County eliminates affirmative action, ÜAAC sues
The United ^fflrmaUve
Action Committee I* filing
su it «gainst Multnomah
County, charging that the
county has failed to abide by
federal affirmative action
guidelines. The suit asks an
injunction against further |
use of fedcrtJ, funds and re
quests a federal investigation
of the use of such funds.
The suit will name the
members of the Hoard of
County Commissioners
Commissioners Gleason, Gor
don. (Hark, Padrow and
Mosee. Hud Kramer. Ad
ministrative Assistant to the
Hoard; John Raynor, Per
sonneI Officer; and each de
partment head.
Parties to
the suit are the United
A ffirm ative Action Com
mitlee; the United Minority
Workers; Hetty Overton, a
citizen; and Elaine Piper, a
discharged county employee
The UAAC met with
Jewell Goddard, Director of
the Department of Human
Services, Wednesday to dis
cuss his ideas and opinions
on minority hiring. Spokes
men for UAAC were dis
satisfied with his responses
and reported that he avoided
answering their questions.
Goddard told the group th it
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Prince Hall Maao.Va Explorer Post #994 girl»* basketball
team won second place in Explorer Council track meet.
dominated the meet in recent
years, with 171 points for
boys and girls events; the
Prince Hall group earned 43
|K>ints for girls only; and the
Civic Affairs H. U.S. Army
Reserves earned 40 points
for boys and girls events.
Coaches for the team are
Ms. Hetty Overton and
Johnny Warren.
The Nation«! Explorer
Olympics is open to the top
three winning posts from
each local Explorer Council.
The Prince Hall Mason's
Post *944 was organized this
fall, all of the members being
new to Exploring. The girls'
basketball team was formed
a month ago. Exploring is
open to all teenage boys and
girls.
A pancake breakfast will
be held at Jantzen Beach
Shopping Center on Satur
day. May 25th, from 9:30
a.m. to 2:30 p.m. to raise
money to send three Ex
ploeer Posts, incoiding the
Prince Hall Masons Post
*944, to the Explorer Olym
pics in Colorado. The Jant
zen Iteach Merchants As
sociation and the National
Guard will assist.
Bill Berry addresses Urban League
Edwin C. "Hill" Berry will
be the gues» speaker at the
Urban League. Portland's
29th Annual M«-cling.
Berry served for 33 years
as a top executive with
National Urban League af
filiates in Pittsburgh, Port
land and Chicago. In these
assignments he developed
such an outstanding record
of program achievements
that the Urban league's
highest officials and his col
leagues across the nation
acclaimed Berry as one of
the "most brilliant and dis
tinguished executives in the
entire history of the National
Urban League Movement."
Berry was the first Execu
live Director of the Urban
la-ague of Portland. Under
his leadership the Urban
la-ague was instrumental in
the passage of Oregon's fair
employment, public accom
modations and fair housing
r»»»‘
laws.
Under his influence
the first Black teachers were
hired by the Portland Public
Schools, the first elevator
operators, the first clerk in
downtown Portland, the first
secretaries placed, and addi
tional areas of employment
opened to Blacks, who had
been relegated to working
with the railroad and in the
shipyards.
Because of his ability to
deal with massive race and
com m u n ity d e v e lo p m e n t
problems. Berry is recog
nized as one of the leading
authorities on America's
urban and racial problems.
He has taught Sociology and
Social Studies in nine major
universities, including Port
land State University.
Berry is a widely sought
speaker, commentator and
consultant on urban issues
and problems. He is host
moderator o f the popular
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Chapman interviews them in
a paternalistic manner and
"talks down” to them rather
than respecting them as pro
fessional people
The County Commission's
budget hearings reveal that
the proposed “Affirmative
Action Officer and Trouble
Shooter” for the personnel
office has been deleted from
the budget.
The position
was to pay $16,800.
The
Thursday. May 9, 1974
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weekly program, "People to
People", for WGN TV in
Chicago, which is aired in
prime time 8 p.m., Sunday
evenings.
Current leadership assign
menls include: The Chicago
Community Fund, Leader
ship Council for Metropolitan
Open Communities, the Black
Commission on Crime, Black
Legislative Clearing House.
