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Democrats dissociate with Green’s D.C. stand
The re so lu tio n reads:
"T h e M ultnom ah C ounty
Demis'ratic Central Commit
tee notes with sorrow the
action id the House id Repre
senlatives on self determina
lion for the D istrict of Colum
bin.
We reject any 'com
promise' on basic Democratic
rights. The people of Wash
ington, D.C. deserve full self
The M ultnom ah C o .n ty
Democratic Central Commit
tee overwhelmingly pained
ii resolution Wednesday eve
ning calling (or statehood for
the D istrict of Columbia.
The resolution was directed
to H ep re a e n ta tive E d ith
Green (Dem. Oregon) who
w ill one of the leaders of the
opposition to statehood.
rule, including the right to
budget their funds, the right
to name the judges in their
courts, and the right to elect
all responsible officials for
their city.
"W e s tro n g ly dissociate
ourselves with Edith Green
on her position and real
firm our strong support for
statehood for the D istrict of
Columbia."
Passage of the resolution
by a 120 to 27 vote followed
a lengthy debate and finally
the deletion of the para
graph, " I t is a source of
great shame to us, and to all
Multnomah County residents,
that Representative Edith
Green emerged as a leading
opponent of meaningful self
government for our nation's
■apital."
PORTLAND
Volume 4. No. 4
Portland. Oregon
THE O N IY
NEWSPAPER IN
CARES AROUT
Veterans charge "benign neglect”
were provided education and
who had top priority on the
job market. He feels there
will be no improvement until
the citizens gain respect for
and give recognition to the
Vietnam veterans.
He has
seen veterans drop out of
school because their checks
were late, and sees others
who need medical care and
who need th«-ir disabilities
reassessed and their pay
menls increased. Other vet
erans cannot attend school
because there is not ade
quate cheap housing and no
allowance is made for trans
portal ion cost s.
Art Center gains new strength
nurture and grow. However,
Director Earl Debnarn as
sures "more volunteers and
community support and in
volvement are always needed
and appreciated."
Candidates
announce
PSU gets Criminal Justice study
Portland State U niversity
has accepted an invitation to
become a member of a na
tional Criminal Justice Edu
rational Development Con
sortium funded by the Law
Enforcement Assistance Ad
ministration.
During the next 33 months.
PSU w ill receive $6<M).(MM) to
develop a Crim inal Justice
Research Center and doctoral
level program to prepare
criminal justice leaders of
the future.
The new research center
w ill have as its first function
the task of identifying the
kinds of jobs and people that
w ill be needed in the future.
This identification is the first
step in the curriculum plan
ning process, which the Uni
versity said is expected to
take two years and to tie in
to one of l ’ SU's existing
doctoral programs in either
urban studies or systems
science.
LL E A has recently awarded
PSU an additional $49,285 to
provide stipends for graduate
students this year who are
involved in research related
to criminal justice. This sum
is in addition to PSU'a an
Passbook savings are
compounded constantly from
day of deposit to day of withdrawal
Franklin
Robert H Hazen, Pres • 22 Offices • Phone 248-1234
Home O ffice fra n k lin Bldg Portland, Oregon 97204
nual LEEP (Law Enforce
m ent E ducation P rogram )
fu n d in g of a p p ro x im a te ly
$175,000 each year.
Eventually the consortium
also w ill involve an exchange
of students, faculty and in
formation not only between
consortium members but with
other institutions around the
world concerned w ith crim i
nal justice study and re
search.
Consortium mem
bers are Michigan State,
Northeastern, Arizonia State,
the University of Nebraska
and the U niversity of Mary
land.
Project director for the
consortium is Charles Tracy,
acting director of PSU s ad
m inistration of justice pro
gram.
The University's entry into
the consortium has grown
out of its administration of
justice program, which pre
pares students for careers in
general and specific law en
forcement, criminal invest i
g a tio n , crim e p re v e n tio n ,
supervision, treatment and
control of juvenile and adult
offenders, training and edu
cation, personnel supervision
and planning and research.
