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Portland/Observer
Thursday. August 2. 1973
WE SEE THE WORLD
THROUGH BLACK EYES
ALFRED LEE HENDERSON
EDiTOR/PVBLISHER
EDITORIAL FOCUS
Blacks available
at half price
H ad the C ity o f P o rtlan d b ee n intereste d in
h irin g a Black to h e a d the B ureau o f H um an Re­
sources th e re a re a t least tw o g o o d prospects they
c o u ld h ave h ire d , a n d at h a lf p rice
The In te r-G o v e rn m e n ta l Personnel A ct m akes it
p o ssib le fo r fe d e ra l e m p lo y e e s to w o rk fo r
m u n ic ip a l g o v e rn m e n t, w ith the fe d e ra l g o v e rn ­
m en t p a y in g h a lf th e w a g e .
In this w a y fe d e ra l
e m p lo y e e s w ith sp e cia l e x p e rtise can w o rk fo r
loca l g o v e rn m e n t w ith o u t lo sin g th e ir fe d e ra l
b e n e fits a n d th e city g a in s — n ot o n ly w ith
e x p e rie n c e d p e rs o n n e l, b u t m o n e ta rily , also.
Russell D aw son o f the U.S. D e p a rtm e n t o f
H ousing a nd U rb a n D e v e lo p m e n t is o ne o f o n ly 29
a re a d irectors in th e n a tio n .
His fa m ilia r ity w ith
fe d e ra l a n d lo ca l p ro g ra m s w o u ld h a ve bee n an
asset to the city. H a ro ld W h ite h e a d , a n o th e r Black,
<s S enior F ield R ep re se n ta tive fo r Id a h o a n d W ash­
in g to n fo r th e O ffic e o f Equal O p p o rtu n ity re g io n a l
o ffic e in S eattle.
Instead th e C ity h ire d Ira B la lo ck, a t fu ll p ric e
B la lo ck has b e e n d ire c to r o f M CCA (th e OEO
p ro g ra m fo r M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty).
B la lo ck has a
reco rd o f in v o lv e m e n t a n d in te re st in c o m m u n ity
program s.
Since c o m in g to P o rtlan d e ig h t years
a go , he has d e m o n stra te d no interest in th e
p ro b le m s or causes o f Blacks.
O f g re a te r concern is B la lo ck's re p o rte d links
w ith R ep re se nta tive Edith G ree n.
A lth o u g h w e
cannot ju d g e B la lo ck a t this tim e a n d m ust h ave
fa ith th a t he w ill g iv e A lb in a e q u a l tre a tm e n t, w e
d o kn o w Mrs. G re e n 's p o sitio n a g a in s t th e p ro ­
g ra m s th a t w o u ld assist Blacks a n d th e p o o r a n d
her obsessive co nce rn o ve r busing.
It has lo n g b ee n ru m o re d th a t the P ortland
M e tro p o lita n S te e rin g C o m m itte e , w h ic h has had
B lack d ire cto rs a n d e m p lo ys Blacks in re sp on sible
p osition s, w o u ld be phased o u t a n d th a t MCCA
w o u ld ta ke o v e r it's fu n c tio n . So goes th e story,
th a t Ira B la lo ck w o u ld be Mrs. G re e n 's m an fo r the
job.
The ru m o r has n o w co m e to fru itio n . The C ity
D e p a rtm e n t o f H um an Resources w ill ta k e o v e r the
p ro g ra m s o f M o d e l C ities a n d PMSC a n d e v e n ­
tu a lly , w h e n c ity -c o u n ty m e rg e r com es a b o u t, w e
w ill see the s u p e r-a g e n cy lo n g ru m o re d , w ith Ira
B la lo ck at it's head.
W e w o u ld h a ve lik e d to h a ve seen a Black a t
the hea d o f th e Bureau o f H um an Resources —
a lth o u g h w e p re d ic te d it w o u ld n 't h a p p e n .
W e h o p e M r. B la lo ck w ill be in te re s te d in the
p ro b le m s o f th e A lb in a a re a. W e m ust g iv e him
the o p p o rtu n ity to p ro v e his co nce rn b e fo re ju d g ­
ing h im , fo r th e p ro g ra m c a n n o t succeed w ith o u t
c o m m u n ity su pp ort. W e w ill w a tch w ith an open
m in d a nd w ith o u r eyes o p e n , also.
DR JEFFREY
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a ll th e p re s id e n tia l m ansions? M r. N ix o n seem s to
co un t fe d e ra l p e n n ie s o n ly w h e n th e y are g o in g to
h e lp th e c itiz e n -
n ot w h e n th e y a re used fo r his
c o m fo rt or his se lfish ends.
Can th e n a tio n a ffo rd the $292,374,094 00 spent
b o m b in g tw o little n atio ns, C a m b o d ia a nd Laos, in a
9 4-da y p e rio d . Can th e n a tio n a ffo rd $3.1 m illio n
d o lla rs a d a y to k ill c iv ilia n s a n d d estroy v illa g e s ?
Three m illio n d o lla rs a d a y w o u ld g o a lo n g w a y
to w a rd im p ro v in g th e liv e s o f m illio n s o f A m e ric a n
citizens. The b u d g e t fo r th e P o rtlan d M o d e l C ities
P rogram fo r a n e n tire y e a r is o n ly $4.5 m illio n . The
P o rtlan d M e tro p o lita n S te e rin g C o m m itte e 's p ro ­
g ra m s cost a b o u t $6.2 m illio n a ye ar. C h ild care fo r
the 50 p ro g ra m s fu n d e d th ro u g h the M e tro p o lita n
A re a 4-C C o u n c il c a m e to o n ly $3.9 m illio n last year.
