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Albina Community resents HEW sex survey years. Although the survey was said to be aimed at residents of Albina and Southeast Portland, all of the persons known to have been con tacted are Black. The survey covers such areas as: the number of children born, and the nuin bers wanted; pregnancies; methods of b irth control used; when pregnancy or rurred; problems of fertility; what is the best place to get something to prevent preg nancy; methods of birth con trol they know, methods they use; how they learned the method; age of first sexual experience; frequency of intercourse; religious prar tice; sex of adults living in household (now and pre viously); marital history; em ployment history; income; housing; appearance. It in cludes a brief test designed to assess intelligence. Many of those persons contacted fear the uses of this survey by HEW. First there is the fear that in formation will be used to PORTLAND & Volume 4. No. 6 AN Portland, Oregon THE O N I Y NEWSPAPE* IN EQUAL TME WHOLE Thursday, November 29, 1973 ABOUT Hill reviews years of service Most of us, in realizing the swiftness of time, have asked ourselves that age old question, "What am I going to do with my life.” or "A fter all this time, what do I have to account for'.’” Many limes the answer is not what we wanted to hear. However, there is one among us in Portland who can nr count for the past 27 years quite satisfactorily, and with an abundance of pride. lie is Edwin Shelton Hill, who will be retiring as Execu live Director of the Urban la-ague of Portland on Dec ember 31st of 1973. Mr. Hill served 12 years as Director of Industrial Belations of the Urban League and has served as Executive Director since i '< >*.» Mr. Hill was born on the Caddo Indian Reservation in Oklahoma. He graduated from Western University in Quiridaro. Kansas and was accepted as a pre med stu dent, but tu-cause of a lack of money, was unable to con tmue his studies in medicine. Hr ‘»e-ewn-ewhtsg «h««rtmtry and physics at Gibbons Senior High School in Paris, Texas. During these years. Mr. Hill spent his summers in Portland working on the rail road. "I always liked Port land, the weather, the rain, the climate.” Mr. Hill ex plumed while describing his earlier years with an <H> server reporter. "But I didn't like the human relations rli mate in Portland." So, a fte r post graduati- training in social work at Ohio Stale University and the Uni versify of Oregon extension school, Mr. Hill returned to Portland and made a commit ment to himself to do every thing he could to change human relations in Portland for the better. When asked whv Portland, instead of Ok la tor James () Eastland and the other Democratic and Kepuhliean members of the Committee. Bond noted that former Attorney General Elliot Hie hardson, who resigned Octo ber 20th rather than dismiss Special Watergate Prosecu tor Archibald Cox at Presi dent Nixon's request "had already re opened the Justice Department investigation in to the deaths of four stu dents and the wounding of others by Ohio National Guardsmen at Kent State U n ive rsity on May 4 th, 1970. jA TIME for saving TIME for giving For a free gift to give or keep, save now at the Ben) Franklin Deposit $1.000 to $5.(MX) 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!4% per annum on passbook savings. compounded constantly day In to day out F r a iik liii R o b c il H M «j»n, P i» « • 22 O lllc » v • Phon» 24« 1234 H om » O llie » F ra n k lin flld g P o rtla n d O re g o n (7 2 0 4 “These other killings are different only becauae the victims are Black," Bond said. “ At Orangeburg, on February 8. 1968, more than 26 students from South Carolina State College were shot and three of them killed by South Carolina State Troopers. All were shot in the back, but no one has yet been punished. “ At Jackson State on May- 14, 1970. two young Black men were shot, apparently by Mississippi policemen re «ponding to what has been demonstrated to non existent sniper fire. No one has yet been punished. "At Southern University, on November 16. 1973, two Black students were shot in the head, again by law en forcement officials. Two investigations have placed blame with lawmen on the scene, yet no one has been punished. "The members of the Ju diciary Committee of the United States Senate have a unique chance to see that justice is done in these cases. The crimes must bo punish ed. the secret slayers must be brought before a court of law.” Bond urged others to write or wire Committee members to urge the new Attorney General to commit himself to an investigation of the student deaths before he is confirmed. The Southern Elections fund, which Mr. Bond heads, supports local level candi dates for public office in the 11 southern states between Virginia and Texas. With