Class enrollment has grown
over 385 percent during the
past five years, from ap
proximately 125 in 1968 69 Io
475 in 1972 73.
C urrently,
there are around 200 degree
candidates and 10 certificate
candidates.
Approximately
50 students enrolled each
quarter are in service crimi
nal justice professionals.
Full time faculty includes
Tracy and Gary Perlstein,
association program director.
Lee P. Brown, program dir
ector, is on leave at Howard
University.
the Oregon State Senate,
said, "I think it's about tim r
that the Central Committee
expressed its views on the
rights of the citizens of
Washington, D.C. to enjoy
full citizenship.
I certainly
hope any action taken by
Congress w ill not result in
the D istrict being added to
another state or allow the
rights of the citizens to ex
OBSERVER
AN EO U A l OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
THE WHOLE WIPE WORLD THAI REAttY
to attend PCC or Ml. Hood
tain employment.
Veterans who testified at
Community College. II«' also
Some veterans felt there
the Mayor’s Task Force on
ure opportunities available
questioned the V A ’s inclusion
Returning Veterans hearing
in it's handbook of private
but that they do not know
held ul the Cascade campus
trade schools that charge
how to get to them. They
of Portland Community Col
high fees and give little ser
claim that they are not in
lege last T h u rsd a y com
vice.
These schools are
plained of economic problems
formed by the VA of their
designated 'GI approved' ami
options and o p p o rtu n itie s .
and what they termed "foul
the VA does not tell the
up»" by the Veterans Ad
veteran that it does not
ministration. The hearing is
Others feel the various pro
a c tu a lly a p p ro v e th e s e
one of a series held to deter
grams were just so much
schools.
mine the course of Project
talk and that nothing w ill be
Another problem discussed
Return", the city's program
done to assist them.
was the one of employment.
to assist returning Vietnam
David Myers, an instructor
Veterans are often not given
veterans.
at PCC, feels the basic prob
credit by employers or unions
Robert Teffee said the
lem is the attitude of society
for training and experience
Vietnam veteran has been
toward the Vietnam veter
they received in the service.
depersonalized by the gov
Their treatm ent is
A lth o u g h many are ex ans.
ernment and the people and
much different from that of
perienced in technical and
th a t P ro je ct R e tu rn and
trade fields, they cannot ob World War 11 veterans who
similar programs serve as
buffers to lim it the hostility
of veterans. "You have to go
from agency to agency to
straighten out the mess the
V e te r a n ’ s A d m in is tra tio n
makes,"
by Rosemary Allen
Many veterans complained
live drawing, candle making,
A fte r a forced hibernation
about the inadequacies of the
I Kittery making, oil painting
$221) a month allowance for because of a lack of funds,
and water colors.
students. This amount must the Albina A rt Center is now
Jazz m usician conductor
Extensive and
cover tu itio n , books and awakening.
and former I’SU jazz band
living expenses
Many vet p ro fe ssio n a lly c o n stru cte d
instructor Thara Memory is
erans have a continuous classes and workshops are
Director of the Music De
problem of not receiving now being held daily at the
partment at the Albina A rt
their checks on time. Those center, in an effort to fill
Center. Classes in reading
who are unable to find work the need for cultural ex
and w riting music are held at
cannot live on $220 a month pression in Albina.
3:00 on Thursdays. A jazz
Director Earl Debnatn said
and are forced to drop out of
band is also being formed at
that the renter plan«
the center.
Edward Good diacussed the enart membership again soon
Jazz. African, ballet, and
lark of service offered by the and hopes to triple the
modern dance classes w ill
VA to veterans who are not record of 2500 member* set
begin this month at the cen
sure about what type of in the past.
ter. Call 288 6766 for more
The A r t D e p a rtm e n t,
education they should pur
information.
In drama, a
sue. The VA does not pro under direction of Lee T ill
class in fundamentals of art
v id e in fo r m a tio n a b o u t ander, a graduate of PSU,
ing w ill soon be offered.
schools or what type of prob offers classes from 5 to 9
The Albina A rt Center is
lema might be encountered p.m. for adults, 3 to 5 p.m. for
moving steadily towards its
at each school
housing grade school and 9 a.m. to 12
ultimate goal: To serve as
shortage, lack of jobs, etc. noon for pre schoolers Mon
an umbrella under which the
He said moBt veterans in the day through Friday.
