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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1973)
Mrs fra n c o s Selioen-f.ewspBpor Hoo« U n iv e r s it y o f Oregon L ib r a r y continue - PDC staff under fire Lloyd Saunders ia an 84 year old veteran of World War I. He suffer* from ranrer and ia confined to a wheel chair. He and his wife are dependent on his Vet eran'a pension and her. dis ability grant for their sup port. When the PDC workers came around two years ago to ask the Saunders if they wanted help he applied for a grant. He wanted the roof and gutter* repaired and their insurance represents- live told them the wiring was defective. First he was told he would receive a grant, but later was told that he was not eligible. Daniel Mitchell, a small businessman, applied for a grant to repair his home on N.E. 20th. He filed his application and financial statement in May of 1973. When he had heard nothing by August, he called and found that his grant had not PORTLAND Volume 3, No. Ok an Portland, Oregon IME O N IV NEWSPAPE« IN IH I been processed because his financial statements could not be found. Andrew and Paul Mills ap plied for a grant and were told they would receive $2800. They have not ac cepted the grant as yet be cause they have not been able to determine what work fO UAt o p r o t r u N ir r employe » WHOLE WIDE W O «LD THAI CORPORATION CLEV E I.A N D GILCREASE the vote. Although Mrs. Green has been very vocal in her criticism of OEO, she has offered no specific criticism or suggestions. Although all of the 14 PMSC programs operate in her district, she- has not visited any of them to determine quality of the services they provide to her constituents. Gilcrease is proud of his rtaff. He demands quality work and good work habits. In the tradition of OEO. many of the employees are taken off the streets, trained, and move up to responsible positions. He believes that demanding punctuality and responsibility from the be ginning will be beneficial when the employee moves out into private industry. One of the purposes of OEO is to train low income people so they will be able to get positions in industry or gov Rights Workers charter branch •ed Cloud. President of National Association of lan Rights Workers, pre ed the newly formed ;land Chapter with its ter on September 17th. Chapter, which will meet October to elect its of rs, was organized through efforts of Vern Summers, petor of the Metropolitan nan Relations Commis i. loud is active in the field luman Rights in his home f of Tennessee. He ved as chairman of the nmission on Religion and ■e in 1970 1972; was ap tiled Associate Director of Metropolitan Human Re lations Commission in Nash ville in 1967 and Executive Director in 1971. In 1971 he was elected Regional Chair man for the International Association of Official Human R ights A gencies Planning Committee. He was also elected United States Chair man of the International Year for Action to Combat Racism and Discrimination in 1971. Cloud suggested four ele ments of Human Rights sirs tegy to the group: In relationship to govern ment. an allout enforcement of the laws against discrimi nation must be required. Recent research has found that the agencies charged Something you can count on a t the Beni. Franklin ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR Fits in pocket or purse -fo r home, otfice, school or shopping. Adds, subtracts, multl- K* plies, divides. Floating decimal, constant key, clear entry. Complete with batteries and case; AC adaptor $4 extra. Offer limited while supply lasts. BIQ DISCOUNTS FOR SAVERS 129.95 with $5,000 deposit 934.95 with $2,500 deposit $44.95 with $1,000 deposit $49.95 with $ 250 deposit B e n [ . @ F r a n k lin Robert H Hazan, Pra* • 22 OMIcea • Phone 248-1234 Home O lllca Franklin Bldg , Portland, Oregon 87204 with upholding affirmative action and contract compli ance laws are not doing their jobs. He blamed this on lack of leadership from above “When they hear discussion against busing from the W hite House, the Civil Rights establishment knows there is no real interest in all out enforcement.” In relation to the majority w hite population. Cloud recommended efforts to re verse the trend to blame the victim and penalize the vie tim. The public tends to blame the welfare recipient for injustices and inequities in the welfare system. "If you are poor or a minority, you are suspect - if the middle class b etrays the public trust, we still blame the poor.” In relationship to minority groups, Cloud urged the for mation of coalitions around survival needs - the rising cost of living, food prices, housing, medical care. Some of the problems faced by the poor are systematic exploita tion. such as higher prices for inferior goods in ghetto stores. Only by coalitions formed among many groups with common interest will political and economic power be felt. In relation to the Human Rights movement. Cloud sug gested that organizations and individuals be mutually sup porting. . Stating that the Civil Rights Movement has been called dead because of the loss of some of its great leaders. Cloud said the move ment for equality will be a long struggle and those in volved must look forward to years of planning and action. H’ warned that fighting amu. x groupa can be manipu lated by the enemy and urged "unity through com mitment". that PDC would do what they decide they could do. Her second rehabilitation specialist. Hud Hanson, was even more rude and incon siderate. The Mills' bathroom is situated so that the hot water pipe on the bathtub is 1'/> inches from the toilet OBSERVER «EALLY Thursday, September 20, 1973 CA«ES r PMSC : Strength from adversity Ì Cleveland Gilcrease, Exe