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I -i* 8 F* i* a n c ** 3 S c • o q n \ © rr c p 3 p** i* P 3 g n L n lv e ra lty o f Oregon L ib ra ry b tiR o n e, C r . ra n Cora Smith on Fashions Schwab or Uris? Page 1 z UJ Z UJ Z Program needs tutors J7-1 )3 College athletes should be paid Section II Page 3 Page 11 PORTLAND OBSERVER April 15, 1982 Volume X II, Number 27 25Ç Per Copy Tw o Sections USPS 959-680-855 school board The Portland School Board con tinues its c o n fro n ta tio n w ith the Black community in the face o f pro testers who closed one meeting and forced another into a probably ille gal armed seclusion. The o n ly consistent o p in io n is that neither side leaves room to ne gotiate. The School Board voted to place the Tubman Middle School in the Boise b u ilding, w hile all Black com m unity organizations, the dis tric t’s Desegregation M o n ito rin g Committee, and the Tubman parent o rg a n iza tio n supported the E lio t site. The Eliot site was approved by the Board two years ago, but the de cision was changed last month with the vote o f two new Board members Dean G isvold and C h a rlo tte Bee man, along w ith Frank M cN am ara and Joe R ieke. B ill Scott, w ho fa vored E lio t, switched his vote to join the m ajority. C hairm an B ill Scott said that al though some in fo rm a l talks have taken place between superintendent M a tth e w P ro p h e t and the B lack United F ro n t, and among Gisvold, School Board Chairman Bill Scott calls for quiet while Bieck United Front demonstrators chant "Eliot, Eliot". Scott recessed the meeting and reconvened in a small room, excluding the citizens. The move was opposed by board members Herb Cawthorne, Steve tion. Although Prophet is talking with Black representatives he has no au th o rity to do anything other than discuss the best ways to develop the program at Boise, Scott explained. The Board has not given him the au thority to negotiate a compromise. N e ith e r has P ro p h e t, w ho has said he favors the E lio t site, asked the Board to reconsider their deci sion. D r. James Fenwick, former inter im -s u p e rin ten d en t, w ho reco m mended the Boise site, sees the same stalem ate. “ T h ere have been in form al talks but they got nowhere; I ’ m not aw are o f any o ffe r to change positions or to negotiate on the part o f the Board.” H e rb C a w th o rn e said B oard members refuse to discuss the issue. “ They can’t avoid it; it will be dealt w ith now or later. They w on’ t talk about now; but i f something tragic happens they will talk about it then. W hen it completely divides the city they will talk .” Steve B uel, w ho supports the E lio* site,-wants the Board to meet with community leaders, hold pub lic meetings, and fin d a solutio n . “ I f Boise is the best site we should be able to convince the people that it is. I f we can ’ t then we should do (Please turn to page 7 col. 2) Atiyeh seeks economic diversity for Oregon Lincoln High selects Lisa Joelle Rankins Joelle Rankins was selected Rose Festival Princess by students at Lin coln High School. Joelle, 18, is in volved in speech and won tw o second place trophies in poetry and serious interpretation at the city for ensic’s meet. She also is a swimmer. She plans to study radio or televi sion at the U niversity o f O regon. She works as a radio dispatcher for KGW . Joelle is the daughter o f George and Constance Rankins. V. Buel and Joa Rieka who considarad the meeting a violation of tha open meeting law. The public was allowed to view tha board meeting on closed-circuit television. (Please see pages 3 and 6) (Photo: Richard J. Brown) tatives o f the M etropolitan Hum an Relations Commission, there is little possibility o f reconsideration. None o f the four who favored Boise w ill change their vote, he explained, so there is no b en efit in reconsidera- again y “ T h a t ’ s w ho I a m ” . G o v ern o r Victor Atiyeh explained his feeling tow ard hum an rights. I ’ ve supported every piece o f civil rights legislation, “ It ’s what I believe.” He explained his much repeated remark that religious followers o f Rajneesh should leave A n te lo p e, where they are not welcom e. “ Sometimes words get put together wrong. W hat I said was not how I feel and it has covered what I have really done and tried to do fo r so long. “ I feel the same way about the fear that the people o f Antelope feel as I did when the black fa m ily in M ilw a u k ie was harassed and frightened. The people o f Antelope arc frightened; they feel threatened. I d o n ’ t believe the follo w ers o f Rajneesh have been as sensitive as they should be to the people who live there.” Oregon’s major problem is one of jobs, according to A tiye h . “ How can we p rovide d iversity for our econom y so that when there is a recession Oregon is not so badly hit? H o w can we best meet this problem?" The tax structure must be examined to see if it is a barrier to business investment in the state. The tax re lie f program must be re examined. “ The business clim ate must be improved. W e do want business in Oregon, but we