Portland/Observer T 1912 í G e ttin g S m art M M DRY (If ANING RIASONABIE RATES •SAMt cm t sciar scavice •2 MOU» ClIANING SAtUBOAVJ UN (11 NOON K O M TlH f lAUNOav uavicf « i f stave f oar ctfANiNo AVAHABtt Oo H Vou«t.ll And Sn*. SI 1014 M MUINOfWOPTH 4 BlMfei Im i •» IxXwtW*. BY WALTER L. SMART Executive Director National Fadaration ot Sattiamants and Naightxxbood Cantara 2 8 9 -9 3 5 7 Call On Us the total com m unications people, for the best com m unications system in the world —and then some. P a c ific N o r t h w e s t B e ll If you turn this off when nobody’s listen in g ...y ou ’re really tuned in to an energy conservation program! Conserve Electricity Use all you need but save all you can The People at Pacific Power The anatomy of an election rip off can take many dif ferent forma. We have wit nessed in the last month the recall ot a Black City Council man. D 'A rm y Bailey, in Berkeley, California. In many states elected of­ ficials can be removed by gaining anwhere from 25% to 50% of the registered voters' names on a petition that requires a new election. This is called recall. We have many examples of recall in our history. Recall was used during the Southern Reconstruction in the 1870's. Our first Black congressmen were targets of recall during the 1872 elections. Most of the attempts were unsuc cessful. The biggest problem of fighting recall is to make the voters understand that the recall election is as im portant as the initially won election. Recall is one of the few techniques used often to rid government of ineffective and sometimes co rru p t leader ship. The Joint Center for Political Studies, in Wash ington, D.C., in a recent re port, revealed that recall was used most often in the rid ding of incompetent judges. Their report also states that there are very few instances in the use of recall for elimi nating city officials. The overwhelming impetus Students s ta rtin g post- secondary education this fall may apply for Basic Educa tional Opportunity Grants, which are awarded on the basis of financial need. Dr. Richard Streeter, d ir­ ector of financial aids at Portland State University, says students may apply by picking up forms in his office on campus, then mailing them to Iowa City. Iowa. Within a month ot the time the forms are mailed, a stu dent is notified how much his family can be exptected to pay for his education. Then, the student takes the form to the school of his choice, which figures the amount of the basic educa tional grant. Streeter says students may apply through February 1. 1974. If a student demonstrates financial need, he will receive some aid under the program. Streeter said. The maximum available is $452 per year while the minimum is $50 per year. The U.S. Department of Health. Education and Wei fare, which administers the program, says some $122 million will be available this year. Streeter added that he understands more money may be available if enough students across the country apply To qualify for aid, a stu dent must he starting post secondary «‘duration for the first time and must register as a full time student at any approved college, university, vocational school, technical institute or hospital school of nursing. HOUSE of SOUND Rhythn A Bluet HOUSE Stereo Tapet Needles ¿¿C COUND For the latest in LPs, 45s and 8 track tapes, check out the House of Sounds today. 3 6 0 6 N . W illia m » A v e n u e Recall is extremely im portant to us in our current struggle to develop potential Black leadership. Most of us know that it is a near super human struggle to mobilize our community for our first victories. Most of our elected officials have been elected when all factions pull to gether for a massive voter mobilization. We can be caught with our pants down if a strong, well-organized political organization is not maintained after our victory. The lesson of Berkeley is that D'Army Bailey and his political associates did not maintain their election mech anism so that the enthusiasm created by his victory was carried throughout his term of office. ffe failed to de­ velop a machine it does not have to be a dirty word, if used to keep our leader ship in office. Oh beware popular candi­ dates! Your Independence will he in jeopardy if you do not build, nurture and keep a strong popular organization that will help you keep in touch with your constituency. Student grants due ■AMI j.„ for the use of recall has been the alleged dishonesty of the individual leader. In lierke ley we see recall, however, being used as a political weapon to rid a city of effec live leadership. 2 8 7 -1 9 6 0 Federal officials estimate the Basic Educational Oppor tunity Grant program will benefit about one half million students who might other wise he unable to continue their education. Mor<‘ information on the program and other student financial aid plans is avail able at the PSU student financial aid office a 229 3461. Comments sought struck in the face by officer Stanley McDaniel. When he jump«‘d up and said he had some rights, he was told "Shut up. Niggers have no rights here," by McDaniel. A nurse who was present told the police officers and the county corrections of ficers that Harper was men tally retarded. Harper told her that she was a RN and was not qualified to diagnose, but that he had a Masters degree from the University of Oregon in Counseling and Guidance. The police officers and the corrections officers began beating him and told him to apologize, which he did. He was then call«*sl a "nigger Phi Beta Kappa." He was then taken up­ stairs to a cell. After he was put in the <-«-11 Harper asked to make a phone call. He was sitting on the bed near the do«Jr when footsteps ap proached. The window in the cell d«M>r was opened and mace sprayed in his face. Because the mace burned so hadlv he put his head in the toilet to try to wash it off, but mare was sprayed on his arms and body. The general harassment and name calling continued until about 11:30 p.tn. when he was told that his mother had hailed him out. He was told to "be a good boy and don't say any­ thing or you will never get out." He was fingerprinted and during that process he turned and saw his face in the m irror He said he didn't know the charges against him and was told it was "H arassm ent” , a misde meanor. The corrections of ficers aid of his face, “ We didn't do that, the city police did." Since he had been re­ peatedly called an "ignorant nigger", he signed his release form “X". When the cor rection officers saw what he had done, he grabbed him by the neck, twisted him around and threw him against the wall. He was taken upstairs, thrown into the cell and told The Portland Metropolitan Steering Committee will con duct three Home Mainten­ A uniform. Federal defini lion of "continu« d absence” ance anil f- inaneing Seminars in the aid to families with during October 1 to 8, 1973. de,x-nd<-nt children (AFDC) The local financial institu lions. International Union of program w ill he established Operating Engineers, Port under a regulation proposed recently by HEW's Social land Community College and and Réhabilitai ion Service other concerned agencies will participate in the program. ISRSI. Continued ah .« !.«■«• of the All the residents within the parent from th« home as a Target Areas of Southeast, reason lor