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Portland,'Observer
Thursday, July 5, 1973
WE SEE THE WORLD
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OF APPEALS FUR I HE
DISTRICT OF CULWWlA
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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 .
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A Black man looks at Watergate
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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
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