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Portland/Observer
Thuisday, November 1, 1973
P o rtra it o f a P resid en t
(Continued from pg. 1, col. 91
bina Contractors Association.
The funny thing now is that
the NAACP gave birth to
ACA and now ACA is doing
many things that the NAACP
should b<- doing, like filing
charges of discrim ination
against PDC and several
white construction com
panies.*'
Sugar Ray Seales (left) and his brother, Bale Grant, are
both professional fighters who will be fighting Thursday,
November 1st at 8:00 p.m. at the Portland Sporta Arena.
Seales' opponent is Dandy Dave Coventry from Vancouver,
B.C. A 147-pounuer, Coventry's record shows 36 wins, 1
draw, 19 K.O.s. and ! losses. Sugar Ray and Dale live in
Tacoma, Washington. They are out at 6:30 every morning,
rain or shine. Road work is a must
5 miles - and
every other day there is a good workout between the two.
Seales wears his Olympic Championship Ring, showing the
gold medal he won in the 1973 Olympics, the highest award
an amateur boxer can receive. Since turning pro Seales has
won 12. including 5 by knock-outs. Seales, like Joe Frazier,
has a corporation that allows him to maintain himself without
having to work a regular job.
George Yelton, Seales’
manager, says a fighter should train and fight and not have
to worry about anything else. Seales' ambition is to be the
Welterweight Champion and to become an actor. He attends
a community college near Tacoma, where he is studying
speech.
G overnm ent
(Continued from pg. 1, col. 91
read it. He said the com
pany’s minority employment
ranged around 11 per cent of
the man hours, but that on
this date he has only two
minority persons working.
Todd Building Company
has 30 days in which to reply
to the complaint. A failure
to meet compliance regula
tions could mean a stop-work
order, loss of the contract,
and loss of the privilege of
bidding on future federal
contracts.
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Some of the other success
ful efforts in the field were
the obtaining of five sub
contracts for minority con
tractors on the Albina Multi
Service Center's building and,
through the efforts of Mrs.
Hays, the electrical contract
on a high rise housing pro
ject of the Housing Authority
of Portland. A meeting with
national leaders of the Hotel
and Restaurant Employees
and Bartenders International
Union, AFL-CIO, resulted in
a written agreement and the
induction of the first Blacks
into that union.
Several
others were provided train
•ng.
“When I learned that the
banquet celebrating the 10th
Anniversary of Oregon’s Fair
Employment laws would be
held at the Hoyt Hotel,
which had just fired all of its
Black employees. I threat
ened to picket the affair.
The banquet was held at the
Hoyt, but not until after an
affirmative action agreement
was signed."
"The Branch made its ef
forts in the field of legis
lation. too. When I came
into office the Oregon Leg»-
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The Multnomah County Re
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held its first county conven
tion on Saturday. October 27
at the Sheraton Motor Inn.
People of all ages and
colors attended the one day
convention, which is sched
uled to become an annual
event.
Spirit*of '74 included group
seminars with discussion on
City-County Consolidation,
women in employment and
the Downtown Plan,
The
participants voted, a fte r
strong debate, not to support
City-County Consolidation.
However, there was unani
mous agreement that “per
sons should be employed,
treated and reimbursed on
ability and merit". The basic
goals of a downtown plan
were also supported.
Convention highlights in
cluded a panel discussion by
members of the media as to
their views of the Republican
Party. Congressman Wendel
Wyatt was guest speaker at
the banquet.
The Multnomah County
Republican Central Com
mittee is encouraging mi
nority participation in party
affairs. The party believes
that the Watergate scandal
should not discourage people
from learning and under
standing their county Re
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lature was attempting to
override Governor Mark Hat
field's veto of the new ap
prenticeship law that had
been passed by the previous
legislature. The NAACP had
sponsored this bill in 1965
when Reverend Grady Brown
was president.
This bill
placed the A pprenticeship
Council under the jurisdic
tion of the Commissioner of
labor, added public mem
tiers to break up the domi
nation by the craft unions,
and was designed to offer
more opportunity for mi
nority youth. Your effort in
1967 was to' block a com
promise that would have eli
minated the public members
and left labor in control."
The NAACP sponsored
three bills in the 1967 Legis
lative session.
