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Portland Observer
Thursday, July 31. 1975
during this period is shared
by the community. He, if not
I
given the opportunity to
(Continued from p. 1 col. 3)
work and exhibit usefulness,
indiscretion that cauaed the loses his liberty in all too
man or woman to become an many instances, and every
offender in the beginning, thing attendant to the com
but we muat also fare the munity assumes the debt of a
cold and sometimes hard wasted human resource. And
PCC
reality that they must be I feel strongly, that coat
C
o
m
m
is
s io n e r
allowed • yea • given the could, for the most part,
opportunity, to become pro have been avoided by offer
durers in the society upon ing
the
opportunity
for
A n um ber o f m onths a go Stevie R em ington,
payment of whatever debt economic stability at a lime
billion dollars of insurance
d ire cto r o f th e A m e rica n C iv il Liberties U nion,
Recently. I was privi
society has decreed muat be when such was sorely need
in force.
paid. To do this, we must ed. I hasten to say that for leged to address the 55th
stu m b ele d across a secret in te llig e n c e file kept
T o d a y a lth o u g h
th e
work tirelessly in developing the majority of people in our Annual Convention of the
on her o rg a n iz a tio n by the P brtland Police
member companies
have
new vistas of work
for society, economic stability is National Insurance Assorts
Bureau.
The ACLU is a
la rg e ly
w h ite ,
H a ro ld W illia m s
has been a p p o in te d
by
shrunk to thirty nine, the
tion
The affair
was
ex offenders
commensurate
m iddle-class, leg al o rg a n iz a tio n d e d ic a te d to the
G o ve rn o r Bob Straub to serve as the state with that individual's capac synonomous w ith gainful centered in my hometown.
N IA has assets of over one
employment.
billion dollars and seven
p ro te ctio n o f First A m e n d m e n t rights.
a ffirm a tiv e a c tio n o ffic e r.
W illia m s w ill be ity to perform. We must give
Memphis.
Tennessee
The Hoard of Parole is a
billion dollars of insurance
The Convention theme
N o w the Socialist W orkers Party, a g ro up
re sp on sible fo r im p le m e n ta tio n o f the state s him the opportunity to de strong supporter of work
in force!
Three of these
was
appropriate:
"Six
M's
velop
and
then
maintain
a
w h ich advocates ra d ica l p o litic a l ch a n g e th ro ug h
a ffirm a tiv e a c tio n p la n by state agencies.
This
release for the above stated
companies,
in d iv id u a lly ,
Of
Change:
Money,
Mar
the e le ctio n process, has asked the Police Bureau
n e w ly crea ted p o s itio n w ill, for the first tim e, posture of dignity and self reasons We also fully recog
have more insurance in
worth that submerges a past nize the problems fared in kets, Machines, Methods,
fo r the file s it keeps on th e ir o rg a n iz a tio n a nd its
m ake a ffirm a tiv e a c tio n a re s p o n s ib ility o f the
force than all fifty nine in
that was neither beneficial the prosecution of this con Men, Management". And it
m em bers.
that bygone year of 1951.
G o v e rn o r's o ffic e .
from an economic sense or cept. However. I think it ran seemed doubly appropriate
And. those of us in the
The Police Bureau has n ot a d m itte d nor d e n ie d
W illia m s is w e ll q u a lifie d fo r the p o sitio n and self fulfilling from a psycho be adequatelv defended as in light of our upcoming
audience not privy to this
Hi C entenn ial Y ear Cele
the existence o f in te llig e n c e file s , nor has it as a ffirm a tiv e a c tio n o ffic e r in the Personnel logical sense.
one of the tra n s itio n a l
information
learned
that
bration.
produced them .
The real punishment for bridges linking the ex of
D ep artm en t d e m o n s tra te d his a b ility a n d his
that one member company
So
many
Blacks
and
other
In Septem ber, u nd er a n e w O reg on la w , it w ill
c o m m itm e n t to the cre a tio n o f e m p lo y m e n t the ex offenders begins when fender with society. Hut.
today not only has more
minorites seem to be taking
they re tu rn to society. again, we must fare the
be ille g a l to keep in te llig e n c e m a te ria l on
o p p o rtu n itie s fo r m in o ritie s and w om en .
assets than all those fifty
a
dint
view
of
this
national
Undoubtedly, some have no reality that no m atter how
persons because o f th e ir p o litic a l b e lie f. In the
G o v e rn o r
Straub
and
his
a d m in is tra tiv e concern about the social beneficial such program s landmark observance It is nine, but hss twice as much
m e a n tim e , it i$ c e rta in ly im m o ra l to use this fo rm
assistant, Keith Burns, are to be c o m m e n d e d for climate, but, in most in may be in theory, few of the as if they feel "This is the insurance in force as all
o f harassm ent a nd in tim id a tio n in w h a t is this a p p o in tm e n t in lig h t o f a lle g a tio n s o f sexism stances, the question upper benefits can be achieved white man's thing, not those firms represented in
c o n v e n tio n t w e n t y fiv e
ours" which is precisely
supposed to be a fre e society.
a g a in st W illia m s .