The
cultural seeds in Albina can
Portland area feel they have selections of art include crea
G ladys McCoy, School
Hoard member and precinct
committeewoman, said of the
decision, "I am pleased that
we faced the issue squarely
for statehood for the people
of Washington. DO., and
that we have used our politi
cal voice to speak out against
those who would oppose this
act of justice."
John Toran, candidate for
P A U L BIGMAN
Paul Bigman. tormer Prt»si
dent of the Young Demo
cratic Clubs of Oregon, has
announced his candidacy for
the Oregon House of Repre
s e n la tiv e s from D is tric t
Twelve. He w ill run in the
Democratic primary against
long lime incumbent Grace
Peck.
(Please turn to pg. 4. col. 4)
Ihur^day. November 15, 1973
PEOPLE
IOr per copy
Professor rejects
"disadvantage label”
Dr. N orm a* . ohnson, pro
fessor at Carnegie M illon
U niversity in Pittsburg, ad
dressed the Second Annual
Vocational Inservice Day at
V ocational V illa g e F rid a y ,
November 9th.
Dr. Johnson called upon
school personnel to refrain
from labeling people as dis
advantaged and then pro
ceeding to deny them oppor
tunity because of this label.
Children are labeled disad
vantaged if they are physi
ra lly or m e n ta lly handi
capped, are Black or come
from lo w e r so. io economic
groups, he said. Then they
are deprived of the oppor
tunities provided for "nor
mal" children.
What they
can or cannot learn, the
types of jobs they can train
for, even the purely social
aspects of their lives are
determined for them.
He
admits that some children
w ill, for various reasons,
have a more difficult time
learning particular material,
but he believe« they should
be given the opportunity and
the assistance necessary to
enable them to earn.
Expectations of those who
are labeled handicapped
change.
Children who a
short time ago were con
sidered uneducable are now
being trained in vocations.
M e n ta lly re ta rd e d people
have been denied certain
social responsibilities, includ
ing sexual experience, yet
now the experts have de
cided that they are capable
of these things.
The deci
sum, Johnson said, should
not be made by society, but
by the individual.
The same stigmas are ap
plied to Black children, Dr.
Johnson said. Socio-economic
data are used to explain why
schools do not teach Black
youngsters. The important
factor in learning is the re
lationship between the pupil
and the teacher. If the child
is given the opportunity to
learn and the teacher has a
positive relationship within,
he w ill learn. On the other
hand, if he is deprived of all
opportunity to learn because
he is labeled "disadvantaged"
his chances of fulfilling his
potential are lost.
Detroit elects Black
Coleman A. Young, a Black
State Senator in Michigan,
was elected Mayor of De
tro it. He defeated the city’s
former police commissioner,
John F. Nichols, in a non
partisan election.
Young. 55, was active in
the labor movement in the
1940's and 1950's and has
been a state senator since
1964 Blacks make up nearly
50 percent of the population
of D etroit.
Young joins a growing
group of Black mayors in the
nation.
On October 16th.
Vice Mayor Maynard Jackson
was elected mayor of A t
lanta.
Several other large
cities have Black mayors,
in clu d in g :
Theodore M.
Berry, who was appointed by
the Cincinnati City Council in
December of 1972; Thomas
Bradley, elected mayor of
Los Angeles last summer;
Kenneth Gibson, who was
elected mayor of Newark in
1970; W illiam S. Hart. Jr. of
East Orange, New Jersey,
who is chairman of the
National Black Caucus of
Local Elected Officials; and
Richard G. Hatcher, who was
elected mayor of Gary, Indi
ana in 1967.
The first
elected Blark mayor of a
major city was Carl B. Stokes,
who was elected mayor of
Cleveland in November of
1967.
W a lte r W ashington has
been mayor of Washington,
D.C. since August of 1967.
but that post is not elective.
