37 years.
Reynolds served as Presi
dent of the Portland Rranch
NAACP in 1958 1959, and was
active in the fight to bring
ndequate civil rights legis
lation to Oregon.
Often railed the "Father of
the NNACP Federal Credit
Union", it was Reynolds who
was the guiding light and
inspiration in the founding of
that organization in 1958.
which now has assets of over
one-half million dollars.
Reynolds was a Charter
Member of the Urbun league
of Portland and for 14 years
was a member of the board of
directors of the Pioneer In
vestment Committee. He was
a charter member of the Rail
0
/
road Senior Citizens Associa
tion, anti was chosen as that
organization's "Man of the
Year. 1971".
He was a
member of Enterprise Ixxige,
F. & A.M.
Survivors are his wife,
Elsie, and four children, Jack
F., Dr. Walter C., Robert E.,
and Mrs. Phillis Smith; 14
grandchildren and 2 great
grand children.
Funeral services will be
held Friday. March 30. 12:00
noon at Caldwell's Colonial
Mortuary, with Reverend Ix-e
O. Stone officiating.
tured speaker for the break
fast and the conference was
the actor, E.G. Marshall, who
has been active in health
care issues for some time.
The other "Social Worker
of t h e Year" is Dennis
Thompson of Salem, Oregon,
an employee of the Marion
County Children's Services
Agency.
Ms. Wright has been on
the faculty of the University
(Please turn to page 8, c o l. 3)
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CHARLES CREWS
Crews joins Traffic
Safety Commission
Charles Crews was ap
pointed to the City of Port
land's Traffic Safety Commis
sion by Mayor Neil Gold
schmidt. Crews will serve a
three year term, effective
January 1, 1973.
The Traffic Safety Com
mission's goal is the pursuit
of Crash Prevention, in com
mon with agencies of the
city, county and state gov
ernments and private organi
zations, with the objective of
reducing fatalities and in
juries.
Current programs
include:
Driver education;
bike safety; fleet safety; el
derly pedestrian safety and
school crossing safety.
The Traffic Safety Com
mission has proposed fFfeis
lation to the current session
of the legislature regarding
periodic driver examination,
habitual traffic offenders, bi-
cycle safety, pre arrest
breath testing and limitation
on parking vehicles over 6
feet high within 50 feet of
stop and yield signs.
Charles Crews is a grad
uate of Martin Luther King
Elementary School and Jeff
erson High School. He grad
uated from Portland State
University in Sociology in
1971. While attending Port
land State he was an Assis
tant District Executive for
the Boy Scouts of America.
Columbia Pacific Council,
was advisor to t ie PSU
Education Department and
was a research assistant to
Dr. Lee Brown.
Crews was research assis
tant in the office of Com
missioner Lloyd Anderson,
where he was involved in the
coordination of a $100,000
comprehensive study on noise
pollution.
Crews is now the owner of
the Northwest's only Black-
owned bicycle shop, located
at 7017 N. Lombard St.