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Thursday. October 17, 1974
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N A C I) refunds expenses
The Journal reported that
after becoming N A C D Presi
dent in April of 1974. I was
allowed $0.lMX) to travel, yet
used PMSC funds on three
occasions in the amount of
$2.000
The true farts are
that since becoming N A C D
President, I have traveled to
Washington. D.C. twice and
to Miami. Florida once on
N A C D business. Since there
are no N A C D funds, at
present, at my disposal in
Portland and based on nor
mal PMSC travel procedures,
travel funds were advanced
by PMSC with the notation
that reimbursement would
be made by the sponsoring
agency
The total cost of
these
th re e
trip s
was
$1,868.52 and the sponsoring
agency, N A C D , has. in fact,
reimbursed PM SC in the
same amount of $1.SOS.52.
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Cleveland Gik-rea« addresses the press and the public as he presents his answer to press
charges against him.
M s * egas agenev visited
Gilcrease answers charges
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and Feeney in their articles,
but during the process, these
tw o re p o rte rs took the
liberty of misquoting the
PMSC Board Chairman. John
D. Rice, on several occasions.
Following the meeting held
in my office on October 4th.
wherein Long and Feeney
questioned me in the pres
ence of M r Rice and the
PMSC attorney. M r. Neil
Jorgenson, and with both
parties taping the discus
sion. these two had the
audacity to burst into M r.
Jorgenson's private
office
unannounced later in the
day. accusing he and I of
placing persons outside my
office door during our meet
ing to eavesdrop through the
intercom system. This is not
only impossible based on the
capability of the intercom
system, but highly insulting
to M r Jorgenson, who to
gether with myself emphati
rally deny that any un
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have the honesty or the in
tegrity to report their true
findings and stand up to
those forcing them to pursue
their investigation.
I would also like to clarify
the portion of the Journal
articles wherein 1 was quoted
from the taped interview
with Long and Feeney. On
September 17. 1974, the
PMSC attorney received a
letter from Bona Id J. Sterl
mg. Jr., Editor of th<- Oregon
Journal, in which he stated
“. . . we would naturally ex
peel to have a discussion
with him (Gilcrease) of the
material
in our
findings
before we made a decision
whether to publicize any arti
cles
resulting
from
Jim
Long's in v e s tig a tio n . . ."
This discussion was held and
taped on October 4th. but at
no time prior to this dis
cussion was I apprised of the
findings of the Journal and
the matters on which they
wished
to
question
me.
Therefore, I was totally un
prepared for their
inter
rogation. Because I had not
been allowed the opportunity
to review their material and
my own records. I was un
able to respond factually and
accurately to many of the
questions posed to me
I
take strong exception to the
in v e s tig a to rs choosing to
quote some of these re
sponses. which served their
own purposes by further
enhancing their efforts to
discredit me by inferring
that I hedged on their ques
tions in trying to conceal
wrong doing on my part.
When, in fact. I could not
spontaneously respond, based
on my inability to remember
specific facts, dates, amounts,
etc. of events that occurred
up to two years prior.
a u t h o r i z e d lis te n in g took
place whatsoever. This inei
dent was documented by M r
Jorgenson hy letter, dated
October 4th, to Jim Ixmg
1 can '-ertainly understand
the frust it ion on the part 4
Ixmg and Feeney, but what 1
cannot understand. nor ex
ruse, is the fact thx
- e
they completed their inv.
gation and reviewed the in
formation and documents in
their possession, they did not
public records.
PMSC was
ordered to disclose for in
spection and copying all
documents requested by the
petitioner, James 0 . Long, as
indicated
by
the
exhibit
attached to the Order, which
was. in fart, the identical
material that had been pre
viously requested and turned
over to Ixmg on August 13th
at the direction of the PMSC
Board Chairman.
Long's
letter to the District At
torney was dated September
11. 1974, but the petition was
not granted until October 9.