financial grants and technical assistance, the Fund has aided more than 400 Black and liberal white candidates in its four year history. y r V. homa, Texas, or elsewhere, Mr. Hill replied, 'I thought Portlund had a chance. Eeel ings were not crystalized in Portland as they were in other place*." The human relations cli mate for Black people in Port land during that time (the early 1940's) ran be classified as, usual for Oregon, dark clouds and rainy. From 1890 to 1912 there was practically no change in the occupational status of Black workers in Portland. An industrial sur vey taken of Black workers in 1941 shows Portland Black workers employed as follows: 98.6% railroad industry in some capacity such as waiter, cooks, porters, redcaps and shop laborers; 1% in private industry and domestic ser vice; and .4% in business and professions. Even though a number of Black children of Portland parents graduated during this period from these colleges: Oregon State, Uni versity of Oregon, Linfield. Pacific University, Eastern Oregon Teachers College. North Pacific Dental Colli ge and Western States College of Chiropathy. All of these graduates had to leave Port land for employment due to that human relations climate. Signs reading "We rater to white trade only", were com mon sight on many busi nesses. Public arcommoda tions were closed to Blacks. Even the most famous Blacks were restricted. Marion I Please turn to pg. 6, col. 1) 10c per copy PEOPLE White students shore desegregation benefits An encouraging report on the Portland Public School's Title V II program was pre sented to the Board of Edu ration by its director. Dr. Ernest Hartzog, and Ben Talley, coordinator for the program. The Emergency School Aid A rt (ESAAI Title VII project is designed to support the D is tric t's a d m in is tra tiv e tran sfe r program, which transports Black children to achieve desegregation. The three major goals of the pro gram are: 1) to improve the basic skills among educa tionally disadvantaged stu dents and to provide basic skills and remedial instrur lion for the receiving schools; 2) to develop in teachers and adm inistrators the skills necessary for delivering in struct ion in the basic skills to children from educationally diverse backgrounds and for management of interracial conflict situations; and. 3) to assist in the development of parental si ’ . •> function ef fectively in support of their children's educational de velopment. The program, which is the only one of its kind in Ore gon. is funded at $450.000 for the 1973-74 fiscal year. Ap proximately 85 percent of the budget is used for de velopment of basic skills, with the remaining 15 per cent divided between Staff Development and Parent In volvement. F orty-th re e schools are participating in the program. The program has, by fed eral requirement, an advisory committee, of which 50 per cent of the members are parents of children who par ticipate in the program. Walter Morris is chairman of the Advisory Committee. Two community projects, the Urban League School and Community Program , d ir ected by Mrs. Jeanne Hart zog, and a program spon sored by the Chicano-Indian Study Center of Oregon, directed by Paul Robles, work in cooperation with the school program. The Title V II program has established skills centers at the receiving schools, which are staffed by specially trained and sensitive instruc tional specialists. Both trans fer students and resident students are selected to par ticipate in the program through tests and evalua tions. Selected students spend 20 percent of their school day at the center, concentrating on reading and math, but also developing skills in human relations. Approximately 50 percent of the 1220 students partici pating in the program are transfer students. The Staff Training com- I Please turn to pg. 6. col. 3) Tire business opens Bond asks Saxbe com m itm ent The members of the Se nale Judiciary Committee have been asked to withhold confirmation of Attorney Ge neral designate Saxbe until "he satisfactorily states that the inquiries into the deaths of Black college students at Smith Carolina State, South ern University, and Jackson State College will be re opened and that guilty par ties will be punished.” Julian Bond. Chairman of the Southern Elections Fund, a Southern ,M>litiral action fund, made the request in letters to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman. Sena Why do you think they need to practice more birth con trol? Who else do you think needs to practice more birth control? Who do you think brith control programs help most? Would you prefer to get your medical care when; There are white and Negro nurses; All the nurses are white; all the nurses are Negro? (Listed, but noted DO NOT READ - Doesn't make any difference), etc. Under appearance the first (Please turn to pg. 5. col. 6) OBSERVER OPPORTUNITY IM P lO Y IR THAT REALLY CARES WIDE by Itosemary Allen further strict birth control among Blacks in order to lim it the growth of the Black population. Beyond that is the fear that the information will be used to investigate or harass recipients of welfare and other programs funded by HEW Some of the questions that lead participants to believe that the survey is racially biased and designed for use with Blacks follow; Who do you think needs to practice more birth control? On the 23rd of November, 1973. at N.E. Union and Ainsworth, a new light was lit - the opening of Homer Campbell's United Tire Cen ter. Homer Campbell is a long time resident of Port land. After a period of play ing with Goose Tatum's Bas ketball Team Band, Homer settled back in Portland to various jobs and raising his family. After training, he became manager of the N.E. Union Avenue McDonald's. With the knowledge of busi ness management, he sought to open his own business. After many months of hard work he has now begun. His motto is: “ Honesty and fair pricing to the community. United Tire is your complete wheel service." Robert H. Hazen. President of Benjamin Franklin Federal Savings and Iaian Asociation, has announced the appointment of Nobel L. Vaughn as a staff trainee assigned as Loan Officer to the Hollywood office. A graduate of Jefferson High School, he is currently taking general business courses in the evening at Mt. Hood Community College. Vaughn joined the association in April of 1972 and has received staff training in loan interviewing, loan servicing and new savings accounts at the home office prior to his assignment to the Hollywood office. Businessmen study plan A "Get Acquainted" meet ing for Union Avenue busi nessmen will be held at Geneva's on November 30th at 5:30 p.m. Following a social hour, representatives of MEDIA, Inc. will report on the results of their Union Avenue business survey. Dennis W ilde, Progran •' hired by National Analysts; however, muny of the women who attended training ses sions refused to conduct the survey. Others who were contacted as participant* re fused to answer as the que* lions became more intimate and racially slanted. Although the participant is told that the information is confidential, the firm asks for the name and address, and the surveyor is asked to get addresses of friends or rela tives who could contact the participant anytime in future MC» A survey currently being 'made in Albina la causing concern on the part of a great many residenta. The survey, regarding the prac tice of and attitudes toward birth control, is conducted by National Anulvsts, a division of Booze. Allen und Hamilton, Inc. of Philadelphia, for the North Carolina School of Public Health. The survey is funded by the United States Department of Health, Edu ration and Welfare. The study was to be con ducted by local Black women, Coordinator, and Gary Stout. Director of the City’s Office of Planning and Develop ment, will discuss the Union Avenue Redevelop’ <-nt Plan. Concerned citi» are in vited to participcte. Those who plan to attend are asked to notify the MEDI.A office at 288 9148. O ffic ia ls study h irin g State officials and agency heads are meeting this week at Salishan Lodge for an A ffirm a tiv e Action Work shop. The workshop is to acquaint state agency offi cials with the state affirma tive action Pprograms and methods of implementation. Resource persons meeting with the state officers are: Mary Albertson. Gayle Grem mel, Don Hayshi, Lee Hen derson, Maria Hutchins. Eu gene Jackson, Jetti Wilds. Jr.. Glenna Page. Tom Sloan, Ron Schmidt, Jim Montoya. Celedonio Montez, Jr., Clara Peoples and Rosalie Booth. Priestley opposes Green Wally Priestley has announced that he will run for the Congressional seat held by Mrs Edith Green. Priestley said he does not believe that Mrs. Green has properly represented the people of Multnomah County for the past 10 years. He especially disagrees with her opposition to ihe War on Poverty program and Home Rule for Washington, D.C. Priestley also pointed out that Mrs. Green is opposed to impeachment and that she was one of the first supporters of Gerald Ford for Vice Resident. Priestley is opposed to Gerald Ford's appointment on the grounds that a President under strong suspicion should not name his possible successor. Priestley also questions Ford's philosophy on many issues. The district represented by Mrs. Green and sought by Priestley includes Multnomah County east of the Willamette River. Committee studies record system Mayor Neil Goldschmidt and Multnomah County Com missioner Don Clark have announced the appointment of a Security and Privacy Adv isory Committee to assist them in determining policy for the Portland Police Bureau's and the Multnomah County Sheriffs