« Portland Observer Thursday. April 2*. 1979
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natural resources issues.
"T h e issue is taxes,” he stated.
"T he people spoke to us on election
day . and we are not sure how to in
terpret what they are saying. This has
caused Congress to enter a ‘ cooling
o f f period legislatively, and the
result is that nothing earth shaking is
lik e ly to happen u n til the tax
question is solved.”
Ragsdale continued, ‘ ‘ 1 d on’ t
think it ’ s bad that Congress isn't
doing anything. This slowdown in
spending and governmental action
may give us tune to re-evaluate our
priorities. We know that people are
sick o f government. We also know
that 60«« o f the people are not able
to afford to own their own home.
Perhaps it’ s time we found answers
rather than programs.”
In the field o f resources, the Sena
tor commented on the reality o f the
oil crisis.
"T he Arabs and later Mexico have
such a stranglehold on us that we
have become merely pawns in the
game o f in te rn a tio n a l p o litic s ,”
Ragsdale stated. He feels the crisis is
due to incredibly stupid manage
ment on the pan o f mayor oil com
panies, and to very short-sighted
policies by the federal government.
Ragsdale said, “ The real emer
gency is that most people refuse to
believe there is a crisis. They cling to
the tradition that gas pumps just
never run dry. T hat’ s simply not
true.”
On a state-wide level, energy plan-
Oregon State Senator Mike Rags
dale kept very much in colorful cha
racter recently while attending The
Class o f Legal Processes at O.S.P.
Ragsdale attended the class as an
‘ equal' and integral part o f the thirty
inmate student discussion group, in
an atmosphere he thought very
stimulating.
*'l don't much like politicians who
talk and don't take time to listen,”
stated the Senator, "and you can't
learn without listening.”
Senator Ragsdale defines himself
as a 'moderate Republican.' He has
built his rather spectacular career m
politics on a foundation o f sensi
tivity to people.
While others learned from books
and political science classes, Rags
dale learned from listening and ap
plying what he heard.
“ I began college.” he said, "and
things went well until I began to see
that what was taught in the
classroom was a far cry from what
happened in a real life situation.”
Shortly after this realisation he left
college fo r business and later
politics. Senator Ragsdale, despite
being one o f the most dynamic o f
congressmen, has never Finished his
college education.
Discussion turned at length to
politics rather than personal topics.
Exchanges of thoughts and ideas fo
cused m ainly on economics and
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ning is pretty sketchy. There are
sources of power being studied, but
as yet no serious answer to a short
age o f oil. Solar, geothermal and
local hydro-electric plants arc all
being studied, both for benefits and
for impact. But none are extensive
enough to offset the oil shortage.
Let’ s end this story with a com
ment by Senator Ragsdale Perhaps
this comment reflects his concern for
people better than 1 can otherwise
hope to. The discussion had turned
to the ‘ whys’ and ‘ hows’ o f the tax
question. "When 1 see interest rates,
inflation, and taxes becoming so op
pressive that people can no longer
buy a home, it’s time to re-evaluate
our objective. I t ’ s people, the
populace, that we need to look to.
We need to pay more attention to
what is going on around us. That is
the answer. Until that happens things
aren’t going to get much better.”
There is certainly no arguing
political vision like that. Here is a
man, I believe, with an eye to the
people.
Cost given priority in justice issue
A bill (HB 2860) that would allow
a witness before a grand jury to have
an attorney present and to provide
for recording the proceedings is cur
rently before the Oregon House.
The grand jury is a group o f citi
zens who hear information presented
by the District Attorney’s office and
determine whether there is evidence
that a crime has been committed and
whether the person under suspicion
should be brought to trial. The grand
jurors consider cases ranging from
murder to fraud, robbery, rape,
forgery, etc. They are ordinary-
citizens with no training in law and
they have no one to advise them ex
cept the District Attorney whose job
it is to prosecute.
The witness has no attorney with
him , does not know whether he
should answer the D A ’s questions,
how fully to explain. He can go into
the grand jury as a witness against
someone else and come out as a
defendant.
The justice system now requires
that a suspect have advise o f an at
torney before talking to the police
and again throughout his trial, but
leaves him defenseless before the
grand jury. Although the prosecutor
can have a recording o f the grand
ju ry proceedings made and can use it
against the defendant, the defense at
torney has no access to the record
ing.
Two weeks ago a sub-committee
of the House Judiciary Committee
had favorable testimony on the bill
from Jim Hennings, M ultnom ah
County Public Defender; attorneys
Elden Rosenthal and Des Connall;
and Clayton Patrick, Oregon Trial
Lawyers. Opposing the bill were the
District Attorney’s Association and
the Attorney General’ s office. The
concept is endorsed by the American
Bar Association and the American
Law Institute.
C onnall recommended amend
ments to the bill that would provide
recording o f the grand jury proceed
ings and providing that recording to
the defense attorney.
Concurrent with the House Consi
deration o f the bill is an action by-
three defense attorneys Jeffrey
Rogers, Richard Rogers and Des
Connall on behalf o f their clients,
asking the Oregon Supreme Court to
order recording o f M ultnom ah
C ounty grand ju r y preceedings.
.Arguments will be made before the
Supreme Court on May 10th.
The members o f the sub
committee appeared to favor the bill
during the hearing. Representative
Tom Mason (D -P o rtla n d ) asked
what good is it to have an attorney at
the tria l after the defendant has
"spilled his guts and nailed his coffin
shut?” Representative Mark Gard
ner (D-Hillsboro) said the accused
should have advice o f council before
incriminating himself.
