Paga 2 Portland Obaarvar Thursday. July 12.1979
EDITORIAL/OPINION
Rap Sheet revelations
: The Rap Sheet, the official publication of the
Portland Police Association, the policeman's
pnion, makes interesting reading. The latest issue
Contains a report on the Americans for Effective
taw Enforcement workshop held in San Fran
cisco and attended by two Portland police of
ficers and a Portland deputy city attorney.
• The AELE legal counsel gave the officers and
attorneys present a bit of advice on procedures to
take when the police are sued for misconduct. He
advised that witnesses should be questioned im
mediately to prevent them from "appearing in
Court and lying at a later date.ZHe also recom-
ihended that the investigatiom ot follow the
regular Internal Affairs procedtM but be handled
by an attorney so the defense attorney cannot
¿btain the information through discovery.
• He also recommended that during jury selec
tion minorities be challenged. He stated that he
''also was leary of Slovak people because they
frequently had the attitude that the reason their
family left the old country was because of the
freedom in America, and they sometimes feel
that just about any activity is ok in the land of the
free."
This in spite of a California Supreme Court
decision last fall that challenges cannot be used
to eliminate Blacks or any other "cognizable
class." Challenges are supposed to be used to
remove prospective jurors who appear to have an
pnconscious or subconscious bias. According to
the Court, "when a party presumes that some
jurors are biased merely because they are mem
bers of an identifiable group, distinguished on
racial, religious, ethinic or similar grounds" that is
group bias and is unconstitutional.
We question whether this legal advice offered
by AELE is the kind of training our police officers
rieed.
; In the same issue of The Rap Sheet, Captain
Jim Harvey of the Training Division, discussed
the SERT capture of a holdup man at the Red
Lion Motel. Captain Harvey praises the SERT
team: "It seems that under the most difficult
situations, our people remain calm and cool."
The training officer went on to praise other of
ficers: "M y appreciation for the sort of person
developed back in the difficult riot years watching
Stan Harmon, Dennis Frome and Larry Kanzter
remain calm in the face of many dangerous
by N. Fungai Kumbuia
situations. It is great to see the same spirit is still
with us."
Those persons and organizations who spent
their time and energy getting Stan Harmon and
other similar policemen removed from Albina
might be surprised to hear the reference to their
"calm and co o l" reactions, especially by a
training officer.
W e hope our Commissioner is reading The
Rap Sheet — carefully.
Join Fire Bureau
The Portland Fire Bureau is in the midst of a re
cruiting campaign. Because the Bureau falls
snort of its 8.5 per cent minority goal, with a 5 per
cent minority work force, recruiting has been di
rected at minorities. Commissioner McCready
was unhappy to learn this week that only 8 per
cent of the applications already received are from
Blacks.
The Fire Bureau offers a good career, with
good pay and excellent benefits, but it also re
quires the individual to plan ahead a little bit. A p
plications taken now are to compile a list for peo
ple to be hired as vacancies occur during the
coming year.
Firefighters begin at $1,156 per month and go
through step increases to $1,692 at the end of
five years. Benefits include a pension, family
health and dental care, vacations and sick leave,
and life insurance. Another benefit that appeals
to many is that firefighters work 24 hours and are
off 48 hours.
Firefighters must be 21-years-old when hired,
which means applicants can be as young as 19 or
20. The upper age limit is 25 when employed, or
30 years for veterans. Other qualifications include
good physical health.
The examination, which will be given in Au
gust, consists of three parts—a written exam, a
physical and an interview. Larry Harper, minority
recruiter for the Bureau, is conducting weekly
training sessions to prepare candidates for the
tests. So far most of the enrollees are white.
Applications must be received by Civil Service
(506 S .W . Mill Street) by 5:00 p.m ., Monday,
July 16th. Call 248-4375 for information.
This is an opportunity for young Black men and
women to get into a vocation that not only pays
well, but is a useful and satisfying career.
LUTHER
By Brumsic Brandon,
HEW bases findings on promises
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score lower than whites on tests, but
reached no conclusions as to the
reasons.
