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R o c k w e ll agrees to pa y, hire m in o ritie s
C o m m issio n e r Law rence S m ith , T e rrito ria l C om m ander o f the
S a lv a tio n A rm y and C olonel H .J. W isem an, Cascade D ivisio n a l
C om m ander, discuss the A rm y's w o rk w ith Denise M eyer of the
Oregonian, and Nyewusi Askari and Al W illiam of the Observer.
C om m issioner S m ith was in Portland to speak at the Salvation
A rm y Advisory Board's banquet celebrating the one hundredth an-
niversay of the A fm y 's w ork in the United States.
W ASHINGTON - Rockwell In­
ternational, one o f the n a tio n ’ s
largest defense contractors, has
agreed to a $1 m illio n equal em­
ployment opportun ity settlement
covering its Dallas facility, Labor
Secretary Ray Marshall announced.
The settlement w ill expand job
opportunities fo r 42 qualified
m in o rity and female applicants
allegedly screened out o f positions
at the facility, and will increase the
com pany’ s a ffirm a tive efforts,
Marshall noted.
Specifically, the company has
agreed to spend about 5700,000 in
salaries and incentives to set aside 53
job slots for which the rejected ap­
plicants w ill have p rio rity i f in ­
terested and qualified.
About 33 o f these positions are in
management and professional roles,
and 20 are craft jobs.
The remaining 5300,000 w ill be
committed to expanding the com­
pany’ s training, career development
and outreach efforts for minorities
and women.
Included in this package are
specific programs to train those
groups in individual job areas and
to instruct all company managers in
affirm ative action awareness, Mar­
shall noted.
The settlement resolves issues
raised in an investigation begun in
November 1978 by the department’s
O ffice o f Federal Contract Com­
pliance Programs (OFCCP). At that
time, OFCCp’s Dallas area office
alleged that 42 qualified female and
minority applicants had been rejec­
ted fo r various professional and
technician jobs between October
1977 and September 1978.
As a federal contractor, Rockwell
is required not to discriminate and
to take affirm a tive action for
women, m inorities, handicapped
persons and veterans.
Specifically, under the settlement,
the company agreed to:
- Revise its applicant information
system, to better identify qualified
persons
-- Make special efforts to locate
and contact those applicants
originally rejected and provide them
with in fo rm a tio n on jo b oppor­
tunities
-- Set affirmative actions goals for
women and m inorities in jobs in
which women and m inorities are
underutilized, and which are not
filled by the original rejected ap­
plicants
- Increase outreach e fforts to
local referral groups for qualified
women and minorities
— Correct other specific deficien­
cies in its affirm a tive action
program, required o f federal con-
tractors w ith 50 employees and
550,000 in government contracts
Since 1978, Rockwell In te r­
national’ s Dallas facility has been
awarded over 585 million in federal
contracts to produce and market
electronic communications equip­
ment.
The facility employs about 6,800
persons, including 2,800 women and
1,100 minorities.
The agreement will remain in ef-
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The
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shenanigans
surrounding the struggle between
Prisoners l egal Services o f Oregon
and the state o f Oregon has left
prisoners of all complexions, shapes
and sizes in a turmoil. The question
of who furnishes legal counsel for
civil litigations in behalf o f ¡near
cerated prisoners is very much up in
the air. The state o f Oregon has
refused to refund prisoners Legal
Services o f Oregon to the tune o f
545,000.00. The money in question
is a part o f a matching grant be­
tween L .E .A .A . and the state o f
Oregon to provide prisoners with
legal services on the civil level.
It has been quoted in local
newspapers that the state o f
Oregon, namely the C orrections
Division and the Attorney General’ s
office isn’ t adverse to providing the
545,000,00 fo r legal services but
they are adverse to giving the money
to Prisoner’ s Legal Services o f
Oregon. In essence the state is
saying that it isn’ t going to help
fund a organization that’s going to
be filing suits for prisoners rights all
the tim e. What the state is
proposing is that the money be given
to the M arion C ounty Public
Defender’ s of fice, which would then
provide civil and criminal services
for Oregon’ s 2500 prisoners. “ Now
this w ouldn’ t be such a bad
proposal if the Public Defender's
o ffice didn’ t have such a terrible
record in defending crim inal
litigations in behalf o f prisoners.”
But the past performance o f the
Public Defender’ s O ffice leaves
P ro -L in e
S p e c ia l
much to be desired and its record
clearly shows that it hasn’ t ever
really done anything in behalf o f its
clients.
To the contrary Prisoner’ s Legal
Services o f Oregon has done a
exemptary w ork in behalf o f
prisoners and most recently won a
landm ark overcrow ding suit in
behalf o f Oregon’ s prisoners.
Perhaps if Prisoner’ s Legal Services
o f Oregon which consist o f in ­
dependent lawyers without ties to
state government wasn’t doing such
a jam up job, funding wouldn’t be a
problem. Before Roy Haber became
director o f the program it was a
farse and the problem o f funding
was never a serious issue.
