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\o l. 5, No.
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Portland. Oregon
Thursday, May 1, 1975
I Or per ropy
NACD discusses poverty problems
Cleveland Gilcrease. Executive Di
rector of the Portland Metro,xilitan
Steering Committee. host for the
Conference of the National Associa
lion Community Development, acre,»
ted his second term as president of
the IN. (MX) member organization.
Speaking to the members of the
organization gathered at the Hilton
Hotel, (iilrrease called for unity in
t(,e endeavor to aid the nation's poor.
Speaking of last year's successful
effort to block the Nixon administra
lions attempt to dismantle the
Community Service Agency (formerly
the Office of Economic Opportunity!,
(iilrrease said, "...our voices were
heard loud and clear throughout this
great nation, and we achieved a
historical victory in behalf of our
constituency, clearly overruling the
wishes
the intentions
of the
administration. We summond those
in high places, and they listened, and
the Community Services Act of 1974
was signed "
(iilrrease named an eleven member
committee to "investigate the in
vestigalions " He related that "there
are persons in high places determined
to drain from us our expectations."
(iilcrease called for a united drive
to see that every American is
guaranteed "food to eat. a decent
home to live in. adequate health
services, and the God given right to
walk upright with dignity as a human
being. While these are lofty goals,
they are nonetheless achieveable 111
our lifetime.''
Al vin Arnett, former director of
the Office of Economic, who was bred
by Richard Nixon, was among those
honored at the banquet
A highlight was the appearance of
the Bethel AME Church Choir and
the Bethel Trio, directed by Tim
Stafford, which received a standing
ovation and shouts for "more."
Representative Harold Ford, Black
Representative from Memphis. Ten
nessee. advised the members to go to
Congress, where the laws are made
and money appropriated
Ford said he is concerned about
community action in the communities
of the nation but also in the halls of
Congress.
He is concerned that
President Eord says we must do
more for the people of Vietnam but
will take rare of the American ,>eople
first, that we need to increase the
price of food stamps to the poor but
should increase the defense budget,
lie said President Eord has not
shown an interest in the poor people
of the nation, but believes that
Congress is concerned.
Gilcrease charges committee
Investigate the investigators’
Cleveland Gilcrease named a com
mittee of members of the National
Association for Community Develop
ment to “investigate the investiga
tors”. He explained that a campaign
of harassment and intimidation is
being carried out against Directors of
poverty programs across the country.
"In a time when we are told that
our national leaders are not against
the poor, we are shown the efforts of
those who seek to condemn the
anti poverty program. Yes. there are
those who seek to crucify us for our
beliefs and our commitments. We are
w itnessing wide spread, vicious
harassment of our community action
stalwarts.
"These attacks
investigations
persecutions by innuendo, if you will.
Gilcrease is director of the Portland
Metropolitan Steering Committee,
which is currently being audited by
several federal agencies following a
series of expose' in the local press.
Gilcrease has charged that the
articles are a conspiracy of the
newspaper and public officials who
would like to see him removed from
his position.
Gilcrease named three additional
( ommunity Action Program directors
who have been pressured and have
been harassed by the media." These
are Donald Svkes. executive director
of the Milwaukie Metropolitan Com
mumty Action Program in Wisconsin;
A.C. Massey, director of the Ogden
CAP agency in I'tah; and Mark
Whittakev. who until he resigned
under pressure two weeks ago was
director of a CAP program in
Tennessee.
Gilcrease charged that minor irre
gularities and accounting errors have
been blown out of proportion by the
press and made to seem like criminal
activities.
High school students join bonk program
Cleveland Gilcrease. Executive Director of the Portland Metropolitan
Steering Committee, accepts congratulations following election to second term
as President of the National Association of Community Development.
S,leaking of his owi, election from a
Southern State, Eord called for
unity. "Black people ronnot make it
alone and white people cannot make
it alone."
"Marlin Luther King was assas
sinated in Memphis, a city that now
has Black leadership and represenla
tion. If he rould look across the
mountain lop today he would see that
his work was not in vain. The person
who thought he was killing the dream
only killed the dreamer. A man paid a
visit to Memphis to help those who
were not priv Hedged Those under
priviledged garbage pickers picked a
Black congressman in 1974."
Representative Walter E. Eaunt
roy. the first Congressman elected
from the District of Columbia, who
spoke earlier in the day, called for a
massive “March on the Ballot Box”.