Carson Pirie Scott Founda
tion, Woodlawn Development
Corporation, several com
mittees and commissions of
the Illinois Board of Higher
Education, the Editorial
Board of The Chicago Re
porter, the National Com
mittee against Discrimination
in Housing, the Fund Raising
Committee of the Chicago
Urban League, and the
Ralph Bunch«- Awards Panel
of the United Nations As
sociation of the United States
of America, of which he is
Chairman.
He has received honors
and awards from groups
across the country. Among
these awards are: Chicagoan
of the Year in the field of
social welfare by the Chicago
Junior Association of Com
merce and Industry. 1965
and 1970; honored as a 1966
laureate by the Lincoln
Academy; he received the
1967 John F. Kennedy
Award, presented by the
Catholic Interracial Council;
in 1969, he received the
Honorary Degree of Doctor
of Laws from Western Michi
gan University; and Doctor
of Humane le tter s from
Chicago State University in
1973. The awards he covets
most are the S tatew ay
Mothers' S ociety (public
housing residents) Citation of
Honor in 1968. the Ada S.
McKinley House (a neighbor
hood centerl Man o( the Year
award for 1968, The Wood
lawn Organization (TWO!
Citation for Outstanding Ser
vice and Leadership in the
Black Community in 1968.
Also, the Citizens Schools
Committee's special citation
(Please turn to pg. 2, col. 5)
David M. Nero II won two
first place awards for his
investment in the remodeling
of two boarded up stores and
incorporating both into a
well designed, plush office
building in the heart of the
Model Cities area.
The first First Place Award
was Esco's annual community
awards com(>etition, adding
to the beautification of Port
land in a style that is a
significant contribution to
thia area".
The second First Place
Award was presented by the
Visitors Service Committee
of Portland Chamber of
Commerce. This award cited
the firm of NERO and
ASSOCIATES. Inc.
for
Special Recognition for Out
standing Contribution to the
Improvement of the Com
munity and Business Pro
perty Improvement".
Due to the phase out of
certain programs and con
tract completions Nero slat
ed that the plush 5,000
square foot office space could
not be fully utilized by his
firm. He elected to lease the
entire building and adjacent
parking lot to the State of
(lev ewe
io
bring
anothuv
much needed program closer
to the citizenry served -
Maternity and Infant Care
Serv ices.
Nero stated that he will
again win similar awards
perhaps in 1975.
He in-
dicated that 1973 was a very
hectic year for him personally
and consequently for his
business brought on by very
debilitating personal matters
a consequent serious illness
and minimum generation of
new contracts due to his
inability to perform the
requisite level of marketing.
At the National level
NERO and ASSOCIATES is
considered the top firm of its
kind in the delivery of
services in their areas of
expertise. Some of the areas
the firm has performed in
are: 1. Survey Research to
Assess the Impact of Re
located Households for OEO;
2. Management and Tech
meal Assistance to Small
B usiness for SBA.
3.
National Educational Re
search Program to Review
Follow Through Program
Materials for U.S. Office of
Education; 4. Conducted
workshops for thirty cities
throughout the United States
in the use of census data by
using Computer Mappings
with social data indices and
employing the Shevky Bell
technique of Social Area
Analysis far HUD; and 5.
,Sc4oek«ee ' -tat.on Control
for Bonneville Power Ad
ministration. The firm has a
highly competent and talen
ted staff as well as associated
specialists in a broad range
of highly technical fields. The
firm is multi-racial with both
List” alive?
Hill Vandever questioned
the integrity of the Internal
Revenue Service's plan to
audit his 1972 tax state
ments, asking if the "Enemies
List is still alive and well at
the White House."
On February 8, 1974, the
Oregon Democratic Fund
sponsored a fund raising
dinner, "The 1974 Wallowing
in Watergate Dinner", with
former California Congress
man Jerry Voorhis as guest
speaker, the “First and Oldest
Living Nixon Victim". Ap
proximately 5.000 promo
tional mailings were dis
tributed. some to New York
and Washington, D.C.
