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Model Cities Board demands right to choose director
The Model Cities Citizens
Planning Board, in its meet
ing Tuesday night, took ex
caption to Commissioner
Mildred Schwab's plan to
select a new Model Cities
director, and demanded their
right to make this selection,
Mrs. Schwab said in a
le tte r to Leltoy P atto n ,
Chairman of the Planning
Hoard, "I intend to appoint
Puul Unman of my staff and
to ask the Mayor and other
Commissioners to name an
assistant to a selection panel.
Please name a panel of your
board members to sit with
this group and act as a
screening panel." Procedure
in the past has been for the
Planning Board to select
their applicants and offer
them to the City Council, in
order of their preference, for
confirmation.
The Board rejected Mrs.
Schwab’s plan und named a
committee of Board members
to begin the selection pro
cess. After screening by the
committee, applicants will be
presented to the full Board.
Elected to the committee
were: James Ixiving, Char
les Ford, Brozie Ixtthan, Opal
Strong and Greg Watson.
Opal Strong.
Commissioner Schw ab’s
le tte r
also
stated ,
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Andy (Raubeson) has given
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some time to do recruiting
and selection, Andy has as
sured me that if additional
time is necessary he will as
surne responsibility for both
positions until a successor is
chosen." Raubeson has been
appointed to a position in the
Bureau of Human Resources.
The Board voted to declare
the position vacant on Nov
ember 13th, whether or not a
successor has been named.
After a two hour, often
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heated, debate the Planning
Board approved a commit
ment of $50,000 in cash to
the City of Portland for the
Union Avenue Redevelop
ment Project. The program
will also receive $13,000 in
cash from the Portland Eco
nomic Development Com
mittee, $8,(XX) in kind from
the Portland Development
Commission, $5.(MX) in kind
from the Bureau of Com
munity Development, and
$186,000 from Federal Aide
to Urban Arterial Funds.
Dennis J Wilde, the con
sultant who has been draw
ing up plans for nearly a
year, estimated that the pro
gram will eventually use
from $6 to $8 million in high
way funds and from $10 to
$30 million in redevelopment
funds.
The Model Cities Board
had earlier voted to give the
city the $50,000, but with the
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A»OUT PEOREE
Portland man wins
IBM Corp, award
Vernon V. Chatman III,
former Portland resident, has
been awarded an Outstanding
Contribution Award by IBM
Corporation.
Chatman, who is on the
IBM staff in White Plains.
New York, is a Product Pro­
duction Administrator. He is
a graduate of Roosevelt High
School and completed his
college work at Reed College
and Portland State Univer
sity. He did graduate work
at the University of Oregon
before joining IBM.
Chatman was part of a
team that worked on a new
Product Pricing System, a
term inal oriented computer
technique that helps financial
analysts simplify the complex
job of determining product
prices.
Chatman designed
and developed the special
data base required for use in
the new systems. He also
served as an adviser on de
sign and development prob
lems.
Chatman and his family
live in Rye, New York, a
suburb of New York City.
He is the father of three
children, two boys and one
girl
Chatman is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Vernon V. Chat­
man, Jr. His mother, father
and sister reside in Portland.
Mrs. Chatman is a Reading
Specialist at Irvington School,
his sister, Mrs. Jean Steven
son, is a 5th grade teacher at
Sabin School; and his father
is the Director of Education
for the Urban League of
Portland.
A.L. Henderson, Editor and Publisher of the Portland
Observer, accepts service award from Betty Overton, Presi
dent of the Albina Women's League.
DR RAY C. RIST
Marcus Glenn and Father William Curtin receive the Police
Relations As.ard. Th<- plaque, which will te awarded each
year, hangs in City Hall.
Sociologist councils
Civil Rights Board
Dr. Ray C. Rwt. associate
professor of sociology at
Portland State University,
has been appointed one of
ten consultants in the country
to the United States Com
mission on Civil Rights.
Kisi, who goes to Wash
ington later thia month, will
be engaged in research and
|«olicy analysis related to
school desegregation.
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sell.
Massell. who became At
lanta's first Jewish mayor,
was elected four years ago
with strong Black support.
It was he who injected
racism into this contest, at
tempting to connect Jackson
with Hosea Williams, whom
he designated as a “radical".
