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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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\
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.