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Portland Observer
Thursday. September
4. 1975
WE SEE THE WORLD I Inflation still here
THROUGH BLACK EYES J Inflation is still with us. ment reported that
Need health insurance
The p lig h t o f the F lanagan fa m ily , re p o rte d in
last w e e k 's O bserver, sh ou ld re m in d us o f the
nee d fo r a n a tio n a l h e a lth p la n.
It is u n b e h e v e a b le that, in this, the richest
n a tio n on e arth, n ot o n ly can the assets o f a
fa m ily be w ip e d o ut by a sin g le illness b ut there
a re hundreds o f thousands o f persons w h o are
le ft to d ie because they ca n n o t b uy a d e q u a te
h e a lth care.
In the so-ca lle d e n lig h te n e d society, in d iv id u a ls
s till h ave to fo re g o o pe ra tion s or o the r c u ra tive
m easures because they ca nn ot pay the thousands
o f d o lla rs they cost. O thers m ust be d e p e n d e n t
on the ch a rity o f th e ir n e igh bo rs as b e n e fits and
fu n d d rives are g iv e n to p ro vid e a c h ild w ith the
h e a lth care it needs
Doctors s till m ust choose
w h ic h patie nts w ill rece ive the life -s u s ta in in g
k id n e y d ia lysis m achines w h ile others a re le ft to
d ie
Babies are b orn w ith b irth defe cts because
th e ir m others co u ld not re ce ive essential h e a lth
care, and sm all ch ild re n g ro w up w ith in firm a tie s
because th e ir parents ca nn ot buy m e d ic a l care.
A nd a ll th a t happens is the co ntin uo us
a rg u m e n t a b o u t "s o c ia liz e d m e d ic in e ," w h ile
doctors them selves fig h t to p ro te ct th e ir fin a n c ia l
kin g d o m . N e a rly every in d u s tria liz e d n a tio n in
the w o rld has fo u n d a w ay to p ro v id e h e a lth care
fo r its p e o p le e xcept the U n ite d States. A n d here
w e sit, year a fte r year, w h ile m ore p e o p le suffer
a nd d ie , a rg u in g a b o u t th e re la tiv e m erits o f a
m yria d o f plans, m ost o f w h ic h w o u ld c o n tin u e to
leave an in su rm o u n ta b le fin a n c ia l b u rd e n on the
p a tie n t.
Our own CIA?
The P ortland Police Bureau has a d m itte d , a fte r
b e in g c a u g h t by a P ortland State U nive rsity
g ra d u a te student, th a t it has been s e llin g
in fo rm a tio n fro m the CRISS (C o lu m b ia R egion
In fo rm a tio n S haring System).
The Police Bureau has bee n s e llin g in fo rm a tio n
on c rim in a l records fo r a d o lla r a pie ce, a n d at
least 6,000 nam es have been checked fo r p riv a te
c o rp o ra tio n s
a nd
p u b lic
a gencies.
These
re v e a le d not o n ly a d u lt c rim in a l records b u t those
o f ju v e n ile s.
D uring the past tw o years th ere h ave been
o ffic ia l c o m m itte e studies, open p u b lic d eb ate ,
a nd m uch fe a r a nd a p p re h e n s io n that CRISS
records c o u ld be used to re v e a l personal
in fo rm a tio n .
The p u b lic has co nsta ntly been
assured th a t th ere w as no p o s s ib ility th a t the
p ersonal in fo rm a tio n c a rrie d in the CRISS system
w o u ld fa ll in to the w ro n g hands, th a t it w as for
the use o f the p o lic e agencies, o n ly.
N ow we
fin d that our p o lic e b ure a u is s e llin g in fo rm a tio n
to a ll bidders.
If C h ie f Baker had b e lie v e d the m e rc h a n d isin g
was e th ic a l a n d g oo d, he c e rta in ly c o u ld have
m ode it k n o w n b e fo re n ow .
He sat by as a
C ounty S h e riff w as p u n ish e d a n d tw o co un ty
C om m issioners co stiga ted fo r a lle g e d m isuse o f
the CRISS system — a ll the tim e k n o w in g th a t his
o w n b ure a u w as s e llin g in fo rm a tio n .