have the reputation that we do not. This is something 1 have been w o rkin g on and w ill continue to w ork.” A tiye h w ould lik e to see more prevention. “ One o f the things I ’ve wanted to do and haven’t been able to do is to put the resources o f the state together for prevention — to solve the problem s before they happen. “ C rim e preventio n is a good exam ple — keeping people fro m commiting the first crime instead o f trying to find ways to get them out o f the criminal justice system. This is one o f the answers. “ G e ttin g young people in to youth groups, com m unity centers, sports is anothe answer. Y o u th program s are my num ber one priority. Sports are very im portant to keep young people busy and physically active.” Atiyeh sees a need for Oregon to build on its current industries as well as trying to d iversify. The tim ber industry is losing to the South where markets are closer, transportation cheaper. O regon needs to sell its timber on its quality, not on price, since the Douglass Fir is one o f the finest woods available for building. A com m o dity com m ission — s im ilar to those fo r m ilk , beef, wheat — should be established by the tim b er com panies to pool resources and p ro m o te th e ir products. A n o th er o p tio n is added trade w ith the F ar East. O regon did $6 b illio n in e xp o rt-im p o rt last year. Japan is looking at buying finished wood products rath er than just timber. There is also the possibility o f jo in t ventures between Japanese and Oregon firms. Secondary m a n u fa c tu rin g is another potential. Aluminum ingots are shipped o ut fo r m a n u fa ctu re in to other goods. “ W hy not do it h e re .” W h ere raw m aterials are produced in O reg o n, the finished product could also be produced hre. F u rn itu re should be made in O re g o n , close to the source o f tim b e r, ra th e r th a n in Southern C alifo rn ia . This would create jobs for Oregonians. “ It is not business we are dealing with; it is jobs.” A tiy e h believes he has the best o p p o rtu n ity to b rin g business to O regon since he has been m aking contacts around the nation for the past fou r years. State Senator Ted K ulongoski, a D em ocratic candi date, sponsored the plant closure bill so Atiyeh believes he cannot get the trust o f in d u stry , whereas C o u n ty Executive D on C la rk has little experience with business. Schwab, Uris vie for City Commission seat C ity C om m issioner M ild re d Schwab is seeking another four year term. Her reason: “ I want to see the Performing Arts Center through.” The p erfo rm in g arts center, financed by a tax levy and donations, is in the planning stage. MILDRED SCHWAB “ G en erally 1 think I ’ ve done a good jo b ,'* sad C om m issioner Schwab, who has served nine years. As C om m issioner o f the Park Bureau for seven years she oversaw the development o f King park, the redesign o f Unthank and new work at W o o d law n . The Park Bureau's programs — recreation, community schools, programs for the elderly and handicapped — are among her proudest accomplishments. O th er accom plishments include making the auto race track and the civic a u d ito riu m self supporting, aiding the development o f a cable tv franchise that requires 18 per cent m inority participation, making the A rts C om m ission more representative — “ I supported Charles (Jo rd an) on the northeast firehouse theatre.” Since being assigned to the Fire Bureau a year ago, Ms. Schwab has in stitu ted a tra in in g program designed to bring in more m inorities. The age lim it has been lowered to 18 to avoid losing recruits between high school and age 21. The training program conbines school with on -th e-jo b tiain in g at (Please turn to page 10 col. If Joe Uris, candidate for City Com missioner, lays ou, a distinct plan for the City o f Portland. Portland Development Commis sion: Uris believes that P D C com missioners should be elected, not appointed by the M ayor. P D C has spent 85 per cent o f its resources in the city center in large p rojects. Rather than continue dow n-tow n developments, which is good for the construction industry but does little fo r the average P o rtla n d e r, P D C should turn its attention to neigh borhood based firms that are labor intensive. While large companies are being assisted, small business is dy ing. Employment: Appropriate indus try should be recruited. The Wacker experiment was not entirely success ful: although many low-income per sons were hired there is a high turn over rate and it is reported to be a dangerous place to work. Enormous tax incentives were given w ith o u t proper research on the com pany that was being recruited. Because o f the worsening econ omy there is new interest in “ cottage industry” where residents operate small businesses in their homes. I f there are no employees and no tra f fic problems created the city should be sensitive to this need in its code enforcement. Code enforcement is often inequi table. Where a small company or in dividual must comply, a large com (Please turn to page 5 column I) JOE UR»S