1974 and published in the
Journal on October
9th.
which just happened to coin
ride with Long and Feeney's
expose' published at the
same time. I then and only
then further recognized the
magnitude of political ramifi
cation behind this entire
matter
Commissioner ( lark responds
I was equally disppointed
with County Commissioner
Donald Clark’s response to
the Journal articles, as re
ported in the Journal on
October 9th that he would
ask the County auditor to
find out whether Multnomah
County's $29.000 contribution
to the seven million dollar
poverty program had been
properly spent.
He ex
plained
that
the
auditor
would report to the Board of
County Commissioners and
the procedure would he to
bring any problem to the
a tte n tio n of the proper
authorities, probably the Dis
trict Attorney. Fully aware
of C om m issioner C la r k ’s
political ambitions. I am not
surprised at this manuever
either.
I wish to briefly review
with you at this time some of
the inaccuracies which exist
in the Long Feeney report.
Each inaccuracy is clarified
indepth by the report and
exhibits presented to you
here today. I would also like
to state that any citizen
wanting a copy of my report
may receive one by con
tarting the PMSC office.
The Journal reported that
1 collected $725 in cash from
PMSC for a seminar in
Phoenix, but left the seminar
early to fly to Las Vegas to
examine a card dealer school.
I did. in fact, attend a
seminar in Phoenix and re
reived a check in the amount
of $725. which included $550
registration fee and $175 in
per diem.
Based on an
earlier telephone conversa
tion with the C A P Director
in M s Vegas, 1 departed
Phoenix on the evening of
February 27th to tour and
review the total facilities and
program of the I as Vegas
CAP. which inctw c. thei-
Dealers' Training Class con
cept, which is unique in the
country for training the un
skilled to enter employment
with the hotel industry.
I
did not rlaim per diem, nor
hotel expenses while in M s
Vegas, as the $550 registra
tion fee paid for the seminar
in Phoenix included hotel
accommodations and some
meals and 1 did not want
PMSC charged for the added
expense, although
I
was
there on agency business. It
should be noted also that the
difference in air fare for the
return flight routed through
M s Vegas was only $9.01
more than my original sche
duled return flight.
»15.000 overtime pay
rejected
The Journal reported that
on May 13th, Gilcrease was
paid $5.245 for accrued vara
tion on grounds that he had
been unable to take leave for
the last several years
and
further reported that
yet
I was gone at least 120 days
on trips at a cost of $7,1X10 in
air fare and $6.000 in ex
penses.
In response to this allega
tion. I would like to briefly
clarify certain facts, which
are explained indepth in my
report.
First dealing with
the accrued annual leave
payment
Due to the con
tinuous crisis s itu a tio n s
during my six years of em
ployment with the Portland
Metropolitan Steering Com
PMSC provide, information
Perhaps I am not know
ledgeable. to the extent of
some, of the developments in
this whole matter which
further perpetuated in the
minds of the public that I.
C levelan d G ilcrease. had
failed to cooperate with the
Journal investigators. Speci
fically, upon my return from
The fourteenth anniver
a one week vacation with my
sary of the Republic of
family on August 13th, I was
Nigeria will be relebrated in
informed that Jim Long and
Portland with the visit of the
Dick Feeney had requested
Nigerian Ambassador as a
material from PMSC through
representative of Nigeria.
our Board Chairman. M r.
John Rice. Because M r. Rice
Nigeria is the largest Black
and I have long shared the
country in the world, with a
philosophy that
whenever
population of 17 million, and
any citizen wants to review
is fifth in production of oil.
PMSC records, they are
placed at their disposal as
rapidly as possible; M r. Rice,
in my absence, directed the
Deputy Director. Fran Good
rich, and our fiscal staff to
turn
over
all
requested
Tree Litter
m a te ria l which
included
records of my 1973 74 travel
expenses, my 197374 local
travel expenses. 1973 74 ex
F ro m tim e to lim e, when Ihe
m ay have a valid com plaint when
pense files on PMSC auto
west wind blew, twigs and leaves
the in ju ry he suffers is m ore sub
mobiles, 1973 74 records and
from Fred M ille r's poplar tree
stantial. Thus, when branches
invoices relating to PMSC
would d u lle r down into a neigh actually spread across Ih e prop
credit cards, 1973 74 PMSC
bor's back yard Resentful, the
e rly line, mosl courts give Ihe
telephone b illin gs. P M S C
neighbor finally took the m ailer
neighbor ihe right lo chop them
1973 74 cancelled checks, and
into ihe courtroom .
off at the boundary.
