pogo 4 Portland Obsorvor March 28.1881
Dick Bogle
T h e P o rtla n d U rb a n Le a g u e is
alive and w ell once again th a n ks in
the m a in to the new le a d e rs h ip o f
executive d ire cto r Freddye Petett.
In the tw o years since she has
taken over, the League is a lo t more
visible and m ore people in the co m
m u n ity know what the League is all
ab o u t. The budget has d o u b le d , so
has th e s t a f f and th a t m eans the
League’ s program s and services also
have doubled.
M s. P e te tt b rin g s an in te re s tin g
and v a rie d b a c k g ro u n d to the
League. She is a B u s in e " A d
m in is tra tio n g ra d u a te o f P o rtla n d
State U n iv e rs ity w ith an e m p h a iis
on m a n a g e m e n t. She has w o rk e d
fo r the Post O ffic e , P o rtla n d C o m
m u n ity C o lle g e as a p ro g ra m m e r-
analyst, Nero Industries as a project
d ire c to r and in th e N e il G o ld
s c h m id t a d m in is tr a tio n as fir s t
E m e rg e n cy S ervices d ir e c to r and
then as an ad m in istra tio n assistant.
T h is b a c kg ro u n d ta u g h t ber the
system and she b rin g s i l l th a t in to
p la y in her present p o s itio n as the
League’ s top person.
Petett is modest when it comes to
accepting accolades fo r the League’ s
new im age. She says the s ta f f ha^>
m ade the d iffe r e n c e , b u t she has
hired five persons to f ill five im p o r
tant jobs.
She h ired N o rm M o n ro e fo r the
very im p o rta n t p o s itio n as d e p u ty
director and then fille d the positions
o f d ire c to r o f th e Y o u th S ervice
C e n te r, d ire c to r o f the A g in g Ser
vice C e n te r, an a d m in is tra tiv e
assistant fo r fin a n c ia l activities and
a d ire c to r o f C o m m u n ity S e rvice
A d m in is t r a tio n , w h ic h h a n d le s
fu n d s re m a in in g fr o m th e now
defunct A lb in a A c tio n Center
t
M s. P e te tt says she began to
n otice changes in P o rtla n d ’ s ra cia l
c lim a te a year o r so b e fo re fn e
Novem ber elections. She noticed in
creased numbers o f racial incidents
here and m ore people w h o w a n te d
to file d iscrim in a tio n com plaints.
She feels th e e le c tio n s ju s t
p ro v id e d ra c is ts a c lim a te to do
w h a t th e y ’ ve w a n te d to d o in th e
open.
These people, she feels, are those
w h o th in k a ff ir m a tiv e a c tio n has
ta ke n fro m them and w h rn th in g s
go w ro n g fo r th e m , th e y w a n t
someone to blame.
M s. P e te tt says a n o th e r re a so n
people do these th in g s is th a t th e y
th in k th e y a re n 't g o in g to be
p u n is h e d , “ T h e y feel th e to t a l
c o m m u n ity w ill accept th e ir ra c is t
acts and u n til the to ta l c o m m u n ity
speaks o u t a g a inst th e m th e y w ill
c o n tin u e .”
She s u p p o rts a b ill w h ic h w o u ld
make racial harassment in Oregon a
fe lo n y , b u t n o t necessarily G o v e r
n o r A tiy e h ’ s. She says th e re are
some th in g s m is s in g in it b u t th a t
th e re are e n o u g h le g a l m in d s in
Oregon to make it an e ffe ctive law ,
a law w ith some teeth in it.
She says such a la w w ill g ive
Blacks and other m in o ritie s who feel
th e y’ ve been in tim id a te d the o p p o r
tu n ity to fig h t back legally.
The League’ s d ire cto r is not con
tent to sit back and reflect on the ac
com plishm ents o f her past tw o years
at the helm-.
W hen it com es to g o a ls , M s .
