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State agencies pledge minority hiring
Hrectors of »Ute agencies,
■Meting ul Saliahan Ia>dge at
Gleneden (or an Affirmative
Action Workshop, committed
themselves and their agen
eie» to hiring minority per-
»on».
The workahop was
coordinated by Ken John
»on, affirmative action dir
ector for the Executive De
partment, and Harold C.
William», Equal Employment
Op|M>rtunity Coordinator for
the State. Al»o participating
in the meeting» were Hill
ilughei, Director of the Her
son nel Division, and Terry
Collin», Aaaislant Director.
William» told the Observer
that he consider» the con
ference to have been a sue
ceaa. “It proved that agency
head» were willing to sup
port affirmative action in the
fullest and that there were
some voids in knowing who
was available for employ
ment.
Some discrepancies
were cleared up a» to what
affirmative action is all alwiut.
Hut the most important far
tors that came out of the
conference are that many
agency heads for the first
time had the chance to bump
shoulders in a friendly
manner with every minority
group in the State of Oregon,
as well as with women.
“I feel that this conference
has truly given us a fresh
start toward equal employ
ment of all citizens in the
state because the agencies
are willing to reach out to
every citizen who is looking
for employment and to make
sure that they have a fair
chance to compete.
“Now it is up to the
ininoritie» and women to ex
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tend their hands and make
affirmative action ana equal
opportunity a reality in the
State of Oregon
for the
time is now. The responsi
bility lies on every individual
to make the first step and to
ask for assistance when they
have exhausted every effort
possible.
Minority people
are very definitely a part of
making fair employment a
reality in Oregon.”
Williams and the Personnel
Division staff assured repre
sentatives of minority groups
that they will provide assis
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the game”. The applicant
who knows how to present
himself and what language to
use will get the job. even
though his "performance" has
nothing to do with his ability
to do the work. Employers,
he said, are "hung up" on
qualifications, although often
they and their fellow em
ployees are not qualified for
their jobs. Often required
justifications are unrealistic
and job descriptions could be
rewritten to give opportunity
to a broader spectrum of
employees.
lance to minority people who
do not fee they are getting
the proper opportunity or
who do not know how to
proceed. They assured state
agencies that minority em
ployees are available and
that they will assist in their
procurement.
Jetie Wilds, Equal Oppor
tunity Officer for the U.S.
Forest Service and one of
he conference speakers, de
fined affirmative action as
‘corrective action".
Wilds
said too often employability
is based on ability to “play
OBSERVER
THAT REALLY CARIS
Thursday. December 6, 1973
ABOUT
Bethune
heads
committee
Oregon company solves energy crisis
A Portland company has
solved the fuel problem with
a heat recovery device
thut not only saves fuel but
deans the air.
Hut they
cannot m anufacture these
units at a reasonable rate
because they cannot obtain
the necessary ingredient»
aluminum and polyester
resins.
William Darm. owner of
Allied Air Products Corpora
lion, 2225 N. Killingsworth,
has been in the heating and
air conditioning business for
25 years.
In 1905 he de
veloped the Temp X-Changer,
which was patented in 1968.
In January of 1971 he liegan
production.
After a long
struggle to get his product
recognized, a combination of
the emphasis on ecology and
the shortage of fuel has
brought him world wide at
tent ion.
The Temp X Changer re
covers heat from air that is
exhausted and discharges air
when necessary.
Approxi
.■lately 70 percent of the
energy 1» recovered from the
exhausted air and used for
heating or cooling. A unit in
the average industrial plant
ran save 300 gallons of oil or
12,500 kilowatts of electricity
a day.
There are similar unit» on
the market, but Allied Air
Products' unit is unique in
that it is cheaper to as
semblc, has no moving parts
ami requires no maintenance.
There also is no contact
between the exhaust air and
the fresh air as there is ir.
other units. The unit ran
Hill Darm, owner of Allied Air Products, watches as his
daughter Dianna, one of two women employed in the shop,
Robert Walsh is
prepares parts for Temp X Changer
wo-klrg i» the hariiground.
sidering installation.