record keep ing systems and to advise them as to what should be the Police Bureau's and Sheriffs Office’s security and privacy position in respect to the Columbia Regional In formation Sharing System, in which both w ill be contri butors and users of criminal records data. Mayor Goldschmidt and County Commissioner Clark appointed the following per sons to the committee: American Civil Liberties Union - Mrs. Stevie Reming ton; Citizens at Large -- Fred Rosenbaum and Dr. Mark Hanschka; Mayor's Office - Mrs. Freddye Petett (Chair person); Multnomah County Commissioner's Office - Ms. Berna Plummer; Multnomah County District Attorney - Mrs. Betsy Welch; Multno mah County Public De fenders -- James Hennings; Multnomah County Sheriffs Office - Capt. Louis Rein hart; Oregon State District Court - Judge Richard Unis; Police Bureau - Deputy Chief Richard Kuntz. Goldschmidt and Clark said that Lt. Robert Schwartz of the Portland Police Bureau Records Division and Lt. Coe Mannell of the Multnomah County Sheriff Records D ivi sion will provide staff assis tance to the committee. The Mayor and Commis sioner Clark asked the com mittee to review both the Police and Sheriffs current system of record keeping and that proposed by CRISS to insure that information col lected is used only to achieve those important and bene ficial results for which the systems were developed. In addition, they asked the com mittee to review and advise them on the following ques tions: 1) Should citizens be able to review all of their own files and correct errors in those files? If so, what process should be used for such access and corrections? 2) What kinds of informa tion are currently being kept by our police agencies, and what kinds should be kept? For example, when a record includes an arrest, should it not always include the final disposition of that case in volving the arrest? Should files about persons suspected of being "subversive" be kept by our Intelligence D ivi sions. and, if so, what stan dards are appropraite to determine who should be in such political files? What records should be kept for juveniles and how should these differ from adults? What are the procedures for purging inform ation from files and the criteria for al lowing this to be done? to local files be given to the Columbia Regional Informa tion Sharing System or the National Crime Information Center of the U.S. Justice 3) Should access to the Department, if such bodies’ files be restricted to those policies do not correspond to using information for bona- practices acceptable locally. This should include review of fied law enforcement pur poses or should credit com CRISS' proposed policy. panies. employers, govern (Goldschmidt and Clark noted ment agencies and banks that the State of Massa- have access? Should access I Please turn to pg. 5, col. 6) JAMES REDDEN Redden seeks top spot State Treasurer James Redden announced his candi dacy for the Democratic Party’s nomination to the Office of Governor. In announcing his candi dacy. Redden said, "Ten years ago today, John Kennedy * 'New Frontier' was dead in Dallas, but that feeling re mains alive in Oregon. It is 'The Oregon Attitude'. It is that attitude that makes Ore gonians respond to every challenge and which has made ours the nation's greatest state. "I seek the office of Gover nor knowing that we can solve our problems because of that Oregon attitude. "I believe in that attitude, I am a part of that attitude, and I am proud of that attitude." Among the problems facing Oregon to which Redden will address his campaign are campaign methods, taxes, ecology, inflation, state re organization, and the energy crisis. He advocates a state health insurance act. Redden is a graduate of Boston College of Iaiw and practiced law in Medford from 1956 to 1972. He also served as Jackson County District Judge pro tern and Medford Municipal Judge pro tern. He was a member of the Oregon State Legislature during the 1963. 1965 and 1967 sessions and was House Minority Leader for the 1967 session. He was voted "Most Effective State Representa tive" by the Capitol Press Corps at the end of the 1967 session. During his years in the L e g is la tu re Redden co authored the 1967 Oregon Beach Bill; introduced Ore gon's first proposal dealing with child abuse; introduced the first legislation designed to lim it property tax relief to homeowners; introduced leg islation curtailing electronic and telephone eavesdropping; and introduced environmental legislation. Redden was elected State Treasurer in November, 1972. Since taking office in January, 1973, he has investigated methods of saving lax money through investment and ex pediting receipt of federal funds. He successfully fought for Oregon's A A A bond rating, which will save an estimated 13.7 million dollars in the next 10 years.
