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Roberts supports people programs
State selects Williams
M r. Harold C. Williams.
Director af Portland State
University Educational Cen
ter. will be taking on a new
position July 9th of this year.
Mr. Williams will become
Equal Employment Oppor
tunity Coordinator of the
State of Oregon.
M r. Williams staled that
some of his duties would in
elude trying to make af
firm ative action a cohesive
part of personnel, making
sure all people Ipredomi
nantly minorities) gel a fair
opportunity at state jobs; try
ing to sensitize those in state
personnel to some of the
ovwraighta that cause mis
understandings to minorites
and state trying to correct
misunderstandings for both
parties.
EEOC was formerly fed
erally funded, however now
it will use state money. M r
Williams said he will follow
through on the present guide
lines with the help of staff,
Bob Booser, Bill Cross and
others.
Harold Williams. 30 years
of age and a family man with
a beautiful wife and two
children, Jeffrey, 8, and Na
tasha. 2. has quite a job laid
out for him.
He feels that
the coordinator before him,
John Raynor, gave an "honest
effort" The first Black man
ever to hold this position in
Oregon, Mr. Williams feels
that his role is to now "im
I lement the program into a
positive source in personnel."
Recently in an Observer
in te rv ie w S en a to r B e tty
Roberts of the Oregon Stale
Senate gave her views to
wards topics important to
the community.
In reply to the question of
whether the legislature has
the responsibility to see that
state agencies such aa CSD,
Welfare. Foster Care. Nurs
ing Homes and Child Care,
meet the State and Federal
requirements. Senator Rob
erta said “The state does
have regulations for any child
caring agency in the state in
terms of the kinds of stan
d ir d i. safety policies and so
forth."
Senator Roberts explained
that there is also legislation
that provides for the method
of raring for children, adop
lion procedures that have to
be followed and so on. How
ever." she replied, "Federal
regulations must be enforced
by the Federal Government.
If the Federal money goes
directly to the private agency,
they (the state! cannot inter
rede."
The Senator was asked
that if she became Governor,
what would she do in af
firmative action and what
would she do different from
what the Governor has done
as far as affirm ative action is
concerned?
The Senator
answered. "It's very hard to
say at this point. 1 haven't
decided to run for governor."
When asked her views as
far as implementation of the
Affirm ative Action Program,
she replied. “I think because
of my deep concern I would
be much more aggressive.
The first place to start is in
government
I sincerely be
S en ato r B etty R o b e rts of P o rtlan d is frequently m entioned
as a potential g u b ern ato rial candidate.
Iieve that state government
and local government are
probably as great offenders,
if not the greatest offenders,
and have more reluctance to
put into operation the affirms
live action programs than
perhaps even private indus
try."
Senator Roberts went on
to say "We ran't pass laws
and say do this when we do
not do something ourselves "
The Senator expressed that
the government should take
the lead.
She gave as an
example the Labor Commit
sinner's office and the Civil
Rights Division:
" ...t h e ir
job is to enforce the affirma
tive action program of all
„sorts. and yet I question
whether or not that depart
ment has truly done it's
work
it's work in select
iPlease turn to pg. 8, col. 5)
Mississippi elects Black Mayors
S tate w id e g en era l elec
lions in Mississippi have re
suited in the election of three
new Black candidates
all
supported by the Southern
Elections Fund
to head
municipal governments in the
state, bringing the number of
Black mayors in Mississippi
to an unprecedented total of
■ywen.
T h e new w in n ers are
Robert Ie flo re in the Delta
town of Pare. James Shanks
in Jonestown and Bennie
Thompson in Bolton.
In
addition, the election results
are being challenged in
Tchula where Black candi
date Saul Sutton trails his
white opponent las of this
w ritingl by only 13 votes
with over 100 ballots cast by
Blacks still in dispute.
