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Sunday*: Noun to 1:00 p.m.
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The lol
lowing artirle Iw drawn from
testimony by Joint Center
Re«earrh INrertor Herring
ton J. Rryre to the Senate
Selert Committee on Nutri
tion and Human Need* at
hearing« January 2l«t on the
eflert of the energy rri*i» on
the poor and minoritie».|
We arc in the midst of an
energy crisis, we are told,
for many reason*. Whatever
the weight of these reasons,
there is cynicism and hard
ship among the poor and
among Hlark*.
Black», like most working
class people, are likely to pay
a disproportionate share of
the burden of the energy
crisis. The Hlark unemploy
rnent rate might initially in
crease more »lowly than the
white rate because many of
the industries which are
most directly affected by the
energy crisi*. such as airline*
and plastic*, employ few
Blarks. But as the energy
shortage works it* way
through the economy, the
Black unem ploym ent rale
will take off rapidly. (M-rhaps
reaching 12 or 13 percent.
Unemployment of Black teen
agers, already high, will soar
out of sight.
Unfortunately, a* unem
ployment rises inflation will
worsen because all goods
and service we buy will be
affected by the shortage.
Current price controls will
help little because many
products are not subject to
such controls. Therefore, not
only will we earn fewer
dollars, but those dollars will
be worth less.
Inflation alw ays affects
Blacks and the lower working
class much more than it
affects the middle class and
the rirh. Many Blacks who
hail a fixit in the middle class
last year may now fall out as
they lose jobs or as their
incomes become inadequate
to maintain a middle class
style of life. Many Blacks
w ho had been at the brink of
poverty will now go under.
Many Blarks are not covered
by social security. Poverty
will increase.
The Black and minority
business community is also
likely to lx- hurt. Automobile
dealers and gasoline filling
stations are the number one
source of receipts among
Black businesses, and fourth
among businesses owned by
Spanish speaking Americans.
Serious problems will fare
renters.
landlords might
use the energy crisis as an
excuse for reducing heat be
low recommended levels, or
to boost rents or cut ser
vires. My recommendation
is not that landlords be
severely fined: the public
treasury should not be en
larged at the expense of |xx>r
ten ants.
Instead, rents
should be reduced or the
tenants otherwise compen
sated.
Heating oil is loo impor
tant to lx- left to the whims
of the market. Poor people
who use heating oil have
only two choices: use a cer
tain amount, or freeze.
We must control tx»th the
price and the distribution of
heating oil, because poor
people cannot afford higher
prices and because distribu
tors would prefer to sell to
the highest bidder.
More
over, the energy crisis prom
ises to change our way of
building homes, because
many contruction materials
are (letroleum derivatives or
require a high energy input
in their production. Home
builders will try to use in
ferior substitutes.
The shortage of gasoline,
though important, is less
critical than the shortage of
heating oil.
There are a
number of ways in which we
can function (although with
some discomfort) with less
gasoline. Let’s look at some
of the proposed policies for
solving the gasoline shortage.
The excess profit tax would
permit prices to rise enough
to encourage exploration by
oil companies, but not give
them a rip off.
It would do IrttHi to in
crease prixluction or reduce
prices. To avoid a rip off,
however, an excess profit lax
should In- enacted, but re
eeipts should not be used to
finance further exploration,
as the administration has
suggested. This would sim
ply provide a subsidy to the
oil industry.
Instead, re
eeipts should lx- used to
improve much needed and
ecologically sound mass
transportation. Keceipts will
lx- small, however, because
oil companies will disguise
their profits.
The adm inistration's ra
tioning scheme would not
keep fuel prices down. Prices
will rise anyway, because of
higher prices posted by
foreign producers, the higher
cost of producing domestic
oil from new sources, and the
higher coat of operating re
tail outlets.
Most poor
families could not participate
in the market for excess
coupons. Those who need to
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conference
New York Life Insurance
agent Vernon E. Joseph has
qualified to attend a career
conference in Seattle of New
York Life Insurance Com
pany agents from the six
state North Pacific region,
(ieneral Manager Richard P.
Mrl'lanimy, C.L.U., of the
Multnomah general office in
the Lloyd Center announced.
Joseph will join fellow-
agents and company execu
lives (or three days of educa
tional work in life under
writing, health and employee
protection insurance.
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Ejected Officials:
They
represent power in the state
legislature as well as local
In a eity whose Black power, if they are a member
voter population nears 51%, of a political organization or
how should the Black elec hold a solid core of loyal
locate deride how judges supporters. Legislators pass
should be selected? Ix-t us state laws, governors push
first look at a few of the legislation. POWER.
pitfalls of having judges ap
Associates of the Governor:
pointed by groups of at They have daily contact with
torneys or major elerted or access to the governor.
officials of a political sub They may often be his politi
division.
eal *4«isors. I’ott'KR.
In a previous column. I
lobbyists: They represent
discussed some of the real money and the cause of big
pitfalls of eleeting judges: business. POWER.
ex|x-nse, favoritism, politics
The Press: They are the
and quality.
But does a image builders and de
judicial ap|x)intment system stroyers. A game editor ran
rid the process of any of delve into any prospective
those problems? I think not. a p p o in te e 's b ack grou nd .