This is just a n o th e r e x a m p le o f th e e x te n t to
w h ich the P ortland Police Bureau has g o n e in
re ce n t years to ig n o re the rig h ts o f the citizen s
Files are k e p t on persons w h o b e lo n g to
" r a d ic a l" p o litic a l groups a nd w h o kn ow s w h a t
a d d itio n a l invasions o f p riv a c y a re b e in g m ad e
IT is tim e th a t the Police Bureau co m e u nd er
the scrutiny o f the M a y o r a nd the C ity C o u n cil or
w e m ay be d e v e lo p in g o u r o w n ve rsion o f the
CIA.
a com
bined index of twelve indi
vidual indicators rose 1.7
percent in July.
The
index
had
been
declining for eleven conse
cutive months during 1974
and early 1975, as the
n a t io n s e c o n o m y ex
perienced its worst reces
as evidenced by rising fix*!
prices and proposed in
creases in postal rates
However, government eco
nomists report tha| prime
economic indicators point to
an upswing, in the nations
economy.
The Commerce Depart
W lN H .I IM IIO
Roger Morton termed the
increase encouraging but
cautioned against expecting
"such a dramatic increase"
every month
"W e still
have a long way to go
sion since the 1930's. The
Commerce Department in
dex
has been
ris in g
steadily since March, point
ing to an eventual lessening
of the country's economic
woes, however, the healthy
statistics refer to a long
term recovery.
C o m m e rc e S e c r e t a r y ,
before we ran be satisfied
with the
state of the
economy.
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FCC
C o m m is s io n e r
A t lo n g l a s t ,
th e
F ed eral Communications
Commission has instituted
an inquiry and rulemaking
proceeding las prescribed
by Communications law)
preparatory to issuing firm
equal employment oppor
tunity guidelines to all of its
broadcast licensees.
Comments on its pro­
posals and policy clarifica
tions are being requested
from the general public by
September 11th, with re­
plies set for October 1st. 1
would urge all interested
public interest. Black. La­
tino and women's groups to
participate.
For my part. I am happy
to see the Commission issue
this Notice of Inquiry and
Proposed Rulemaking re
garding non-discrimination
in the employment practices
of broadcast licensees and
setting forth its view that
EEO is an important aspect
of the Commission regula
tory function.
In a ten-page concurring
statement that was at
lached to the Notice. I
commended the Commission
for taking this action.
This has been a long time
in the making.
When I
came aboard the Commis­
sion. July 1972, EEO had
been a Commission policy
for three years.
On June
4th. 1969. the Commission
adopted rules forbidding
discrimination on the basis
of race, color, religion or
national origin and requir
ing that equal opportunities
in employment...be afforded
by all licensees or perm it­
tees...to all qualified per­
sons.
The FCC was the first
and I believe is still the
only one of the so-called
"Big Eight (ICC, FPC. SEC,
CAB, etc.) federal regula
tory commissions to adopt
the rules.
I was quickly named EEO
Commissioner and we set
about establishing an in
house EEO unit and an
external EEO unit, the
latter to deal with the
industries we regulate.
I t never dawned on me
that it would take nearly
three years
before the
Commission would agree on
a set of EEO guidelines on
non-discrimination.
I disagreed with the term
the Commission insisted on
keeping - ‘ qualified."
I
said I felt it could be used
to eliminate minorities and
women from broadcast em
ployment consideration and
that it could thus, become
"an escape hatch."
“ U n fo rtu n a te ly , women
and minorities are often
told that they are not
qualified' to take the job or
be promoted, but they are
then told to instruct a
non-minority or a male on
the specifics of how to do
the very job they were told
they (minorities, women)
could not do.
"In many instances, it
seems that women or mi­
norities cannot win
for
losing. They are either 'not
q u a lif ie d ,' 'u n d e r q u a li­
fied' or ‘o verqu alified *.
Where does the 'buck' stop?
Common sense dictates the
answer. Employers know if
a person can do the job, or
be trained for the job. The
questions become, 'If the
applicant were a white
male, would I bring up the
‘qualifications' issue?”
There are several other
portions of the proposed
rules and guidelines I am
not happy with: I wanted
goals and timetables estab­
lished for all stations: the
Commission
is
wavering
between exempting those
stations with ten or those
with fifteen employees.
I favor a “self analysis"
approach (Executive Order
11246) for two reasons, as
opposed to the "Title 7"
approach the Commission
finally adopted.
I also would have pre
ferred requirements that
stations with twenty five
employees instead of fifty,
list all job titles by race and
sex. and that there be
requirements that the FCC
art on all complaints instead
of referring them to other
agencies.
Oh. well, you can't win
'em all. And as this present
package stands barring any
later
revisions
for
the
worse, I think minorities
and women can live with it.
P o rtlan d O b se rv e r
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