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16, 1977
Court finds 701 discriminates
l«o per
Babe Wilson
convicted
Babe Wilaon waa found guilty of
criminal activity in drugs and taking
contraband into a correctional institution
by a 10 to 2 vote of the ju ry after ten
hours of deliberation.
The decision
followed a week-long trial which found
several corrections and police officers
differing widely in their testimony on the
events that took place on November 28th.
Undercover narcotics officer Carl
McDade testified that following a tip by
a paid informant (an inmate of Rocky
Butte) he met Wilaon at the jail and naked
to speak to him. McDade said Wilaon put
his hand in his pocket in an attempt to
dispone of a balloon of heroin ho waa
carrying.
McDade and other officers
wrestled him to the floor, then according
to McDade, he found the balloon on the
floor.
The testimony of Sgt.
Feaaler,
McDade's supervisor, who was present,
and that of corrections officers present,
including L t. Jaeger, commander of
Rocky Butte, varied widely in their
discription of the altercation.
Calling the incident a “frame". Wilson
swore that he waa not carrying heroin or
a bottle of methadone that McDade said
he took from Wilson's pocket. “As I
stepped through the door McDade grab
bed me around the throat and tried to
force his hand into my mouth. I thought
The federal court has found that Local
701, Operating Engineers. has discrimin
ated against Black workers. The findings
were made January 10th and ware the
result of a case filed by the Justice
Department at the request of the Envir
onwental Protectfco Agency.
The court found that there is a substan
tial disparity between the number of
Blfcck members in Local 701 and the
number in the population, establishing a
prism lade ease of discrimination, and
that there is evidence of specific incidents
of discrimination against Blacks.
The union contended1 that it does not
discriminate against minorities because it
has an ov «representation of American
Indians and that the law does not require
hiring blacks.
The court found: “The union misreads
the intent of Executive Order 11246. Not
only does that order seek affirmative
hiring of minorities in general, it pro
hibits all discrimination baaed on race,
sex, religion and national origin. The fact
that an employer does not discriminate
against American Indians does not mean
it is permitted to discriminate against
Blacks. N or does it mean that Local 701
can be allowed to interfere with an
employer’s Executive Order obligation
where the employer is being required to
undertake affirmative action steps to
remedy the underutilisation of Blacks,
because similar underutilization does not
exist in that trade with respect to Am er
ican Indiana."
The court found that the provisions of
the Executive Order supercede private
contractual agreements between unions
and employers. I t is unlawful for a union
to interfere with the employer or to
engage in a work stoppage against an
employer who is attempting to meet his
Affirmative action requirements by
hiring Blacks outside the union.
(Please turn to p. 2 coL 1)
The suit waa the result of Local 701
stopping work on federally funded pro
jects where the contractors had hired
Blacks.
Salem Send and Gravel Company,
contractors for a Port of Astoria project,
attempted to hire a minority operating
engineer in January. 1976. Local 701
refused to consider the ordei
Salem
then hired Donald Jamerson, a qualified
Black operator from other sources. Short
ly after. Local 701 requested Jamerson’s
removal from the job.
When Salem
refused, the union cioeed the project for
two weeks.
IJndbrook Construction, Inc., contract
ors on a sewer project for the City of
Vancouver, attempted over a period of
several months in 1974 to hire a minority
operating engineer through Local 701.
One man was sent, who worked only
twelve hours. Considering it useless to
try the union again, Lindbrook hired
Willie Shaffer through non union sources.
The Union notified Lindbrook that
Shaffer was to be fired, and when they
refused the union workers left the job.
The Justice Department had asked for
an injunction requiring Iateal 701 to refer
minorities, regardless of their seniority
position, on all federally funded and
assisted projects. The court found this
remedy improper because it would not
solve the basic problem, that of the un
derrepresentation of Blacks in the union
and on the seniority list.
The court ordered that Local 701
refrain from interfering with the affirma
tive action obligations of contractors;
that the union, its employees and its
members be restrained and enjoined
from: 1) engaging in practices that cause
contractors or sub-contractors to dis
criminate against Blacks; 2) engaging in
any work stoppage or encouraging or
assisting a work stoppage or interference
with work projects. The court will retain
jurisdiction and the order will remain in
effect until two additional discrimination
cases filed against Local 701 are heard.
