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stead, he has to train himself
to constantly glance behind
It seems everywhere you but focus on where he is
turn somebody is competing going.
with someone else. Country
Ix*t's talk some straight
against country, Safeway facts! Most people think of
against Kienows. Rlazers our race as being lazy, shift
against Sonirs, and Ali less, unm otivated, dumb,
against Frazier. On every slow and a bunch of other
level in this world involving misplaced adjectives. If we
man. competition is playing a are to move away from this
dominant role.
false identity, it will be
Hut who should the Klack because of individuals chai
man really bi' competing lenging themselves to greater
with? His background? The ’hings.
They will be the
system? Or is it his brothers examples of Our future.
and sisters? I think it should
Join the competition!
be himself! Each of us Black
people (or even white people,
yellow people or green
people) should throw out a
challenge to be a better (Continued from pg. 1. col. 3)
Single youth between the
person within ourselves.
Because people like King, ages of 19 to 30 is the group
Kennedy, Malcolm X, and Ms. Robertson is now trying
Evers made significant sacri to reach to draw them into
fices, people like you and I the program. “Men should
can understand what it learn to cook as well as
"Now
means to openly strive for women." she said.
adays they're marrying wo
something better.
Have you ever noticed how men who can’t cook." Many
many lllack people live for students who don’t cook from
today? These are the takers, scratch find they are spend
ing more money on con
the ones who want every
thing given to them. They venient food and the only
are the ones that are con thing they save is time.
stantly playing "hookie", They don't compare prices,
living in the back rooms ounces or quality most of the
throwing dice, stealing from time.
A challenging job and a
his brothers, and even selling
promising future lay ahead
his Black sisters.
Maybe I am a bit idealistic for a young lady who's bright
but I like to believe that the outlook on life stems from
guy being able to use the her large family. “1 learned
examples of the past while to share, rare and develop
directing his activities on strong love," Ms. Robertson
"Being from a
today and tomorrow will be explained.
the truly successful person. large family. I learned to be
It's kind of like a guy considerate of others."
driving down a highway. If and other areas involving
family living.
She also
he pays too much attention
to the rearview mirror, he teaches leaders training for
4 H.
will run off the road.
In
Economist
is
B u ild in g p ro je c t?
Executive Director
National Federation ot Settlements
Remodeling
and Neighborhood Centers
Household repair»?
To many of us, the big goal of a home for every
business inspired oil shortage family has ceased to be a
will mean fewer trips to goal any longer. The housing
Aunt Martha's, fewer trips moratorium persists.
We cannot remain de
across town on weekends
and using woefully out of pressed about the sad state
date mass transit more times of affairs in this republic nor
than we would like.
For should it in any way prevent
medium distance trips, it is us from continuing the
often more expensive to use struggle to search for the
trains, the bus and airplanes. realization of the American
But to even more large a dream We can't wait for our
part of our population it can weak kneed Congress to im
mean the difference between peach and remove the Presi
life and death. The elderly dent. Gerald Ford could be a
and the very young will worse monster than his pre
decessor We must continue
suffer most from the de
crease in room temperatures to move politically in our
and the need for those cheap own localities to elect strong
hazardous electrical heaters. principled leaders. We must
In previous columns, I continue to lend the support
have shown that the number necessary to keep those in
(1) raise con
of deaths caused by fires has office who:
increased in our major urban troversial issues and educate
areas.
Until fuel becomes the public, 121 support urban
more readily available to economic development in our
those who need it most, com m unities to make us
more self reliant, self su s
more people will die need
taining and self determined.
lessly.
The cries from our cities (3) make coalitions and al
fall on deaf ears in the White liance with those who have
House.
If you listened to our same im plementable,
President Nixon's State of tactical and ultimate goals,
i4l are more concerned with
the Union message, it be
came clear that he still wants leading us as groups rather
to invest little, if anything, in than gilding their own pockets
our cities to 111 reduce the as individuals, and 15) make
cost of fuel and gas and 12) every effort to consolidate
invest adequate monies to our fragmented people rather
keep the cost of mass transit than contribute to divisive-
ness.
down.
When we begin to think
It also becomes clear that
he still thinks in terms of about a real Movement, and
"welfare cheaters" instead of real leaders for real change,
we have to also think of real
a large segment of our popu
lation who are truly in need. people as the sole base of
Without the proper monetary movement support. It is up
assistance, the poor, jobless, to us - the people -- to
disabled, young, widowed, ensure that our needs, de
and abandoned (millions of sires and aspirations are
people) would die of starva heard, felt and acted upon in
tion. homelessness and ex every corner of our govern
posure. It almost remains ment. from the desk of the
clear that the Great Society's bureaucrat to the Oval Office.
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CAUCUS TIME X Police
by Jetie B. Wilds, Jr.
Chairman. Oregon Black Caucus
When 1 was growing up.
there was a saying, "You
can't hold me and whip me".
