Portland Observer
by L arry Baker #35021
O.S.H. Correa.ioDdent
As one attorney would stress to
another who may be fighting a prisoner's
complaint, “You'd better have your stuff
together, when the Attorney General's
Office sends McCallister." (Meaning - you
better know your law.)
On November 2, 1977 - a strange
event happened. Scott McCallister was
extended an invitation to be the guest
lecturer for 25 convicted prisoners in the
Education Department, inside these
walls at O.S.P. Many prison employees
felt that this request was too extraordi
nary and unusual for Oregon's Number
One crime fighter to even accept. But
McCallister did attend, along with Ste
phanie Symthe, from the State of Ore
gon's Public Defender's Office, who is an
attorney. Ms. Smythe was also invited
for her expertise in the same field of law.
In the audience observing the lecture
were three law students from the Univer
sity of Willamette's School of Law in
Salem.
The Attorney General. Jim Redden,
himself, would have swelled with pride if
he could have witnessed the "Tiger" at
work among his den of "lions". W ith an
art of compassion and patience McCallis
ter gained every inmate's and student's
respect and attention. He answered the
many constructive questions the prison
er's asked about his office and about
criminal and civil law. When the two
hour lecture was forced to an end
McCallister had motivated the students
so that he was swamped with questions -
he was still answering questions in the
Education Department's hallway as the
prisoners filed toward their cages (cells).
For the student prisoner's had met The
Scott McCallister, the teacher of criminal
law. Scott McCallister the individual and
person. The Scott McCallister who is
Assistant Attorney General for the State
of Oregon. The visions of a prisoner’s
Number One Enemy in a courtroom
slowly disappeared, because he had come
behind the walls of this prison and left
many of those students with the truth --
not only of how his office operates - but
the truth on criminal and civil law in the
State of Oregon.
What was McCallister's reaction to the
lecture he gave to the students:
“This is the first time in five years with
the Attorney General's Office I have ever
been invited into O.S.P. to do such. I
enjoyed it tremendously, that as a matter
of fact 1 would someday like to become
available to actually come back and teach
a course in 'researching the law’ to this
same group of men.”
So once again “the laws of the jungle"
avails - the tiger for its keenness, the lion
for its powerful roar, but both are govern
by respect for one anothers intelligence.
Maybe that's what makes Oregon State
Penitentiary so unique from any other
state prison: because only such an event
as this could happen here.
by Pete Austin. Jr. #39023
A F R IC A , NOT OREGON!!
America, Russia, and China are all
trying so hard to get their hands on
Africa, mainly because of its great na
tural wealth. I f Russia gets it, it will be
the first time in history Russia will have
control of a great piece of gold. We, as
Americans, would rather blow the place
up before we ever let that happen! So the
U.S. has to go down there and try and be
friends. This is basically what Andrew
Young is all about. This is why the Black
man is in the U .N . today.
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also has his role to play; if the U.S. has to
send troops to Africa why not let a Black
man do it! But of all the world powers,
we. the so-called free world, Democratic
system, and so on, are the only nation
with racial problems, so it is time for us to
straighten up our arts.
The Black hands which once picked
cotton, now pick the presidents. We must
become more aware of our futures as
Black Americans, “it is not justice the
whites are after, it's just us!!" Today in
Oregon a Black child growing up sees but
four kinds of white people, his teacher,
social worker, storekeeper, and then
probation officer. Is that hell on earth or
what? Sure we can say we've been down
so long that there is nothing left but up!!
Our main crime in this racially overtoned
state is being "Black." the sooner we
realize this one basic reality we can start
to make progress. I have been Black all
my life, can you dig it?
“PRECIOUS"
Woman of mine precious jewel
I am your man
I am forever and always with you
nothing can change nor undo
the love we share
nothing can erase the years we have
yet to spend, together
for each day our love will grow
and each coming day will be the
present living for the future
discovering in each other
something stronger than love
for like Lime, life goes one
and so will we because
we are life and time is on
our side and we are together
and no one can change us
together we will stand among
or against the world!!
