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WE SEE THE WORLD
THROUGH BLACK EYES
ALFRED I. HENDERSON
E d ito r/P u b lish e r
EDITORIAL FOCUS
He did it again
Plan doesn’t work
G o ve rn o r M cC all has a nn ou nce d his a p p o in t
m ents to the n e w Tri-M et Board o f Directors, w h ic h ,
as e xpe cted , inclu de s no Black m em bers. The one
Black w h o w as a m em be r o f the fo rm e r b oa rd was
The a p p o in tm e n t o f D exter H enderson points out
once a g a in the in e q u itie s in th e state's h irin g
practices.
An a d m in is tra tiv e p osition in the A lb in a com
m u n ity w as fille d w ith o u t the co m m u n ity even
k n o w in g a vacancy existed. It is a p osition that
a p p a re n tly does not even re q u ire a d eg re e and
co uld h ave been fille d by a ny n um ber o f persons
liv in g in this co m m u n ity. There w o u ld also have
been the p o ssib ility o f the transfer o f a Black from
a n o th e r state a ge ncy as w as d o n e in H enderson's
case. The a v a ila b ility o f a p p lica n ts fo r this type o f
iob w as d e m o n stra te d by the num ber o f persons
w h o .a p p lie d fo r th e p osition o f director o f the
M u lti-S e rv ic e C enter, m an y o f w h o m w e re Black.
W h ile m a n y o f th e state a gencies co m p la in that
they c a n n o t fin d q u a lifie d Black app lica nts w ho
are w illin g to go to o the r parts o f the state fo r
e m p lo y m e n t, th e W e lfa re D epartm ent d id not even
b o th e r to seek Black a p p lica n ts fo r this p osition in
a n a g e n cy se rvin g the Black co m m un ity.
There m ust be som e w a y th a t the state can
in fo rm its citizens o f a v a ila b le positions. The c iv il
service notices posted in the state offices do not
reach the m em be rs o f the co m m u n ity w h o m ig h t
be intereste d in sp ecific positions. This p a rtic u la r
b u lle tin d id not e ven list th e sp ecific vacancy.
There still seem s to be no a d e q u a te p o lic y on
e q u a l e m p lo y m e n t.
The W e lfa re D epartm ent
b la m e s the Personnel D ivision, a nd the Personnel
D ivision says th e a g e n cy is responsible fo r m in o rity
re cru itm e n t.
In the m e a n tim e , the W e lfa re De
p a rtm e n t co ntin ue s to h ire o ff p re -a rra n g e d lists
and fa ils to m ake an e ffo rt to reach m in o ritie s .
W e w o n d e r w h e th e r a Black w ith H enderson's
cre d e n tia ls w o u ld have b e e n h ired . W e d o u b t that
the q u a lific a tio n s w o u ld h a v e b ee n stretched to the
p o in t th a t th e y w e re fo r H enderson fo r a Black
a p p lic a n t. W e are also in fo rm e d that the a p p o in t
m ent w as p re -a rra n g e d as a to ke n to Henderson
because he d id not g et the p o sitio n he a p p lie d fo r
as M u lti-S e rvice C enter M a n a g e r. W e also a re told
th a t his a p p lic a tio n was a ccep ted a fte r th e closing
date
W e are not a tta ckin g H enderson p erson ally. He
m ig h t be the best m an fo r the job. But w e w o u ld
lik e to see open c o m p e titio n fo r the p osition w ith
an o p p o rtu n ity fo r residents o f th e co m m u n ity to
be served by the ce nte r to be inclu de d. In fact, if
w e lfa re w a n te d to sh ow g o o d fa ith , it co uld use
the pro ced ure used by th e state to h ire the M u lti-
Service C enter D irector, w ith a screening co m
m itte e re co m m e n d in g an a p p lic a n t fo r a p p o in t
m ent.
W e ca ll on the W e lfa re D e p a rtm e n t to vacate the
p osition , p ro p e rly a d ve rtise it, a n d procede to f ill it
w ith the best ca n d id a te .
