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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
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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
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< 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
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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
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