John L . Smith #34923
Madison joins
health board
Leearthur Madison. Coordinator of
Counseling Services at the Center for
Community Mental Health, has been
appointed to the Residential Care Facili
ties Licensing Board. The appointment,
made by Mayor Neil Goldschmidt, is for a
three year term.
As a member of the Board, Madison
will visit residential care facilities to
determine if they meet the minimum
standards set by the State of Oregon.
Residential care facilities are “homes
operated with twenty-four hour supervi
sion for the purpose of serving persons
who by reason of their circumstances or
condition require care while living as a
single housekeeping unit in a dwelling
unit."
Madison's appointment to the RCF
Licensing Board comes shortly after he
was named Coordinator of Counseling
Services at the Center for Community
Mental Health. A United Way agency
located at 6329 N .E. Union Avenue, the
Center provides individual and group
therapy to adults, families and children.
The Executive Director of the Center is
Ocie W . Trotter.
On Friday, November 18th, a Black
South African, Thami Mhlambiso was in
Portland to speak at an event sponsored
by Portland Citizens Against Racism, the
American Friends Service Committee
and the Free Southern Africa Committee.
Earlier in the day, M r. Mhlambiso testi
fied before the State Board of Higher
Education in Eugene and was influential
in determining the eight to three vote in
favor of divestment.
Mr. Mhlambiso is a representative of
the African National Congress at the
United Nations and in North America.
The African National Congress (ANC) is
a South African liberation organization
that was first established in 1912 as a
means of resistance to the white govern
ment's exploration of African land and
suppression of African voting rights. In
1960 it was outlawed as a result of its
participation in a nonviolent campaign
against the hated pass laws. It is still
officially outlawed in South Africa, but
has an office in New York and works with
the United Nations and people in this
country to bring greater awareness of the
problems that the majority of people face
in South Africa.
The following interview was written up
from a conversation that Rick Hillman of
K IN K radio had with M r. Mhlambiso.
RH: What is your goal or vision for
South Africa?
TM : M y goal is to see a South Africa
free of apartheid and exploitation. I
would like to see it a country of equal
opportunity which reflects majority rule
inform and action, so that all South
Africans, regardless of race, color or
creed, will feel that they have a place in
the sun.
RH: W hat kind of support is there for
apartheid within South Africa? Aren’t
there whites who are anti-apartheid?
TM : The question is, are there whites
who are willing to join in the struggle
against apartheid? Ninety-eight percent
of them support the government. The
opposition is a drop in the ocean. Opposi
tion creates struggles within families. It
is not easy to be ostracized from your
family because you take an anti-apartheid
stand. Actually, the situation is Franken
stein that has been created. We say,
before it swallows everyone, it should be
destroyed.
RH: W hat do you think of the vote
by the State Board, eight to three in
favor of divestment?
TM : The State Board vote is a signifi
cant step because it can give lead and
direction to many institutions in this
country, but it is just a first step. Also
important, however, is that it is an
indication to Vorster that the U.S. is no
longer able to be a willing accomplice to
the Vorster government.
RH: How is the exodus of white
technology to be avoided in South Africa?
TM : There is always a scare that if the
white man leaves the country, there will
be a decline of standards. I think what
people are really asking by this question
is "W hat kinds of concessions are you
(Blacks) willing to make to the whites?
Take the example of Mozambique.
There the Africans were fighting the
;iolicies of the Portuguese, not the white
people per se. Today skilled whites are
welcome to stay if they give up their
excessive privileges. We are not saying
we are going to dump the white man in
the ocean. We know that many whites
are leaving. But also many have no other
home and are prepared to fight and die to
stay. A t this point many whites are still
afraid (because of government reprisals)
to fight against apartheid, but many will
change.
RH: Is there any way that civil war will
be avoided?
T M : Well, you know that Vorster is
intransigent. More than 42 detainees
have been tortured to death, the press
has been silenced, and so on. The only
avenue left is for people to struggle.
