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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
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intelligence source who said, “ Mos
cow may have tolerated overflights
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this time because it may have been
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sports.
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pected to be ready after the first of
the year, according to Dixon. In
quires should be directed to him.
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“ It suggests to m e,” Broder said,
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has learned a great deal more about
the U .S .' involvement, and that the
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People,' that is, the rich people in
Portland's West H ills, would never
support my campaign and would
probably make life miserable for me
i f I won the race.”
In bowing out o f the race,
Buttons will be building his political
and financial power-base over the
next several years in anticipation o f
running for C ity Council in 1986
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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.
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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
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cident.
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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
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