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fra F ra n c e « U n iv e r s ity u" ScM of ;r .- * « • « r a p o « ’ p 0 J L ib r a r y ir tic , PORTLAND Volum« 3, No. 35 Portland, Oregon THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN OBSERVER AN EOUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD THAT REALLY CARES ABOUT PEOPLE Thursday June 7, 1973 1CK per copy Columnist Rowan tolls it like it is: W atergate "Critical” to Blacks Urban League begins you ng voter drive The Urban League of Port land la embarking on a six month* Citizenship Educa tion Project, funded by the N a tio n a l U rb a n League. P o rtla n d i* one of five northern cities aelected for *uch project*. The chief focus of thi* pro gram will be non partisan voter registration, with em phaai* on the 18 to 22 year old group. The registrar has agreed to certify as many volunteer registrars as need ed and train them. The office ia located in the Walnut Park Building. 5329 N E Union Ave., and began operation on June 1. The staff will consist of a Direc tor, T erry Rawlins, and a secretary. Patricia Goren. M r. Rawlins has been pre viously employed as a coun selor for Operation Step Up and as Manpower Service Programmer for the Ijin e Community Action Agency. He is currently working to wards a Masters' Degree in Political Science. Miss Goren is a veteran and ha* spent twelve years in the W ACS. The staff from all cities will attend a three day orien tation course in Indianapolis, Indiana, June 6. 7. 8. The Portland staff will be accom panied by James 0 . Brooks, Deputy Executive Director. Senate honors Phil Reynolds The Oregon Stale Senate honored the late Phil Hey noids, long time worker in the effort to achieve civil rights legislation in Oregon, on Wednesday, June Olh. Mr. Reynokfs wife, Elise, sat on the floor of the Senate during the ceremony. Two of the three children of M r. Reynold», Mrs. Phyllis Smith ami D r. W alter Reynolds, were also present. The resolution, sponsored by the Multnomah County delegation, is as follows: SE N A TE CONCURRENT R E M H A T IO N 7 Whereas Phil Reynolds was born on Independence Day, 1889, a day which sym bolizes the principles which Phil Reynolds lived; and W hereas P h il Reynolds died on March 26, 1973; and Whereas Phil Reynolds left as a legacy to his family, to his community and to the many who have been a part of his life the memory of a lifetime of sincere, unselfish and undying service; and W hereas P h il Reynolds d em o n stra ted th a t form al education is not a requisite to greatness in life by his activities at Union Station, in the Urban League, in the A m erican C iv il L ib e rtie s Union, in the National As social ion for the Advance ment of Colored People and in the credit unions which he establiahed; and Whereas Phil Reynold* be lieved in a society founded upon sincerity, trust and honesty, reflected in the poli cies of credit unions with which he worked to extend credit to those believed by many to be poor credit risks; and Whereas his attributes of devotion and service were shared by his wife as evi denced by the proclamation of M r*. Phil Reynolds as Oregon Mother of the Year in 1957; now, therefore. Be It Resolved by the legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon: T h a t the F if t y seventh leg islative Assembly express its sorrow on the death of an extraordinary person who has contributed so much to so many and extend its sym pathy to his family and to those who loved him dearly; and be it further Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to his wife. Elise, and to his ch ild re n , W a lte r, R o b e rt. Jack and Phyllis. S ave fo r w e a l t h ., r id e f o r h e a lth The ’-»< nj. Franklin has great fcuys on bikes for those who save now! FOLDING BICYCLES With $5,000 deposit - $25 With $2.500 deposit - $35 With $250 deposit — $45 10-SPEED BICYCLES With $5.000 deposit - $45 With $2,500 deposit - $60 With $250 deposit - $75 Franklin Robert H Haren. Prs* . 7? Ollie«» . Phone 748-1734 Homs Ottica Franklin Bldg . Portland. Oregon 97704 Bostic defends Nixon "I don’t think that the W atergate issue is being viewed in it’s correct or full perspective,*' was one of the comments of Joe Bostic, for mer Director of Media, in an interview Tuesday evening. May 5th. Bostic was cochairman of the Nixon campaign in San Mateo County, for the ‘72 election. He expressed to a Portland Observer reporter that, "Everyone is trying to get on the bandwagon, every one that is maybe against the administration and even those who don't like the President within the Repub lican Party are trying to make this the biggest scan dal in fifty years.” M r. Hostic went on to explain, " If the American public really knew and under stood how the system works, then I don't think that they would start making incrimi nating remarks such as Im peach the President' and that 'The whole democratic sys tern is in jeopardy’." “I'm saying that the W ater gate issues has shown me one thing,” M r Bostic cor. tinued, “there is some mis use of authority. That's the