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SBA realigns functions
The U.8. Small Business
Administration announced a
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realignrfiert of its regional
Executive O ra to r
functions effective Monday,
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October 15, 1973.
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According to HBA Regional
Director Daniel It Ward, the
functional changes are de
We are victims of new
signed to speed up HBA
people.
To this end our
youth gang »layingi, more
services by placing more of
sold iers call V ietnam ese
fratricide, more crimes of
the decision making process
“gooks". Our police called us
utter senselesa violence. Be
at the local level. "We have
"savages". We think of our
cause we are the focus of
already undertaken a major
selves as less than men.
violence, does this mean we
step in the decentralization
Yes, racism manifests in vio­
can be a part of the solution?
of authority from our Central
lence and so does self hate.
Office in Washington, D.C. to
We have to be very careful
This is the price we have
the regional offices.
The
not to fall into the “lock-
to pay, and continue to pay
new realignment will help
em up" trap. It is very easy
for our lack of values. We
make the agency even more
for us to'say there should be
are in need of a cultural
sensitive to the needs of the
stronger penalties for crimes.
revolution, be it religious or
people it was created to
In Lybia, Colonel Gadafi has
secular, that will help us
re-instituted traditional pun­
embrace a human value sys­ serve,” Ward said.
The regional Director said
ishments for crimes of vio­
tem -• a value of life. This
that based on a management
lence and crimes against
should be our ultimate goal.
board review of current re
property. If yov steal, your
gional o,»erations three major
hand will be chopped off. If
We press for stronger
’ you kill, that will be your
penalties for crimes against recommendations were sug
punishment. I see a move
humanity.
We press for gested:
1. Realign the current
ment in this country toward
police review boards, more
that end.
courts, more jails. We must Northwest regional city of
The issue of violence is not
understand that all of these fice by the creation of a new
SBA District Office in Se­
an issue alone. Men kill to
are band aids for a cancer.
end immediate problems, fail
Our youth cries out for attle. The new Seattle Dis
ing to take into account
guidance, for higher values, trict Office will function as
masaive long range conse
another piper who will help an operating office with re­
sponsibility identical to other
quences.
us find the proper road.
We have been bred in a
Men do not look at the SBA district offices in Spok
ane, Portland, Boise and An
history of violence for prop­
high penalties for illegal ac
erty rights.
This history
tions started by passion. A chorage (SBA also has a
branch office in Fairbanks).
places a higher value on ob­
man in passion stops because
jects of worth than of the
of his understanding and This will allow the regional
human body. We have be
belief in right and wrong. director and his key staff to
come desensitized and con­
Quickly lifting a knife, a devote their full time and
attention to policy imple
temptuous of the warmth
blade, a gun, he stops be
and inestimable value of the
(ause he knows what he is mentation and the review of
regional activities. "It will
human being.
We have
about to do is wrong, not be
also place a clearly identified
placed relative worth on all
cause he will be punished
team in charge of each area
being served." Ward said.
Republicans support DC Home Rule
Key Black Republican sup­
porters of home rule for the
District of Columbia met
October 1st with Republican
National Committee Chair­
man George Hush and Arthur
A. Fletcher, Consultant to
the Chairman for Minority
Affairs to discuss ways to
increase the support of House
Republicans for passage of
legislation which would give
D.C. residents the right of
self government.
Meeting with Rush and
Fletcher were Melvin M.
Burton Jr., a Washington at­
torney who is Vice Chairman
of the D.C. Republican Com­
mittee; Samuel Jackson, an
attorney and former Aasis
tant Secretary of the De­
partment of Housing and
Urban Development and a
representative of the Capital
City Republican Club; and
Stuart Pace II, also a repre
sentative of the Capital City
Republican Club and Vice
President of Dialogue Sys
terns Inc. of Washington and
W@MEN
on Wheels
HELPFUL SAFETY TIPS
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by E h tabtlh Stim lry
Plym outh S o ftly Wriltr
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IF STEERING FAILS
Power steering is like a dish
washer. You can do without
either but life is nicer with
them
If you've never driven with­
out power steering, you can’t
possibly appreciate how much it
contributes to easy handling
But If it quits
functioning,
you'll learn to
love It in a
hurry.
