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Dorie Miller award
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Jr. recently received the 30th
annual Dorie M iller Aw ard in
recognition of equal oppor
tunity program» he estab
lished within the U .8. Navy.
The award ia presented to an
in d ivid u al or o rg an iza tio n
making an outalanding con
tribution to the welfare, pro
gress and prestige of Black
Americana,
Reverend Elm er L. Fowler,
founder and director of the
Dorie M iller Foundation and
pastor of the Third Baptist
Church of Chicago presented
the awards at a 10:30 a.m.
Pentagon ceremony.
The foundation is named for
the late Doris "Dorie" Miller,
a Navy enlisted man who re
ceived the Navy Cross for his
heroism aboard the battleship
USS W E S T V IR G IN IA dur
ing the December 7, 1941
attack at Pearl Harbor. He
was killed in November 1943
when the aircraft carrier USS
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L IS C O M B E BAY was sunk by
enemy submarines off the
G ilbert Islands in the South
Pacific.
The Dorie M iller Founda
tion was organized in Dec
ember 1943 to pay homage to
M iller, a Black, and give
A m erican Black youth a
source of inspiration and dir
ection toward achievements.
In 1947 the foundation pre
sented its first award to base
hall player Jackie Kohinson.
Since then, more than 50
persons have received the
award. Among them are the
late Mrs. Eleanor Koosevelt,
Illinois U.S. Representative
Ralph Metcalfe, track star
Jesse Owens, publisher John
H. Johnson. Illinois U.S. Sena
tor Charles Percy, the late Dr.
M artin Luther King, Jr., the
late Illinois Senator Everett
Dirksen, the President Em eri
tus of Morehouse College, Dr.
Benjamin E. Mays, and last
year's recipient singer Aretha
Franklin.
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The mayor of today must
be more than a hack and a
political wheek-r dealer and a
figurehead.
He must be a
statesman, less of a presiding
officer and caretaker and
more of a doer. He can not
be a dreamer, for the only
thing that becomes of a
dreamer is a dream.
As we begin to choose the
leaders of our cities, what
qualities must we look for in
making our decision? James
V. Cunningham, in his study,
“Urban leadership in the
Sixties", likens the role of a
mayor to that of a public
entrepeneur.
The qualities
best suited for this entre
peneur are: originality, risk
taking, initiative, openness,
energy, organizational ability
and promotional ingenuity.
This means that a mayor of
today m ust p ro vide "th e
leadership to recruit imagi
native staff, to inspire public
workers to create efforts to
hroarh new solutions, to ex
pand the powers of office, to
extract large funds from a
common pot in Washington
and to energize and involve
the citizens in the develop
ment of the city."
In the past decade, the
most glaring weaknesses in
our rity governments have
been the abject lack of in
novative ideas, vision and
wisdom: the lack of concern
for the involvement of citi
zens and the low tolerance
for accepting criticism and
listening.
Our city govern
ments have become closed
books.
W’hat happened to revenue
sharing is a rase in point.
Ix»ng after the regulations
and rules for revenue sharing
were released, the only per
sons yelling about the way
funds were being disbursed
were national agencies who
would no longer be eligible
for government contracts.
Many cities all across the
country took all the revenue
sharing and put it into raises
for employees and subsidies
for peripheral city projects.
When the second phase of
re ve n u e sh aring was an
nounced. cities were fit to he
tied when they found out
they should have used the
monies received for social
services. The second phase
of revenue sharing did not
rover social services as cities
had thought.
Wc have the kind of leader
ship our cities need to pro
vide the talents so necessary
to meet the complexities of
our urban economic system.
When it is time for you to
make your choice in your
city elections be sure you
keep in mind the many roles
and functions in which the
mayor must be involved.
How does a mother of five
become the highest elected
official of a small midwistern
town?
Lelia Foley, inter
viewed by Alice A. Dunnigan
in the October issue of Es-
te n rr magazine, describes her
journey from welfare reci
pient to city hall in five con
cise words, “Black women
can do it!” And, she's living
proof that whatever you set
your mind to you can accom
plish, if you try.
Ms. F o le y was elected
M ayor of Taft, Oklahoma in
April of 1973 and became the
first Black female in the
nation to hold such a unique
position.