At the time of the dinner
there was some joking about
those contributing to the
event -finding themselves on
future White House "Ene
mies Lists" and having their
income taxes audited. State
Senator Keith Rurbidge
made the observation to the
regional job description for
the position was:
"Although affirmative ac
tion to attain equal employ
ment opportunity for minori
ties and women will be
applied in each of the func
tional areas of Personnel and
integrated into the total
personnel system, it is neces
sary during the next several
years for the county to have
one individual designated
with the responsibility for
assisting in the development
and implementation of a
County wide A ffir m a tiv e
Action Plan and to investi
gate and attempt to solve
discrimination complaints and
Human Services Division is
social service. The Division
already has a director, assis
tant director, and will have
four Quadrant Managers,
each responsible for activity
in his geographical area.
What then, they say, is the
need for a Social Service
Director?
The current Social Ser
vices Director is Duane
Lemley, a Salem resident.
Lemley commutes from Salem
each day, hurriedly leaving
the office at 5.00 p m. to
catch the Greyhound home.
He has no plans to move to
Portland since his wife
(Please turn to pg. 2, col. 5)
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dinner guests that William
Vandever could expect to be
the first to draw attention
from the Internal Revenue
Service since as the Oregon
Democratic Fund's Treasurer,
his name was on all of the
material.
In a letter dated April 18.
1974, Vandever was notified
by IRS that his 1972 tax
returns would be audited.
"Is this a coincidence or is
the 'Enemies List' still alive
and well at the White
House?" he asked.
According to news reports,
the Senate Watergate Com
mittee found evidence that
the IRS was involved in a
"massive tax auditing scheme
designed to harass political
opponents of the Nixon ad
ministration."
Vandever has asked the
Senate Watergate Committee
to determine whether there
is anything unusual in his
being chosen for an audit.
men and women represented
from top to bottom in the
organizational structure.
Nero also won Small Busi
nessman of the Year Award,
the first Black to win such an
award in Oregon, if not in the
United States. He made the
Dean's List at Oregon State
University, where he is an
Assistant Professor in the
School of Business and Tech
nology. Nero summed up his
achievements as being first
in many of his endeavors and
winning many awards, but
somehow happening to lose
the real prize.
To use a coined cliche he
said, furnishing a cow with a
-ap and gown does not
mprove the quality of milk.
We are initiating a strong
marketing effort in our own
region, state, county, and
city so as not to be
dependent on the govern
ment for more than 50% of
our work. The graduation
ceremonies are over and we
have earned our scholastic
honors on a national level.
We are going to change the
diet of the cows to improve
the quality of the milk and
let the dogs out of the kennel
so they might exercise and
increase their speed, or
perhaps their bite.
PROFILES in POLITICS
Speaking to Senior Citizens
at the Senior Aduil Service
Center. Senator Vern Cook
promised support to ex
tension of medicare benefits
of social security so that "an
elderly or disabled person
will be entitled to medical
care and custodial rare from
the date of their disability
until such rare is no longer
needed."
Senator Cook
added,
"It is a scandal that thw
benefits of medicare are so
limited, as they relate to
care for the totally disabled
and elderly who frequently
require extended medical
and custodial care. Now the
benefits of medicare end so
soon that lengthy illnesses
wipe out every visible asset
of the sick person. He or she
is then forced to either lean
upon reluctant relatives or
f-o on welfare. Frequently
the care is inadequate. Social
security benefits should be
extend««d to provide com
plete medical and custodial
care to all the disabled and
elderly, regardless of the
duration."
State Treasurer Jim Red
den received the endorse
ment of former Orego-
Governor Bob Holmes in his
bid for the Democratic nomi
nation for the office of
Governor.
in matters of institutional
operations brought before it
and make recommendations
to the Oregon State Board of
Higher Education through
the president of the institu
tion. Representative McCoy’s
appointment is to a four-year
term ending in 1977.
Oregon Ti-ch State Ad
visory Council members will
m«-et at the Klamath Falls
campus May 13th and 14th.
McCoy was elected to the
Oregon House of Repre
sentatives in 1972, repre
senting District 15 in North
Portland. In his first term
he was a member of the
Ways and Means Committee
and Chairman of the House
sub-committee on Aging. He
is a candidate for re-election
to the Legislature.
