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Portland/O baerver “ rid e rs h ip " - the people who use buses and trains for transportation in the cities. "This means,” the Con gressman said, “that Black Americans can be involved in developing mass transports lion systems from the very beginning. This is vitally important to the economic development of inner cities because it involves the crea tion of jobs and spending of billions of dollars.” The Young plan requires that the Advisory Councils will review policies and de cisions on planning, design, and architecture, construe tion contracts and sub-con tracts; purchase of equip ment and supplies; main tenance; related services such as concessions; hiring and training (in clu d in g mana gerial, technical and profes sional positions); the location of routes; and the amount of fares. Congressman Young ex plained the impact this can have by observing that “the Black community in my home city of Atlanta has already won the right to participate in the development of A t lanta's new mass transit pro gram. Blacks therefore have a major role in saying how $1.4 billion will be spent in Atlanta - who gets t h e jobs and contracts, where the routes go, how much the passenger pays. In Atlanta, the fare has been reduced from 40 to 15 cents.” M r. Young pointed out that poor people, the buai ness and professional com munity, the labor force, com munity organizationa, a n d people concerned about pol lution and conservation ran be represented on the Ad visory Councils. Andrew Young, a Dem o crat, is the first Black Con gressman from Georgia in 101 years and a leader of the civil rights movement. In Congress, one of his first actions was to persuade the House Banking Committee to create the Subcommittee on Urban Mass Transportation. He is a member of this sub committee which approved the new transportation plan. Bill includes minority plans In response to the national concern on the part of the Black Community as involves budget cuts relative to anti poverty programs, housing, welfare, health and employ ment, M r. Floyd B. McKis sick, new town developer of South City, North Carolina and M r. Johnny Ford, Mayor of Tuskegee, Alabama, held a joint press conference at which time it was made clear that the number one priority on the Black Agenda is to communicate to The Ad ministration Black concerns while maintaining a strategy of calm, (MMitive anticipation in the future. Soul City, a new community on the rise in North Carolina, was sited as positive example of Black interaction with the adminia tration, the consequence of which w i l l benefit some 50,000 Black and lower in come people while having positive fallo u t effect on the national scene. The point was made clear that while the majority of Black party affiliation rests in the Demo cratic Party, the next four years rest in the judgement of a Republican Administra tion; therefore, the most solvent Black strategic course toward economic upgrade of the nation must be a coali tion of concerned spokesmen and women that transcends' affiliation and is predicated upon sound counter prop<> sals to administrative cut backs, c o u n te r proposals meaning positive alternatives necessary to provide the nation socio / economic up grade on a cost effective basis. McKissick and Ford called upon all national or ganizations and business con cerns to come together at a national summit, the time and place to be announced one month from today, at which time the primary o k jective will be to mold into an umbrella plan an economic and political strategy repre sen tatio n of the joint in lerests and objective forecast by Federal Government and private industry as integrated with minority forces inherent in The National Business league. The National Urban league. The N A A C P . CORE, SCLC. Operation P U SH . The Black Caucus and all other human interest groups whose main objective is the uplift of the American people as a major whole and Black Americans as a major part. Inclusive in the McKissick Ford conference was the national announcement of a newly formed third political force, an organization known as The National Committee For a Two Party System, the purpose of which is a dedi ration to more effective poli tical action by Blacks and other minority through edu cation. by Jettie B. Wild», J r., Chair man of Oregon Black Caucus H a rrie t Tubman waa known as “Moees" to her people. One of her accomplishments was providing escape routes, via the Underground Rail road, for slave* to the North. The Underground Railroad was a series of hiding place* in homes, haystacks or other spota, to help the slaves escape to the North. While thinking about Ms. Tubman I began wondering if history would ever repeat itself. Do we have any H a rrie t Tub mans around in the year 19737 Ms. Tubman provided a very special service for people in need and would have been missed had she suddenly disappeared. Ob viously, she had “connec tions” in order to succeed. Instead of coveting "connec tions” as an end unto itself, she risked her life tim e and time again while utilizing those "connections” to fur ther her people. In searching for the Har riet Tubmans of today, I looked around st the good brothers and sisters to see if their "connections" were an end unto th em s elve s or whether they served as a medium for changing the pos ture (how Blacks are viewed) of P o rtla n d . S e e m in g ly , there are a few individuals in different positions that could contribute toward changing this posture. Since being in position to act is no guaran tee of action and since there is great difficulty in asses sing change. I approached the issue with open ques tions. W hat would happen to the City of Portland if suddenly all of the Black leaders and Black g r o u p s , or Black by EHla H. Caaaon “Where Are The Barents?" DR JEFFREY BRADY MODDN DENTAL PLATES PARTIAL PLATES AND EXTRACTIONS Immediate Restorations - laiei twaer i«aaadi Italy attar toatfc •n