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Portland/Obaerver
Thuraday, April 5, 1973
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A m atter of race?
The
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ALPRBD LBB «M JB B S D N
WE SEE THE WORLD
THROUGH BLACK EYES
W hat’s w ith PSU?
W h a t is h a p p e n in g a t P o rtlan d State U n ive rsity?
W hy c a n 't th e y ke e p Black instructors? W e d o n 't
kn o w th e answ ers, b u t m a y b e Dr. W o lfe c o u ld
e n lig h te n us.
First th e re w as Dr. Dose Thom as, w h o le ft the
School o f S ocial W o rk w ith som e b a d fe e lin g s ;
th en Phil M cLauren le ft; th e n Dr. C la re n ce Porter,
L en w o od Davis a n d Dr. Lee B ro w n . Som e le ft to go
to school a n d som e to a ccep t o th e r p o s itio n s . . .
but is th a t re a lly the reason? It seem s stran ge th a t
e ve ry Black w o u ld stay o n ly a y e a r or tw o a n d
then le a v e . Is it because th e re is no o p p o rtu n ity
fo r Blacks a t PSU; a re th ey restricte d or d o th e y
fe e l th e y d o n ot h ave the a c a d e m ic fre e d o m th a t
th ey sh o u ld have?
N o w th e re a re rum ors o f
b u d g e t cuts fo r O p e ra tio n PUSH a n d th e possible
e lim in a tio n o f the PSU E duca tio na l C en te r in
A lb in a .
P ortland State w as fo u n d e d sh o rtly a fte r W o rld
W ar II as V a n p o rt Extension C en te r, a school fo r
ve teran s w h e re th ey co u ld liv e a t h o m e , h o ld jobs
a nd su p p o rt th e ir fa m ilie s .
In 1955 it b e c a m e a
fo u r-y e a r c o lle g e , b ut still fo u n d e d on th e id e a o f
a school fo r u rb a n students, w h e re th ey c o u ld liv e
at h o m e , w o rk on jobs a v a ila b le in th e c o m ­
m u n ity , a n d a tte n d school.
It w as a c o lle g e fo r
those w h o c o u ld n ot a ffo rd to a tte n d the cam pus
co lle g e s a t Eugene a n d C o rva llis.
The little
V a n p o rt C o lle g e , no m o re th an an o v e r-g ro w n h ig h
school, g re w to be a g re a t U n iv e rs ity ; b ut the
purpose o f th is u n iv e rs ity w as to re m a in th e sam e.
PSU w as fo u n d e d to be the school w h e re a n y
student w h o h ad the a m b itio n a n d te n a c ity c o u ld
o b ta in a h ig h e r e d u c a tio n , reg ardle ss o f his
e co n o m ic sta n d in g . Perhaps this g o a l has fa lle n by
the w a y s id e w ith th e g ro w th o f the U nive rsity.
Perhaps w e e xp e ct to o m uch w h e n w e lo o k to PSU
to p ro v id e e d u c a tio n to m in o ritie s , to the p o o r, to
th e d is a d v a n ta g e d .
But s o m e w h e re in th e State
System o f H ig h e r E ducation this o p p o rtu n ity m ust
be p ro v id e d — w h y not a t PSU?
Dr. W o lfe , w e w o u ld lik e to k n o w w h a t yo u a re
d o in g a t PSU. W h a t is th e cu rre n t p h ilo s o p h y o f
your school? Shall w e lo o k to PSU fo r th e tra in in g
o f o u r y o u n g Blacks, or m ust w e g o e ls e w h e re ?
W hy a re th e re n ot m o re Black professors on the
s ta ff; n ot just in the Black Studies D e p a rtm e n t, but
in a ll fie ld s o f study? W h y d id yo u let Dr. Porter
a nd Dr. B ro w n a n d o the rs le a v e , w h e n a n y o n e o f
th em w o u ld h a v e p re fe rre d to ■remain in P ortland?
W hy m ust Blacks seek o p p o rtu n ity e ls e w h e re ? If
you have th e a nsw ers, w e w o u ld lik e to k n o w
them .
As w e g o to press, w o rd has not b e e n re c e iv e d
re g a rd in g B ill Jo ne s' a p p lic a tio n fo r a d u m p truck
license. W e b e lie v e th e licen se w ill be g ra n te d
since the E xa m in er fo r th e Public U tilitie s C o m m is ­
sion has fo u n d th a t M r. Jones p ro v e d a n e e d fo r
th e truck.
But w e a lso b e lie v e th e p o in t has b e e n m issed.
The PUC e x a m in e r a lso fo u n d th a t c iv il rig h ts w as
not a t issue a n d re je c te d e v id e n c e g iv e n by the
A ssociated G e n e ra l C ontractors a n d th e A lb in a
C on tracto rs A s so cia tio n s h o w in g nee d fo r e m p lo y ­
m e n t fo r Black truck drivers.
W e b e lie v e th a t it is a m a tte r o f c iv il rig h ts a n d
o f racism , a n d th a t if the PUC does n ot g ra n t this
licen se it is p e rp e tu a tin g racism . Even if it does
g ra n t th e licen se, b u t rejects the p rin c ip a l, it is
d o in g n o th in g to e lim in a te racism .