The move by the state to rape
prisoners o f their civil rights and to
render Prisoner’s Legal Services of
Oregon nonfun ctional must be
viewed as pure retaliation for the
overcrowding suit. It is as unethical
as a priest publicizing confessions or
a whore giving out free bees. It
marks the beginning o f a travesty
that could deny Oregon's 2500
prisoners competent legal assistance
and it constitutes a blatant display
o f vindictiveness on behalf o f the
state. The scales of justice must not
be tilted by political emotionalism
nor must the scales be swayed by
state government or state officals
whose primary goal is vendetta as
opposed to justice.
In the past the Public Defender’s
Office has vigorously stated that it
isn’ t equipped or versed in civil law.
That i t ’ s prim ary attributes are
found in the representation o f
crim inal issues. Its lawyers know
nothing about c iv il law and the
combining o f both civil and criminal
litigations in one office would im ­
pede justice rather than enhance it
on both fronts. Gary Babcock, the
Director o f the Public Defender’ s
Office is a lackey and a front man
fo r state o ffica ls who want to
abolish Prisoner’s Legal Services of
Oregon and he has reversed himself
and submitted a proposal to provide
civil services in conjunction with
C rim inal Services. One need not
look any further than the Gover­
nor’ s office, Corrections Division
and the State Attorney General’ s
Office to find the culprits o f this
scheme to deprive prisoners of com­
petent and conscientious legal coun­
sel.
There is also a shroud o f an-
timosity surrounding the Director­
ship o f Prisoner’s Legal Services of
Oregon. Roy Haber the Director of
Prisoner’ s 1 egal Services o f Oregon
has been the recipient o f much
criticism and pressure which could
now be ascertained as being per­
petrated by his opposition. In the
minds o f most prisoners he is the
best thing that has happened in the
struggle for prisoner’ s rights. It
would be a great loss if Roy was
forced out o f the role he has played
so well.
A vast majority o f prisoners are
in support o f retaining the services
of P.L.S.O. and are vehemently op­
posed to those services being
provided by a agency controlled by
the state in a county that is very
much dependent on Correctional
economics. If the Public Defender’ s
office hasn’t performed well on the
all important criminal level how can
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the Portland Community College.
Since few people vote at special elec­
tions, this insures a vote o f 10 per
cent or fewer votes. “ The record
will show that most o f the people
who voted in the school election
lived in the West H ills , around
Grant High School, and a few in
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The settlement is one o f about 500
which OFCCP has arranged this
year with federal contractors who as
a result have agreed to commit over
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Priestley predicted that the recall
com m ittee’ s excess funds w ill be
passed to the “ Committee for Good
School Board Candidates” in an ef­
fort to remove the targets o f the
recall at the March election. The
“ Com m ittee fo r Good School
Board Candidates,” which includes
former school board members John
Beatty, H ow ard C herry, Evie
C row ell, R.W . DeWeese, Paul
Howe, Norman Lindsted, Gladys
M cCoy, Jonathan Newman and
Robert Ridgley, as well as govern­
ment officials Lloyd Anderson and
Rick Gustafson, have announced
that they w ill select and support
candidates acceptable to them.
Candidates who are rum ored to
already have obtained endorsement
are mentioning a 520,000 goal in
contributions from this committee.
This large am ount o f money,
targeted to a few voters, will be used
to attempt to defeat Herb Caw-
thorne and Sarah Newhall. Priestley
currently plans not to run for re-
election.
The recall committee is largely
made up o f representatives o f the
business com m unity:
Robert
Cameron, Lloyd Center; Frank
Chown, President, Portland Cham­
ber o f Commerce; Charles Davis
(later resigned) President o f Port­
land City Club; Bob Hazen, Ben­
jam in Franklin Savings & Loan;
Rudie W ilhelm . Rudie W ilhelm
Warehouse Co; and two form er
Congressmen, E dith Green and
Wendell Wyatt.
Joe Paton Toney is owner and operator of Paton Jewelers on
Sandy Boulevard. Toney came to Portland five years ago from
New York City, where he had operated a jewelry store for six
teen years.
Toney was exposed to the jewelry business while serving in
the 99th Pursuit Squadrom as an instrument mechanic during
World War II. He met men who were involved with jewelry and
became interested. After leaving the service, he attended
schools - watchmaking in Cleveland, jewelry in New York, and
diamond setting school in Manhattan to learn the trade.
Toney was the first Black American diamond setter in New
York and later attended the Gemological Institute of America,
one of the most respected gem schools in the world.
He now designs and makes fine jewelry, does all phases of the
jewelry business, and specializes in antique repair- and platinum
work.
Community activities include Hollywood Boosters, Hollywood
Lions and Kiwanas. He s a member of the Leisure Hour Golf
Club. His hobbies include golf, chess, cards, swimming, and he
is a licensed pilot.
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