The mayor and city council
man are appointed by the
President.
M ayor
visits AMA
Mayor Neil Goldschmidt
w ill be the guest speaker at
the Albina Ministerial Gen
eral Meeting on November
26 at 7:00 p.m. at Vancouver
Avenue First Baptist Church,
3138 N. Vancouver.
The Mayor w ill share his
concerns about City County-
Consolidation w ith the minis
ters. Also, there w ill be a
question and answer period.
A ll ministers and others in
terested in the subject are
inv ned to attend.
With the rut back or clos
ing of the agencies which in
the past addressed them
selves to people needs, this
meeting is even more im
portant as the Black com
munity goes through this
transition.
press themselves through ap
propriate governmental facili
ties to lie diminished."
State Senator Vern Cook
voted for the resolution as
amended. He felt the resolu
tion, without mention of Mrs.
Green, spoke to the point at
issue and that emotional ref
erences to Mrs. Green were
not necessary He is in favor
of full statehood for the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Dick Celsi voted for the
stronger motion, but said he
could live with the motion as
passed. "I think the people
of D.C. are entitled to repre
sentation like any other citi
zen and I hope our Congress
woman w ill recognize that
and act on it.” Although he
does not feel that condem
nation of Mrs. Green is es
sential to the issue, he does
not think the stronger pro
posal was a personal attack
"But you cannot separate the
person's stand on the issue
from the issue itself," he
said. He hopes the act of the
Central Committee w ill bring
attention to Mrs. Green's
stand on many issues, which
he feels is out of step with
the m ajority of Oregon Demo
crats.
Tom Walsh, who was Mrs.
Green's 1972 campaign man
ager, thought the resolution
was a direct personal attack
on Mrs. Green. He feels that
attacks such as this just
make her more persistent in
her beliefs and that one can
see the logic in her position
if he tries.
He considers
opposing views to be healthy.
Paul Bigman. candidate for
the House of Representa
tives. disagrees He believes
Mrs. Green is out of touch
with the views of the people
of her district and the people
need to be told how she is
voting.
He attributes her
resignation from the House
Committee on Washington,
D.C. to the effort that was
made to denounce her a
year ago.
Howard W illits. Represen
tative for D istrict 21. said.
"The D istrict of Columbia
has for too long been under
the domination of racist, re
actionary Southern Congress
people. This move w ill help
to free the people in D.C.,
but it does not go far
enough Our representative
in the Congress. Edith Green,
should be in the vanguard of
this effort, not dragging her
feet."
Senator B ill Stevenson
voted for the resolution and
favors statehood for the peo
ple of Washington. D.C.
Betty Overton, comparing
Mrs Green to Watergate,
said "A cancer in the Demo
cratic Party is just as bad as
a cancer in the Republican
Party."
A year the Central Com
mitlee failed in an attempt to
censor Mrs. Green on her
stand against statehood (or
Washington, D.C., implying
that her opposition was based
on the fact that Blacks make
up a m ajority of the district.
Mrs. Green deined race was
a factor in her decision.
The C e n tra l C om m ittee
also voted to ask Governor
Tom McCall to refuse ex
(Please turn to pg. 3, col. 7)
Myers seeks governorship
Secretary of State Clay
Myers announced his candi
dacy fo r the Republican
Party nomination to the of
fice of Governor of Oregon
on Saturday, November 10th
in Portland. The announce
ment was made during an
all day statew ide meeting of
M yers' frie n d s and sup
porters.
Myers spoke of the need
for a bi partisan effort to
solve Oregon's problems:
"In the future, as in the
past, the issues facing us in
Oregon are not partisan is
sues, of concern only to
Democrats or to Republi
cans - they are issues fac
ing all of our citizens.
"There must be no par
tisanship in the solutions to
such problems as:
proper
use of the land, new sources
of energy for Oregon, mean
ingfui education for your
youth, better health care (or
our people, increased food
production from agriculture,
and new and diversified job
opportunities for ourselves
and our children."
Of the energy crisis he
said: "The years ahead w ill
teach us that it is not simply
a m atter of reducing our
wattage in order to get by.
