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Portland Observer
Thursday, April 22. 1976
Vote yes for zoo
O nce a g a in the a n n u a l Rose Festival is upon us
and once a g a in Black h ig h school students have
been selected to re p re se n t th e ir schools in the
court.
W e w o n d e r if once a g a in th ey w ill be
o v e rlo o k e d in the q u e e n se le ction o n ly because o f
th e ir race.
Little g irls in P ortland d re a m o f som e day
b eco m in g the Rose Q u ee n. To som e, this is a dre am
th a t co u ld com e true.
To others it is a d re am
d a rke n e d by d is c rim in a tio n . W e hear yo un g Black
high school g irls w o n d e rin g , "S h o u ld I try o ut fo r
Princess," a n d re a liz e th a t the d re am — h o w e v e r
hopeless -- is still there.
In rece nt years several Black princesses have been
selected each year. The spector is cre e p in g closer
e very ye ar th at, by som e q u irk, P ortland m ay have a
Black Rose Q ueen. It is e n o ug h to p an ic the Rose
Festival Association.
W e re m e m b e r the m id -sixtie s, w h e n the selection
o f the first Black |u n io r p rin ce b ro ug ht an end to that
tra d itio n . W e no lo n g e r see the little Prince M inister
escorting the Ju nior Q ueen.
Then tw o years ago, w h e n it seem ed that surely
one o f the th re e Black princesses w o u ld be chosen
Q ueen, the Rose Festival Association d e cid e d to
inve stig a te o the r m ethods o f selecting the princess,
ta kin g it o ut o f the hands o f the students.
O ur
students are too d e m o cra tic!
W e h e th a t this ye ar -- our B ice n te n n ia l ye a r —
lustice w ill com e to P ortland and the Black co n ­
testants w ill be g ive n the sam e o p p o rtu n ity as the
w hite .
W e do th ink it is tim e fo r a change in the q u e e n
selection process, th ou gh , a nd suggest th a t a p a n e l
o f judges be e le cte d by the h ig h schools — a boy and
a g irl from each school — and that th ey e le ct the
Q ueen. W e b e lie v e our students w o u ld be m uch
better judges than th e ir elders.
A n o t h e r P o in t o f v i e w :
taken fro m the
N a t i o n a l B la c k
On M ay 25th the voters o f the tri-c o u n ty a re a w ill
vote on a tax le vy to support the P ortland Zoo At the
p resent tim e the zoo is su pported soley by the C ity o f
Portland. The m easure w o u ld d ra w fin a n c ia l support
fro m the m e tro p o lita n area.
U n til 1971 the zoo w as o p e ra te d by the C ity Park
Bureau, a nd since th en by the Z o o lo g ic a l Society,
w ith funds c o m in g fro m the city a nd p riv a te
d on atio ns. Recent study has show n that a b o u t h a lf
the school groups v is itin g the zoo are fro m outside
the city as are the m a jo rity o f visitors. It has becom e
e v id e n t that a ll the ta xpa yers o f the m e tro p o lita n
a re a should h e lp bear the cost.
W ith the a v a ila b ility o f city fu nd s s h rin k in g , the
zoo lo g ic a lly w ill be o ne o f the first d e p a rtm e n ts to
go if special fu n d s are not p ro v id e d fo r it. The $2
m illio n per ye ar, fo u r year levy, w o u ld p ro v id e
o p e ra tin g e x p e nses, c a p ita l d e v e lo p m e n t a nd re ­
v ita liz a tio n o f the C h ild re n 's Zoo.
The P ortland a re a has the p o te n tia l o f o ne o f the
fin e s t e d u c a tio n a l a n d re c re a tio n a l c o m p le xe s in the
n a tio n w ith the M use um o f Science and Industry
(O M S I), the Forestry C enter, the a rb o re tu m a nd the
zoo.
These centers p ro v id e e n te rta in m e n t, classes, a nd
a c tiv itie s fo r c h ild re n , a d u lts a n d fa m ilie s , a nd senior
citizen s at a m in im a l cost a nd they are w ith in easy
reach by p u b lic tra n s p o rta tio n .
W e re c o m m e n d a yes vote on M easure 26-2, and
w e re co m m e n d a v is it to the e d u c a tio n a l and
re c re a tio n a l center. Som e o f us m ig h t be p le a s a n tly
surprised at the o p p o rtu n itie s p ro v id e d our citizens o f
a ll ages.
A r e m a r k a b l e q u ir k
R e g is t e r
It w o u ld
as d iffic u lt to fin d an e m p lo y e r
d is c la im in g t , ictice A ffirm a tiv e A ctio n as it w o u ld
be to fin d a n a tio n th a t d id not c la im to be fo r peace
Yet fherAjot re m a in s th a t th e re a re m illio n s o f Blacks
and o the r d is a d v a n ta g e d p e o p le in our n a tio n w ho
ca nn ot fin d e m p lo y m e n t s u ita b le to th e ir talents and
e du ca tio n , or fo r th a t m atter, e m p lo y m e n t a t a ll.