cutive Director of the Port land Metropolitan Steering C om m ittee, is optim istic about the future of his pro gram. Although funding is still uncertain, he ia working and planning to continue services to the low income people of Portland. PMSC supervises the Of fire of Economic Opportunity (War on Poverty) programs in the City of Portland. Gilcrease believe* the Nix on A dm instration's effort earlier this year to eliminate the OEO programs has ac tually strengthened them be cause of the public support it brought. People and or ganizations across the nation rallied together to demand that programs for low income persons be continued. OEO is surviving under Congres sional mandate, with funding through December; but Gil crease believes it will be refunded for 1974. During this crisis Gilcrease* operated the program as if it would continue and did not allow slacking off as the end neared. Therefore, when word of the extension of funds arrived, plans for the Tulare had already bee» made. Three of Oregon's four R ep resen tatives supported PMSC and voted for OEO funding. Mrs. Green, who has con sisten tly opposed OEO. was not present for will be done and seem to have no voire in the decision. According to Mrs. Mills, her first Rehabilitation Coun selor. Kenneth Talladay. was extremely rude He told her that when she is getting something for nothing she has no right to say what she would like to have done, and ernment and not be depen dent on social programs. Al though he loses many of his better employees, Gilcrease encourages them to find per manent positions that will make use of their training. PMSC now supervises 14 agencies and is looking for ward to additions. A mini grant for training in drug and alcohol abuse was re ceived this summer. PMSC recently signed with the De partment of Housing and Urban Development for a project counseling and train ing low income persons in terested in purrhasing fed erally insured housing. Ad ditional programs are in the planning stage. Other program s, which were developed and initially funded through PMSC, have now been taken over by local agencies. This also is one of the goals of OEO to develop programs that will be incorporated into local governmental or non govern mental agencies and leave the OEO fold LIFE Center is now funded by United Good N eighbors and the Adult Literacy Program has become a part of Portland Community College Other programs, the PMSC Child Development Center and the F oster Grandparent Pro gram, are still supervised by PMSC but are funded through the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. One of Gilcrease's greatest achievements and one which caused friction at the time - was the centralizing of accounting for all of the programs except those oper ated by the School District and K aiser F o u n d a tio n . Knowing that programs are often discredited because of accounting and reporting problems, he has paid special attention to this area. PMSC was audited 14 times last year an unusual number even for agencies under poli tical attack. All auditors found the books in good order and the city auditor recommended publically that the city follow the PMSC accounting system. More unusual was the audit by the Government Accounting Of fice. which is usually done only at the request of a member of Congress. GAO also found PMSC in good order. Another crisis that hit PMSC this year was the establishment of the City Bureau of Human Resource. Mayor Goldschmidt's original plan was to evoke the Green Amendment and place the OEO programs under the (Please turn to pg. 2, col. 8) ABOUT Hie per copy F f O F ll was put down in two un matched pieces with a seam across the middle of the floor. Mrs. Mills asked for new linoleum but was offered a strip over the seam. PIM’ offered to repair a window sill in the basement and blow insulation in some of the upper walls. The base sometimes has two inches of water on the floor, but Mrs. Mills was told it couldn't be repaired. Mrs. Mills has not seen the work order, although she was repeatedly asked to sign the contract. When she tried to look at the list, Hanson jerked it away from her. Mrs. Mills asked that Morris Construction do her work, and when Dwight Morris suggested that if she was not satisfied with the work order she call the local Housing and Urban Development of fire. H inson pushed him and said "I thought I told you to keep your mouth shut." The Mills' have not signed their contract and are not sure that they will. They resent the treatment they have received from Talladay, Hanson and Wilson. They ilso object to the haphazard way in which PDC propose* to do the work. They feel that if PDC wants to come and patch up a few things and not really do the work that is required, even to meet city code regulations, then it might be better not to accept the grant. Mother charges brutality Mrs. Freddie Thompson has charged the Portland Police Department with po lice brutality. She gave the Observer the following infor mation about her arrest. On September 2nd, Mrs. Thompson was at home when her 22 year old son, Derek, visited her late in the after noon. As he arrived at her horn»- he noticed a police car drive by, and when he left a short while later, he was stopped about a block away by the police When he asked what the officers wanted he was told that they had a warrant for his arrest, then asked for his name. They handcuffed him and pushed him toward the car. In the meantime, Mrs. Thompson had learned that he was being, arrested and ran to see why. When she attempted to ask why her son was being arrested, one of the officer* told her it was none of her business, grabbed her and pushed her against a car. Officer Jimerfield