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When many of the nations i
are headlining the stories of the “Black
out in Naw York City", “U .8. Helicopter
Shot Down In Korea", and our
pars in Oregon are heavy printing “Olds
Convicted" and "Two Oklahoma Escaped
Convicts Fight Extradition", our local
Salem newspapers are having fun i
print and front paging “IRS A U D IT IN G
STATE E M P I/)Y E E S .
When this little bit of information hit
the news, it didn't just die overnight like
many of the other back fence gossip doss
that arises in a small town issue. So this
reporter thought it would be something
interesting to pass on to our readers of
the Portland Observer and hope that
their response and comments will be as
great as it has been in the past.
In the Salem Capital Journal on Thurs
day, July 14, 1877, "Numerous state
employees are being summoned this
week to the Salem office of the Internal
Revenue Service, apparently for special
audits because they have lived in state-
owned houses at low rent." The Salem
Statesman goes on to report "Last
November the state had ignored a 1878
law requiring it to charge fair market
value for the houses it provided to state
workers. About 450 employees were
involved, and in some cases rent had not
been changed in ten years."
These
newspapers go on to state that those
being called in for auditing were some of
the superintendents of our state institu
tions such as Dr. Dean Brooks, Oregon
State Hospital, and George Sullivan,
warden of the Oregon Correctional Insti
tution (O.C.I.). (As of this writing I have
not been able to corner our superinten
dent for his comment or information
concerning the state-owned house he
Uvea in.) But on the reservation of the
Oregon State Penitentiary there are five
or six family dwellings of two and three
bedroom houses that staff members of
this prison live in and raise their families.
The average monthly rent is about 8110
per month. According to the fair market
ing rent in 1872 appraisal, some of these
houses should have been rented for as
high as a couple hundred dollars and an
appraisal done last month showed some
houses should rent for over 8900.
Now here's a comment which may
shock the average taxpayer who in some
way owns th e if buildings. So what if
these houses are rented to these state
employees for low rent! Number One,
who else would rent them?? How many
taxpayers would want to live with their
homes in the shadow of a state prison?
For many, many years those of us who
have practically been *aised here within
these walls have enjoyed viewing from
our cells the laughter and sights of young
children running about these employee's
homes, and some of the inmates who
work around these homes don’t feel so
stereotyped after a while by the associa
tion of becoming acquainted with these
employee’s families who have lived in
them for a few years.
Moot of these employees who live here
are on 24-hour call and would find it hard
to do so under any other conditions. Any
inmate in this prison would hate to suffer
some type of illness or even an emergen
cy release, then have to wait hours for
arti< lea but got no response." The KKK
is also very active here, I will not
elaborate on this one point because we all
know they are everywhere in Oregon. I
personally received a (6) year date sat on
(10). The parole board went all the way
south in my case. The only reason they
gave me was, since I have never done any
serious time before it is time to do time.
These two members I came before the
chairman and an assistant held court on
me. I was retried and convicted of my
past mistakes, which may I add payed
for, and re-sentenced. “The joke was on
me." I will have to laugh later because at
this present time I can't find the humeri
The metric system is being used daily,
“so they say", but only for whites. The
Black population is growing daily. I have
watched perhaps (10) Black inmates leave
and (25) Blacks take their place. The
parol board has really gone out on a limb
this time and I wonder how they can get
back. I am not a law student but I do
know this whole thing is illegal. I am also
appealing my date set and would like to
be governed by the same system that
applies to whites. I can't understand
these two completely different systems,
one for whites, and one for Blacks. For all
of my past mistakes, I must pay twice,
once to society and second to the racist
parole board. So the question is, "What
does a Black man do when he breaks a
law in Oregon?"
First of all make sure it's not in
Oregon. Second, turn yourself in before
you are shot by mistake, then you might
get a slight break. Third, when you go to
court, no matter what the case might be,
grab your ankles and bend over so you
can kiss your butt goodbye! "Check it
out". It's all the truth.
whoever is in charge to get here to sign
for it.
Let this reporter’s comments go even a
bit farther. There should be more houses
built on these state-owned lands surrou
nding this prison to accomodate employ
ees. When the big excuse for why blacks
will not come to work here is because the
housing is too high in Salem or owners
just won't rent to them will not be valid
anymore.And charging low rent for a
decent house would be just the thing
needed to attract qualified black employ
ees.