Because of her
noteworthy accomplishment,
she received special recog
nition at the Second Annual
Convention of the National
Black W om en ’s P o litical
leadership Caucus.
In an exclusive interview
with Essence, Mayor Foley
offered no apologies for mis
Lakes she made early in life,
or for becoming the mother
of five children born out of
wedlock.
She admits that
she was young and inex
perienced when she finished
high school, and concludes, “I
was just used.”
Because she had no means
of supporting the children
when they were small, she
found it necessary to go on
welfare: hut was always un
happy receiving public assis
tance because "unem ploy
ment is not her thing." She
admits that she likes nice
things and was resentful of
continuous harassm ent by
social workers who constantly
questioned her re g a rd in g
everything she bought; how
ever she found it necessary
to endure this embarassment
for six and a half years.
When she finally found
employment, she worked as
a teacher's aide, then as
assistant staff director of
Taft's Office of Economic
Opportunity community ac
tion center. In 1970 she was
promoted to director of the
center, but was laid off due
to budget cuts in 1972.
In 1973 she launched an
unsuccessful campaign for
m em bership on the school
hoard, but was defeated.
H urt and disappointed, she
never gave up hope.
Says
Mayor Foley, “I've always
wanted to be a leader and do
something to help my people,
so I was determined to keep
up the fight."
Ms. Foley launched an in
spired campaign for mayor.
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is that some students who
received commitments of aid
aren’t coming to school.
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because they don’t know
about financial aid," Streeter
said. “We are positive there
will be some."
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include the National Direct
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Study and Supplemental Ed
ucationai Opportunity Grants.
In addition, Streeter says
there is no question aid is
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carrying on a door to-door
vote getting stragety with
her five children.
She re
calls, " It was hell!
Some
people opposed me because
of my past. Others because
of my limited education. And
still others questioned my
ability to effectively address
the public. The greatest ob
jection was because I am a
woman."
In spite of slurs,
snubs and humiliating re
marks, she continued and
won over the male incum
bent by a narrow margin of
30 votes.
The mayorship of Taft,
O klah om a, a Black com
munity with a population of
600, is not a salaried job. It
pays a token salary of $100
per year, but Ms. Foley de
votes full-time to the posi
tion.
"I go to the office
every morning and spend at
least eight hours each day,
just as though I was re
ceiving an adequate salary. I
pledged my full time for at
least two years, and I intend
to keep that promise," says
Mayor Foley.
One of her
first projects is cleaning up
the city and she hopes to do
this with a small grant re
ceived as part of the federal
government's revenue shar
ing plan. In Taft's years of
existence, this is the first
time the town has ever re
ceived any federal lunds.
Her next project is to bring
some type of industry into
the city to provide employ
ment for its citizens.
Mayor Foley would not
divulge any details about
long rang e p o litic a l plans.
She is not even sure she will
run again.
But we get the
idea she has her eye on
higher ground
perhaps a
seat in the state legislature.
And. to build a firm founda
tion for this lofty goal, she
has expressed a desire to
return to school for addi
tional study in government
administration and political
science.
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state legislature.
The B E 0G program pre
sents one of the best chances
for aid. he added, because
not many students have taken
advantage of it yet.
To
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starting post secondary edu
cation for the first time and
must register as a full-time
student at an approved post
secondary institution.
Students may apply through
February 1, 1974. Forms are
available in the PSU financial
aids office.
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Robert Ying Ling, who has
taken graduate accounting
courses at Portland State
U n iv e rs ity for some tw o
years, received one of the
top 50 scores out of 30,000 in
a recent National Uniform
Certified Public Accounting
test.
Ling will join the Portland
accouting firm of Peat, M a r
wick and Mitchell on Sep
tember 24. He has worked
for American Guaranty Life
Insurance Company.
Ling took the accounting
test last May, but just re
ceived word of the top score.
He received a Sells Award
for placing in the top 50
across the country.
That
aw ard signifies honorable
mention in the test results.
Ling graduated from the
University of Missouri in
1963 with a bachelor’s degree
in political science before
taking graduate courses in
business at Portland State
University.
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