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PDC shuns duty — Albina Contractors got action
Eugene Jarkson, Executive
Director of the Albina Con
tractor« Association, stopped
into the void and solved a
citizen's problem that the
governmental powers were
unable or unwilling to handle.
Mrs. Annie Whitlow told the
Observer last week that she
had received a $3500 home
rehabditation grant through
the Portland Development
Commission and that she was
dissatisfied by the work that
had been done by the con
tractor, Dw ight Morris.
All of Mrs. Whitlow's ef
forts to obtain help from
those agencies designed to
aid the citizens were in vain,
She went to Portland De
velopmenl Commission, to
the U.S, D e p a rtm e n t of
Housing and Urban Develop
ment. the Slate Housing
Hoard, and the Mayor's of
fire.
T h e N eighborhood De
velopmenl Planning offices
are an arm of the Portland
D e velo p m en t Comm ission.
Their responsibility is to
assess the housing needs of
the residents, counsel them
as to improvements needed
and funds available, super­
vise the allotment of work to
co n tractors.
W hen M rs.
Whitlow went to Ray Wilson,
Rehabilitation Supervisor, for
assistance in her dispute
with the contractor, she re­
ported that M r. Wilson told
her to complain as much as
she wanted to because all
complaints came back to him.
She reported that he told her
that there was no one above
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Mrs. Whitlow's complaint
to PDC resulted in a letter
asking the contractor to make
some minor changes.
When Mrs. Whitlow com
plained to H U D , a staff
member, George Duke, was
sent out to see the house.
Mrs. Whitlow said that after
looking around Duke told her
that he could not give her an
opinion but would report to
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him and that he makes all
the decisions
Mr. Wilson
refused to intercede with the
contractor, but did tell Mrs.
W hitlow that she should sign
the check so the contractor
could be paid. Mrs. Whitlow
does not think Wilson offered
her the assistance that he
should have, but that his
concern was to get rid of
her.
ABOUT
PEOPLE
Thursday, July 26, 1973
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Woman murdered in Albina Club
Portland Police investigate shooting incident at the Table Square in which 1 person was
killed ami seven injured.
Atlanta Branch defies NAACP
The Executive Committee
of the A t la n t a
Branch,
NAACP, voted to support
Atlanta's Compromise school
desegregation plan ill spile of
the threat that the Branch
will lie suspended by the
N A A C P national office.
The N A A C P national board
gave the Atlanta
Branch
until August 2nd to refieal
it's endorsement.
The 43
member board was suspended
by Bov Wilkins last March.
The N a tio n al C onvention,
meeting in Cleveland, en
dorse<i the suspension and
removeil Atlanta president,
lamnie King from office.
The Atlanta Branch is also
upset over the fact that it
has received no official notice
of the August 2nd date. Be
cause the only news has
come to the Branch through
the press, they decided not
to fo rm a lly answ er the
national office.
King and the board feel
the Atlanta Compromise is
the best plan for Atlanta
since approximately HO |>or
rent of Atlanta's school chil
dren are Black.
The plan
includes minimal busing, hut
provides that the Superin
tendent of Schools and at
least 5(1 percent of policy
making positions tie filled by
Blacks.
The National office of the
N A A C P pressed for the dis
persal of more white stu
dents to eliminate the more
than 100 all Black schools.
The National office supports
metro wide desegregation
the combining of city school
d is tric ts w ith surrounding
suburban school districts.
King hinted at a court
fight, telling the press "I'm
sure this board will use
whatever means are appro
priate and legal to protect
the integrity and status of
the zAtlanta Branch."
The New Y o rk Tim es
stated th at the N a tio n al
N A A C P might abolish the
zAtlanta Branch by removing
it's charter if it docs not
conform.
The report was
denied by Vice P resid en t
Dr Buell Gallagher
in college work study funds,
a decrease of almost $50,000
from las year; $326.445 in
E d u c atii nal O p p o r t u n it y
Grants, an increase of $27,000
from last year; and $451,551
in National Direct (awns, an
increase of almost $34.000
from last year.