Petett has them fo r the League. She
says, “ It w ill be m ore o f the same
lik e c o n tin u in g to be an a d vo c a te
fo r Black and p o o r people o f P o rt
land and to co n tin u e w o rk in g w ith
CHILDREN FIRST
Sunday, March 29 • 2 - 6 PM
Matt Dishman Center • 77 NE Knott St.
A CO M M UNITY TEA
FREDDYE PETTET
the to ta l c o m m u n ity to im p ro ve the
q u a lity o f life fo r the disadvantaged
and a lso e x p a n d in g to in c lu d e a
la rg e r n u m b e r o f people w h o need
a d d itio n a l tra in in g and services the
League provides.
I t ’ s a fu ll agenda M s. Petett has
planned but that doesn’ t mean she is
ig n o rin g her fa m ily .
One o f her fa v o rite free tim e ac
tiv itie s is to go w ith her h u s b a n d
M a rio n and son A n d re to the coast
m a yb e to ju s t s it on a ro c k and
th in k . It w o u ld n 't s u rp ris e th is
w rite r i f w h ile s ittin g and th in k in g
that her thoughts fre q u e n tly go back
to how to im p ro v e the life style o f
P o rtla n d Blacks and poor people.
Vote For Victory
Talent On Parade
You m a y n o t alw ays a g re e w ith him. b u t
o ne th in g you c a n b e c e rta in o f - If you be
lieve th a t ch iia re n are th e future, th e n you
a n d Herb C a w th o rn e stan d o n th e sam e
fo u n d a tio n Herb fights for ch ild re n He has
th e c o u ra g e to d o w h a t is required to h e lp our
c h ild re n g e t a b e tte r e d u c a tio n A nd th a t's
not easy He works 30 hours a week on the
School Board, he gets no p a y a n d p le n ty of
criticism The c h ild re n m a ke it a ll w orthw hile
So Herb c a n co ntin u e to be our strongest voice
in p u b lic e d u c a tio n , w e n e e d your tim e a n d
a sm all d o n a tio n
The N a tio n a l C o u n c il of N egro W om en has
a long a n d illustrious history of d e v e lo p in g
ta le n t in th e c o m m u n ity The P ortland Sec
tio n of NCNW believes th a t a c h ie v e m e n t
a m o n g b la c k yo uth will b e e n h a n c e d w hen
m çre in the co m m u n ity e n c o u ra g e the m by
h on oring their talen ts a n d skill. The N a tio na l
C ouncil of Negro W omen believes, like George
Benson, th a t ch ild re n are our "Greatest Love."
Youth Talent On Para d e gives everyone a
c h a n c e to see all th e b e a u ty our youth pos
sess inside — g ivin g th e m a sense o f p rid e
Please d o n 't miss th e te a 1 G ive Herb your
c o n fid e n c e ! A n d vo te for victory!
D on't miss this c h a n c e to p u t the ch ild re n
first! C o m e to the te a 1
Support Our Youth.
Support Herb.
Vote tor Victory.
Don’t forget to vote March 31st!
From the Capitol
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Y o g a » ’’ o o u x o '
Congressman Ron Hyden
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In the very near fu tu re Congress
w ill enact an e c o n o m ic p la n
de sig ne d to re v iv e o u r fla tte r in g
economy. I believe it is essential that
C ongress shape th is p la n so it e n
co u ra g e s A m e ric a n s to w o rk and
doesn’ t penalize them when they do.
O nly then w ill the package be a true
in v e s tm e n t in the fu tu r e because
then it w ill be an investment in o u r
selves.
W o rk is im p o rta n t to A m e ric a
because it p ro d u c e s w e a lth th a t
a llo w s us to e n jo y a h igh sta n d a rd
o f liv in g . T h ro u g h jo b s, in d iv id u a ls
g ain a sense o f s e lf-w o rth and
d ig n ity. W o rk gives our young hope
fo r the fu tu r e , and o u r s e n io rs ,
security.
