Portland Observer, November 12, 1961 P
N e w b e rry s Lloyd C e n te r C o u p o n
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Politics this week: Black voters
were the difference in the Virg in ia
gubernatorial election when Demo
crat Charles Robb defeated Repub
lican Marshall Coleman.
The big o u tp o u rin g o f Black
voters and the decisive o f the Robb
victory were enough to prompt the
Republican n atio n al chairm an
Richard Richards to say, “ any Re
publican who runs in an area with a
substantial Black vote is in jeopardy
o f being defeated by that Black
vote."
Richards admitted his party has
done a poor job with Blacks. "T h e
Blacks are nervous about us, dis
trustful o f us. The main problem is
that Black generally d o n 't believe
President Reagan's economic pro
gram is helping them in any way.
We need to do better to show them
that it is."
Similar sentiments were voiced by
Franklin A. Thomas, the first Black
president o f the Ford Foundation.
He says, " T h e Reagan adminis-
tration may be inadvertently send
ing out a terrible message to Blacks
and other m inorities that concern
for human welfare is a drag on the
economy."
Thomas says he and other promi
nent Blacks hope the a d m in is tra
tion's economic policies, together
with a new surge in corporate help
for m inorities w ill result in better
jobs and m ore o p p o rtu n ities for
Blacks, Hispanics and others.
H e emphasizes that the Reagan
adm inistration must make it clear
that it does care fo r the less fo r
tunate.
Thomas sees mixed progress for
Blacks in this country. He says there
are now greater opportunities for
Black high school graduates in fields
which have historically been closed
such as finance and banking.
But he points out q u ick ly that
there is a group w ith in the Black
community for whom the reality o f
life in the last ten years or so has not
measurably improved.
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He says this second group is the
larger o f the two and (hat the oppor
tunities either have not presented
themselves or when they have, they
have not been taken advantage o f.
" T h is is a problem that w o n 't go
away without constructive govern
ment and private efforts," he says.
He takes a position opposite o f
many observers when he says cor
porate giving will increase. He pre
dicts it will increase steadily from
the current $2.3 billion to perhaps as
much as 13.5 billion a year by 1985.
One thing lending credence to
that prediction is a new federal tax
law which allows companies to give
as much as 10 per cent (up from 5
per cent) o f their pre-tax earnings
for charitable causes.
M e a n w h ile , in A tla n ta , where
former U .N . Ambassador Andrew
Young won the race fo r m ayo r,
there are steps underway to heal
some campaign wounds.
Voting in that election was largely
along racial lines. Young got 56 per
cenH )££he2otaH otci2o 4 4 jic r cent>
for white State Representative Sid
ney Marcus.
The last two weeks o f that cam
paign, race became an open issue.
Some are saying the most obvious
reference to race came fro m sup
porters o f Young, including M ayor
Maynard Jackson.
Atlanta is two-thirds Black, and
56 per cent o f the c ity ’ s registered
voters are Black. However, most o f
the city’s m ajor economic power is
in the hands o f whites, and white
businessmen flo cked to support
Marcus.
But now M ayor Young has taken
definite steps to bridge the gap be
tween him self and the white busi
ness com m u nity. H e intends to
appoint some kind o f business ad
visory council.
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Downtown businessmen have pre
pared a detailed agenda for improv
ing the city’s police, public housing,
urban design, and other city-busi
ness projects. They will present this
to the new mayor in the near future.
From the Capitol
by Rep. Ron Wyden
Q. There is a lot o f speculation
these days that Congress may con
sider raising taxes in order to bal
ance the budget? Is there any truth
to these rumors, and if so. what do
you think?
A . Yes, there are such proposals
being tossed around and believe me,
none of them will get my vote.
I can't think o f a worse cure for
our economic problems than to im
pose still more taxes. I don't think
the American people will stand for it
— and they wouldn't be left standing
if we steam rollered new tax in
creases into law.
The proposals that are being dis
cussed range fro m those which
would raise gas taxes for car
owners, excise taxes for telephone
users, and surcharges on fuel p u r
chases to those which would reduce
the allo w able tax deductions for
medical care and p ro h ib it con
sumers from deducting from their
taxes the interest they pay on install
ment loans and the local and state
lax they pay.
I t ’ s not hard to fig u re out why
these tax hikes are being proposed.
They’re being proposed because the
A d m in is tra tio n ’ s fo rm u la
of
supply-side incentives and tight
money policies has self-destructed.
These policies have proven about as
e ffec tive as a d river o f a car who
keeps one foot on the accelerator
and the other on the brake. You get
lots o f smoke, but no motion.
Instead o f hiking taxes, 1 would
move to get our economy back on
track by:
•Slashing sacred cows such as
military cost overruns, tobacco sub
sidies and billion-dollar handouts to
the synthetic fuel industry;
»Deferring or deleting goodies in
the recently enacted tax cut that
don’ t enhance productivity or jobs
(such as the $12 billion reprieve for
oil companies), and;
•Conserving what credit is left by
concentrating credit cap ital for
housing, small business and farm
uses instead o f letting it go for spec
ulation and huge corporate mergers.
