F ra n :
For the children o f A tlanta
and for all children who are
hungry, suffer and live in
fear.
Students, parents fight to save high schools
C leveland students attended in
mass wearing green berets; \ \ ash-
ington M onroe students earrried a
c o ffin labeled “ broken prom ises”
and Adams students played it eool.
Students, parents and s ta ff pre
sented all ot the reasons why their
schools should not be closed.
C leveland based th e ir plan on
excellent academic program s and
a socio-econom ic group that does
not want to go to W ilso n . “ Sold
across the u s e r" and “ Save South
east" they said.
Adam s presented an alternate
plan th a t w o u ld p ro te c t the three
school w ith the largest num ber
o f students in their attendance area -
C ra n i, Adams and Jefferson. They
proposed that L in c o ln , Cleveland
and W a s h in g to n /M o n ro e w ould
be closed.
O ther elements o f this plan are:
m ove S kylin e fro m L in c o ln to
Roosevelt; move C hapm an to
Jefferson; move A insw orth, Sylvan
and the C leveland d is tric t to
W ils o n ; m ove H a y h u rs t fro m
W ilson to Jackson.
M ove M t. T ab or students fro m
W a s h in g to n /M o n ro e to F ra n k lin ;
D unniway to F ranklin; Buckman to
Grant. Move Beaumont from Grant
to Adams.
W a s h in g to n / M o n ro e appealed
to the s e n s itiv ity o f students and
their em otional needs. Monroe and
Washington were merged four years
ago and have built a creditable pro
gram. The m edical/dental program
is one o f the best on the coast. The
school would like to retain its voca
tio n a l program s, and a vocational
s k ills ce nte r, and co n ce n tra te on
career education.
The ESSA Parent Advisory Com
mittee also offered a proposal. They
emphasized that any closures should
consider the newly adopted de
segregation plan. They recommend
ed th a t L in c o ln be closed; th a t
Jefferson and Adams be retained.
They recom m ended th a t Tubm an
be placed at Boise, w ith Boise
younger c h ild re n going to E lio t.
I f this idea is rejected hey prefer
co m b in in g Jefferson w ith Adams
in the Adams building.
Other recommendations were that
the In te rn a tio n a l Studies program
fro m L in c o ln and the M e d ic a l/
Dental program from W ashington/
Monroe to to Adams.
A l Ja m ison , speaking fo r the
committee, said “ emotionalism and
escalated politics are not the k e y ,”
th a t fo u r key elem ents sh o u ld be
considered: educational advantage,
money saved u d e n tilie d fo r better
education, e q u ity, parent in v o lv e
m ent in selection o f s ta ff and
curriculum .
A c itiz e n co m m itte e th a t spent
several m onths studying the issues
in v o lv e d recom m ended closin g
Adams and W ashington/M onroe.
S u p e rin te n d e n t F e n w ick re
commended closing C leveland and
W ashington/M onroe, w ith transie:
o f many o f the students to I incoln
and W ilso n , and merger o f J e ffe r
son and A dam s in the Adam s
building. This would free the Jet lei
son b u ild in g lo r T ubm an M id d le
School.
P u b lic hearings on school
closures w ill continue over the next
two weeks, w ith a decision made by
the School Board in May.
PORTLAND OBSERNER
April 23. 1981
Volume XI Number 27
25Cper copy
Jo rd a n d iscu sse s p o lice issues
flv .VvewM.v/ Askari
A Southern Oregon State College
faculty member has been chosen the
a rb ilra to r fo r the M ay 26 a rb itra
tion hearing on the Portland Police
A s s o c ia tio n 's appeal, o f the d is
missal o f tw o P o rtla n d Police
o ffic e rs . C om m issio n e r C harles
Jordan told members o f the N orth
east C o a litio n o f N e ig h b o rh o o d s
I uesday night.
He said there is a “ 50-50” chance
that the a rb itra to r w ill rule against
his decision to fire the tw o officers
who admitted leaving dead possums
m fron t o f the Burger Barn restau
rant.
Jo rd a n said th a t he had been
advised by his law yer th a t “ a r b i
tra to rs n o rm a lly go b o th ways;
sometimes they try to keep the C ity
happy, sometimes they try to keep
the Bureau happy. It would disturb
me g re a tly i f they reinstate d the
officers because what I am trying to
do w ith the Bureau w ould be com
prom ised c o nside rab ly, because I
am try in g to dem and a high level
o f professionalism that I th in k the
public deserves.”
