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4-C Council
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through Black eyes
Albina best site for VA hospital
During the past ten years the federal government
has made possible the aquisition of much of lower
Albina for hospital use. Now the expansion plans of
Emanuel Hospital have been halted due to a loss of
anticipated funds and the land lies empty.
Many families were forced off their land and out
of their homes, bringing them financial burden and
insecurity. Some were glad to go, but others fought
with every legal means available to them.
All was done in the name of health care.
Now the federal government is looking for a site
for its new Veterans Hospital. Why not use the land
wrenched away from the Black community for
hospital use? Too often we have seen property
taken from the poor and then turned into profit
making for others.
The government can keep faith with its commit
ment by locating its VA Hospital on the Emanuel site.
This is the logical site when access is considered. It
is certainly much more convenient to nearly every
one than the medical school property, with freeway
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Kay Sohl is 4 C s liason with the
provider agenies. “She has never con
tacted the Model Cities programs to set a
meeting to discuss our problems'*. Mrs.
Walker told the Observer. A staff person
from the St. Vincent de Paul Child
Development Center, located in the Mo
del Cities area, indicated that 4-C had not
offered supportive services. “Our rela
tionship with 4-C has not been very
good.”
W e see the w orld
access from all four directions.
The most frequently mentioned reason for favor
ing the Markham Hill site is the adjocent University
of Oregon Medical School. The proximity would
allow cooperation between the two facilities.
A few years ago, one of the most exciting
proposals to come out of the Medical School was that
of creating Medical School Clinics throughout the city
so the students would have the opportunity to work
in the community. This would have given students
the chance to get out of the school setting and into
the neighborhoods.
This plan never came to
fruitation because funds were not available.
What better way to let the students come across
town and meet the people than letting them practice
at the newly built VA Hospital and at the Emanuel
complex? The long-term patients might also benefit
from getting out of the isolation on "the hill".
Freeway access, availability of mass transporta
tion, easy access from Vancouver, parking avail
ability — all point to the Emanuel site.
centers.” Recently the board appointed a
Children's Services Division counselor,
who was not a resident of Model Cities, to
represent Model Cities parents. Mrs.
Walker charged some board committees
have more members of the Confederation
of Provider Agencies then of the Hoard.
Mrs. W alker also questioned th«
make-up of the 4 C Board of Directors. “I
question how many of the five parents
are really parents with children in 4-C
Allegations have been made that 4-C is
using the old “divide and conquer”
method by dealing directly with one
program sponsor, bypassing the pro
gram's board and the other programs.
“They are asking one organisation to
make decisions for the entire area and a
number of different programs and spon
son”, a source close to the 4-C staff
alleged. ''And this organisation does not
know whst has gone on before, or that it
is just being used.”
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Federal and stats agencies will begin
an investigation of 4C"s alleged dis
criminatory practices on approximately
April 1st.
Emanu«i
(Continued from p. 1 col. 4)
competent and conscientious worker.
Chsrges of discrimination have been
, made against Emanuel Hospital for many
years. The hospital has been a potent
force in the community,
drastically
changing the neighborhood. Eliot and
Boise schools, traffic patterns and the
general atmosphere of the community.
The development of Emanuel Hospital
has brought mixed reactions in the com
munity, and many residents are express
ing hope that the current investigation
will find some answers.
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And where will the uncommitted vote go?
Now that we have the results of the early
primaries it is fitting to analyze the "uncommitted
voter". The uncommitted voter is of importance both
in the effect of the candidate selection process and
as an indication of the mood of the voters.
The indecisiveness of the early exercise indicates
that the primary election, grueling and costly for the
serious candidates, does not count the uncom
mitted voters. Since some candidates do not run in
every primary, the uncommitted could favor them or
non-candidates.
Or is the uncommitted voter
dissatisfied with the party in the system?
Former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter emerges
as the favorite in five of the six primaries. In the
Iowa caucus he ran second to "uncommitted". In
Mississippi he ran second to George Wallace, a
candidate with no serious possibility of achieving the
nomination. "Uncommitted" is still running last in
total convention delegate votes, but is close behind
Morris Udall.
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Carter is still an unknown factor. His candidacy is
unusual in that he consistently gets a high percent
age of Black votes (ninety percent in North Carolina)
but also gets a high percentage of the anti-Black
vote. In North Carolina he polled 64 percent of the
liberal and 51 percent of the conservative voters, and
a high percentage of both urban and rural voters.
Our prediction of the eventual winner of the
nomination is a man whose non-candidacy explains
some of the uncommitted vote. Hubert Humphrey
still claims he is not a candidate and »•/•!! not risk
defeat in the primaries. Humphrey hopes for a
deadlock that will allow the party regulars to seek
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him as their candidate.
In spite of his early wins, it is highly possible that
Carter will not have the delegates necessary to cinch
the nomination. Should Humphrey move in and take
the victory, the major thrust will be to choose a vice
president. True to tradition. Carter has stated he is
not interested in the second spot. Carter called
Humphrey a "Looser" with whom he would not want
to affiliate.
With the Republicans talking about a possible
Black vice presidential candidate on their side, the
question will come up in the Democrat's convention
-- with Barbara Jordan and Tom Bradley likely
choices. Humphrey or Carter should look to the west
for a running mate.
President Ford is in trouble, having the distinction
of being the first incumbent president to lose in his
own party's primary.
His earlier victories were
weak. Reagan is stepping up his campaign but the
next move rs Rockefeller's. Should Ford continue to
falter, Rockefeller will be the answer to those who
believe Reagan to be too conservative. It would be
interesting to see what the anti-Kissinger vote, which
is hurting Ford, would do to a Rockefeller campaign.
Among the assets of the Democratic Party, as
contrasted with the Republican, is a wealth of
material -- people who by inclination, conviction and
experience have built records of public service.
Among these are several Blacks who have proved
their worth.
A southerner for President?
A Black vice
president? A female vice president? What more
could the slate-makers ask for?
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