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Portland Observer July 18, 1984 Page 3 CONVENTION'84 DELI FEATURES BALL PARK FRANKS Survey yeilds profile of convention delegate POUND PKG IMPERIAL MARCARME by Chuck Goodmacher U n lik e most A m eric an s, the typical delegate to the D em ocratic N a tio n al C onvention is w hite, u p p e r-m id d le class, well ed u cated , middle aged and married, according to an AB C News survey. The survey offered evidence sup porting Jesse Jackson's contention that convention rules are grossly un fa ir and " lo c k o u t " m illio n s o f voters. Fully 21 percent o f the delegates put their incomes at $75,000 a year or more; another 21 percent had in comes between $50,000 - $75,000; 31 percent had incomes o f between $30, (X» $50,000; and only 11 per cent put th eir income at less than $20, (XX) a year. Only five percent of the delegates are blue collar workers and a mere $ “|5 9 SAVI 40 one percent are farmers. The largest occupational groups represented in clude: lawyers, at 13 percent; public o ffic ia ls , w ho account fo r m ore than 15 percent; and, other w hite collar w orkers, m aking up 19 per cent o f the delegates. By race, h ow ever, delegate representation is roughly equal to the national breakdow n. Seventy- fiv e percent o f the delegates are white, seventeen percent Blacks and six percent Hispanic. T h e re are m ore senior citizens than youths. Thirteen percent o f the delegates are older than 60, w hile only 6 percent are less than 29 years old. Thirty-one percent are between 40 and 49 years old; 29 percent are between 30 and 39; and 21 percent between 50 and 59 cubes 89* POUND O F ’ 4 9i* QQ0 SOFT x, - 2 -S C U P S (POUND CARTON) DIET IMPERIAL FOUND OF 1-101. curs BACON *1 HYGRADE 12 e i PKG 29 ■ D e le g a te S ta tis tic s G roup D e le g a te * A lte m e te * Male Female 7,993 1,951 665 646 Black Hispanic Native American Asian Pacific W hite 711 251 34 75 2,850 234 85 12 23 933 3,944 1,311 TOTAL I lEN O W 'S r~ FOR. 1 B R A N D S yew k n e w Source ABC new» survey Source Democratic Nationel Committee SHOP V A R K T I IS v » u M b * SIXES yaw w a n t Candace R u rd fih a w r»w S—«< l«O * Hearing examines pay equity issues___ • • • • • * I t I « U tw D v b 'D • I AW* > ! • • » A le e * A n " « * . R e • I J J e A A M I O l> a « e • )« •» * N I a » -b a -a t • * C a t e t f N M itts P I d s d a Laba lf } a 4 N H B lw t s t e * a H la * • Oefc S ^ v * assaeaa u* wawtte >«m sas A t * A M I M aw eab A t I » 4 *ia < e e A W e s * A w ^ w .id e *?- tig ■ • • • A- • <lPy by Catherine Siegner Among all the other caucuses and events occurring Tuesday morning, d u rin g the D e m o cratic N a tio n a l C o n v e n tio n , was a Congressional hearing on the issue o f pay equity, which means equal pay for work o f comparable value. Pay eq u ity has become a c o n troversial issue in the Pacific N o rth west since last year's lawsuit filed by tail m atrons at the State P en iten tiary alleging male employees, doing similar jobs, were paid more. Since the jail m atron’s court case, the State o f W ashington has been sued by fem ale w orkers alleg in g sim ilar in e q u itie s, and a study o f state w orkers* jo b cla ssifica tio n s and pay levels is now underway in Oregon. M a ry Rose O a k a r, D e m o cratic (ongressw om an from O h io , chairs the House Subcommittee on C o m pensation and Em ployee Benefits and is a staunch supporter o f pay equity. It was O akar who shepher ded a proposal through the House, this year, for a study o f federal em ployees’ jobs and pay levels similar to the Oregon study. O a k a r was jo in e d by C o n gressman W illia m F o rd ( D - M I ) , w ho is also an advocate o f pay equity. Ford said he would use what he termed "R epu b lican tactics" to get the pay equity proposal through this session o f Congress. " W e may have to attach it to the m erit pay b ill w hich President Reagan is s u p p o rtin g ," Ford said. " M e r i t pay, you k n o w , is where everybody has to w ork harder for less.” Those te s tify in g , T u e sd ay , in cluded C ongressw om an B arb ara Boxer ( D - C A ) ; Judy G o ld s m ith , president of the N a tio n a l Organization for W omen; and L in dy Boggs, Congressw om an fro m L o u is ia n a , w ho was in s tru m e n tal in passing the Equal Credit Act through Congress in 1982. That law allows women equal access to credit w ithout taking a husband's (fin a n ces) into consideration. Boggs said the pay eq u ity proposal passed the House earlier this year and that it has a good MRS.C’s WIGS $4" Betty C»6in* P'otxwtor F ..lu n n S W'9» ¡>V N A O M I SIM S ANDRE DOUGLAS BILLIE b NATALIE COLE Hair Products (11 (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) "W e h ave e v e ry th in g you n e e d ." T .C .B . C are Free Curl Lustrasilk N e w Era S Curl W o rld of Curl Revlon U D o -lt Special Feeling Pro-Line A nd m a n y m o re ite m s to choose fro m . 5 M R S .C ’s WIGS 707 N.E. Premont 2 8 1 -6 5 2 9 Closed Sen. S Men. ORIN Twee, «hm Set 11:30 AM le 0:00 PM chance o f m a kin g it th ro u g h the Senate before the Novem ber elec tions. " W e 're simply asking for a study to be performed at the highest level and discover whether indeed there are inequities in the work o f people in the governm ent. It passed over whelmingly in the House, and I feel th a t the huge vote m eant both Republicans and Dem ixrals support it, and that it's a very popular issue that should be addressed.” Congressman Ford added that the study w ou ld a ffe c t an estim ated three m illion federal employees, of w hom "les s th an seven percent work in W ashington; many people who criticize the size o f the w o rk force don’t realize th a t." Rally protests involvement in Central America (Continued fro m Page I, Colum n 3) governm ent o f N ica ra g u a. T h a t's not right; that must end. We cut aid to American education and increase aid to the m ilita ry o f El Salvador. T hat's not right; that must end.” Jackson mentioned his recent trip to C u b a and said the o n ly way to achieve peace in the hemisphere is to talk w ith our neighbors, including Fidel Castro. " W e believe that people should ta lk — w ith each o ther and not a' each other or about each other,” he said. " W e used a m o ra l o ffe n s iv e in C u b a , and since we cam e hack, several concrete things have h a p pened Just this past weekend. State Department officials and Cuban o f ficials met in New Y o rk . W e must talk and act and change things.” Jackson said the function o f this convention is to "argue and discuss, agree to disagree, and to debate the great issues o f our d a y ." " M y faith is renewed; my mind is made up; my experience is that dry bones in the valley have come to life now. W e've come back together one m ore tim e — R ed, Y e llo w , B row n , Black and W hite— we’ re all precious in G o d ’s sight. 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