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□ Tenants Charge HAP Negligence Tenant» complain that the Housing A uthority of Portland ha» neglected to make property owner» repair leaned housing facilities. Hole under sidewalk is one of the dangers stressed. PORTLAND Volume 4. No. 5 Portland, Oregon by Ed Whelan, K V X I Radio New» Service since W o rld W ar II " He added, "It's no longer a debatable subject; we have an energy crisis." If in fart Mr. Dole is right about the economic outlook, and if Dole is right about the oil shortage, and if history i n ) » MM-gJ ¿a e gaidelue. during limes when the eco nomy of the nation is in had shape, the rich are forced to live like the present middle class, the present middle class are forced Io live like the present poor, and the present poor are forced to live in a condition of ecu nom ir d e sp e ra tio n , barely scratching out a humane fO U A l ORMO«TUNITY IM F IO Y H living. The laws of supply and demand ran only cause fuel prices to t o sky ro c k e t, putting the prices of oil and gasoline further out of the reach of the nation's poor. Several leaders around the country arc already fore seeing this as,iect of the energy crisis, and most feel the only way to solve the problem is to urge members of the Congress to allow fuel allorations or allotments to the people that w ill feel the effect of the energy crisis most. So far this idea has not even been brought up officially, either at the local or federal level. And it most likely won't until the nation, indigent through a united effort, puts some pressure on g o ve rn m en ta l o ffic ia ls to adopt such a policy. w ith a ste e p bank ill the fro n t. T h e » M irw .iv s going do w n th e h ill an o ergrown w ith weeds .m il m e-, and th e h a n d ra il on • > . s ta irw a y is c o m p le te ly h .ddi by o ve r g ro w th . M ud »biles dow n th e h ill a m i o n io the side w a lk below . Beside Ihe d o o rw a v ol one a p a rtm e n t is a large hole made by ra in ru n n in g o il ihe eaves o f th e house The w a te r ru n s dow n the hole, u n d e r th e s id e w a lk and dow n th e bank m a k in g a large d itc h . Tenant» tear th a t a c h ild w ill fa ll in the hole o r A large group ol Portland residents met at Portland State U niversity Saturday to urge the impeachment of President Nixon. The rally was preceded by a march from downtown Portland. sihle for local businessmen to take advantage of in depth information on implementing a program to utilize the skills and services of m inority en t repreneurs. The major speaker was Robert P. O'Malley of Gov ernment Industrial Relations and M inority Enterprises of Ihe Small Business Adminis tration in Washington. D. (’ . w ho spoke on "The StaUis of M inority Business in the USA" Featured speakers includ ed; Charles Sterling, the Development Council of New York C ity; Jim Sitzman, Hu man Relations Committee of ' J MS 1n ; X « c p le n tifu l on th e sid e w a lk th a t some ot th e te n a n ts w en* a lra id to v e n tu re out a t n ig h t. I In fro n t v a rd ol one u n it is co ve re d w ith b a rk dust instead ol grass. I n d e r the b a rk is a p la s ti ■ sheet, and w hen it ra in s th e p la s tic flo a ts to Ihe to p w h e re the c h ild re n am i dogs te a r at it. M ary .Io A ll. w ho has lived in Ihe six p le x fo r fo u r ye a rs, saol she ha n e ve r been atde to gel s a tis fa c to ry se rvice fro m I 'r b a n D e v e lo p m e n t OBSERVER The United Stales Supreme Court has affirmed the fish ing rights of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians in Western Washington. The unanimous decision overturned Ihe Washington Supreme Court decision that allowed the stale to prohibit Indian net fishing for steel head in the Puyallup River The U.S. Supreme Court decision said that the Treaty of Medicine Creek requires the state to allow commercial fishing by the Indian people. The court said the state can set some limits on the catch to preserve the fish. The decision is the result of a long dispute between the Puyallup Tribe and other Indian groups and the State of Washington. The Indians claim that their treaty right to fish in "all the accustomed places" gave them the right to fish at any tim e and to use m od e rn m ethods. T he s ta le c la iin e il it could r e s tr ic t In dian fis h in g to conserve fish a ix l th a t th e In d ia n fis h in g should have no b e n e fits not a ffo rd e d Io th e w h ite fis h in g in d u s try . The c o n flic t sometim es reached the point of violence when the Indians staged "fish ins" on the Puyallup River and the stale |.olii-e and game officials made mass arrests and confiscated fish ing equipment and boats. "Fish ms" were followed by sit ins at the Washington State