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Page 2 Portland Observer, November 2,1983 u Republican pins poverty programs by Lanita Duke C o m m is sio n e r C h arles Jo rd an listens ss LeG ree D sniels. C h a ir m e n o f th e N a tio n a l B lack R epublican C o u ncil, discusses p artisan p o litic s a t a c o m m u n ity fo ru m . (P h oto : R ich ard B ro w n ) Grassroot News. N . W. — The Po litical monopoly enjoyed by the Democratic Party over Black Amer leans was attacked last Wednesday by LeGree Dsniels. Chairm an o f the National Black Republican Council. A t a luncheon forum sponsored by Commissioner Charles Jordan, Daniels said, “ Black Americans have been willing to pay too much in political support for too many go vernment programs and policies in which some worked and others did n 't. This resulted in dependency rather than independence and fos tered a deterioration of the Black fam ily.” Dsniels said she also believed these programs were the cause o f a quarter o f Black America's still liv ing in poverty, and that these pro grams dismiss real economic incen tive. “ As Black Americans we have al lowed the Democratic Party to en joy a monopoly on a product (votes) which is also marketed by another firm,"the Republican Party There is something fundamentally wrong with this arrangement. Too many Blacks have allowed the Democratic Party to design, decide and distrib ute government programs and poli cies ss they saw f it .” Daniels wants Black Americans to participate in the established two- party system to gain and exercise economic power. “ We must be able to walk on both sides of the aisle. The two-party system has worked for every ethnic group in this coun try. I ’m positive it can work for uttons" butts out Marc us. She said she believes Black people are standing on the outside looking in because o f their allegiance to the Democratic Party. “ Except for the F D R years Republicans occupy the W hite House eight to twelve years out o f every twenty. It makes no sense to me for Blacks to be stand ing on the outside eight to twelve years waiting for a Democrat to oc cupy the W hite House. “ As long as we believe the Repub lican Party is our enemy then the hopes o f the Democrats will take us all for granted. It doesn't make sense that we can give ninety percent allegiance and get ten percent back.” During the question and answer period that followed her address, Daniels said she believed that ad ministration has not counted out the Black vote. “ But as a politician I will go where the voles are. When you have people in Washington who are saying the main agenda for Black people is to get rid o f Rea gan then you would go where the votes are first and secondly pick up what you have left behind.” Daniels also believes that Rev. Jesse Jackson's campaign could help both established political par ties by increasing voter registration “ W hat are Black people going to do after they register to vote? We have a history o f voting against some thing and not for something or some one. I do not believe Black people have the power to elect Jesse Jackson. W hat if white America withheld their dollars from us? How would Jesse run?” Further evidence for the conten tion was expressed in the Los Angel es Herald Examiner on September ' ” . « '• 3 - ' à - » ' • • ' . • W EEK LY S P E C IA L S W inter Coats....................................................................................................... 00 Skirts b Slacks. ........................................................................................... ... 99 S P E C IA L S E VER Y W EEK Nice, clean facilities The ears of com we eat today were, in their wild form hundreds of years ago, only an inch or so long. • Saguaros, which are huge cactuses found in Arizona, are often called "apartment houses of the des ert" because they provide living quarters for so many bird species. It takes 21 days for a grape to become a raisin in the sun. In 1790 only five percent of the American population lived in cities. We do ,iot do busines« w ith South Africa American State Bank AN INDEPENDENT BANK Hesd Oftice 2737 N. E. 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Dekum *283-0176 President is anxious to turn public attention away from the catas trophe.” Broder recently learned from a General Keegan, a retired U.S. Air Force Intelligence O fficer, that there have been more than a score o f infringements o f Soviet airspace in the same general area, all by K A I flights. Dixon heads PCC business center Lake Oswego resident A rthur O. Dixon, Jr., has been hired by Port land Community College as project director for the Cascade Small Busi ness Center currently under con struction at PCC's Cascade Campus in North Portland. Dixon is founder o f M etro Build ing Maintenance and Rio Pacific Corporation. He has served as presi dent for both firms since 1980, de veloping sales o f over $600,000 dur ing their first two years o f opera tion. Dixon was born in Kingston, Ja maica, and attended college in New Mexico. He has an M B A in manage ment from Eastern New Mexico University. He spent three years as a staff auditor with the United States A ir Force Audit Agency, worked as a management intern and later as a contract negotiator with the Department o f Energy and was Internal Auditor for T ri-M e t. After moving to Oregon. Dixon founded, organized and adminis tered a men's soccer league involv ing 36 teams and 648 players. He has taught business and accounting classes on a part-time basis for local community colleges. Hansen, If you w ant to save Flight 007 relatives sue U.S. government A SI billion claim for damages has been filed against the U .S. Fed eral Aviation Commission (F A A ) by relatives o f victims o f the Korean A ir Lines flight 007. The claim, filed by New York attorney Aaron Bro- der, is based on the gounds that the airliner deliberately entered Soviet airspace with the knowledge of the U.S. government. The claim for personal injury and wrongful death was filed on behalf o f Betty Lim , widow o f scientist Dr. Jong Lim . Broder is a member of the law firm o f F. Lee Bailey, who won the nation's largest negligence case—$7 million against McDonnell Douglas Corp, and American A ir lines in the 1979 D C -10 crash in C h i cago. The firm is expected to repre sent " a substantial number o f others" in the Korean A ir Lines in cident. According to the F A A , that agen cy will probably reject the suit, al lowing it to be filed directly in Fed eral District Court. A ll suits against the federal government must first be filed against the appropriate agency — in this case, F A A . Broder said the fact that the air liner was directly over the most sen sitive area o f the U .S .S .R . "suggests to me that it was a deliberate willful plan to gather intelligence.” “ Buttons'* only publicly announced candidate for M ayor, has decided to drop out o f the race for the Portland M ayoral post. Following the example o f Rick Bauman, Tom Higgins, Pauline Anderson and others. Buttons is al so dropping out as he feels that this city is not ready for a person from Skid Road to sene at its M ayor. Buttons said, “ I have come to the * ' * * * .•’ ’ / a’ ’ *? 4
