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Portland Observer Thursday, October 12, 1978 Page 5 Hooks visita Portland NAACP Benjamin L. Hooks, the Executive Director o f the National NAACP, met with the Portland Branch NAACP Executive Committee while he was in Portland, according to Reverend John H. Jackson, President o f the Portland Branch. In town to speak to the national meeting df the Associated Pcss Managing Editors, Hooks requested a meeting with the Branch Executive Committee the night before his speech. Traveling with Hooks was the Associate Director o f Public In formation o f NAACP, Paul Brock. Hooks had just been to two Southern churches one of which had presented him with a check for $10,000 for the NAACP and the other with a check for $5,000. He noted that the backbone o f the NAAC P was now, as it always had been, the Black churches. He noted with regret that the support from prosperous, middle-class profes sional Blacks, as a group, was sporadic. He was more than grateful for those who served faithfully, but compared to the numbers o f mem bers from the churches, and their ability to support the organization, he noted that the support o f the professional class was weak. In his message to the NAACP Convention in Portland last July Hooks said, “ Remember, my brothers and sisters, none of us have made it until all o f us have made it.” He urged the Portland Branch to renew its efforts to interest both the Reverend A. Bernard Devers professionals and the churches to jo in the NAACP. Hooks said he is seriously considering giving a percent age quota to cities against which to work for membership. He said, depending on the location o f the city Delegate. National Baptist Conven New Hope Baptist Church w ill or area, that there is really no reason tion; President, Metropolitan hold a series o f services in honor of at all why a Branch shouldn’t be Federal Credit Union; 32° Mason, its Pastor, Reverend A. Bernard asked to get five percent or seven Logan Lodge. Devers, beginning Sunday. Devers percent o f the Black population as has been Pastor o f New Hope for members. Hooks noted that only Reverend Devers has recorded two nearly three years. with increased membership can albums distributed nationally by In 1970, while a member o f New N AAC P pull itself out o f its finan Jewel Records o f Shreveport, Hope Missionary Baptist Church in cial crisis in operating funds. Louisiana. One is entitled “ Remem Seattle, Devers entered school to As a political action organization ber Dr. King, Remember Dr. Jesus,” study for the ministry, graduating N A A C P memberships, and Life and the other entitled, “ Amazing from Seattle Pacific College in 1975. Members, are not tax deductible. Grace.” He has also released a 45 While attending college he was The NAACP Special Projects fund is rpm recording entitled “ Because He associate minister o f his church. tax deductible, but not one penny o f Lives” and “ Guide Me O Thou On January 17, 1975 he became those funds, by law, can be used for Great Jehovah.” Other secular work Pastor o f New Hope Missionary experience has been Field Technician operation o f NAACP. Baptist in Portland. Since moving to The Executive Director said he had for Philco fo rd Corporation in Portland he became involved in been closely examining N AAC P’ s Thailand and Vietnam. church and community activities: financial status. When the Life Reverend Devers and his wife, President, Portland District Sunday Membership program was Deleria, have four children: Vipa, ' Schools, Baptist Training Union and inaugurated years ago, it was with ten; A rthur Bernard II, eight; Ushers Congress; Vice President. the provision that only the interest Demetrius and Demika, five. Albina Ministerial Alliance; from those funds should be used for operation. It was sound figuring at New Hope honors pastor the lime, but inflation has ruined the plan. Hooks concluded that only an expanded membership, more Life and Heritage Memberships, could remedy the situation. Hooks promised that he would make the operational costs as lean as possible and said that he was curtailing im mediately the air travel o f NAACP National Staff members. It is Hooks’ feeling that the regions, area? or branches that wish the physical presence o f staff members to assist them should band together, make tight schedules for the staff and share the expenses of bringing them out. Parenthetically, he jokingly suggested that less time be spent on high level think-tank conferences such as they seem to be so fond of in California, and more money and ef fort be spent on obtaining member ships. NAACP National has had a com puter handling memberships for almost a year — but he said it w ill be two more years before it works ef ficiently. In the meantime, tell everyone to be patient if they don’t get their membership cards right away! Another item o f business Hooks took up with the Executive Commit tee is the matter o f quotas for the sale o f Holiday Seals. He noted that in most o f the country, the quota for seals stays the same year after year. I f a Branch quota is $1,000 one year, and they make that quota, they receive the same quota the next year. Hooks feels that quotas should be increased each year so that each year can be bettered. (The quota has been tied to membership. I f a branch has 1,000 members it has been con sidered that they should sell $1,000 worth o f seals.) Holiday Seal money is unencumbered as far as using it for operating expenses. Hooks, while spending most o f his short time with the Executive Com mittee on the nitty-gritty o f business affairs, nevertheless emphasized that there is no organization save the N AACP which is in any position at all to deal with the difficu lt days he believes lie ahead. Hooks feels that the “ tax revolt” that started with Proposition 13 in California is also racial — anti-Black and anti-poor folks. He fears a cur tailment o f the gains o f the past 25 years unless NAACP is strong enough to resist incursions upon civil rights. For this reason, as well as many other signs o f regression, Hooks urged the Branch to redouble its efforts to gain support. Amorican State Bank 282-2216 2737 N.E. 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