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Thursday M a y 31, 1973 l(X per copy
THAT REALLY CARES ABOUT
PEOPLE
Los Angeles elects 1st Black Mayor
OSU students ask commitment
Pam Puseus. agr 3, ia prrpared for X Ray at thè M ulti Servire Center » pediatrie dentai clinic.
Muhi-Service Center serves people
The Albina M ulti Service
Center waa established to
provide a central place where
person» in need of services
could go for help.
The
center houses numerous »late
and public agencies in the
fields of social and health
service«
Each of the ageneier
boused in the M ulti Service
center has it's own director
as well as it's own policies
and procedure«. The center,
with Leon Harris as it's
director, is responsible for
coordination among the agen
rise and has a staff of "co
ordinatora" and volunteers.
A program unique to the
Multi-Service Center is the
"co-ordinator".
To these
persons are sent the clients
who have needs but are not
eligible for assistance from
any of the other agencies.
Examples:
People needing
emergency food or housing
who cannot be assisted by
welfare; families who need
utility payments to avoid
termination of services; per
sons needing transportation.
Typical persona served by
this unit last week were two
teenage gi: la who ran away
from Tongue Point Job Corps,
with some young men and
were held against their will.
When thev got away, they
went to the M ulti Service
renter seeking help with food
and housing. As the result
of counseling, the girls re
turned to Tongue Point to
finish their education.
A young man. unemployed
and from out of stale, was
living in his car.
Through
the M ulti Service Center, he
waa able to find employment
and housing.
T h e "co
ordinator" helped his wife to
receive assistance in the state
where she and the children
were residing, and as a
result the family was re
united in Oregon.
A young woman who was
an alcholic lout her two chil
dren through Juvenile Court
action.
When she came to
the center for help, she was
appointed as a volunteer to
answer the phone. Through
this work, as well as through
encouragement from the staff,
she has gained confidence in
herself. She is studying for
the high school equivalency
and will soon begin training
through the Division of Voca
lional Rehabilitation.
She
has stopped drinking and has
learned that her children will
soon be returned to her care.
These are typical examples
of the people served by the
M ulti Service Center. Public
assistance and welfare ser
vices, Juvenile Court coun
seling, emergency child care,
health and dental care, psy
c h ia tric counseling. Voca
tional Rehabilitation
these
and many more services are
available under one roof.
The center is also a hub ' !
activity in the evening with
group therapy, child care,
co m m un ity m eetings and
ether activities taking place.
Dexter Henderson, assis
tant director who has been
with the center since Eel»
ruary, says he has never
before seen an agency which
holds such an atmosphere of
the desire to help.
The
center's motto and goal is
that everyone coming to the
center will receive help. No
one is turned away with the
typical "Sorry, you are not
eligible.” I t is the responsi
bility of the renter staff to
find the resources and make
them available to the client.
The volunteer program is
also unique.
Unlike the
typical "middle class house
wife" volunteer, the volun
teer program at the Multi
Service Center is staffed
mainly by recipients of the
agencies housed there. Many
are placed in the volunteer
program as "therapy" - to
help them develop skills,
meet people, gain self con
fidence.
The Albina M ulti Service
Center has gained the re
spect of the community
it
is the place to go for help.
As the state investigates the
center, it is possible they will
find the excesses and liberal
(Please turn to pg. 8, col. 5)
For the first time in their
history, the students of Ore
gon State University have
elected two Black students to
be vice presidents of student
organizations.
Ixirenzo Poe was elected
vice president of the Asso
ciated Students of Oregon
S ta te U n iv e r s ity .
Poe's
duties include coordinating
the 54 faculty and student
committees, selecting mem
bers for the committees,
serving in ten committees,
being a voting member of
the Student Senate (which is
made up of elected repre
sentatives of each school in
the University), serving as a
member of the Executive
Cabinet (which is the officers
of the Senate), and repre
senting the cabinet to the
committees and to the school
administration.
James Noble was elected
vice president of the Memor
ial Union, which plans ara
demic and social activities.
The fifteen committees of the
Memorial Union plan and co
ordinate such activities as
dances, hom ecom ing, con
certs, lectures, etc.
Poe is a graduate of Jeffer
son High School.
A fter
graduating from OSU next
year. Poe plans to attend law
school
hop efu lly Willa
mette.
He has a strong
commitment to the Albina
community and plans to work
in Albina after he completes
his education.
Noble is a graduate of
Benson High School and is
majoring in engineering at
OSU. He plans to continue
his education in business or
in law and probably will
attend graduate school out of
state.
He does plan to
return to Portland after fin
tshing school and hopes to
use his education for the
benefit of the Black tom
munity.
Both students are con
cerned about conditions at
Oregon State for Black stu
dents, and blame both the
University and the Albina
community.
They feel the
University has made no real
commitment to the education
of Black students.
Black
students are allowed to at
tend since it is a state school.
They are somewhat reluc
tantly recruited as a require
ment of the U.S. Health.
Education and W elfare De
partment requirements. But
when they arrive on campus
they fnd that money prom
Ixirenzo Poe (left) and James Noble were recently elected
to student body offices at Oregon State University.
ised is not available; that
there is no intellectual en
v iro n m e n t pro vided; th at
there is no Black Studies
program. Although they are
allowed to plan activities
through the Memorial Union,
they do not receive the sup
port that would make them
successful.
For example,
y ien they brought Repre
sentative Ronald Dellums to
the campus last year, less
than 100 persons attended;
with the support of the U ni
versity and particularly of
the Political Science Depart
ment there should have been
a capacity crowd.
Most of the Black students
come from Portland, so there
is little opportunity for them
to broaden their perspective
through contact with other
students.