It is up io M ille r lo keep his
F u rth erm o re, a neighbor usually
records and bank statements
In ter out o f my yard.' he told Ihe
has grounds for suit if a tree
from the Northwest Assoria
|udge " I f Ihere is no other way.
threatens his safety. A noth er case
tion for Community Develop
Ihen let him cut ihe tree d o w n ''
involved a badly decayed e lm .
ment.
standing near a back yard fence
Hui
the
court
refused
lo
m
is
in.
With
the exception
of
The next door neighbor, fe arfu l
N oting that the tree was located
N W A C D records for which I
o f an im pending accident, warned
entirely on M ille r's land. Ihe
alone have no authority to
Ihe tree’s ow ner o f the danger —
courl said he could not be blamed
to no avail.
release, all requested ma
fo r the natural process o f shed
One m orning, during a storm,
terials were turned over to
ding.
a heavy bough split off and fell
Long on August
13 or
G e n e ra lly speaking, the law w ill
across the fence, smiting Ihe
not interfere w ith natural grow th
shortly thereafter, in addi
neighbor on the shoulder U n d e r
on private property
tion to subsequent docu
these circumstances, the ow ner o f
Thus, another m an was held
ments requested by him.
Ihe tree was held responsible for
entitled to m aintain four large
the neighbor's mishap
Because of this, I was
maple trees on his land even
though they kept a n e i g h b o r ri. ' 1
h ' C? " r” * i<i he ha,‘ no m ore
astonished to receive on
h n u s x ,n r k .
I k . ................... • " • hl * ° keeo • dangerous tree on
October 10. 1974 an Order,
house in the shade The court said
h it property than to keep a dan-
dated October 9, 1974, from
his freedom to use his own prop
gerous building.
District Attorney H arl Haas, erty outweigheu the indirect a n
r 1974 A m erican Ba- Association
noyance to Ihe neighbor
granting petition to disrlose
mitte. I. along with many
other staff members, worked
many
long
hours,
often
times seven days a week, to
continue to maintain and
expand the anti poverty pro
gram in Portland. Very few
of us were able to take ad
vantage of the vacation time
we had accrued
Since
PMSC. as well as all com
mumty action agencies, have
been operating on a con
tinuing resolution since 1973,
I brought to the attention of
the Board Chairman and
several Board members that
I. along with other staff
members, had accrued a
large number of annual leave
hours and the liability the
agency was carrying if. in
fact, our funds were dis
continued and were forced to
shut our doors I inquired of
the Regional Office of Eco
nomic Opportunity whether
there were any regulations
whereby annual leave hours
could be "brought bark" by
an employee, providing funds
were available in that pro
gram year's budget. I was
informed that no regulation
existed.
A fter advising the
Board Chairman of this in
formation and with his ap
p ro v a l.
the
am ount
of
$5.245.11 was deposited in a
contingency fund with the
understanding of all parties
concerned that, pending legal
ruling and/or possibility of
audit disallowance, the Board
of
Directors
and/or
the
Executive
Director
would
remove these monies from
the contingency fund and
redeposit them in the ap
propnate program account. I
would also like to point out
that, at my recommendation,
the
Board
amended
the
Personnel Policies and Pro
redures to reflect that no
person may carry a balance
of more than HO hours of
compensatory time nor re
reive payment for unused
compensatory time
Based
on this. I personally returned
to the agenry 1.520 hours of
compensatory time to reduce
my time to HO hours, which
could have cost PM SC ap
proxim alely $15,000.
T ra v e l expenses req u ire d
Regarding the time and
money spent ui traveling
The artual
travel
break
down indicates that I was
away from the office on bust
nesa trips a total of 92 days
during this 19 month period,
at a cost which is budgeted
for and approved by both the
Board of Directors and Re
gional Office The total cost
of these trips was $7,4H8 in
air fare and $5.266 in per
diem.
