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Port! and/Observer
Thursday Ju-e ’
M o tt reasonable shop in town
by M il* H. ('•■■on, President
NA AGP, Portland Branch
l^aat week I rereived from
our National NAACP office a
booklet
“Guideline* for
Hranchei Revenue Sharing."
Thia waa put out by the
“Housing Program* Depart
ment" and I muit »ay “very
interesting reading.”
However, before this book
let came out some of us
(N A A C P , Urban League,
AMA. NAHRW ) have been
concerned about President
Nixon's program railed "Re
venue Sharing” and all that it
offers. It started out "dressed
up" and looking good but the
more we looked, the uglier it
has become.
We have come to realize
that the chief source of federal
dollars of the cities is this new
looking program wearing for
the most part the same old
dirty clothes. (Like the rest of
these so called federal pro­
gram* to help the poor.)
Then the question comes to
mind, what do the cities do
with the money they receive
from Washington through this
program
(All we know is
See the
Miss Block Oregon
Pageant
10:30-11:30pm
Friday
featuring KPTV’s
own Harold Johnson
as emcee
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what we read in the papers
after the decisions are made.)
Well, the best evidence
■hows that they don't spend it
on the services to the poor.
On the contrary, the indica
tions are that the money
which the cities receive from
revenue sharing is going for
services and tax cuts favor­
able to middle income groups.
We realize that every city is
allowed to do “their own
thing" with this money and
for the most part are doing so
with or without citizen's in
volvement.
In my brief study, I have
found that cities are using re
venue sharing funds to ease
lax burdens or improve such
services as police and fire
departments as well as parks,
financial administration and
capital expenditure.
How
ever, the sad part is the
number of cities who will
apply this money to city's
deficit so as to head off a tax
increase.
Very few cities I've found
are using their "free gift” to
save social programs (head
start, child care, Model Cities,
health programs for the poor,
low housing, etc.) that have
been cut off or cut back by
President Nixon and his real
concern for people.
Let us not kid ourselves
about what is happening,
(some of us have both eyes
open) we are being had!!
Revenue sharing, like so
much else in President
Nixon's program, is a good
way to help those who are
already not so bad off. It is no
way to help the poor. If the
idea is to help those most in
need, then the federal
government will have to ear
mark funds in a very specific
way. (Now if you think this is
all just talk
then ask your
city and county officials what
they have done with these
funds.)
The NAACP will be watch
ing, raising questions and will
state clearly that if “General
Revenue Sharing," "Special
Revenue Sharing," and the
"Better Communities Act"
does not benefit Blacks, poor
and other minorities then no
one will benefit.
This is not a threat - just a
friendly and concerned warn
ing. See you next week!
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sharing
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where most of the Blacks
were undercounted are being
shortchanged."
Describing themselves as
"appalled by federal ineffi­
ciency or in a b ility ," the
letterwriters urged Shultz to
"use the revised Census data
and whatever other informa-
tion is at your disposal to
revise the general revenue
sharing allocations in order to
reflect the Black undercount.
In this manner, you will be
giving communities with large
numbers of Blacks their equi
table allocations of revenue
sharing funds."
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Huddy Hart of Cresham, le ft, and Al Johnson of Portland repair a motorcycle in Portland
Community College's Smali Engine Repair program which is retraining many adults fo r a new
career.
Vocational Rehab assists students
Fifty percent of the 52
students enrolled in Portland
Community College's Small
Engine Repair program are
there with financial assistance
from the State of Oregon's
Division of Vocational Re­
habilitation.
Five students
are age 50 and over.
It isn't easy to retrain for a
new career when you've been
out of school for 10. even 25
years, but PCC's individual
approach to teaching funda
mentals of repairing small
engines is making re edu
cation palatable... even enjoy­
able to these school returnees.
The Small Engine Repair
program, offered at the Cas
cade center, prepares stu
dents for entry level positions
performing general mainten
ance and repairs of motor
cycles and other recreational
equipment, farm and home
power implements, and ma
rine outboard motors. Stu
dents progress entirely at
their own rates through use of
multi media instructional ma
terials and actual on the job
experiences.
The student begins the
course in a brightly lighted
room lined with yellow,
orange, and green
work
benches which are equipped
with slide viewing and tape
playback equipment.
Here
the student uses his workbook
and prepared lessons pre
sented via tape and slides to
learn the fundamentals of
small engines. "You esn look
at the parts first hand...feel
them, and see how they work
together." says Charles Slagill
of Portland, who at 50 has
retired from the army and is
now planning to start his own
small engine repair shop when
he completes the PCC pro­
gram.
A student may repeat any
lesson as many times as he
wishes until he is certain of
the concepts without inter
fering with the progress of
other students. He must dis
assemble and assemble var­
ious types of small engines
and then test their perfor
mances on a dynamometer. If
the engine doesn't run. it's
back to the workbench. "The
program allows you to learn
as much as you can in your
own time frame." says Buddy
Hurt, who is retraining for a
new career after an on the
job injury ended his future in
the construction business.
Al Johnson, who was a
diesel mechanic before an
injury forced him to look for a
new career, believes the most
helpful part of the program is
the “actual experience of
working on live engines while
in class." After applying basic
concepts in the learning la
boratory, students move to
the shop area where they
work live engines. "Nothing
leaves our shop without run
ning as good as new," says
head instructor Don Laas.
Even though they may be
changing careers in mid life.
PCC's Small Engine Repair
students are optimistic about
their futures. It seems that
the use of small engines.
Hughes
(Contlned from page 1)
from Blacks themselves," he
is no longer active in com
munity activities. "I'm try
ing to reach out for some
thing different." he explained.
Mr. Hughes is an active
member of Vancouver Ave
nue Baptist Church. Much of
the inspiration that has kept
him going he attributes to
Mrs. Edward Berry. He en­
joys entertaining people, hav­
ing them laugh and being
happy. Fishing, long hikes
and basketball are some of
his hobbies.
He said he
"likes anyone who can be
intelligent."
Bob has visited 48 of the
50 states in the U.S.. and
also Canada and Acapulco.
He is at a mellow age and
knows what he wants and
what he wants to do There­
fore. when asked his descrip­
tion of his type of woman,
Bob was short and to the
point: "She must be intelli­
gent, decent in appearance
and an excellent homemaker!
especially in recreational
equipment, is increasing by
leaps and bounds as Amen
cans have more leisure time,
and there is a real demand for
people who know how to
repair and maintain these
engines.
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