Loosely interpreted, that
meant that whomever wanted
to abuse someone had to
expect some fighting back.
This brought great respect
from everyone involved.
Hopefully, this political
season won't find us being
held and beaten
We must
be active in the support of
those Blacks seeking public
office and also those white
candidates or office holders
who support Black candi
dates. Other than not sup
porting Black candidates, we
can be held and beaten in the
following ways: 111 A white
candidate comes a calling "to
find out what Black folks
want." Rather than wanting
his or her office or the office
they are seeking we support
the white candidate. If you
must support, play a promi
nent and visible role. (2) A
w hite office holder implies or
commits indirect support for
a Black candidate. There is
no public commitment made
and the same white office
holder supports som eone
white for the same position.
We are not only held in
check but we probably would
try to discourage other
Blacks from seeking that
position. (3) There is always
the “field trip" play. This is
where the office-holder in
vites the attention starved
community person to his or
her office for coffee and con
sultation.
Sometimes the
office holder will go to the
community person for coffee
and consultation. The con
sultation is usually centered
around "what do you people
want?". The result is always
the same
undying sup
port for the opportunity to
have coffee with the man.
We must not knoek those
persons who need this psy
chological lift, but for those
who want and need more,
let's do more. Why speak
about this now? The city-
county consolidation vote,
City Councilman Ivancie's
declaration to run for a
county seat and other elec
tions on the state and national
’evel shaping up mean that a
lot of public offices will be up
for grabs.
Herewith are a few com
menta to be pondered. The
upcoming vote on city county
consolidation has produced
some interesting conditions.
One camp is inferring that it
comes down to liberals being
for consolidation and old
guard conservatives being
against consolidation.
This
kind of split might make for
some kind of rallying point
but doesn't make much sense.
When we look at meaningful
deeds, the so-called liberals
and conservatives in Oregon
have the same track record.
For example, here are four
popular names on the local
political scene:
Gleason,
Clark, Ivancie and Gold
schmidt. Your task is to pick
the liberal(s) from the con
serv a tiv es by past and
present deeds as public ser
vants. The next task is to
pick the liberals from among
the conservatives by what
they say. If your analysis
indicates that liberals talk
liberal but act conservative,
then what is the difference in
real value?
We need to look at the
deeds of Portland Mayor
Goldschmidt and his buddy
Multnomah County Commis
sioner Clark. We need to
look at the deeds of Mult
nomah County Commissioner
Gleason and his buddy Port
land City Councilman Ivancie.
The words of these men, as
far as Blacks are concerned,
oft-times seem to put them
in different camps.
How
ever. the deeds of the four
seem to produce the same
results for Blacks . . . nothing.
We’re ready to offer sup
port and strategy to any
brother or sister seeking of
fice at the local or state
level. We ask in return that
we not use each other to
further the ends of the man.
We ask that any white poli
tician who endorses a Black
in private also endorse the
Black candidate publicly.
Anything less than that is
another game.
We must not be brought
into any camp, directly or
indirectly, unless the options
are clear and acceptable.
Coffee with the Goldschmidts,
the Clarks, the Ivancies and
etc. must be realized for
what it is - a cup of coffee.
We can buy our own coffee.
L e t's not be held and
whipped.
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(Continued from pg. 1. col. 31
According to 1971 Oregon
Crime Report S tatistics,
i,986 burglaries were re
ported in Multnomah County
alone. In the state of Ore
gon. 22.665 burglaries were
reported in 1971. Of those
22.665 reported burglaries,
there were 1116 arrests, 41
convictions, 11 acquittals. 5
reduced charges and 94 dis
missals. Less than 10% of
these reported burglaries re
sulted in arrest.
For many, accepting the
probability that their home
could be burglarized on any
given tomorrow has made
the news of a break in familiar
and unalarming. Upon dis
covery of a break-in. the first
step is to report it to the
police. An initial investiga
tion will be made by the
officer. If the burglary is
extensive, a further investi
gation will be made. After
that, the victim will just
have to hope for more con
sideration than Yernard
Taylor.
Today thousands of
your telephone dollars will
be spent to give people
telephone numbers already
listed in their directories.
If vou want to end this
waste and help hold down
rising telephone costs,
please kx>k in the
b<x)k first.
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PNB switching system
provides new services
through federal and state lax
■tepreciation allowances gives
every right to 25 million
Black Americans (the 26th
largest nation in the world of
179 nations) to insist that
your company stop its racial
discrim ination against the
Black press, which is the sole
Black controlled rommunica
tion medium."
Goodlett pointed out that
Black Americans represent
27.6 percent of the popula
tion of the nation's 48 largest
cities and that they cannot
obtain a viable community
press so desperately needed
by both Black and white
America without that press
receiving its fair share of
advertising dollars derived
from Black purchasing power.
