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
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w ith their mouths open and their
eyes wide. "N ow write this down.”
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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
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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.”
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(Photo: Richard J. Brown)
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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
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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
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