When you limit the number They investigate and tell
of people who participate in their story to the public.
any «election process, are not POWER.
the political wheeling and
The Bar Association: The
dealing m echanizations in
group that represents law
creased in intensity? At the yers ran and do watch who
same time, are not many
gets appoinu-d and passes
political groups excluded
judgement based upon their
from influence in that pro
experience. They act as a
cess? Ix-t's look at a rase in political farce. POWER
p o in t.
lo u , the Average Voter:
Ix-t us suppose that the
If you are not a lawyer,
authority to select judges in lobbyist, businessm an, an
a city rests in the hands of elected official or a friend of
the governor of the state.
the governor, where is your
Let us also suppose that the
influence? If you want to
judicial apjxiintmrnt is for
express your desire for prin
your city whose Black popu
cipled, fair judges, how ran
lalion nears 51%.
Who
you make your wishes felt?
would have the most in
You can't, for you do not
fluence in the governor’s
have a vote. POWERLESS.
decision?
In any democratic system,
Political Organizations:
you cannot rid the process
Any organization in the city
from all levels of politic*.
whose voting power has Ix-en
The question that we should
felt of course would have
ask is under what system
some influence. They repre
can we have the proper in
sent votes. Votes represent
fluence. We must keep as
power.
much POWER as we can. I
vote for VOTING.
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buy could not afford it.
The free market
it is
quit»- possible that, as prices
rise, people will find ways to
get along with less gasoline.
But this will heap hardship
on the poor
In short, none of these
major proposals will save the
poor and Black from being
disporportionately injured.
Instead, we need programs
to answer the problems of
the poor. We need a vigor
ous public employment pro
gram. We need an escalator
clause for AFDC payments
to compensate welfare re
cipients for inflation.
We
must provide subsidies to
poor people injured by the
energy cr'sis.
We should
allocate more funds to help
the poor improve their own
homes. We must make sure
landlords do not victimize
the poor. We should form a
national commission on the
consumption of energy to
represent the views of con
sumers.
BY WALTER L SMART
Executive Director
National Federation ot Settlements
and Neighborhood Centers
a « .-« « -» «
N . T lk U A M O O K S T
»O.1VAM0, OM » H I.
Of 0 week
CARPOOL seeks riders
Energy crisis: Poor suffer most
'Continued from pg. 1. col. 31
codes."
He urged the congressional
unit to direct the Depart
ment of Defense to move
swiftly to end the coding
system and to refuse to
honor all requests for per
sonal information about vet
erans.
"It is our under
standing," he said, "that most
of the big employers have
access to resources for de
coding' discharges despite
government denials to the
contrary."
Citing a study prepared by
the League's Research De
partment, Brown said that
adm inistrative, undesirable
or dishonorable discharges
make it extremely difficult
and often impossible for mi
nority veterans to find jobs,
even those to which they may
be entitled by virtue of their
veteran status.
"A jobless veteran," he
said, "cannot find a home in .
a decent community: he
cannot send his children to
decent schools, assure them
adequate and nutritious
meals, or provide the proper
health care for his family."
Saying that it was "unfair"
to punish a person and his
family for years to come be
cause of minor infractions
made at an early age. he
urged the Subcommittee to
take legislative action to cor
rect the gross injustice of the
military separation system.
After a month of activities,
CARPOOL is taking its case
directly to the people.
According to project man
ager Jack Graham, the CAR
POOL computerized match
ing system is complete and
ready for use by all city and
suburban commuters.
In
terested commuters can take
advantage of the federally
funded program at no charge.
Questionnaires
giving
name, pickup location, desti
nation, and working hours
should be deposited in a dis
play box wherever question
naires are available.
"Within two weeks after
returning the questionnaire,
participants will receive up
to ten n-mes of interested
carpoolers whose schedules,
pickup points and destina
tions coincide with theirs,”
explained Graham.
"It is
then up to the participant to
organize a carpool with other
people whose names are on
the list. We're doing every
thing we can to simplify this
program to encourage citi
zens to participate."
The ultimate goal of the
six month CARPOOL pro
gram is a 5% reduction in
commuter traffic in the Port
land metropolitan area. The
program is funded through
$225,000 federal monies and
10% matching funds con
tributed by Tri Met. Several
similar programs have been
federally funded across the
country in localities needing
strong carpooling programs
to offset gasoline shortages
and improve air quality stan
dards.
In Portland, CAR
POOL is being administered
through the Oregon Depart
ment of Transportation.
To reach the CARPOOL
goal of 5% reduction in rush
hour traffic. 16.200 com
muters must join a carpool.
“We have to change the in
grained driving habits and
attitudes of one person per
vehicle." said Graham. "The
media
radio, television
and newspapers
have all
pledged strong support. We
hope their effective promo
tional campaigns will com
bine with the simplicity of
the computerized matching
to encourage participation.”
Both city and state leaders
have voiced open support for
carpooling as a major means
of reducing the gasoline
shortage, traffic congestion
and air pollution problems.
