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Voi. 6 No. 25
Portland, Oregon
Thursday, May 6, 1976
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'Huddle for Good Health.' Kids "Huddle" around Kufua
Roadrunner" Ferguson in promoting nocharge health clinic
sponsored by the Portland Jaycees for children and youth of
the Model Cities/North Portland Area. The clinic will be at
the Albina Human Resources Center on May 15th. Call the
Jaycees for appointment, 227 5656.
Jaycees sponsor health clinic for Albina children
Mrs. Hazel Hays, Manager. Albina
Human Resources C e n te r announces
that the Portland Jaycees are sponsor
ing a no charge multiphasic health clinic
for children and youth on Saturday,
May 15th at the Albina Human Re
sources Center, 5022 North Vancouver.
Joining in the Huddle for Good Health'
are several local sports personalities
including Greg Smith. Rufus "Roadrun
ner' Ferguson, and M arv Kendricks.
The Jaycees will assist staff of the
Multnomah County Division of Health
Services, State of Oregon Health D ivi
sion. Portland Center for Hearing and
Speech, and Emanuel Hospital.
The
health screening is for children and
youth, birth through eleven years of age
and involves health history, immuniza
tions, dental check, hearing testing, vi
sion testing, speech testing, blood pres
sure and blood tests including a test for
Sickle Cell Anemia.
One of the purposes of the 'Huddle
for Good Health' is to promote the
Children and Youth Project which is a
Federally funded health program for
children and youth in the Model Cities
and North Portland communities. Co
ordinator of the Children and Youth
Project is Floreid Ambers who has been
very active in planning 'Huddle for
Good Health' along with Jaycees Dave
Hrandes, Gary Gott and Doug Pfeiffer.
Active support and participation have
been provided by many individuate in
cluding Dr. Warren Johnson, Director,
and Dr. McKenzie Ruck, Head Speech
Pathology Services. Portland Center for
Hearing and Speech, who will provide
the speech testing phase of the Clinic.
Dr. Duane Anderson of the State of
Oregon Health Division which monitors
the efforts of the Children and Youth
Project at the State level is providing
the hearing screening component for the
multiphasic Clinic.
Emanuel Hospital
(as provided laboratory services for the
Sickledex testing and Thelma Golden is
helping to coordinate the e ffo rt at
Emanuel.
D r. Robert Isman, Dental
Health Officer for Multnomah County is
providing for the Dental Screening.
The sponsors of the program ask that
every parent or guardian in the Model
Cities/North Portland Area invest a
little time in the health and well being
of their child. You be the quarterback -
join with Greg, Marv, Rufus and thirty
to forty teammates in the 'Huddle for
Good Health.' Call the Jaycee Office for
an appointment at 227 5656 any time
between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Seattle minority firm earns SBA acclaim
A minority owned firm, Urban Con
struction Company, Incorporated, 716
13th Avenue, S e a ttle , has been de
signaled Small Business Administration
Prime Contractor of the Year for the
Northwest Region of Washington, Ida
ho. Oregon and Alaska. The firm was
nominated for the award by the Rase
P ro cu rem ent O ffice, M o un tain Home
AFB. Mountain Home, Idaho, and the
General Services Administration, Con
struction M anagem ent D ivisio n, Au
born, Washington. The firm is engaged
in general building construction.
According to D a n iel R. W a rd . Re
gional Director, SBA, Seattle, Urban
C o n s tru c tio n C o m p a n y , In c o r p o r
sled, was selected for the award by a
committee of high level procurement
officials who screened nominations from
35 m ilita ry and civilian procurem ent
agencies.
Urban Construction Company’s Presi
dent, Johnny Allen, received the covet
ed award during special ceremonies ho
noring his firm's accomplishments. “U r
ban Construction Company is a good
example of the overall performance de
monstrated by our Nation's small busi
ness community. This firm is indicative
of the ability of small business to com
pete in a highly competitive market,"
Ward said.
Noting that final inspections perform
ed upon completion of work in over
twenty buildings have resulted in "no
deficiencies" even though in every case
the work was completed ahead of sche
dule, Peggy Thomas, Contracting Of
ficer, Mountain Home AFB, said, U r
ban Construction Company’s quality of
work, and reliability of operations are
overall far in excess of that which is
normally expected even of a much more
experienced and larger contracting firm.