Capital, which sits on land claimed by the Puyal lups. Dick (iregory became in leresled in the Indian move menl for freedom during the early "fish ins". He was ar rested and sentenced to the C ounty J a il in O lym pia. where he begat one o f his first fasts. W a s h in g to n S ta ll G ame D ir e c t o r C a r l R o u st- ex pressed s u rp r is i at I hi- ileei sion. sa yin g . " I am anxious to see if It g iv e * them th a t E TIME for giving For a free gift to give or keep, save now at the Ben). FranWln Deposit to $5,000 and choose your gift from our collection of famous Timex and Swiss watches Offer good while they last, for new deposits only, one per customer 5'A% per annum on passbook savings, compounded constantly, day in to day out B w ij.® Franklin Robert H Hasan. Pisa • 22 0111c«» • Phon« 24S 1234 Horna Ottica Franklin Bldg Portland. Oragon 97204 < or,Miration or from HAP. to ile t T h e re was a b ro k e n w in dow in the liv in g room lo r o v e r tw o years w h ic h was not re p a ire d u n til someone b ro ke it out a n il stole her c h ild 's bicycle H e r s lid in g back d o o r 's m o u n te d b a rk w a rd s and can lie p rie d o ff the ru n n e r am i rem o ve d . A w indow on her lie d ro o m has been tiro k e n fo r tw o years. T he room s are to be p a in te d e v e ry tw o years, b u t th is has not (M en done. Each y e a r Ms. A ll and the o th e r te n a n ts have had to ask co n tin u o u sly to get any th in g done to th e y a rd . In M ay of 1972 some o f th e weeds w ere c u t. b u t n o th in g was done th is year. A te n a n t w h o has been in her a p a rtm e n t fo r a b o ut tw o m onths s till has no d ra p e s, and m ust use b la n k e ts to t r y to co ve r th e w in d o w s . Her h asn't been th e n is no th i CHIOS» it stool is b ro ke n re p a ire d c o v e r on and and the \ n e ig h b o r. W a lte r John son, h r I to w a it a fa tu l th re e weeks io get a lock on his fro n t d o o r and had to use the w indow to get in T h e re are m is s in g d ra w e rs in th i k itc h e n and no medicine cabi net. A n o th e r la d y , w h o has sm all c h ild re n , o b je c ts to th e comb lio n s o f th e y a rd , and es p e n a lly to th e b ro k e n ra il ings and th e hole She had no c o m p la in t s a b o u t h e r apartment. The tenant' usually go to HAP with their problems R e p re s e n ta tiv e s of H A P sa.v they a re unable to co n tact th e re p re s e n ta tiv e s o f I rban D e v e lo p m e n t C o r p o r a t io n , W a lte r K re m m e l. O th e r tenants call I rban Develop men! Corporation for Krem mel, but are told he is out of town Some think HAP has made an effort to obtain w hat they are i ntitied to have, hu' others say HAP ha» been negligent and in sensitiv e Hetty Peden from HAP stated that she is in the pro cess of w riting to Kremmel again. She said if he does not respond HAP can have the work done and charge it to the owner. She is now starling that process. She said he did finally cut some of the brush last year under pressure, but dkl nothing this year. Ms. Peden said vandalism has been a prob lem and that Kremmel has lost furnishings and fixtures through theft. Kremmel was not avail able for comment. H»r per ropv Partnpants in the rally included the Ad Hoc Com mittee to ImjM-arh the Presi dent, the American Civil Liberties Union, the z\meri can Indian Movement, the Multnomah County Demo Pur*land; Theodore Adams, Jr.. Executive Director of the National Association- of Black Manufacturors, Inc.; and H. Melton of Sun Dll Company. One of the highlights of the seminar was the presentation of Program Awards for out standing achievements in the Minority Vendor Programs. Recipients included A tlantic Richfield Company, the (Tor ox Company. Sun Oil Com pany. the Development Coun ci! of New York City, and Lev i Strauss and Company. Panel members included II. G. Tolliver. Manager of the M in o rity Vendor D evelop ment Program for Atlantic Richfield Company; Scott E. Foster. Jr., Director of Pur chasing for Tektronix, Inc.; G. Rodney Garside, Avon Com pany; Ronald A. McFadden, Freightliner; Daniel 1,. White, U.S. Atomic Energy Commia sion; R. M. "Mick" Maurer, Executive Assistant, Portland Federal Executive Board; Pi ter E. Haas. Jr., Director of the M inority Purchasing Pro gram of Levi Strauss and Company; Charles M. Math ews. Director of Purchasing for Braniff international A ir Lines; P.E. Freeman, Jr., As sistant Vice President, Bank of America; Reginal Kaiser, Bonneville Power Adminis tration; and Charles (Chuckl Smith. Greyhound Corpora tion. D r. Donald D. Parker, Dean of Portland State University School of Business Adminis tration. and Harvey Rice, Ex ecutive Director of M EDIA, participated in the planning and implementation of