Williams, who was a can
didate for Vice Mayor, is a
former aide to I)r. Martin
Luther King and the Chair
man of the Atlanta Metro
C hapter of the Southern
Christian leadership Confer
ence. He lost to a white
moderate. Wycher Foster, 33.
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manded a roll call vote. "Let
the people know how you
voted so they will know who
sold us down the river," she
said.
The Board voted to restore
$6,000 to the budget of the
Albina Contractors Associa
tion. The program had been
cut from $44.000 to $22.000.
and of that $7,000 was with
held by Model Cities staff.
Eugene Jackson, ACA Busi
ness Manger, explained that
$7,000 had been withheld
from this year's budget be
cause of misappropriations
and misuse of funds in past
years. The money had not
been deducted from the pre
vious year's budget and when
the Board acted on the 1973
74 budget they were not
aware that funds would be
withheld or that there had
been any problems. Jackson
explained that there were
disallowed expenditures of
$1500 to Nero Industries for
consultation; a check of over
$400 written to George Chris
tian, then ACA president;
and $1500, misused by V.
Lester Jackson, former Busi
ness Manager. Elvin Rob
erts, Fiscal Manager for
JERRY GRIFFIN
Talent Search Program
seeks Vietnam Vets
The formation of the Com
mittee to Support the Repub
lie of Guinea Bissau was
announced recently. "It is a
citizen's effort to encourage
thousands of Americans to
recognize and support the
newly independent Republic
of Guinea Bissau in West
Africa." the Honorable Wil­
liam H. Booth, chairman of
the committee, said.
It is believed to be the
first time in American his
tory that citizens have or­
ganised to recognize directly
a foreign government.
Guinea Bissau declared its
independence from Portu
guese colonial rule on Sep
tember 24, 1973.
"I feel that our Govern
ment, long a supporter of
Portugal, will not extend
diplomatic recognition now,"
said Booth, president of the
American Com m ittee on
Africa and former chairman
of the New York City Com
mission on Human Rights.
“It’s up to the American
citizen, on a people to people
basis, to recognize and sup
port this new government in
Africa,"
The committee is spon
sored by seventy seven per
Jerry Griffin, talent searrh and helps with domestic prob­
specialist, is looking for vet lems. low income housing,
erans who are interested in drug counseling, and pro­
continuing th e ir education vides emergency food assis
and need additional informa tance. The program has a
tion about various problems. grant of $97,500 from HEW.
The purpose of the talent All veterans who are in­
searrh program is to recruit te r e s te d sh o u ld c o n ta c t
Vietnam era veterans who V.E.C.O. at Mt. Hood Com
have served after March 31, munity College Extension
1964.
Center, 10100 N.E. Prescott,
The V.E.C.O. Program is telephone 256 3430, or call
the main component of talent Jerry Griffin at 281 1986.
search, which provides GED
training and Upward Bound
Programs for veterans. The
main purpose of the talent ss
searrh is to recruit veterans
who meet low income back
Cami Hill is the PBX re-
Faye LyDay is joining the
ground or who are unem­ r^ttionist for KGW. She has City Bureau of Human Re
ployed and who have poten­ th re e children and is in­ sources as one of the Com
tial for post secondary edu
munity Neighborhood Plan
terested in a career in tele
rational success.
Veterans
ners. Faye still doesn't give
vision.
may he physically disabled
any comment on the promo
and lark knowledge about
Dr. William Steward. Dean tion, but that is the rumor in
available opportunities for of Mt. Hood Community Col City Hall.
admission and financial aid lege, is chairman of 4 C’s
George Rankins' program
for attendance at institutions Search Committee to find a
on Channel 12, KPTV. is
of higher education through
new Central Administration. gaining great popularity. He
out the state of Oregon.
is airing controversial issues
All veterans who enroll in
Lillie Walker, former em that keep the viewers look
the Upward Bound or GED ployee of Model Cities, has
ing for the next show. His
component of the program
just been hired as Adminis demands as an MC make him
ran receive up to 9 months
trative Assistant to Debbie number 1. If you haven't
defiency benefits from the Norman at Model Cities In
seen his program, do so be
V.A., which will not be de
formation Referral Office.
cause you cannot afford to
ducted from the entitlement
miss it.
that is due them.
