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
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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.
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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 ."
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