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not asked to co ntin ue .
This c o n tin u e s as a tren d in state g o v e rn m e n t,
w h e re fe w m in o ritie s are p la ced on p o lic y -m a k in g
boards — or e ven advisory com m ittes. The fe w
a p p o in tm e n ts that do occur are u sua lly m the areas
o f race re la tio n s .
This is not new to G o verno r
M cC all. There has been an historic exclu sion o f
Blacks fro m the social, p o litic a l and e con om ic life
o f O regon. It is just that w e perhaps e xpect m ore
in 1974 — a n d fro m a G overnor w h o has e arn e d
n a tio n a l a tte n tio n fo r his decisive a c tio n in som e
areas.
This lack o f Black p eo ple on p o lic y boards
p ro b a b ly co n trib u te s to the co nd itio ns w e fin d in
o u r state.
Even w ith a state a ffirm a tiv e action
p ro g ra m in process Blacks are s till e x c lu d e d from
th e fa v o re d jobs a nd g e n e ra lly occupy m e n ia l
positions if th ey have a position at a ll.
The presence o f Blacks on boards w o u ld cer
ta in ly c o n trib u te to the fu n c tio n in g o f state
a ge ncies in a m ore hum anistic w ay. A g en cies that
a re estab lish ed to serve the p e o p le o f O regon
o fte n fo rg e t th e ir purpose.
This is m ore e v id e n t
w h e n w e fin d an a ll-w h ite sta ff w ith an a ll-w h ite
board. H ow can these em ployees re m e m b e r that
th e y ere th e re to serve a ll the p eo ple. It becom es
too easy to d e v e lo p into a se lf-se rvin g c liq u e w h e n
o n ly those persons o f s im ila r b a ckg ro un d are
e m p lo y e d .
N um ero us a p p o in tm e n ts to boards a nd c o m
m issions are m ade by the G o verno r
— yet
seldom does he rem e m b e r to consider a Black fo r
th e p osition . A nd even less o fte n does he nam e
an In dia n or a C hicano.
The G o ve rn o r a nd his sta ff should g la n c e a t the
m otto carved on the ca p ita l b u ild in g as th ey e nte r
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to m o rro w :
A fre e state
is fo rm e d and m a in ta in e d
by the v o lu n ta ry u nion
o f the w h o le p e o p le
jo in e d to ge th er
u n d e r the same body o f law s
fo r the com m on w e lfa re
a n d the sharing o f b e n e fits
justly a p p o rtio n e d .
Police harass press
A fe w w ee ks ago the O b s e rv e r c a rrie d an a rtic le
a b o u t tw o yo u n g p e o ple in Burns, O re g o n w ho
accused the Burns Police D e p artm en t, th e local
State Police O ffic e , the C ounty S h e riff's O ffic e , the
D istrict A tto rn e y and court judges o f in tim id a tio n
a nd harassm ent. They also accused the city fa th e rs
a nd the school a d m in is tra tio n o f d is c rim in a tio n
a ga in st Indians.
Their le tte r to Sidney Lexak, U.S. M a rs h a ll,
resu lted in an FBI probe.
O th e r a c tiv itie s o f the
p o lic e d e p a rtm e n t, n a m e ly th e ir th e ft o f an in te r
state sh ip m e n t o f m eat, resulted in th e re p la c e
m ent o f the p o lic e c h ie f a nd the sergeant.
In th e m e a n tim e , th e e d ito r o f a B u rn s
new spa pe r w h o carried the story m et w ith o p
p osition fro m the state p o lic e in the Burns d istrict.
He not o n ly w as to ld to " le t s le e p in g dogs lie " , but
was to ld th a t the State Police had in fo rm e d the
O bserver th a t it w as not to w rite a n y m ore stories
a bo ut Burns.
This is not true, o f course, b ut w as used as a
fo rm o f in tim id a tio n against the Burns p ap er. W e
th in k the State Police or the G o v e rn o r sh ou ld look
into this situ a tio n .