most that W atergate has shown me." The Observer then asked M r. Bostic if the thought President Nixon knew of the illegal undercover activities his close appointed officials were involved in. supposedly on his b e h a lf Mr. Bostic replied "No". The question was then asked. “I f Mr. Nixon did not know, do you think he is competent to handle the office of president for the next four years? M r. Bostic's answer was "That's sort of a naive ques tion. lrf-t's say that you were responsible for this newspaper. Then say you had four reporters and one re p o rte r was buying his news or stealing news from another reporter on another paper. When you found out about it, you probably would get rid of the guy. But if a lot of things went on before you found out about it. when you found out about it, you "E v e ry o n e is try in g to g et on the b a n d w a g o n , e v e ry o n e th a t is m a y b e a g a in st th e A d m in is tra tio n a n d e v e n those w h o d o n 't lik e the President w ith in the R e p u b lic a n Parly a re try in g to m a ke this th e b iq g e s t scandal in fifty y e a rs ." -- Joseph Bostic Joseph Bostic, fo rm e r d ire c to r o f MEDIA, d e fe n d s th e N ix o n A d m in ? h o h o n . Bost'C, N ix o n ’s c a m p a ig n c h a irm a n fo r San M a te o C ounty, b e lie v e s N ix o n is in n o c e n t o f W a te rg a te in v o lv e m e n t. would still make that cor rection. Okay, I wouldn't say that that would make you incompetent. So what I'm saying is that if you check out the information of what the President did when he found out about it. how he reacted and everything else, I think that he was in keep ing with the way that I would have acted. So I don't think that the President’s actions lended themselves to the criticisms that have been directed against him." M r. Bostic stated that he still feels Nixon is the best man for the job. “I f you look at the President's record, which many people didn't (I'm saying the factual re cord, not the things that he didn't do or the things that he should have done or the things that he could have done, but if you look at the record of what he's done during his administration), and if you study and find out quiring that a separate, non profit organization be formed during the first year of fund ing. The organization be came in d ep en d en t fro m Emanuel Hospital in April, 1973. The E m anu el H ospital Medical Staff has played an instrumental role in the fc r- mation of the H M D concept into P M H I. First requesting the grant, the medical staff became deeply involved in the first year planning and development under the lead McCall ponders change Governor Tom McCall said at the National Governors Convention in Nevada that he might leave the Repub lican Party and become a Democrat or an Independent. Speculation about the pos sibility of McCall changing parties begnn last year when he gave some consideration to running for Mark Hat field's Senate seat as an independent. McCall has now stated that he might try for Boh Pack " N o Blocks in the N ix o n A d m in is tra tio n w e re g iv e n a n y th in g to say a b o u t a n y th in g o f c o n se quence They d id n 't let us sit on the back o f the bus, so w h e n W a te rg a te crashed, no Blacks w e re k ille d . " — C arl T. R ow an Blacks question white's guilt. that with four more years, he would enhance those things he had started." The Observer questioned “Now that you see what the President has done with the OEO cutbacks. Model Cities and so forth, do you feel that he is still the best man?" M r. Bostic replied "The Presi dent, like anybody else, has done some things that don't set with me . . . I think that his decisions leave something to be desired. I don't know the full reasons why he's doing what he's doing; origi naly I had gotten the ex planation that he had a major plan." However. M r. Bostic con tinuously implied his feeling that W atergate was being sensationalized lik e many other American events. M r. Bostic sum m arized "The money that is being put into this investigation could be put into under privileged communities." Committee studies health care delivery P o rtla n d M e tro H e a lth . Inc.. (P M H Il has originated as a result of a federally funded study made by Eman uel Hospital which investi gated the feasibility and con cept of a H e a lth Main tenance Organization iH M D I. Emanuel was one of many hospitals across the country which felt the need to study and do something about the deficiencies in the delivery of health rare. P M H I formed in December, 1972. as a result of a grant stipulation re Carl Rowan, syndicated columnist and dean of the country's Black political com mentators, said in Atlanta last week that the current W atergate Scandal “is of critical importance to Black Americans”. M r. Rowan paused just before addressing the 104th graduating class at Atlanta University to give his views on "W atergate", which he refers to as "the most serious political crisis in modern American history". "Watergate is of critical importance to Black