The strength of the poor and of
Blacks is in the vole, he said.
Representative Eauntroy described
the changing attitude of Southern
politicians as the numbers of Black
of Columbia to the defeat of
Representative John McClellan. a
bastion of defense against Home Rule
and the Chairman of the House
voters have increased to the point
where they can control the outcome
of elections.
He attributes the
long sought Home Rule in the District
Committee on the District. McClellan
was defeated by an organized drive
among the Black voters of his
Committee on the District. McClellan
was defeated by an organized drive
among the Black voters of his
district. When other Southern mem
hers of the committee realized how
his defeat came about, their oppose
tion to Home Rule disolved.
Eormer Senator Eugene McCarthy,
unsuccessful candidate for the presi
dency and an announced candidate on
a third party ticket, pointed out that
during the 196# campaign it became
apparent to a lot of Americans that
there are several different systems of
justice
the ideal system of due
process, a second system for the poor
and minorities, and a third system for
young people.
McCarthy .advocates an income
support system for those who are
unable to be self supporting and a
redistribution of jobs
rutting the
work day or week to give more
individuals access to employment.
Eleven
Portland
area
high
school seniors have been selected to
join I'.S. National Bank's Work Col
lege program for 1975, according to
Robert Brunmeier, vice president and
regional manager. Only twenty one
Oregon students wre chosen for this
honor, from a field of some three
hundred applicants.
They are: Gary Brown. Roosevelt
High School; Jerry L. Green, Jr.,
Cleveland High School; Ron Irinaga,
Franklin High School; Michael Burns,
Aloha High School; Michael Cebula.
Central Catholic High School; John
Prats. La Salle High School; Kenneth
Olenslager. San Barlow High School;
Randy Knipple. Franklin High School;
Terry W arnke, G ladstone High
School; Kevin Grant. Franklin High
School; and Joanne Schiebel, Grant
High School. They will begin a five
year program this June which will
give them their college educations
and practical work experience at a
minimum cost.
U. S. Bank will grant these
students interest free loans for tuition
and all other college expenses during
the next five years. They will attend
the college of their choice and work
for the bank in alternating twelve
month periods. While working, they
will earn regular salaries and gain
seniority. If they do complete the
program and join U. S. Bank as a
as a help to teachers in celebrating
our nation's bi centennial.
When the book arrived at the Boise
School Library, Librarian Beth Nance
quickly discovered it to have some
significant deficiencies. It contained
the full name of only one Black, in all
its calendar of the history of the
United States: George Washington
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times without mentioning Benjamin
Banneker. There were only three
Indians named, no Mexican Ameri
cans, not any Orientals.
Emma
laizarus' poem on the Statue of
Liberty was cited four times, but no
mention was made of Langston
Hughes; the song "Dixie" was
included, but not "Lift Ev'ry Voice
and Sing". Among the speeches by
statesmen there were none by
minorities. The birthday of Benedict
Arnold was noted but not that of Dr.
Martin Luther King. Mr. Dave
McCrea. Principal of Boise, im
mediately contacted (he leadership of
OASCD by phone and letter to
protest.
When the editorial board of
OASCD realized the omissions and
inaccuracies in their publication (here
was some dismay and desire to make
amends.
They came to Boise to
discuss the problem. At first they
agreed to let Mrs. Nance suggest
changes on ten pages only.
The
booklet had been prepared originally
at Central Point, in Southern Oregon,
but the OASCD had not read it
critically before publication. Even if
they had. it is not certain that they
could have seen what was wrong,
because one of their editors asked.
"Who was Frederick Douglass? Did
he have some kind of a reading
program?" After Dr. Hugh Wood,
Editor emeritus of OASCD publica
lions, further considered the matter,
he asked Mrs. Nance to assemble a
committee that would represent
different minorities which would
prepare all the suggestions they
considered important.
There were
still some very severe limitations on
space and time.
GARY BROWN
JER KY G REEN
regular employee, their tuition loan is
completely paid off by the bank.
The Work College program began
in 1950 and offers Oregon students
opportunities to graduate from col
lege with two years of banking
experience to their credit. They will
gain background in such areas as
marketing, data processing, person
net. public relations, investment
counseling, credit, operations, trust
and research.
Many of I'.S. Bank's current
officers and manager received their
first introduction into the business
world through the World College
program.
