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Portland Observer
Thursday, January 22, 197#
Pag* 3
Black elected officals vote seven national priorities
cited seven key issues which straddle the
political, social and economic arena*.
“W e know this is 1975 and therefore
understand two thing* very well. One is
that there will (or a time be fewer public
resource* available than in the pre-re­
cession year*. I t is for that very reason
that we are doubly determined to make
sure that budget priorities do not
provide large increase* for defense and
other item*, while starving human need
programs.
“The second thing we are quite certain
of is that the political and economic
battle* of Blacks and their allies must be
fought not only in the executive branch
and the Congress in Washington, but
also at the statehouse*, the county and
regional governments, in city halls and
city councils. We intend to hold
accountable as never before all those
who hold or seek elective office and who
serve on appointed boards and authori­
ties."
The sponsors added in the statement
that they “will be concentrating (our)
attention on the following basic issues:”
1. F U L L E M P L O Y M E N T “...W hat is
viewed a* a recession by the nation is a
virtual Depression in Black and poor
communities. We cannot accept Alice in-
Wonderland definitions of full employ
ment. In our view, there is no tolerable
level of unemployment. A t present, some
eight to ten million workers are unem
ployed. National unemployment in No­
vember, 1975 was 8.3 percent - with
Black jobless "officially" estimated nearly
14 percent.
“The unemployment that has plagued
the Black community has had a particu-
Black elected official* from acroea the
nation, who met recently in Washington
agreed on a seven plank action program
to reorient the nation'* priorifie* so that
Black* and other* who are burdened
disproportionately by the effect* of a
sluggish economy can be treated more
equitably.
The three day national conference,
formally called the Third National
Institute for Black Elected Public O ffi­
cials, issued it* seven point mandate after
examining problems suggested by the
theme, “Politics and the Black Economic
Condition." In numbers that ranged from
MOO to 1.000 over the three day period,
Black elected officials and invited obser
vers from civil rights and community
service organizations exchanged view*
and experience* on subjects *uch as voter
motivation, full employment as a national
goal, identifying and using governmental
and non governmental resources to ad
vance the economic interests of Black
people and building linkages, networks
and coalitions with other similarly
situated interest groups.
Other national institutes of Black
elected officials were held in 1967 in
Chicago, when there were only an
estimated 600 Black official* in elective
offices, and in 1969 in Washington. D.C..
when Black elected officeholders totalled
a little less than 1.200. In 1975 the
National Roster of Black Elected Offi
rials, published by the Joint Center Ibr
Political Studies, counted 3,503 *uch
officials in office.
In a statement issued to the press at
the close of the Institute, the sponsors
c«sr vai««;
ECONOMY WASHER
larly devastating impact on the increa*
ing number of Black women who are
head* of household. These women earn
wage* that are generally below that of
white men. white women, and Black men.
‘ Full Eapieyaaeet, a program which
guarantee* the right to useful and
meaningful jobs for all these willing and
able to work, new demands bread public
understanding and support..."
1. W E L F A R E R E F O R M - "For a
number of year*, there has been a great
deal of discussion about welfare abuse,
welfare reform and welfare replacement.
Welfare, or income security, must be
discussed now in human terms.
“The Federal Government must as­
sume a larger share of the welfare
burden. There must be a guarantee
annual income.
“Any welfare replacement or income
supplement program is doomed to failure
unless it is tied to job development, job
training, a vastly expanded child care
program and a thorough and far reaching
program to eradicate sex and racial
discrimination in education, job training
and employment.”
3. N A T IO N A L H E A L T H C A R E -
“The Congress must pass and the
President must sign legislation to provide
for a system of comprehensive health
care...There are six essentials which
must be included in any legislation
passed:
a. “I t must set forth a positive health
concept, which includes preventive
services, health maintenance and com
munity education for personal and
community health.
b “Health care must be recognized as
a right, not merely as a privilege.
c. “Health coverage must be compre­
hensive and include a full range of
health care - preventive, diagnostic,
treatm ent and rehabilitation - regard
less of one's ability to pay.
d. “There must be progressive trust
fund financing so that health care is
insured of continuation as a permanent
program.
e. “Consumer*, that is, the community
residents, must be permitted and
encouraged to participate in health care
program operations.
f. “The health care program must be
reinforced with adequate financing for
research, planning and administration.”