Ameri cans because the very people who resigned because of their deep involvement were the same people who advised Nixon to make big emotional issues of busing, quotas and welfare," said Rowan. wood's seat in the U.S. Senate, either as an Inde- pendent or as a Democrat. He has been urged by many Democrats to bolt the Re publican party since he has never been a strong party man. The Democrats, at this point, have no strong con tender for the 1974 senate race. McCall s term as governor will end in 1974 and the state constitution bars him from a third term. ership of Melvin W. Breese, M .D ., chairman of the Medi cal Staff HM O Ad Hoc Com mittee. The organization will oper ate on second year funding through March, 1974. At that time, it plans to become operational without further federal funding or direction. As a result of becoming a separate organization. P M H I has formed a board of direc tors to guide the final de velopment of the operational HM O . Board members in clude Paul Campbell. M .D ., Emanuel Hospital; William A. Fisher. M .D ., Providence Hospital; Otto Page. M .D., Good S a m a rita n H o sp ital; W illiam A. Hammond, con struction consultant; James Riopellc, Portland fire chief; Jane Barber, director of em ploycc benefits at Tektronix, and D. la-n Campbell, Team sters Health Center. These men and women bring to gether years of experience in the fields of business and health care. Commenting on the de velopment of the H M O fund ing. D r. Campbell said. "The (Please turn to page 8. col. D The Chicago based jour nalist went on to say, “The question many Black Ameri cans will now have to ask is whether the president will be chastened by all of this. W ill he now pick some men who have a little better sense of compassion, in tegrity and less willingness to propogandize m id d le Americans with inflamatory issues?" No Blacks in the Nixon administration have so far been linked in the complex scandal of political sabotage, burglary and illegal fund raising, said Rowan. He po.nted out clearly that "No Blacks in the Nixon adminis tration were ever given any thing to say about anything of consequence." "They didn't let us sit on the back of the bus, they didn't even let us on the bus. So when W atergate crashed, no Blacks were killed," he added. "Was the president himself involved in the political "dirty tric k s ” su rro u n d in g the W atergate Affair?" "W ith all the services at the President’s command and on the basis of four years in high g o v e rn m e n t," Rowan answered, “I state categori- R ow an on W a te rg a te - J o u rn a lis t C arl R ow an says the fin a l o u tc o m e o f the W a te rg a te S candal m ay p ro v e b e n e fic ia l to Black A m e rica n s. R ow an is th e o n ly A m e ric a n jo u rn a lis t to w in th e p ro fe ssio n a l jo u rn a lis m fra te rn ity 's Sigm a D elta Chi m e d a llio n th re e years in a row . cally that there was no way for these things to have been going on in his administra tion with Nixon not knowing what was happening." Grounds for Impeachment. “Any president not know ing about this has proven himself so dumb, so inef fective that he ought to be impeached on these grounds alone.” It may be only circum stantial evidence linking the president to the wholesale crimes committed during and after the 1972 election; how ever. Rowan said. "People forget that the prisons are half full of people put there on the basis of circumstantial evidence." "W hether or not first hand evidence is disclosed, the peo ple of this country will be the ultimate judge of Nixon’s in volvement,” he said. Slow ing down new federalism. Rowan said one beneficial side effect of the scandal (Please turn to page 5, col. 3) Solute to Block business by Rosemary Allen This week's salute to Black Business takes us to Union Avenue where more and more businesses seem to be locating. The Fashion Wheel, located at 5709 N .E . Union, is one of those old fashioned success stories. It has a little bit of sadness, a touch of excitement, a note of un certainty and then in the end, of course, happiness, happiness, happiness! Jero m e P o lk , a young family man, was a long shoreman. He worked hard each day. but always kept his head up to be aware of any new challenges th at might come his way. It was in a meeting for Kos-Cot Cosmetics, where M r. Polk was prospecting new chal lenges, that he met Larry Jackson. Larry Jackson, an auditor by trade, was formerly an a u d ito r fo r Consolidated Freight Ways, M r. Jackson was *. mathematics major in college and was also known to keep his head up in view of any new challenges that might happen along. W ell, it was at that meet ing for Kos-Cot Cosmetics that M r. Jackson and Mr. polk found they lived in the L a r r y Jackson (le ft) ami Jerom e Polk, owners of the Fashion W heel, try to convince young Dee Dee that this w ig Is just her style. Dee Dee is just not sure. same area, A fter some dis cussion, in September of 1969 they started selling cosmetics and a few wigs together, from door to door. I Please turn to page 8, col. 3)
