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Page 2 Portland,'Observer Thursday, July 5, 1973 WE SEE THE WORLD UNITED STATE5 COURT OF APPEALS FUR I HE DISTRICT OF CULWWlA CIRCUIT THROUGH BLACK EYES IS ACTIVELY SUP ’I.YIN0 SEGREGATED EDUCAJ A ’/YlL INSTITUTIONS WITH FEDERAL FUNDS, CONTRARY TO ’ 'IEEX PRESSED PURPOSES ...’ CON- ORESSr THE COURT CON TINUED.* IT IS ONE THI >0 TO SAY THE JUSTICE PL 'W T - HENT LACKS THE R Cl Ti'ES NECESSARY TOLC , iND PROSECUTE EVERY , 7 RK j HTS VIOLATOR IT CUITE ANOTHER TO SAT H L C 'l l AFFIRHATIVELY CON L R CHANNEL FEDERAL FUNDS TO DEFAULTING SCHOOL .’ ALFRED LEE HENDERSON ED1TORZPI KLISHEK EDITORIAL FOCUS Portland this time? N.Y TIUCS gains The S u pre m e C ourt o f the U n ite d States has re a ffirm e d th e u n c o n s titu tio n a lity o f ra c ia lly s e gre Since o u r e d ito ria l o f a w e e k a go q u e s tio n in g g a te d schools. The D enver d e cisio n b ro u g h t this M a y o r G o ld s c h m id t's a c h ie v e m e n t in p ro m o tin g m a n d a te closer to h o m e since it inclu de s schools Black e m p lo y m e n t, w e h a v e h e a rd th a t tw o m ore th a t h ave b e e n s e g re g a te d by p o lic y ra th e r th an by Blacks h a v e b e e n h ire d . This b ring s the m a yo r's la w . to ta l to fo u r — in six m onths. W e h a ve n ot ye t h ea rd the P ortland School M a y o r G o ld s c h m id t c a m p a ig n e d in A lb in a p ro m D istrict say "B u t it d o e s n 't a p p ly to P o rtla n d ". But ising an e q u a l o p p o rtu n ity fo r Blacks in city e m w e w ill, as w e h ave in the past. As w e have said p lo y m e n t. T aking h im a t his w o rd , m ost Black b e fo re , P o rtlan d seem s to be b e y o n d th e reach o f c itize n s g a v e h im th e ir vote. th e courts. W h e n w e e x a m in e the reco rd a fte r six m onths o f W hen th e courts said s e g re g a tio n is u n c o n s titu th e G o ld s c h m id t a d m in is tra tio n , w e fin d the a d d i tio n a l, th is d id n ot m ea n P ortland, fo r P ortland's tio n o f tw o , m a y b e fo u r, Blacks. W e d o n 't co nside r schools a re m o re se g re g a te d n o w th an th e y w e re this a ve ry g o o d record. C om pa red to the te n years a g o or tw e n ty years ago. W h e n the G o v e rn o r, th e S ecretary o f State, th e State courts said o n e -w a y b using is u n c o n s titu tio n a l, this Treasurer, th e A tto rn e y G e n e ra l a nd the C ounty d id not a p p ly to P ortland, fo r P ortland's o n ly C o m m is s io n e r, it m ig h t loo k g re at. But c o m p a re d to a n sw e r to ra cia l is o la tio n has been o n e -w a y o u r e x p e c ta tio n s g iv e n by the m ayo r, it's not to o b using, lim ite d as it is. good. N o w the co urt has said th a t a school d istrict can But M a y o r G o ld s c h m id t has said th a t a fte r Ju ly 1, be c o n sid e re d to h ave fo ste re d s e g re g a tio n if w ith n e w jo b o p p o rtu n itie s o p e n in g , he w ill do school b o u n d a ry lin e s h ave been d ra w n to co n ta in bv Bayard Rustin, b e tte r. These p o sitio n s, fo r w h ic h a p p lic a tio n s are Blacks in p a rtic u la r schools. A g la n c e at th e m ap n o w b e in g ta k e n , ra n g e fro m d ire cto rs a n d a d Black Americans view the w ill show h o w line s w e re d ra w n in the rig h t places m in is tra to rs to cle rks a n d typists. expanding W atergate scandal to create n e a rly a ll-B la c k schools, w ith n e ig h b o rin g W e a re w a itin g to see h o w m a n y o f these with a certain amount of schools b e in g n e a rly a ll-w h ite . irony. Like most Americans, p o s itio n s w ill g o to Blacks — w a itin g e x p e c The court has a lso said th a t districts th a t have they are th o ro u g h ly dis ta n tly , b e lie v in g the M a y o r w ill f u lf ill his o b lig a illusioned bv the deceit of b u ilt n e w b u ild in g s th a t th e y k n e w w o u ld be tions. se greg ated w h e n th e y o p e n e d are g u ilty o f p ro m o tin g se g re g a tio n . Eliot a n d H u m b o ld t schools w e re b u ilt o ve r p ro test o f th e ,B la c k c o m m u n ity and w e re n e a rly a ll-B la c k w h e n th e y o pe n e d . But a g a in this d e cisio n w ill not a p p ly to P ortland. N e xt ye a r a n d th e ye a r a fte r a n d the ye ar a fte r P ortland w ill o p e ra te se g re g a te d schools — u n til a t last the d is tric t is a b le to ca rry o u t it's p la n to close th e A lb in a schools a n d sh ip a ll o f the Black c h ild re n o u t to th e w h ite co m m u n itie s . W e a re n ot o p p o se d to b u sin g c h ild re n to Dear M r. Henderson: judge in Multnomah County. 