Home Hill
1481 would have provided
mandatory damages and at
torney fees in eases involving
discrimination in public ac
commodation. HB 1549 had
the same provisions for dis
crimination in housing, and
HB 1508 would have ex
tended Oregon's FEPC laws
to all employees. All of the
bills failed to pass and when
HB 1508 was re-introduced
to the 1969 Legislature, it
failed again.
"The Branch supported the
reapportionment bill intro
duced in the 1969 session.
This hill would have provided
for one man legislative dis
tricts.
We also supported
Wally Priestley's bill which
would have included most of
Albina in one district and
would have given us at least
some chance of electing a
Black to the L egislature.
Neither of those bills passed
and because the Legislature
didn't act. Secretary of State
Clay Myers eventually had to
do the job and split Albina
four ways, which is a trage
dv."
"We participated in hear
ings and support of many of
the bills - consumer edu
ration, day rare licensing, 19
year old vote, etc."
On the national scene the
Branch stayed in close con
tact with Oregon's Congres
sipnat delegation and advised
them of our support of ex
tension of the voting rights
bill, strengthening PEPC
laws, the 18 year old vote,
and opposition to the Murphy
amendment limiting the ef
fectiveness of Legal Aid and
the W hitten amendment
making busing to achieve
desegregation unlawful. "Of
course two of our big cam
paigns were against the ap
pointment of Judges Cars
well and Haynsworth to the
Supreme Court."
Although Vickers is em
ployed as a teacher by the
Portland School District, he
and the Branch were active
in the field of education. The
Portland Branch has consis
tently demanded desegrega
tion of the Public Schools,
going back to Mayfield
W ebb's adm inistration in
1963, when NAACP pressure
brought about the study of
the Race and Education Com
mittee.
In the fall of 1968. the
Branch assisted parents at
Sabin who opposed the clos
ing of the first grade and
transfer of the students to
Eliot.
The school district
agreed to arrange a class at
Sabin for those children
whose parents wanted them
to remain there. The Branch
supported efforts of Black
students at Washington High
School who had been denied
permission to form a Black
Students group, and helped
organize Black Study Clubs
at Lincoln and Marshall, and
brought about the introduc
tion of a Black History class
at Lincoln.
When John Adams High
School opened in the fall of
1969, the Daughters of the
American Revolution p re
sented a flag to the student
body. The Black girl who
was chosen to receive it re
fused to accept it from a
"racist organization" and
many students walked out of
the assembly. During the
controversy that followed,
Vickers wrote to the princi
pal, Dr. Schwartz, and the
news media recommending
that the flag be returned to
the DAR. "Things were a
little uncomfortable. Dr. Sch
wartz thought I was being
disloyal to him, but 1 tried to
explain to him that my first
loyalty had to be to the
Black students and the com
munity." Vickers met daily
with a group of concerned
students and assited them in
making a com prehensive
study of the DAR. The stu
dent body held an election,
and through th«* educational
program of the Black stu
dents, the students voted to
return the flag
In 1970, the NAACP joined
with other organizations
the Urban League, the Al
bina Ministerial Alliance, the
Albina Citizen's Council, the
Black Beret, the Students
and Parents of Roosevelt
High School, and the Albina
Citizens Together itlEOl
and formed a Black Coalition.
The Coalition called a sue
cessful boycott of Roosevelt
High School following racial
incidents in and around the
school.
A committee ap
pointed by the school district
to investigate the circum
stances at Roosevelt found
that Black students had been
mistreated by members of
the staff. The boycott re
sulted in a change of ad
m inistration and improve
ments in the racial climate at
Roosevelt.
The Coalition
filed a suit against the school
district charging that disci
plinary procedures denied
students their constitutional
rights under the 1st and 14th
Amendments to the Consti
tution.
Judge Solomon of
the U.S. D istrict Court
agreed and ordered changes
in disciplinary procedures.
His decision was recently
upheld by the U.S. Court of
Appeals.
Because of his efforts with
the Black Coalition, Vickers,
along with Ed Mitchell, who
was chairman of the group,
was threateneil with "dis
ciplinary measures" by the
school district, but he re
fused to discontinue his ac
tivities with the Coalition
In March of 1969 the Black
students al Oregon State
University decided to leave
the university in protest and
the Branch endorsed their
decision: demanded an in
vestigation which showed
their charges of discrimina
tion to be true; provided
transportation Tor those who
required it; and obtained
scholarships for others. The
Branch requested an investi
gation of the use of federal
funds and hiring practices at
OSU by HEW and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
OSU was found to be defi
cient in its hiring practices.