Mrs. liulen estimated 200
additional students would lx*
S ave fo r
w e a l t h .,
rid e f o r
h e a lth
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Eugene Jackson
tractor taking legal action
against her.
Contractor Dw ight Morris
made the repairs to Mrs.
Whitlow's satisfaction and re
ceived authorization for his
payment. Morris expressed
to the Observer his regret
that the job was not done
satisfactorily the first time,
saying that he had been
overloaded with work at the
time and that all of his other
customers have been happy
with his work.
To Mrs. W hitlow the high
light of the experience was
th a t she found someone,
Eugene Jackson, who was
willing to take the time to
talk with her and to find a
solution for her.
He did
what no elected official or
g o vern m en t em ployee has
done.
The A lb in a C o n tra c to rs
Association is an organiza­
tion of 30 contractors, the
majority of whom are Black,
who work in the Albina area.
They have joined together to
seek more equitable allot­
ment of work, training and
mutual assistance.
Jackson
urges anyone who is not
satisfied with the work done
on their homes, and who
thinks the contractor might
be a member of A C A , to
contact his office.
Blacks believe Nixon knew
Deborah Warren
Deborah Warren flies
Miss D ebo rah W a rre n ,
daughter of Mr. & Mrs.
George Freeman. H65 NE
Jarrett, has become a United
A ir Lines stewardess.
F o llo w in g com pletion of
her training at the company's
stewardess school near Chi
cago. Illinois, she now flies
aboard aircraft out of that
city.
she has entered a profession
pioneered by United in May,
1930.
Miss W arren is a graduate
of Washington High School
and attended Northwestern
Business College and Port
land Community College prior
to serving aloft.
She also
was chosen Miss Tan Port
land in 196H.
In becoming a stew ardess
Even before the startling
revelations of the Senate
W atergate hearings, four out
of five Black Americans felt
that President Nixon per
sonally knew about the a t­
tempt to wiretap Democratic
Headquarters.
The National Black Omni
bus Poll surveyed a cross-
section of 1,000 Black house
hsMs>
The figures provide a con­
trast with the recent Harris
Poll that shows only 34 per
cent of the general popula­
tion believed the President
knew about the W atergate.
The two polls were taken
about the same time and
used the same question.
of those questioned had a
positive reaction to the same
questions.
The greater the Black per­
son's achievement in educa
tion or income, the more
likely he is to be suspicious
of the President's knowledge
of W atergate. In the lower
income groups about 75 per­
cent questioned said "yes”.
Only 15 percent of the
Blacks polled reacted positi
vely to the question: “How
would you rate President
Nixon on inspiring confidence
in the W hite House - ex­
cellent, pretty good, only
fair, or poor?"
The g en eral population
group polled by the Harms
Poll showed that 33 percent
while 89 percent of those
earning over $10.000 per
year believed the President
was aware.
Of those with a high school
education or more. 83 per
cent thought the President
knew, as opposed to 76 per­
cent of those who had not
completed high school.
The National Black Omni­
bus Poll found that 83 per­
cent of Blacks do not believe
the President has the ability
to inspire confidence, com­
pared to 53 percent of the
general population.
Only 3
percent of Blacks questioned
were not sure, compared to
14 percent of the general
population.
Black legislator sees fruitful session
PSU receives financial aid
Portland State University
experts to receive $1.3 mil
lion in federal funds for the
1973 74 financial aid pro­
gram , according to M rs.
Diane liulen, acting director
of financial aids.
The funds, which repre
sent an over all increase of
about $13.000 from the 1972
73 allocation, include $583,203
One person was killed and
six wounded in a shooting
spree at the Table Square
early Thursday morning. The
assailant, Gregory Raines of
Portland, assaulted the club's
M.C. when he introduced the
band, the "Black and W hite
Affair".
Raines demanded
that the eight member band,
which includes Black and
white performers, be intro
duced as the "Black Affair".
When refused, he struck the
M.C. and left the club. He
then returned moments later
with a gun and began shoot
ing.
Entering the club he
shot a white woman at a
telephone, then began shoot
ing into the crowd of 25 or
30 customers.