; Region X offials have verified that
(he Region found the district in
Violation, but that the Washington
p .C . office over ruled their findings.
There is controversy whether the
change was made prior to or after a
discussion in Washington between
p r . Blanchard and H E W attorneys.
In response to questioning by
■Wally P rie s tle y , S up erin ten den t
iRobert Blanchard told the School
-Board that Region X easily disposed
■of the second and third charges, but
made a more comprehensive review
jo f the burden charge
j The decision was based to a large
extent on the changes that he repor
ted the district had made, specifically
in a m em o o u tlin in g plans fo r
reducing scattering
o f Black
c h ild re n . A lth o u g h th a t memo
claims involvem ent o f the C o m
m u n ity C o a litio n fo r School In
tegration in developing criteria for
the plan and approval as a step for
ward, Coalition representatives deny
that they in any way approved the
plan.
D r. Blanchard said the statement
in the H E W letter that all Albina
area students are assigned to middle
schools is not technically correct and
that he had said suggested assign
ments for Area I students are to up
per grade centers.
F ra n k M c N a m a ra said th at
“ headlines n o tw ith s ta n d in g , no
clean bill o f health was given.” He
said the district was found without
m ajor fault and not in violation, and
that he considers that an entirely
correct finding. Jonathan Newman
said the district will continue its ef
fo rts to desegregate, th a t the
arguement was never with the objec
tive but w ith how it should be
achieved. " T h e letter from H E W
gives the district and the board the
option to continue to make progress
in try in g to meet th a t com m on
goal.”
Steve Buel asked the superinten
dent for a full report on progress
on board resolutions adopted in
J a n u a ry as a response to the
Coalition report.
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The prime minister o f Rhodesia,
one Bishop A b e l M u zo re w a is
coming to the U S. again. He was
here (in the U .S ., that is) only this
past year at which time he was ac
com panied by the notorious Ian
Smith, the unscrupulous Ndabaningi
Sithole and the ultimate o f Uncle
Toms. Jeremiah Chirau. Then, they
were trying to persuade the U .S. to
support the internal agreement they
had just signed That particular trip
was none too successful as President
Carter refused to meet with them
This time around, Muzorewa, as
the figurehead prim e m inister o f
Rhodesia, is com ing to persuade
C a rte r, d irectly or in d ire c tly , to
rescind his refusal to lift sanctions
against Rhodesia. The Senate had
voted 52-41 to lift the sanctions and
resume trade with Rhodesia but, the
President, who was obligated by the
Case-Javits amendment passed last
year to make the decision whether or
not to lift sanctions decided not to.
His argument was that to do so at
this point in tim e would damage
relations with the rest o f A frica. To
continue sanctions on the other hand
would force Muzorewa. Smith & Co.
to abandon their internal settlement
and seek an accord with the Patriotic
Front guerrilla alliance. The Carter
administration feels that only when
the Patriotic Front is included in any
settlement would there be a consider
able cessation o f hostilities.
A t the moment, the internal settle-
ment notwithstanding, the war has
continued and actually escalated.
And as expected, the attitude and
conduct o f the ‘ Muzorewa regime’ is
a carbon copy o f the ‘ form er’ Smith
regime. In fact, Smith’s old chief o f
com bined o p e ra tio n s , one P eter
Walls, is still in charge. Nom inally,
Muzorewa is the Minister o f Defense
and Wails and the rest o f the white
led army are supposed to report to
and accept their orders from him.
Recent events, how ever, have
shown Walls and the rest o f the army,
the air force and the police reporting,
instead, to Ian Smith, supposedly a
Minister without Portfolio.
W ithin the past few weeks. Rhode
sia raided Zambia again, bombing,
k illin g refugees and destroying
property. The orders for those two
raids, orders to invade another coun
try and violate its sovereignity which
should have come from the Minister
o f Defense in concurrence with the
Head o f State came instead from
Walls. Obviously, Walls had Smith’s
permission but not M uzorewa’s. The
so-called President, Joseph Qumede
was not consulted either. M atter-of-
fact, Muzorewa did not hear about
the raids until six hours after they
had been launched. Then he had the
gall to say that he knew about them
all along.