H ere are ju s t a few areas w here
we m u st b e g in to change fe d e ra l
policy.
R e m o v e th e M a r r ia g e T a x
P e n a lt y : M o re th a n 15 m illio n
co u p le s are a ffe c te d by th is tax
w h ic h generates $23 b illio n in
revenues fo r the fe d e ra l g o v e rn
m ent. That is a big disincentive fo r
the m illio n s o f second wage-earners
in o u r fa m ilie s w ho fo r one reason
o r a n o th e r choose to go to w o rk .
C h a n g in g th is ta x w ill cost the
Treasury. M y question is how much
w ill it cost th e c o u n tr y in lo s t
p ro d u ctivity i f we d o n ’ t change it?
S o c ia l S e c u r ity O u ta id e E arn
rig s L i m it a t i o n : T h is p o lic y
«resumes th a t c itiz e n s w hen th e y
each 65 years o f age no longer have
any econom ic value, o r i f they do,
then th e y d o n 't deserve any Social
Security pension benefits The result
is th a t we d is c a rd a h ig h ly s k ille d
and e xp e rie n ce d p o r tio n o f o u r
w o rk force by m aking it fin a n c ia lly
im p ra ctica l fo r them to keep w o rk
ing - even p a rt-tim e . B irth rates are
on the decline. There is a great deal
o f evidence th a t in the next 30-40
years, e m p lo y e rs w ill d e sperately
need o ld e r w o rk e rs ju s t to keep
p la n ts and fa c to rie s open. L e t’ s at
least begin a new e ffo rt to m ake it
fin a n cia lly attra ctive fo r those older
w o rk e rs w h o w a n t to sta y in the
w ork force to do so.
W e lfa r e C a tc h 22: N o area o f
fe d e ra l p o lic y g e nerates as m u ch
c o n tro v e rs y as w e lfa re . D e sp ite
decades o f debates and hundreds o f
p ie ce m e a l ch a n g e s, o u r w e lfa re
system s till is s tru c tu re d so th a t in
to o m any instances and in to o many
ways we make it m ore p ro fita b le fo r
o u r citizens in be on w elfare than it
t
is fo r them to w o rk. There is no easy
or cheap way to change this W elfare
C atch 22. But w hatever the cost, it
w ill be w orth it fo r us to devise new
in c e n tiv e s to get o u r a b le -b o d ie d
p e o p le to e n te r th e w o rk fo rc e ,
receive e a rn in g s , pay taxes and
develop a tra d itio n o f h o lding down
a jo b - a tr a d it io n th e y w ill pass
d o w n to th e ir c h ild re n w h o ,
h o p e fu lly , w ill never have to be on
welfare.
P o r ta b le P e n s io n s
In th is
h ig h ly m o b ile in d u s tria l so cie ty o f
ours where changing jo b s d u rin g a
life tim e
is
now
c o n s id e re d
in e v ita b le , i f not h ig h ly d e sira b le ,
one p ro b le m stands o u t: pensions
to o o fte n d o n ’ t go a lo n g w ith the
w o rk e rs . T im e is p u t in , p e n s io n
b e n e fit a ccu re , b u t th e n are lo s t
when the w o rk e r leaves. We m ust
take steps to make sure some system
is developed that allow s w orkers to
retain the pension benefits they have
w orked fo r and deserve to receive.
I f we d o n ’ t, we keep in p la ce yet
another disincentive to a life tim e o f
productive labor.