Raines put the gun to the
head of the singer for the
band, but by this time the
gun was empty. He jumped
on the stage and began
beating a woman trombonist
and a man with the pistol.
Tommy L. Williams. 25. the
special policeman at the Table
Square, was shot in the hip
when he attempted to slop
the shooting.
Identification of the mur
dcred victim had not been
revealed at press time, pond
ing notification of next of
kin.
Those who were shot
are: Patricia Newton, Linda
Sejieda. Diana Schuyler, and
Linda Pate. Robert Spear of
Seattle, and an unidentified
musician, were beaten with
the gun.
Ms. Newton and
Ms. Sepeda are listed in
serious condition. All of the
injured persons except the
special officer are Caucasian.
Witnesses considered the
s h o o tin g to h a v e been
racially motivated since the
shots w ere d irec te d
at
whites.
Most thought the
assailant to bo "psychotic",
although some witnesses be
lieved him to be associated
with a militant group.
area director Russell Daw
son.
Dwight Morris, the
building co n trac to r, said
Duke told him he did a good
job.
On Friday, July 20. Ray
Wilson and Wilson Smith of
PDC went to Mrs. Whitlow's
home with the contractor's
check for her to sign. Mrs.
Whitlow pointed out that the
work was not satisfactory
and named her complaints:
unfinished work, protruding
nails, loose molding, cracks
under windows, etc. Wilson
told her if she did not sign,
the contractor would put a
lien on the house.
Smith,
who refused to look at the
work, said "it would be too
bad for you to have to pay
all those iegal fees", accord
ing to Mrs. W hitlow.
On July 23, Eugene Jack
son visited the W hitlow home
and inspected the w ork.
Jarkson found the work to
be substandard and Morris
agreed to correct the defer
tive work the following day.
Jackson said M orris is a
member of the Albina Con
tractors Association and that
ACA is always eager to see
that it's members do quality
work. He said Ray Wilson
was derelict in his duties
when he did not notify ACA
about Mrs. Whitlow's com
plaint. The N D P office and
the Albina Contractors As­
sociation, which is partially
funded by M odel C ities,
should be working together
to see that the residents
receive the quality work as
well as the most beneficial
improvements to their prop­
erty. Jackson also stated his
belief that Wilson was dere­
lict in his duties when he did
not protect the interests of
Mrs. Whitlow and especially
when he threatened her with
the possibility of the con
able to receive financial aid
next year based on these
th ree fed eral allocations,
which provided financial aid
for approximately 1.800 stu
dents during the 1972 73
school year. Well over a third
of PSU's 13,600 students re
reive some form of financial
aid from either federal, state
or private funds.
F or fu rth e r in fo rm atio n
about financial aid. students
should contact PSU's finan
cial aid office.
CISCO
dedicates
center
CISCO, the Chicano Indian
Study of Oregon, will have
its official dedication cere
monies Friday and Saturday,
July 27 and ?H, 1973. be
ginning at 12:00 p.m. One of
the primary events will be
acknowledgements of those
dedicated people involved in
obtaining Adair A ir Force
Base with special arknow
ledgements to Senator Mark
0 . Hatfield, Senator Birch
Bayh, and Congressm an
Wendell W yatt.
The public is invited to
attend the ceremonies and
festivities which follow. Key
note speaker will be Russell
Means of the American In
dian Movement.
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Bill McCoy. Oregon's first
Black legislator, was pleased
with the accomplishments of
the Oregon legislature this
term.
M cCoy feels th at the
greatest accomplishment of
the 1973 session was the
development of a legislative
body that addressed itself to
(tropic's problems, which is
something new for Oregon.
He praised House Speaker
Richard Eymann for his in
novations, including having a
research com ponent, con
tinuing committees through
the interim, providing adc
quate staff for committees,
and providng an open at
mosphere where the people
of the state could be heard.
McCoy served on the Ways
and Means Committee and
was a member of it's sub
committee on resources. This
committee reviewed the bud
gets and programs of Wei
fare. C h ild re n 's S ervices,
mental health, and the state
institutions.
