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
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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.
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“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.
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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)
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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.