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County
A lth o u g h the C o u n ty ’»
.Program Analysis Research
and Design IPAKD) program
and its Training and Educa
lion Department iTED ) pro
gram have not been and w ill
not be funded until July
1, 1974 if they are adopted
by the Multnomah County
Hoard of C om m issioners,
the programs do have staff
members and now have In
terim Administrators.
The appointments were
made although supposedly a
freeze on hiring exists. The
commission and staff have
avoided the freeze by "ju s ti
fy in g ') em ergency h irin g ;
however, requests lor these
positions did not appear on
the Agenda for the A pril
25th meeting.
TED staff members learned
about the appointment of
t h e ir I n t e r im
D ir e c t o r
through a memo from Jack
Chapman, assistant director
of the Human Services De
partment, who has acted as
their supervisor. His inter
office memo of A p ril 22nd
reads:
"C ircu m sta n ce s re q u ire
that an interim adm inistrator
be appointed for the TED
Office.
My own personal
work load is simply too
heavy to continue to attempt
to ailminister the office. We
have no immediate prospect
of being able to appoint a
TED Director in view of the
hiring freeze that is pre
dirted to last until July 1.
We have recently derided to
advertise the TED Director
ship again to obviate the
possibility of any criticism
regarding the romprehen
siveness of our recruitment
effort. We have also decided
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to assemble a selection com
nittee lor the position. For
hese, and other, reasons the
ippointm enl of an interim
administrator seems neces
sary.
“ I have appointed Jerry
Vaughn, Volunteer Coordi
nator, to the position until
July 1 or until the TED
Director is selected. During
the next 2 ’/» months, he will
devote about one half of his
OBSERVER
AN EO UAl OFFOSTUNITV EMPLOYES
EHE WHOLE WIOE WORLD THAT REALLY CARES ABOUT
Thursday, May 2, 1974
Nate Proby, chairman of
the United M inority Workers
(IJMW) was assured of the
support of the Albina Minis
terial Alliance, the NAACP.
Portland Branch, and th i
llrb a ri la-ague of Portland as
he launches the UMW drive
for employment in the con
struction trades. With the
advent of spring weather and
large
c o n s tru c tio n
jobs
getting underway, the UMW
is again seeking employment
for m inority workers in con
struction
and especially
on those projects that in
volve federal money.
If contractors and unions
are not more resjionsive in
opening jobs and training
positions fo r m in o ritie s ,
VMW plans a series of work
stoppages th ro u g h mass
demonstrations and court
injunctions. If necessary a
series of complaints and suits
w ill be filed. Proby asked
for and received the en
dorsement and cooperation of
the other leading Black or
ganizalions
Reverend
John Jackson, chairm an,
re p re s e n tin g A M A ; E llis
Casson, President, for the
NAACP, and George Rankin
of the Urban League's Road
Builder Program. The UMW
has also been supported by
Chicano and Indian groups
throughout the state.
Two m inority employees
hired by the Compton Con
struction Company and the
R.L. Houck C o n stru ctio n
Company for work on 1-5 28
miles north of Roseburg
were denied public accomo
dations by the El Camino
Motel at Yoncalla. Oregon.
Lloyd Hatfield. Indian, and
Charles Thomas, Black, are
employed as heavy equip
ment operators on the $11
million highway project.
Hatfield and Thomas were
first denied accomodations
by Mr. Hickman, manager o f
the motel, on Saturday. A pril
28th. They returned to the
motel with Nate Proby on
Monday and were rented a
room by Mrs. Hickman, in
her husband's absence. They
were asked to move by Mr.
Hickman on Tuesday. Hick
man said that although he
has vacancies, he thinks the
l()r per ropy
office that meets the needs
of the department, rather
than the needs of some of its
discrete programs.
As de
centralization proceeds, there
w ill be an increasing demand
for the kind of education and
training that TED is de
signed to provide We must
continue our refinement of
the organizational manual
and the development of our
internal processes to meet
the needs of the service
teams, supervisor's groups,
quadrant management struc
tures, and all others who
must know about these new
developments
Wi have a
substantial amount of "free"
Blacks who were active in
the drive to obtain the right
to vote in the Deep South in
the 1960's are returning to
Alabama to warn the now
enfranchised Black voters
against support of George
Wallace in his bid for a third
term as Alabama governor.
