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Hage 2 Portland Observer Thursday. November 22, 1973 WE SEE THE WORLD THROUGH BLACK EYES Editor/Publisher EDITORIAL FOCUS Caution Advised In Conservation Community Involvement Needed In Development The p e o p le o f P ortland sh o u ld support the re d e v e lo p m e n t o f U nio n A venue. This street, the m ain th o ro u g h fa re th ro ug h A lb in a , is so b a d ly d e te rio ra te d th a t it is depressing to d riv e th rough its d e ca yin g b u ild in g s. S o m e - businesses a re stru g g lin g to m a in ta in them selves a nd to co n trib u te to the co m m u n ity, w h ile su rro u n d e d w ith e m p ty a nd d ila p id a te d b uilding s. Som e co m p a n ie s have g o n e to the tro u b le a nd expense o f re m o d e lin g a nd b rig h te n in g up th e ir b u ild in g s w h ile others are b o a rd e d up like fortresses. It is not e n o u g h to re p a ir hom es, b u ild parks, re n e w streets, if o n ly a fe w blocks a w a y one must fa ce U nion A ve nu e . The p ro p e rty a lo n g U nion A ve n u e is v a lu a b le and should be an a re a w h ich w ill b rin g p rid e to the p e o p le o f Portland. The p e o p le o f A lb in a must d e m a n d th e ir vo ice in the p la n n in g , e m p lo y m e n t and tra in in g in the b u ild in g phase, and assistance to m in o rity b usi ness W ith these fe atures, the U nio n A v e n u e re d e v e lo p m e n t can beco m e a sh o w p la ce — a m od el fo r o th e r co m m u n itie s to fo llo w . P ublished e v e ry T h u rsd .iv by E xit- P u b lish in g C om pany. 2201 N o rth K illin g s w o r th . P o rtla n d . O regon 97217 M a ilin g address: P.O. B o \ 31.17. P o rtla n d . O regon 9720*. Telephone 283 2486 S u b s c rip tio n s : $5.25 p e r ye a r in th e T r i C o u n ty area. $6 IK) per y e a r o u ts id e P o rtla n d Second ( lass Postage Paid at P o rtla n d . O regon The P o rtla n d O b s e rv e r’s o llic ia l |»«silion is re p re sse d only P u b lis h e r's C olum n U i See The W o rld T h ro u g h llla t-k K y e s l. Any o th e r m a te ria l th ro u g h o u t the p a p er is the op in io n of th e in d iv id u a l w r ite r o r s u b m itte r a m i does not necessarily re fle c t the op in io n ol the P o rtla n d O b se rve r. G o ven or Tom M cC all m ust be re c o g n ize d fo r his tim e ly actions to pre serve ene rg y. A lth o u g h O reg on is n ot as v u ln e ra b le to e le c tric a l p o w e r shortages as m ost parts o f the n atio n , M cC all was a m o n g the firs t to o rd e r m easures fo r co nse rva tion . N o w that President N ixo n has asked the states to act to conserve e n e rg y, m a n y are d o in g so Some are cu ttin g h ig h w a y speed, a skin g residents to use car pools, a nd using bus tra v e l but non e have yet g o n e as fa r as G o v e rn o r M cC all. There is, h o w e v e r a nee d for ca u tio n a gainst o v e r-re a c tio n . C u ttin g back on safety lig h tin g on p u b lic roads a nd h ig h w a y s c o u ld cause an increase in accidents a n d crim e. C u ttin g h ea t in o ffic e b u ild in g s c o u ld b rin g an increase in e m p lo y e e illness. C losing the schools to save p o w e r could cause irre p a ra b le d a m a g e to the e d u c a tio n a l process o f som e c h ild re n . W h ile g ove rn m e nts h ave harassed In d ia n fis h in g a nd seized th e ir e q u ip m e n t to “ pre serve th e fis h ", th e Corps o f Engineers is n ow w illin g to sa c rific e th e salm on runs fo r years to com e by c u ttin g thr a m o u n t o f w a te r g o in g th ro u g h the fish ladders. W e suggest som e m o d ific a tio n on the p art o f the g o v e rn m e n t, but also a g re a t d e a l o f personal s a c rific e by th e p e o p le R e m e m b e rin g to turn o ff the unused lig h ts and fo re g o in g a Sunday d riv e w o u ld save as m uch as th e m ore re strictive m easures. Bus a nd truck speeds sh o u ld not be restricted R estricting bus speed co u ld d is c o u ra g e passengers w h ile w e a re try in g to increase interest in mass tra n s p o rta tio n . The shortages caused by restricting truck speeds c o u ld b ecom e n e a rly as u rg e n t as the e n e rg y shortage in i t s II is III 1 SI MBMBEH TH E i FAMILY^ LAWYER in e r .ile i Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association Î MEMBER [PER Association - Foundad 1885 When children come to visit, chances are you feel a sense of responsibility for their safety. But suppose a child comes onto your premises without permis sion or, perhaps, when you are not even home. Could you be held legally liable in case he gets hurt? Indeed you can, under the "attractive nuisance doctrine” now in force in most states. This doctrine says you m^v be re sponsible for having something hazardous on your property that a child is not likely to see and »ters would ordinarily find at tractive. a'™ - . ■ ■ . . As the name implies the haz- ard must be one which young- One case involved a tree house jf) famj| back uh(. r(. nelghboring children often came Not Everyone Subscribes To The Portland Observer b u t th e n , a o t e v e r y o n e e o m e s !