The effect of the ruling will be to allow
contractors to hire Blacks outside the
union, and through their employment
they can then become members of Local
701.
Proby threaten* work stop
Nathan Proby, director of the United
Minority Workers, has threatened to stop
construction work on federal highway
1-206 if minorities are not included in the
work force.
Roy A . Ladd of California is the prime
contractor for the $22 million project. No
minority contractors bold sub-contracts.
Visiting the work sit? Wednesday,
Proby said, “I am demanding that minori
ties make up at least 5 percent of the
work force during the entire life of the
job. The Federal Highway Department is
not enforcing the regulations that minori
ties must be included. I f they do not, we
will file for an injunction to stop the
funding and we will picket the site or do
whatever we must to get our share."
Proby stated that the contractor had
called for one minority operating engin
eer, but Local 701 sent Russ Joy, the
former union secretary who waa recently
voted out after the government required
a new election.
Rocky Butte inmate charges
H A Z E L G. H A T S
State Welfare selects Hays
Hasel G. Haya, manager of the Albina
Human Resources Center, has been ap
pointed manager of the Multnomah Re
gional Offiee of the Public Welfare Dtvi-
Mrs. Haya was appointed by lfn ria
W ..— X t o l a t r a t e r of the Puhbc Wel
fare Division. with the approval of Rich
aid A . Davis. Director of the Department
of Human Resources.
M r*. Haya has been manager of the
Albnina Human Reeooerea Center since
1978. The
coordinates social ser
vices and programs for the State of
Oregon and the Multnomah County Hu
man Services Bureau. She will replace
John Burch, current Multnomah Regional
Manager, who will retire July 5th. after
fourteen years' ssrvie with the Public
Welfare Divison.
T b extremely pleased with thia ap
pointment." Mrs. Kaeser said. “Hasel has
a vast knowledge of human resources
programs in Oregon, especially in M ult
nomah County. She has n keen perspec
tive derived from long experience in
helping people in need, not only as a
social scientist, but as a manager of a
busy service center."
Mrs. Haya, who has a B.S. in social
science and an M.S. in education from
Portland State University, taught part-
time at the University of Portland and
Portland Community College for several
years.
Mrs. Hays had previously been em
ployed as dirctor of Community Services
(Please turn to P.4 CoL5)
Bobby Jamison, a temporary inmate at
Rocky Butte jail has asked Commission
Chairman Don Clark to investigate his
charges that be was brutalized by cor
rectiona officers at the jail.
Jamison alleges that on November 17,
1976 he was at Rocky Butte and waa
getting ready to go downtown to ate a
doctor from the Diagnostic Center. He
said he asked a corrections officer to get
the razor head out of the razor box, which
ha did.
H e then accidently partially
plugged in the razor, and when Jamison
asked him to plug it in so it would work,
the officer said he didn't have time.
Jamison replied that he would not go
downtown unless he was clean shaven.
According to Jamison the officer replied.
“I f you don't come out when I call your
name, punk, then we will come in and get
you.”
Jamison continued shaving, with the
razor cutting off and on. Then, he states,
the officer told him to come out. He went
on shaving, so two additional officers
were sent to escort him. H e finished
shaving, then put the razor down and
went out with the two officers.
A t .this point Jamison asked the offi
cers to walk beside him or in front of him
but not behind him because he didn't
trust them.
Then he alleges they
grabbed him. He tried to get looee, and in
the scuffle moat of the men in the tank
were awakened.
He states that the officers took him to
the door and handcuffed him, then the
first officer grabbed him by the hair and
started to beat his head against the bars.
A t that time two other officers took him
downstairs to the dressout room, took off
the handcuffs and gave him a pair <rf elean
overalls because the ones he wore were
torn and had blood on them.
N ext, Jamison relates, the handcuffs
that arc connected to a chain around the
waist were put.on him. He was then
ordered to climb up on a bench so
leg-irons could be placed on him. He told
them the procedure is to put leg-irons
while the man is standing, so the two
officers threw him on the flow. While an
officer squatted with h it knees on his
neck and shoulders, the others started
twisting his left leg. “As s result my knee
and ankle still bother me at this tim e.”
Jamison charges that he was kept in a
■mall room, handcuffed and leg-ironed,
from early that morning until after 1:00
p.m. then was taken downtown to the
Diagnostic Center.