4. A F R IC A P O LIC Y - “The United
States has virtually ignored an entire
continent rich in mineral and economic
potential, but whose countries are in
great need of financial and technical
assistance...
“Tw o key steps for a more positive
African policy are: (1) for the administra­
tion to stop supporting minority rule in
South Africa, and (2) to take concrete
steps to implement the final resolution at
the Seventh United Nations Special
Session providing for a new International
Economic Order, specifically those relat­
ing to assuring just and stable prices for
primary commodities. In addition, the
United States should make a significant
contribution to the African Development
Fund.
“Finally, the Congress must reverse
itself and pass the legislation to prohibit
importation of Rhodesian chrome in
violation of United Nations sanctions..."
5. E D U C A T IO N
“In the first part of
1976. the Congress w ill continue its work
on major pieces of higher education legi
Oregon
Legislature
undemocratic
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Speaking to participants in the Am eri­
can Issues Forum, a group participating
in the Oregon Centennial Celebration
activities. Senator Cook said that the
greatest need in Oregon today is to
return democracy to the Oregon Legisla
tive process.
Senator Cook stated. “I don't know
how long ago it was that the Oregon
Legislature was a truly democratic
institution, but it was long before my
time as a member. I strongly suspect that
this lack of true democracy at the level
was what caused our true democrats at
the turn of the century to successfully
establish the Initiative. Referendum and
the Recall which became known as the
Oregon System throughout the nation.
W e have finally reached a time when we
should reexamine what has been going on
in Oregon at the representative legisla
tive level and adopt some needed reforms
to establish true democracy at the
legislative level in Salem. “The ultimate
result of these reforms should be to
reduce the power of the President of the
Senate and the Speaker of the House so
that it won't make any practical differ
ence who is President and who is
Speaker. W ith these reforms we might
even be able to safely elect Chuck
Hanlon, Independent of Washington
County, as President of the Senate.
“To accomplish this basic objective the
following changes in the rules should be
made: Have the types of committees,
membership and chairpersons of all
committees determined by the entire
bodv and not by the presiding officer*.
Have decisions on bill referrals to
committes determined by the Rules
Committee and not by the presiding
officers. Elim inate the power of commit­
tee chairmen to kill bills and of presiding
officers to do likewise. I f this is done at
the 1977 legislature, and I intend to work
for it, Oregon will have a truly
democratic legislature."
station - extending the Higher Education
Act and renewing the Vocational Educa
tion Act. We support the renewal of this
legislation...
“In extending the Higher Education
Act, three goals must be met: 1)
Eligibility for student financial aid must
remain concentrated on those with the
greatest need. We must resist efforts to
open these program* to middle class
student* who have alternative* for
financing their college education; 2) the
Developing Institution* Program must be
continued with increased funding; and 3)
the affirmative action obligation* of
institution* to hire and promote minori
ties and women must be vigorously
enforced..."
6 T A X R EFO R M - "...Tax reform is
crucial to any effort at redistribution of
wealth. Tax shelters and loopholes
permit wealthy individual* and corpora­
tions to pay no tax at all, or to pay at a
rate considerably below that of the
average American. For every dollar of
income which escape* federal taxation
through loopholes, the government is, in
effect, providing a direct subsidy or
appropriations. This foregone revenue
has been labeled a “tax expenditure. The
Congress must scrutinize these tax
expenditures as cloaely as budget item*."
7.
ECO NO M IC
DEVELOPM ENT
A N D A ID TO M IN O R IT Y BU SINESSES
- “Presently, many minority businesses
are being liquidated because of the
inability to repay federal loans. We
recommend a one-year moratorium on
federal loan repayments. There should be
a significant increase in set-aside* and
subsidies to minority businessmen.
“A system of tax concessions for
fins* rial institutions and other investor*
should be developed immediately. Such
loan* and investments should be made
available for business development and
mortgage financing in Black and other
poverty communities...”
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