In response to q ue stion in g co n
cerning the recent poll conducted by
the Oregon Journal, which suggest
ed that the C ity is divided over his
d ecision , Jo rd an said he has
received fro m fiv e to six hundred
letters on the matter, and only about
85 to 90 have expressed disapproval
o f his action.
A c c o rd in g to J o rd a n , P o rtla n d
p o lic e o ffic e rs had been warned
p rio r to the possum in c id e n t that
p o lic e m isco n d u ct w o u ld not be
tolerated, because the ( i t y had just
agreed to a cash o ut-of-co urt settle
ment because o f police harassment
directed at a private citizen.
D uring the meeting, members o f
the N ortheast C o a litio n o f Neigh
borhoods said they believed the May
26 hea rin g sh o u ld be open to the
p u b lic , b e lie v in g that the a rb i
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Police, com m unity forum topic
F o lk s in g e r and p o et E liza b e th C o tto n v isits
Black Educational Center See story on Page 6
(Photo: Richard Brown)
POIC banquet feaures Sullivan
Reverend U r. I eon H. S ullivan,
fo un de r o f O p p o rtu n itie s In d u s
trialization (. enter ( ( ) l( ), w ill be the
featured speaker at the annual
c o m m u n ity banquet o f P o rtla n d
O p p o rt uni I ies In d u s tria liz a tio n
( enter (PO IC ) on A p ril .10, 1981, al
7:45 p in., in the Oregon Ballroom
o f the M arriott Hotel.
U r. S ullivan, speaking from his
vantage p o in t as a leader o f the
N a tio n ’ s largest in d u s tria l c o r
poration, created a furor in the cor
porate com m unity by propounding
the “ S ullivan P rin cip le s.” Sim ply
put, the “ Sullivan Principles” call
upon c o rp o ra tio n s and investors
doing business in South A lric a to
use th e ir fu ll econom ic weight to
end Apartheid (racial separation) in
that white-m inority ruled country.
In 1964, U r. S ullivan came in to
n a tio n a l prom inence when, as
pastor o f the 5,000 m em ber Z io n
Baptist C hurch, he m arshalled the
support o f private businessmen in
Philadelphia to found the first O p
portunities Industrialization ( enter
(P O IC ). Now an aggregate ol 140
training centers worldwide, O. I .( 's
job.-train and fin d jobs fo r the un
skilled poor who otherwise would be
denied access to econom ic self-
sufficiency.
The event at which Ur. Sullivan is
to appear marks the 13th year that
Portland 0 .1 .C., has been operating
a training center in Northeast P ort
land. During that tune, 10,(XX) Port
landers have been e n ro lle d in
tra in in g , w ith over 75 per cent a t
ta in in g
fu ll
e m p lo ym e n t.
N atio n a lly, O .I.C .’ s have a history
o f success unmatched by any other
job-training program.
Tickets to the banquet, or further
in fo rm a tio n , may be obtained by
c a llin g P o rtla n d O .I.C ., at (503)
287-1271.
I ast Saturday the Observer spon
sored the firs t in a series o f co m
m u n ity
fo ru m s
on
Police-
C o m m u n ity R ela tion s. Speakers
were Norm Monroe, Urban l eague
o f P o rtla n d ; Reverend John
Jackson, Albina M inisterial A llia n
ce; C ap ta in Vern M cCabe, N o rth
Police Precinct; Stan Peters, P o r
tla n d P olice A s s o c ia tio n ; and
Robert I amb, U.S. Department o f
I usi ice.
Norm Monroe told the gathering
that although w hite crim e is more
prevelent Blacks are more likely to
be arrested, to serve time in prison,
and to serve longer sentences.
Blacks and Indians make up 34.2
per cent o f O re g o n ’ s prisoners.
“ Blacks are more apt to be vic tim
ized by the justice system.”
Bob l amb said police community
relatio n s is the most troublesom e
area his department has to deal with
across the n a tio n . C o m m u n ity
relations program s usually fa il, he
said, because they “ lack input from
m in o rity c itiz e n s .” I hey must be
judged on how they im p ro ve
re la tio n s w ith the m ost h o s tile
citizens and on how they im p rove
the police bureau.
Captain McCabe said he has seen
some improvem ent in the past live
years, since he organized the Police
Precinct Councils. One problem, he
mentioned, is that it is not possible
to get all o f the officers together to
discuss p ro ble m s. He th in k s the
police are rig h t 99 per cent o f the
time.
