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Thursday. April 17. 1975
PMSC bolds seminars
The Portland Metropo
3. May 9th A 12th. 1975
litan Steering Committee
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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
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"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
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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;
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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.
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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.
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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. A place in any of the
workshops may be reserved
by sending tuition in ad
vance.
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