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Portland Observer
Thursday December 12. 1974
LETTERS
Published every Thursday by Exie Publishing Company,
2201 North Killingsworlh. Portland. Oregon 97217. Mailing
address: P.t). Box 3137, Portland. Oregon 97208 Telephone:
283 2486
Approves
program
The NAACP m em bership has once again d e m o n
strated that it is a grass roots organization.
The
NAACP w o u ld have no strength w ith o u t its
m em bers and th eir views must be heard
A l
though, as in any large organization
many
m em bers do not attend the m eetings m em bership
in the NAACP has over the years been an o b lig a
tion and an honor to Black people
The NAACP Constitution was deve lo pe d over the
years to insure proper procedures and to protect
the rights of the m em bers Each loco 1 branch is d
part o f the w h o le and each must adhere to the
same rules
At tim es these regulations seem
stringent and in m any ways restrict t^e m ovem ent
o f the organ izatio n
However those regulations
that insure the rig h t of m em bers to particip a te are
essential and should be fo llo w e d Mr Casson has
expressed the o p in io n that some
em bers are
more interested in the "le tte r o f the law than the
"s p irit o f the la w ."
W ithout adherence to the
letter o f the law , this great national organization
w ou ld soon break up into fragm ents and cliques
and 'h e strength it achieves through unity w o u ld
be lost
The m a ilin g o f notices to in d iv id u a l m em bers
e xp la in in g the e lection procedure is not only
required by the constitution but it is only com m on
sense that if the membershi p's invo lvem en t is
sought it must be inform ed
Surely in a m em ber
ship o f a thousand, there must be three or four
people w ho w o u ld spend an even in g addressing
notices
Because of the irregularities, noi. o nly in the
N ovem ber m eeting but in the October m eeting as
w e ll, the entire process should be repeated
properly. It is not enough that the nom inations be
reopened but the current nom inations should be
dropped and another
n om in a ting
com m ittee
elected
N M Ä \L per
Aitocialion - Foondad IM S
Dear Mr Henderson;
There is m uch to be done in Oregon and the
local branch must have c re d ib il ’y n order to fight
the forces o f racism. In the fig h t for equal |ustice
the o rganization that should be m the fo re fron t of
the battle must be w ith o u t blem ish for we cannot
p oint to the iniustices o f others wh le h id ing our
ow n failures
It w o u ld be no m aior pro ble m to start the
process ogam , in vite a ll to p articip a te and assume
that the best candiaates w o u ld be elected.
The
NAACP
has
a
glorious
record
of
ach ie » e f’e r. on h - ..‘ io j i cu rie
m e Pohiand
Branch is o n * c
- oldest in thn nation and has
m any accom plishm ents in ie < e J o ' hum an and
legal rights in Oregon. This branch needs to be
reiuvenated by strong and vocal leadership which
w ill speak out on the m a ry s -'io u s problem s
fa cing Black people in Oregon
Rockefeller n ext
By the summ er o f 1975 President Nelson
Rockefeller w ill be in o ffic e and his re-election
cam paign w ill be in fu ll sw ing
Rockefeller is the only hope o f the Republican
party and th erefore w ill be confirm ed as vice
president
Ford w ill be too vu ln era ble to Demo-
ratic attack so he w ill resign " fo r the good o f the
party "
A lready entrenched in the presidency,
Rockefeller w ill be im possible to beat
President Ford's pardon o f form er President
N ixon and the ine vitab le suspicions it brought
about his lack o f strong leadership to fig h t in
fla tio n and his mcreasma d iffic u ltie s w ith Conaress
w ill shake his cre d ib ility to the p oint that his
re-election and the R epublican's grip on the
presidency w o u ld be threatened
R ockefeller s c o n firm a tio n as vice president is
n evita ble A lth ou g h many persons are a fra id that
his great fo rtun e and his investments abroad w ill
create a co n flict o f interest, there also is the other
side o f the coin: that he has no need to use the
presidency to b u ild his ow n fortune
R ockefeller has proved to be a strong a d
m inistrator in le a d in g one o f the nation's largest
and most d iv e rs ifie d states
Not quite true
Ross M organ, director o f the State Em ploym ent
Division, bla m e d the high rate o f u nem ploym ent of
Black men on the fact that Blacks are concentrated
in Portland
He said that Blacks w o u ld fin d little
p roblem in loca ting |obs in other parts o f the state
It m ight be true that some Black professionals
could fm d e m p lo ym e n t out o f Portland, p articula rly
in Salem
But it is hard to b elieve that the
o rd in a ry Black w orker could fin d a |ob in other
areas o f the state w hen une m p loym en t is high and
lon g-tim e em ployees are being laid o ff It is only
natural in the sm all towns o f Oregon that the local
m an, w ho is know n to the em ployer, w ill be hired
first.