Of the hundreds of contractors who
have worked on the base in recent
years. Urban Construction Company is
one of the very best. This excellence is
all the more outstanding by virtue of
the fact that it is a relatively new,
minority-owned small business. For a
beginning concern they have come a
very long way."
Blacks support Carter campaign
The support of Black voters has add
ed impetus to the campaign of Jimmy
Carter for the Democratic nomination
for the presidency.
In his home state of Georgia, Carter
swept to victory with an 84 percent
majority -- with the aid of a Black vote
of 90 percent. Among the promiment
Black supporters in his home state are
Dr. Martin Luther King. Sr., Congress
man Andrew Young. Atlanta Mayor
Maynard Jackson and SCLC President
Dr. Ralph Abernathy.
Carter has had Black support since
the outset of his campaign. based on the
record he set as governor of Georgia.
During his term as governor Carter
appointed Blacks to the state's boards
and commission, raising the total from
three to fifty three. He implemented
an affirmative action plan which pro
vided state job3 for nearly 2,000 Black
men and women. The Department of
Judicial Process, which he initiated, not
only worked to provide equal justice to
all persons, regardless of race or eco
nomic status, but provided a vehicle for
citizens to bring complaints against jud
ges who did not apply justice equally.
Carter is also remembered by Black
Georgians for placing a picture of M ar
tin Luther King, Jr. in the state capital
building, the first Black to be so hon
ored.
In the Florida primary Blacks gave
Carter 70 percent of their vote: in
Illionois, 50 percent and in North Caro
lina, 90 percent.
This week's victories in Georgia, In
diana and Washington, D.C. bring Car
ter's total of delegates to 556 of the
1,530 needed to win the nomination.
Following his win in the District of
Columbia, Carter met with Black lead
ers to request that they submit to him
positions that they believe should be
filled by Blacks. Among the first to be
named were positions in the U.S. De
partment of Health, Education and We-
fare. Carter had earlier stated that he
will appoint Blacks to his Cabinet if
elected in November.
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Dr. Milton Davis: Church legal counsel
D r. Milton H. Davis. Legal Counsel,
W estern Ju ris d ictio n , to the U n ited
Methodist Church who were in Portland
attending the United Methodist General
Conference, is the only Black lawyer of
the Legal Staff for the Judicial Council
- the body which works in the same
capacity for the Methodist Church as
the U.S. Supreme Court.
D r. Davis'
jurisdiction covers the states of Mon
tana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Cali
fornia, Arizona, Hawaii and Alaska.
A native of the U.S. Virgin Islands,
he attended the Virgin Island Public
Schools.
His educational and profes
sional acheivements spanning the fol
lowing 38 years, quickly reveal a man of
strong commitment, faith and persever
ance.
His Degrees include: BA in
Sociology, St. John's University, New
Y o rk; B .D ., Union Theological S em i
nary. New York: M A, Harvard Divinity
School; Doctor of Philosophy, Mansfield
College, Oxford. England; Doctor of Ju-
risprud?nce, U n iv e rs ity of Southern
California. He is admitted to the Bar to
practice law in California. U.S. Virgin
Islands and the District of Columbia. As
an educator, he taught Ancient History
and Sociology a t Houghton College,
New Jersey; Church History at Harvard
Divinity School, Drew University and
Andover-Newton School of Theology;
and was in the Head Department of
Religion at W hittier College. In addi
tion, he served as Assistant Director of
Research and Survey for the National
Council of Churches and Executive Sec
retary of the World Methodist Council.
While in England, he served as Minister
to the Methodist Churches (circuit).
Extrem e modesty overshadows Dr.
Davis' dynamic personality when asked
“to what he attributes his many and
continued achievements?"
He simply
states: "I learned early and saw the
need for education if I were to do the
things I wanted to do. 1 was licensed to
preach at seventeen....I had been ex
posed to church all my life, which meant
I had some preparation so that in
schooling, what was new to some was
not new to me. My greatest desire was
to finish seminary and have a small
church in my home town (Virgin Is
lands).
Being Black. I never really
considered a factor; however, in retro
spect, I know now that color was a
factor!" To understand the in porta nee
of that statement, his dreams, goals and
determination, D r. Davis reflects back
to his beginnings which he says clearly
explain why he perservered!