Once upon a tiftie, there used to be a
building right at the entrance to this
prison (now known as the Women's Work
Release House) that had rooms for
guards to stay who lived as far as
Portland and Eugene. We had a few black
guards around this "joint" at that time.
One of the main reasons why they are no
longer here is because of having no place
to live or stay that was decent for the cost
in the Salem area.
In thia reporter's opinion maybe a few
of the taxpaying landlords of Oregon
should approach the governor, the legis
lature, and even the IRS to have them
look at this subject from a humane
standpoint, instead of the dollars and
cents view so regularly done. The Port
land Observer and this reporter welcome
your point of view on the subject.
by Peter Austin, J r. 888023
Freedom and Justice For A l?
The racism here at O.S.P. has gotten
completely out of hand. "I keep writing
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Planning is now preceding for the 4-H
fall program. Among the classes and
projects to be offered are homecraft,
outdoor skills, arts and crafts, sports and
mechanical skills.
“4-H seeks and encourages the partici
pation of all youth, regardless of race,
color or ereed and working together
makes it happen,” said Ira Mumford, 4-H
extension agent at King Neighborhood
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Mumford is assisted by staff members:
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to make its concerns heard,” he pre
dicted.
The group's declaration also charged
that a “malignant relationship” exists
between the weapons industry and
nuclear power plants, which supply
materials used in construction of nuciear
weapons.
A non-violent direct action group called
the Trojan Decomissioning Alliance
announced at a press conference today
plans to occupy the Trojan Nuclear Plant
site in Ranier, Oregon. The occupation
will take place on August 6, Hiroshima
Day, and will coincide with other non
violent anti-nuclear demonstrations plan
ned around the nation on that day.
Alliance spokesperson Norman Solo
mon stated that the Alliance supports the
“aims and spirit of the occupations of the
Seabrook site in New Hampshire.” The
Seabrook nuclear plant site was the
object of an occupation on A pril 90 of this
year, which resulted in the arrest of over
1,400 people.
“W e are committed to the principles
and practice of non-violence,” said
Solomon, who cited the tradition of such
activists as Gandhi and M artin Luther
King. "All of our actions will be in
harmony with a spirit of non-violence and
respect for all persons, including those
who may oppose us,” he stated.
The group plans to provide a series of
workshops on non-violent direct action
techniques and philosophy lor those
participants in the demonstration “who
may choose to put themselves in a
position of arrest.”
In a companion "Declaration of Nuclear
Resistance,” the Alliance demanded "an
immediate and permanent halt to the
construction, operation, and export of
nuclear power plants." The Declaration
charged that nuclear power is "dangerous
to all living creatures and their natural
environment.” Solomon asserted that
Trojan's present plans to store expanded
amounts of spent fuel waste right at the
plant site was a "prime example of the
nuclear industry’s arrogant disregard lor
the public safety." “A public disappoint
ment by this kind of arrogance will turn
The Alliance also charged that nuclear
power plants "have proven to be an
economic catastrophe,” and that the
alleged need for nuclear energy is "baaed
on faulty and inflated projections of
consumption derived from a profit
system that is hostile to conservatkm.”
"With minimal advances in conservation,
architecture, and recycling procedures,"
said Solomon, "the alleged ‘need’ for
nuclear energy disappers.”
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expense of nuclear power are made
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experiment in nuclear suicide."
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1977 Multnomah County fair, from July
29th to August 7th at the Portland
Exposition Center. Events at the fair
include exhibits, animal projects, home
economics, creative arts, plant science,
natural and marine science, archery,
conservation and meehancial crafts. The
fair is the annual highlight of the 4-H
program.
Creative arts will be emphasized at this
year’s fair and will include painting,
macrame, weaving, leathercraft and
photography.
Outdoor cookery high
lights; food preparation, and practical
methods of food preservation will be
included.
Trophies and ribbons are
awarded at the fair.
The Declaration asserted that “natural
energy technology” which would focus on
such sources as sun, wind, tides, and
geothermal activity "is labor intensive
and will create more jobs - permanent
and safe - than the atomic industry could
ever promise.”
The Alliance called for public own
ership of the energy supply. “Private
monopoly must give way to public con
trol." Solomon said. He emphasised that
any such public ownership should be
“decentralized,” to maximize control by
the local community.
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