A nother p ro ble m the Black em p lo ye e meets
w hen he does fin d a 10b in m any areas o f Oregon
is that he is the o nly Black fo r m iles around.
Blacks are m et w ith hostility or curiosity in many
parts o f O regon and housing, e ducational o pp or
tu nitie s and recrea tion are d iffic u lt to fin d
Black people are not concentrated in Portland by
accident. In m any years the o nly job opportunities
w ere w ith the railroads
There w ere 's u n d o w n '
ja
ail o .e r the state that re q u ire d Blacks to leave
tow n befo re dark and w hen Black fa m ilie s did
attem pt to locate in some areas o f the state they
w ere e ither forced or frozen out.
This violence m ight not be as prevalent today,
but it w o u ld be hard to im a gin e a Black man going
into a tow n ond fin d in g a |ob w here the m aior
industries are closed and the local p op ulatio n is
u nem ployed
Vacancies
W alter M orris, Equal
E m ploym ent O pportunity
Specialist for the Portland
Post Office, announced exam
inations for the positions of
Cleaner i$8235 per year) and
Motor V ehicle Operator
i $5.25 per hour). The posi
tions are located in Portland
and examinations are open
until further notice. Applica
tions must be made at Room
2023. U.S. Post Office, 715
N.W. Hoyt Street.
The Post Office will opei.
its register for Zip Code Mail
Translator (ZMTl and Clerk
Carrier positions early in
January. 1975.
Free classes will be offered
on how to take and pass the
examination. Anyone wish
ing to attend one of these
classes is requested to send a
post card to Walter F.
Morris, Jr., Main Post Office,
715 N.W. Hoyt St.. Portland.
Oregon 97208.
Please give the days of the
week and the times that will
be most convenient.
This
will help the Post Office in
scheduling the class, which
will last approximately two
and one half hours.
Our children learn
when we show w e care.
Walter F. Morris, Jr.
E.E.O. Specialist
Room 2023, Main Post Office
Portland, Oregon 97208
Telephone 221 3532
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WE SEE THE WORLD
ALFRED I HENDERSON
Editor Publisher
fri
Oregon
Newspaper
Publishers
Assot ijtio ri
Your editorial questioning
w hether Portland Public
Schools ran prov ide day rare
for Black children levels
unwarranted criticism at the
Head Start Program.
Our
family has been involved
with the Head Start Pro
gram since 1970. Five of our
six children have received,
and are receiving, an excel
lent preschool education. The
classroom curriculum and
personnel have been and are,
first rate. We think Head
Start does make a difference
primarily because of the
items listed above and the
high level of parent involve
ment.
If these factors
(especially the parent in
volvementl were carried for
ward in the elementary
schools with the same dedi
cation, perhaps some of the
problems you mentioned in
the editorial would be re
duced.
Very truly yours,
Susan & Dean Gisvold
AMA
(Continued from pg. 1, col. 7)
arrangement. I don't think
the sponsors of the events
are aware of this but that it
IS the people at the ticket
office, feeling that they
should seat all Black people
together for some reason.
Recently there have been
a number of articles in the
news about the superiority of
Black athletes. “I am not up
on the problems of the
anatomy.
I agree that in
order to achieve a Black
athlete must be superior. I
think whenever positions are
opened to Blacks they can
achieve.
If business, in
dustry and other fields were
open to us. we would see
that Blacks would achieve
there also. "
The Portland Observer's official |xmitioii is expresseil only
in its Publisher's column (We See The World Through
Black Eyes). Any other material throughout, the paper is the
opinion of the individual writer or submitter and does not
necessarily reflect the opinion of the Portland Observer.
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