P M S t funds increase
Since January. 1974. as an
indirect result of my travel
mg. I, along with my staff,
negotiated or assisted in
negotiating
for
additional
federal monies to be brought
into, not only the City of
Portland, but into the State
of Oregon.
Through our
efforts, we are now ad
ministering the state wide
Emergency Food program in
the amount of $250.000, we
received the Valley M igrant
l-eague's special state wide
food program in the amount
of $10.000. we were re
quested by the County to ad
their Close Supervision P ro
gram in the amount of
$70,500. and we were most
instrumental in st*ruring ap
proximalely $1.000.000 from
the Comprehensive Employ
ment Training A rt. which is
a manpower grant whose
prime sponsor is now the
City of Portland; that is,
prior to this press statement.
Fuads in question to tal
$270.95
It is my sincere hope that
each person exposed to the
Ixmg Feeney articles, as pub
lishcd in the Oregon Journal,
will Lake it upon themselves
to carefully review the re
port I have prepared
I am
well aware that there la little
hope of getting the real farts
published in the
O re g o n
Journal to give me equal
time, but through my report,
citizens will be able to draw
their own conclusions as to
whether the PMSC anti
poverty funds have been
handled either improperly or
irregularly by its Executive
Director.
If. after vour
review, you feel I have used
poor judgment. I would like
to put one more thought on
your minds In 1974 alone. I.
as Executive Director, with
support of (h r m ajority of
my Board and staff, have
brought into the State of
Oregon to serve the needs of
the poor $ 1.336.500
If one
adds up the root of the per
sonal triephone rails I am
charged with making, the
additional cost of my going
to M s Vegas and the cost of
the installation of the stereo
tape deck, these expenses
to U l $270 95
I have carefully analyzed
and considered th r ronse
quenres of my future in thr
City of Portland, based on
the pattern of destructive
tactics used on many in
norent persons.
I am fully
aware that the effort to dis
credit and destroy my repu
tation will be intensified now
more than ever.
Rut ir
regardless of these indivi
duals' efforts, my family and
my rlose friends shall eon
tinue to fight and struggle to
voter our opinion, exposing
what we sec as wrong to the
hitter rnd because of our
firm commitment to disallow
this type of dirty journalism
to go on without the publir
being
th o ro u g h ly
know
ledgeable of the individuals
behind it, as well as their
motives.
In closing, 1 would like to
leave you with a thought
which has been paraphrased
from a statement made by
Upton Sinclair:
When you
pick up your newspaper and
think you are reading the
news, what you are really
reading is a propaganda
which has been selected,
revised and doctored
by
some power which has a
financial interest in you.
Legislators
report
O n e S e rv ic e O n l y l
Reformation Sunday
The
th ird
p re session
O cto b e r 27, 1974 •• 3 :0 0 p .m .
M g is la tiv e Report Breakfast
sponsored by the G reater
Gresham Chamber of Com
merce, in cooperation with
Senator Vern Cook. Repre
ten tative Glenn O tto and
Representative Harvey Ake
son. w ill be held at H :00 a m ,
October 19th at the M & M
Restaurant & Cafe at 137 N
Main, in Gresham It will lie
a no host breakfast meeting
In addition to up date re
ports
by
Senator
Cook.
Representatives
O tto
and
Akeson on their
Interim
C o m m itte e a c tiv itie s and
legislative proposals for the
1975 Session, the meeting
will feature
leading
pro
ponents and op|miw-nts of thr
th re e most c o n tro v e rs ia l
measures to be on thr
November 5th Ballot
Mea
sures 13, 14 and 15.
