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Arbitration Report Interview Arthur Ashe Superintendent Selection PORTLAND OBSERMER October 8, 1981 Volume XI, Number 52 25$ Per Copy Employees meet hazzards of racism Grassroot News, N. W .— “ That’ s is where whites say that they were Dr. King also deals with the indi B u ll!” shouts Dr. Charles King, poor once and made it, so why can’t vidual types o f whites such as Chris president o f the Urban Crisis Center Blacks. Another is to use other mi tians who use religion to avoid real as the third hour o f a two-day work norities, like Indians. “ You are ity . The liberal refuses to fo llo w shop on intergroup dynamics just spreading the problem so wide Black leaders and won’ t do anything begins. In 16 hours Dr. King has that you can’ t see. Well, you’ re the that w ill get them in permanent whites feeling every emotion felt by one with the water. D on’ t tell me trouble with the white race. The rad those darker than blue. that you aren’ t giving any to A or B. ical is a tem porary thing because His tactics o f group co nfro n ta Deal with me!” sooner or later he takes a bath and tion left the th irty city employees T t ****4 -■* ■ w ith their mouths open and their eyes wide. "N ow write this down.” ■ ■ /• ■' * ' Dr. King begins to tear their racism down. “ There are 143 defenses o f your own in d ivid u a l racism. The main one is intellectualism." “ Whenever a Black person chal lenges a white it pisses other whites o ff. Blacks w ill say something out o f anger, not in proper sequence, and the whites will pick that out and disagree with him. When Blacks get angry, whites quit listening.” Dr. King places each individual with marshmellows and whenever one uses any o f these defenses, pop! “ By experience I learned how to handle groups. I worked with whites so I know how they’re going to react to what I say. Over the years I com piled that knowledge successfully and win everytime.*’* * ~ - -- Dr. King is a former Baptist min ister, born and raised in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. He was a staff anal yst on the Kcrner Commission. “ White attitudes or racism is the basic cause as to why Black people haven’ t achieved in America.” A f ter staling this point. Dr. King pro ceeds to tear down any rebuttal. Dr. Charlea King, director of Urban Criais employ) One is what he calls a balancer. This Center, presents workshop on racism for public ■ conforms. The 64-dollar question is what w ill prevent whites from forgetting the ir new se nsitivity. “ W hat I attempt to do is to make them feel the problem. Once a person is able to feel a problem you then develop empathy.” (Please turn to page 2 cot. 4) ■ K * (Photo: Richard J. Brown) t Overlook attacks prostitution problems The next Arthur Ashe? This youngster took advantage of a pause in Ashe tennis clinic at Memorial Coliseum to get In a few licks of his own‘ (Photo: Richard J. Brown) Candidates meet public Dr. James P. Scamman, Jr., joins the list o f candidates for Superinten dent of the Portland Public Schools. The School Board voted Monday night to add Scamman to replace Dr. Carl C ondoli, who has w ith drawn his application. Dr. Scamman has been Superin tendent of the South Bend, Indiana public school d istrict since 1979. Previous appointments include: Superintendent, Stevens Point, Wis consin: Administration o f Planning and Reserarch, Kenosha. Wiscon sin; Adm inistration o' Resources, RCA Instructional Systems. Scamman earned i Bachelor o f Music Education at Central M is souri State College, t. Master o f Music degree from Norihwc«»;, ,i University; and a Ph.D. in Educa tional A dm inistration from Iowa State University in 1965. The six candidates fo r the posi tion o f Superintendent o f Schools will visit Portland, with opportun ities for the public to meet them. The schedule is: James Fenwick, October 12th; Matthew Prophet, October 13th; Manford Byrd, Oc tober 20th; Glenn Houde, October 22nd; Richard Hunter, October 23rd. The date for Scamman will be October 15th. Each candidate will meet with the Superintendent Search Internal Advisory Committee at 3:00 pm and the Superintendent Search Citizen Advisory Committee at 5:00 pm in the Board Room Those meetings arc public. The Citizens