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Behind the wall
Larry Baker 935021.
O.S.P. Correspondent
by Julius D. Snowden 939013
It »as a special class as well as the
men that participated. It consisted
mainly o f prisoners who, until re-
c.-ntly. never really ever considered
the consequences or the many rami
fications surrounding the legal
universities (the law) o f this land.
The topic o f this meeting, this group,
was just that — the law!
To further their basic and present
knowledge as to the function o f the
law C ircuit C ourt Judges from
throughout Oregon were invited to
sit in on this special Friday Night
L a * Class. Those who did accept
were Judge Don katberer. a juvenile
court judge from Columbia County;
and Judge Jerry kabler from
Douglas County; each gave his (add
ed) thoughts as well as some pretty
good advice and support, when
needed.
It seems that the purpose o f this
special law class — which is generally
coordinated by the ‘ Behind the u all'
correspondent, Larry Baker — »as
to seek a solution or something in the
general form o f a solution in cur
tailing the recent influx o f today’ s
youths who arc now entering
prisons.
It is ironic ho» today's young, to
some degree, consider the life o f a
convict, as in some areas, as the " in
thing” . But i f some o f those kids
who desire his or her ultimate goal is
to sec just h o * many rules can be
broken, or, to break as many as they
can — perhaps if it could have been
possible for them to have sat in co
this special class, I believe they
w ould’ ve been either surprised or
impressed by what these prisoners
felt In describing their feelings con
cerning individual personal involve
ment w ith the law; there was a
unanimous consention by the in
mates and the outside guests that if a
class o f this caliber had existed
earlier in their lives that their present
residence and record would never
stand as they do today. They, as
some pointed out. would have
become more fam iliar with the law
and indeed ventured out into
something more constructive, in
stead o f the life thev have thus far
lead'
It was strongly felt that there must
be a better way o f introducing more
interest for the law as »ell as respect
for the law from today's youth. Which
was to compile, pass and present ex
periences in a very blunt, factual
and detailed booklet. A booklet
describing what life is like to be con
fined behind bars, what a person has
to go through here during incar
ceration and what the chances are
upon release o f ever forgetting they
»ere ever in prison. Some o f the par
ticipants even »ent as far, in a
speculative manner, o f suggesting
that the crime troubled youth o f
Oregon’ s juvenile courts be allowed
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Julius D Snowden 939013
Poetry Editor
Reverend Thomas L. Strayhand. Minister
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Peggy Graves
Paraonai & Business Inaurane«
283-5012
The New > ork Life agent in your
community is a good person to
know.
a chance to come in to O.S.P. and
meet and acquaint themselves with
an inside view o f the Corrections Di
vision and some o f the men who
make up the ranks as inmates here.
To see and choose for themselves if a
life o f “ crime and prison” is what
they truly and honestly want out o f
life! Because these same youth are
but only a short hop, skip and jump
from jo in in g us behind these cold
gray walls o f O.S.P.
Even though the above mentioned
suggestion could be a good alter
native program for troubled youths
today it ’s only one o f a series o f ap
proaches to the problem o f juvenile
delinquency and also a workable one
if ever given a chance to become an
T e tte « m a m i m i
actual reality.
During Friday nights rap session
one prisoner further gave support, as
well as Judge kalberer. to this type
o f program by stating i f an alter
native program had been in effect at
the time he had his first run in with
the law he could have really benefit-
ted from it and would have definitely
not been present at the meeting. This
just goes to show you that i f an
alternative program o f this nature
was to ever become a living reality
here in Oregon for troubled youth o f
tom orrow’ s Juvenile Court System,
juvenile delinquency and crime
would and could decrease. The
problem with dealing with today's
youth won’t be such a problem at all.
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Following the annual meeting o f
the M CAP Board in Washington,
D.C., Secretary kreps was present
ed with a plaque which cited her
"steadfast, creative and energetic ac
tions to stimulate successful minority
contractor participation in the con
struction industry. ' '
In presenting The award M CAP
President Dickie S. Carter cited Sec
retary kreps’ “ effective implementa
tion o f the Local Public Works Pro
gram, which made more than $600
m illio n in construction contracts
available to some 8,000 m in o rity
contractors.
