Fremont Bridge ramps threaten community
W ithin the next (sw week»,
and possibly on December
19th, the Portland City Coun
cil will determine whether
the exit ramp at the eaxl end
id the Fremont Bridge will
In- opened
and il so,
what measure» will be taken
to protect the resident» of
Boise and the surrounding
neighborhoods.
The planned opening of
Fremont Bridge ramps into
the Boise community ha»
caused concern among resi
dents of Albina.
As planned, the e x it ramp,
which passe» behind Boise
E le m en ta ry School, w ill emp
ty tra ffic onto N.E. F rem ont
S tree t.
The tra ffic is ex
peeled to disperse to Iv y ,
K n o tt and P rescott Streets.
Neighborhood residents say
it is unreasonable to dump
heavy tra ffic from a freew ay
b rid g e in to a r e s id e n tia l
neighborhood w ith nowhere
to go. They anticipate tra ffic
w ill seek east bound streets,
m aking F rem ont, K n o tt and
Prescott in to busy thorough
fares.
The e x it ram p was to have
connected w ith the Bose C ity
Freew ay, an 8 lane freew ay
replacing P rescott and Skid
more Streets. The freew ay,
which would have removed
5,(MM) homes, w ill not be b u ilt
in the near future , if at all.
The Boise C itizens' Im
provem ent Association ami
other neighborhood residents
have opposed the ramps since
th e ir conception. When the
ramps were b u ilt they voiced
th e ir disapproval of th e ir
POR TLAND
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being opi ned for tra ffic . The
only vocal proponent of th e ir
use is Emanuel Hospital.
The open ramps would give
more d ire ct access to the
hospital for th e ir s ta ff mem
h e rs liv in g in S o u th w e s t
Portland who w ill use the
bridge to get to w ork. C ritics
say the e x it to 15 is nearly
an equal access, re q u irin g
only alm ut 12 blocks e xtra
d riv in g tim e.
On O ctober 26th the C ity
Council created an Ad H im '
com m ittee to recommend an
Hays directs MultiService Center
three daughters.
The M u lti Service Center
provide» a number of human
services, including welfare,
childrens' services, vocational
re h ab ilita tion , medical and
dental care for children, men
tai health, housing 11 private
and public agencies.
Mrs.
Hay» follows Leon H a rris, the
center's firs t d irector, who
resigned Septem ber 15th.
In m aking the appoint
m e n t, C le ig h to n P e n w e ll.
D ire c to r of the D e partm ent
of Human Resources, said,
"The success of this in te
g ra te d s e rv ic e ap p ro a ch
being experimented w ith at
the center depend» on a
iPlease tu rn to pg. 5. col. 5)
Peoples
receives
a w a rd
as Chairm an of the Gnver
nor's C om m ittee on Human
B ights.
She has held the
position of consultant w ith
the office of the Economic
D epartm ent of Health. Edu
ra tio n and W elfare and is
c u rre n tly a professor in com
m u n ic a tio n s
at
P o rtla n d
State U n iv e rs ity .
M rs. Hays attended Ohio
State U n iv e rs ity and grad
uated cum laude from Port
land State U n iv e rs ity , re
re iv in g a BS degree in P o liti
cal Science. She is c u rre n tly
enrolled in graduate school
at PSU. She is m arried to
Chauncey 0 . Hays and has
SBA head defends program
In a hard h ittin g statem ent
before a Congressional sub
com m ittee, Thomas Kleppe,
A d m in is tra to r o f the U.S.
Sm all Business A d m inistra
lio n , said tha t recent charges
and allegations concerning
the SBA were prom pted by
po litica l anim osities ra th e r
than a genuine in te re st in
helping im prove the agency's
service to small business.
Kleppe told the Subcom
m itte e on Small Business of
the House Banking and Cur
rency Com m ittee, which is
conducting hearings on SBA
operations, " I believe your
Subcom m ittee has been de
libs-ratvly m isled, th a t these
hearings are being used for
purposes tha t have nothing
to do w ith helping us serve
the small businessman bet
te r."
K lep|»' asserted tha t the
charges and allegations con
cerning a num ber of SBA
offices, specifically the Rich
mond, V irg in ia office, were
prom pted by the form er d ir
ector of the SBA Philadelphia
office, Bussell H am ilton, to
“ d ire ct a tte n tio n from the
F B I and Grand J u ry investi
gallon of his (H am ilton's)
own office.”