[>ay for itself in savings in
Allied Air Products ouilds
fuel cost» in a single year,
3 units a day at the present
The Temp X ('hanger can
time. Darm points with pride
be used on industrial install»
to his true "affirmative ac
tions, restaurants, or any
tion" assembly crew, which
business building.
includes a Black, a Spanish
The Temp X changer is
speaking man, and a woman.
becoming know in all parts of
Now that his product is in
the ro u n try and abroad.
demand. Harm's major protv
They are currently being
lem is the shortage of mater
shipped to Italy, and are
ials.
He has only enough
soon to be installed by
aluminum for another month's
Erieghtliner in Indiana, and
production. Maintaining that
W arner and Swasey in
his units not only save
Minnesota.
Auto manufar
energy, but help clean up the
turtng plants in New York
air, Darm appealed to Presi-
and Cleveland are also con
Mrs. Vinie M. Bethune,
formerly of Portland and
now living in Eugene, was
just recently elected as Chair
man of the Affirmative Ac
tion Committee for Public
Welfare for the State of
Oregon. Mrs. Bethune has
been with the Welfare De
partment for 6 years, be
ginning as a clerk typist in
1967. She was advanced to a
secretarial position, then to
an Assistant Worker
In January of 1972 she was
prom oted to a Financial
S upervisor and moved to
Eugene. She was the only
supervisor for Welfare in the
State of Oregon without a
degree. Mrs. Bethune won
her latest honor as a result
of her vigorous efforts in
recruiting minorities into the
igency.
She is the mother of two
children: Troy, age 7, and
Tammi, age 5. She is the
daughter of Mrs. Marian L.
Scott of Portland, and grand
daughter of Mrs. S.J. Davis.
Greg Parsons and Dirk Sandy add finishing touches to a
heat recovery unit. Units recover energy from exhausted
air.
dent Nixon's energy advisor,
As long as the material
John Love, for help. All he holds out. Allied Air Products
received was a form letter will be in full production,
about the propane gas short hoping to have a part in
age.
solving the fuel crisis.
B usinessm en
study
develo p m en t
A “Get Together" of Union
yvenue businessm en was
held on Friday, November
30th, at Geneva's Cocktail
Lounge.
About 55 people
attended the meeting, busi
nessmen as well, as students
from Portland State Univer
sity who have been assisting
with the Union Avenue Busi
ness Survey, and several
agency representatives.
Initial results of the Busi
ness Survey w ere made
available with information on
such subjects as whether or
not the businessmen intend
to stay on Union, if they
favor some sort of formal or
informal association, what
they feel are the most harm
ful factors to successful oper
ation of their businesses, and
what suggestions they have
for improving the business
limate along Union Avenue.
In addition to discussion of
the questionnaire re su lts,
Dennis Wilde. Project Coordi
nator for the Union Avenue
Redevelopment Program, was
present to explain the status
of that project. He stressed
that from now until June of
1974 is the planning phase of
•he program, and that no
plans have been approved as
yet. After June, when the
(Please turn to pg. 6, col. 9)
0E0 board seeks members
The Albina Action Center.
Inc., a non profit, community
action agency located at 707
N.E. Knott Street, will be
holding a Hoard of Directors
Election on Saturday, Dec
ember 15, 1973.
There are six vacant posi
tions for low income repre
sentatives and five vacant
positions for community at
large representatives.
Director» who are elected
as low income rep resen ta
lives shall be residents of the
Albina Northeast geographi
cal area.
Community at large repre
sentatives shall be residents
of the Albina Northeast geo
graphical area, or be actively
involved in some community
project in the Albina'North
east area.
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Applicants and voters must
be eighteen years of age or
older.
The filing deadline is 6:00
p.m. Wednesday. December
12, 1973. Transportation to
file for electiop and to vote
will be provided for senior
citizens, handicapped persons
or shut ins.
Voters' Information Sheets
listing candidates who have
filed for election will be
available December 13, 1973
at 12:00 noon at the follow
ing locations:
The Albina
Action C enter, 707 N.E.