“A fter coming back to Rocky Butte
that night, they put me right in the hole
(B-Tank) and by their own rules they are
supposed to give you a hearing within
ninety-six hours from the time you are
charged with violating the county jail
rules. But it was seven days before I was
given a hearing.
A t this hearing I
received 28 days for violating a county
jail rule. But yet the officers can beat the
bell out of me. and nothing happens to
them for it! and they call it justice!
Reed symposium discusses affirmative action/ justice/ taxes
Six internationally recognised scholars
will join Reed College faculty in “Social
Justice and Economic Equality", a free
public symporium held at the College on
March 3rd through 8th.
They will
» « m in e economic equality and its spec
ific applications to taxation and affirm
ative action programs.
Brian M . Barry, speaking on “A Liberal
View of Social Justice and Economic
Equality”, opens the symposium.
Brian M . Barry is a follow at the Center
for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Sci
ences, Stanford University, where he is
completing a manuscript on philosophical
problems.
One of the most highly
respected contemporary political philos
ophers, he is the author of PeHtieal
Argument (1966), Bi rlslaglsto, Essnsm-
ists and Damscrecy (1970) and I fcaral
Thesry sf Jesties (1978) and editor of
Power end PeHtieal Theory (1976).
Judith Jarvis Thomson will present the
conservative point of view. A profes
sor of philosophy at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. Ms. Thomson is a
frequent contributor to professional jour
nals and consulting editor to
9tedfee, PhOssepMeal Forest, and P M h s
ephy and PebUc Affairs. She published
“Right to Privacy" in 1975 and “Self-
Defense and Rights.” “Property-Acquisi-
tioo," and “Acts and Other Events” in
1976.
Participants will debate the merits and
effectiveness of affirmative action legisla
tion passed by Congress and most state
legislatures. Paul Seabury will present
“The Cam Against Affirmative Action"
and Ronald M. Dworkin will speak in
fovor of affirmative action.
Paul Seabury, professor of government
at the University of California. Berkeley,
was a consultant to the U.S. State
Department for seven y e a n and is active
with Americans for Democratic Action
and University Centers for Rational
Alternatives. He is the author ot eight
books, including Power, F r n dsm and
Diplomacy, which won the Bancroft Prize
in 1964, and The Greet Deteato Disaster,
published in 1975.
Ronald M. Dworkin has been professor
of jurisprudence at Oxford University
since 1969 and a fellow of University
College, Oxford. He practiced law in New
York and this year is visiting professor of
jurisprudence. Harvard Law School. He
is a frequent contributor to legal and
philosophical journals.
The debate of alternative methods ot
taxation and obtaining economic equality
includes Lester C. Thurow’s presentation
“The Case for Taxation as a Method of
Redistributing Income and Wealth."
Oswald H . Brownlee will discuss the
“Case against."
Named professor of economics and
management at the Massachusetts Insti
tute of Technology in 1971, Lester
Thurow was staff economist for the
President's Council of Economic Advisors
1964- 65, and a consultant to the Council,
1965- 68. Among his books are Poverty
and Discrimination, which was awarded
the David A. Wells Prize at Harvard
University in 1967, and Generating In
equality: The DiatrBratiaaal Mechanianu
of the Economy, published in 1975.
Oswald H. Brownlee is author or
co-author of five books, including !
and
essays and articles.
He is
of economics at the University
of Minnesota and has served as an
economist for the International Coopera
tion Administration, Santiago, Chile, and
as deputy assistant secretary of the U.S.
Treasury.
“Social Justice and Economic Equality“
is the third symposium in a series
presented annually at Reed College with
the support of the Oregon Committee for
the Humanities, and affiliate of the
National Endowment of the Humanities,
and the Mellon Fund, a grant from the
Andrew Mellow Foundation to Reed
College for the support of the humanities
curriculum.
Tickets to the symposium are free and
may be reserved by sending a stamped,
self-addressed envelope to SYM POSIUM
Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd.,
Portland, Oregon
97202, specifying
which of the six programs for which
reservations are requested and number
of tickets for each session.
War theatens small Black colony seeking freedom
by Stephen K Inzer
by Ulysses M arshal
Woman are God's gift to earth. They are beautiful, not only on the outside, but on the |
inside, too.
Kathy Brewer, an interesting, intelligent, and beautiful lady ia an example.