"Black Americans can no
longer participate in the sulx
sidy of America's oil industry
if such beneficiaries of fed
eral subsidies continue their
flagrant disregard of Black
demands for fair advertising."
Copies of the wire were
sent to the National Urban
League, the NAACP, the
Congressional Black Caucus,
the National Black Church
men and the National Council
of Negro Women
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Goodlett. publisher of the
San Francisco Sun Reporter,
has told five major com
panics that “public subsidy of
oil through federal and state
tax depreciation allowances
gives every right to 25
million Black Americans to
insist that your company
stop its racial discrimination
against the Black press.
The charge was contained
in a sharply worded telegram
from Goodlett to Texaco,
Exxon, Shell of California,
Standard Oil of California,
and Gulf.
“After decades of fruitless
pleas for oil advertising, com
m ensurate with the $46
billion purchasing power of
Black Americans, first the
tremendous 1973 oil company
profits, second the massive
energy crisis advertising
campaign of oil companies
utilizing white metropolitan
daily newspapers, and finally
the petroleum industry’s long
record of advertising dis
crimination against the Black
press . . . it can no longer be
borne in silence," the tele
gram said.
The President pointed out
that the "public subsidy of oil
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Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett.
president of the National
Newspaper Publishers As
sociation. has charged five
major oil com panies of
America with “summarily fla
grant violation of equity in
advertising.” a concept which
the Black press ran no longer
bear in silence.
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NNPA charges oil discriminates in ads
Construction of Pacific
Northwest Bell’s one story
addition to its central office
building at 2150 N. laimbard
is nearing completion. Ac
cording to Roy Schnaible,
PNB division commercial
manager, the addition will
house new sophisticated
Electronic Switching System
(ESS) equipment to initially
serve area customers who
have the telephone number
prefix 283.
Completion of
the building is scheduled for
mid summer and the “ in
service” date is set for early
spring of next year.
“The new switching sys
tem is part of our service
expansion program to meet
growing customer needs in
the area.” Schnaible said.
"The ESS is computerized
for more efficiency and is
less costly to maintain be
cause most serv ice affecting
problems are cleared by re
placing defective parts with
plug in components."
PORTLAND
CLEANING WORKS
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“These import« are said to
be worth $30 million a year
to Rhodeaia. There are sev
eral reasons why America
should not be giving this aid.
‘‘First, it is bad foreign
policy to support this racist
regime in Africa.
Black
people here and around the
world are opposed to this
policy, as are many whites.
“Second, America does not
need Rhodesian chrome or
ferrochrome. It is available
from other nations, including
Turkey and the Phillipines.
Even President Nixon has-
proposed that we reduce the
come from Nigeria, 90 per
cent of our cobalt comes
from Zaire, and Zambia is
the world’s largest exporter
of copper."
Congressman Young ol>
served that these reasons for
stopping imports of Rho
desian chrome ran be com
mumcated to members of the
House by telephoning, visit
ing or writing them in Wash
ington or at their District
office in their home states.
All House members can be
reached at the House of
R ep resen tatives. Washing
ton, D.C. 20515.
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ruled by a minority white
regime.
The issue is expected to
come to a vote in the House
o f’ R ep resen tatives within
about a month, and Con
gressman Young appealed to
people to contact representa
liven from their states and
ask them to vote for legisla
tion banning im ports of
Rhodesian chrome and its
processed product, ferro
chrome.
Native Hlacks make up 95
percent of the population of
Rhodesia, but the minority
w hite regim e refuses to
agree to effective Black par
ticipation in the government.
Even though the United
Nations has imposed inter
national economic sanctions
against Rhodesian products,
the U.S. governm ent
under the "Byrd Amend
m ent” adopted by Con
gress
has permitted the
importation of chrome and
ferrochrome from Rhodesia
since 1972. I amt December
the Senate voted to repeal
the Byrd Amendment and
halt these imports, and the
House will take up the legis
lation soon.
Mr. Young, who is the first
Black Congressman from
Georgia in a century, said in
a statement from his Wash
ington office:
“I urge citizens every
where to contact the mem
hers of the U.S. House from
their states on this issue.
You can write, call or visit
these rep resen tatives and
ask them to end the U.S.
government's support of the
Rhodesia regime by stopping
the import of chrome and
ferrochrome.
U.S. ('unKreNsman Andrew
Young ha, urged citizens
across the nation to call
upon members of Congress
to vote against imports of
chrome into the U.S. from
Khodesia, an African country
supplies of these product*,
which we have already stock
piled in this country.
“Third. Secretary of Stale
Henry Kissinger has said
that the Byrd Amendment is
not essential to our national
security, brings us no real
economic advantage, and is
detrimental to the conduct of
foreign relations.’
“Fourth, we cannot expect
to continue to have good
relations and trade with
other African nations if the
U.S. supports the Rhodesian
government.
About one
fourth of our oil imports
Thursday. February 21, 1974