Portland Observer, November 25, 1981 Page 5
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DICK BOGLE
Area Seven o f (he L o i Angeles
school district is a unique area be
cause there are large representations
of minority students chiefly from
the Black, Asian, Hispanic and Na
tive
American
communities.
Spokesmen say more than 80 lan
guages are spoken by students at
tending schools in Area Seven.
Now, this unique area has a
unique program in addition to the
usual three Rs. I t ’s called "Hands
Across the Campus" and is aimed at
breaking down racial and cultural
barriers in the ethnically diverse dis
trict.
Hands is unique in another way
also in that a good deal o f leader
ship responsibility has been placed
in the hands of students.
And, it’s not conservative when it
comes to choosing some targets for
exposure. This new program will
deal head on with groups like the Ku
Klux Kian and the American Nazi
Party.
Area Seven superintendent, Dr.
Sidney Brickiqan, says those groups
have tried to recruit students into
membership on the five high school
campuses in the area.
The funding for Hands amounts
to $77,000 and comes from On
Guard, a women’s affiliate of the
American Jewish Committee.
The initiator o f the program, Dr.
Neil Sandberg, western regional di
rector of the AJC was looking for a
way to attack the recent nationwide
increase in anti-Semitic and Nazi ac
tivities. He says his organization's
research indicates that the highest
proportion of acts of vandalism, in
cluding incidents such as swastika
paintings, have been committed by
teenagers.
Each of the five high schools will
get up to $13 thousand. The money
will be used for instructional mater
ials as well as campus projects like
international fairs or tutorial pro
grams for those who speak English
as a second language.
Other ideas being kicked around
are bi-lingual cheer-leading, a
buddy system for new students, in
tercampus exchanges and a cultural
landscaping project.
Naturally, the Hands project has
caught the attention of other school
districts in southern California and
its coordinators are hoping the pro
gram will be so successful that the
city’s school board will want to pick
it up on a district-wide basis next
year.
One o f the things the new ad-
ministration of the Portland Police
Department has in the planning
stage right now is a greatly expand
ed human relations training pro
gram.
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A fter a series o f shuffles, the
training division has a new com
manding officer and he tells me the
bureau is not going to end its H .R .
training at the recruit level.
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I t ’s been traditional to provide
rookie officers with a few hours
training in minority relations but it
comes at a time when the rookies
have so much else to learn it’s debat
able how much of it is absorbed and
remembered for years to come. Now
they are looking at periodic in-ser
vice classes in minority relations.
This would be intended to reach all
uniformed personnel with the rank
of Sergeant or below.
From the Capitol
by Rep. Ron Wyden
Q The House today fin a lly ap
proved a bill authorizing S992 m il
lion fo r the Older A met icons Act, a
program which provides assistance
to the elderly in the areas o f nutri
tion, transportation, housing and
employment. H o w do you fe e l
about the bill?
A, I have to admit I have mixed
feelings. I'm certainly happy that we
authorized more money than the
President had asked for ($889 mil
lion), but I'm afraid we still have
shortchanged the many elderly peo
ple that desperately need this help
just to make ends meet.
I find it sad and ironic that (he
House is willing to pay out far more
to finance two BI bombers than it is
to feed and house the millions of
needy senior citizens in this country.
Q. Although the Legal Services
Corporation appears to have es
caped complete annihilation fo r the
lime being, there are now reports
that President Reagan is going to try
to control operation o f the corpora
tion by stacking its board o f direct
ors with ultra-conservative people.
Any comments?
A . There are indeed rumors to
that effect, and frankly, I find them
frightening. All 11 positions on the
board are up. And although by law
two of them must be filled with poor
people, that still leaves the Adminis
tration a lot of latitude.
For example, if Ronald Zum-
brun, President of the Pacific Legal
Foundation and the rumored top
choice to become chairman o f the
Corporation, actually does become
chairman, the whole future of the
Corporation may be in danger.