H ere's a
feels like to drive without power
steering before it happens
Drive to a deserted lot. Start
the car and drive a few feet,
now while the car is still rolling,
kill the engine, by turning the
key back one notch Now try
and steer. Turning will take a
lot more effort but it can be
done.
Should you loae power steer­
ing -while driving, mave out of
heavy traffic and make a couple
of slight turns of the steering
wheel to see bow much effort it
will take.
If you can still handle the car,
turn on the four-way (lashers to
warn other drivers you're hav­
ing trouble, and head for the
nearest repair »hop
Probably nothing drastic has
happened. You may be out of
power steering fluid or have a
ba/drive belt
If you can’t handle IL pull off
slowly on the shoulder, keeping
the wheels straight. Leave on
the fot»-way flashers, and raise
the hood. Lock the doors and
wait for a policeman
Oat it fixed immed stely.
New York.
In offering to help arrange
meetings between D.C. Black
Republican leaders and Re
publican House members.
Bush pledged the RNC's sup
port for passage of a home
rule bill consistent with the
1972 Republican Party Plat
form which stated:
"We
support voting represents
tion for the District, of Colum
bia in the United States
Congress and will work for a
system of self government
for the city which takes fair
account of the needs and
interests of both the federal
government and the citizens
of the District of Columbia."
According to Fletcher, "the
fact that Black Republicans
have taken a key leadership
role n this effort to secure
passage of home rule for
District residents is reflej,
live of their pledge to be
come more active in the
Party. One of the goals of
the meeting with RNC of
flci-ls and proposed meetings
between Black Republicans
and Republicans in the House
of R ep resen tatives is to
"clear up some of the gray
areas" and bring to the sur
face for discussion some of
the differences of opinion on
proposed legislation, accord
ing to Fletcher. He noted
that the role of the RepuK
lican National Committee is
that of a broker.
2. Combine the Agency’s
financing, loan administration
and community economic de
velopment activities into a
single unit. This will provide
a single key official the re­
sponsibility for all financing
activities, improve the co­
ordination of these activities
and provide a better means
of utilizing agency personnel
resources.
3. Place increased empha
sis on the function of man
ageinent assistance to small
business with specific em
phasis on the SBA portfolio.
"It's been said that busi
nesses do not fail, but that
businessmen do.
Rather
than lack of money, often the
most acute handicap to a
businessman is his lack of
management and technical
know how," Ward said, “Too
often the small businessman
is not a good manager. He
can be leading hia business
to failure without even re­
alizing that it is happening."
The new Seattle District
SBA office will be located in
the present SBA facilities
Fifth Floor, Dexter Horton
Building, 710 Second Avenue.
Seattle, Washington 98104,
telephone 442 5534.
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Godless Parents
At first Mush, the Wilsons
seeking to adopt a baby b o y —
seemed to be well suited for par­
enthood. They were a devoted,
idealistic young couple, with high
standards of morality.
But there was a problem. They
di<i not believe in a Supreme
Being Was this grounds for dis­
qualifying them as adoptive par­
ents?
After a court hearing, the
judge said it was not and granted
the adoption. It would be uncon­
stitutional, he said, for the state
to require a belief in God in or­
der to adopt a child.
"The First Amendment not
only requires the state to be neu­
tral between various religions,"
added the judge, “ but between
religion and non-religion as well.”
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Operation PUSH is spearheading a nationwide “African
Relief Drive" to provide food for starving persons of the
Central West African nations. PUSH also urges that Con
gressman be contacted to urge that the United States make a
realistic commitment to assist the people of Africa during
this crisis.
Cook asks legislation
regulating oil sales
Senator Vern Cook has re­
quested the Oregon lx*gisia
tive Counsel to begin drafting
legislation regulating the sale
and distribution of petroleum
products in Oregon under
the office of the public utili
ties commissioner. Senator
Cook stilted:
"It’s time the people of
Oregon stepped in to regu
late the irresponsible prac
tices of the great oil mo­
nopoly and attempt to re
store some vestige of free
competition and free enter
prise. Probably because of
the massive political contri­
butions of the oil industry to
presidential campaigns over
the past several years, the
federal government and con
gress have failed to take any
effective action in this field.
While we are limited in what
we can do, the State of
Oregon is not helpless in
dealing with these totally
selfish interests.