In Selma, where he was
beaten to the ground by
police during an attempted
civil rights march, John
Ia-wis told a gathering of
Black citizens:
“ I'm a little disturbed and
a little disappointed that
here in this
community
where some of us struggled,
some of us went to jail, some
of us were beaten. I'm a
little upset that some of us
tend to forget.
"Too many (»eople have
died. Too many people have
suffered for us to sell our
vote for 34) pieces of silver,
for an op|wirtunity just to sit
in the state capitol or visit
the governor's mansion.”
Ia-wis told the gathering at
Green Street Baptist Church
that Blacks all over the
nation w ill be watching on
May 7th "to see if you w ill
destroy the dream that was
won by blood."
Ia-wis, who heads the
V o te r Education P ro je c t,
State sets utility credit rules
New regulations, signifi
cantly improving consumers
protection in their day today
dealings w ithin public u tility
companies, have been issued
by Oregon Public U tility
Commissioner Richard Sabin.
The regulations w ill re
quire u tility companies, in
some instances, to begin
immediately changing certain
customer service policies.
The rules, which also in
corporate changes enacted
by the 1973 legislature, take
effect June 1st.
They are
the first full revision of
u tility rules and regulations
since 1968.
Highlights of the new rules
include the re q u ire m e n ts
that:
Establishing C redit
A customer may establish
satisfactory credit for u tility
service if he owns a 20
percent in te re s t in the
premises served, if the con
sumer has been a customer
of the u tility for a similar
type service for tw o years.
<a
Longer-term
Financing
for Home
Improvements
Now Is the time to plan remodeling projects
for more convenience and recreation
at home Even major appliances can be
Included with up to 16 years to repay at the
Ben) Franklin M ake your plans, get
estimates, then visit any of our offices
Block B Decker Power tool wtven you obtain
a Home improvemenl Loan o4 St0 0 0 or more
Benj.(O Franklin
• .IAH aeea
Horna Olilo«: Franklin Bide., Portland, Oregon #7204
I H Hazon, Prws - 29 Omens - Phono 24A-I2M
with no disconnect history
nor mor«- than two dt-lin
quent payments during the
preceding 12 months, if the
applicant furnishes a satis
factory guarantor, or if the
applicant makes a cash de
posit not to exceed two
months estimated billing;
Effective July 1, 1974,
each u tility shall pay 6 per
cent interest per year on
deposits;
The u tility
shall auto
m a tica lly refund deposits
plus arrrued interest upon
discontinuance of the serviee,
or after twelve consecutive
billings without having more
"ban two delinquent pay
ments;
Eisronnertion and
ion of Service
Restora
Five days w ritten notice
must be given by the u tility
company before service can
hr- disconnected for delin
quent payment of bills and
w ritten notire must include
notification that the cus
tomer can appeal the dis
connection to the PUC;
S ervice d is c o n tin u a n c e
shall not be made on a day
before a weekend or holiday
or on a weekend or holiday
without the prior consent of
the PUC;
Telephone Service Standards
No telephone u tility eni
ployee shall enter the rest
dence of a rustomer without
proper authorization;
Telephone utilities must
attempt to meet standards of
service to include insuring
that average busy hour call
attempts rereive a dial tom
w ithin three seconds, that
IPlease turn to pg. 6, col. D
i
went to Alabama with a
number of other civil rights
leaders who are disturbed by
rumors that a substantial
number of Blacks w ill vote
for Wallace.
Among those
acrompanving Lewis were
Georgia State Representative
Julian Bond; Reverend Hosea
Williams of the Southern
Christian la-adership Coun
cil; and Leon Hall, education
specialist for the Southern
Regional Council.
As G ove rn o r, W allace
barred the door of the Uni
versity of Alabama to Black
students and stood by a:
civil rights workers were
murdered, beaten and jailed
across the state as they
struggled for the right to
vote, desegregated accom
modations and employment.
Some of the bloodiest attacks
on demonstrators by police
occured in Selma and Rir
minghan. but Wallace re
fused to use the powers of
the state to protect them.
The bloodshed in Selma
ended only after President
Johnson nationalized the
National-Guard and called in
federal troops. Voter regis
tration was not allowed by
Wallace until federal regis
trars were sent into the
state to register Blacks.