the Seminar. According to V. Lester Jarkson, those who attended the seminar took part in the discussions and seemed to fed that their time was well s|«-nt in attending. cratic Party, and organized labor. C harles D avis o f the A m erican C iv il L ib e rtie s Union said President Nixon gave us the words with which to impeach him in his 196# speech accepting the Republican nomination when he called for law and order. Davis said the ACLU only asks that Nixon be impeached and does not demand that he lie brought to criminal trial. He asked for "a m ilitant cru sade against crime and a return to a single standard of justice for all Americans." Doreen laibby said the message of Watergate is that money talks and that "We the people are the silent m ajority; We, thi- people, are Nixon's enemies." Shi- called on the people to demand im peachment and not merely wait for Congress to act. The only force equal to the corporate jxiwer that txiught Nixon the presidency is the united spirit of the people, she said. Fred Russell of the Com munication Workers Union urged the grass roots to ini tiate a movement "to urge Congress to take the legal actions to straighten out the farce we have in Washington today." He reviewed the Charles Crews, owner of Chuck's St. Johns Cyclers, w ill donate a bicycle to a needy child this Christmas. Anyone who knows a child who needs a bicycle or t r i cycle and who would not otherwise receive one, is asked to send the child's name and address, his par ent’s or guardian's name, and a short description of why he should be the recipient to Chuck's St. Johns Cyclery or the Portland Observer by December 15th. The selection w ill he made hv Mr. Crews; A.I.. Render son, publisher of Ihe Ob server; and Roy J. Harris of Brother Productions. superior r ig h t o v e r w h ite people lo r c o m m e rc ia liz a tio n o f o u r fis h e rie s resource." In d ia n spokesm en consider the decision a v ic to ry . They m a in ta in th a t the sta te 's e ffo rts at c o n s e rv a tio n w ere Albina Action Center seeks board members The election of eleven new members to The Albina Ac lion Center Board of D irer tors for three year terms of office w ill be held on Satur day. Decem ber 15, 1973. Filing dates arc November 10 thru December 12, 1973. The Albina Action Center is a non profit corporation of residents organized to combat poverty. It operates a Com mumty Action and Neighbor Citizens ask Nixon impeachment TIME for saving 1 families. The six plex s its on a h ill, th a t th e sid e w a lk w ill col lapse B a ls come out <d th e vines that grow lip o v e r th e side w alk and a ro u n d th e back of some of the u n its . D u rin g the s iiu 'iiiia th i v w e re so Washington Indians gain fishing victory Seminar features Black business More than one hundred businessmen participated in the discussions and work shops during the M inority Vendor's Seminar held Oct tober 31 and November I at the Jantzen Bearh Thunder bird Motor Inn. acording to V. [.ester Jackson, president of V. Ix-ster Jackson and assoc iates, one of the sponsors of the seminar. Jackson pointed out that the other sponsors, Metropol itan Economic Development Industrial Alliance, Incorp orated; M E D IA , Inc.; and the Portland Slate U niversity School of Business Admints tration. helped make it pos homes fro m p n . i l e in d iv i duals fo r re n t fo i low income Thursday. November 22. 1973 J M O N l Y k « W i£ A £ H I N I H ^ J ¡ O t O t £ iiiWID¿iJ ¡ ^ n o n ¡ I A I J O M l ^ BCA¿K A(»OUIBiiP fO H ^ Energy crisis real The energy crisis ix real and it w ill hit poor people the hardest. That’» the con elusion that could be drawn after listening to the speech former Assistant Secretary of the Interior, and present G eneral M anager o f the Colony Department Opera lion for the A tlantic Rich field Company, James Dole, gave to members of the downtown Rotary Club this week. Dole told club members that because of the energy crisis, "This country is only weeks away from its most severe economic dislocation AN K number tenants living in a six plea on North Kirby Flat is leased by the Housing A uthority of Portland from the U rban D evelopm ent Corporation have found the facilities and service to in- grossly inadequate The tenants claim the owners have been completely irresponsible and HAP has not seen that they honor the lease agreement. Upkeep on the yard and the buildings is the re s p o n s ib ility of the owner, if HAP is not sue eessful i l l gelling necessary repairs and upkeep, they can have the work done and take the money from the rent payment, or they ran terttii nale I he lease. HAP leases A F L -C IO 's O ctober 22nd resolution calling for the re sig n a tio n of P re sid e nt Nixon and slated that since this has not