All of the above four
towns have a bi racial elec
torate, as does Fayette. Mis
sissippi, where incum bent
Black Mayor Charles Evers
S ave fo r
w e a lth .,
r id e f o r
h e a lth
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Robert H H aien p _. • 22 Onices • Phone Í4 S I2 3 4
Home O lllc e Franklin Bldg . Portland, Oregon 87204
m ent A d m in is tra to r. Ad
ministrative Assistant, A f
firm a tiv e A ctio n O ffic e r,
Com m issioner's A s sista n t,
Personnel Examiners. City
Planners, Housing Planners,
Research Assistants. Police
O ffic e r T ra in e e s ,
Police
Minority Recruiter, Informa
lion Co-ordinator, Human Re
source Director and Assis
tant, and Clerks and typists.
The State of Oregon has
Clerk 3 (typist) positions,
paying $437 to 558; Secre
lary 2 (shorthand) at $397
506; and Fiscal Auditor 1 at
$679 816.
Washington State Univer
sity in Pullman. Washington
is seeking a manager for
K W SU Television, a Chicano
Student Counselor, a grad
uate assistant in Agronomy,
an acting director of Chicano
Studies, a Director of Classi
fied Staff Services, an Aca
demic Counselor for the Ex
perimental Eduration Pro
gram, a Coordinator of Acti
vities for the Associated Stu
dents of W SU, an Assistant
Manager of Student Publi
rations. O ther positions are
in E le m e n ta ry E d u c atio n .
Educational Administration,
L e a rn in g Resources and
Counseling and Educational
Psychology.
In fix-using on the future
role of the Black press,
Vernon Jordan, Executive
Director of the National I 'r
ban League, reminded the
delegates to the National
Newspaper Publishers As
six-iation's 33rd Annual Con
venlion in Houston that a
flowing path for justice be
gan with John Russworm
and his Freedman's Journal
more than 146 years ago and
that the Black press has
been the collective voice and
conscience of all Black people
"It has surmounted one dif
fleulty after another, both
economic and political re
pression have failed to stifle
it's advocacy for Black Am eri
cans."
He stated that the Black
press faces a time of testing,
along with all Black people,
as the period of social reform
called the "Second Recon
struction" seems ended, a I
though unfinished
He pointed out the need
for a strong and free press
and said the climate for a
free press seems to have
improved since the Wash
ington Post persistently rt
vested the Watergate scan
dal.
But in the long weeks
before the Pulitzer Com
mittee recognized it's cru
sade. the Peel was subjected
to vilification by some of the
leading office holders in the
country, and the so-called
liberal press and the broad
easting media were put on
notice that they had better
shape up or face economic
reprisals by the government.
"That kind of story is
nothing new for the Black
\ ERNON JO R D A N . JR
press which, w ith far few er
resources, has uncovered anil
exposed the scandalous tre a t
m e n t B lack p e o p le h a v e
faced.
It w as th e Black
p ress th a t led the fight
against lynching, ag ain st po
lice b ru tality , against em
ploym enl discrim ination and
for deseg reg atio n of schools
and u n iv ersities long before
th e s e c a u s e s w e re e v e n
th o u g h t of by w hite pub
lishers and editors.
And
many crusading
porters, editors
Black re
and pub
lishers stixxl up to threats
and re p ris als
although
(heir efforts went unheeded
by 1’ ulitzer Committees and
other Establishment organs.
"I believe the Black press
has a special responsibility to
tear the cover away from
scandals even greater than
W atergate. For while W ater
gate has rightly become a
(Please (urn Io pg. 3, col. 4)
Model Cities opens Health Center
If there has ever been a
program to absorb much
negative criticism it is Model
Cities. Slammed in at least
one aspect by the community
or the government, anything
th at evolves from M odel
Cities is readily questioned
of it's importance or ultimate
motive.
On Sunday. June 24th, a
Model Cities funded Free
Medical Clinic opened it’s
doors to the public for in
spection and in fo rm atio n .
The name of this new pro
gram in itself answers the
majority of the questions one
could ask.
The community
could quite obviously do with
as much free medical care
that can be offered.
