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The handwriting ia on the
wall and we better start
reading between the line».
Where are the “Black pro
gram directors” within State,
County and City government?
• We started out with a
Black Civil Bights Adminis
trator for the State
Mark
A. Smith. He died in 1969.
Now we have a white admin
istrator.
• Had a Black Model Cities
Director - Charles Jordan.
Now we have a white acting
one.
• Had a Black Acting
Director, Bureau of Human
Resources
Charles Jordan.
Now we have a white acting
one.
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• Have a Black Executive
Director I’ MSC Cleveland
Cilrrease. Soon he'll be gone,
as well as the program.
• Have a Black Director of
the Multi Service ('enter
la-on Harris. Whites blew the
whistle and soon he’ll be gone.
• Have a Black Director of
the County Aging Program
0. J. Gates.
Now he is
hanging between the City and
County fight and most likely
will be gone.
• I lad a Black CEP Director
George Rankins.
Now we
have a white one.
• Had a Black woman
Citizen Participation Coordi
nalor for PDC. Now we have a
white male acting.
The only person left that
looks somewhat safe is Ver
non Summers
Director,
City County Human Relations
Commision. But then you ask,
how safe is any Black in this
political rat race? (Commis
sioner Connie McCready is
now trying to do away with
the Human Relations Com
mission. More on this item at
a later date.)
We as a race of people had
better wake up and get
concerned as to what is
happing to us. We are losing
out every day and no one
seems to care. It's too late to
wait until the programs are
gone to get concerned. The
time is now. So look around
and ask. where are the Black
Directors? And I say, “Here
today and gone tomorrow.”
(I'm aware that a couple of
Blacks are running a few
programs with Federal funds.
But they will find out when
the money is gone they are
gone and this isn't what we
have been struggling for. We
want full time, permanent po
sitions for Blacks as part of
the State, City and County
structure. We are tired of
seeing these kind of positions
go to whites while ‘'Blacks”
get the Federal cut back
programs to run.)
The Furnishings Retailers
Association for Minority En
terprise, Inc. (FRAME), new
ly formed trade organization
for home furnishing firms, is
launching a nation wide cam
paign to locate minority en
trepreneurs in the field, Iuirry
N. Mclenney, FRAM E presi
dent, announced following his
association's first workshop/
seminar, held in Washington.
DC.
Noting that FRAM E had
met with good success in
organizing minority dealers of
furniture and appliances since
its inception in January of this
year, McClenney pointed out
that the organization "is man
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machine with tax payer doll
ars, but let's dream a little bit.
Suppose we had a hypo
thetical situation where the
city established neighborhood
organizations with salaried
persons serving as facilitat
ors. The facilitators might
work out of the Bureau of
Human Resources.
Due to
the fact that their salary is
paid by the Bureau of Person
nel Resources, the facilitators
will always present the views
of the Resource Bureau when
there is an issue that liie
Rureau deems crucial to the
maintenance of its overall
game plan.
Portland is coming of age.
Would you believe that there
is a glimpse of Chicago.
Illinois in Portland, Oregon?
Chrago is well known for its
wards and machine politics.
Many of the political analysts
say that effective machine
politics is a thing of the past.
Mayor Richard Daley of Chi
cago is no longer able to
guarantee delivery of his part
of the State of Illinois by
turning out the city em
ployees to do his bidding. The
reasons for Daley's slippag?
are varied hut part of it is due
Let's presume that city-
to voters coming of age. The
question then is why has county consolidation becomes
Portland seemingly begun to a reality, and the citizenry has
take on the characteristics of to elect someone to head this
new governmental structure.
an earlier Chicago, Illinois.
I certainly wouldn't want to Suppose the city official has
been intelligent enough to
accuse any elected official of
using tax dollars to establish a establish an organizational
base in each of the neighbor
machine.
Nevertheless, I
thought of how similar to ‘ hoods and sections of the city.
Chicago, we in Portland would The county official wouldn't
stand much of a chance of
be, if th«> Mayor's neighbor
hood organization concepts
were used as bases of power
in 1974. I'm sure that Mayor
Goldschmidt has not thought
of establishing a political
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Now let's return from the
dream world and use the
dream like experience to as
sess what is happening today.
The first thing that we must
do is recognize that the name
of the game is politics.
If
there must be any form of
neighborhood organization,
let us make sure that Black
folks are in abargaining posi
tion.
You bargain from a base of
power. In order to have a
base of power, we must
organize ourselves.
We can no longer allow our
community to be mindlessly
controlled by poverty dollars,
spiritual meandering, or per
sons selling Rlackness in lieu
of skills. If we are to become
another Chicago, then the
rules will have to include
Black folks participating from
a position that facilitates
systemic inputs and increased
systemically produced service
outputs.
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T hursday, M ay 24, 1973
dated to extend its services to
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“This", he said, “we are
determined to do."
FRA M E has planned a wide
variety of educational pro
jects that will be available to
its members and their em
ployees.
In the area of
financing, FRAM E is capable
of assisting dealers and pro
spective retailers in putting
together business packages
and can guide its members to
business development organi
zations anywhere in the coun
try. All of the services of the
organization, including tech
nical guidance, are free of
charge to its membership,
FRA M E has several group
Third grade Blue Birds programs which include the
from Boise, Humboldt and handling of retail paper, cred
King schools will join to it line services, joint advertis
gether as they signify their ing programs and group buy
enjoyment of the Blue Bird ing and promotion.
program in a FLY-UP where
they will be honored. Par
ticipating group leaders are
Mrs. Ella Flora, King; Mrs.
Kathryn McWilliams, Hum
boldt and Mrs. Altheria Pal
mer, Boise. During the past
year these girls have had the
opportunity to explore dif
ferent activities: The annual
Candy Sale, the Ice Capades.
the Circus, arts and crafts, a
slumber party, games and
cooking.
Several have al
ready signed up to attend
day ramp or resident camp
this summer.
Parents and
teachers and friends are in
vited to attend as these girls
mark their signpost on the
Camp Fire Trail Saturday.
May 26 at the North Purl
land Library 512 North Kil
lingsworth at 3:30 p.m.
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