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1 P ige 6 Portland Observer 1 1 1 Thursday. April 17. 1975 PMSC bolds seminars The Portland Metropo 3. May 9th A 12th. 1975 litan Steering Committee - 7:30 10:00 pm .. St. has scheduled three Home Stephens Church, 1112 S.E. Maintenance and Financing 41st Avenue. Seminars for the second The su bjects to be week of May. 1975. The covered will be roncen U.S. Department of Hous trated on Home Main ing and Urban Develop tenance and Home Financ ment, U.S. National Bank * in« of Oregon. First National Rank of Oregon. Contrators Management A ssociation, and other concerned agen cies will participate in the program. All the residents within the target areas of The Student Coalition Southeast, Northeast and Against Racism will hold a North Portland and other sta tew id e stud en t con interested persons within ference against racism on the Portland area are in Saturday, April 19th, 2:00 vited to participate in the p in. at the Matt Dishman seminars free. For those Center. 77 N.E. Knott. residents who have any The Portland Student difficulv such as transpor Against Racism is a local tation, babysitting, etc., to affiliate of the Naional participate in the seminars, Student Coalition Against th ey may a p p ly for Racism which was formed assistance at the PMSC February 14th to organize a Housing Program. 220 N.E. nationwide movement to stop the racist forces in Russell Phone: '288 8391. Boston who have mobilized The Seminars will be to maintain segregated scheduled as follows: schools in Boston. 1. May 5th A 6th. 1975 •• 7:30 10:00 p.m., Univer sity Park United Methodist Church, 4791 N. Lombard Street. 2. May 7th A 8th, 1975 7:30 10:00 p.m.. PMSC Building, 220 N.E. Russell. NOTICE Î "Join us. leave your fields to flower” sing the cast members from Jefferson's production of "The Magic of Broadway”, an original review put together by the Jefferson theater students. A standing ovation greeted the »k »J cast after their performance id Medford, Oregon, at the regon State Thespian Conference. The show opens in the Jefferson auditorium April 18th. 19th and again the 25th. 26th. Photo by: Mary Sorensen. Amnesty not a new question Amnesty was an impor tant issue for Americans 200 years ago just as is today's presidential return- home program for Vietnam desserters, says an Oregon State University historian and authority on the colonial period. Dr. Donald D. Wax is hopeful that the Bicenten nial observance “will help us learn more about - and learn something from - the fate and treatment of those who refused to par ticipate in the American Revolution.” Wax is one of the nine members of Ore gon's Bicentennial Commis sion. Approxim ately 100,000 men and women of an estimated 3 million popula tion actually left the coun try between 1774 and 1783, Wax points out. because of over-riding loyalty to Eng land or because they could not support the Revolution for religious or other rea sons. "In taking the wrong side, they lost their lands and wealth, their families in some cases, their places in society, and they certainly lost the battle of history." Wax observed. “We know a great deal about the patriots Washington. Jefferson and the others that school children can name. But we don't know very much about the loyalists to the crown. Most were sound, solid men who took another position in sincerity and who now deserve our study and understanding.” In the days leading up to the Revolution, "the loyal ists were able to defend themselves eloquently in press and pulpit. Most royal officials and a major ity of the Anglican clergy chose the crown over the colonies," the historian ob- serbed. With the Declaration of Independence, loyalty to the crown became treason, punishable by the confisca tion of the loyalists' pro perty, or by exile, or even death, Wax notes in "A History of Colonial Amer ica," a leading textbook he helped author. Several states enacted laws depriving loyalists (Tories! of their rights of citizenship. Some states banished them. As a result, thousands of men - and many women - were forced to flee, says Wax. Some 30,000 moved to Canada - as did many Vietnam d isserters and draft dodgers. More went to Great Britian; some to the British West Indies. The British government tried to provide for those who returned hom eless, jobless and often money less. A special British claims commission was es tablished to reim burse those whose properties had been lost. Claims totaling approximately eight million pounds sterling were filed; FOR B R A N D S you know V A R IE TIE S you lik i The Friendliest Stores In Town Since 1908 SIZES vou w a n t ’ 6 » I M '. . . • la . A . I M . • II. d « »• t ■*«»•< « I I S ' V **» • J 2nd t A I.»» » ..» < 1 , *» I N L.«ba-d at O«eeta • a < e .«n M . H , » l a t a ,♦ $ f O r , 6- • M E M B IB Of •« » ♦ • M S I Ü . • 2l><f a We»» » • L .toe Os.