In Tuskegee, the scene of
several civil rights .demon
strations in the 1964)'.», Black
mayor Johnny Ford has an
nouneed that he w ill vote for
Wallace.
He gives as his
reason the fact that the
governor rontrols the re
sources that his community
needs.
The state's only
Black probale judge. William
M. Branch, has said Wallace
"w ill be good for the state
and good for the nation, too."
Notice
A story in last week's
paper stated that Carolyn
Scott, Portland's new Miss
Black Teenager, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Noble, Jr. Carolyn
is the daughter of H R. Scott.
She lives with Mr. and Mrs.
Noble, who are her aunt and
uncle.
"We a re c o n te m p la tin g the
m ove o f some T E D s ta ll to
D E I.H G ir ls II in th e fu tu n
unless we have some "break
th r o u g h ’ in re g a rd to sc
c u rin g a com m on lo ca tio n for
PARD. TE D
F IS P E R and
DUS
a d m in is tra to rs .
In
e ith e r case, m any o f you w ilt
in- m oved to a lo ca tio n w ith
o th e r
TED
pe rso n n e l
in
o rd e r to achieve cohesive
ness W ith in th e o ffice and
m ore fre q u e n t c o n ta ct w ith
P A R D . F IS P E R and o th e r
ce n tra l D ilS s ta ff
J e rry has agreed not to
apply lo r the T E D D ir e c to r s
position in o rd e r to a v o id any
c ritic is m th a t th is a p p o in t
nient gives him an " in s u le
track on th a t |M*sition.”
i he P A R D s ta ff w , re ill
form ed on A p r il 25th o f the
appointm e n t of M ike A d le r,
w ho is a sa n ita ria n w ith the
H e a lth D e p a rtm e n t:
t irc u m st a n cc s r e q u ir e
th a t an ín te rin , a d m in is tra to r
be appointed lo r the P A R D
o lin e
Mv own p e rsonal
w o rk
load is s im p ly
to o
he.tv V lo r mi to it te m p t to
c o n tin u i
.nini
sti rin g
the
iPlease tu rn Io pg
t. col
II
rni-ii should st.iv in Roseburg,
which is 28 nules away.
The
U n it e d
M in o r it y
W o rk e rs hav< file d a com
p la in t
w ith
th e
E n v iro n
m e n ta l
P ro te c tio n
Agency
against Jt-li-o C o n s tru c tio n
Company o f I la h J e lc o is
th e p rim e c o n tra c to r lo r the
D u rh a m
sew age
p r o je c t
being b u ilt by the U n ifie d
S e w e ra g e A g e n cy o f Wash
ington County.
The complaint was filed on
behalf of Roy T Mivake. w h o
applied lor work as a truck
driver at the project on April
26th. He wa- employed one
day, and on his second day
was terminated with the ex
pianation that he did riot
have enough experience. Mi
vaki drove 35 foot and 10
foot semi-trailer rigs for
Publisher Paper Company
for tw o years, drove dump
trucks for Willamette Hi
Grade for 1 year; and drove
fo r N ew berg Sand and
Gravel for three years. He
has been a member of the
teamsters union for four
years.
PMSC
organizes
housing
T h e P o rtla n d M e tro p o lita n
S te e rin g C o m m itti-c h .i* an
nounced th e fo rm a tio n o f th e
P o rtla n d H o u sin g D e v e lo p
m erit C o rp o ra tio n . T h e Non
I ’ r o fit
C or,» o ra tio n,
in co r
(»orated w ith the S ta te De
p a rtm e n t o f C om m erce A p r il
4. 1974. w ill m ob ilize and
conibine p u b lic and p riv a te
resources to p ro v id e housing
on a non p r o fit basis fo r low
incom e people and to p ro
m ote th e d e v e lo p m e n t of
im p ro v e d housing c o n d itio n s
for low incom e (icople.
A 15-mvnibcr Board of
Directors, representing the
business, professional and
financial community and low
income persons, will govern
the Corporations's affairs.
Officers of the Board are:
Mrs. Bettie lx»u Overton.
President; Mike Henniger.
Vice President;
Theodore
Ereeman. Treasurer; Ms. Jan
iPlease turn to page 5 col. 6>
N e x t S u n d a y, M ay 5th, w ill be O pen House D a y a t S t. A n d re w School. 4919 N .E . 9 th S tre e t.