oecured. the A F L CIO is oow calling for impeachment. He read from the union statment. "I m il Richard Nixon is removed from office, we w ill not be able to get Watergate behind us. We w ill not be able to proceed with sober and con structive solutions to our economic and social problems at home or to the dangers of war in the world." The rally continued to al low citizens to express their opinions and ask questions about the impeachment pro cedure. hrxxt Development Program. Six of the eleven positions to be filled w ill be low income or representatives of the poor. These persons must be residents of the area and elected by vote of the reai dents. Five positions w ill be com m unity at large re present atives. These may be filled by any individual who lives, works or owns property or a business in the area or who is actively involved in a Com munity Project serving the area. E ligibility to file for election and to vote are the same: any resident of the Albina geo graphic area who is 18 years of age and older, and any person w ho is employed in the area or who is actively involved in Community Pro ject. regardless of place of residence. Valid indentification will be required to vote. Applications are available at the Albina Action Center. 707 N.E. Knott during the hours 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. FILING D E A D LIN E is 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 12. 1973. Transportation to Tile for election and vote w ill be provided for Senior citizens, handicapped persons or shut ins. Phone 288 8345 for assistance or additional in formation. Ebony Fashions visit Portland The 16th annual prixluc tion of Ebony Fashion Fair w ill appear in Portland at the Paramount Civic Theatre on December 16th at 5:00 p.m. This famed traveling fashion show is produced by- Ebony magazine in Chicago and is sponsored here by the Portland Chapter of Links. The show w ill benefit The United Negro College Fund, the Phil Reynolds Memorial S cholarship Fund and the Annetta T. Brown Memorial Fund. The array of spectacular garm ents were p ersonally selected by M rs. Eunice W. Johnson, producer and director of the show, during her visits to the fashion centers in Home, Naples, Paris and London, as well as New York. Los Angeles and Chicago. The traveling show con sists of some 200 creations complete with accessories. 9 female models, 2 male models, a commentator, music director, stage and business managers and wardrobe staff. The show is appearing in 79 cities coast to coast and is the only traveling production of its kind. Mrs. Conrad McConnell and Mrs. W alter Sayles, the chair men of the benefit pt-rfor manee, indicate ticket sales are going exceptionally well and expect an even larger attendance than the last show. Mrs. Ben Berry is the ticket chairman. Tickets may he purchased from the members of the Portland Chapter of Links. The show- presented before was a sell out. There are only a limited number of reserved seat tic kets and they are selling very fast. The tickets are $10.00 for reserved seats and $8.(M> for general admission. Each ticket entitles you to a one year su b scrip tio n to Ebony magazine or a six month subscription to Jet Magazine. There w ill be a door prize a round trip' ticket for tw o to Hawaii a b o a rd U n ite d A ir lin e s . There w ill be a no-host ox-k tail hour at the Hilton Hotel preceding the show. actually harassment and that Indians are always careful to preserve the n a tu ra l re sources. Indian fishermen have also had problems in seeking their fishing rights on the Coltim Ina. Washington State Police hav i met with armed resis lance when they attempted to stop fishing at Cook's landing. The Oregon State Police also confiscated Indian equipment on the Columbia, but after loosing a Court case, this practice stopped. MC plans festival A gala evening tilled with music, food, dancing and fashions is planned for Dec ember 1st by the Citizens Participation Committee of Model Cities. The event w ill be held at the Cascade Col lege Student Union Building, 5606 N. Borthwick Avenue. To insure a successful evening. "High Fashion and Model Designer" w ill be pre senting a fashion show filled with exciting hints for the busy holiday season. Also featured w ill be local Black designer, M r. Fie Wash. Miss Wanda Ewing w ill per form a contemporary dance, and to complete the program. Miss Gail Strong, Soprano, w ill sing. Besides the program, the committee states that there will also be games and prizes. The Citizens Participation Committee extends an invita tion to everyone to attend. For more information, please call M rs. L u th e r S tro n g , Chairman, at 288-8261. The Citizen's Participation Committee is one of the Model Cities working