Acknow ledging that prob
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lems do exist in the loan
p o rtfo lio of the Richmond of
fire and that im provem ents
can and are continually being
made in agency operations,
Kleppe avowed, "S B A and I
have nothing to hide."
Kleppe said he was out
raged by the statem ent that
c o r r u p tio n was p e rv a s iv e
"fro m lo p to bottom . This is
an indictm ent of 4.(MM) loyal,
hardw orking employees and I
resent it," he said.
"W e want to clear our
good name.
We want to
prosecute those who have
done wrong. We have anil
we w ill.
And. we want to
get back to w ork helping the
small businessman," he told
the Subcom m ittee.
Of im m ediate concern he
said is the a v a ila b ility of
fu n d s fo r s m a ll bu sin ess
loans.
"We are not out of money
yet on our loan program s for
the m a jo rity business area."
K le p p e said, c itin g tig h t
money, high interest rates
and the u n certainty in the
banking com m unity created
by the recent charges against
SBA as reasons for a slow
down in th is typ e of loan
application
lie said funds
for this program would prob
ably last through January.
"In the m in o rity section,
however, we are going to
run out before the end of the
m onth," he declared and told
the members "th e burden is
going to fall not on Tom
Kleppe and not on SBA but
on the m in o rity businessman
who w ill be denied the chance
to get his e n try in to our free
enterprise system ."
Kleppe, who has directed
record levels of assistance to
small business in each of his
(Please tu rn to pg. 6, col. 61
period to N ovem ber 1. 1978
This plan includes m on itorin g
and enforcem ent of standards
for a ir and noise q u a lity,
vehicular tra ffic volume, ve
hicular pedestrian accidents,
and the provision of volun
ta ry relocation of residents
of affected p ro p e rty on N orth
Iv y .
James Ia ivin g , Chairm an
of the Boise Citizens' Im
provem ent Assiw iation, said
his organization has recog
mzed the problem s to the
com m unity for the past 6 or
OBSERVER
AN EQUAL ORRORTUNITY EMRIOYER
the O N i y newsrarer in J H E W M O l l U n O E ^ j a t O R t O ^ H A ^ ^ I A l L ^ CARES ABOUT
Portland. Oregon
Mr». Hazel G. Hays haa
been ap|Kiinted manager of
the P ortland
Human Be
source Center (A lbina M u lti
Service Center).
The ap
pointltlent w ill become effec
liv e December 17th.
Mr». Hays moat recently
was d ire c to r of O peration
STEP CP, a Model Cities
funded program operated by
Nero Ind ustries
Mrs. Hays, who was raised
in Youngstown, Ohio, moved
to P ortland in |M0,
Altec
s e r v in g w ith th e A lb in a
NeighborhtMMl Im provem ent
Program , she became Ad
m im s tra liv e A ssistant w ith
th e A lb in a N e ig h b o rh o o d
Service C enter, then the
center of OEO a c tiv ity in
Albina.
From 1965 to 1973 Mrs.
Hays was D ire c to r of Com
m un ity Services for the P ort
land D evelopm ent Commis
»ion.
H er responsibilities
included the developm ent of
site offices and com m unity
organizations throu gh ou t the
Model C ities area. She also
»erved a» D ire c to r of C iti
Zens' P a rticip a tio n and later
as acting d ire c to r o f the
Model C ities Agency.
A m em ber of the N A A l'P
since her youth, M rs Hays
has s e rv e d th e P o rtla n d
branch in many capacities,
including F irs t Vice Presi
dent and several term s as
(aibor and In d u s try Chair
man. She was elected to tw o
term s as S ecretary of the
N A A C P 's W estern Begion.
She is c u rre n tly serving as
Vice P resident of the P ort
land Economic Developm ent
C om m ittee
She has served
in te rim solution th a t would
provide access to Emanuel
Hospital w ith a m inim um of
de stru ction to the neighbor
hiMsi. The committee, which
included representatives of
the State Highw ay D epart
m ent, Em anuel Hospital, and
n e ig h b o rh o o d re p re s e n ts
lives, was charged w ith m ini
m ixing community disruption
arid was not given the option
o f th e ra m p s re m a in in g
closed.
The com m ittee de
viseil elaborate methods ol
t r a f f ic d is p e rs a l fo r th e
Clara Peoples, D ire c to r of
C om m unity Care, w ill re
ceive an award from the
N ational Consumer Inform a
lio n C enter in W ashington
D.C. fo r the w ork being done
by her organization.
