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Thursday June 7, 1973
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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.
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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
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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.
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