The largest college campus in the U.S. is Texas
A &M , at College station, Tex. It has over 5200 acres.
Q. You held a hearing today to
discuss development o f a national
retirement policy. Why do you think
we need such a policy and what are
some o f your ideas about how we
would go about establishing it?
A. We need a comprehensive N a
tio n al R etirem ent P olicy because
without it, all o f us lose. W hether
you’re 65 or 25, the lack of rational
retirement planning affects you. In
fact, because it affects the level o f
savings and the number o f jobs, it
affects the health o f our entire
economy.
Certainly one step toward getting
our retirement programs on track is
to reform Social Security. But we
must do much more. Social Security
was never intended to be sufficient
to meet all o f a retiree’ s financial
needs. And no matter how good a
job o f reforming we do, it never will
be.
Some o f the general directions I
think we should move in to being
developing a N ational Retirement
Policy, include:
•Boosting long-term savings and
investments;
•A llo w in g w orkers to " c a r r y ”
their pensions along w ith them if
they change jobs. Currently, work
ers usually lose accrued benefits if
they change jobs before the benefits
have vested;
•E n co u rag in g p riv ate pension
program s
by
p ro vidin g
tax
deductions and other tax incentives
for employers who set up private
pension program s— and fo r em
ployees who contribute to them or
who purchase stock in their employ
er's company.
•S im p lific a tio n o f com plicated
requirem ents which discourage
small businesses that want to set up
pension plans;
•Elim inating provisions o f Social
Security and other pension plans
that discriminate against women on
the basis o f sex;
•E n d in g m an datory retirem ent
and otherwise increasing em ploy
ment opportunities for older work
ers.
•
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From the Boardroom
by Gladys McCoy, County Commissioner
Before the end o f N o vem b er,
1981, the Emergency C om m unica
tion System 911 will be in full opera
tion. I strongly urge the public to
make use o f this System as often as
necessary; especially, senior citizens
and handicapped persons since 9 1 1
is a crucial life lin e to emergency
help.
Multnomah County and the City
o f P o rtlan d w ill jo in tly provide a
911 System to service both the City
o f Portland and the entire County.
Since 1973, the Multnom ah County
Board o f Commissioners have been
pursuing the goal o f providing the
public with the best possible access
to emergency services through this
911 emergency telephone system.
The 9 1 1 Emergency Communica-
tion System will impact us all. C iti
zens now pay two per cent o f the
cost o f basic telephone services to
pay for the 9 1 1 System. As o f Janu
ary 1, 1982, it will increase to three
per cent o f the cost o f basic tele
phone service to pay for the 9 1 1 Sys
tem.
Again, I strongly urge you to use
the 9 1 1 Emergency System when-
ever necessary. It is easy to remem
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The Black United Front will hold
a political convention, "Black Em
powerment: The Political Process,"
to organize, strengthen alliances and
friendships and develop strategies.
" W e urge all members o f the Black
community to come together so we
can direct and control the politics of
our com m unity," Ronnie Herndon
and Rev. John Jackson, co-chair
men, said. " B la c k people in P o rt
land, O regon fin d ourselves at a
critical point in our history in this
state. The forces o f oppression grow
daily, ’cutbacks' and ’ cutouts* have
become the order o f the day. Now,
more than ever, we must collectively
decide what politics and what politi
cians should do for our com m uni
ty ."
The convention w ill be held at
Jefferson H igh School on Novem
ber 13, 14 and 15. The opening ses
sion on Friday evening at 7:00 pm
will include an overview by Ronnie
Herndon. W orkshop sessions— the
main emphasis o f the c o n v e n tio n -
will be held on Saturday from 9:00
am to 5:30 p m — and w ill include
C om m unication, Economic Devel
o p m en t, E d u c a tio n , H o usin g .
H e a lth and others. A d o p tio n o f
conference resolutions and the
Black H um an Rights Agenda w ill
take place at 7:00 p.m.
O n Sunday at 2:00 pm , criteria
for candidates and a w rap-up ses
sion will be held. Registration fee is
$ 5.0 0 and only those who register
will be admitted.
All deliberations will be guided by
one overriding concern: Is it best for
Black people?
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who is concerned about the welfare o f other people. Mrs. Morris
says she realizes the importance o f community involvement or
participation in the organization o f your choice.
Mrs. Morris is a Registered Nurse and has been in the nursing
field since 1958. Mrs. Morris and her family also built a hospital
in Africa.
She is from a military family and has lived all over the world.
She is married to Jordan Morris and they have six children.
She says the education o f our children is im portant and she
has been involved in fund-raising activities for the Black Educa
tion Center and other organizations.
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