RH: What is your interest in the
Kruggerrand (the South African gold
coin)?
TM : I would have an interest in the
Kruggerrand if it were coming from a
free and democratic society, if the ma
jority of the people were to benefit
from the sales.
But you know the
military budget is now some $3 billion
and money made from those gold sales
gives the government the foreign ex
change they need to buy .arms.
RH: What do you see in the future for
South Africa?
TM : Today in South Africa you have
something that must be described as
being very significant. There are up
risings and freedom fighting in the
streets. The government responds to
that with door to door raids, banning and
detaining of anyone who opposes the
government.
You have war in that
country. The neighboring countries are
willing to help Black South Africans to
win their freedom, and Nigeria is also
playing an important role in assisting.
The Organization of African Unity (OAU)
formulates policy as to how apartheid
must be countered.
RH: How does the struggle in South
Africa relate to people here?
TM : Afro-Americans know what seg
regation is, they know what it is to suffer
discrimination, therefore they can re
spond to us when we testify to apartheid
in South Africa. But we have to sharpen
our approach so that people don't see the
struggle in South Africa as one of civil
rights, because it is a struggle for a
transfer of power to the majority of the
people.
Furthermore, we recognize a bond
unifying people all over the world. Black
and white. Working people, who are
unloading South African goods, making
arms, are being exploited. Therefore, we
support their struggle. This is not just a
struggle of Blacks against whites.
RH: W ill there be a total economic
boycott of South Africa?
TM : That depends to what extent
violence will escalate. The more violent
and terroristic Vorster becomes, the
more he alienates people abroad. Then
they will be led to disengage their
business from South Africa.
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Coalition
seeks input
The Community Coalition for School
Integration will hold its second and third
information and citizen input Forums on
Wednesday, December 7th, Wilson High
School and Thursday, December 8th,
Lincoln High School. Both Forums will
be held in the school Library and will
start at 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to
become informed and to respond to the
panel with their feelings concerning
Portland's School Integration program.
Some of the issues to be addressed are:
1. One-way busing and its effect on
children and parents. 2. The distribution
of minority teachers. 3. W hat the New
man Plan is and its effect. 4. The absence
of middle schools in the Jefferson area
and its effect on other schools.
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positions. According to Attorney Gen
eral Jim Redden's report to the Emer
gency Board, the added staff is made
necessary by the great increase in refer
rals of civil rights cases by the Bureau of
Labor.
W here previously the Justice
Department received from 15 to 20 claims
per year, it received 60 cases in July, 30
in August, and expects 20 to 30 by the
end of December, “These cases take an
inordinate amount of lawyer time in
comparison to wage collection claims -
approximately 10 to 15 times as much.
The reason, of course, is that a high
proportion requires extensive litigation
proceedings prior to their resolution."
The Department now has ninety pending
civil rights cases, with five closed since
July 1, 1977. The Department also has
382 pending wage collection rases plus
forty new cases that have not been
assigned due to lack of staff.
Redden is requesting two additional
attorneys and two Administrative Assis
tants, which he expects will enable the
Division to handle the Bureau of lab or
cases within a reasonable period of time
by July 1, 1977.
Redden took office in January of 1977.
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South African explains apartheid and exploitation
From behind the wall
When the name of Scott McCallister is
mentioned among any group of prisoners
at O.S.P. many feel a crushing fear
develop. McCallister is known as the
moat dangerous “T ig er” in the criminal
and civil justice system working for the
Oregon Attorney General's Office.
McCallister has the reputation among
the inmates as having the most skillful
and knowledgeable mind to fight in a
courtroom, if they are attacking their
convictions through the legal avenues of
an appeal, or a post-conviction. Also if
they are attacking institution rules and
regulations that govern this prison, for he
is know*n as H.C. Cupp's Attorney on Law
(H.C. Cupp is the Superintendent at
O.S.P,).
Thursday, December I. 1977
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