Kathy is a Lao. H er favorite activities include dancing, tennis, jogging, travelling.
bicycling, listening to music, going to the beach, concerts and meeting new people.
Kathy is a secrotary, and models in her spare time. She would like to go into
Fashions full time, and boeome either a buyer or manager, in the future.
I
She wants a family of two.
■ Her description of her ideal man i * “I like a man that is understanding, intelligent,
land full of ideas. Traveling, enjoying people, and having a good time, are some of the
Jquaiities he should have. He should be able to fit me into some of the things he likes to
Id o , and I should ha able to fit him in some of the things that I like to do. My ideal man
| should be independent, and know where he wants to go, and what he wants to do with
Ih is career, and future. Honesty and truth is also very important. We should be able to
lg iv e and share with each other. We also should be able to accept each other the way
Iw e are. and try not to change each other to suit ourselves
B E L IZ E (PNS) - Almost by accident, thia
tiny Central American nation on the
Caribbean coast has become the center of
a political dispute that could draw Britain
into another Northern Ireland-style con
frontation.
Though self-governing since 1964,
Belize (formerly known as British Hon
duras) remains a British colony. The
reason is simple: neighboring Guatemala
has smsaaed a powerful army on its aide
of the border, waiting to invade what it
regards as its rightful territory as soon as
the 1400-man British regiment here with
draws.
“I have not the slightest doubt that
they would invade if the British toft.”
aays a leading Belize politician. Dean
Undo, reflecting the general sentiment.
“I don’t see how they could do otherwise.
Maybe they'd just walk la, in the sense
that we couldn't defend ourselves.”
Guatemalan President, General Kjell
Leugerud recently visited the Belise
Guatemala border and proclaimed that if
peaceful methods fail, he would ask his
nation's youth “to cut their hair and put
on helmets...and take up arms to claim
what legitimately belongs to us.”
The Guatemalan Army has formed a
special elite unit elled “Kaibil," which ia
undergoing intensive training in the
rugged Peten jungle near the Belize
border. Soldiers are taught the use of
light weapons, largely supplied by Israel,
and reportedly are taught warfare tech
niques developed by the U.S. Rangers
and Special Forces.
For Belise, which has no army of its
own these developments pose a special
dilemma.
Belizeans want independence nearly as
much as the British want to give it to
them; as a colony, they are unable to take
their place in the world community. But
they are unwilling to let the British
withdraw the troops that may be their
only guarantee against Guatemalan
attack.
The dispute over the territory dates
back to the 17th century, when English
privateers first established a lasting
British presence here.
Guatemala eventually ceded the terri-
tory to Britain in exchange for construc
tion of a road-which the British never
built. Guatemalans have considered the
treaty void ever since.
In 1944, the Guatemalan constitution
specifically incorporated Belise aa part of
the national territory, and all maps
printed in Guatemala since show no
border between the two.
Successive Guatemalan governments
have found the Belize issue a concilient
way to stir up nationalist sentiment and
relieve the pressure from domestic prob
lems that make Guatemala a symbol of
unequal distribution of wealth and power.
Today in Guatemala, bumper stickers
everywhere express the view that
“Belize is Guatemala." Newspaper fillers
exhort, “Guatemalans: Remember, Belise
Is Yoursl"
B R IT IS H RESPONSE
There have been periodic flareups here
over the years. The most recent came in
1975 when Britain rushed in reinforce
ments, a frigate and a dozen aircraft in
response to what they perceived as an
imminent invasion.
Many Belizeans would like to accept
independence while retaining British mil
itary protection, but Britons will not
make the deal.
“We could be here indefinitely,” says
Kenneth Oldfield, the British permanent
secretary for foreign affairs in Belize’s
new capital of Belmopan. “But when we
go, we shall go altogether. There will be
no defense treaty. We have made a
lump-sum cash offer and that will be
that.”
Belize has received wide support from
the world community in her running
arguement with Guatemala. Both the
United Nations and the Conference of
Non-Aligned Nations have overwhelm
ingly endorsed her right to "self-deter
mination."
Many Belizeans believe the U.S., which
has strong ties to Guatemala, should step
into the territorial dispute, perhaps even
guaranteeing Belizean sovereignty after
a British withdrawal.
But American officials have carefully
avoided taking sides. The U.8. abstained
from the recent U N vote.
(Please turn to P.2 Col.4)