Greg Wolfe, Democratic
candidate for Congress in the
Third District, told students
at St. Mary's Academy, the
most important single ele
ment needed is fresh and
trustworthy leadership, "lea
dership that comes straight
from the people, not by way
of the tired hypocrisy of
politicsasusual or selfish
political opportunism."
State Senator Betty Rob
erts, campaigning for the
Democratic nomination for
governor, advocated free col
lege tuition for Oregon's
Vietnam-era veterans if Con
gress fails to increase vet
erans benefits.
Senator
Roberts said Oregon has an
estimated 85,000 Vietnam-
era veterans who are re
ceiving "peanuts" for educa
tional benefits.
Chuck Thomas, candidate
for State Labor Commission,
proposed an Oregon Ecology
Service to be formed by the
Bureau of Labor. The pro
gram would supplem ent
existing manpower programs
to gather and place indivi
duals looking for apprentice
ship in skilled trades.
“The controls are off the
Cost of Health Care." Robert
Duncan, candidate for the
Third Congressional District
ACLU protests ouster of press
The ACLU of Oregon has
vigorously protested the ex
clusion of representatives of
the news media from a
meeting of the Firearms
Investigation Committee ap
pointed by Police Chief
Baker to investigate the
shooting of Frank Brauner.
A letter to Chief Baker
reads:
"The ACLU is alarmed by
the report in the Oregon
Journ 1 of last night that its
reporter was excluded from
the meeting Tuesday of the
Firearms Investigation Com
mittee.
"Failure to admit repre
sentatives of the news media
is a clear violation of ORS
192.660 ( 4), a portion of the
Open Meetings Act of 1973.
which reads, in part, as
follows;
"192.660
Executive ses
sions permitted on certain
matters; procedures; news
nedia representatives' at-
endance; limits.
(1) **• Executive sessions
may be held:
lb) To consider the dis-
missal or disciplining of,
or to hear complaints
or charges brought
against, a public of
ficer. employe, staff
member or individual
agent, unless such
public officer, employe,
staff member or indivi
dual agent requests an
open hearing.
14) Representatives of the
news media shall be
allowed to attend exe
cutive sessions under
such conditions gov
erning the disclosure of
information as may be
agreed to by the gov
erning body and the
representatives of the
news media prior to
such executive session.
(5) No executive session
mav be held for the
McCoy ¡oins OIT board Fire
welfare, gerontology, and
The appointment of Rep
stations
church affairs.
resentative William McCoy
OIT Advisory Council
(D Portland), to the Oregon
open
members advise the college
Institute of Technology Ad
visory Council was an
nounced by Dr. W.D. Pur-
vine, OIT President. McCoy
is program director of the
Providence Child Center in
Portland.
Born in Indianola, Missis
sippi, McCoy majored in
political science at Lincoln
University for three years.
He joined the Navy in 1942
and spent over three years
in combat service. Settling
in Portland after the war,
Representative McCoy took
his bachelor of arts degree at
the University of Portland in
business administration and
political science. He has also
done graduate work in public
administration through the
University of Oregon.
He
has been active in many
phases of education, youth,
veteran, minority and child
problems The incumbent in
this position will also be
responsible for assisting in
the different functional areas
of Personnel on an assigned
basis during the implements
tion phase of the total
Personnel Program. Trouble
shooting and problem solving
in any Personnel area will
also be part of this job.”
In the face of drastic
budget cuts, the position of
Director of the Social Service
Division continues, funded at
$26,637, with a proposed
assistant to be paid $17,818.
Community people are at a
loss to understand what this
position entails since the
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Renovation earns award
Basketball team wins track meet
The Prince Hall Mason's
Explorer Post's girls' basket
ball team earned second
place in the Explorers Track
Meet. The team, which had
nevef participated in track
events before, astonished
spectators as they picked off
first place in several events.
When the young ladies ar
rived at *he meet, they
looked »round anil decided
what events to enter. They
amazed themselves as well
as the audience with their
performances.
Individual track perfor
mances were:
100 yards,
lamia L. Brooks. 1st place;
200 yards, lamia L. Brooks,
2nd place; 440 yards. Terri
Hall. 1st place. Marie Wooten,
2nd place, Wanda Davis, 3rd
place; 880 yards, Terri Hall.