The C om m unity Care pro
gram is known throughout
the nation and is used as a
model for pro vid ing n u tri
tional services for the poor.
W hile in W ashington, Mrs.
People* w ill accept an in
v ita tio n to visit the Penta
gon. She also w ill go to New
York and visit the U nited
Nations.
One of C om m unity Care's
newest p ro je c t* is the Com
m unity Care N u tritio n a l Resi
dential Center, where room
and board w ill he provided
for m inim al cost.
Thursdav, December
1973
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REORIE
Hocpa Valley Indians
fight for rights
The Hoop* V alley T rib e of
Indians o f N o rth e rn Cali
fornta are fig h tin g for th e ir
id e n tity , th e ir religion, th e ir
economic developm ent and
the fu tu re o f th e ir children.
The lioopa T rib e is th re a t
ened by an O ctober 17th
c o u rt d e c is io n th a t gave
Yurok Indians a share of the
Hoopa’s reservation
In 1964, t h - Su|M-rinten
dent of Indian A ffa irs for
C a lifo r n ia e n te re d in to a
tre a ty w ith the Hoopa In
dians which gave them and
oth er residents o f the Square
special p ro p e rty rig h ts in the
Square. The reservation was
designated for the Hoopa
people because they had been
fig h tin g for th e ir rig h ts for
several years. Thus, the res
erva tio n was won, and was
not given to th< Hoopas out
of the hum anitananism of
the government.
An 1891 E xecutive O rder
joined the Square, which was
owned by the Hoopas, w ith
the K lam ath R iver Reserva
lio n and a connecting s trip ,
occupied by the Yuroks. The
Hoopas m aintain th a t this
was done for ad m in istra tive
re a so r* only s, at t cicen*
ru lin g prevented the creation
of more than four reserva
tions in California so the
reservations were joined to
meet the requirem ents.
The Hoopa Indians livin g
on the Square have held and
managed th e ir tim b e r lands
as trib a l p ro pe rty, w ith all
m e m b e rs s h a rin g e q u a lly .
The Yuroks, however, sold
th e ir vacant land and divided
the p ro fits and individuals
were alloted tim b e r lands.
N early 90°<> of the form er
trib a l land has been sold.
The Hoopas did not share in
the allotm ents of land on the
K lam ath Reservations or the
connecting s trip . The Hoopas
m aintain th a t because each
group held rig h ts to th e ir
own portion of the reserva
lio n and did not share in the
rig h ts of the o th e r portions,
they should not now be- re
quire d to give up th e ir assets
to the Yuroks.
The Indian
Reorganization A c t consis
te n tly recognized th a t the
tw o groups w ere separate
and d istin ct and th a t the
people liv in g in each section
wished to rem ain autono
m ous u n t il th e Y u ro k s ,
having dissipated th e ir re
sources, derided to claim the
Hoopa's resources.
The court decision came as
the result of a 1963 pe tition
of 16 Yurok Indians asking
for an accounting o f ’ the in
come from the lands held
jo in t by the Hoopa [ieople. a
judgem ent of who should
share in the income, and an
allotm ent of a share in the
accumulated income and the
p ro p e rty and resources of
the Square.
The U.S. C o urt o f Claims
concluded th a t a ll Ind ian s of
th e e x te n d e d re s e rv a tio n s
were e n title d to share equally
in all the p ro p e rty m ii re
sources of the e n tire reser
ra tio n s
-
ra th e r than of
only the portion in which
they reside.
The court ordered th a t fu
tu re enrollm ent of the trib e
w ill be determ ined by the
court upon review of the
p la in tiffs (the Y u ro ksl and
upon discretion of the Secre
(Please tu rn to pg. 5. col. 4)
Portland
lures
doctor
A new Black fam ily has
taken up residence in P ort
land.
D r. and M rs. A lv in
G raha m fro m
B a ltim o re .
M aryland have made Port
land th e ir home. D r. Graham
was a General P ra c titio n e r in
C alifornia for 5 years and
came to P ortland in 1966 for
surgical tra in in g at St. Yin
ce n t h o s p ita l.
He was
drafted a fte r 13 m onths in
Portland and w ent to V iet
nam. He then changed over
to the field of radiology in
the A rm y.
Mrs. Marv a Graham is
studying to be a doctor at
the U n ive rsity of Oregon
Medical School,
She grad
uated from H oward U n iv e r
s ity in W ashington. D.C.
w ith a degree in C hem istry
in I960.