pushed her and was abusive toward her, so she bit him on the arm. He struck her at least twice on the face and said he was goi ig to take her downtown. When she said she had a 2 year old grand child asleep at her home and there was no one there, she was told that was not their problem. Jimerfield pushed her and another officer pulled her into a squad car. By this time several more police cars had arrived on the scene. Her 18 year old son Collin came up to the group and asked which po liceman had hit his mother. Officer Newman told the others to arrest him. and he was placed in another car. On the way downtown Of ficer Jimerfield called Mrs. Thompson names, made racial slurs, said all Black women are alike and that he could have one anytim e. Mrs. Thompson and the other officer, Grundmeyer, waited in the car at 2nd and Oak while Jim erfield had his arm photographed. Then they drove to the County Court i House. In the court house 'Jimerfield pushed her into a wall. The three went upstairs and Jimerfield got a shot, then- as they came down the elevator. Mrs. Thompson saw her mother and her daugh- ter’s boyfriend, who had come to look for her. Jimerfield tried to wait until they had gone, but out on the street Mrs. Thompson's mother saw her. She asked if she might ride to Rocky Butte in the squad car with Mrs. Thomp son. but this was refused. Then she asked if they could follow the car. Jimerfield said they could "but we don't owe you anything." At Rocky B utte, Mrs. Thompson was booked and fingerprinted. She found that she had been arrested for resisting arrest, assault III and interfering. At no time was she told her rights as required by law. Mrs. Thompson has com plainted to the Mayor's of fice. She is still out on bail and as far as she knows now, she will have to stand trial. Collin was charged with in terference and resisting ar rest, although charges were not filed until the next week. Derek finally learned that he had been arrested for the armed robbery of a cab driver. Neither Derek nor Collin were given their rights or formally arrested when they were apprehended. City hires personnel director Mayor Neil Goldschmidt announced recently the selec tion of Mr. Jon D. Stephens as the City's Personnel Dir ector. The new position, having responsibility for supervision of the City's Bureau of Personnel and Civil Service staffs, was pro vided for by the City Council in the 1973-74 budget. In a memo to the Council. Mayor Goldschmidt said he intends to assign the new combined personnel operation to the City's Office of Management Services. Mayor Goldschmidt stated that Stephen's first job will be to prepare a specific per sonnel organization plan, and that he hoped implementa tion of the City's Affirmative Action plan would be high on the priority list. Mr. Stephens, 34. has been Director of Personnel and Em ployee R elations since January, 1972, for King County, Washington in charge of all employee relations, career development, and re cruiting and affirmative ac tion. His past work experi ence includes personnel man agement for the Boeing Com pany and Kinetics Corpora tion. Stephens has a B.A. in Mathematics from San Diego State College. 1966, and has undertaken graduate work toward an M.B.A. degree at Seattle University and the University of Washington. Stephens will assume his new responsibilities in ap proximately four weeks. Salary far the new position has been set at $24,378 an nually. Y emphasizes community programs On October 1st the North Portland YMCA Branch will have a new name and a new program emphasis. It will be called the Metropolitan YMCA Urban Center and its program emphasis will be that of a community center. Its service will extend to a two-mile radius from the present building on Killings worth and Moore. The building is temporarily closed for repairs. The decision to adopt a new name and program m ethodoligy for the» Y's North Branch is the result of a two-year study. The Metropolitan YMCA Board commissioned a special task committee in 1972 to evaluate the program and the role and function of the North Port land Y. Members of this committee included Ellis Cas son. Chairman; Mrs. Hazel Hays. Robert Hesseltine, the Reverend Dale Stitt. Lewis W inchester, and Andrew Professor named Bureau director City Commissioner Mildred Schwab announced the ap pointment of Mary Pederson as Director designee of the proposed Bureau of Neigh borhood Organizations. Dr. Pederson will develop the plan and implement the pro posal Bureau, which will be presented to the City Council for consideration in about eight weeks. When ap proved by the Council, Dr. Pederson's position will be come permanent. Dr. Pederson is a graduate of the University of Pennsyl vania. and holds a Masters stool. The city inspector said this was a code violation and would have to be changed. Mrs. Mills reported that Ray Wilson, Supervisor of Re habilitation for PDC, said it would not be changed. The tank for the toilet is too small and the walls need repair. Mrs. Mills was told that this work could not be done. The wooden front steps are cracked and need to be repaired. PDC offered to turn them over. The bricks in the back of the fireplace are deteriorating and there is a 2 inch crack. PDC of fered to plaster the inside of the fireplace and maybe turn some of the bricks around. The linoleum in the kitchen Degree in Political Science from Yale University. She earned her Doctor of Philo sophy degree in Politica1 Science at Yale in 1971. Dr. Pederson was an assis tant professor in Political Science at Reed College from 1968 to 1971. Since then she has held a number of posi tions related to community development. She conductec research on the relationship betw