As a former welfare case
worker, McCoy was con
cerned about those persons
who are dependent on wel
fare. He was one of those
instrumental in raising wel
fare standards so recipients
will get 92% of the minimum
requirement rather than the
80% they have been re
ceiving. The legislature also
did away with the "relative
responsibility” law that re­
quired persona to contribute
to the support of close rela
lions who receive welfare
benefits.
tention to their needs."
•Also passed in the area of
human resources was SB 72,
which is perhaps the most
advanced child care legisla
tion in the nation. The bill
provides state funding for
child rare and stipulates that
parents will be involved in
planning.
McCoy was the co-chair
man of the Joint Committee
on Aging. This was the first
legislative committee to ad
dress itself to the problems
of aging and is a forerunner
among legislatures in the
nation.
McCoy said of the
committee work "Oregon has
a large population of aged
people and they deserve at
The committee dealt with
two areas of concern: trans
portation and alternatives to
nursing home care.
As a
result of the committee's
work, programs in five areas
will provide transportation
for the elderly.
The areas
are:
P o rtla n d , M e d fo rd ,
Klamath Falls, Hood River
and Ontario Nyssa.
Funds
are provided by the state
and city and county units.
McCoy was a member of
the sub committee on En
vironment. He considers the
increased funding of the Divi
sion of Environmental Quality
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White crew greets
Black namesake
The Navy has named a
ship after Dorie M iller, a
Black mess attendant who
was on board the battleship
West Virgina during the
bombing of Pearl Harbor.
M iller ran to the bridge and
moved his mortally wounded
captain from the bridge, then
using a machine gun, began
firing at the enemy planes.
He was killed when his ship
was sunk during the invasion
of Tarowa. M iller was pre
sented the Navy Cross by
Fleet Admiral Chester W.
N im itz for " e x tra o rd in a ry
courage".
Miller's mother, Henrietta
M iller of Waco, Texas, was
p resen t for the commis
sioning. as was a brother.
.Arthur.
The main speaker for the
.commissioning was Repre
sentative Barbara Jordan of
Texas. The Black Congress
woman said the Navy was
paying a long overdue debt
to Miller.
"As we seek to correct
inequities at home, we have
contributed mightly to de
fending this nation and it's
founding principles from out
side attack," she said.
"Black people are strug­
gling to win full and equal
rights as .American citizens.
Men and women like Dorie
M iller have fought just as
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Striking farm workers find themselves surrounded by hired thugs who brought violence to
the picket lines in the grape fields of Southern California. Cesar Chavez has led the movement
to gain improved working conditions and employment benefits for farm workers.
Farmworkers Union calls boycott
The United Farmworkers
Boycott Committee has called
a Rally to support the United
Farm workers Union on Sat
urdav, July 28th at noon at
the Safeway Store on N E
11th and Broadway.
Millions of Americans boy
cotted grapes and head let
tuce for several years so
farm workers might organize
their own union and gain
union contracts. Those con
tracts are now expiring and
unless the c u rre n t trend
changes all of the farm
worker's gains will be lost.
As contracts expire the
growers have signed new
contracts with the Teamsters
Union rather than with the
United Farm w orkers Union
A F L CIO which represents
the farm w o rk e rs .
The
workers are being given no
choice in the matter.
The U F W U had made great
gains in the contracts; not
only for fair wages, but for
sanitary working conditions,
and pesticide control.
Although this is presented
by the Teamsters as a juris
dictional fight between two
unions, U F W U supporters
say it is really a question of
whether the farm workers
will be allowed to choose
their own union.
In areas
where the Teamsters hold
k
the co n tracts, the farm
w orkers have not been
treated as bona fide union
members with the benefits
and privileges the Teamsters
Union guarantees to its other
members.
Cesar Chavez has accused
the T eam ste rs U n ion of
racism. The m ajority of the
farm workers in California
are Chicano or Philippino,
and in Florida and other
parts of the South, are Black.
According to the Ixm A n ­
geles Times a high Team ster
official said farm w orker*
will not be able to take part
in Teamster Union meetings
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