Portland Observer, December 21, 1963 Section I Page 3
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Carter to run
by Lam ia Duke
Grassroot News.
N. B' — Sur
rounded by her daughters and sup
porters, Margaret Carter formally an
nounced her candidacy for State
Representative o f District 18, F ri
day, December 16th. W ith the spec
ter o f disunity haunting her, Carter
has vowed to run an aggressive cam
paign against the incumbent, Ed
Leek.
Last month Ms. Carter won the
support o f the District 18 Leader
ship Forum, beaung Luther Strong
and Harold W illiams. The forum
was designed to pick a single candi
date that the community could
back. W illiams, who has not Accept
ed this defeat, has filed to run, and
Calvin O. Henry has his name in the
news with the Oregon Assembly for
Black Affairs gearing up to sponsor
a candidate in A p ril, ’84.
M A R G A R E T CARTER
Carter is facing the fight for the
seat by announcing her candidacy
early and stimulating voter registra
tion in District 18 at the grassroots
level.
The themes o f her campaign are
openness, accountability and re
sults. Her prepared statement reads:
‘ ■District 18 must work for job
training programs. O ur representa
tive must act to insure the State's
Private Industry Council (P IC ) re
quires the local P IC to provide ade
quate training and employment for
the unemployed in this district.”
"O u r representative must take the
initiative in seeking to redress the in
equities in school support which re-
suit in school districts with large
numbers o f special needs students,
such as Portland, receiving less than
adequate levels o f State funding."
“ We must focus on changing
criminals into productive citizens
and we must see that those convict
ed o f crimes compensate their vic
tims.”
Political observers who live in
District 18, and beyond its boun
daries. see a correlation between her
campaign and that o f Rev. Jesse
Jackson for the presidency. Both
are subjected to the same type o f cri
tic is m -la c k o f political experience,
and that both are the wrong "m a n "
for the job. Jackson has no chance
of winning— so it is said— and C ar
ter is the wrong man because she is a
woman.
Carter replied, “ The only correla
tion I see is that Rev. Jackson and
Margaret Carter are people who are
interested in the people o f their
community.
"A s far as lack o f experience
goes, one day 1 was not a college
teacher, but another day 1 was. I ’m
not new to politics. It is just that I
wasn't standing on the soapbox year
after year trying to get elected.”
Carter said male chauvinism
“ was parading around” her cam
paign. “ When my people were de
livering campaign literature, other
people were saying. 'Tell Margaret
Carter to get out of the race because
she is a woman and she is muddying
the water.' W ell, we have while
women in the legislature and none
o f this is happening to them. But
nevertheless, I plan to turn this
around.”
Another problem which needs
turning around is one of her adver
saries— Harold W illiams.
Ms. Carter said, " I think it’s
more than sour grapes. In the first
meeting of the District 18 Leader
ship Forum he said he would respect
the wishes of the churches and the
community to back one person. I
have no problem with M r. Williams
running. This is a free country. But
I feel since he said what he said to
the ministers and the Forum leaders
that he should have abided by his
words.”
Rev. John Garlington, a member
o f the Forum, said, “ It was a ‘gen-
tlepcrson’s' agreement. When that
is violated, what can you do?”
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by Lam ia Duke
Grassrool News. N .W .— When
the snow chills you and the rain
soaks you there is a husband and
wife team who can literally lake you
away from all this.
They are Robert and M ary But
ler. and they own and operate Travel
Roberts, a travel agency.
Since 1977 Travel Roberts has
survived a recession and a depres
sion. Robert Butler stated that the
1978 deregulation of the airlines
has created a mobile population.
"T h e air fares are down. They
can go anywhere they want to. They
can open up new destinations and
the new kid on the block is offering
lower introductory fares which seem
to get the phones ringing around
here."
Butler said a travel agency does
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we all need at one time or another.
We deal with all the airlines and
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wants you to stay on their lin e."
Butler also stated that a travel
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In the competitive travel market
Butler said Travel Roberts is doing
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“ The air fares are lower so our
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bad because we are doing twice as
much work for the same amount of
money. But we are getting new busi
ness from these first-time flyers.”
Travel Roberts can lake you on
the trail o f the Portland T railblaz
ers, to visit the M otherland— A fr i
ca— and to our sister city, Seattle.
“ One that I'm excited about is
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carnival is a lot o f fun and Trinidad
is a very interesting country. In
March everyone will be tired o f the
rain so you might as well take o ff
and go down and party for aw hile."
The Butlers see themselves as role
models for the youth in their home
lo\*n. He said he survived the bad
times by cutting back and saving
when times go better.
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and keeping it open is consistency.
I f you say you are going to open up
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that time. The day you don’ t will be
the day everyone will come in and
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How serious is the plight o f the
homeless/shelterless? Congressman
Ron Wyden answered, “ It's a na
tional crisis, from Portland, Ore
gon, to Portland, M ain e.”
Congressman Wyden's remark
was made Tuesday, December 6th,
at Baloney Joe’s, 313 E. Burnside,
where he christened the Burnside
Annual Poverty Tree.
Michael Stoops, co-founder of
Baloney Joe’s, said they were "in
desperate need of funds.”
In addition to needing funds for
its continued nighttime shelter, day
time drop-in center and meals. Ba
loney Joe's needs $10,000 to install
a mandated fire sprinkler system,
according to Stoops.
Stoops said, “ We feel for the
safety o f the people staying in Ba
loney Joe's.” The fire sprinkler sys
tem is the final phase o f Baloney
Joe’s renovation project.
The estimated 3,000 homeless
men, women and children, are still
with us. They seek shelter, food,
medical aid, clothing— the bare es
sentials o f life, pounding the pave
ment of Portland.
The Burnside Project’s D rop-In
Center, 523 N .W . Everett S t., ac
cording to Jean Demaster, director,
is providing shelter for 118 men and
15 women nightly. Fifteen or more
are turned away. Baloney Joe's
nightly intake has increased to 90
and the Women West Hotel, 127
N .W . 6th Avenue, is averaging 30 to
35 women and children nightly, on
an emergency basis.
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cording to Stoops, is to raise
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stall the sprinkler system. “ Please
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