Students change w ith C a n ad ian s
Whitaker and Binnsmead School
students will host seventh grade
students from Campus View School in
Victoria. British Columbia. Seventy
four Canadian students and four of
their teachers will stay with their
American counter parts during their
four day stay in Portland. Three
weeks later, the American students
will travel to Victoria to spend three
days with Canadian Families.
The seventh grade students will
leave Victoria, Monday May 5th. and
will arrive at the host schools around
Local committee puts minorities in sourcebook
/\ committee of Indians. Chicanos,
Blacks anil Whites worked together
this past month to rorrerl and add to
a resource book for teachers, put out
by the Oregon Association for
Supervision anil Curriculum Develop
ment. The OASCD had published a
124 page bulletin railed “The Heri
tage of American Youth; a Source
Book for Teachers”, and advertised it
have caused much suffering through
out the CAA world. Recently, we
have seen some of our fellow
combatants succumb
the personal
sacrifice was too great, and they
despaired Today, while some of our
former colleagues have fallen, it is
time that we initiated action to
protect those who are members of
NACD, so that our organization
might continue to protect the rights
or our poor."
The group that met to correct the
publication was varied in background
but unanimous in spirit.
Most of
them saw the book for the first time
at the first meeting, but soon realized
that it was amazing in what it
included and appalling in what it left
out.
It reflected almost complete
disregard for the participation of
minority groups in the founding and
development of the nation.
One
person suggested discarding it alto
gether in the garbage and beginning
over again. Others felt that it would
at least help a little to balance the
content. They were all busy people,
but they gave personal, volunteer
time to assemble data and make
editorial changes in at least sixty
areas.
The committee included:
Betty Hodges, librarian at Albina
Branch Library; Sister Francella
Griggs, director of CISCO, (Chicano-
Indian Studies Center of Oregonl;
Mrs. Joan Jabin. Portland Coor
dinator for CISCO; Steve Johnson,
director of the Indian Culture
Program for Pirtland Public Schools;
Gloria Bryant, Job Counselor; Ruth
Haefner, civil liberties activist; Troy
Horton, high school literature and
Black history instructor; Elaine
Jamison, teacher at Boise School; Ed
Edmo,
Shoshone Bannock Indian
[MM't; Maria Smith, long time Albina
resident involved in many community
activities. Beth Nance coordinated
the project and put the material into
final form.
Dr. Hugh Wood has communicated
that the corrections were accepted
with only one deletion so the new
edition it now awaited. He has also
asked the committee to consider
bringing out a completely new
publication next fall which would
represent the heritage of ALL of
American Youth.
4:30 p.m. They will be met by the
host family and will spend the
evening with that family.
The
following day the Canadian guests
will tour downtown Portland, spend
ing time at such places as the Oregon
Historical Museum, the Portland Art
Museum, the Forecourt Fountain. At
noon, the students . w ill eat a sack
lunch prepared by the host family.
The afternoon will be spent touring
the Trojan Nuclear Plant.
On Wednesday, the Canadian
students and their teachers will
spend the day at the Oregon Museum
of Science and Industry. Their visit
there includes touring the Portland
Zoo. the Forestry Center and viewing
a planetarium show. The highlight of
that day. and perhaps the whole trip,
is a visit to Farrell's to experience
the tasty delights that appeal to the
appetites and minds of that age
group.
Farrell's has been warned
that they will be invaded by
seventy four hungry students and six
equally eager teachers.
In a more serious vein, the real
value of the exchange visitation will
be the experiences the students share
with the host family the three
evening and nights they spend with
them. Parents are advised not to
disrupt normal activities but to share
them with their guests.
These
activities run the gamut of watching
television, a shopping trip, baseball
games or attending the symphony. In
Canada, some students have gone to
a lacrosse or soccer game.
According to Edna Pittman. PTA
President at Binnesmead School.
The understanding and affection that
develops between host families and
students does more to cement
American Canadian relationships than
all the diplomacy in the world."
American and Canadian cultures are
not so similar that nothing can
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Dallas Cowboys star Mel Renfro talks with Emanuel Hospital Auzilian Dorothy
(Mrs Donald' Markamn and Emanuel Hospital President Roger G. Ijirson as
he autographs a football to be used as a door prize at the Emanuel Hospital
Auxiliary's "Exclusive preview" of the new hospital lobby on Saturday, May
3rd. Tickets are available from the auxiliary.