Zumbrun has been called one of the
chief architects o f Reagan's anti
poor budgetary policies, and it is
feared that he would carry over the
same attitudes into his Legal Ser
vices’ position.
If the poor people of Oregon and
(he rest o f America are to get the
kind of equal justice this Corpora
tion was created to ensure, the
Corporation’s board clearly must be
made up of people who are commit
ted to that end I question whether
Zum brun and some o f the other
rumored nominees are so commit
ted.
Q. This week, President Reagan
proposed that the Soviets cut back
on some o f their nuclear armaments
in exchange fo r similar cutbacks by
the United Slates. The initial reac
tion by the Soviets was less than
positive. What did you think o f the
proposal?
A. I thought it was a good first
step towards halting the w o rld ’ s
march to nuclear destruction— and I
hope the Soviet Union will ultimate
ly accept something on the order of
what the President suggested.
The need for this kind of move is
particularly clear when you consider
that we now have more explosive
material on this planet than food.
To simply sit back and do nothing
to curtail the spread o f nuclear
arms, is to invite disaster. I firm ly
believe that we must move now to
ensure the safety o f America— and
the rest of the world.
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An Open Letter
by Police Chief Ron Still
One of my recent open letters ad
dressed the Portland Police Bu
reau’s efforts in training Officers.
The letter indicated that 20 Officers
attended Cultural Awareness Semi
nars conducted by D r. Charles
King. I received a letter from Ms.
Laurie Foster asking if I had person
ally attended one of Dr. King’s sem
inars.
No, I have not yet attended, how
ever, I will in the near future. I sec
the importance o f this type o f
awareness training and will continue
to stress cultural awareness. s
l.want to thank Ms. Foster for her
letter and want to assure her that we
place a high priority on training...
even for administrators.
Such training is, or covers, but
one method of improving a Police
Officer's knowledge o f the neigh
borhood challenges and d iffe r
ences in culture within racial and
ethnic groups.
Another method is to take the O f
ficers out of the cars, establishing
walking beats in the neighborhoods.
This affords the Officer a better op
portunity to know and understand
the people who work and live in his
or her patrol district, and vice-versa.
One of the dichotomies of police
work is that the public demands
both a quick response and Officers
who have an excellent understand
ing and knowledge of their neigh
borhood.
To meet the demand for quick re
sponse, Officers arc put in cars.
These "metal cocoons" tend to iso
late Police from the people they
serve.
To meet the demand for more
knowledge o f an area, some O f f i
cers have been, and more will be,
taken out o f cars and placed on
walking beats. Preventative enforce
ment and interaction with people
will provide better service to the
public.
We believe that the ideal situation
is to have both the auto patrol and
walking beat. In reality, our current
patrol deployment is a compromise.
As many walking beats as possible
will be fielded without significantly
increasing the time it takes to get a
Police Officer there when you call
for assistance.
I do intend to utilize walking
beats as much as possible. The result
will benefit both the Officers and
the public, through understanding,
awareness and just plain knowing
each other.
If you have comments or ques
tions regarding the Portland Police
Bureau, either send them to the Edi
tor o f the Observer, or the P o rt
land Police Bureau’s Public In fo r
mation Officer, 222 SW Pine, Port
land. OR 97204.
In recent years, the public and
private sectors have been criticized
for inequality in hiring. Wednesday,
Nov. 4, 1981, the Portland Police
Bureau received an award for pro
gress in affirmative action for City
agencies in Portland.
Jhrough the use of an aggressive
recruiting campaign, the Portland
Police Bureau has been able to hire
63 well-qualified police officers
since January, 1981. Out of those 63
officers, 22 per cent were minorities
U.S. threatens war
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it lie. . . . ”
Charging that the news article was
inted by the U.S. government, the
iban government challenged the
S. to produce evidence. The State
partment said it is not its policy
"confirm or deny this type of in
itiation.’*
—On October 30th State Depart-
:nt spokesman Alan Romberg
id actions to be taken against
iba include establishment of a ra-
3 station to broadcast to Cuba
d a strengthening of the 20-ycar-
j economic blockade. He men-
>ned that this year the U.S. gov-
îmcnt has cut off association with
corporations accused of having
mmercial ties with Cuba.
