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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
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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
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JOE UR»S