G E R A L D II. C A L D W E L L
Caldwell bank manager
Northeast Portland resident Gerald II. Caldw ell, general
loan office r at F irs t National Bank of Oregon’s 122nd and
Halsey branch, has been prom oted to manager of the Medical
C enter branch.
Caldw ell joined F irst National in 196-1, and a lte r w orking at
four P ortland branches in an operations capacity, was named
general loan officer at P ortland headquarters in 1969
In
1970 he was promoted to cre d it analyst, and was assigned to
the S ixth and M orrision branch as general loan officer in
1971. He had been assigned to the 122nd and Halsey branch
in a sim ilar capacity since last year.
It is evident th a t the
Grahams have spent a great
deal of th e ir tim e in school,
h o w e v e r n o tw ith s ta n d in g
some quite rew ardable ex
periences in between.
One
of those experiences was a
tr ip to Guatemala in C entral
Am erica, where D r. Graham
worked at a M issionary Clinic
in a rem ote p rim itiv e village
for 6 months. M rs. Graham
had tw in s there. They le ft
G u a te m a la
c a r r y in g
th e
tw ins, who were 13 days old,
in a basket.
T he tw in s . C a rlo s and
Courtney, are now 7 years
old and w ith th e ir brother,
Russel attending St Helen's
Hal Grade School. P ortland
weather has had a good im
pression on the Graham's,
who feel that both Blacks
and w hiles are more frie n d ly
in Oregon than back east.
7 years and made very e ffo rt
to keep the ram ps from
being hu ilt. Now that they
are bu ilt, tie expect* that
they w ill be used.
Loving said he is now
being told th a t the tra ffic
from the ram p w ill go to
U n io n A v e n u e and the n
north. This, he believes, is a
fallacy, since the best route
going north is the e x it ram p
d ire c tly on th e I 5 freeway.
He feels the ram p serves
no p u rp o se to th e com
m unity. " I t is inconceivable
th a t the ram p was b u ilt for
the poor people of the ghetto
to go to the W est H ills
or for the residents o f the
West H ills to go to the
ghetto.
The purpose is to
get the [ieople from the West
H ills to the a irp o rt and the
M t. Hood freew ay.
But, he
"•aid, there is no d ire ct access
out of the com m unity, so
tra ffic w ill disperse in every
direction.
The Irv in g to n C om m unity
Association passed a resolu
tio n on N o v e m b e r 29 th
asking that the Bose C ity
Frio-way not be b u ilt and
that the Frem ont Bridge
ramps not be opened.
The
resolution [m inted out tha t
the increased tra ffic would
have a negative effect on the
s u b s ta n tia l p u b lic m oney
spent in Irv in g to n on housing
re h ab ilita tion , parks, trees
and lighting.
The C ity T ra ffic C ontrol
e s tim a te s th a t t r a f f ic on
N ortn Ivy w ill increase from
600 a day to 8.600 a day.
O ther increases are Frem ont
west of Vancouve’ ). 4500 to
(Please tu rn to pg. 2. col. 61
M ayor visits Faubion
M ayor N eil G oldschm idt, left, discusses Young /Audiences
program w ith Dr. Reinhard Pauly, ensemble leader holding
violin, d u rin g program at Faubion School on December 7th.
Youngsters at Faubion School got a chance to hear a strin g
qu artet and meet Portland M ayor Neil Goldschmidt when the
m ayor attended a Young Audiences program for fifth through
eighth graders.
Young Audiences is a non p ro fit group which specializes in
creating and presenting program s in the perform ing a rts to
school children.
African opens craft shop
Ten years ago Kenya de
da red its independence w ith
a pronouncement by Prim e
M in ister J K en yatta M N A :
" I send the good wishes of
the |>eople of Kenya to the
people of all countries of the
w orld on the joyous occasion
of our long aw aited inde)>en
dence on Decem ber 12. 1963.
One P ortla nd er who worked
tow ards th is e xcitin g mo
m in t in Kenya's history is
Peter Kenyanpii. who re
cen th ofiened .Africa .Arts,
Ltd. at 113» S.W. Jefferson.
A frica Arts, L td . is a shop of
authentic .African merchan
dise. Goods come from West
A frica , N igeria and Ghana,
as w ell as Kenya.