-«o » • « 3'/i million pounds sterling were paid. Wax said. W herever they went, most refugees found they were considered - and felt like -- Americans. Wax is convinced from study. "Even England wasn't home any more.” After the shooting stop ped. thousands of loyalists returned to the new United States of America, accord ing to Wax. The new and still weak national govern ment recommended that the states “do what they could” to see that loyalists had their lands returned or that they had some reimburse ment. Re-integration into society was emphasized al so. "Amnesty in the strict sense of the word - not to remember - was granted to a great many,” the OSU historian added. The loyalists included "many of the most brilliant and distinguished men in the colonial societies," the book by Wax and Max Savelle, University of Illi nois, emphasizes. "Liquida tion" of this large powerful minority in the course of the Revolution “was one of the social tragedies connec ted with that movement." Benjamin Franklin's son was royal governor of New Jersey at the time the Revolution was coming to a head and he left the country as did many others who received appointments from the crown. Thomas Hutchinson, who became one of the earliest American fam ilies, was another loyalist and the famous Bvrd family of Virginia was split into two camps by the Revolution but loyalist descendants regained prominence after the war. Some accounts by other distinguished loyalists Samuel Curwen. for ex ample - are being printed as a national Bicentennial feature. These should give additional insight into the loyalist cause and the char acter of those opposed to the Revolution Wax be lieves. Patriot and P resident John Adams, before his death in 1828, marvelled "that 13 clocks should have struck as 1” to produce the “United States" from 13 substantially different colo nies, he continued. Equal rights and slavery were issues 200 years ago that have application to today's society also, the historian suggested. Wax is engaged in a study of slavery and the slave trade in colonial America. He has been an OSU professor of history since 1982. »TO M Question Is there another extension of Unemployment Insurance benefits which are paid for by the Federal government? Answer: Yes, an amend ment to the recent tax cut bill which has been signed oy the President makes possible an extension of Federal Supplemental Ben efit (FSB) for those still unemployed and who have exhausted their regular, extended and first Federal Supplemental benefits. Un der this new legislation, these persons will be able to continue receiving unem ployment benefits for half the time of their regualr claim, up to a maximum of 13 weeks. These new supplemental benefits are called FSB2, claim.xtaking for them in Oregon Em ployment Division offices starting, Monday, April 14th. , U N IT E D G R O C Í8 S Free [s tim a te s Expert craftsmen. No job too small. let us handle it for you W ENDELL E. B R O W N C O N S T R U C T IO N C O M P A N Y lt<M»finK • ( » m e n t W o rk • \ I » 575 M em ber |{»mo«l« linie • < (in s tru c tio n Business \lb in » ( o n t r i r t o r s A ssociation N . K i l l i n g s w o rth 2 8 9 -5 5 4 9 North Carolina State sensation David Thompson has been named the first winner of the Eastman Award, symbolic of the country's top basketball player selected by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Basketball's eqivalent of football's Heisman Trophy, the silver Eastman Award will be on permanent display at the Basketball Hall of Fame. It is presented annually to the player who receives the most votes in balloting for the coaches All America team. JCPenney Food Stamps u n affected 20% off Jew el - Tex’ ready-made draperies The U.S. Department of A g r ic u l t u r e (U S D A ) sent a telegram to the states saying that the income tax rebates and special payments will have no effect on the eligibility of food stamp participants. These rebates and pay ments were provided for in the Tax Reduction Act of 1975 which President Ford signed into law on March 29th. 1975. The bw provides refunds on 1974 individual income taxes and a special $50 payment to recipients of social security, railroad retirement, and SSI benefits. The Tax Deduction Act of 1975 requires that refunds and special payments shall not be counted as income or resources for purposes of determining eligibility or the amount of benefits received under any federal assistance program. There fore, these refunds and special payments will not be included as income or re sources under the Food Stamp Program. N o-iron therm al backed favorites Sale 12.80 50"x84" Reg. »16. Jewel Tex' aery Ik foam backed drapries. Cotton/rayon in a richly textured dobby weave that can he machine washed and never needs irioning. De corator colors. In stock or N ew spaper special ordered lor you. w o rk s h o p S a le p r ic e s e f f e c t iv i through Sunday. sheduled Portland Community Col lege is offering a "summer job" approach to the series of tw o week newspaper workshops planned for high school journalists and their advisors this summer. Each workshop will pub lish an issue of The Bridge. PCC*» newspaper. Students and advisors will be staff writers and editors. The issue of The Bridge each workshop publishes will be distributed to all eight of PCCs centers in metropoli tan Portland. The pay is three credit hours of college credit. High School students may re ceive an additional one half unit of high school credit and advisors an additional credit for professional or inserviee training. The big thing we have to offer is a new journalism experience, a chance for students and advisors to work on a different news paper," says Jim Magmer, PCC journalism instructor who will conduct the work shops. “Advisors will get a chance to try their hands again at reporting and editing." Dates for the workshops are June 23rd, July 3rd, July 7th, July 18th, July 21st, August 1st, August 4th, and August 15th. Cost is $20. For additional information call or write Jim^Magmer at PCC, 12000 S.W. 49th Avenue, Port land, Oregon, 97219, 244 8111. 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