“ The law required 10% minority
participation,” Carter said, “ and
15% was achieved. Furtherm ore,
these contracts were made available
at the hurry-up pace demanded by-
Congress and in the face o f
organized and very vocal opposition.
“ We knew in advance that the
Local Public Works Program would
draw fire from those who don't like
to share the action with m inority
contractors,” Carter said, “ and last
year we honored Congressman M it
chell for his political leadership and
daring in getting the program
through Congress.
“ It is appropriate that we now
honor Secretary Kreps for her stead
fast and forceful administration o f
this important program which made
jobs and income available to minori
ties who in the past have been ex
cluded from public construction.”
M r. Carter also noted that last
year the Department's Office o f M i
nority Business Enterprise (OMBE)
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Leaders boaered
The Leadership Conference on
Civil Rights (LCCR) w ill honor two
long-time civil rights leaders at its
29th Annual Meeting January 22nd-
23rd at the Capital H ilton Hotel,
Washington, D.C.
A ndrew J. B iem iller, re tirin g
director o f the Depart mem o f Legi
slation, AFL-C IO and the Reverend
Msgr George G. Higgins, Secretary
for Research, U S. Catholic Con
ference, w ill receive the LCCR
Hubert H. Humphrey Civil Rights
Award. The awards for “ Selfless and
devoted service in the cause o f
e q u a lity ’ ’ w ill be presented by
Clarence M . M itc h e ll. LCCR
Chairman.
Mercenarie$
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said he quit because he “ got tired of
rifle-butting villagers in the mouth
who were no more rebels than I
was.”
This story on mercenaries, though
m ostly depressing, ends on a
somewhat encouraging note: as the
fig hting intensifies, the guerrillas
steadily gaining the upper hand,
some o f the mercenaries realize the
fu tility o f their nefarious mission
and have begun to desert. The sha
dow o f Daniel Gearhart (who was
executed in Angola in 1976 after
being convicted o f being a mer
cenary) hangs over all their heads
like a nightm are that stubbornly
refuses to go away even with the
break o f day. Our French deserter
sums the situation up beautifully;
“ In comparison to what I had heard,
I found the guerrillas' potential to
fight to be very high, much better
than we had been told. And 1 am
sure that it is rising. After what 1
have seen, what w ith the com
bativeness o f the guerrillas, I think
the Rhodesians are done fo r.”
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minority contractors last year, about
half o f which was underwritten by its
new subsidiary company, M C A P
Bonding and Insurance Agency, Inc.
Operating under agreements with
Aetna Casualty and Surety Com
pany, Insurance Company o f North
America and Fidelity and Deposit
Company o f M aryland, the new
MCAP agency has provided over $8
million in bonding on 70 projects.
C om puterized estim ating, cost
c o n tro l, scheduling and project
monitoring services were provided to
minority contractors by MCAP on
85 projects totaling over $14 m illion
in construction.
assisted some 45,000 m in o rity
businesses and that the interagency
Council for M inority Business Enter
prise has indicated that total federal
procurement from minority firms is
expected to exceed $1.7 b illion in
fiscal 1978, a 50% increase over the
preceding year.
A private nonprofit corporation,
M C AP last year helped m inority
contractors across the nation with
over $100 m illion in construction,
providing financial, technical and
management assistance under a con
tract with OMBE.
Using loan funds made available
by five life insurance companies —
Metropolitan, Prudential, Equitable,
New York Life and Aetna — MCAP
guaranteed 47 loans, totaling about
$1.3 million and directly financing
around $10 million in construction
contracts.
M C A P also obtained over $15
m illio n in surety bonding fo r
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O O L 08N D U O N
Minority contractors honor Commerce Secretary
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Secre
tary o f Commerce Juanita M. kreps
was honored by the Board o f Direc
tors o f the M inority Contractors As
sistance Project, Inc. (M CAP) for
her role in p rom oting m in o rity
business development.
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