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Page 10 Portland Observer, January 12. 1963
Washington Hot Line
by Congressman Hon Wyden
ernor saw the passage of legislation
that set up the Department of Envi
ronmental Quality and established
land use planning in our slate. He
also was one of the founders of One
Thousand Friends of Oregon.
Tom M cC all fought fo r strong
environmental standards for O re
gon, because he loved Oregon And
Oregon loved him. He was one of
those rare men who is a legend in his
own tim e—a man whose opinions
and ideas made waves in Washing
ton, D .C ., as well as at home, a man
who had the respect of people from
all walks of life, all political persua
sions and all philosophies.
It was fittin g that Tom M cC all
spent his last few months battling
for the preservation o f one of his
major legislative initiatives—land
use planning. Tom M c C a ll was
nothing if not a Tighter. He was will
ing to give his all to any cause he be
lieved in—and he believed in many.
He never asked more of others than
he was willing to give himself, never
When former Oregon Governor
Tom McCall died Saturday, he took
a part of every Oregonian with him.
In many way», Tom M cC all was
Oregon— the epitome o f the inde
pendent spirit, the forward thinking
and the strong will that made Ore
gon the great state that it is. He will
be sorely—and forever— missed.
To list all o f Tom M c C a ll’ s ac
complishments would take more
space than one column allows.
He was a newspaperman— in
Moscow, Idaho, In Bend and in
Portland. He was a commentator
for Portland television stations 2
and 8. He was a correspondent for
the Navy during World War II. He
was a Secretary o f Stale for two
years and a governor for eight.
But most of all, Tom McCall was
a public servant for Oregon—and he
served it well.
Oregon enjoys a national reputa
tion for its strong environmental
standards—and Tom McCall was a
big reason why. His tenure as Gov
face us.
After all Tom McCall was one of
those kinds of people. He wouldn’t
have known how to be any d iffe r
ent.
W e’ll miss him.
Prince H a ll Shriners o f M ina
Temple »68 re-elected James W.
Calvin as III. Potentate for 1983.
Other officers elected are Joseph
Henderson,£?hief Rabban; William
Haygood. asst. Rabban; Charles
Sanders, High Priest and Prophet;
Andrew Childs, O rie n ta l Guide;
L .C . Ellison, Treasurer; and John
Blow, Recorder. Im perial officers
are Thomas Vickers. Deputy of the
Desert; W illiam Odom , Deputy of
the Oasis; Fredroe Johnson, Advi
ser of the Desert and Eugene Bon
ner, Organizer,
M ina Court »142, Daughters of
Isis, re-elected Frances Odom as III.
Commandress. Other elected o ffi
cers for the Court are Virgie Tins
ley, 1st L t. Commandress; G loria
Brown, 2nd L t. Commandress;
Margaret Isaacs, Priestess; Ella Mae
Roy, O rien tal G uide; Layola
Brown, 1st Ceremonial Daughter;
Bernice Noble. 2nd Cerem onial
Daughter; Charles Person, Inside
Spy; Pearlie Mae Joiner, Outside
Dr. Francea Odum was ra elected llluatrioua Commandress ol
Mina Court <2 and Jamaa W. Calvin aa llluatrioua Potentate for Mina
Temple 68. AAONM S
Spy; Vethel Hall, Recordress; Doro
thy Vickers, Treasurer; Orene Rose
mon. Directress o f Isiserettes. Im
perial O fficers are V io la Bonner,
Deputy o f the Oasis; D orothy
Vickers, Deputy o f the Desert and
Deputy Directress of Line Officer's
Training; Clareece Shelby, Deputy
Directress of Isiserettes.
The Shriners and Daughters of
Isis work in conjunction with Senior
Citizens and Youth Projects, an an
nual Christmas Party for children,
donate and deliver Christmas food
boxes to needy families in the com
munity and give career education
and scholastic scholarships. Mina
Temple sponsors a wrestling team
and other athletic activities for
youth. Mina Court sponsors an Isis
erettes Girls Club which is both re
creational and service oriented.
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Other areas of interest and exper
ience for M r. Biskar include Senior
Citizens issues, youth and health
care. He has expressed interest in
participating in the Oregon Associa
tion of Counties.
There was some concern that the
selection process was convoluted.
Let me set the record straight. It was
accelerated, but not convoluted.
The rules called for five minute
interviews before the board exclud
ing Commissioner Dennis Buchan
an, on two d ifferen t occasions.
Once these werre completed, each
board member was expected to
share its list to determine common
choices and then proceed through a
nomination process that would ulti
mately focus on one candidate.