It may mean, indeed, that we
have to revise our way of
living drastically.
“ We must not delude our
selves into believing that
today’s shortages are arti
ficial or temporary, and that
after a little token belt
tightening, we can go on-
with life as usual."
“ No candidate for Gover
nor can promise the people
of Oregon to solve the energy
C LAY MYERS
crisis and the fuel shortage,
and miraculously replenish
all of the other critical ma
te ria ls th a t are in such
desperately short supply."
He spoke of efficiency in
state government, saying “ In
terms of our economy, it is
not enough to say we need to
a d ju st to changing c irc u m
stances and work to provide
a higher quality of services
for Oregonians. It must be
noted explicitly that there
ju s t is n 't enough public
money available to do all we
m ight like to do.
"In these times of eco
nomic sluggishness and spiral-
(Please turn to pg. 4, col. 4)
Impeachment meet set
The Ad Hoc Committee
to Impeach Nixon w ill spon
sor a Tow n Meeting at 12:00
noon. Saturday, November
17th in the Portland State
U niversity Ballroom. A walk
from Women's Park at 4th
and S.W. Main Street to
PSU w ill precede the meet
ing. The walk w ill begin at
11:00 a.m.
A ll citizens in
terested in this article are
invited to participate.
Jones addresses NAACP
DAW N ANDERSON
Chalmers Jones, the newly
appointed Ombudsman for
the State of Oregon, w ill
speak on Sunday, November
18th, at 4 p.m (or the Gen
eral Membership meeting of
the NAACP.
Dawn Anderson announced
her candidacy for the House
of Representatives in Dis
tric t 14.
Originally from
Wisconsin, twenty five year
old Ms. Anderson has lived
in the district for five years.
She is employed by Portland
Community College, working
in the Audio-Visual Center,
and during the last three
years has attended the North
P o rtla n d campus of the
school. While attending she
(Please turn to pg. 4, col. 4)
A ccording to P re sid e nt
Ellis Casson. this w ill be
Jones first public address in
the community since his ap
pointment by Governor Tom
McCall last month.
Jones
w ill speak on W hat's I t All
About
And How We Can
Help".
Jones served as Special
Assistant to the D irector of
the Department of Human
Resources before his appoint
ment as administrator of the
Special Programs Division
last year.
Previously he
worked 16 years for the
State Department of Em
ployment.
Included among
his positions were assign
ment as manager of the
Youth Opportunity Center in
Portland and supervisor of
Target Programs in the Port
land Metropolitan area.
He is a member and past
chairman of the Public Em
plover Retirement System
Board, a former member of
the PMSC and Model Cities
Planning Boards, a member
of Kappa Alpha Psi Frater
nity, the NAACP and the
Urban League.
The meeting w ill be held
at First AME Zion Church,
S kidm ore and Vancouver.
The public is invited.
Big Brother John Wilkinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wilkinson of Southwest Portland,
helps entertain his young companion from the Albina Day Care Center.
Students visit children's center
It was Big Brother Big
Sister Day at The Hall iSt.
Helen's, Bishop Dagwell Hall)
last week as the eighth
graders entertained the chil
d ren from PMSC A lb in a
Child Development Center.
In total, 15 children came,
ranging from three to five
years of age, together with
th e ir teachers and room
mothers. Mrs. Peggy Gar
re tt, teacher of the purple
room at the Child Develop
ment C enter, emphasized
that the youngsters are in
volved in a learning ex
perience. "We do more than
just babysit these young
sters," she said, "and we re
funded by the Headstart
Program."
A ll in all, everyone had a
good time.
The eighth
graders b ro u g h t re fre sh
ments from home and also
provided the entertainment,
playing such games as "Fish"
and "Musical Chairs".
The Big Brother Big Sister
Day was organized by the
eighth grade English class,
under the «direction of Mrs.
Kathy McPherson. The class
plans to offer monthly acti
vities for the Albina young
sters, and are planning to
take them to the zoo and also
for a visit of the Enchanted
Forest near Salem.