On October 30th, massive U.S.-
mduran naval maneuvers were
nched off the coast of Cuba.
On October 31 Cuba declared a
Hilary alert, calling reserves into
action, sending troops to their sta
tions and manning anti-aircraft bat
teries on the roofs of Havana. Cas
tro declared that the island nation is
in greater danger now than at any
lime since the triumph of the revolu
tion in 1939.
On November 2nd Raul Roa,
Cuban Ambassador to the U .N ., de
livered a note to the U .N . Secretary
General Kurt Waldheim, charging
that the U.S. is "preparing a crim
inal provocation against the people
of Central America and Cuba,” and
challenging the U .S . to provide
proof o f its allegations against
Cuba.
— On November 5th the New
York Times said the State Depart
ment, the Pentagon and the C IA are
currently analyzing possible military
actions that could include a naval
blockade or invasion o f Cuba,
bombing key Cuban sites, a block
ade of Nicaragua and open military
intervention in El Salvador.
Later that day ABC television re
peated that the State Department re
vised its figure on Cuban troops in
Nicaragua from 500 to 3,000 and
charged that Vietnam had sent 1,000
airplanes and helicopters to Nicara
gua.
and 17 per cent were women. At the
present time, the Portland Police
Bureau has 685 sworn officers o f
which 5.7 per cent are minorities.
The Police Bureau has been able to
do as well as it has in the area of mi
nority recruitment due to the help of
local community organizations.
Those organizations such as the U r
ban League and the Albina M inis
terial Alliance deserve a vote o f
thanks.
As a point o f interest, all candi
dates must meet the same qualifica
tions and complete each step of the
hiring procedure. It is a difficult and
time-consuming process which re
quires determination on the candi
date’s part.
The public can take pride in those
officers who passed our testing
process. We take pride in the people
we hire. If you have any comments
or questions regarding the Portland
Police Bureau, either send them to
the Editor o f the Observer or the
Portland Police Bureau’ s Public
Information Office, 222 SW Pine
Portland, OR 97204.
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— On November 5th Haig con
firmed (hat the Times report on in
vasion plans was true.
—On November 16th Haig said the
"hours are growing short," before
the U .S. may take action to turn
back what he called a "drift toward
totalitarianism " by Nicaragua. In
recent weeks, he said, he has kept
open the option that the U.S. take
military action against Nicaragua.
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Portland attorney Kurt Engelstad, 44, was recently named Ex
ecutive Director of the Urban Indian Council, Inc. The multi-ser
vice agency provides assistance to indigent Native Americans
and others in the Portland metropolitan area through health, leg
al, employment & training and community services programs.
He is also chairman of the board of Multnomah County Legal
Aid, and a member of the board of directors of Oregon Legal
Services. He has been director of the UIC legal program since
establishing it in 1975.
A native Oregonian, he attended Portland's Kennedy grade
school and Central Catholic High School. He graduated from
Oregon State University in 1960 and from Northwestern School
of Law of Lewis and Clark College in 1972. He is a part-time fac
ulty memberr of the law school and teaches Federal Indian Law.
Active in Native American affairs for many years, he is an en-
rollled Alaskan Native, and a recipient of the Chief Frank White
Buffaloman award for outstanding service to the Portland Indian
Community. As a Major in the U.S. Air Force Reserve he has as
sisted the City of Portland’s Office of Emergency Management
in disaster preparedness planning.
He is the father of Jeffrey, 21, and Mark, 17. Interests include
cross country skiing, photography and stamp collecting.
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