Knott Street; J.C. Penney
Store, 5411 N.E. Union Ave
nue; More-4-la*»» Store, 106
N. Beech Street; Safeway
Store, 5920 N.E. Union Ave
nue; Tradewell Store, 3535
N.E. 15th Avenue; Albert
son’s Store, 909 N. Killings
worth. These six locations
are also the polling locations.
Each person who files is
responsible for returning the
application form to The Al
bina Action Center, 708 N.E.
Knott Street. Attn. Marcus
Glenn, Sr., Project Director.
Those eligible to vote in
this election must be resi
dents of the Albina/North
east area, or own property
or a business in the area, or
be actively involved in some
community project in the
Albina'Northeast area.
Voting time is 9:00 a.m. to
10:00 p.m. Saturday, Dec
ember 15, 1973. All citizen?
eligible to vote and/or file
for election are encouraged
to participate in this impor
tanl election. For additional
information, phone 288 8345.
John A. Mills, recipient of the First Annual Kussell Peyton
Award, views the plaque with Kussell Peyton, former direc
tor of the Metropolitan Human Relations Commission.
Mills wins award
John A. Mills, a vice presi
dent of the U.S. National
Hank of Oregon, has been
named recipient of the first
annual Russell A. Peyton
Human Relation» Award.
The award, intended for a
person "whose whole life
style radiates a deep concern
for his fellow beings," was
established in honor of Rus
sell Peyton when he retired
as Director of the Metro
politan Human Relations
Commission.
Peyton will
personally present the award
to Mills at the annual dinner
of the Commission, to he
held Friday, December 7, at
the Yakitori House Restau
rant, 14601 S.E. Division.
Dinner will begin at 7:00
p.m.
The Metropolitan Human
Relations Commission, which
sought suggestions from
throughout the Multnomah
County, reports a landslide
of nominations of John A.
Mills in appreciation of his
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efforts toward improving em
plovment for minority mem
hers, getting better housing
for low income families, im
proving welfare grants, in
creasing the cultural oppor
tunities for all citizens in the
area, and generally working
for a better human environ
ment through a host of civic
activities and organizations.
UL plans
Another problem fared by
the minority applicant is the
employer’s bias on what he
expects of minority persons.
Having been born into a
racist and sexist society, the
em ployer has developed
stereotyped expectations.
Also, the person selecting
the employee often knows
tome of the applicants or
snows something about them
He rarely knows a minority
applicant.
Wilds recommended that
corrective action to bring
minorities into employment
be an integral part of the
employment system. He has
found that the best way to
insure that managers will
take affirmative action ser
iously is to make it part of
their job and include their
success or failure in their job
evaluation.
Lee Moore, Assistant Ad
ministrator of the Civil Rights
Bureau, Department of la
bor, discussed legal aspects
of affirmative action.
He
assured the participants that
discrimination is against the
law and that the law must be
enforced.
Moore called for two in
gredients in the affirmative
iction effort -- a good faith
effort and a proper state of
mind. He advocated a com
plete evaluation of every
position and an assessment
of coming vacancies. Many
positions can be restructured
and qualifications changed to
better fit the expectations of
the position.
“You can't
expect to bring minorities
into a situation that is rotten
already
into an archaic
system."
Moore m aintained th at
qualified minority employees
are available. As an exam
H A R O LD W IL L IA M S
agency should have definite
pie. his department recently
accepted applications for a goals and time limits and
should lead to a permanent
position and of the 200 appli
job.
ants scoring 96 and above.
Gary Siniscalo and Shirley
40 percent were minorities
and 62 percent women. The Cohen, from the Equal Em
Civil Rights Division has also ployment Opportunity Com
mission in San Francisco,
had success in promoting
brought the directors up to
employees into positions for
which they ordinarily woub. date on federal law and cur
rent Equal Opportunity re
not have been considerel
quirements.
qualified.