On the domestic fro n t, he con
tinues to have problems. His erst
while deputy James Chikerema has
since quit Muzorewa’s U A N C party
and launched his own Zim babw e
Democratic Party (Z D P ) taking with
him eight members o f the 100 mem
ber Assembly. Before his defection,
Muzorewa had held 51 seats, giving
him a m ajority, now he only has 43
and so needs Smith and the whites
m ore than ever. T h ey have him
exactly where they need him.
He has not eliminated the hated
concentration camps euphemistically
called ’protected villages’ . He has
not stopped the killing o f innocent
civilians by the Rhodesian soldiers
and he has definitely not stopped the
war. For the average Zimbabwean,
the ascension o f Muzorewa to thp
preiership has only meant a change
in the color o f the perpetrator o f the
all encompassing oppression. Life
has not changed one bit. Unemploy
ment, poverty, ignorance, disease,
neglect, racism, discrimination, fru
s tra tio n , h u m ilia tio n continue
unabated and with no sign o f relief in
the near future
Meantime, the good bishop is here
in the U .S ., flanked by Helms and
H a y a k a w a , ta lk in g about his
’nascent democracy' and his attempts
»o keep Rhodesia from ’ falling in
to the hands o f godless communism’ .
W ith these two notorious senators
doing so much to perpetrate the op
pression o f our people, they have de
servedly earned the titles: ’Senator
Jesse H elm s (R -R h o d e s ia ) and
Senator S .I. Hayakawa (R-Rhode
sia).
Banks accept 'co-op' buyers
by Ron Wyden,
Oregon Legal Services
In perhaps the least publicized
change in banking law in recent
history, Federal banking agencies
have just ruled that small savers can
pool their funds in order to buy high
interest, $10,000 six month money
market certificates traditionally sold
by banks to the rich.
U n fo rtu n a te ly , the same ruling
that permits " p o o lin g ” prohibits
banks from "soliciting, advising, or
encouraging depositors to pool funds.”
In other w ords, O regon banks
can make no announcements or any
advertisements that in fo rm small
savers how they can nearly double
the interest on their savings! I
Help for the small saver cannot
arrive soon enough. A t present, the
small saver is lim ited by Federal
banking regulations to 5.25 per cent
interest for a passbook savings ac
count at a commercial bank, and 5.5
per cent interest fo r a passbook
savings account at a savings and
loan. Since the inflation rate in the
Portland area is over 12% , Oregon’s
elderly, young families, and others
o f modest means are a c tu a lly
penalized for saving.
The new poo,;"g regulations, a re
versal o f previous Federal banking
rules, will allow small savers to take
advantage o f the interest rate o f over
9% offered by $10,000 certificates,
compared with the highest passbook
savings o f 5.5% . Our program urges
low and middle income Oregonians
to pool their funds now held in small
savings accounts and take advantage
o f the new regulations that could be
o f special benefit to closely knit
senior citizens groups, churches, and
m any c o m m u n ity and n o n -p ro fit
organizations.
Our staff lawyers have suggested a
few tips for small savers who would
like to establish savings pools. These
tips are o f a general educational
nature, and should not be considered
as legal advice, or as a substitute for
a lawyers counsel!
First, and most im po rtant, the
agreement among individuals to pool
their funds should be in writing, and
generally prepared by a lawyer. This
is to protect the individuals in the
pool from being taken advantage o f
by a fast-buck artist. As an alterna
tive to having a lawyer prepare the
pooling agreement (legal aid offices
may be willing to help low income
people free o f charge), some banks
are believed to be willing to give out
written forms wherein all poolers will
act as co-signers.
Second, make sure (hat the savings
in the pools are insured. Lega! coun
sel for the Federal banking agencies
have in d icated that each person
would be insured according to the
amount they contributed to the pool,
if the bank did not break regulations
by promoting the pool.