a a t» x **4 • Partial Plat« • Dental Plates Rut where are the parents? I t is easy fo r other “spokesmen" to tell the public what they feel are the true caught up in an attem pt to escape his own frustrations to the extend that he ne glects his own child's mental and social welfare, the child more than likely will become a social burden, if not an urban danger. The child "escapes" to the streets, where all kinds of fo rm id ab le "teachers" are ready to give him the disci pline and social disregard of street gangsters. The streets teach that “the establishment” has done this or that young person wrong; has deprived him of a good way of life; that society owes him something he did not get from home. DURING EXTRACTIONS L members? Would there be fewer Black state senators and representatives? Would there be fewer Black ad ministrative assistants? The list of questions could be extended t o cover many more areas. I f the answer is no, then perhaps there is a need for some reassessing. If socalled confidentiality with elected officials and/or the ever-changing power struc ture has not produced a yes answer to t h e aforemen tioned questions then there is surely a need for some reassessing. There is another set of questions to ask. Do Black leaders and Black groups, or Black oriented groups, stag nate or activate the people? Do they give the people the will to live or do they take it away? Do they serve as enemies to the people by not bringing the issues to them for their decisions? There are so many questions that must be asked and answered. 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Oregon 9 7 2 07 □ H ere is my Coloring Contest entry Send me my tree Junior Watt Watcher s Kit □ I am not entering the Coloring Contest s o \ i l l not be eligible for an award, but send me the tree Junior Watt Watcher a Kit. I am interested in conservation N a m e ------ --------------------------------------------------------------- A g e -------------------------------- DENTIST -S ta te - » Print) Phone: 228 7545 •enee Against orner». He is < URGE YO U R YOUNGSTERS T O JOIN. Providing clean energy lor a better life I V f H RU It DING ,s i . H A Moti» it n t t 2 8 6 -2 2 9 6 Try Chuck’s deals A Portland General Electric Company « I BUDGET DRY CLEANERS Stop spinning you r wheels* j / sorry it happened. He is sorry it was his child. But it should be just as easy and normal for that parent to daily show interest and concern about his child's school attendance, his studies and his grades at school. It should be just as normal for that parent to attend school functions, like open house, to check up on his child's school progress, to learn if his off spring is advancing rather than sliding backwards in his scholastic training. Not too many Black par ents show up for such func tions, let along drop into school often to talk with teachers and the principals about their children's pro gress before it's too late. Parents should look upon the school as a second home. But sad enough. "Let the teacher be t h e parents" seems to be the attitude. Benign neglect of parents is just as bad as benign neglect to society. Let us remember that airy words about “jobs", “social conditions” and the like are just that, and more often nothing more. SAVE YOUR CLAIM TICKETS! 10 cleaning ana pressing claim tickets good for 1 81b. load of cleaning and pressing. 7 2 2 0 N . Fessenden RULES: Youngsters from 5 through 12 years of age are eligible to enter PGE's Junior Watt Watcher a Coloring Contest. There are three categories—5 through 7, 8 through 10 and 11 through 12 year olds There are six different cartoons in the series—but you SLEEP M W M MNT0TWM »IVIN IV | »MKT1BIB ANUTMTHT PAM MNt - ANT PAM *W INOPIOT NONOti Weekdays l> M ta SiM I Ie*erdeeli3t*e liM Im iM a e iiN a ta K itu Tubman must have asked those questions sometime be fore her death in 1913. She evidently made a decision to stand up and be counted. Ms. Tubman had a southern strategy. Perhaps we need a southern s tra te g y in the West. oriented groups, disappeared? Would t h e r e be fewer Blacks on the city council? Would there be fewer Black c o u n ty com m issioners? Would there be fewer Black civil servants? Would there be fewer Black school board oice of the NAACP The sudden eruption of waywardness among Black young people is causing due concern. To be sure, the dramatic and violent rise in gang activity among children of elementary and high school age brackets is violently co gent enough to elicit acti vated concern in all social levels. Outcries are coming from police a u th o ritie s . Civic leaders are speaking out. School officials are demand ing that something be done. Various and sundry pun dita on all local communica tions levels are organizing forums to air. the dire frus trations of these young street soldiers who are now in open street w e fa re ; Robbing, maiming, murdering, articu lating their desires to be seen and heard with bricks, knives and guns. Page 3 ------------ CflUCUS T im e Committee voices Block concerns C ongressm an A n d r e w Young has initiated legisla live action that rould enable Black and minority comniu nitiea in the nation's cities to have a voice in deciding how billions of dollars will be spent for mass transports lion. The plan, which has begun to move through Con grrss, could have a tre mendous impart on economic development of the inner cities. The bill introduced by Con gressman Young has been unanimously approved by the House Urban Mass Trans portation Subcommittee as part of a measure increasing transit aid to the cities by $3.1 billion. This legislation has bipartisan support and will go next to the House Hanking Committee and then to the floor. Under C o n g re s s m a n Young's plan, no urban mass transit system could receive the federal money until it seta up a citizen's Advisory Council to review all policies and decisions. The Council would be required to reflect the com position of t h e Thursday, A pril 12, 1973