The EEOC investigates,
Moore emphasized that af
conciliates,
and, if necessary,
firmative action does not
mean just hiring one mi litigates cases covered by
nority person and leaving the Title VII of the 1964 Civil
est out, and it does not Rights Act, which makes
mean developing train in g illegal discrimination in em
programs that lead nowhere. ployment because of race,
Training programs used to sex. religion, national origin
oring m inorities into an (Please turn to pg. 6, col. 5)
Controversial HEW survey
evaluates fa m ily planning
Dr. J.M . Udry of the
University of North Carolina
called the Observer to ex
ptair. the
ptar.u.ug
survey currently being con
ducted by the University.
The survey came to public
attention in Portland when
the Black interviewers who
had been hired to make the
survey quit in protest. The
interviewers and members of
the community charged that
the survey was racist and
feared that information con
tained in it might be used
against the participants by
federal agencies.
Dr. Udry explained that
the survey was funded by
the U.S. D epartm ent of
Health, Education and Wel
fare to evaluate whether
federally subsidized family
planning programs are sue
cessful in helping women
realize their own fertility
goals. He said neither the
project nor the cooperating
agencies
Planned Parent
.itnx. and the Chre^ufi J , - c
Board of Health - had any
goals for population control.
The study is being con
ducted in 16 cities across the
nation.
The survey was
initiated in 1968 and will end
in 1974. A similar survey
was taken in Portland and
other cities in 1970 and the
current survey is to be used
to see what progress has
been made and whether there
have been changes in atti
tude.
One-hundred Blacks
and 100 whites are inter
viewed in each city.
The
areas and the persons within
the area to be interviewed
are chosen at random, but
the survey is directed at
concentrations of low income
people since it is to evaluate
a program directed to low
income people who would be
eligible for federally-funded
programs.
Besides the two house to
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jjf.tty .-, — li.iiuo
surveys have been made of
recently delivered mothers in
Portland hospitals.
Dr. Udry said he did not
think the questions on race -
"Would you prefer a hospital
where the nurses are all
Black, all white, or mixed" -
to be racially biased. The
question is to determ ine
whether racial attitudes ef
fect delivery of service. In
the previous survey more
Blacks than whites indicated
that race of the doctor or
nurse was not important.
Of the questions about
who needs birth control the
most, which community peo
ple considered a method of
direct attention to Blacks
and the poor, most partici
pants gave personal answers,
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Dorothy and Irene Tate, employees of Complete Gardening Service, plant shrubbery at new
city park.
testimonial Women give special care
Mills has been president of
the Tri County Commumtv
Council. MEDIA, Inc., The
Albina Art Center, Portland
Art Museum and School, and
the Irvington Club, as well
as serving on many com
munity boards.
A testimon._i dinner for E.
Shelton Hill, who is retiring
from his position of Execu
tive Director of the Urban
League of Portland, will be
held on December 13th at
the Sheraton Motor Inn. Tic
kets can be obtained through
the Urban League office,
718 W. Burnside Street, 224
0151.
Hill has been Executive
Director of the Urban League
since 1959 and prior to that
served as director of indus
trial relations for 12 years.
In 1965 he was named one
of the "Outstanding Young
Men of America" by the
National Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
Mills has been an employee
of the U.S. National Bank for
17 years and for the past 5
years has been a vice presi
dent.
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John Craig, owner of Com
plete Gardening Service, has
found women employees to
be an asset to his company.
Complete Gardening Serv ice
provides landscaping, irriga
tion. design and consultation
for industrial and govern
ment projects.
"The ladies have the re
sponsibility of light planting
and finishing touches to the
landscape job. They have
the patience and love re
quired to return the area to
the beauty of nature," Mr.
Craig said.
Irene Tate also serves as a
supervisor, helping organize
crews and assigning their
work.
The women are currently
working on a city project at
9th and Washington, where a
park is being created. The
park contains a plaza and
underground parking and is
to be a place where people
can eat lunch or spend their
leizure time in a garden-type
setting.
The ladies worked on the
landscaping at the Coast
Guard Base on Swan Island.
On that project, which in
volved planting on a steep
bank, they invented an origi
nal planting device which
enabled them to plant with
out disturbing the soil on the
Dank. Craig said, "A man
will stand on the bank even
though this will push the soil
down the bank.
Hut the
ladies were more concerned
and d e v e lo p e d a new
method."
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