“As a minimum, we should
have legislation requiring fuel
oil and gasoiine wholesalers
to sell to any person who
Thursday. October 11. 1973
wishes to distribute fuel oil,
or gas, without discrimination
as to price or quantity. Since
the oil companies have en­
gaged in price fixing for
years with a total disregard
for the public, the public
utilities commissioner should
have the right to regulate
maximum prices at the whole­
sale level of all petroleum
products.
"The way to accomplish
these objectives is by state
legislation which I hope I can
have ready for introduction
at the January 1974 special
B arnes le a d s
Chief M aster Sergeant
Thomas N. Barnes, 43, has
been selected as the new
Chief Master Sergeant of the
A new curriculum is being Air Force. Sergeant Barnes
developed with Adams High was selected from among 22
School and the Crown Zeller- outstanding airmen repre
bach research department, senting each major air com­
two faculty members and mand and separate operating
four Adams students. Fif­ agency.
teen students will meet four
As the top enlisted man in
days a week, including a trip the Air Force, Sergeant
to the CZ mill at Camas. Barnes will advise and assist
The project is being intro­ the Chief of Staff and the
duced particularly with re­ Secretary of the Air Force
gard to the needs and in­ on matters concerning en­
terest of minority and female listed members of the Air
students.
Force.
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Most courts would agree that
a belief in God is not essential.
Nevertheless, religious attitudes
may carry at ¡east some weight in
the determination of parental fit­
ness.
Thus, in another case, a court
ruled in favor of adoptive par­
ents (and against the child’s own
father) partly because o f the re­
ligious atmosphere of their home.
As one judge put it:
"Religion and morality are in­
extricably interwoven in the lives
of most people in this country,
and belief in the tenets of a reli­
gion may be indicative of moral
fitness in a particular case."
Furthermore, it usually helps
if the would-be parents and the
child have the same religion.
Often, state laws call for this
"matching up” of religious a f­
filiations.
But again, this is not a hard-
and-fast rule. Thus, courts have
allowed non-matching adoptions
when it would take considerable
time to find adopting parents of
the same faith.
Reason: the importance of
promptness in arranging place­
ments.
"In view of the emphasis
placed by child care experts on a
stable and wholesome environ­
ment in early infancy," said one
court, “delay must be deemed
detrimental.”
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How much does it cost
to care for an empty hospital bed?
It costs about $50,000 j x t bed
to build a hospital in Oregon But
that's just the beginning. Many
people and a vast amount of
expensive equipment must be
available day and night in case
someone needs the bed. So main­
taining or caring for a bed.
whether it’s empty or occupied,
costs $29,(XX) a year.
That's why it’s important that
there aren't too many beds—or too
few beds—in any community.
Too many beds raise the cost of
health care unnecessarily. Too few
beds can lx* disastrous. To prevent
either possibility, voluntary 1 lealth
Planning Associations in Oregon
guide the planning for adequate
health facilities, services, and man­
power throughout the state.
In addition, they helpcoordi-
nate emergency services. The\
hxik into health problems caused
by the environment. Ihev help
eliminate duplication of exjxmsive
facilities and equipment. They
look to see if hospitals, mental
health care services, public health
clinics, and treatment centers are
adequate. I hey plan for health
care just as |X*ople in the com­
munity plan for schools—highways
— urban development.
These organizations are set up
throughout the state. There is one
State Comprehensive Health
Planning Authority. And there are
14 local Comprehensive Health
Planning Asscxiations which are
dependent upon local financing
in order to obtain matching
federal funds.
Although the Comprehensive
Health Planning Associations are
staffed by professionals, con­
sumers now have a voice in health
planning in Oregon. In fact, 51
¡X’rcent of the members of the
lx »arils must lx* non-professionals.
1 hese people, along with pro­
fessionals. meet to review health
care needs in Oregon.
1 low does Blue Cross of
Oregon fit into this?
We feel that Comprehensive
Health Planning is the most
effective way to assure quality care
and contain rising health care
costs. So our staff members serve
on Comprehensive Health Plan­
ning boards and committees. And
we help these organizations
financially.
We know that this investment
will pay off for all the people we
serve. After all, we can’t honestly
say we care for people unless we do
everything we can to help them.
If you'd like to learn more
about planning for health care in
Oregon, just contact your local
Comprehensive Health Planning
Association or write to Blue Cross
of Oregon for information.
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