W e a lso h a v e le a rn e d fro m re lia b le sources th a t
P ublic U tilitie s C o m m is s io n e r R ichard W. Sabin
fe e ls his co m m is s io n has no re s p o n s ib ility as to the
race o f the a p p lic a n t. The la w states th a t p u b lic
c o n v e n ie n c e a n d necessity be p ro v e d b e fo re a
licen se is g ra n te d , a n d he b e lie v e s th a t g ra n tin g a
licen se on th e basis o f race w o u ld be an
u n ju s tifie d d e v ia tio n fro m th e law .
The PUC is n ot accused o f c re a tin g an a ll- w h ite
in d u stry or e v e n consciou sly a nd p u rp o s e fu lly
p e rp e tu a tin g it. But if an ind ustry is a llo w e d to be
closed a n d it is a lre a d y a ll-w h ite , or a ll m a le , or
w h a te v e r, a n d state la w is used to p re v e n t o thers
fro m e n te rin g , th e n is n ot the state a fa c to r in
p e rp e tu a tin g s e g re g a tio n ?
A n in d u s try th a t is re g u la te d by th e state sh o u ld
be e v e n m o re fre e o f racism th a n p riv a te industries.
The state sh o u ld use its re g u la to ry p o w e rs to in ­
sure th e e n try o f m in o ritie s a n d n o n -d is c rim in a to ry
h irin g p ra ctices by th e licensees
Has a state re g u la to ry p ro c e d u re n o w ta ke n
p re c e n d e n t o v e r th e C o n s titu tio n o f the U n ite d
States?
W h a t a b o u t th e 14th A m e n d m e n t, th a t
insures e q u a l p ro te c tio n o f th e state fo r a ll its
citizens?
As fo r re s p o n s ib ility fo r p rio r d is c rim in a tio n , the
U.S. S u pre m e C ou rt fo u n d in the D e tro it School
case th a t th e o ffe n d in g a g e n c y (th e D e tro it schools,
or in th is case th e PUC) n e e d n ot h ave c re a te d
s e g re g a tio n in o rd e r to be re sp o n s ib le fo r it. The
D e tro it schools w e re o rd e re d to d e s e g re g a te
because th e y w e re p e rp e tu a tin g a s itu a tio n caused
by g o v e rn m e n ta l, p riv a te a n d c o m m o n practices
th a t le d to s e g re g a tio n . By the sam e to k e n , does
the O re g o n State PUC h ave a re s p o n s ib ility to
d e s e g re g a te an a ll- w h ite ind ustry p la c e d in its care
2 years a g o ? W e th in k it does.
LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
affirmative
action
agreement
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All bark, no bit«!
The plot discovered!
Govenor should give leadership
G o v e rn o r M cC a ll is the best v o te -g e tte r in O re ­
gon. A n y o ffic e th a t he chooses a fte r le a v in g the
g o v e rn o rs h ip is his fo r the a s k in g
G o v e rn o r
M cC a ll c o u ld ru n fo r S enator P a ckw oo d's seat as a
R e p u b lic a n , as a n :n d e p e n d e n t or as a D em ocrat
a n d w in , re g a rd le ss o f his p a rty a ffilia tio n .
W ith th e unrest a n d d is s a tis fa c tio n w ith C o n ­
g re s s w o m a n Edith G re e n , chances a re g o o d e ven
fo r his ta k in g her seat.
W e c a n n o t b e lie v e that G o v e rn o r M cC all w ill |ust
re tire fro m p o litic s a t the e n d o f his te rm as
G o v e rn o r. W e th in k th e p u b lic w ill d e m a n d that
he re m a in in p u b lic o ffic e a n d th a t his lo v e fo r the
State o f O re g o n w ill c o m p e l h im to k e e p s e rvin g
th e state.
M cC a ll is an hon est p o litic ia n w h o w ill a d m it it
w h e n he has m a d e a m is ta k e
His frankness
causes vo ters to fo rg e t p o litic a l b lu n d e rs. At h eart,
m ost p e o p le b e lie v e th a t he is a b ig m an a n d that
he w a n ts to be fa ir.
This d oe s not m e a n th a t he is a p a n a c e a fo r a ll
o f the sta te 's ills. He can, h o w e v e r, c h a n g e the
course o f h isto ry a n d m a ke th e state a ffirm a tiv e
a c tio n a g re e m e n t h ave te e th a n d re a l m e a n in g .
O re g o n 's A ffirm a tiv e A c tio n A g re e m e n t has a
lot o f b a rk , b ut has no te eth.
Blacks w h o a re re fe rre d to th e state a ffir m a ­
tiv e
a c tio n
u n it b e lie v e
it
is just a n o th e r
b u re a u c ra c y a n d a ru n -a ro u n d . A n o th e r p ie c e o f
p a p e r, a n o th e r fa ls e h op e, a n o th e r b ad d re a m . . .