2nd place, shot put, Wolonda
Johnson. 1st place; soft ball
throw, Marie Wooten. 3rd
place.
Joanne Haver tied for
third place in Gymnastics.
Tennis winner was Tori
Grabler. with 2nd place. In
weightlifting. Marie Wooten
took first and Satonya Ur
rutia, second.
The team woo second
place in the meet, qualifying
the entire post to attend the
National Explorer Olympics
in Colorado in August.
First place was taken by
David Dougl , which has
in the various county agen
cies.
The UAAC has demanded
that Goddard’s assistan t,
Jack Chapman, be termi
nated or that he and God
dard both must be elimi
nated.
Goddard was de
tensive of Chapman's position
and stated that there was no
evidence to discharge him.
Hlacks have complained that
OBSERVER
PORTLAND
Volum e 4, No. 07 fly P o rtland, Oregon
made from s "head count"
County's Equal Employment
Opportunity Report No. 4,
which was submitted to the
federal government to meet
the County's obligations for
minority hiring as required
by the government for use of
federal funds. Other county
officials have admitted that
the report was inaccurate
since '«M county does not
maintain proper employment
data and the report was
Charles Jordan, Fire Com
missioner. announced that
Saturday, May 11th, is the
7th Annual National Fire
Service Recognition Day.
All Portland Fire Stations
will be open to the public
between the hours of 1:00
and 4:00 p.m.
"The public is invited to
visit our fire stations to get
acquainted with the excellent
service available 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week for
almost any type of home
emergency," stated Commis
sioner Jordan.
The open houses are
planned for our citizens in
cooperation with the Inter
national Association of Fire
Chiefs who have designated
the second Saturday in May
as National Fire Service
Recognition Day.
purpose of taking any
final action or making
any final decision."
"Aside from the illegality of
the action, it is bad policy.
You have spoken often of the
need for the police to have
the cooperation and support
of the community.
It is
essential not only that a
thorough investigation of the
shooting of Frank Brauner
be conducted and the truth
discovered, but that the
manner of the investigation
be such that the public is
assured that it is fair to all
parties concerned. The pro
cess must be open, to the
maximum extent feasible, to
public scrutiny. Public trust
in the police is not inspired
by secrecy.
“Long experience with rep
resentatives of the Portland
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Seat, announced. "And the
price of your good health is
going up again."
In a speech prepared for
delivery to the Columbia
Lions Club, the former con
gressman said Health costs
are the greatest uncertainty
faring American families
today.
“A lifetime of hard work
md saving can be wiped out
in the space of a heartbeat -
a single catastrophic illness.
“And the greatest danger
is not to the very poor, for
whom we have medicaid and
other programs." Duncan
continued. "It is not to the
wealthy. It is to the wage
earner and the small busi
nessman. For them there is
not adequate protection at a
price they can afford."
Duncan noted that in 1976
.the cost of health care in the
U.S. will be approximately
$111 billion.
NAMES
in t h e
new s
Mrs. Mattie Bennett has
eturned from an extensive
trip to Israel and Greece.
Edna Robertson and James
Loving are national board
members of Health and Con
sumer Action, and attended
its conference in Puerto Rico.
Clara Peoples also attended
the meeting.
Willard Fletcher. Area I
Superintendent for the Port
land Public Schools, has
proposed that Ellen Law,
current principal of Jefferson
High School, become its vice-
principal next year.
Mayor of Atlanta. Georgia,
Maynard Jackson, said the
Democrats could be in real
trouble if the Republicans
run a ticket with Vice
President Ford and Massa
chusetts Senator Edward
Brooke.
Margot Perry says she
was fired by Multnomah
County after she spoke about
the county's lack of affirma
t: e action at a Board of
Commissiogers meeting I see
page 2).
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The City of Portland's Bureau of Neighborhood Environment is presently working with the
Mayor's Office in preparing letters to send to property owners who have permitted certain
"unlawful" conditions on their lots in the past. Growth of tail grass and weeds, which is both a
fire hazard and a source of dismay to sensitive noses, and accumulations of trash and debrta on
these lots, are two problems which the Bureau is hoping to eliminate this summer.
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