Third, after you establish your
pool contact a number o f banks until
you find one that will accept your
pool— not all the banks will be in
terested in your group (they don’t
have to be) but many w ill. Your
group will have to go out and find a
bank th at w ill accept your pool
because o f the Federal law that
prevents banks from advertising the
pools, and Securities regulations that
prevent our consumer groups from
telling potential poolers which finan
cial in stitu tion s w ill accept their
pooled funds.
O bviously, the Federal Govern
ment has not made it easy for small
3avers to begin pooling their funds
— but it is possible. You and your
senior group, church group, or other
civic organization, can earn almost
double the interest on savings ac
counts if you just work together for
six months. Small savers, who have
been fleeced and th ro w n to the
wolves o f inflation, get organized!!!
Jefferson rally squad charges discrimination
(Continued from page 1 col. 6)
Ayers decided to put the fiv e
students in question on probation for
the grading period, to see if they
could meet the grade and attendance
criteria that should have been met
before selection. He put this in the
hands o f M rs. Bowman. Next he
heard that the five had been suspen
ded — meaning that they will practice
and attend all ra lly factions, but
cannot participate in the rally squad
during football games. I f they bring
up their grades and have good at-
tenance they w ill be able to par
ticipate during basketball season.
The girls and their patents com
plained. Investigating the case o f one
students who had not met the grade
requirement, but who believed she
had been failed unfairly, he upheld
the teacher. The student and parent
agreed and that student was expelled
from the squad.
The cases o f the four students sus
pended for unexcused absences is less
clear Some of the absences were to
look for employment under the work
experience program and might have
been arranged by faculty. Ayers has
askeo Mrs. Bowman to investigate
the absences fully and if the students
or parents ask for a hearing, he will
investigate further.
A yers does not kn ow i f the
probation was fully explained to the
students, and some o f the students
say it was not.
The rally squad still has no faculty
advisor and so far no faculty mem
ber has agreed to take the position,
one o f extended duties and extra pay.
Because there is no advisor, the girls
could not attend the training session
given for all rally squad members in
the state. Ayers said he was out o f
town at the time, but Mrs. Bowman
told him that she told some girls that
they could go unofficially, but the
school could not pay their tuition.
She to ld them th a t perhaps the
school w o u ld re fu n d the m oney
later. She ruled that they could not
have an official fund raiser to pay
their way, but some o f the girls put
on a car wash without the school’s
sanction.
Ayers hopes to have at least a tem
porary advisor by next week. H e is
tired o f the whole matter, which has
taken an enormous amount o f his
time, and hopes to straighten it out
during a meeting with the students
and their parents Tuesday. “ It is
a mess and it could have all been
avoided. It was caused by lack o f
co m m u n ic a tio n and a p p a re n tly
there still is no communication. I just
don’t understand how it can be so
d iffic u lty fo r one or two facu lty
members to com m unicate w ith a
group o f girls.”
The incident has given Ayers an
insight into his faculty that he might
not otherwise have had. " I ’ ve learn
ed a lot about some o f the teachers.
I ’ ve learned things about some that I
never would have believed could be
true.” The petition was followed by
a faculty meeting in which a general
airing o f the situation took place. " A
lot o f things came out. I think some
o f it is the time o f the year. In the
spring teachers don ’t have assign
ments; they don’t know where they
will be next year. The negotiations
weren’ t settled. It is an unsettling
time and tensions are high."
Avers believes some o f the faculty
have sincere concerns about which
students represent the school and
would like to have a voice in the
selection o f student representatives,
in c lu d in g student body o ffic e rs .
O thers have hidden agendas. " I
heard on the grape vine that some
had hidden agendas. They just didn’t
want these particular girls and were
out to get rid o f them. I think in any
large g roup there are those w ith
their own agenda, who try to manip
ulate.
Ayers is more inclined to com
promise and give those who were
suspended another chance. He sees
some basis for subjective judgements
by teachers - such as “ bad attitude”
-- but also thinks being on the rally
squad or similar activities can help
the student. " I was surprised to hear
one o f the girls was chosen. She came
here with a shadow over her and she
has been considered by some to have
• bad a ltitu d e . But she has
progressed. She has a B average and
her attendance is better. I think she is
try in g and that this o p p o rtu n ity
might have helped h er.”
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