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Portland Observer
Thursday. September 19, 1974
C om m itm ent can change
(Continued from pg. 1, col. 9,
to the principle of hiring and
promoting minorities.
"The problem with af
firm ative action until now is
that it operates only at the
entry level," he said. In his
own office, minorities make
up 40 percent of the staff,
but they are mainly clerks
and aides.
There is one
Black
Welfare
Assistance
Supervisor, who was pro
moled recently, and several
minority Welfare Assistance
WE . _ J SEE
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ALFRED L HENDERSON
Editor Publisher
EDITORIAL FOCUS
\\ oodlawn
l Continued from pg. 1, col. 9,
Racism or realism ?
Amnesty only for crime
Even w th the g ro w in g controversy o ve r am nesty
• d ra ft e vaders a n d President Ford s h a lf-h e a rte d
a tte m p t at c o n d itio n a l a m nesty, the basic question
o f the V ie tn a m W ar has not been addressed by the
Ui ’ ed States G o v e rn m e n t: Was the V ie tn a m W ar
a le g a l w ar?
N o w that most A m e rica n s fe e l that the w a r was
at best, a m istake, it is tim e fo r this g o v e rn m e n t to
d e te rm in e the le g a lity o f the w a r It is cu r o p in io n
that this w a r
w hich was ne ve r d e c la re d by
Congress c o u ld not h a ve b een le g a l.
If
e war w as ille g a l, the ne xt lo g ic a l step- is to
d e te rm in e w h o are the c rim in a ls
The c rim in a ls
co u ld not be those A m e ric a n citizens w h o refused
to be in v o lv e d in the w a r — those w h o resisted
the d ra ft or d eserted the A rm y ; those w h o p ro
tested in the streets; those w h o re fu se d to pay th e ir
" w a r ta x ' . If is they w h o served as the conscience
o f th e n a tio n .
The re a l c rim in a ls a re the presidents, the chiefs
o f sta ff, a n d the m ilita ry leaders w h o sent in n o cen t
boys to s la u g h te r a n d to be sla u g h te re d
The
c rim in a ls a re the congressm en w h o vo te d the
fu n d s a n d th e citizens w h o stood by a n d let it
happen
There sh o u ld be no q u e stio n o f am nesty, but
a m nesty sh o u ld be g iv e n to those w h o cre a te d the
w a r. P ublic service should be re q u ire d o f those
w h o p e rp e tra te d a w a r th a t w as fo u g h t fo r the
e c o n o m ic b e n e f't o f this co u n try a n d not fo r the
d e m o cra tic rig h ts o f the V ie tn a m e se
The Loyalty
O a th sh o u ld be re q u ire d o f those w h o supported
the w a r a c tiv e ly or th ro u g h th e ir silence.
Those m e x ile must be w e lc o m e d h o m e as heros
a n d th e |O'ls o p e n e d Those w h o s a crifice d to liv e
th e tru th m ust be h o n o re d . Serious co n sid e ra tio n
m ust be g iv e n to co m p e n sa tio n fo r those w h o w e re
itq u re d fo r th e ir lo y a lty to the A m e rica n p rin cip le s
Let experts decide
Form er
President
Richard
N ix o n
is d o in g
e v e ry th in g possible to h a lt in v e s tig a tio n s into his
ro le in W a te rg a te a n d to a v o id g e ttin g on the
w itness stand w h e re his hesitancy to te ll the truth
co u ld put h im in c o n te m p t o f court.
Fust he re sig n e d fro m the Presidency ra th e r than
go th ro u g n a n im p e a c h m e n t tria l; then
he
a n n o u n ce d th a t he w o u ld
resign fro m
the
C a lifo rn ia a n d N e w York Bor A ssociations, both o f
w inch a re in v e s tig a tin g his conduct.
The latest d e v e lo p m e n t is his sudden severe
illness a n d the p o s s ib ility o f h o s p ita liz a tio n at the
very tim e that he is supposed to te s tify a t the trials
o f E rlichrnan a n d H a ld e m a n .