committees made up of neighborhood residents and other concerned citizens. The working com mittees are responsible for developing programs that w ill meet the needs of the area. The Citizen's Participation committee's responsibility in cludes publicizing activities and involving citizens in the programs. DONALD CLARK Multnomah County Commissioner Donald Clark has an nounced his intentions to run for Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners of Multnomah County. He recognizes that the City County Charter question w ill be on the ballot at the same time, and that this race could well be nullified. “ I have favored City-County consolidation for as long as I can remember and I favor it now." hi- staled. He believes the "people have the right to expect a workable and cost effective government. The old solutions, the old priorities, the old management, the old organizations have not stood the test of today's demands. The people also have the right to open and tru th fu l government and public officials. The more secret affairs of government the less the public is served. The public business must be public." Portland Employee Receives HIID Honor A resident of southeast P o rtla n d . Eugene T w eten was honored by the United States Department of Hous ing and Urban Development for “ Sustained High Quality- Performance". Tweten is the Director of Housing Management for the Portland Area Office of HUD. He was recognized at a ceremony during which Rus sell Dawson, Portland Area Director of HUD, presented him with a “ Certificate of M erit" signed by Oscar Pe derson. Regional Administra tor, HUD, Region X iWash ington. Oregon. Idaho and Alaska). He also received a letter of commendation signed by H.R. Crawford. HUD As sistant Secretary for Housing M anagem ent. W ashington. D.C. The letter commended Mr. Tweten for . . . demon strating "a high degree of professional ability." Specifi cally, he was honored for his personal contribution in the management and disposition of Mt. Angel Towers in Mt. Angel and Forest Glen senior residence in Canyonville. The commendation stated in part: "as a result of Mr. Tweten's dedication and ex traordinary performance, he was able to reverse the course of the projects." Mr. Craw lord's letter continued, "In recognition of Mr. Tweten's illustrious accomplishment I personally commend him." Tweten's management abi lities resulted also in his assignment last summer to the D etroit area where he was chief of a 100 man task force involved in helping that city resolve a huge problem in volving defaulted housing He also is an instructor in the D enver, Colorado tra in in g renter for HUD employees known as HUD West. Minority construction progresses The A lb in a C o n tra cto rs Association is a group of m in o rity co n tra cto rs who have joined together in a professional o rg a n iza tio n . Since A pril of this year Eugene Jackson has been their Business Manager. ACA has had a number of problems throughout its year history a series of dif ft-rent business managers, financial problems, difficulty in obtaining contracts, and lack of experience and train ing. The program has now turned the corner, according to Jackson, and the future looks bright. "Actually, we are getting all the work we ran do," he said, "and we are looking for m inority con tra c to rs in P o rtla n d and. across the state who would like to join the organization and share in the profits to be made in the building trades. Minorities have been kept out of construction, and it is still a continual struggle to get what we consider to be our share, but some of the governm ent agencies are finally beginning to enforce the law. White contractors are finding that they must include us if they want fed erally funded jobs." A recent example is Todd Building Company, which re ceived a show cause order from the General Services Adm inistration iGS.AI. Todd was given a list of require ments by GSA that he must meet in o rd e r to rem ain e lig ib le lo r fe d e ra l con tracts, and among these is that he show proof that he has contracted the proper m in o rity o rg a n iza tio n s in seeking minorities. Russ Rogers, affirm ative action officer for GSA, has been very helpful, Jackson said. "He is one of the greatest contributors to m i nority enterprise and bust ness in the Northwest. I have nothing but praise for the methodical way he pur sues the law and makes the contractors comply. The show cause order he put on Todd Const ru c tio n , when he broke his contran w ith the United M inority Work ers, was the fir s t in the history of the Northwest. We have had law enforce ment in sone parts of the country, but not much has been done in the Northwest." "Another agency that is (Please turn to pg. 3, col. 3) 1