Having been through such a process
in 1975, 1 was personally not inter
ested in putting anyone else through
similar pain and agony if it could be
I l pleases me to introduce to my
constituents in District 2, the newest
Multnomah County Commissioner.
M r. Arnold Biskar representing Dis
trict I , form erly held by Dennis
Buchanan M r. Biskar was unani
mously nominated on December 22,
which allowed him and the 30 other
candidates to enjoy an "an xiety
fre e " holiday. He could not be
formally elected until the vacancy
occurred, however, and was voted
into the position on January 4,
I9R3.
M r. Biskar is a Certified Public
Accountant, and his training will
certainly be an asset in helping the
County balance the budget. In 1982-
83 there is already $900,000 short
fall due to a decline in the revenue
projections in the fourth quarter of
1982. Without substantial revenue
generation, the 1983-84 budget will
require as much as a $14 million dol-
growing. In November, the board of
directors of the Ecumenical Minis
tries of Oregon passed a resolution
in support o f divestment o f certain
South A frica related stale fund.
During the same month State Treas
urer Clay Myers announced at W il
lamette University that he has with
drawn certain deposits from C iti
bank, which has been heavily in
volved in loaning to South Africa.
Myers claims he has re-deposited
these funds in Oregon banks.
The Portland City Council vote
on the South African resolution has
been delayed due to the South A fri
can Consul (ieneral's visit, but is ex
pected to come up soon.
(Continued from page I col. 3)
pension funds over a three-year
period. The bill calls for reinvest
ment of those funds in the Massa
chusetts economy. A veto of the bill
by the governor was overridden by
the House 134-2 and by the Senate
23-5.
In Michigan, the stale legislature
passed a bill that will require with
drawal of all state educational funds
from companies that do business
with South Africa.
In Oregon, the number of groups
endorsing withdrawal of state funds
from banks and corporations is
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In 1975 it took almost two weeks
of deadlocked nominations before a
candidate was chosen. Then it was
one who had not presented himself
and had not suffered the anxiety of
the rest of us.
When it appeared, after much
comparison of lists, that there were
several common names, we decided
to see if one would emerge with a
m ajority (three) votes. M r. Biskar
was the one who emerged.
M r. Biskar brings skill that will
help minimize the County’s budge
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Welcome. Arnold Biskar. I look
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Hunter
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started a fight he wasn’t willing to
finish.
In the last months of his life, Tom
McCall only asked one thing of Ore
gonians—that they preserve the land
use laws he fought so hard to gain.
T hat the voters acquiesced is a
tribute to Tom McCall’s great pow
ers o f communication and persua
sion.
I f there was only one more thing
Tom McCall could ask of Oregon
ians, I think it would be to maintain
and build on the Oregon spirit— to
preserve our reputation as indepen
dent thinkers, as creative, forward-
looking individualists, as people
who understand the importance of
preserving our great natural re
sources and of coming up with inno
vative solutions to the problems that
Prince Hall Sbrinerà elect officers
(Continued from page I col. 3/
basement surrounded by four or
five other people. T rin a looked
te rrifie d . The people with Trina
threatened him , even asking
someone to gel a gun. When 911
was called, it took police almost a
h a lf hour to respond," Herndon
continued.
According to Detective David
Simpson, public information officer
for the Portland Police Bureau,
police officers did enter the house
located on N .E . M a llo ry but Ms.
Hunter was not on the scene.
" M e d ia ’s message to the Black
community has been ‘ only rich,
white girls like Patti Hears! can be
forced to act against there w ill' " ,
Herndon said.
Also a target of complaints from
the com m unity are the Portland
police, who are accused o f
mishandling the investigation before
andaf ter Ms. Hunter's death.
(See next w eek’s Observer fo r
further details.)
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trial sectors. Most of Oregon's man
ufacturing plants are operating at
their lowest capacities since World
War II.
The greatest job losses this year
were in m anufacturing (capital
goods). Nine thousand jobs were
lost in this category since November
1982, 20,400 since 1979. Em ploy
ment in the construction industry
declined 16.R percent since Novem
ber of 1982, a 47.1 percent loss since
1979. Such "recession p ro o f” in
dustries as services, especially medi
cal services, cut back nearly 5 per
cent in the last year and government
employment dropped by 3 percent
Farm employment did not fare
any better; farm employment in No
vember was 7 percent below that of
last year. Crop and livestock prices
have dropped while costs have risen,
causing a decline in net farm income
for the third straight year
Oregon has lost 10 percent of its
jobs in the last three years and all
sectors of employment have shrunk.
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