Portland Observer, October 15, 1961 Page 3
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The Ku Klux Kian is both growing
and splintering, both dangerous
trends boding more trouble for mi
norities in this country.
The Anti-Defamation League es
timates national membership in va
rious Kian factions at between 9,500
■nd 11,000, reflecting a slight in
crease over its estimate o f about
three years ago.
Stewart Lewengrub of the League
says, “ There’s a growing tendency
o f Kian groups splintering o ff be
cause some members feel they are
not violent enough.”
Last M ay, agents o f the federal
Bureau o f Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms (A T F ) arrested ten people
affiliated with the KKK for conspir
ing to bomb the office o f the
N AACP in Catonsville, Maryland.
Also in May, A TF agents arrested
Q. Congressman Wyden, now
that the first round o f budget cuts
have actually gone into effect, what
do you think o f the prospects fo r a
healthier economy?
A. I wish I could be more optimis
tic. I certainly hope the Administra
tion’s program works— I think we
all do.
But I have to admit, I have major
concerns. In many ways, the Reagan
Administration’s fiscal policies are
like a grim fairy tale. The President
and his economic advisers have
forgwaoka.
six people, allegedly members o f a
KKK splinter group for conspiring
to bomb a Jewish synagogue and
Jewish businesses in Nashville, Ten
nessee.
But the case perhaps drawing the
most attention was the plotted over
throw of the government of Domin
ica in the Caribbean. That was
planned by 10 mercenaries, 9 of
whom were either connected with
the Kian or Nazi movements.
Agents o f the A T F were respon
sible for those arrests, too.
According to the Klanwatch of
the Southern Poverty Law Center in
Atlanta, Kian faction* are working
closer with Nazi groups and are be
coming more anti-semitic.
The Klanwatch project doesn’t
just watch the K ian’s activities. It
filed suit in U.S. District Court in
Texas and won a restraining order
promised an economic wonderland
with no hard choices and no tough
trade-offs. They said we could cut
taxes to the bone, send defense
spending to the moon and still wind
up balancing the budget. W ell, all
I ’ve seen so far are federal deficits
that are spiraling out of control and
interest rates that are skyrocketing.
We simply must return to l-plus-
I-cquals-t wo economics if we really
hope Io achieve a healthier
economy.
I would begin by making more
spending cuts in "sacred cow" pro
■gainst Kian intimidation o f Viet
prevent violence.
namese refugee shrimpers in a O ulf
Historically the A T F has been
Coast town.
best known for its relentless pursuit
The SPLC is also trying to prove
o f moonshiners. Yes, the A T F has
that the operation by the Texas Kian
been knonw to most o f us as the
of a paramilitary training camp vio
"Revenooers.”
lates an old state bw.
And guess what, in President
Morris Dees, chief trial lawyer of
R c*S tn’s latest budget proposals
the SPLC says 34 states already
which contain drastic cutbacks for
have such laws but most either do
federal law enforcement agencies,
not realize they exist or neglect to
the A T F is facing extinction. W ith
use them.
the growth of personal ownership of
It ’s interesting to note the role of
automatic and semi-automatic wea
the A T F in all this. Despite the im
pons in this country, it seems to me
pressive arrests it has made in cases
to be a horribly inappropriate time
of potential or completed racial vio
to end its long history.
lence, its director, O .R . Dickerson
Incidentally the FB I is facing a
’ ays, “ The Kian as a whole has not
possible budget cut o f between 44
been targeted for investigation.” He
and 50 billion.
says when his agents have grounds
Recalling Reagan’s very strong
for reasonable suspicion o f illegal
law and order position it seems
activities, they can infiltrate a Kian
inconsistent that he talks one game
or other groups and have done so to
and budgets another.
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federal government is borrowing
enormous sums to pay its debts and
Americans are saving less than ever
before. Instead o f using up our
credit for speculation, corporate
takeovers and foreign lending, we
should conserve it for domestic use
for housing, industrial expansion,
farmers and small business.
Without these steps, I fear we will
soon face a time when there are few
er farmers, fewer small businessmen
and businesswomen and fewer
homebuilders. And th at’ s some
thing we simply cannot afford.
One area in which changes are be
ing made is in the Internal Affairs
Division. Some citizens have ex
pressed a concern in our ability to
police ourselves. The primary con
cern was citizens* confidence that
complaints would be fairly investi
gated. Commissioner Jordan
formed a Task Force (hat was to
look at the effectiveness of this unit
and suggest changes.
I carefully reviewed the present
structure and the citizens task force
report. I agreed with the report that
changes need to be made. The rec
ommendations were constructive
and have m erit, and I have made
several changes based at least in
part, on this report.