E lim in a te P r o d u c t iv it y D is in
c e n t iv e s : O ne o f th e m ost
distressing aspects o f President C a r
t e r ’ s v o lu n ta r y wage and p ric e
guidelines was a p ro visio n th a t fo r
b id e m ployees n o t co v e re d by a
union contract fro m receiving a pay
ra ise based on in cre a se d p ro d u c
tiv ity i f it exceeded the cost o f liv in g
index. T his was b la ta n t discourage
ment fo r employees to become more
productive. A better approach is to
re w a rd e m ployees w h o in crease
th e ir p ro d u c tiv ity by such steps as
re m o v in g o b s ta c le s fo r e m p lo y e e
stock o p tio n trusts and other p ro fit-
sharing arrangem ents. The federal
g o v e rn m e n t can a lso in v e s t in
p r o d u c t iv ity by p e r m ittin g s m a ll
business to w rite o f f research and
d e ve lop m e n t w h ic h results in jo b -
c re a tin g new o p p o r tu n itie s . T h e
gove rn m en t also sh o u ld encourage
basic research by g iv in g in ce n tive s
to businesses w h ic h c o n tra c t w ith
u n iv e rs itie s fo r s p e cia l p ro je c ts .
That not o nly produces new ideas to
capitalize on in the m arketplace, but
it also produces new h ig h ly tra in e d
w orkers in the exact fields needed by
in d u stry.
B e c o m in g a B e tte r C o n s u m e r:
T h e fe d e ra l g o v e rn m e n t even
d is c o u ra g e s w o rk by b e in g a
d is a g re e a b le
c u s to m e r.
N ew
re g u la tio n s being discussed w o u ld
im pose re q u ire m e n ts on in d u s trie s
th a t sell ite m s o f f the s h e lf to the
g overnm ent to e lim in a te m e rit pay
program s fo r th e ir employees. That
m eans th e fe d e ra l g o v e rn m e n t
discourages the m ost e ffic ie n t co m
p a n ies in th e c o u n tr y fr o m even
s e llin g to it - a p e c u lia r w ay to get
the m ost o f a tax d o lla r and to en
courage m ore efficie n cy.
O n ly an u n re le n tin g a s s a u lt on
federal p o lic y across-the-board w ill
rem ove d is to rtio n s th a t discourage
w o rk and p e n a liz e th o se w h o do
w o rk.
I agree w ith those w ho say that we
w ill n o t re d is c o v e r e c o n o m ic
p ro s p e rity by c u ttin g fe d e ra l taxes
a lo n e . W e m u st re ju v e n a te o u r
p ro d u c tiv e c a p a c ity in th is n a tio n ,
and the place to start is by investing
in our most valuable resource - o u r
selves. T h a t's the o n ly way I know
to w ork o u r way back in to shape.
City economic development
(C ontinued fro m Page 1 C o l 3)
the f ir s t area ’ ’ ta rg e te d ”
fo r
economic development.
This decision means th a t the c ity
w ill concentrate and c o o rd in a te its
developm ent resources in this area.
This is the fir s t tim e th a t an area
east o f the W illa m e tte R iv e r has
been singled o u t fo r special a tte n
tio n in recent m em ory. I feel it is a
v e ry p o s itiv e d e c is io n fo r a ll o f
P ortland.
I am a lso v e ry in te re s te d in e x
panding the M e m o ria l C o lise u m to
h a n d le m ore e x h ib its and c o n v e n
tio n s . I believe th is co u ld stim u la te
e c o n o m ic d e v e lo p m e n t in East
P o rtla n d . A n o th e r a d v is o ry c o m
m itte e is e x p lo rin g th is issue and I
am c o n fid e n t th a t it w ill be able to
p re se n t th e C o u n c il w ith a w e ll
th o u g h t o u r p ro p o s a l b e fo re to o
long.
M a n y o th e r e c o n o m ic d e v e lo p
m ent p ro je c ts w ill u n d o u b td e ly be
proposed in the com ing years. I urge
a ll citizens to speak th e ir m inds on
these p ro je c ts -- and o n the o th e r
p ro g ra m s and p ro je c ts ru n by c ity
governm ent. It is im p o rta n t that we
a ll w o rk to g e th e r fo r P o r tla n d ’ s
future.
As M a y o r, I w ill rem ain open to
your concerns.
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