Mr. Eugene Jackson joins
Talent Search also offers the slate Affirmative Action
Dr. Robert Hughley has
counseling on changing the staff as director of per
resigned from the Portland
status on disability claims sonnet.
Public Schools,
Names in the News
sons from the Congress, the
arts, churches, universities,
labor, law and movements
for minority rights and for
social change.
Prominent
among the sponsors are;
Louis Stokes, Shirley Chis­
holm, Charles C. Diggs, Jr.,
Julian Bond, Angela Davis.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Elea
nor Holmes Norton. Douglas
Turner Ward, Carey McWil­
liams. Noam Chomsky, Vine
Deloria, Jr.. Sue Thrasher
and others.
The independence of the
Republic of Guinea Bissau
was proclaimed on Sep
tember 24 after a decade of
armed struggle against Por
tuguese colonial rule. One-
hundred and twenty elected
representatives of the Na
tional People's Assembly met
in the Boe Region of Guinea
Bissau, proclaimed the Re
public, approved a Constitu­
tion. national anthem, flag,
and various organis of gov­
ernment.
Luiz Cabral is
President of the new Re­
public.
At present. 59 nations
have announced recognition
of Guinea Bissau, with more
than 70 nations expected to
do so in the near future.
Since the U.S. Government
Model Cities, said only $1.900
had been withheld, but could
not explain the absence of
the additional $5,000
James Loving said the
present leadership of ACA
should not be held respon
sihle for past deficiencies and
that the Model Cities staff
was remiss in not bringing
this to the attention of the
Board earlier. Loving, who
is chairman of the Fiscal
Committee, had earlier de
manded a full accounting of
all Model Cities expenditures
by October 22nd
He said
the staff is not carrying out
Board orders for a quarterly
audit. Ella Mae Gay called
for a government auditor to
audit Model Cities and all
programs.
Harry Ward asked that
steps be taken to recover
misappropriated ACA funds
from those who were re­
sponsible for expenditures.
"Stealing is stealing and we
need to do something about
it," he said.
The Board also voted to
give the City $14,000 toward
the Youth Service Center
Project.
PDC resists law ’s intent
Eugene Jackson, Business
Manager of the Albina Con
tractors Association, charged
the Portland Development
Commission with attempting
to subvert the state's free
dom of information law.
The law states:
“Every
person has a right to inspect
any public record of a public
body in this state, except as
otherwise expressly provided
by .. . this Act." In inter
preting the law. Attorney
General Lee Johnson said,
"Proper and reasonable op
portunity must be provided
to anyone wishing to inspect
and examine records and
reasonable facilities to make
memoranda and abstracts.
While open disclosure is the
prescribed policy, the Public
Records law makes it clear
that agencies can make rea­
sonable rules and regulations
necessary for the protection
of records and to prevent
interference with the regular
discharge of (their) duties.
The agencies should make
every effort to accommodate
members of the public even
though a request may be
extensive."
Attorney General Johnson
goes on to say, “In such
cases it may be necessary to
charge for the cost of making
records available."
The law also states that
certified copies of documents
must be prov ided on demand.
Jackson requested copies
of PDC meetings and initially
was refused by PDC Execu
live Director Juhn Kenward.
He followed up his request in
writing.
Guinea Bissau support organizes
The 29 year old sociologist
has conducted research and
w ritten numerous articles
and several books on the
subject of education’s influ
ence, particularly on Black
children, as well as white
children.
Dr. Risl's latest book, “The
Urban School; A Factory
For Failure", will be pub
lished within a month.
Atlanta elects Mayor
Maynard Jackson, 38, was
elected Mayor of Atlanta,
Georgia to become the first
Black mayor of a major
Southern city.
Jackson
served four years as Vice
Mayor under his opponent,
incumbent Mayor Sam Mas
stipulation that the program's
director lie a Model Cities
resident. Goldschmidt had
turned down the proposal.
The resolution finally
passed required that the
project contain guarantees
that some of the employees
will be from Model Cities and
that training for minorities
be provided.
Those who
were opposed pointed out
that there are no such pro
visions in the program and
that once the money is gone
there is no assurance the
recommendations of the
Board will be followed. Wilde
also admitted that the writ­
ten information provided to
the Board was incomplete
and contained errors. Wilde
warned that even a delay of
one week could make the
project impossible.
