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Portland Observer Thursday, July 13, 1978 Page 3
Behind the wall
Larry Baker »33021,
O.S.P. Correspondent
This Correspondent and his staff
would like to hank the many, many
letters that have been mailed to us
from all over the U.S. It is the only
way we arc able to judge if we are
bringing forth the types of articles
from this prison that interest the
public. Our articles are uncensored
and non-prison governed. Each in­
mate submits his own material and
at times the views are not always the
views of the Portland Observer, or
the O.S.P. staff, but the views of the
individual writer.
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Vernell Franklin »40071.
Assistant O. S. P. Correspondent
around who should be let into the
group.
“ What is so painful to me is the
N A A C P is an idea whose time has
come. But we're so busy fighting
with ourselves and wasting time that
future planning takes a back seat,”
Burgess said.
Apparently the bickering has af­
fected meeting turno u t. A t one
meeting this spring only seven per­
sons attended. H ow ever, the
organization did manage to draw a
considerable number o f local
residents, white and Black, to its
awards banquet and spring fashion
show.
Selected to attend the annual con­
vention as delegates were: Jackie
Winters, a state employee and for­
mer chapter president; and Zoe
Wilson, employed with the State
Department of Commerce.
Burgess and Jeanne Large,
Salem’s affirm ative action officer
were selected as alternates.
Ralph Bunche: N A A C P National
Committee, Board of Directors —
Power, Personality, and Protest,
“ Crisis in Black and W hite” by
Charles E. Silberman.
Ralph Bunche said in 1942, “ The
Negro leader often quickly puffs up
a big front or puts on airs, often in­
dulges in exhibitionism . . . For
leadership itself is a form of escape.
The result was (and all to often still
is) an atmosphere of rivalry, envy,
and mutual backbiting that defiled
the whole community, and that gave
whites the opportunity to neutralize
whatever power Negroes may have
had by playing off one faction against
another.”
Saul Alinsky has written (Crisis in
Black and White). “ This kind o f
relationship is devoid o f that dignity
essential to equality.”
I f Negroes are to gain a sense o f
potency and dignity, it is essential,
therefore, that they take the initiative
in action on their behalf. For the
moment, at least, it is far more im­
portant that things be done by
Negroes than that they be done for
them, even if they are not done as
well. Whites will have to learn that
most difficult lesson o f parenthood:
to allow one's children to become
by Vernell Franklin
Internal bickering lessens effec­
tiveness o f Salem’s N A A C P (printed
in Salem, Oregon Capital Journal,
July 4, 1978).
Bickering among the membership
has lessened the effect o f what could
be accomplished within the Salem
chapter of the N A A C P ," said Chart­
er president Dave Burgess.
"The branch does need help,” he
said. Presently about 123 members
have paid dues into the organization.
Salem branch is unique from other
chapters across the country. W ith a
very low percentage of 1.3 percent
for the Black population state-wide,
there are more whites than Blacks af­
filiated.
Burgess said the chapter is com­
prised of 35 percent Black to 65 per­
cent white membership.
But in-fighting has been among
Blacks, mostly middle-class Blacks
with good jobs, and it has been going
on before Burgess became president
a year ago.
Quarrels have often centered
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adults. Whites, that is to say, will
have to abandon their tradition of
command and their habit o f
speaking for, and acting for, the
Negroes.
As Reverend M artin Luther King
wrote from his Birmingham jail cell:
(Crisis in Black and W h ite ,
foreward).
"W e who engage in non-violent
direct action are not the creators of
tension. We merely bring to the sur­
face the hidden tension that is
already alive. We bring it out in the
open where it can be seen and dealt
with. Like a boil that can never be
cured as long as it is covered up but
must be opened with all its puss­
flow ing ugliness to the natural
medicines o f air and light, injustice
must likewise be exposed, with all of
the tension its exposing creates, to
the light o f human conscience and
the air o f national opinion before it
can be cured.”
It must have taken guts for Dave
Burgess, president, Salem N A A C P
branch to inform the Oregon citizens
on the inefficiency o f his chapter. No
wonder it was necessary for Blacks in
prisons and their families to call
upon Benjam in H ooks, national
executive secretary for assistance.
Wasn't it a disgrace to the mem­
bers o f Salem N A A C P branch,
which is located in the capitol city of
Oregon, as also is the State peniten­
tiaries and hospitals, for M r. Hooks
to travel through the gates o f
the prison for an audience with the
prisoners on July 1, 1978 who are
ignored by his own local chapter?
Maybe it was an indication by M r.