Reverend Jackson said all Blacks
are put in the same ca teg ory -
treated lik e c rim in a ls and c o n
sidered part o f the enemy. ” 1 am
just as concerned with the law as the
police; just as interested in justice.”
Stan Peters e xplain ed th a t the
u nion does not set p o lic y but
safeguards o ffic e r s ’ salaries and
w orking conditions. He said police
see th e ir fu n c tio n as a rre s tin g
crim inals but are frustrated by lack
o f p ro s e c u tio n , plea b a rg a in in g ,
sentances not carried out, etc.
"W e are not sociologists. Our job is
getting crimiuals o ft the streets.”
E rn ie W a rre n responded that
although police are not sociologists
they are professionals and should be
able to deal with human behavior.
Regarding name calling and ver
bal abuse, M cNab said racial terms
are not to be used but some people
o n ly respond to a type o f force.
Peters said he is aware that there is
some abuse, relating the story o f a
white woman and a Black man who
were slopped and ligh ts shined in
th eir car w ith o u t e xplanation. His
use o f the term “ b o y ” b ro ug ht
murmers o f disgust.
In response to questions on
tra in in g , the p u b lic was in fo rm e d
that 15 hours in m u lti- c u ltu ra l
training are offered in the advanced
academ y, but there is no o ng oing
tra in in g o r tra in in g fo r o ld e r o f
ficers.
l amb said that although 85 to 90
per cent o f police work is on socially
o rien te d p ro ble m s, tra in in g is fo r
hard crime enforcement. Training is
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DR SULLIVAN
Committee holds hearing here
I he House ( o m m itle e on Elec
tio ns and R e a p p o rlio n m e n t w ill
lurid a hearing mi reapporlionment
at King N eighborhood fa c ility on
A p ril 30th at 7:00 p in. The hearing,
the o n ly one scheduled outside
Salem, is the result o f a p u b lic
request at a com m unity forum held
Tuesday night.
R epresentative Glen W h a llo n ,
c h a irm a n o f the co m m itte e , said
that although the hearing on reap
portionm ent in M ultnom ah County
w ill be held Friday at 8:30 a.m ., in
Salem , th is c o m m u n ity w ill be
allow ed the extra tim e it needs to
discuss and recom m end possible
district lines.
The re a p p o rtio n m e n t plan fo r
M ultnom ah County has been agreed
upon by legislators, except fo r the
n o rth and inn er n ortheast area.
M ost leg isla to rs fa v o r d iv is io n o f
the area between St. Johns and 57th
A venue, SON and the C o lu m b ia
River, at Prescott. This would make
one d is tric t south o f Prescott and
tw o north o f Prescott. The line bet
ween the districts north o f Prescott
is not yet determined.
The meeting Tuesday was to ex
plain possible plans and the advan
tages and disadvantages o f placing
the m ajor part o f the n o rth /n o rth -
cast area n e ig h b o rh o o d s in one
d is tric t ( E lio t, Boise, H u m b o ld t,
Piedmont, W oodlawn, King, Sabin,
Vernon, Irvington and Concordia).
The second o p tio n w o u ld be to
place portions o f that area in three
separate, large districts.
Robert P hillip s presented a plan
ihat would place most o f the area in
a d is tric t reaching fro m 1-5 ap
p ro x im a te ly to 3 3rd, and fro m
Thom pson to C olum bia in an area
that would be 45 per cent Black. He
said th is w o u ld m a in ta in the in
te g rity o f the business com m un ity
on U n io n Avenue and w o u ld in
crease the opportunity for Blacks to
elect a representative.
R epresentative R ick Baum an,
who presented an alternative plan,
said the le g is la tu re had agreed to
design d is tric ts that w uld be con
tig u o u s , have equal p o p u la tio n ,
u tilize n atu ra l boundaries and not
divide com m unities o f common in
terest, not favor one p olitical party
or legislator and not dilute m inority
representation.
Representative Tom Mason
presented a plan that divides the
community at Prescott, with two
districts in the northern part and
one in the South. He agreed that
“ with three districts you are diluting
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Betterment of police end community relatione
wee the topic of concern. Stan Petere, Portland
Police Aeeociation, makee a point while Reverend
Jeckeon end Bruce Broueeard lieten, (Right),
(Photo: Richard J. Brown)