In
lig h t
of
S pecial
Prosecutor
Jaw orski's
re /e la tio n th a t N ix o n w as u n d e r in v e s tig a tio n in
ten d iffe re n t areas, a n d the re ce n t ru m o rs that the
Jaw orski s ta ff has e v id e n c e th a t N ix o n h e lp e d p lan
the W a te rg a te b u rg la ry , it is n a tu re 1 th a t he w o u ld
w a n t to a v o id te s tify in g under oath.
If p o o r h e a lth is to be the next excuse fo r
a v o id in g the tru th , the A m e ric a n p e o p le ha ve the
rig h t to k n o w th e true state o f N ix o n 's h e a lth
W ith tr '' o n flic tm g statem ents a b o u t the se ve rity
o f p h le b itis a n d its sudden a p p e a ra n c e in this case,
the court sh o u ld re q u ire e x a m in a tio n by a p a n e l o f
court a p p o in te d physm ians
It is not e n o u g h to fly N ix o n 's o ld frie n d o u t to
C a lifo rn ia on an A ir Force |et to te ll th e w o rld he is
near de a th . Let us h e a r fro tn som e n e u tra l experts
w h o can base th e ir d ia g n o s is on s c ie n tific e vid e n ce
a n d not on e m o tio n a lis m Then p e rh a p s M r N ixo n
w ill have his day in court.
W ill racism re a r its ugly head a g a in as P ortland
a pproaches th e receipt o f its C o m m u n ity D e v e lo p
m ent Ac, fu n d s? A lre a d y th e re is s p e cu la tio n in
the local w h ite press that th e re w ill be " a p a ra d e
fro m N orth P ortland lo b b y in g lo n g a n d lo u d tha,
the a re a sh o u ld be a llo w e d to ke e p w h a , is c o n
sid e re d 'th e ir fe d e ra l b u c k s '."
P ortland is to receive a, leas, $8 6 m illio n fo r
p ro g ra m s in housing and c o m m u n ity d e v e lo p m e n t.
This can in c lu d e some re h a b ilita tio n , lo w -co s,
le a sin g
p ro g ra m s
construction
o f co m m u n ity
fa c ilitie s , etc.
O n e w o u ld assume th a , som e o f the m o n e y
w o u ld go to th e areas th a , h o ve no, had the
o p p o rtu n ity fo r re h a b ilita tio n th a , the M o d e l C ities
a re a has — Southeast, Lents, N o rth w e st, etc. The
residents o f these areas ha ve w a ite d a lo n g tim e
a n d nee d assistance. But th e re a re also areas in
M o d e l C ities th a t have not had th e ir share o f
re h a b ilita tio n p rogram s e ith e r, lik e Boise a n d Elio,
We w o u ld also hope th a , the p h a sing out o f the
M o d e l C ities Program w ill no, b rin g an e n d to
h o using p ro g ra m s in this are a .
It w o u ld be too
bad if the gam s tha, have b een m a d e in th e las,
fiv e years w e re lost due to fu tu re ne g lect.
W e hop e th a , w h e n the tim e com es to d iv id e up
the m o n e y, racism and petty je a lo u sie s w ill no, be
the d e c id in g factors.
Concerned citizens absent
O n ly fiv e citize n s a tte n d e d a p u b lic h e a rin g on a
proposed c ity o rd in a n c e to insure citize n s' p a r
tic ip a tio n in th e se le ctio n o f C ity C o m m issioners to
fill va ca n cies m m id -te rm
Los, S pring, w h e n C harles Jordan w as a p p o in te d
to f ill Lloyd A n d e rso n 's vacated p o sitio n , a g re a t
u p ro a r w as ra ise d
Some citizens w e re g e n u in e ly
co n ce rn e d th o , the s e le ctio n had kjeen m ade
secretly a n d others w e re ius , upset th a , a Black
hod been chosen.
At C o m m issio n e r M cC ready's su ggestion, the
C o u n cil a p p o in te d a c o m m itte e to fin d a b etter
m e th o d o f a p p o in tm e n t.
The p u b lic h e a rin g to
discuss the c o m m itte e 's re c o m m e n d a tio n fa ile d to
d ra w an y o f the co n ce rn e d citizens
Do the voters iust no, care h o w th e ir C o m
m issioners a re selected? Do th e y o n ly care a fte r
th e fa ct, or d o th e y o n ly care w h e n the a p p o in te e
is B la c k ’
0 pen prim a ry best
To the Editor.