It w o u ld have been easy to most in the ex offender's unless employment oppor
years ago!
what
some
are
saying
tumties of both sufficient
mind
is
“How
will
society
Those w ho are co nce rn ed w ith n e ith e r le g a lity
secum b to pressure a nd fo llo w the a dvise of
This is power. Economic
accept me on release?" I've quality and quantity ran be either under breath or out
nor m o ra lity should be co nce rn ed a b o u t the cost those w h o sought th e a p p o in tm e n t o f a w o m a n
power
Other Black mil
loud.
paid my debt, he says, I ’ve secured for the participants
lions are accumulating in
o f p o lice spying in a tim e o f b u d g e t deficits. Was
to this p osition .
Other Blacks seem to feel
done my time 1 want to go P o te n tia l em ployers fre
it re a lly necessary fo r th re e or fo u r p o lic e m e n to
G o verno r Straub has to ld o f his c o m m itm e n t to straight. 1 want to work. 1 quently ask: Would the there are so many other Black savings and loan
institutions ami in Black
pressing problems: vast un
be
reliable?
take rolls o f pictures o f those p a rtic ip a tin g in a
m in o ritie s b ut has had little o p p o rtu n ity to want to carry my share of ex offenders
banks, adding to the rising
the load
will society let Would they steal from me? em ploym ent (m ore than
recent p icke t o f the
P ortland
In te rn a tio n a l
d e m o n stra te this c o m m itm e n t.
Would they constitute a double that of whites; it economic viability of the
me do this?
A irpo rt? Can w e re a lly a ffo rd to support a spy
W e n o w k n o w he is h e a de d in the rig h t
Black community
Despite
spirals upwards to forty,
If we do not, at this crucial danger to my other em
co n tin g e n t to keep track o f p o litic a l and c iv il
d ire c tio n .
fifty and sixty percent for obstacles, we are on the
point in his or her life, make ployees or customers? Would
move in America our home
rights groups w h ich , by no stretch o f the
This a p p o in tm e n t is a b ig step to w a rd p ro v id in g a reasonable provision to they behave in a manner young
Blacks
in
our
land
crow ded g hetto areas);
im a g in a tio n , co u ld be suspected o f b e in g a th re at
true o p p o rtu n ity to m in o ritie s in O regon.
guarantee a legal source of that might embarrass me or
Not enough money, how
crunching
housing
short
sustenance
in
order
that
my
firm.
1
have
no
guar
to the peace?
ages or unfit housing, in ever, is accumulating in
basic
necessities
can
be
anteed
answers
to
these
The SWP has asked M a y o r G o ldsch m id t fo r
And
ghetto arras; soaring food Black institutions.
acquired, we may well not questions
nor does anyone
help. We d o u b t th a t the M a yo r is interested in
many Black lament the fact
and other basic coats in
merely ignore the plight but else
for that
matter
p o litic a l sp yin g ; w e d o u b t th a t he is concerned
eluding health rare, where It is difficult to impossible
also create once more the However, many have sue
home,
abo ut a p o litic a l th re a t to his a d m in is tra tio n . W e
all the fat that ran be had to float a loan:
very circumstances that we ceeded. The travesty of it all
business nr personal
Too
has
been
know
will guarantee
his seems to revolve around the long sin ce
b e lie v e he w ill o rd e r C h ie f Baker to turn over the
many Blacks still pass by
return to crime.
fact that few in society are trimmed to the nitty gritty
file s and w e h op e he w ill o rd e r a stop to this
Black banks and Savings
by desparately poor and
The material needs of a concerned about those of
type o f in te llig e n c e g a th e rin g a nd d ire ct the
struggling
families
all
and
lawns enroute to banks
fenders
who
"make
it"
Much
man or woman who has been
p o lic e to w a rd c rim e p re v e n tio n .
and Savings and lawns
in prison for six months are greater interest is focused on these problems and many
more, so that Blacks don't
outside our com m unity.
The SWP is in fille d to its file s under the fe d e ra l
largely the same as their those who do not.
Until we begin to patronize
In closing, I should like have time for such frivolous
Freedom o f In fo rm a tio n Act.
W e hope the
counterparts who have serv
doings
as
the
B.C.
our
own. the l«wns will
briefly
to
touch
on
one
other
ed much longer sentences.