It was through his involve
ment in the Kenya Federa
tion of Labor. which served
both as a union and political
organization, that Peter met
Tom Mboya. Kenya's Minis
te r of Economy and Planning
Mboya helped him com«' to
the U n ited States through an
A fr ic a n A m e ric a n S tu d e n t
Founation Scholarship, which
was funded by the late John
F. Kennedy.
A r r iv i n g in C le v e la n d ,
Ohio. P eter stayed w ith a
family there who sponsored
him d u rin g his firs t few
months in the States.
A
short tim e la te r he moved to
Utah, where he attended 2
semesters at Utah State Col
lege.
D u rin g th a t tim e he
served as president of In te r
national Students.
When
sum m er came, the Foreign
Students Service found him a
job for the sum m er in P ort
land at the M ultnom ah Hotel.
In the fall of 1966 he enrolled
in P ortland State U niversity
and continued to w ork at the
M ultnom ah Hotel u n til com
pleting college.
An A ' student. P eter ma
jored in P olitical Science,
w ith additional emphasis in
business. He also found tim e
in his heavy schedule to
include a num ber of general
a rt classes.
Upon graduation from PSU
he took a jo b w ith Safeway.
There he moved from checker
to assistant store manager.
A t this level he was chosen
for th e ir management tra in
ing program , a fte r which he
acciqited the position of in
ventory controller for Safe
way s Pacific N orthw est Dis
tric t. As the highest ran kin g
Black employee for Safeway,
he was also the firs t Black to
hold the position of in ven to ry
co n tro lle r for any d is tric t.
Because of his interest in
art anfl’ "fiis merchandising
background, he form ed the
idea to open a shop of A u
thentic A frican merchandise.
Fam ily members in N airobi
locate merchandise and ship
it h«-re. Peter's own original
a rtw o rk of po tte ry and c a rv
ings are also for sale, along
w ith some firs t class w ork of
local craftsmen.
Peter plans to tou r A frica
in February or March on a
buying trip . Anyone wishing
to see some fin«- garm ents in
beautiful A frican p rin ts or
unusual je w e lry, w all hang
ings and carvings w ill find
iPlease tu rn to pg. 5, col. 5)
Stevenson seeks Labor office
State Senator B ill Steven
son. D e m o c ra t M u ltn o m a h
County, has announced his
candidacy fo r the office of
Commissioner o f the Bureau
of Labor. Am ong the Com
missioner's responsibilities is
the C ivil R ights Division.
In announcing his decision
to run for the Dem ocrat's
P arty nom ination, Stevenson
said:
“ 1 believe deeply in the
program s the Bureau is re
sponsible for, and my record
as a R e p re s e n ta tiv e and
Senator w ill bear out my
com m itm ent to those p ro
grams. Enforcem ent of laws
on A pprenticeship and T rain
ing, Wage and H our Claims,
C iv il Rights, and regulation
of Em ploym ent Agencies and
Farm La bo r C ontractors are
very im p o rta n t duties which
touch the lives of all Ore
gonians.
“ Rut there is grave con
cern both inside and outside
of the Bureau of Labor over
that agency's fu tu re I share
that concern.
"O ver the past seven or
eight years there has been a
dangerous decline in the in
fluence and effectiveness of
the Bureau of Iaibor.
The
a d m in istra tion of that agency
has let e n tire program s be
snatched from th e ir ju risd ic
tion.
"F o r example, in 1969 the
im portant State Conciliation
Service was removed from
the Bureau of laibor.
In
1971. the e n tire Safety D iv i
sion was ta k e n aw ay
which at th a t tim e consti
lu te d about one fo u rt of the
agency's budget.
B IL L STE VENSO N
"In 1973, an attem p t was
made, though not successful
due to the efforts of some of
us, to rem ove the en tire C ivil
Rights D ivision from the
Bureau.
T hat attem p t was
pro p o se d by a re sp e cte d
m e m b e r o f th e m in o r ity
pa rtv in the 1973 Session
indicative o f a deep dissatis
faction w ith the Bureau's
performance.
“ The principal cause in the
Bureau's decline and dismem
berm ent can be found in the
lack of leadership in the top
a d m in istra tive position*. May
I hasten to add th a t my
comments should not be con
strued as any adverse re
flection on the many dedi
cate d em p lo yees o f th e
agency fro m th e B u re a u
chiefs on down. I t ’s to th e ir
cre d it tha t the agency con
(Please tu rn to pg. 7, col. 6>