een Good Sam aritar Hospital and the community. She coordinated citizen par ticipation tor the environ mental impact study for Interstate 505. From July 1972 to July 1973 Dr. Peder son served as Executive Dir ector of the Northwest Dis trict Association. Dr. Pederson will begin immediately on a plan and implementation of the new City Bureau, the first draft of which will be distributed for review within the next month. The new Bureau wil be responsible for full im plementation of the City's proposed district and neigh borhood planning organiza tions. Smith. The committee con ducted extensive interviews with North Portland com munity leaders, compiled a profile of North Branch YMCA program, made a comparative study of other West Coast YMCA branches serving in urban communi ties and analyized census tract data developed by staff of Model Cities, Portland Metropolitan Steering Com mittee and the Tri-County Community Council. The committee study was re ported to the YMCA Board and the Board adopted the report and their recommen dations in late 1972. These recommendations were that the service area of the North Branch YMCA be reduced; that the YMCA building be increasingly utilized as a community center; that its program should aim to heip change community conditions that foster alienation, delin quency and crime, develop and train leadership for the community and strive to in volve individuals and or ganizations of the community in community development. On October 1st, the Metro politan Urban Center will begin to work exclusively with neighborhood groups, community groups, school groups and family groups. The swimming pool will not (Please turn to p. 2 col. 7) \ From left to right: Herman C. Plummer. President of Royal Esquire Club; Marion W. Pettett, Chairman of Education Scholarship Committee; Michelle Burton. Scholar ship recipient; and Lucius C. Williams, President when first Scholarship award was given in 1958, and Financial Secre tary. Royal Esquire Club awards scholarship The Royal Esquire Club of Portland Inc. has awarded its 1973-74 Education Scholar ship to Miss Michelle Burton. The award, in the amount of $840. will include tuition, books and supplies for the full school year. Miss Bur ton, the daughter of Mrs. Louis Burton, will attend Portland State University as a sophomore in studies de- signed toward the field of medicine. Mr. Marion W. Petett, Chairman of the Esquire Club Education Scholarship Committee, stated that "Miss Burton's scholastic achieve ment, to date, played a sig nificant part in her being awarded the scholarship. She accumulated a four point grade point average in her freshman year." This is the 12th scholar ship awarded by the Club since 1958. The first was awarded to Miss P eggy Houston in Jun», 1958. The Royal Esquire Club of Portland Inc. was organized on June 18th, 1956 by a group of civic-minded men who dedicated th em selves and their work to the pro motion of education, the im provement of race relations through leg isla tiv e action, and to keep social life at a high standard. Those present at the award ceremony included Michelle's mother and sister. Names in the News Ocie Trotter is the only Black member of the Plan ning Commission, appointed by Mayor Goldschmidt. He does not vote for the sake of the majority and on some issues has cast the only no vote. Carlos Martin has retired from the Aladdin Room and is missed by many custom ers. Many thought he was'a permanent fixture there. Charles Jordan would be a good choice for Governor McCall to appoint as the next Dirctor of Human Resources. Ellis Casson has been ap pointed to the Metropolitan Youth Commission by Mayor Goldschmidt. He is also a member of- the State Youth Commission. Dr. and Mrs. C h a r l e s Hampton ot San Diego visit ed the Rose City this week. Dr. Hampton has pastured Bethel Baptist Church for 42 years. The Hamptons are relatives of Clarine Smith. Secretary of State Clay Myers will probably hire more Blacks in his depart ment than any other state official. He is a man of principle. We don't know how long it will be but we predict that he will hire two or more Blacks in the near future. Edie Ryman, Central Ad ministrator of the Metropoli tan Area 4-C Council has resigned. Her resignation was announced by Conrad Rosing, Board Chairman. Edie has done a tremendous job and child care in the tri county area is much bet ter because of her efforts. Senate Bill 74 is the product of her dream. Edie began her 4-C career as Assistant Administrator of the Model Cities 4-C office. the Model Cities 4-C office. The Observer will cele brate three years of service to the community n e x t month. Lenwood Davis is back in the city. He has been work ing on his doctorate in Pitts burg. Lenwood is teaching at PSU, however his great fame was derived from his weekly column in the Obser ver “As I See It”. The Black Methodists held three Annual Conferences in the same month in Portland Allen Temple CME, Bethel AME and AME Zion. All of the pastors were returned. Model Cities board mem bers and employees thought the $50.(MM) they gave to the city to start the Bureau of Human Resources would buy them a pice of the action but no Black employees of Model Cities have been hired by the Bureau. Commissioner Mil dred Schwab made a public implication that Faye Lyday would be hired immediately, but so far nothing has hap- pened. Mrs. Lyday has no comment. Maybe the Com missioner can give us the answer. Commissioner Schwab is in charge of Public Affairs. It would be interesting to know how many minorities have been hired for this depart ment. Sidney Thomas. Oregon’* only Black dispensing op tician, is teaching at Pacific University’s optometry de partment.