Special invitations to thr
leading proponents and op
ponents of these measures
H e a th m a n Park H a v ila n d H o tel
have been issued and to date
G e o rg ia n Room , 2nd floor
acceptances have been re
S W B ro a d w a y a n d Pork a t S alm on
reived from Stevie Kerning
Portland, O re g o n
tom. E x re u liv r Director of
the Oregon Chapter of the
A m eric a n C iv il L ib e rtie s
Union, who will speak in op
"Th® Bank WHb a Purpose’"
(Mmilion to Measure 13, the
censorship obscenity
pro
ponal. W alt McGovern, past
President of the
Oregon
Chapter of th r Northwest
Steelheaders and currently
Columbia
River
Fisheries
Otervetf try the Pvopi*
o perated for roe P ro p io
Chairman of that organtaa
lion, who will speak in «up
O te c k tn p Accounts
port of Measure 15. ihe
• Saving Accounts
proposal that would prohibit
• Bank by Mod
commercial gillnetling
for
• Reed Estate loons
Steelhead
Trout,
Blanche
• Auto loans
Schroeder, past
President
and Ixibbyist lor Oregon
Travelers Checks
Common Cause, who will
* Money O d e r s
speak in support of Measure
• Escrow Sendee
14. and K arl Frederick of
Associated O rrg o n Indus
tries, who will speak in op
Free Checking Accounts with *300 00 Mimmuei Balance
position of Measure 14. thr
Free Checking Senrtpe to Senior Citizen* (0 6 or over)
Conflict of Interest Pro,Hisal
O P tN SATURDAY 1 0 iA M -liH M
Those interested in further
i i ' i i l 4 >kt
information may rail either
mu i l t e t r a
665 1131 or 665 H I43
The
public is invited to attend
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A dance will be held at
8.00 p.m. at the Viking Bar
at Portland Slate University,
which will include a fashion
show and music by the Com
munity Jazz Band.
The affair is presented by
the Nigerian Student Union.
Inr. of which O.A. E sn et is
President, and the Blark
community.
Automatic
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M O D E L IV A 4 0 0 0
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from N o rm o l G e n tle or S u p «
Sook cycl«« E n zy n w to o k le t
ting 2 A g ita tio n . 2 Spin Speed
«election» 3 W a t « tem p iele<
fio n t W a t « level c ontrol. Su
per Soak cycle provide« on es-
tro «is minute« o f tc ru b b iiig to
OES honors Vickers
Past Grand M atron D or
othy E. Vickers of Prinre
Hall Grand Chapter, O .E .8.,
State of Oregon and its
Jurisdiction has recently re
ceived a Meritorious Cert
ificale
in
recognition
of
distinguished services and
jM-rsonal c o n trib u tio n s of
time and effort to the Grand
Chapter of Alaska and has
been made an Honorary Past
Grand Matron of P.H. Grand
f'hapter of the State of
Alaska and Jurisdiction.
In
1972 Grand
Master
Richard J. W atts of Alaska
contacted Grand M aster E li
jah Graham of the State of
Oregon to aid Alaska in.
forming its Grand Chapter.
Grand Master Graham in
structed Grand Patron Tre
vol Mason and Grand Matron
Dorothy E. Vickers to per
form these duties.
Before
Grand I ’alron Mason and
Grand Matron Vickers term
of office expired they had
laid the groundwork to form
the Grand f'hapter of Alaska
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Mambo» F «data* ITepoait i r w P K A Corp
Students honor N ig erian freedom
It
achieved
independence
from Great Britain in I960
A dinner will be held at
12:00 noon on October 18th
at Portland State Univer
sity's
Ballroom in Smith
Memorial Hall.
The dinner
will feature Nigerian and
American food.
Admission
to the talk is free, with lunch
at $2.00.
BANK
dirty
g e t e s tr a
clean
thing»
rea lly
Automatic Dryer
Run« on e it h « 15 5 - volt ho ute-
>r 2 2 0 -v o lf in«tnilcifinn Provide« «pecial
p e rm a n e n t pre«« fo b ric t A ir te ttin g a n d
»etting for e x tr o convenience w ith «pecial fo b
368
DOROTHY VICKERS
Since the formation of the
Alaska Grand Chapter. Past
Grand Matron Vickers’ ad
vice and counsel has fre
quently been solicited
She
attended the 1974 Grand
Session in Anchorage, Alaska
as the
guest
of Grand
Worthy Matron Irene Cole
man and M .W Grand Master
Ita v m o n d ( nlr-rnan
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