By som e re m a rk a b le q u irk o f h um an natu re the
v illia n s d o n ot th in k o f th em selve s as v illia n s . The
e m p lo ye r a rriv in g h om e a t n ig h t h e a rin g his c h ild re n
ask, "W h a t d id you do a t w o rk to d a y ? " does not
answ er, " W e ll, I d is c rim in a te d a g a in s t som eone
to d a y ."
Did you d is c rim in a te a g a in st som eone today? Do
you kn o w so m eone w h o did ?
O b viou sly m an y c la im in g to be A ffirm a tiv e A ction
e m p lo ye rs a re d e c e iv in g th em selve s or p erhaps |ust
us.
As a n y a w a re person know s, the recent
u n e m p lo y m e n t rate a m o n g Blacks a n d o th e r " d is a d ­
v a n ta g e d " has re c e n tly risen (o v e r 25 p e rce n t) w h ile
the n a tio n a l rates hove d ro p p e d .
W hen the g o v e rn m e n t (w h ic h is us) dispenses
funds fo r the purposes o f u n e m p lo y m e n t b e n e fits or
w e lfa re , w e e xp e ct c e rta in acts o f p e rfo rm a n c e on
the p art o f the recipie nts. By the sam e m easure,
w h e n w e dispense o u r m on ey to w a rd the support o f
the in stitu tio n s or in the fo rm o f g o v e rn m e n t
contracts or grants w e have a rig h t to e xp e ct some
e lim in a tio n o f the d is c rim in a to ry h irin g practices that
have p re v a ile d fo r to o long.
The p o in t is this: this m oney, in part, com es from
Black A m e rica n s a nd o the r "d is a d v a n ta g e d ". It is
our m o n e y too. The jobs should be also.
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The City of Portland ia currently under
investigation by H U D for possible non
compliance with federal regulations in
the use of of its $8 million Community
Development Art. City officials say the
problem is one of lark of documentation
but H U D is concerned that there are
serious violations.
In Washington, a report documenting
flagrant misuse of millions of tax dollars
intended to fight urban blight and ini
prove the living conditions of poor city
dwellers was presented last week to
Senator William Proxmire (D-Wial.
The only Georgia city listed in the
report is Savannah which the report
stated was "better prepared for the
passage of comprehensive community
development legislation.
Its planning
process." the report said, “reflects the
growing maturity of the city's attitude
toward community development as a
concept which embraces both the physi
cal and social needs of the city."
The 130 page report, prepared by the
Southern Governmental Monitoring Pro
ject of the Atlanta based Southern Re
gional Council (SRC), is the first indepen
dent comprehensive survey of the Com
munity Development Act of 1974.
Joining the SRC in calling for Congres
sional oversight hearings on the new
program were the National Urban Lea
gue and the National Association for the
A d v a n c e m e n t of C o lo re d P e o p le
tNAACP).
George Esser, SRC executive director,
said. "Since Senate Appropriations Com
mittee hearings are scheduled to begin
next week, we must insist that the
Department of Housing and Urban De
velopm.-nl be made accountable for these
expenditures of public monies."
M o n ito rin g P ro ject D ire c to r P e te r
Petkas added, "We found that the intent
of Congress is being thwarted. There is
no other way to describe the misuses of
federal funds under this Act than waste
a squandering of the taxpayers' money
that must be corrected."
The report is based on on the spot
investigations in 26 Southern cities and
towns conducted during the summer of
1975 by investigative interns for the Mo
nitoring Project.
Of those cities surveyed, very few
spent the bulk of their community de
velopment funds on projects of maximum
benefit to the Act's intended beneficiaries
low and m oderate income urban
Americans.
The report states, "...the
very mixed achievements of Southern
cities have shown that local diversions
from the national purpose are not just
occasional abuses, but rather form a
pattern inherent in the implementation of
the Act."
According to Raymond Brown, author
of the report H U D oversight must be
sharply improved and local governments
must be held accountable both to federal
taxpayers
through H U D and Congiess
and to the local citizens whom the Act
was intended to serve.
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The Observer’s entry in the Junior Miss
Black Oregon Pageant was Miss Teri
McCorvey. the daughter of Mrs. Paulette
McCorvey. Teri is eleven years old and is
in the 6th grade at Rose City Park school.
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must be shifted in such a way that the
needs of low and moderate income per
sons receive their proper weight in all
local community development decisions."
Tom Gale, Housing Director of the
National Urban League, said. "We are at
a crossroads with the community deve­
lopment program. Congress must recog
nize that some uses of block grants are
promising new steps along the road of
citizen participation and strategic lever
aging of resources as mapped in the 1974
legislation.
Other attempts are turn
abouts or side steps of legislative intent.
It is up to Congress to understand what
has and has not been done with com
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