Advisory Committee meeting will be rebroad cast on KBPS at 8:00 pm o f the same day. King Center hosts Atiyeh “ The King Neighborhood Facility w ill host a reception for Governor Victor Atiyeh following his tour o f the Albina community on October 13, 1981, from 3:25-3:45 p.m ., in the area occupied by the Northeast Neighborhood O ffice,” announced James l oving, Manager o f the Fa cility. Loving stated that the purpose of the reception is to inform the Gover nor o f the King Neighborhood Fa cility program needs and communi ty concerns. A ll citizens living within the King Neighborhood F a cility's service area are invited to attend the recep tion. Nearly 200 residents o f the Over look area gathered at Beach School Thursday night to discuss the in creasing incidence o f prostitution on North Interstate. Among those representing the justice system and government were County Commissioner Gladys McCoy; Jim Cuffner, representing the Mayor; Judges Donald H. Lon- derand Kim Frankie; District A ttor ney Michael Schrunk; Gary Walker and Bob Hatrack from County Cor rections; O fficer Jim Bohn and Lt. Bob Peschka for the Police Bureau. The common theme supported by the officials present was the need for more ja il space. O fficer Bohn re ported that o f 601 arrests (471 indi viduals) in 1980, 34 were jailed. Lo cation o f arrests were: Interstate, 19; Burnside. 26; S.W. Third, 179; Park Blocks, 101; Grand and Union, 387. Gary W alker o f M ultnom ah County Corrections explained that the only ja il space available fo r women is 35 beds at C la ir A rgo Women’s Center. Costs for creating additional space vary from $50,000 to $150,000 per cell, and voters re cently rejected a ballot measure that included $160,000 for corrections. Donald Londer, Presiding Judge o f the D istrict C o u rt, said local judges are not reluctant to ja il pros titutes but are hindered by lack o f space. “ Jail is a deterrent,” he said. “ What makes probation w ork. what makes parole w ork, is an empty bed,” D .A . M ike Schrunk added. In his opinion judges would like to lock up prostitutes on their second or th ird offense. Juries arc convicting and judges are imposing probation and fines. Judge Londer said many diver sions are attempted including find ing schooling and jobs fo r prosti tutes, but 90 per cent fa il because they are unable to disassociate the (Please turn to page 2 col. 4) Speaking o f schools Dr. James Fenwick, who is cur rently Interim Superintendent o f the Portland Public Schools, is one o f the six finalists for the Superinten dency. A lthough Fenwick has been Interim Superintendent, his position involves all o f the responsibilities o f the superintendency. He lists the fo llo w in g as some o f the crucial issues he has had to deal with in the pas, sixteen months. A major transition in leadership; deep unrest in the Black commun ity; the loss o f anticipated revenues; a Board recall movement; multiple rounds o f contingency budget planning. Employee contract negotiations; a major tax levy election; the firs, year im plem entation o f the Comprehensive Desegregation Plan; Board election; the tightest budget balancing act in the recent history of the District. Two m ajor school fires; school closures and consolidations; a large influx o f Southeast Asian students; two sessions o f the Oregon Legislature; federal budge, cutbacks; and so on and on. How have these crisis issues been handled? ” 1 th in k they’ ve been handled forthrightly and effectively. I haven’ t pulled back an inch from the tough issues nor have I been reluctant to accept fu ll account a b ility in those areas which are clearly the direct responsibility o f the Superintendent. On the firs , year o f the deseg plan: “ I ’ m proud o f the progress tha, has been made and which is continuing to take place. “ We have done a very great deal to implement the Comprehensive Desegregation Plan. I t ’ s a complex, demanding agenda and it must be seen as a plan that requires a period o f several years to fully implement. I believe we’ ve made significant strides in our efforts to improve the q u a lity o f education fo r Black students and to honor other commitments in the Plan which were made by the Board. Tubman Middle School, I think is (Please turn to page 3 c o t !) »