Many other goals were ac
complished in the field of
education: a Black counselor
who was fired by OSU was
awarded a cask settlement:
when rumors circulated that
Black students from Jeffer
son and their families would
not be welcome at the foot
ball game in Medford, Vic
kers contacted the Mayor
and Chief of Police in Med
ford, which resulted in a
special meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce and a
letter of welcome to the
students of Jefferson: a bas
ketball letter was obtained
for a Black player for Lincoln
who had been denied his
letter; interceded on behalf
of Black students in Colton
whose parents accused the
school district of discrimina
tion; obtained scholarships
for Black students to go on
American Heritage Tours,
dress. A lot can be done for
individuals with problems if
you are willing to take the
time. Some problems can lie
solved with a phone call or a
letter, while others take legal
action or the threat of a suit.
The NAACP has a good
record in the courts, and not
many people want to force
an NAACP suit." Examples
of problems solved by per
sonal contact are: a furni
ture store that was using
racial identification on loan
forms; some cases involv ing
discrimination in housing and
employment; a case where
an employee asked for help
when the unions barred him
from hiring a Black; neigh
borhood disputes involving
Black and white children.
Cases that required inter
ceding of the NAACP Legal
Counsel, Keith Burns, in
eluding police brutality cases.
Black juveniles who received
harsher sentences at Juve
nile Court or stricter disci
pline hi the schools than
their white counterpart*; a
suit was filed against Gen
eral Motors; a teacher was
protected when she was in
timidated after objecting to
an alLwhite class at Sabin
Elementary School Ithe class
vv .IS desegregated); a suit was
filed against Singer Dress
Company when the owner
refused to accept a jacket
returned by Liz. Sheppard
and insulted her.
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"One area that takes a lot
of time is that of legal re
CARLOS
One of the largest cases
taken by the NAACP was
Mrs. Osly Gates' successful
slut against Georgia Pacific
for racial discrim ination.
Mrs Gates was represented
by Attorney Burns, with
assistance from the NAACP
Legal Defense Fund. Judge
Goodwin of the U.S. District
Court found Georgia Pacific
guilty of discrimination ami
ordered them to cease dis
criminating. This case is sti
on appeal.
Vickers also started the
new NAACP branches in
Oregon.
"The Corvallis
Branch is strong and very
active. The Salem Branch
suffered from lack of leader
ship after the first President
resigned, and it eventually
joined with the Corvallis
group.
A college chapter
was formed at Mt. /Xngel
etc.
The Portland Branch op
poses some sections of the
“Blanchard Plan", which in
volved decentralization and
creation of middle schools
and was called a plan for
desegregation. The Branch
opposed the fact that ele
mentary schools would re
main segregated, with middle
schools being developed in
areas that would promote
some desegregation
but
over a period of ten years.
"The National Office did not
agree with our opposition to
the plan and sent June
Shagalof, education director,
and Leonard Carter, Director
of the Western Region, to
tell us. They wanted us to
accept it as a good first
step". Carter even threat
ened to remove the Branch's
charter, stating that maybe
the President didn't agree
with NAACP policy. I see
now that the president of the
Atlanta Board, Lonnie King,
has been removed from office
because he supported a com
promise plan that did much
more for Blacks than the
Blanchard Plan proposed to
do, yet they wanted us to
accept a plan that would
have left the elementary
schools segregated."
M o tt reasonable shop in town
College.
This group was
very active in the grape
boycott and several members
spent Thanksgiving in the
Salem jail when they were
arrested for peacefully pic
keting a supermarket.”
The NAACP also was
active in many areas of
the community.
Memorial
Marches were held for Dr.
Martin Luther King and Sen
ator Robert Kennedy. Each
year Negro History Week
was observed with a special
meeting and historical dis
plays. In 1968 the Branch
obtained the Proclamation of
Negro History Week in Port
land by Mayor Terry Schrunk
and, in 1970, a statewide
prodam ation by G overnor
McCall. Clarence Mitchell,
head of the NAACP Wash
ington Bureau, came to Port
land and met with several
hundred businessmen and
corporation representatives.
"We worked hard and kept
the NAACP before the pub
lie. The people knew the
NAACP was alive in Port
land."
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