The clinic is open from 3
p.m. to 11 p.m. Wednesday
through Sunday.
Medical
attention will be offered only
between the hours of 7 and
11 p.m.
A paid staff of 5
doctors will alternately work
at the clinic.
The staff of
doctors are:
Dr. W alter
Reynolds, Dr. John Anderson,
D r. Webster Brown. D r John
Marshall and Dr. Alfred Ono.
was reelected without op
position. The
re m a in in g
three Black majors in Mis
sissippi were elected in the
all Black towns of Winston
v ille , Falcon and M ound
Bayou.
Black candidates also won
32 races for alderman and 2
for city clerk in bi racial
tow'.s and another
won in
■j Black towns.
The full
slate of city clerk and five
aldermen was swept into
(Please turn to pg. 3, col. 1)
Employment opportunities revealed
Planning Director, Director
of Planning and Develop
menl. City Attorney, Neigh
borhood Organization Direc
tor and coordinators. Neigh
borhood Environment Direc
tor, Planning and Develop
I Jordan challenges Black Press
by R o s e m a ry A lle n
A
There are a number of job
openings which have come to
the attention of the Observer.
Positions that w ill soon be
available with the City of
Portland include: An Emer
gency Planning Coordinator.
Thursday June 28, 1973 10< per copy
PEOPLE
Bryan Haynes, bottom, poses with Eagle Scout brothers
Derrick, center, and Oscar Haynes, top.
Third brother earns
Eagle Scout rank
Bryan Haynes, 16 years of
age. will join his two other
brothers, Oscar, 20, and Der
rick. 19, in the highest rank of
scounting, Eagle Scout. All
three brothers have attended
Benson High School and be
gan in the scouting program
at the age of 11.
In order to obtain the rank
of Eagle Scout, one must first
become a tenderfoot, then
proceed to 2nd Class, 1st
Class, Star. Life, and last but
not the end, Eagle Scout. A
scout can obtain awards after
(«•coming an Eagle.
They
are the Bronze, Silver and
Gold Palms.
Bryan said he learned about
survival and swimming while
being a part of the scouting
program, something he might
not have ever learned other
wise. Rryan will become an
Eagle Scout on Friday, June
29th, at the Boy Scouts
Ceremony.
Bryon is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar Haynes. Jr.
The Albina Health Care
Center's aim is to I I provide
medical care to persons with
non e m e rg e n t but active
medical problems (cuts, sud
den spikes in temperature,
spranged ankles, toothaches,
headaches, 1st and 2nd de
gree burns, etc.); 2) provide
follow up services, health in
formation and counseling as
needed: 3) make referrals to
appropriate services.
The staff now includes
Program Director Beatrice
Gilmore, who is a registered
nurse; Clinic Superintendent
Earline M artin. R.N.; Direc
tor of H e alth Education
(Please turn to pg. 3, col. 6)
City closes consumer program
The program, which was
operated by the Oregon Con
sumer League, ended it's
contract year, along with the
other Model Cities projects,
on June 15th. A t that time
the Oregon Consumer la-a
gue agreed to continue as
the sponsoring agency for
the program and to make
some program changes that
would make the Consumer
Protection Agency more re
sponsive to the wishes of the
Model N eighborhood resi
dents.
Of particular concern had
been the make up of the
M anagem ent C o m m itte e ,
which did not provide for
viable citizens participation;
the possible dismissal of the
director by the OCL presi
dent; and interference with
the program operation by
members of OCL.
When the council term i
nated the program on June
15th, one reason given was
that OCL president Charles
Williamson did not appear at
the council meeting to answer
questions about the program.
Williamson was one of two
OCL board members who
was opposed to the continua
lion of the program under
OCL.
A t that time the
council agreed to consider
the m atter further at a later
date.
The decision to terminate
the staff was made at an
informal hearing on June
26th and reaffirmation was
made at the permanent clo
sure of the program was
made at the regular council
meeting on June 27th.