Both Poe and
Noble think the University
should recruit in the South
and the East to bring in a
diverse group of Black stu
dents.
There are only two Black
professors on campus, neither
with tenure. D r. W ilt Gam
ble is an associate professor
in biochem istry and Harr:
son Branch teaches photo
graphy. N either is in much
contact with the Black stu
dents since none of them are
in b io c h e m is try and the
photography course requires
extra fees.
The Black stu
dents want more Black pro
fessors in a variety of fields.
They also want Black Studies
courses.
The only class
Thomas Bradley, the son
of a Texas share cropper and
prominent layman o f the
African Methodist Episcopal
Church, defeated incumbent
Sam Yorty Tuesday night to
win the Los Angeles Mayoral
race.
Bradley becomes the
first Black mayor of Los
Angeles.
I t was the second rematch
between Bradley, 55, and
Maverick Mayor' Sam Yorty,
63, who won the first contest
in 1969 as the result of a
white backlash after cam
paign charges by Yorty that
"militant extremists" would
take over the city if a Black
person became mayor.
Bradley is a member of the
First A M E Church (Los An
geles), is a lawyer, city
councilman, and is a retired
police lieutenant.
A fter 2,427 of the city’s
3.169 precincts re p o rte d ,
Bradley had 324.101 votes or
55.5 per cent to Yorty's
260,332 votes, or 44.5 per
cent.
During the long Memorial
Day holiday, Bradley's cam
paign workers did a better
job of getting voters out to
the polls.
The pro-Bradley
Black areas and the city's
west side voted heavily for
Bradley.
Blacks make up
about 16 per cent of the
city’s three million residents.
The polls reflect that the
race was not a black-white
decision. I t was not a racial
issue. It was people casting
their vote for the best candi
date. I f you stop to figure it
out, with all 16 per cent of
the Blacks voting for Brad
ley, there would be 39.5
percent of the white voters
choosing Bradley.
Current M ayor Sam Yorty,
THOMAS BRADLEY
who tried to inject racism
throughout the campaign as
he did in 1969, charged Brad
ley as being a “sort of Black
nationalist”. However, it did
not change the voter's deci
sion.
Bradley, a tall, softspoken
man. campaigned an anti-
corruption platform, pointing
out that Yorty-appointed city
commissioners had conflict of
interests and instances of
b rib e ry charged ag ain st
them.
"End graft and corruption
in city hall," said Bradley.
"Fight lawlessness and vio
lence wherever and when
ever it occurs.
Bradley, president-elect of
the National League of Cities,
when asked about Yorty's
charges of linking him with
Black radicals, said Los A n
geles needs a mayor who is
"Willing to get off his butt
and do the job for the city."
(Please turn to pg. 8, col. 21
McCall appoints Toran
Governor Tom McCall has
appointed Portland lawyer
John Toran to the Oregon
Fair Plan Association Board
of Directors.
The Board oversees opera
tion of a plan to assure the
availability of essential prop
erty insurance, particularly
with respect to high risk
areas.
Toran, 41. currently serves
-as administrative assistant to
Senator Tom Hallock of Port
land. Toran graduated from
the University of Oregon and
the Northwestern College of
la w .
He has been in the
private practice of law since
1963. He served in the Navy
from 1948 to 1952.
His wife. Kay, is an assis
tant professor of Social Work
at Portland State University.
They have one child.
Toran has been active in
Model Cities groups and or
ganizations. He is first vice
president of the Sabin Com
munity Association, a mem
ber of the Committee on
Civil Rights for the Oregon
State Bar Association, and is
a member of the committee
of the Division of National
Missions of the United Pres
byterian Church.
Portland celebrates African Liberation Day
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by Rosemary Allen
A small but determined
group of approximately 125
Black people marched through
the streets of Albina from
Dawson Park on Saturday,
May 26th.
They marched
North bound down Vancouver
Avenue, turned east on Fre
mont and headed towards
Irvin g Park, where "African
Liberation Day" was being
held.
Chanting rythmically "We
are African people. Africa
for Africans!", the marchers
were met at Irving Park by
some 300 other Blacks who
cheered them on.
While the sweet aroma of
"Down home style bar b qued
chicken" roasting on open
pits filled the air, community
leaders spoke to the crowd
about the meaning behind
African Liberation Day.
“This is not a loose booty
affair," O.B. Hill, one of the
rally planners shouted! "The
purpose of African Liberation
Day is to show the support
*
MARSHA PEOPLES
Monroe student
wins scholarship
of African people in America
for African freedom fighters
who are fighting European
colonialism in Africa.”
Two strikes were held
during the same week of the
march against corporations
in America who. by doing
business w ith w h ite ex
ploiters in Africa, contribute
to the downfall of defenseless
African nations.
The two
corporations were the Hyster
Corporation and Holiday Inn.
On African Liberation Day,
after the rally, music was
provided by "Pleasure", a
(Please turn to pg. 8, col. 6)
Ms. Marsha Peoples, a
graduating senior from James
Monroe High School, is the
recipient of a four year
scholarship to the University
of Portland.
The scholarship is given by
Miss Adam s
A ccounting
Firms every four years to a
minority student majoring in
the field of accounting. The
student must be enrolled at
the University of Portland
and is guaranteed a job.
upon applying, for 2 years
after graduation.
Vernon Chapman of the
Urban League was very in
strumental in helping Marsha
prepare for the scholarship.
The scholarship was pre
sented to Marsha by M r.
Peterson of the Miss Adams
Accounting Firm.
As if the four year scholar
ship wasn't enough. Marsha
was presented with numer
ous other awards from her
school, one of which was a
(Please turn to og. 8, col. 1)