■ o u t o f t h e r a in , e it h e r . ow A b o u t Y ou ? $5.25 $6.00 R A TES. in Tri-County Area and Armed Services O ther Areas of the US residents If You Read The NEWS to play. The tree house was wob bly. and one day a youthful climber lost his footing and suf fered a bad fall. Even though the parents were not home at the time of the ac cident, a court subsequently held them liable The court said they should have realized, with a haz ard so alluring to children, that they were inviting trouble. Furthermore, the thing must be not only attractive blit also a nuisance that is, faulty in some wav. In another case, a boy was in jured when he fell off an old couch in a neighbor's garage But there was nothing wrong with the couch. It was therefore not an attractive nuisance, a court ruled later, and the householder did not have to pay damages. O f course, the age of the vic tim is an important element in the situation Courts have fre quently turned down claims of children over 12. saying they were old enough to have recog nized and avoided the particular hazard that brought them to grief. Nor does the law expect a home owner to spend major sums of money to clear away minor dangers. It is not his duty, as one judge put it, to make his premises "child proof.” To prejudge these cases before the proper officials have examined all the facts would do an unconscionable injustice to the President and to our system of law. The dilemma faring Ameri cans is that the President will not cooperate with a full and impartial investigation, thus th w a rtin g the only means of removing the cloud of suspicion which hovers overs his office. As the A FL-C IO said, in calling for the President's resignation: "When the President appears fearful of facing a Supreme C o u rt composed in large measure of his own ap pointées, the public can scarcely resist the darkest speculations." The crisis which the Presi den has brought upon him self and the nation has multi plied and deepened our prob lems. Our domestic policy can be summed up in one word: “veto". Our foreign policy is suffering at a time it can least afford to suffer. I do not contemplate the possibility of the President's resigning or his impeachment with any feeling of elation. Nor do I call for his removal from office because of polit i cal differences, profound as they may be. The fart is, however, that the President no longer has the ability to govern effec lively, nor the moral legi timacy to guide the course of the nation. The only principled alter native left is for him to re sign, and spare the country a protracted, agonizing period when we would be. 1 fear, without a leader. And if Nixon fails to resign. I feel it is incumbent on the Congress to initiate impeachment pro ceedings. Should the Presi dent ultimately leave office. Congress would be then well advised to consider the ap pointment of a bipartisan government, with the two major parties sharing the presidency and vice presi dency, as has been proposed by Senator Inouye of Hawnn. I believe that the resig nation of Richard Nixon would serve the genuine in terests of the United States, for this country cannot ab sorb the almost daily crises which the President seems incapable of averting. As I w rite this, the W hite House has announced that the two most important tapes never existed: alread y th e re is speculation over whether this is part of the President's efforts to cover up wrong doing. Because of the pat tern he has established, every move the President makes evokes suspicion and cyncism. We cannot endure this for three more years. suggestions, ranging from combs and billfolds to record players and color T V . sets. Items donated should be new and should be unwrapped. Between now and Christmas, hospital personnel make an effort to match the gilts received with the known needs and wishes of each patient. In general, the greatest need is lor gifts for adults clothing, personal items, and recreational sup plies. For further information, contact Francis Smith, Mental Health Division. 378-2421. Christmas can be a lonely time for patients and resi dents of Oregon's five hospi tals for the mentally ill and mentally retarded. To help brighten the Holiday season for these people. the hospitals have traditionally asked citi zens and organizations to donate gifts (or cash» so that each patient can have a present to open under the Christmas tree. Again this year, the hospi tals have prepared lists of needed items. The lists include a variety of gift THE PORTLAND OBSERVER P.O. Box 3137 Portland, Oregon 97208 Please arrange to have the OBSERVER mailed to my home. ,, • >5.25 per year in the T ri County area. • $6.00 per year elsewhere. c 1973 American Bar Association Address Prescript mils an our S|iecialt.v richment. Patients Need Gifts Name PAIGE S PHARMACY 2701 N.E. 7th 284 465« AMERICANS IN <972 WAS S I BILLION HOLLARS, SAIPOR. ANDREWS BRIMMER, by Bayard Kustin V p u b lic »e rsire fe a tu re o f the Am erican B a r A ssociation and the O reg o n State B a r. W ritte n by W ill B e rn a rd . You Know! Subscribe Today! Nixon must resign The most distressing thing about (he governmental crisis which has engulfed America is that the President does not seem to recognize that a crisis in fact exists. Instead of lacing the issues involved, he obscures them, projecting himself as the vie tim of a malicious press and questioning the motives of Special Prosecutor Cox. He persists in the policy of con ccalmcnt and subterfuge that