S tu d e n ts and teachers w ill welcom e p a re n ts , frie n d s , and m em b e rs o f the c o m m u n ity to see
th e ir school and the w o rk th e y are d o in g . S is te r M ary G race is p ic tu re d m t h e new re a d in g lab
a t th e school.
S t. .A ndrew s School has grades 1 8. I t is sponsored by St. .Andrew s C a th o lic C h u rch . In
a d d itio n to th e e le m e n ta ry school, th e re is an a d u lt n ig h t school. R e g is tra tio n fo r n e xt school
y e a r w ill ta k e place May 6 10 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m . in th e school office.
Court says pay pregnant women
Rumors give Wallace Black vote
time to devote to these
challenges in the months
ahead, and we must make
the iw-st possible use of this
opportunity while we have it
PEOPLE
UMW begins spring drive
Edwin C. (Bill) Berry, who was the firs t director of the
Urban la*ague of Portland, w ill speak on "Astute Political
Action:
Positive Progress for M inorities’" at the Urban
la-ague's 29th Annual Meeting. The dinner meeting w ill be
held on May 17th at the Sheraton Motor Inn.
time to his role fmore if
necessary).
“ I have asked Jerry to
administer the affairs of the
office rather than assume the
broader role of being the
director of the office. I am
asking each of you to con
suler him as your supers isor
during this interim period.
This move w ill allow us to
continue our progress toward
the development of a TED
U.S. D istrict Court Judge
Otto R. Skopil ruled A pril
25th that a school board may
not deny sick leave benefits
to a teacher lor childbirth.
He held this to be an unfair
labor practice under Title
V II of the Civil Rights Act of
1964 and invidious discrimi
nation on the basis of sex in
violation of the Equal Pro
tection Clause of the Four
teenth Amendment of the
U.S. Constitution.
Ruling on a case brought
by the American C ivil Liber
ties Union of Oregon on
behalf of Barbara Hutchison,
a teacher at W'aluga Junior
High School in l,ake Oswego,
against the members of the
school board. Judge Skopil
held that the “ distinction
between c h ild b irth caused
disabilities and other medical
disabilities is a rb itra ry and
irrational," that it "serves no
legitimate interest of the
Board," and that it "penalizes
the female teacher for as
serting her right to bear
children."
He enjoined de
fendants from refusing to
grant sick leave for preg
nancy related disabilities.
The members of the Board
were ordered to grant Ms.
Hutchison sick leave benefits
i $339 in lost wages for the
15' i days she was absent in
January and February, 19731
and to reimburse her for
court costs and attorneys
fees.
The school board had
relied upon legal advice from
the State Department of
Education that m aternity is
not an "illness or in ju ry" for
which the school district
Goldschmidt dedicates
Boys Club facility
property is a former football
Bovs' Club of Portland
field, now a playground.
Metropolitan Area w ill com
Construction was started
plete another stage of de
in September of 1973, ac
velopment when a new
cording to Roy J. Ciappini,
■$65,tMX) addition to Columbia
executive director of the
Boys' Club. 764)2 N. Emerald
local Boys' Clubs, with a
Street, is dedicated by Mayor
capital fund drive to buy the
Nell Goldschmidt Monday,
property held in 1970 by
May 6th. at 1:00 p.m. Open
Boys' Clubs officials.
In
house w ill follow until 43:00
1971, the old North Catholic
p.m.
High School (partially de
Tours of the new facility
stroyed by fire l was pur
w ill he conducted after the
chased, and the Columbia
dedication until 2:00 p.m. by
Bovs' Club was moved from
staff members, and from 2:00
N. Hereford Street, using
p.m. to 8:00 p.m. by Boys"
the existing building at 7602
Club members.
N. Emerald Street.
Of the total cost, $15,000
Ted Asbahr, chairman of
has actually been spent by
the building committee, has
the local Bovs’ Clubs for con
been contractor for
the
struction. with $50,000 being
building.
.Architect was
donated in services, building
Robert J. Koch. Both men
materials and other rontribu
donated their services.
tions, according to Forrest
Donations were also made
Berg and John Rian, dedica
by labor unions, contractors,
tion cochairinen.
suppliers, apprentices and
The 4.400 sq. ft. addition
many others.
include# a new lobby, office,
In 1973. Columbia Boys'
check room, younger boys'
Club had 800 members,
game room, kitchen and
according to Ken Thompson,
locker room. It w ill adjoin
director, and is the second
two existing buildings that
largest of the three Portland
area Boys' Clubs. Member
include a gymnasium and a
ship is open to all boys 7 to
tw o story classroom building
18, with an annual fee of $2.
