Portland Observer, September 22,1982 Page 9
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pul together.
Walker who has been a candidate
in several local races in the past, said
that he would not have been a candi
date this time except that people ex
pressed concern when Ed Leek won
the Democratic nomination.
“ When the community got in an
uproar about Leek winning on the
basis that he, Leek, hadn't gotten
into community affairs, I decided to
form another p arty." According to
Bang Bang others he spoke with
about the new party idea failed to
show interest and so he ended up
running himself. (Other sources re
fute this and claim that Walker had
intended to run all alo n g .) “ They
(the other blacks) think that they
can defeat Leek in *84, but you can’t
defeat an incum bent. I ran three
times against [State Representative
H o w ard ) C h e r r y ," W a lk e r said.
Like Ford, W alker points to his
history o f work within inner North
east P o rtlan d as his ra tio n a le for
running and winning. Billing him
self as “ an old fr ie n d ,” W alker
points to the number o f black floats
he sponsored in (he Rose Parade;
the jobs he created through his com
pany, Knockout Industries, which
produced at one time 40 d ifferent
kinds o f soap products which were
distributed through area stores; the
Christmas parades he said he used
to sponsor; and food baskets during
Thanksgiving.
“ I don’ t see how they can come
out against me for the things I have
done in the last 26 years,” he said.
“ I'd fight for an equal share o f the
pie,” if elected. “ You gotta holler."
Walker, who gained local fame as
a result o f his boxing skills in his
youth, inserts the word " w e ” when
talking about himself. “ I mean ’me’
all the tim e ,” he explains. As a
result it is difficult to determine the
amount o f support he has garnered
for his campaign.
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He admits that creating the minor
political party was his idea. “ I was
not working with anyone, it was my
idea. H o ld , h o ld ,” he cautioned.
“ It was my idea but friends o f mine
said we shouldn’ t send Ed Leek
down to Salem."
T he first scheduled meeting or
convention for the political party
was August 8th at Peninsula Park,
he said. W alker said the meeting
was rescheduled when he was unable
to obtain the sound permit for the
band he had planned to use and that
the convention for the new P a r t y -
New Pary, New District— was held
in a local restaurant. According to
W alker and the Secretary o f State’s
office forming the new minor party
required obtaining a percentage o f
signatures based on votes cast in the
Congressional representative race
and nom inating officers. It is not
known how many persons did a t
tend the convention. One political
insider suggested that it was very,
very few. Walker did not specify.
Rounding out the trio o f black
candidates hoping to unseat Ed
L e e k ’s possible candidacy in the
predom inantly Democratic race is
Rev. John Jackson, who originally
allowed himself to be n o m ina'ed,
only to withdraw immediately after
wards when it was pointed out that
he did not live in the 18th District.
Jackson w ill not be on the ballo t.
He will be a write-in candidate.
Contacted at his office at M ount
O liv e t Baptist C h urch , 116 N .E .
Schuyler, which is w ithin the dis
trict, Jackson said that he is back in
the race— in a way.
He said that he withdrew original
ly because he believed that he could
not use the parsonage residence as
his home residence. He said he was
asked by the Northeast Community
Congress, a coalitio n o f inner
Northeast organizations formed in
response to the School Board’s deci
sion to relocate the Tubman Middle
School fro m its o rig in a lly agreed
upon site. Jackson, who says he has
lived on N .E . Liberty, outside the
18th District, for the past 12 years,
said he has in his possession a docu
ment from the Secretary o f State’s
office which recognizes his parson
age address as his voting residence.
He could not find the document at
the time o f the telephone interview
but recognized two documents in
this reporter’s possession as coming
from persons handling his cam
paign.
One o f the documents is a notar
ized a ffa d a v it by Jackson noting
that the parsonage address was and
has always been maintained for his
residence since he first came to Port
land in 1963. "1 was advised that the
church parsonage at 116 N .E .
Schuyler would be my home and of
fice and would be at my disposal for
those purposes as long as I was the
pastor
of
the
above-named
church," it concluded. Jackson said
he uses the parsonage as his address
when he serves on com m unity
boards. “ It was my o ffic ia l resi
dence when I first moved here,” he
said. “ But I d o n ’ t live here. I ’ m
privileged to live here if I so desire."
He admitted that he changed his
voting residence in August o f this
year to the Schuyler address and
that until that time he voted from
his “ fam ily hom e” residence. He
also said his wife still maintains the
fa m ily home as her residence for
voting purposes.
" I have a slip o f paper with [Sec
retary o f State) Norma Paulus' sig
nature on i t , ” he added. “ I t ’ s a
copy o f my residence and my voting
place." He was unable to identify or
fin d that docum ent. Several con
tacts with the Secretary o f State’ s
office failed to support Rev. Jack
son’s version. A ll that they had re
ceived from h im , they said, was a
form filled out by Jackson to notify
the Secretary o f State’s office o f his
principal campaign committee and
his political campaign treasurer.
“ T h a t just tells us the appoint-
ment o f his political treasurer,” a
spokesperson said. “ He won’t be on
the ballot unless he’s appointed by
the Republicans."
In a d d itio n , the spokesperson
pointed out that since Jackson has
not been registered at the parsonage
he would have to obtain certifica
tion by the State House o f Repre
sentatives. The spokesperson point
ed out that Article 4, section 8 o f the
Oregon Constitution requires a can
didate to have been registered within
the district for at least a year.
Asked why he was chosen to run
by the Community Coalition, Jack-
son said, “ They decided they’ d
rather have a black than Ed Leek."
Jackson’s present campaign in
volves a write-in e ffo rt. He said he
does not know if he will be elected
but that he will remain in the race.
His campaign is being managed by
M . Precious and E a rl Chase, two
school teachers who live outside the
18th District and are both registered
Republicans. Jackson said he did
not find it ironic that two Republi
cans, both black, were managing his
w rite-in cam paign. “ N o , that
doesn’t frighten m e," he said.
Jackson said that he gave his en
dorsement to Kent F ord a fte r he
withdrew earlier. As a result Ford is
carrying Jackson as one o f his en
dorsers on his campaign literature.
" H e ’s supposed to announce that
I'm not supporting h im ,” said Jack-
son. Ford said he could not remem
ber a meeting with Jackson’s people
about w ith d raw in g the endorse
ment. Jackson said he would not be
bothered if Ford did not make the
announcement.
None o f the candidates in te r
viewed in this report indicated they
would support Leek. A t least two of
them admitted that they would not
support Leek because o f his race.
“ Ed has racial tendencies," Ford
said. " H e comes o ff telling us what
we can do and can't do. He has la
tent racism that blacks are infantile
when it comes to politics.”
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