The Virgin Islands were a part of the
United States, but the island church
was the British Methodist Church and
all the ministers were white English
men. It was very difficult for a native
It has taken a long time for American
political leaders to realize that Mao, the
great radical revolutionary, might now
be their closest Chinese ally. Before his
death that position was usually accorded
to Chou, incomparable diplomat and
s ta te s m a n , o fte n la u d e d by U .S .
analysts for his “moderation."
Yet Chou was also a favorite of the
Russians, and his death in January was
as upsetting to Moscow as it was to
Washington. Given the right conditions,
Premier Chou and his professional col
league Teng might well have been w ill
ing to exercise the same moderation for
the Russians as they did for the Ameri
cans.
power in a world dominated by the
emerging Soviet empire.
Schlesinger
and Reagan vocally reject this notion
and argue for a foreign policy of regain
ing U.S. supremacy. Both sides agree
on one thing: the key element of any
U.S. world strategy lies in the U.S.-
China connection.
Kissinger is the architect of a deli
berate and cautious use of the Chinese
connection. Schlesinger, now a Reagan
advisor and leading spokesman for the
American rightwing on military mat
ters, has upped the ante - advocating
U.S. arms aid to the Chinese to counter
the 45 Russian divisions stationed on
the Sino-Soviet frontier. And Schlesin
ger has announced he will visit China
this summer, as if to say he will begin
negotiations himself for a new U.S.-
China military alliance.
Thus simply by sitting in his book
lined study. Mao, the old revolutionary,
may have pulled off one last political
sleight of hand - engineering the trans
formation of the old U.S. China lobby
into the new U.S. China lobby.
The old U.S. China lobby, which so
long resisted any U.S. opening to the
People's Republic (especially over the
issue of Taiwan), was composed of many
of the same persons who now represent
the new China lobby -- favoring re
approachment with China as a lever
against the Soviets.
Nixon was the first defector from the
old lobby. Now the rest are rushing in,
who was Black to get into the ministry
at all. This racially motivated prejudice
mainly colonialism in the church meant
you couldn't get into the church. So
brainwashed were the natives that Dr.
Davis was considered crazy for wanting
to be a minister.
He cites the late Judge William Has-
tie, whom he knew well, as a very
influencing force. He noted that during
Judge Hastie's tenure, the government
still had all white ministers and persons
in power, with the exception of Judge
Hastie! A fter the result of much strug
gle, however, leadership in the Car
ribean, especially in the last fifteen
years, he noted, is mostly native Black.
Upon finishing public school in the
Virgin Islands, D r. Davis had the choice
of going to Kingston, Jamaica to a Bible
School, obtaining no degree but only a
promise of an assignment to a rural
Carribean Island, or leaving for the U.S.
Mainland. D r. Davis said he wanted to
go to school in England, but was told:
“Those schools were reserved for En
glishmen - not natives of the Car
ribean!" Hence, his drive and deter
mination which led to the major decision
that he had to leave the Virgin Islands
to become a minister. A t the same time
he faced his first major problem -
money, of which he had none!
Mao and New China Lobby
by David Milton
(PNS)
Mao's persistent and calcu
lated courtship of the American political
rightwing over the past few years has
brought the U.S. to the brink of a major
foreign policy transformation
under
scored by James Schlesinger's recent
statem ents concerning possible U .S.
arms aid to China.
China.
China's relations with the U.S. and
Russia
not the pace of China's own
internal revolution
may in fart have
been the key issue behind the current
turmoil in Chinese politics.
Foreign policy is never publicly de
bated in China.
Political struggles
between Chinese leaders are always
handled in the Peking press as disputes
over internal policies. Yet foreign po
licy has been a central issue in every
Chinese power s tru g g le since 1959,
when Defense Minister Peng Teh Huai
was purged for being too close to the
Soviets.
While a number of internal factors
are clearly involved in the recent lead
ership changes - such as friction be
tw een deposed Teng Hsiaoping and
Mao's wife Chiang Ching, and long
standing disputes over economic and
educational policies
a series of events
prior to Chou En lai's death point to the
build up of a major confrontation over
foreign policy.
Teng Hsiao-ping's greatest crime may
have been to advocate a Chinese ac
comodation with the Soviet Union -
Chairman Mao's greatest enemy - at
the expense of Sino-American relations.