First, the Internal A ffairs D ivi
sion was transferred to the Investi-
gatev Branch and given a new title
We are also working with the Dis
trict Attorney’s Office in order to
expedite those criminal cases which
also have complaints against o ffi
cers. For example, if an individual
complains o f being assaulted by a
police officer following his arrest
for burglary, the burglary prosecu
tion would be expedited in order
that the citizen’s complaint can be
investigated immediately following
the adjudication o f the crim inal
matter. The process will save several
weeks, or possibly months, of delay.
Additionally, the Internal Investiga
tions Division will routinely recon
tact the complainant once the crim
inal matter is adjudicated.
A d d itio n ally, the Bureau will
fully explain the process by which
the complaint will be investigated
and resolved. The complainant, at
the conclusion of the investigation,
will receive a response letter specific
to the particular case, to include a
synopsis o f the investigation and
findings. The use of form letters will
be discontinued. The Internal A f
fairs Division will personally review
the case with the complainant, if the
complainant so desires.
Internally, managers of the Bu
reau will be automatically notified
when a particular officer is the sub
ject o f complaints from citizens
which exceed established criteria.
An interesting statistic is that the
number o f complaints to Internal
Investigations about officers had
dropped 46 per cent during the
months of June, July and August of
1981 as compared to the same
months in 1980. At the same time,
the number of sustained complaints
remained numerically the same over
both periods which means that the
percentage of sustained complaints
are up while the total number of
complaints are down. This shows
that we are continuing to deal with
problems that are brought to our at
tention.
I view these changes as a positive
response to the constructive
criticism based upon a great deal of
effort on the part of the task force.
I intend to discuss other areas of
concern. Internal Investigations is
an important part of the Police Bu
reau and therefore warranted an en
tire article. Future articles will ad
dress such areas as m inority re
cruiting, use of physical force and
training.
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oil refinery in Macon County, A la
bama, and from the inception of the
project, local, state, and federal en
tities used almost every device at
their command to thwart the con
struction of the first Black-owned
oil refinery in America.
The Maryland Congressman was
especially critical of the Small Busi
ness Administration. " I t is my firm
belief,” he stated, "that S.B. A. im
posed certain contractual require
ments on Wallace and Wallace with
the full knowledge that those re
quirements in and of themselves al
most guaranteed that the oil refinery
would not succeed.”
Mitchell added that a recent court
decision, which ordered that a mi
nority firm be reinstated to 8-a sta
tus, demonstrates that the Small
Business Administration did indeed
make arbitrary and capricious de
mands on a minority firm. This case
involved Oklahom a Aerotronics,
Inc., which had been dismissed
from the 8-a program. On August
27, 1981, the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia ordered
that Oklahoma Aerotronics, Inc.,
be restored to 8-a status, citing that
S.B.A acted unlawfully, arbitrarily,
capriciously, and abused discretion.
“ I believe a similar vendetta pat
tern was followed by S.B. A in the
case o f Wallace and W allace,”
Mitchell said, “ and we must not,
cannot permit the stifling of minor
ity enterprise in this fashionl”
On August 27, 1981, Wallace and
Wallace filed suit against the Small
Business Administration in the U.S.
District Court for the District o f
Columbia seeking injunctive relief.
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Congressman Parren J. Mitchell
(D -7 th -M d .) w ill request the U.S.
Justice Department to investigate
what he describes as “ a conspiracy”
against Wallace and Wallace Chem
ical and Oil Corporation.
M itchell reports that Charles
Wallace in 1974 sought to build an
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by Police Chief Ron Still
o f Internal Investigations. One of
the reasons that this was done was
to provide additional investigative
resources to the Division.
Also, a new and easily understood
brochure describing exactly how to
make a complaint, will be published
and widely circulated throughout
the community. In addition to the
brochure, there will be a listing in
the new telephone directory that will
read, “ complaints against police,"
as a further means to identify the
Division.
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grams such as defense spending,
synthetic fuel loans and tobacco
subsidies—programs that have gone
virtually untouched by the budget
axe.
I think we must also continue fed
eral investments in waterways, high
ways, job training centers, timber-
lands and sewers to build a oase for
more jobs— a critical issue in Ore
gon where unemployment ap
proaches 10 per cent.
A third step is what I call credit
conservation. Right now, America
is desperately short o f credit. The
An Open Letter
When I was appointed C hief of
the Portland Police Bureau, I stated
that in six months I could make
major changes. I need this time in
order to take a critical look at all the
way the total Bureau was operating.
My goal was then and is to have the
Bureau efficiently and professional
ly provide services to the citizens of
Portland, and I will make whatever
changes are necessary to meet this
goal.
While we are still in the first six
months of my appointment, I would
like to provide you with a brief syn
opsis of the changes in organization
and policy made to date.
M r. C. Allen Small, Administrator
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