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"The Bank W ith a Purpose'
FREEDOM
BANK
In N o vem b er, G overnor
McCall called a workshop for
the heads of state agencies,
to assist them to learn about
affirmative action. A number
of the directors committed
themselves and their agen
cies to minority hiring
others were less enthusiastic.
How are the agencies
doing? Some arc doing very
well with their commitment
to hiring and, as expected,
others are not.
'rte "star of the show" is
M otor Vehicles, w ith 12
minorities idded. bringing its
pereentag» up from 1.3 to a
near state i.erage of 3.2.
The Bt i su of Labor,
Mental He;.
State Peni
tentiarv, Exec,. ve Depart
ment. Commerce, 'eteran's
Affairs, the Correctional In
stitution, Welfare and Eair
view Home
in that
order
have made gains.
The Commerce Department,
which had no minorities, now
has three out of a staff of
312. and the Military Depart
ment hired its first minority
employee.
Human Resources. Liquor
Control Commission, Public
U tilitie s C o m m is s io n a n il
V o c a tio n a l H r ha bi I it at ion
have fewer minorities than
they had three months ago.
l„irgc agencies with the
worst reeoril are: Education,
with 8 minorities out of 111
employees; Forestry. with 7
of 387; Highway, with 48 in
.1117. Wildlife Commission,
with 5 in 3M t Commerce,
with 3 in 11«;'State Police,
with 6 in fytj: The State
E n g in e e rs dne, with 60
employees b jp - m in o r it ie s .
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The school district is un
able to document its early
hiring practices since it claims
to have no records of Blacks
who worked for them prior
to 1965 but who are no
longer employed. However,
of the teachers whose records
are still intact, Klarks were
added very slowly
Josiah
Nunn in 1952, Geneiva Mar
tin and Edward W iltever in
1953, Bertha Baugh. Ellen
Horn and Carmen Walker in
1954; Fannie Chatman and
Mamie Bowles in 1955, and
Bobbie Nunn in 1956.
A dditions in following
vears were: 1957 1; 1958
2; 1959 1; 196(1 0; 1961 3;
1962 4: 1983 4; 1964 6;
1965 7; 1966 7.
In 1967,
hiring increased to 14.
Many teachers currently
teaching with the Portland
Public Schools claim that
many of these discriminatory
policies and expectations
carry over to the present.
Although there are many
more Blacks leaching in the
system Unlay, they still feel
the pressure and subtle
harassment. The results of
long periods of probation or
substitute assignments effect
current status and pay. and
earlier discriminatory evalu
ations prevent future promo
tional opportunities.
There
is little opportunity for ad
rnmistrative experience, out
side of the special federally
funded programs which gen
erally carry little real power,
especially for men.
Some teachers are appre
hensive about the future and
note the high (»errentage of
turnover among Marks and
the recent trends of dis
missals.
allotments he adjusted Jan
uary I. 1974 to reflect food
prices as of August 30th of
this year.
The announce
ment of thoae adjustments
was published in the Federal
Register on November 1,
1973.
• Provisions to allow house
holds living in remote areas
of Alaska to use food rou
lions to purchase certain
hunting and fishing equip
ment for procuring food.
Oregon
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Free C h e ckin g A ccounts w ith $300 00 M inim um Balance
Free C h e ckin g Service to Senior C itizens (65 or over)
tor, food
Food Stamp
Stamp Divisio
Division.
tor,
Food and Nutrition Service,
U.S. Department of Agricul
ture, Washington, D.C. 20250,
so as to be received not later
than March 4.
Commenta
received will be open to
public inspection.
Other provisions of Public
laiw 93 86
allowing F imm I
coupons to purchase im|Mirled
foods and seeds and plants
for home gardens, and man
dating a nationwide (iMid
stamp program by June 30.
1974
were announced
August 17th and became ef
fective August 21st. The law
also required that coupon
u ie i:d « i
INSTALL STORMS NOW !
V F BOOKER
PBfSIOENT
for
for food
food stamps
stamps under
under emer
emer
genry eligiblity standards.