By the time the vote came this
week, the sub-com m ittee had
changed its mind — the major con
cern was that o f money.
Concerned about the cost o f pro
viding attorneys fo r the indigent,
Representative Norm Smith (R-Ti-
gard) said in most cases the grand
jury hearing is “ a perfunctory way
o f issuing an in d ic tm e n t.” He
thought an attorney should only be
allowed for witnesses who are ac
cused o f a crime. He wondered if
witnesses are aware that they don’ t
have to testify, but that once thev
begin they must continue? He
thought many witnesses might not
know they were in crim in a tin g
themselves.
Representative Mason said the
grand jury has a force o f compulsion
— it can force people to appear to
testify. He thought that since a wit
ness is forced to appear, he should
have a right to have an attorney
present.
Representative Mark Gardner was
concerned about the District A tto r
ney’ s use o f the grand jury as an in
vestigative tool. The DA can build a
case by forcing people to testify and
they do not know they can refuse.
Joyce Cohen (D-Lake Oswego)
wondered if allowing an attorney in
the room would prolong and compli
cate the procedure.
Ted Burgas (R-Astoria) who had
earlieT expressed his long-time con
cern over abuses o f the grand jury by
the prosecutor, said the committee
should not expand a legal process
that is already too long. He related
that he had breakfast with Oregon
Supreme Court Justice Herbert Sch
wab who had told him “ we must
beware o f drowning ourselves in due
process.”
The sub-committee voted unani
mously to pass the bill on to the
full Judiciary Committee, removing
the section allowing the assistance o f
an attorney and substituting, in con
cept, having someone tell the witness
that he doesn't have to incriminate
himself.
They decided that having a tape
recording o f the grand jury preceed
ings would be a small cost, so voted
to require that a recording be made
and be available to the defense attor
ney prior to the trial.
North Portland holds community election
North Community Action Coun
cil will hold its community election
for its Board o f Directors on April
27th from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Balloting will be conducted in the
North Branch AFS (Welfare) Office,
the West Portland AFS (Welfare)
Office, Pay’ N Takit on North Chau
tauqua. Linnton Feed and Seed, and
the N C A C O ffic e . In ad d itio n ,
voting w ill take place during the
regular luncheons sponsored by
Loaves and Fishes. Residents of North
and Northwest Portland are encour
aged to vote in their neighborhood
polling places.
Board member nominees for rep
resentatives o f the poor are as
follows: Kenton #1 — Betty Guynn
and Jim Michels; Overlook #1 —
Deborah Bagley and Patsy Fox; Ports
m outh »I — George Peterson,
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Linnton »1 — Mary Golden and
Fred Chatfield; Linnton »2 — Dar
lene Monroe and Doug Polk; North
west #1 — Clark Hayden and Mark
Story; Northwest #2 — Frances
Sheldon and Michael Stoops. In ad
dition, Community Representative
nominees are: #1 — Art Anderson
and Bill Bartleson; #3 — Marilyn
Endicott and Joe Satchell.
North Community Action Coun
cil, Inc. is a non-profit limited pur
pose agency providing services to
low-income residents o f North and
Northwest Portland, under the au
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The World Community o f Islam in
the West is a concept and a reality.
The religion o f Al-Islam is a way of
life, an ideology, and social concept.
Education may mean primarilly the
self-perpetual ion o f and accepted
culture. A culture which is the life o f
a determined society.
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Education is a continuation at the
process o f growing into a complete
human being, which took place
physically in the nine months before
being bora. But now it is the mind,
not the body, which is growing and
developing.
Education must represent the cul
ture and ideology o f a people and
should preserve the same for future
generations. Experience in living has
taught us that unity o f thought with
out unity o f character is incomplete.
Unless education seeks to build up
good character in the student as well
as instruct him in knowledge, it will
never achieve its purpose o f aiding
the student in his growth to com
pleteness as a human being.
In Al-Islam good deeds are o f pri
mary importance.
Throughout the ’ H oly Q u r’ an’
those who believe and do good is fre
quently used to describe the true be
lievers. One o f the basic aims o f the
mission o f PROPHET M U H A M
M AD (Peace Be Upon Him) is the
purification o f human life and the
soul (mind). In this day o f revival
and renewal o f true religion, our
great leader. Honorable Wallace D.
Muhammad is universally com
pleting this work. It is a psychologi
cal and sociological fact that the
basic character traits of man are de
veloped in the early stages of life.
The schools and colleges can play
a significant role in the formation o f
mans character. It is the function o f
education to shape the character o f
man and to shape the character o f
the student into the Islamic pattern.
As- Salaam- A li k um- W arahmat u
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Fnendehip fe a »bettering
Tee.”
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DEAR W E IG H T WATCHERS
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(signed) HOPING.
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Weight Watchers was the fact that you
didn't make people exercise. Now you're
starting exercise classes? Boo!
(signed) LAZY.
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not starting exercise classes!
PEPSTEP is an exciting new plan that is not
done at the meetings. And it ’soptional. Skip
it if you want to.
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APRIL 1979
A MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF EXODUS
THE BETTER WAY
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day;
I'd rather one should walk with me, than merely
show the way.
The eye's a better pupil and more willing than
the ear;
Fine counsel is confusing, but examples always
clear.
And the best of all the preachers are the men
who live their creeds.
For to see the good in action is what everybody
needs.
I can soon learn how to do it if you'll let me see
it done.
I can watch your hands in action, but your
tongue too fast may run.
And the lectures you deliver may be very wise
and true.
But I'd rather get my lesson by observing what
you do.
For I may misunderstand you, and the high ad
vice you give.
But there's no misunderstanding how you act
and how you live.