G o v e rn o r M cC a ll can p o in t the w a y th ro u g h
e x e c u tiv e o rd e r a n d th ro u g h e x a m p le by h irin g a
Black on his sta ff
G o v e rn o r M cC a ll is n ot a lo n e in th is om ission ,
h esita n ce a n d p ro c ra s tin a tio n to b re a k the e v ils o f
th e system . Eiected o ffic ia ls , b ig c o rp o ra tio n s a nd
th e g e n e ra l p u b lic a re g u ilty also.
A g a in w e c a ll to yo u r a tte n tio n the statistics o f
Black e m p lo y m e n t w ith in the state -- 00 85%, or
158 o u t o f a to ta l o f 18,375 e m p lo y e e s -- a nd
w e ask w h a t w ill be d o n e a b o u t it.
The o th e r m in o ritie s h a v e th e fo llo w in g p e r­
ce nta ge s o f state |obs:
O rie n ta l -- 00.57, In ­
d ia n — 00.58, a n d C h ica n o -- 00.71.
O re g o n has m a n y m en v y in g fo r le a d e rs h ip
p o sitio n s:
C lay M yers, Jim R eddm , Jason Boe,
R ichard Eym an, Lee Johnson, Don C la rk, N e il
G o ld s c h m id t W h ich w ill sh o w re a l le a d e rs h ip a n d
co m e up w ith a n a n s w e r to th is p ro b le m ? W h ich
w ill p la c e p rin c ip a l b e fo re p o litic a l e x p e d ie n c y
a n d fin d a w a y to a llo w Blacks to p a rtic ip a te in the
e c o n o m ic a n d p o litic a l life o f O re g o n .
W e th in k th e G o v e rn o r sh o u ld le a d th e w ay.
A fte r a ll, he is our e le c te d le a d e r. But if he fa ils,
a n o th e r m ust step in to th e v a cu u m a n d assum e
le a d e rs h ip .
With Ron Hendren
A YOUNG VIEW OF WASHINGTON
W e commend the Portland
Observer for ita editorials of
March 1 and March 8, 1973.
which call attention to the
lack of significant minority
hiring and advancement.
W e hope your efforts will
provide increased community
awareness re g a rd in g com
fortable tokenism and pater­
nalism.
You have rendered a com
munity service indeed by
pointing out some serious
areas which need more gen­
uine affirm ative action for
equal em plo ym en t oppor­
tunity.
Sincerely,
M r. and Mrs. Osly J. Gates
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DR JEFFREY
SHOCKING TRAGEDY OF CHILD ABUSE
BRADY
M O D fP N
W A S H IN G T O N -L a s t week, only two
day* after Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey
(D -M in n .) introduced new legialation Io
prevent child abuse (S. 1364), the lead
«tory in the city «ection o f The Washing­
ton Poet reported the death o f three-
month-old Sabrina Lynn Ward, a victim,
according to police, of felonious child
abuse.
Only a month before her death
Sabrina Lynn had been taken from her
parents’ custody because of report* of
neglect. The judge who ordered that
action was not consulted when social
service officials returned the child to her
parents in suburban Maryland, and five
days after her return she was dead.
Buried in the middle of the tame
section of that newspaper was another
report that four children suffering from
malnutrition and dehydration had been
taken to a local hospital tw o nights
before. One o f the children, a three-and-
one-half-month-old girl who weighed only
five pounds, was listed in critical con­
dition. The parents were charged with
cruelty to children.
About the same time up on Capitol
Hill, Humphrey’s Minnesota colleague
Sen. Walter F. Mondale (D ), chairman of
the Senate Subcommittee on Children
and Youth, waa visibly shocked as he
viewed photographs which vividly por­
trayed the ugly history o f child abuse in
the Washington area.
The tragedy is not limited to the
District o f Columbia, or to cities, or to
poor people. Indeed, child abuse cuts
across all social, economic and geographic
strata. The problem has attained alarming
proportions. Around 700 deaths related
to child abuse occur each year in the
U n ite d
States. Another 50,000 to
In New York Q ty alone, according Io
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Jule M. Sugarman, head of the city’s
Human Resources Adminutration, more
than 10,000 craea o f child neglect or
abuse were reported last year. Many times
that number went unreported. One pro-
viaion o f Humphrey’s bill would require
doctors, nurses, schoolteachers, social and
welfare workers, medical examiners, and
coroners to report all fin d in g o f child
abuse Those making the reports would
have immunity from liability in any court
actions that resulted from their reports.
While the latter provision ia certain to
raise serious questions in tome quarters, it
nonetheless would help clear the way for
a more complete documentation of child
abuae. As It is, doctors, nurses, teachers,
and others are often afraid to report child
abuae for fear o f legal reprisals brought
by paten ta.
The power to hold children in tempo­
rary custody would be granted in emer­
gency situations to those making reports
under the Humphrey bill. This provision,
too, is likely to come under considerable
fire, even though the Mil clearly stales
that temporary custody in all other cases
would have to he granted by appropriate
courts.
In any event, and primarily as a result
o f Humphrey’s and Mondale’s efforts, the
extent of the tragedy o f child abuae has
been brought Into national focua for the
Tint time in recent years. Field hearings
continue in Mondale's subcommittee, and
it is likely that legialation will reach the
Senate floor sometime thia year.
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