• Requirement that income
include the actual value of
housing received in kind from
an employer but not in ex
cess of $25 per month.
• Provisions to ban parti
npation by strikers after a
court has determined the
strike illegal.
• Reduction from 15 to 10
days in the advance notice
period given households
whose benefits are being
redueed or terminated.
• L im ita tio n of rirru n t
stances in which advancr
notice is required to term i
nate or reduce benefits.
• In an economic dispute,
states would be prohibited
from using personnel or
fanlties from either side of
the dispute to certify house
holds for the food stamp
program.
• Requirement that after
30 days from the date of
registration for employment
able bodied loud stamp reci
pients accept jobs outside
their major field of rxper
icnce.
Public comments are in
vited on the proposed regu
lations which were published
in the Federal Register on
January 28th. with a eor
rection in the January 31st
issue.
W ritten comments
may be mailed or delivered
to Janies H Kocher, diree
Racism
operated tor the People
• Checking Accounts
• Saving Accounts
* Bank by M ail
■ Real Estate Loans
• Auto Loans
• H o n k Improvement
• Travelers Checks
. • Money Orders
• Escrow Service
MON
The
The 11.8.
U.S. Department
Department of of
A g ric u ltu re in v ite s public
comment on proposed new
regulations for the food
stamp program.
The regu
lations im plem ent amend
ments to the Food Stam|.
A rt contained in the Agri
culture and Consumer Pro
tection Act of 1973.
The proposed regulations
also include revisions re
sulting from the Supreme
Court derision that the "tax
dependency" and "related
ness" provisions are unron
stitutional and make other
necessary technical changes
in the program.
Highlights of the proposals
are:
• Broadened eligiblity cate
gories to include the elderly
in federally sponsored hous
ing. and drug addicts and
alcoholics in private non
profit residential treatment
facilities.
• Provisions to allow the
elderly to use food coupons
to purchase meals in speci
fied communal dining situa
lions.
• Requirement that states
give welfare recipients the
option to have the costs of
their coupons deducted from
their grant and the coupons
mailed to them.
• Provisions to allow re
cipients affected by the un
avoidable breakdown of food
stamp equipment to apply
(Continued from pg. 1. col. 91
that she not only had to be
acceptable to the principal,
but to all memhers of the
staff and to the community.
Black teachers were ex
(M-eted to fit a preconceived
pattern
he friendly to
everyone, smile a lot. and
especially to be like any
Black predecessors
They
were to lie exceptionally
competent teachers, yet not
art tiM> intelligent or well
read. They had to attend all
social affairs so that it would
not appear that they did not
appreciate the in v ita tio n
Dear Editor?
They had to attend all Par
ent Teacher meetings so they
It is a blessing to the
could be shown to the com
Black people of the nation
mumly.
that Edith Green will no
Black teachers were not
longer represent OrVgon. It
hired unless they had several
will also be a help to us, now
years of experience, although
that we w«nW have to apolo
inexperienced white teachers
gize for her existence every
were employed.
Eor years
time we go back East. Mrs.
Black teachers with high
Green's tenure in Congress
school certification were re
has been a detriment to
quired to teach 7th and 8th
Black peoplcjbut also to the
grades ra th e r than high
poor whites A d others whom
schools.
she has attached
O f th o s e f i r s t Black
The latest junior, that she
teachers who remain with
might be apftointed to head
the district. Hclloise Hill is
the state's (»durational sys
an elementary school teach
tem. strikes’ far into our
mg principal and Martha
hearts.
M b . Green has
Jordan a supervisor of aids
spent much time and effort
for the Early Childhood Edu
fighting busing and other
ration Program I Headstart I.
programs that would further
Willis Williams, who hud a
the education of all children.
Master's degree and was
denied the opportunity to
Respectfully.
serve as an administrator,
J.R. Moore
soon left and went to Palo
Alto, where he became a
principal.
Of the four re
maining teachers, three have
Master's degrees
yet
none have a d m in is tra tiv e
positions.
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