Hooks to show that this dedicated
“ National Association for the A d­
vancement o f C olored People”
organization was not concerned by a
display o f “ fancy banquet” , “ ex­
travagant fashion show,” “ expen­
sive wine-tasting parties” at Salem’s
Black Angus restaurant, while there
are Black patients and prisoners
stacked upon one another in our
state’s hospitals and prisons.
Is there any guilt by M r. Burgess
or his Salem N A A C P members when
they go to those peoples families to
solicit donations toward Blacks, who t
are poor in their struggle for
freedom?
Who is the real criminal?
Begin safety drive at home
SA LEM — Poor safety habits and
unsafe conditions can make a home a
death trap. Millions of people are in­
volved in household accidents every
year, according to the Oregon Con­
sumer Services Division, and many
of these injuries could be avoided if
proper care were taken.
Falling is the most common kind
o f household hazard. M ore than
600,000 people are injured annually
from injuries suffered from accidents
on stairs, ramps and landings and
from falls from ladders.
The U .S . Consumer Product
Safety Commission offers the
following suggestions for the safe
construction, use and maintenance
o f stairs, ramps, handrails and land­
ings:
• Begin with good lighting in­
doors and out. Have switches at the
top and bottom of each flight of
stairs in order to illuminate all stairs
adequately. Also, walkways and
, driveways should be well lighted.
Where possible, homeowners should
install nightlights.
• Stairways should have slip-
resistant materials. Use compressed
cork, rubber treads, abrasive strips
and other slip-resistant materials to
cover stairs.
• Never place a throw rug near a
stairway. I f you use a loose rug in a
room, select one with a non-skid
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Poetry Editor
backing or use double-faced carpet
tape to hold the rug in place. Repair
worn or loose carpeting on stairs.
• Ramps should be long enough
to permit comfortable strides (at
least three feet for one stride), and
the slopes should be between seven
and fifteen degrees.
• A ll stairs should have at least
one handrail, generally on the right
side of each descending flight, and
open stairs should have railings on
both sides.
• There should always be a land­
ing at a door which opens onto a
flight o f stairs so that the door can be
operated safely.
Other stairway safety hints to
remember include: wear shoes on
stairs, as socks are slippery on wood
and other smooth surfaces. D on’t
carry packages that obscure vision.
Don’t use stairs for storage and watch
for toys and other objects which can
cause you to trip. Use the railing
when descending stairs.
Outside
home
maintenance
generally involves the use o f a lad­
der. Special caution should be
followed when using a ladder.
Steps on wooden stepladders
should be reinforced underneath
w ith metal rods or metal angle
braces. The bottom step should have
metal angle braces.
The stability o f a stepladder can be
checked by standing on the first step
from the bottom and twisting the
ladder. I f it feels unsteady, choose
another ladder.
Face the ladder when climbing or
descending and use both hands.
Mount the ladder from the center.
Work facing the ladder, holding on
with one hand. Do not lean too far to
the side while working. Do not use
the ladder as a scaffold.
Remember, metal ladders will
conduct electricity, so use a wooden
or fiberglass ladder i f you are
working near power lines or on elec­
trical equipment. This is especially
important if you are installing a
television or CB antenna.
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Facts of Importance
VOLUME II
JULY 1978
SERIES I
Most questions asked regarding our June statement in the "Observer"
were: How do we treat persons afflicted with alcoholism?
W e treat alcoholism by the uses of a four phase modality, Phase A
through D, along with the Triple R concept (Rights, Respect, and
Responsibility).
PHASE A:
When persons come to the EXODUS program as clients they start out
in Phase A. After the intake procedure, various crises, emergency and
supportive help is provided; further diagnosis is recognized, while a cer­
tain amount of confidence developes between the client and the
EXODUS program. During this phase the client is prepared to enter
Phase B.
PHASE B:
Here the client makes a commitment to adjust his habits one at a time
to a more constructive and productive selection through process coun­
seling and other supportive prescriptions. The Triple R (Rights, Respect
and Responsibility) concept is used as a measuring model by which the
client can objectively balance his Rights to his Responsibilities through
Respect. At present we have no Phase B clients.
PHASE C:
After a client has successfully gone through Phase B he enters Phase
C, which is a direct supportive service to help the client when he runs in­
to difficulties regarding job, family or friends.
PHASED:
Is a forever follow-up service to let the client know that, even though
he/nhe has completed the EXODUS program, if help is ever needed we
are here, and no "blame factor" is at stake. Thia is done through periodic
mailings and group activity invitations.
The EXODUS program has been in existence for almost four months.
It has gained approximately 110 clients, and has expanded to include a
day care facility and a residential center.
Yes, we are effectively treating alcoholism by the hour, by the day, by
the month. Our clients appreciate your support, contributions and
donations.
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