M a yo r w ill not p ut the city th ro ug h the expense
There is much truth here
remain hard to get, and we
Both have suffered separa facet of our discussion here
a nd the em b arra ssm en t o f a lon g court b attle ,
tion from
home,
family, this morning And that is: But I think we make a will continue to lie economic
o ver a lost cause.
paupers
friends, jobs and the com Where do we go from here? mistake if we Blacks take
If the city g o v e rn m e n t re a lly fe e ls th re a te n e d
The N IA convention and
munity. Both bear the same As we look about, we see no interest in this occasion
by this g ro u p o f yo u n g socialists, p erhaps the
Editor:
probation and parole officials, For it is part of our basic the men who run these
stigma
of
ex
offender
and
Dorothy has to offer, but
powerful rising Black eco
voters sh o u ljl take a closer loo k at the SWP
ex convict. This. I would especially under fire, not heritage, too. A Black man.
would be the loss of one
We are writing from the
Crispus
Altucks,
was
the
nomic institutions help us
submit to you. is a degree of only
recommending
more
p la tfo rm .
human being who cares
Multnomah County Deten
first to die on the Boston
look with new eyes on the
social
intolerance
that
must
offenders
for
close
confine
very much about us as
tion Center for women, in
Iti C e n te n n ia l C e le b r a
be displaced
ment but becoming extra Commons. an incident (hat
people and not just ex cons.
regards to the attempted
triggered the Revolutionary
tion, and take stork once
On
release
from
prison,
cautious
in
granting
paroles
We would like the case of
termination of one of the
War
more of ourselves as a rare
most offenders, with some Criminologists in state uni
Dorothy Baker brought out
counsellors for the Women's
(Please turn to p. 2 col. 1)
A t the N IA Convention,
and as a proud people. The
few exceptions, re e n te r a versities remain mute, leav
Prison Project which has
into the open and to the
not legal. Mrs. Hughes
worker.
Revolutionary cry, "Give
world unlike the one he or ing the bitter editorials and (iroud Black men. powerful
public. We of Claire Argrow
explained that she had done
Sister Sidney spoke of been working out of the
Me Liberty or Give Me
she left years before and columnists broadside
often figures in the biggest of
YW CA.
Not only is one
C e n t e r in M u ltn o m a h
this because she knew
"conscience racism."
B lack
in d u s t r y
w e re
Death did not fall on deaf
utterly different from his or laden with misinformation
County have no other way
others would demand a
A lengthy debate fol employee's jobs in jeopardy
gathered
They proudly
Black ears. For Blacks, it
her most recent habitation, unanswered We must won
but with the termination of
to combat the social in
meeting and, “I'm glad you
lowed. with one faction
was a clarion call to help
In this “new" world, except der if this nation is primed to rattled off the figures: The
Dorothy Baker, the Wo
justice and political manu
are all here."
wanting to suspend the
sever
chains of British
for a few uneasy relatives embark
on the
greatest organization was last con
men’s Prison Project is also
vers which we feel are
Dorothy Baker, Black so
program for six months,
and uncertain friends, he or prison building spree known vened in Memphis about colonialism and, in so doing,
jeopardized.
causing the termination of a
cial worker with the project then begin anew. Their
It
smash the chains of slavery,
she is surrounded, totally to the world? W ill states twenty five years ago
woman who is trying to and
The firing of Dorothy
who was threatened with
rationalization was that the
boasted, at that time, fifty
ushering in
a diamond
engulfed,
in
an
environment
contine
to
spend
$30,000
per
has helped us very much.
Baker is a mere political
dismissal so took her charge program is without a direc
nine member companies
bright era of equality and
of
distrust,
suspicion,
dislike
new
prison
bed
at
the
Sincerely.
of racism to the board, was tor due to the resignation of move on the part of the
brotherhood
That we are
and. in some cases, open expense of better schools, Murray J. Marvin, first
The Women's Claire Argow
YW CA and as such, should
notified the day of the Julie Wycoff.
N IA executive secretary, still in quest of the latter
hostility.
A
life
that
was
better
education,
aid
to
Center
be exposed. Dorothy Baker
board meeting that she
Erma Eishburn however
reported that the fifty nine g«y 1913
the terminatin of Dorothy
through
her
connections
women in the county jail tion is the fact that Colum
Proscribed for employment that the son or daughter of
Baker
and
also
the
im
w
ith
vocational
tra
in
in
g
QUALITY
DRY CLEANING
and those who are residents bia Regional Association of
by most concerns and if the ex offender of today will
pending termination of the
program , w ork reliance
at the YW CA.
Governments (CRAG) has
REASONABLE RATES
unable to find some. he. of not become the ex offender
Women's Prison Project.
programs, but also in the
Two clients of the pro voted not to fund the
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necessity,
tries
to
survive.
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area of personal therapy.
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