has marked the Administra lion's response ever since the tune, many months ago, when Nixon supporters dis missed the W atergate break in as a "caper". Neither the President's ac lions nor his words suggest an aw areness th at w ith holding potential evidence from a criminal prosecution represents a blatant disre gard of basic democratic and constitutional principles. The Constitution demands that the President "take care that the laws I«- faithfully executed." This is an ah solute responsibility. not sub lecl to individual whim. And yet the President has chosen to ignore this responsibility, submitting neither to its spirit or letter until forced to bend by the bipartisan out rage of the nation. This is particularly un settling lor Blacks, since our civil lifierties depend above all else on the President's determination to enforce the law. regardless of his polili cal philosophy. Although opposed to the 1954 Brown decision, President Risen hower ordered federal troops into Little Rock when Gover nor Eaubus defied court de segregation directives. Had he placed fus natural impulse above '.he obligation to en sure that the law is carried out. Eisenhower would have set bark the civil rights movement for years to come, while destroying the federal system of government. By surrendering the tapes to Judge Sirica, the Presi dent has done little to allay the worst fe^rs of Americans. There are still unanswered questions, and the President has made it abundantly clear that, short of another judicial confrontation, he will not provide the answers. These questions suggest broad implications about the functioning of democracy. The IT T rase, for example, calls to question whether national policy was being formulated on the basis of law. or was determined by the promises of campaign contributions. Then there are the questions about the President's land transactions and other personal financial dealings; whether the Presi dent was taking advantage of high office for personal en . ---------.--------- — - - — City _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ State & 7 a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Apt. (if nnv) Telephone $51000000,000,00 INCOME O F B LA C K INCOME O f OLACh AMERICA \<)Tl BLACK M E M B E R O F FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD. BLACKS R ETIC EN C E TO S E IZ E THE INITIATIVE TO ORGANIZE THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES IS A MAJOR FACTOR ANO IMPORTANT FACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO OUR COMMUNITIES UNDER DEVELOPMENT.. DOU6LASC. GLASGOW, BEAN OF HOUARO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL O F SOCIAL WORK. * Black's can and must organize their community LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Minority participation desired Dear Mr. Henderson: Your e d ito ria l. "Blacks W ritte n O u t!" which ap peared in th«- October 23, 1973 issue of the Portland Observer, contains certain misconceptions. They are: 1. That the Mayor's Task Force on the Hometown lia n has rewritten the plan. 2. That Mr. In-Roy Patton was selected as the indiv idual representing the interests of the Black Community hy the Task Force. 3. That the Albina Con tractors Association and the U n ited M in o rity W o rkers have been particularly ex cluded from the workings of the Task Force. The following are rlarifi rations of the above mis conceptions in their respec live order: 1. The Task Force has not re w r itte n the Hom etow n Plan. The role of the Task Force as it is based on those charges is to serve as a neutral fart finding body and to make recom m endations based on those findings. There is no mention what ever in the charges ahout re w ritin g the Hom etow n Plan. 2. When the Task Forth first met. the suggestion was made to expand the Task Force to include represent« lives from the community. The Model Cities Planning Board, as a body of repre sentatives elected from the community, was ap,waled to select a representative to sit on the Task Force. The derision as to what individual would be the representative on the Task Force is a deci sion that is up to the Model Cities Planning Board. 3. The Task Force has had no intention of excluding any interested party from the workings of the committee. In the first place, all of the meetings of the Task Force have been open to the public. Secondly, all of the parties thus far invited to comment before the Task Force have been invited for I heir specific input and nothing more. No party has been specifically invited to attend the Task Force meetings on a con tinuous basis. Finally, and perhaps most Need has no (Season important. the fart finding phase of the Task Force is by no means com pleted. There is nothing whatever to prevent further input from the Alltma Contractors As sonatina, The United Mi nority W’orkers, or any other interested party. Indeed, the findings of the Task Force thus h r have heen compiled and sent to severbl individuals and or ganiaatmn* (including the Al hlna Contractors Assoriathn and The U n ited M in o rity Workers) with the request that these individuals and organizations give their rare ful consideration and study to (he document and that they give their response to the Task Force. Sincerely, Roy Schnaihle, Jr. Chairman. 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