CARPOOL predicts that if
16,200 commuters join car
pools, 10.801, vehicles will be
eliminated from daily rush
hour traffic and 8.700 gallons
of fuel will be saved each
day. This forecast is based
on an average carpool of
three persons and an average
round trip commute of 12
miles.
CARPOOL has worked
closely with over 150 major
employers in Portland its
suburbs to promote carpool
matching programs. Several
companies and government
agencies already have up to
50% of their workforces
using some form of group
transportation.
"Certainly the gas short
age is a major impetus for
CARPOOL.” concluded Gra
ham. "But it only serves to
point up the ridiculous nature
of our commuting habits.
During rush hours, average
occupancy of autos in the
metro area is 1.2 persons!"
Anyone with questions
about carpooling or needing
a questionnaire for com
puterized matching is en
couraged to dial C A R
P O O L (227 76651.
Page I
The banquet will begin at
7 00 p m . after a 6 30 p in
reception. A limited number
of tickets are available to
low income persons who
would otherwise not be able
to attend, by calling Charles
Carter at the Albina Actioo
Center.
(Continued from pg. 1. col. 7)
picked up on the state or
local level; that is, by com
munity, if lix-al offinals con
sider the effectiveness of
these local Community Ac
tion Agencies warrants con
tinued support."
The tr u th a b o u t
I ) i nect< >ry A ssista n ce ?
E v e r y d a y w e sp e n d
th o u s a n d s o f y o u r te le p h o n e
d o lla r s to lo o k u p n u m b e rs
a lre a d y lis te d in th e
d i rec ti)ry . I f y< h i w a n t t<>
h e lp h o ld d o w n te le p h o n e
c o s ts please ltx>k in
th e b ix ) k fir s t.
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Democrats guarantee
minority involvement
The Democratic National
Committee, with key votes
from its Black members, has
now adopted new rules for
the selection of 1976 Demo
cratic National Convention
delegates. These new rules
obligate state and local
parties to open up even more
all of their activities to the
widest possible public par
ticipation.
In place of the so-called
"quotas" provision, there has
been instituted the require
ment that all state parties
develop and execute, under
close supervision from the
newly formed Compliance
Review Commission, a de
tailed affirmative action pro
gram that is designed to
"encourage full participation
by all Democrats, with par
ticular concern for minority-
groups, native Americans,
women and youth." In an
other provision. Blacks joined
with progressive elements
Thursday. March 21. 1974
D E N TA L
Repa/fs
and other interests of the
party to keep the Compliance
Review Commission iCRC) as
an enforcement body rather
than changing it to a strictly
supervisory capacity.
The new Compliance Re
view Commission will include
six Blacks. They are: Rep
resentatives Barbara Jordan
and Andrew Young, Mayor
Richard G. Hatcher, Mayor
Doris Davis, Felicia Bragg
and Colorado State House
Representative Arie Taylor.
Most of the rule changes
were worked out in the
Democratic National Com
mittee's Executive session
the day before the regular
meeting. Black members of
«he Executive meeting in
clude: Vice Chairman Basil
Paterson of New York, Sec
retary of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania C. Delores
Tucker, and Danville. Vir
ginia attorney Ruth Harvey
Charity.
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(Continued from pg. 1. col. 6)
"That's why we are making
one last appeal for your
support for the Farah work
ers and their families. Please
make sure that this city
shows its heart with food,
clothes, dollars and toys. We
will lx- most grateful."
Contribution centers will
be located in several sections
of the city and will operate
from 9:00 a m. to 5:00 p.m.
starting March 11th. Some
of the contribution centers
are: N.W. Portland. Long
shoremens Hall, local 40,
2401 N.W. 23rd St.; S.W.
Portland Amalgamated Cloth
ing Workers office. 813 S.W.
Alder St., Room 501; S.W.
Portland, Portland Labor
Center, 201 S.W. Arthur St.,
Room 205; S.E. Portland.
Mrs. Diabio, 2050 S.E. 16th
Ave. toff l4tdds Circle); S.E.
Portland, Artha Adair, 7035
s.E. 20th Av,- 'i-if Bybee
Blvd.l.
.Anyone wishing to donate
items not having transporta
tion may do so by calling
233 9691 or 223 0482 for
special home pickup.
The
committee will continue to
accept items until the March
30th deadline date.
Ship
ment to Texas will start
April 1st.
The strike at the Earah
plants was one of the longest
in modern American history.
It started in May of 1972
with the em p loyees de
manding the right to union
representation.
More than
2.000 Farah workers held
firm to the strike throughout
the duration.
The agreement with the
union came after a card cheek
which showed an impressive
majority of the workers
favored the union.
After
that, Farah recognized the
A m a lg a m a t e d C lo th in g
Workers; agreed to hire back
the strikers; promised to ne
gotiate a fair settlement and
expressed hope for fair labor
management relations in the
future. The union in return
has called off its nationwide
boycott of Farah products.
A number of institutions
have endorsed the Farah
workers' cause, including the
U.S. Catholic Conference
Committee on Social De
velopment and World Peace.
The National Council of
Churches, the Division of
Church and Society of the
United M ethodist Church,
The United Church Board of
Homeland M inisteries and
The African Methixlist Epis
copal Church.
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