1st, she agreed to wait until a c h ie v e q u a lity e d u c a tio n , p ro v id e d w h ite fa m ilie s At any rate, it certainly does July 1st. It now appears a nd th e ir c h ild re n share th e b u rd e n . W e re a liz e We are wondering why not appear that the county that the space in the court that if the Black c h ild re n o f P o rtla n d a re to have Multnomah County has failed We house where Judge Diez- has treated her fairly. an o p p o rtu n ity fo r e d u c a tio n , th e y w ill h ave to to provide Judge Mercedes M u ltn om ah courtroom was to be built is believe th a t a tte n d th e sam e schools as w h ite c h ild re n — for Diez with a courtroom. The not available for her because County should act imme other tw enty nine judges in the District Attorney's office diately to provide Judge w h e re the (m id d le class) w h ite c h ild re n go, the the County Courthouse each plans to expand their office Diez with a courtroom m o n e y goes. have a courtroom. space. W e d o o b je c t to the closu re o f A lb in a schools as Although Judge Diez should Perhaps it is merely a Very truly yours. lo n g as schools a re o p e n th ro u g h o u t P ortland. W e have have been provided coincidence that Judge Diez Judith D. Kobbervig and o b |e ct to the b u s in g -o u t o f Black c h ild re n w ith o u t with a courtroom on January is the only Black female Karen Ennis, Attorneys at th e b u s in g -in o f w h ite c h ild re n . Law So m a y b e th e co u rt d ecision s d o n 't a p p ly to P o rtla n d ; b u t w e b e lie v e the th e ft fro m a c o m m u n ity o f it's schools w o u ld be u n c o n s titu tio n a l — Dear M r. Henderson: my record to be very good. munity should demand that a n d m a y b e w e w ill g et o u r o w n co urt d ecision . < a A Black man looks at Watergate LETTERS TO THE EDITOR No room for the judge Roberts presents record Published every Thursday by Exie Publishing Company. 2201 N . K illingsw orth, Portland, Oregon 97217. M ailing address, P.O, Box 3137, Portland, Oregon 97208 Subscriptions $5.25 ¡ier year - Tri-County area, $6.00 per year - Outside Portland. Telephone, 283-2486. Second Class Postage Paid -at P ortland, O reg on The OBSERVER'S o ffic ia l p o s itio n is expressed o n ly in it's Publishers C o lu m n (W e See The W o rld Through Black Eyes). A n y o th e r m a te ria l th ro u g h o ut th e p a p e r is the o p in io n o f the in d iv id u a l w rite r or su b m itte r a n d does not n ece ssarily re fle c t the o p in io n o f the OBSERVER. MEMBER Oregon Newspaper Publishers is? I Association MEMBER MM™ Association - Founded 1985 Il M U TU P1RTS * Complete Automotive Parts und Accessories Eor you r com plete nutom otivp nerds, shop 1» K M A u to Parts, to 4 p.rn. on Sunday. Don McAuley parts and accessories Now open from Kt a m . R io n * 2 8 Í- 5 J 3 3 7 1 0 N f K illingtw otlh Jl. Portland, Oregon 9 7 2 1 1 I want to express my ap preciation to you for both the recent front page story and the previous editorial regarding my potential can didacy for Governor of Ore gon. W ith reference to my posi tion on Civil Rights and A f firmative Action, I believe However, because our society has not yet achieved equality of treatment of it's citizens, no record is good enough -- not even mine! As I stated to you in our interview, I believe there is so much more than can be done by the leaders in gov e rn m e n t, p a rtic u la rly the Governor, and your com- commitment from any poten tial candidate for any public office. I make that commitment to you! Sincerely yours, Senator Betty Roberts Youth need YSOL the Nix ■■ ad m in istra tion and find ( ■ • v i lung surrounding th e W i i i ite incident to ta lly reprehensible. But " i hs do not find it s u r p r i,i that th is adm inis tra tiu n would reso rt to bug ging. s| \,.i and fabrication and I hi In to the Am erican peo p le ' i it. They do not feel jl ■ Senator G old w a te r th a t th e t r u s t pla n d \! N ixon has been hetr. . i n .or would Blacks agrei those liberals who p rix I i it the fault is not so nu ili M r. N ixon as it is w all too pow erful offit 1 Presidency, 'll: is th a t Blacks have i stream of lies and sentations du r in g I ■rid a half years that thi iin is tra tio n has been ■ e. W hile the Pre I is assuring the nain e II was w ell w ith the i i the num ber of u n c in i b B la cks rose from t i to nearly one million > , the President was I k , i ¡in.- of having sjwnt mure money for human needs than w n c r spent before, the nm her of Blacks living in po.i i increased for the first In i a dozen years. The lb i id< it has preached of the '. k ethic” in one breath il sought the cur tailm<nil job programs in the i i i » I lie has distorted the b issue and uni lateral1' dared that the urban •¡ a, is over as an absurd > lification for the disni.m nt of essential house rams. Thu hould amaze no one that Blacks do not feel that their trust was betrayed; they had no reason to trust tht- President in the first place. Blacks also find it ironic that many people par ticularly the President's sup p o rte rs say th at the blame rests with Nixon's having isolated himself from the country. Eor the Presi dent has gone beyond the point of merely isolating him self from lilaiks; he aaea minorities as faceless entities to lie manipulated and set apart from the rest of society for politiral gain. Blacks do have a special and personal concern, how ever, with the grand design