Board member Ella Mae
Gay advocated withholding
the money until guarantees
are insured. Reverend Sam
Johnson told the Board, “You
have no power but green
power. Once the money is
gone you will find you have
no power.”
Mrs. Benson,
saying the Board is aban
doning its responsibility to
programs for the poor, de­
is an ally and supporter of
Portugal, the committee does
not expect the Government
to recognize the new Repub­
lic now.
The committee's
goals are to: (1) organize
citizen recognition and sup­
port for the Republic, and
i2l demonstrate popular sup­
port to the Nixon admi.'istra
tion for governmental recog­
nition of the Republic of
Guinea Bissau.
A 140-word Message of
Support and Solidarity to the
People and Party of the
Republic of Guinea Bissau,
for which the committee will
be gathering thousands of
signatures, reads in part:
“We recognize the inde­
pendence and sovereignty of
the Republic of Guinea Bis­
sau . . .
“ Be assured th at your
countrymen and women are
welcome among us . . .
"Be assured that we are
prepared to discuss ex
changes between our peoples,
based on equality and mutual
respect . .
The struggle for liberation
has been led by the APIGC
I African Party for the Inde­
pendence of Guinea and Cape
Verdel whose late Secretary
General, Amilcar Cabral, was
assassinated through a Por­
tuguese plot on January 20.
1973.
The Republic has
pledged to continue the
struggle against the remain­
ing Portuguese forces oc­
cupying the Cape Verde Is­
lands and several major
towns in Guinea Bissau.
The Republic of Guinea
Bissau is located in West
Africa and is bordered on the
south by the Republic of
Guinea and on the north by
the Republic of Senegal.
Tom Kennedy. Community
Services D irector for PDC,
delivered copies of the min
utes to Jackson's office, along
with a bill of $49, a charge of
50 cents per page. With the
bill was a letter stating
“. . . if you wish to have
copies of the January 8 -
September 10 Commission
minutes, the charge would be
$49 for 98 pages of minutes.
As stated above, however,
you are welcome to come to
the Commission office and
examine these minutes with
out charge."
Jackson refused to pay the
charge and later the copies
were delivered again without
charge. Jackson said he con­
sidered a charge of 50 rents
a page to another publicly
funded agency as exorbi­
tant. "How can the ordinary
private citizen have access to
public information if it will
cost him 50 cents a page? I
think this charge is just
another form of harassment
to keep the people ignorant
of PDC's use or misuse of
their tax money. It certainly
is not in keeping with the
spirit of the law. Maybe they
have something to hide."
Jackson also objected to
the fact that he was not in­
formed of the charges prior
to receiving the bill. “I just
don't think this is proper
behavior for an agency that
is supposed to serve the
public." he said.
African journalists
visit OBSERVER
Two African journalists
visited the Observer during
a 45-dav tour of news facili­
ties in the United States.
Jean Claude Andrianovo,
30, is Editor in Chief of Radio
News Programs, Radio Mad
agasikara. Tananarive.
He
has also been a radio editor,
reporter of sports and a
states reporter for Television
Malagasy.
Saturnin Ki. 25. is Deputy
Chief of Programs for Upper
Volta Radio and TV, Ouaga
dougou.
He has been a
reporter, announcer and pro­
ducer since 1971, He holds a
Certificate of Broadcasting
from Studio School of the
OBTF in Paris.
Andriananivo and K; were
accompanied by an escort,
David Vailtancourt. Vaillan
court was a Peace Corps
volunteer in Senegal from
1964 1966. For the past five
years he has been a person
net officer for the Batu Shoe
Company of Senegal.
The tour is a project of the
African Youth Leadership
Program of Operation Cross
roads Africa.
Governor Melvin H. Evans of the Virgin Islands was
elected last week in Point Clear, Alabama as the first Black
chairman of the Southern Governors Conference. He is shown
receiving the gavel from Governor George C. Wallace of
Alabama, whom he succeeds for the 1973 74 term. Governor
Reuben Askew of Florida was voted ro-rhairman. Governor
Evans, a medical doctor, was born in the Virgin Islands. He
earned his medical degree at Howard University.
Photo by Cockrell of the Mobile Beacon
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