As lo n g as th e P resident c o n tin u e s the ille g a l a nd
im m o ra l w a r in S outheast A sia, he has no ju s tific a ­
tio n fo r v e to in g a n y s o cia l p ro g ra m . As lo n g as the
resources o f A m e ric a n c itize n s a re used to k ill
in n o c e n t vic tim s in A sia , th e re is no excuse fo r
p o v e rty a t h om e.
Mayor gets chance
M a y o r N e il G o ld s c h m id t is lo o k in g fo r a n e w
p o lic e c h ie f — o n e th a t can d ire c t a d y n a m ic
n e w p ro g ra m o f la w e n fo rc e m e n t a n d p u b lic
service.
Blacks w e re o v e rlo o k e d in th e se le c tio n o f a
D ire ctor fo r the B ureau o f H um an Resources. N o w
th e M a y o r has a n o th e r ch an ce — th e s e le c tio n
o f a C h ie f o f Police.
N o m an c o u ld be m o re h ig h ly q u a lifie d or m o re
c a p a b le th a n Dr. Lee B ro w n , d ire c to r o f th e la w
e n fo rc e m e n t p ro g ra m at P o rtlan d State U n iv e rs ity ,
w h o is n o w o rg a n iz in g a p ro g ra m fo r H o w a rd
U n iv e rs ity .
B row n is re sp ecte d th ro u g h o u t the
n a tio n as o ne o f th e le a d e rs in p u b lic e d u c a tio n .
He has th e yo u th a n d e n e rg y re q u ire d fo r th is job
o f re o rg a n iz in g a n d u p d a tin g a la rg e c ity p o lic e
fo rce . 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 is in g Black e m p lo y m e n t a n d Black in p u t a t a ll
le ve ls o f c ity g o v e rn m e n t. Thus fa r, little has bee n
a cc o m p lis h e d .
M a y o r G o ld s c h m id t, h ere is y o u r ch an ce!
Dear Sir:
On July 31 several of the
Contractors in the Model
Cities area met and dis­
cussed several items, includ­
ing the July 26th issue of the
Portland Observer. Out of
this we found there are a lot
of things that need to be
answered by the board of
directors of Albina Contrac­
tors.
Therefore, we demand a
meeting with the Albina Con
tractors board on August 10.
1973 at 7:30 p.m. We would
like to have the meeting take
place at the Albina Con
tractor's office. We feel that
the following items need to
be discussed at that time:
(1) The article in the Port­
land Observer July 26th con
cerning minority contractors
vs. white contractors:
<2, Albina m a n a g e m e n t
program;
13) The Albina Contractors
Association and it's oper
ations.
Signed,
Levi Bussell, Kobt Mayfield.
T.N. Noffa, J.A. Becks, Nel
son A. Fox, W.T. Flemming,
Sherman Evans, and Gus
Young.
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P resident N ix o n has v e to e d th e $ ,8 5 m illio n
m e d ic a l care p ro g ra m to p ro v id e e m e rg e n c y h e a lth
services fo r a th re e y e a r p e rio d , s a yin g the n a tio n
c a n n o t a ffo rd this e x p e n s iv e p ro g ra m . He proposed
$15 m illio n fo r th e c o m in g year.
Can th e n a tio n a ffo rd th e e xp e n se o f the in v e s ti­
g a tio n s a n d tria ls necessary to so lve the W a te rg a te
scandal a n d a ll o f its te na cles? Can th e n a tio n a ffo rd
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by Vernon Jordan, Jr.
For the past several years
national debate over domes
tic issues has been largely
confined to artificial, politi­
cally inspired issues such as
busing, "Law and order", and
quotas.
Now that the de
magogues have had their day
it is time to move on to a
real issue of basic sifnificance
to many millions of people
and to the future of this
society
jobs for all. If
you read the official statistics
that show unem ploym ent
trending downward, or the
glowing stores about the
booming economy or if you
have a good job yourself, you
might not know just how bad
the situation really is.
The government admits to
an official unem ploym ent
rate of 4.8 percent of the
labor force.
That sounds
small enough until you realize
that it represents some 4.3
million people, many with
families to support, who can't
get a job.
The labor force is reality
split in tow.
There is an
upper tier of workers with
good jobs, good salaries,
union membership and fringe
benefits. Then, there is a
lower tier of people who
have no job, work part time
when they really want full
time employment, and those
who do work full time but
make below poverty wages.
It goes without saying that
this lower tier of American
workers is made up dispro
portinately of Black people
and other minorities, women,
young people, and Vietnam
veterans.
The latest poverty figures
tell the story very well: I<ast
year about one million white
people moved out of, poverty,
but som e 300,000 Black
people became poor. In the
past four years, over 600.000
Blacks became poor.
Black poverty has become
something of a hush hus sub
ject as emphasis is placed on
the progress Black people
have made in education, in
securing better jobs, and in
higher family income.
But
most of the economic pro­
gress has been confined to
relatively few Blacks with
the education and skills to
take advantage of the waning
discrimination in industry.
What ought to be of
greater concern is that one
out of three Black people is
poor: that nearly half of all
Black children are growing
up in poor families, anil that
the typical Black family last
year earned about $700 less
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There are about ten mil
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