As early as September 1975, Teng
and some of his associates were the
targets of an attack in the Peking press
by young leaders close to Mao -
against “ ca p itu la tio n is ts ," a Chinese
code word for those who want to settle
differences with the Russians.
A t the same time, however, Sino-
American relations were reaching a cri
sis stage, virtually frozen for three
years since former President Nixon and
then Premier Chou En lai signed the
Shanghai Communique
When Secretary of State Kissinger
arrived in Peking in the fall to arrange
a summit meeting between Ford and
the Chinese, he found a less than usual
ly cordial reception.
And Ford's De
cember meeting in Peking was notice
ably frigid - revealing growing doubt
among Chinese leaders, including Mao,
that the U.S. would break off relations
with Taiwan, establish full relations
with the People’s Republic
and, above
all, stand up to the Russians.
A few weeks after Ford’s "no pro
gress" negotiations in Peking. China
astounded the diplomatic world by re
leasing the Soviet helicopter crew held
there almost two years as "spies." say
ing they now believed the crew's de
nials.
I t was a clear signal for a
political and military reapproachment
with the Russians
possibly the same
sort of opening as the 1971 “ping pong
diplomacy" was to the U.S,
As Chou's colleague Teng continued
to consolidate his own national power,
Washington began to fear that the
Chinese leader whom Kissinger once
called "that ugly little man" might be
about to enact the recurrent American
nightmare: Chinese reconciliation with
the Soviets.
MAO'S COUNTER MOVES
But Mao had his own plan. One of
this century's leading military strate
gists, Mao has throughout his career
shown both great caution and the incli
nation to take bold risks at decisive
historical turning points.
Rypassing K issinger, Mao began
dealing directly with American right-
wing or anti-Soviet politicians out of
power like Nixon, Senator Henry Jack
son (D „ Wash.) and former Defense
Secretary James Schlesinger. (Mao has
followed a similar strategy in other
countries by dealing with then out-of-
power rightists like Rritian's Dennis
Healey -- now the chancellor of the
exchequer -• and W est Germ any's
Christian Social Union leader Franz-Jo
sef Strauss.)
While Mao is the advocate of radical
and egalitarian policies at home, on the
international front he is more interested
in military power balances than in re
volutionary movements. International
ly. he courts the right at the expense of
the left.
HISTORIC TRANSFORMATION
Now with Chou dead, Teng purged,
and another of Chou's old colleagues
Defense Minister Yeh Chien ying re
signing. Mao's efforts to court key U.S.
rightwing politicians seem to be paying
off - in the potential of an historic and
world shaking transformation of U.S.
foreign policy.
That courtship has now resulted in
the proposal by American conservative
politicians of a Sino-American military
alliance that could hem the Soviet Union
in on all sides militarily. The Russians
have indicated they would consider such
an alliance a dangerous altering of the
world's balance of power.
Henry Kissinger's recent pronounce
ments would suggest that he views the
U.S. as future holder of the balance of
!
armed with a new vision: military al
liance with Communist China. Taiwan
hardly seems to m atter to them any
more.
Reagan, Schlesinger and Barry Gold-
water (who has claimed that an Am eri
can-Chinese alliance would be unbeat
able) now constitute the new China
lobby’s executive board. Schlesinger is
a particular favorite of some senior
Chinese officials, who have echoed
Mao's belief to foreign visitors that
Schlesinger has an extremely accurate
global view of Soviet power.
'Schlesinger's views appear now to be
gaining strong adherents in Congress,
producing dramatic support for an in
creased defense budget.
Ql'ESTION REMAINS
The question still remains whether
the Chinese would accept a military
alliance with the U.S. Now that M io
has chosen a new successor m ore-
amendable to his views -- Hua Kuo-feng
- the answer is quite likely yes.
China would probably be willing, per
haps eager, to accept the kind of mili
tary aid suggested by Schlesinger. Pre
cedents already exist. In October 1975,
the Chinese reportedly made a direct
bid to buy an advanced American made
computer that could be used both for oil
exploration and to strengthen China's
defense capacities.
(The request is
c u r r e n t ly u n d e r c o n s id e ra tio n by
NA TO .)
(Please turn to p. 5 col. 3)