I do not agree with your
editorial "Open Primary No
Answer", appearing in the
September 12th issue of the
Observer.
I say
bravo" to Clay
Myers' proposal for an open
primary system.
The two
party system is not. men
tinned in the Constitution of
the United States of America
An open primary in my
o p in io n w o u ld te n d to
s treng th en
ra th e r
than
w eaken e x istin g political
parties. Such parties could
still nominate their candi
dates and promote their elec
tion. In doing so, however,
they would be more aware of
the whole electorate rather
than the party regular. They
also could still adopt a party
platform.
An open prim ary in my
opinion would enfranchise all
voters in all elections.
At
the present time some who
register to vote must choose
to tv- disenfranchised in the
primary if they feel they are
neither Democrat or Re
publican.
I wonder if voters in
Washington State feel that
the Democratic and Kepubli
can parties are weaker be
cause Washington State has
an open | rimary?
as a priority to the official
dedication took six years and
involved many of the resi
dents of the Woodlawn com
munity.
Joseia Mann is
chairman of the Woodlawn
Park Design Committee, and
Glen Childs is chairman of
the Physical Planning Com
mittee. Mrs. Inez Battles is
current chairman
of the
Woodlawn Executive Board.
F o rm e r chairm en include
Frank Jacobs. Josiah Nunn,
Bobbie Numm and Clarence
Jensen.
Betty W hit«, director of
the Portland Development
Commission's Woodlawn of
fice, said “The history of
Woodlawn Park has been a
history of the involvement of
people in an exciting and
challenging effort, and it has
demonstrat«‘d for all to see
that citizens’ |iarticipation
works.
For the people of
Woodlawn, it has indeed
been a very personal ex
perience."
Socialists
W o rk e rs
(w ho
com pute
grants,. There are no Adult
Service Workers.
Learning that there were
two aides who had been
employed for four years and
had not hern promoted, he
im m e d ia t e ly
to ld
Joh n
Burch. Multnomah District
Adm inistrator for the Wei
fare Department, that this
was a case of affirm ative
action not operating properly.
Burch agreed and the two
went to Salem and presented
their case to the Personnel
Director.
The two aides
were placml on the civil aer
vice list for W elfare Assis
tance Workers, and at the
same tune the college degree
requirement for the W AW
(►osition was dropped.
Gomez has Informed the
District Office tha, the Al
burn Office cannot hear th«-
affirm ative action responai
bility for the entire district,
that all branch offices must
participate. "John Burch has
reacted favorably
to the
idea,” he said "I believe he
is really committed to a
policy of affirm ative action."
"The fact that I am the
highest ranking minority in
W elfare means they haven't
been doing much. One of the
main problems is the lark of
minorities in policy making
positions and p«>sitions where
they ran make affirm ative
action work." he explained.
Gomez believes the system
can be changed
and
is
working to prove that he is
right, lie knows that there
are minorities who are quali
bed for administrative | h » si
tions and uses hintelf as an
example, lie ho,H-s that his
success in hiring qualified
minorities, esp«*ei«lly in pro
fessional
and
supervisory
positions, sv ill demonstrate to
other department heads anil
managers across the state
that affirm ative action ran
become a reality.
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to the outrage of the entire
country, by pardoning Tricky
Dick. And even though Ford
has needed no big money to
get to the top, a short look
at his close chums makes it
clear whose interests he will
rule in. As listed by Michael
G. Jensen in the August 19th
New York Times, they in
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Jr., the Ford Motor Com
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W illiam
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United States Steel; I-eon
Parma, an executive of Tele
dyne. Inc.; and Stark Ritchie,
chief general counsel of the
American Petroleum Insti
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Studor states that it is no
problem for Democrats and
Republicans to file the names
of their contributors. If they
get caught with their finger
in the pie, they get uncon
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Vietnam war resisters. Black
activists like George Jack
son, antiw ar activists like
Frank Giese, and supporters
of the Socialist W orkers
campaign, there is only sys
tematic government harass
ment and victimization."
Studor states that these
laws, rather than ending
corruption, are perpetrating
the most corrupt aspect of
A m eric a n politics:
the
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p o litic a l
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