•hat has been converted to
Refreshments of coffee,
lib ra r y , vocational shops,
punch and cookies (courtesy
photography darkroom, club
of Rian's Restaurants) w ill be
rooms, counseling offices,
served at the open house.
older boys' lounge and meet
ing room. Included on the
The public is invited.
grants sick leave. The court
found that, even though
pregnancy is a condition
limited to women and is
usually voluntary, it is not
substantially different from
other temporary disabilities
for which sick leave benefits
are granted.
The school
board's regulation "penalizes
the female school teacher for
being a woman and must be
condemned on that ground."
Skopil said. He added. "The
classification also discrimi
vales because it requires the
p laintiff to choose between
employment and pregnancy."
According to Carol Hewitt.
ACLU cooperating attorney
who handled the case, the
ruling is applicable to all
state and local governmental
employers in Oregon and to
private employers w ith fif
teen or more employees, as
well as to school districts.
Stevie Remington, Execu
tive D irector of the ACLU of
Oregon, said she was sending
a copy of the opinion to the
State Superintendent of Edu
cation w ith a suggestion that
he immediately notify all
school districts in the state
of their legal obligations in
respect to maternity leaves.
PUTEP trains teachers
for minority students
T h e P o rtla n d
U rb a n
Teacher Education Project,
now in its fifth year, is a
federally funded program
d e sig n i li to recruit, train and
certificate individuals who
can work effectively with
disadvantaged children in the
middle and high schools.
The program accepts adults
who hold college degrees but
do not have teaching c e rtifi
cates; those who are w ithin
34) credit hours of receiving a
degree; or those who hold a
secondary c e rtific a te and
wish to gain an elementary
certificate. The aim of the
program is to bring more
Blacks and m inority people
into teaching.
The program is based at
Adams High School and is
directed by Dick W ithy
combe. Interns are placed in
the high schools and middle
schools of the P o rtla n d
School D istrict, where they
teach
w ith
supervision.
Course work totalling 48
credits is offered by Oregon
State University, but the
classes are given at Adams
Interns w ho complete t he
course work and the training
are eligible for certification
by the state. Those who do
not have de g re e s can
them th ro u g h 4)regon
U n iv e rs ity .
»btain
State
lierause of the extreme
shortage of Black teachers in
School D istrict XI. Black
applicants are given first
p rio r ity by P U T E P .
Second
preference is given to in
dividual* who wish to teach
in the middle school or upper
elementary grades in Oregon.
The Portland Public Schools
do not guarantee employ
ment, but placement depends
on the needs of the district.
Of the 81 [»ersons who have
completed the PUTEP pro
gram, 29 are now employed
by the d istrict. 21 as class
room teachers. Of these, 20
are Black.
Graduates of the first
PUTEP class w ho are now
mployed by the Portland
Public Schools are:
Alcena Boozer, Leroy Pat
ton, Elaine Rhine. H arriett
Taylor. Ixvis
Washington,
W illia m W oodson.
The second class included:
Kay B la ckb u rn.
B illie
F ra z ie r, L e la F ra z ie r, Audrey
Haynes, Ernest H ill and
Leon Johnson.
The third PUTEP group
(Please turn to pg. 3, col. 3)
Education
helps
Jim Spears, the only Black
•member of the Beaverton
Police Department, came to
the department well qualified
both in experience and in
education.
Before going to the Beav
erton department. Spears
was employed by the Marin,
California S heriffs Depart
ment and served four years
in the M ilitary A ir Police.
Spears is w ithin six credit
hours of achieving an Assoc
iate o f A rts degree in law
enforcement.
He has at
tended Police Academies in
Oregon and in California. In
addition to courses leading to
the A A degree at Portland
Commuitv College, he has
completed courses in Narcot
ics Education and Criminal
Investigation.
Officer Spears
believes
formal education, as well as
practical experience and a
concern for people, is impor
tant in law enforcement.
Attorney John Toran lle fl) discusses the issues with
campaign co-chairman Ron Buel. Toran is a candidate for the
Democratic Party nomination to Oregon Senate d istrict 9.
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