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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1983)
Portland Observer. September 21, 1963 Page 5 Washington Hot Line by Congressman Ron Wyden The week o f Oct 2-8 h>, been Jedicated M inority Enterprise De velopment Week by President Rea * * n It is an important gesture which signifies at least the realiza tion by the administration that de velopment o f minority businesses is vital to the social and economic health o f the nation. The proclamation honors the na tion s 600,000 minority-owned businesses and the large companies and trade associations which have significantly assisted minority- owned small firms. Although a week o f praise for the achievements o f minority business is well warranted, it unfortunately cannot make up for the administra tion's neglect o f the needs o f these very same businesses. As Congressman Parren Mitchell |D -M d .), the Chairman o f the House Small Business Committee, said when he visited Portland in July, the Reagan administration has acted "unconscionably" in carrying out policies designed to aid small and minority businesses. For example, the SBA's Direct Loan Program has been neglected. H a lf the funds ihat have been ear marked for this program have not been dispersed. Several SBA district representatives have said they have no knowledge of it or that there is no money left in (he program. The same is true o f the SBA's guaranteed bank loan program for small businesses Less than half the funds for thai program have been put to use. There has been some good news on the minority small business hori zon. The Surface Transportation Act of 1982 provided some $7.1 bit- lion for minority contractors across the U .S . I plan to do my best to see that minority contractors in Oregon get the share they deserve. Also, in my capacity as a member o f the House Small Business C om m u te , I will continue to watch over he SBA and the administration to sec that the intent o f Congress is carried out with regard to small business programs. I will continue to do my best to sec (hat the goals o f M inority Busi ness Development Week, " to en hance the ability o f minority Am eri cans to participate more fully in the market economy and to achieve greater economic independence," are lived up to here in Washington. I f we can work in that spirit. M i nority Business Enterprise Week will indeed be something to cele brate. Hatch fined (Continued fro m page 3/ breathe. It felt like everything from my knees on down was on T ire.. , everything went black." When he woke up, he found himself in an ambulance. " H a d P PA L been noti fie d ," said the state Accident Pre vention Division report, "they would have put a hold on that lin e ." Power to the line would then have automatically tripped o ff once con tact was made. Also, according to the report, a utility crew would have been sent to monitor the operation. Hatch, apparently unhappy with the questions put to him by state in spectors, asked a few of his own, which they recorded. " A re you a member o f a union?," he asked one inspector. " A re you paid by the union at this time?,” "A re you re tired from a union and receiving a pension?” The difference between a union and a non-union job, he went on to explain to the inspectors, is that loyal non-union workers will inform him of their complete conversations with inspectors. But Dean Wear, business manager with Local 701 o f the Operating Engineers union, whose members operate cranes and other heavy equipment, had other ideas about the difference between a union and non-union job. "They're letting R .A . Hatch get away with things that a union contractor would not get by w ith ,” he said. " I t was a ter rible, terrible accident, and it was extremely fortunate that no one was killed ." In addition to safety violations in volving the crane accident. Hatch was also cited for not providing a ladder in a trench for workers to use while getting in and out, a five foot trench was not shored and sloped, Hatch flagmen did not wear hard hats and reflecting orange safety vests, and a portable gas welder was operated next to a truck with a fuel tank mounted on its bed. Herb Cawthorne. here as Frederick Douglass, prepares for his September 24th performance of "Agitate Our Work Is Not Finished" at the Civic Auditorium in Las Vegas. Nevada Written by Jeane Woolley and scored by Janice Scroggins, the oral history program on Douglass opened in Portland last May and was widely acclaimed. Rash Roofing, Inc. Roof all types of buildings Reasonable prices — All work guaranteed 4 J Call 7 8 a.m . daily 287-8474 4011 NE Union Ave Correction Apologies to Herb Cawthorne. In last week’s Observations column Cawthorne was identified as a " f o r mer School Board member.” C aw thorne is a current and very active member o f the Portland School Board. Ask for Willie Banks by Lenita D uke and Richard Brow n With the start o f the 1983/84 school year, the Street Beat team asked, “ What kind o f education do you expect your children to receive from the Portland Public Schoo! sys tem?" Ricky Hall Student Wilton Merritt Manager " I think it's pretty good. ()verall there is a lot more em phasis on science and math. So, ' I believe they would receive a "W e ll, I'm a student, and I guess I'm learning something, but there are a lot o f my friends who aren't. Sometimes the teacher only pays attention to one or two in the class and there are 20 students she ain't even asked about. So, I would say the quality o f education is poor.” good o ne." Mallaaa Enoa Housewife I think it would be poor. They are closing schools every day and soon there won't be any school left. I think the school system is really bad. We are the children o f the future and if they keep closing down the schools there won’t be any future " Marcus Mott Student Mary Ann LaChapelle Secretary "They would receive a fairly good education. People don't always realize that. I really hate watching school bond levies fail People need to put money in their children." " I'm another student and last year when I started 7th grade I could hardly read. But at the end o f the year I could. When I decided that I wanted to learn, I found people and teachers in the school who helped m e." Winfield Bermillion Laborer «1 is good, although it changes quite a bit. They have good programs in the system and they have a good reading program ." word isgetf \N H jp W hips & W aves is our name. Doing hair is our thing! We now have a brand new barber, it's a her! She wants very much to meet some new heads. 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