of the President's political staff to sabotage the election campaigns of his opponents. It is not mere coincidence that the Democrats who were the victims of this strategy were those candidates with broad support among mi nority groups. Eor when publir officials consider themselves above the law when fraud and coercion are introduced into politics it is always the most powerless who suffer. The poor have certainly never benefited from the favors the administration has granted IT T . the milk industry and other corporate interests. Thus we have a profound stake in whatever comes out of W atergate. We should be presing for a broad reform of campaign spending laws, so that never again will the forces of privilege exert the seem ingly lim itless influence as they did in 1972. We must also fully recog nize the relationship between how the administration deals with minorities, the poor, and working |>roplc when it determines social priorities, and how it deals with com mon ordinary people in the political arena Eor if the administration larks a basic faith in the people's ability to make a democratic choice free from manipulation, it can scarcely be expected to formulate social policy with any commitment to the demo rra tir needs of the majority. And because our needs are so deep and immediate, we should view Watergate as a means of gaining momentum over the course of social policy, rather than worrying about which former Nixon offirial is pointing a finger at his colleagues. Rather than wallowing in the details of the scandal, or engaging in excessive moral izing, or initiating premature efforts at impeachment, we should be mobilizing all pro gressive forces against the budget cuts and domestic retrenchment the President so confidently proposed just a few months ago. What I am suggesting is not just exploiting the weakness of the President; it is rather that we should begin to take the initiative from an ad ministration that can no more be believed about inflation, unem p lo ym en t, busing and welfare than it can be be lieved about it's conduct iri the political arena. Dear Editor: Having traveled through out various parts of the country, one finds it hard to believe that a city as large and as well known as Port land cannot (as most other large places! find a way to help build and maintain such a station as YSOL, in as much as positions in the radio industry are not nearly as easy to obtain by Blacks or other minority groups. To begin with, this station was issued a grant of fifteen thousand dollars from the Metropolitan Steering Com mittee, whose financial sup port expired this month, at which time the station was supposed to have been self- sustaining. But due to the inability to sell enough ad vertising, this was impossible. I'm sure the fifteen thousand dollars was appreciated, but fifteen thousand really doesn't go very far on something as big as a radio station. Whenever I read or hear anyone speak of the high crime rate, sloulhfulness, and apathy among the young people, I cannot restrain my thoughts from wondering just what we, as parents, schools, churches, various organiza tions and just plain citizens are actually doing to help combat and alleviate these conditions. I t is of utmost importance that young peo ple, especially those of so- called minority races, have som ething concrete and stimulating to which they themselves can relate and identify. I cannot over emphasize the extreme neces sity for this. So it was with the little station there near the corner of Seventh and Knott Streets. And the walls came tumb ling down! The crude walls of sadness and disappoint ment for the twenty eight or so young people from twelve to twenty-eight years of age, who have worked so un selfishly and endlessly to make the small compact radio station a living reality. I think of the crumbling walls of an uncertain future for those whose hearts were so set on finding a real place in the radio field for them selves; the thunderous, crash ing, devastating walls of the realization that they cannot afford to pay the staggering price of a thousand dollars or more for attending a radio school, when they had pre viously been attending classes free of charge right there at the station under the aus pices of the program man ager. I f one could but have known and seen the trem en dous amount of energy and enthusiasm these young pea pie have put forth to make the station a success, I'm sure there would have been far greater financial support from the community since the beginning of the station's operation on January 14, 1973. Mrs. M ary Jean Berry 2544 N.E. Eighth Avenue Portland, Oregon / iéâz S t Jdh PIC !■ 'It LIVUTY CLERY RCMM • LAW* KOWERf ■ SICYCM Sturt spinning your wheels- Try Chuck’s deals Special Special! Chuck’s now featuring 10 r j bicycles CHARLES CREWS W e E eature: Reg. 109.95 now 89.95 1 *p <’ T r lr v ib 7' • Raleigh • Jeunet • Colum bia I speed», 5 speeds and 10 speeds trainin g bikes wagons ’ N. Lombard • Vista • Peugeot 286-1079 ■tn/n discount on rentals to churches and o rg anizations
