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Portland Observer
Thursday. November 22, 1973
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EDITORIAL FOCUS
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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
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m od el fo r o th e r co m m u n itie s to fo llo w .
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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
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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.
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As the name implies the haz-
ard must be one which young-
One case involved a tree house
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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
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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
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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..
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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.
Mayor's Task Force on
the Hometown Plan
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