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PORTL4ND OBSERVER
Volume XV Number 13
January 23, 1985
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Metro fails affirmative action
by L am ia D u ke
GRASSROOT NEW S, N W
But h irin g d a ta in th e firs t and
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(Photo Richard J B row n )
Sanctuary movement fights back
administers the Z o o , Solid W aste and
the p la n n in g a n d c o o rd in a tio n o f
applicants including three minorities.
A ll were interview ed and 10 w h ile
reg ionw ide tra n s p o rta tio n systems,
is fo llo w in g q u e s tio n a b le A f f i r m a ­
fem ales and fo u r w h ite m ales w ere
hired A p o s itio n fo r P u b lic I n f o r ­
tive A ctio n (A A .) com pliance Sim
ilar to the A A hypocrisy o f the City
m atio n Sjsectahsl received 2.1 a p p li­
cants including three m in o rities. Six
of P o rtla n d , when bureau managers
had an o p p o rtu n ity to hire a person
o f color in a jo b category denoted in
were in te rv ie w e d in c lu d in g one m i­
their A A plan as needing im prove
m e n t, M e tr o o ffic ia ls neg lected lo
W aste was hired fro m 28 app lican ts
oped a poor record fo r being respon­
sive to c o m m u n ity c on cern s. T h e ir
u n p o p u la r W ild w o o d la n d f ill site
including three m inorities Eour were
interview ed, including one m in o rity .
d ec is io n a n d the lig h t aga in s t an
O reg on C ity garbage b urner has led
A white male was hired A ll positions
citizen s in v a rio u s c o u n tie s to issue
the b attle cry o f “ A b o lis h M e t r o . "
Black female was promoted in house
T h e d iscrepancy lies w ith the A .A
goals M e t r o has d es ig n e d , a n d say
they s u p p o rt, but ev id e n ce reveals
nority. A white fem ale was hired.
A p ro g ram c o o rd in a to r fo r S o lid
were u n d e ru tiliz e d w hen it cam e to
people o f c o lo r W h e n a person o f
color a p p lie d and a tta in e d an in te r­
view, M e tro o ffic ia ls failed to fu lfill
their A . A . objectives.
Defensively, Rick G ustafson, Exec­
utive O ffic e r o f M e tr o , said he was
violence fomented by U .S support ol
ways have been discriminated against,"
Over 100 people gathered Thursday,
January 17, on the steps o f the fe d ­
eral building dow ntow n to protest the
repressive regimes.
" T h e U .S . is seeking m ilita ry so­
she said " W h a t they call econom ic
problem s are the wars and atrocities
crease their m in o rity representation
But bureau managers failed to do so.
lutions to what are basically economic
and social problems in C entral Am ei
that we are fle e in g ." A lte r her c o m ­
m en ts, the sm all w o m a n , disguised
T h is A A
ic a ,” said B ra d y . " H ' s a p o lic y o f
w ith sunglasses and b a n d a n a , hunt-
v io le n c e , a p o lic y the U .S . is c o n ­
b'y thanked the sanctuary supporters
" lo r the effo rt that you have made to
ploys a total of 241 lull and part time
employees O u t o f that total only 14
GRASSROOT NEW S. N W. —
A n ti-a p a r th e id o rg a n iz a tio n s a n d
arc m inority.
Dick K a rn u th , M e tro 's A A . o f f i ­
c e r, said he was s u rp ris ed by this
conclusion and conceded statistically
that people o f color were underutilized
in d iv id u a ls w on a b a ttle in the w ar
against the racist re g im e o f S o u th
A fric a as O re g o n 's h o n o rary consul
on charges o f h a rb o rin g and tra n s ­
porting illegal aliens.
T h e Justice D e p a rtm e n t said
it
made the arrests to stop the sanctuary
movement, a network o f 200 churches
tinuing here at home
" W e have com e tog eth er lo slop
this cycle o f violence ihai the U .S . is
p erp e tu a tin g by d e p o rtin g refugees
back to G uatem ala and El S alvado r,”
said B ra d y . In te r n a tio n a l la w , the
U . N . p ro to c o l on refugees and the
Geneva Accords all say that Reagan's
policies are w ro n g ," said Brady, who
be present h ere."
R ev. Jam es C o le m a n , p as to r o f
St Andrew Catholic ( hurch, invoked
the memory and words of Salvadoran
arc h b is h o p and frie n d o l the p o o r.
O scar A r n u lf o R o m e ro , w h o was
assassinated by death squads.
" T h e C h ris tia n w ho d o e s n 't live
and thousands o f volunteers that pro­
tect C entral Am erican refugees denied
com p a re d those policies to H itle r 's
w ith the c o m m itm e n t to s o lid a rity
asylu m by R eagan A d m in is tra tio n
policies The sanctuary movement has
holocaust against the Jews.
P h il P a r k , p as to r o f St
been a thorn in the side o f the adm in ­
istratio n by exposing policies which
Presbyterian C h u rc h , read a passage
from the book o f Am os on "ju stice.”
w ith the poor does not deserve lo be
ca lled C h r i s t i a n , " said C o le m a n ,
read ing fro m one o l R o m e ro ’ s last
define the refugees as fugitives fro m
poverty and not U .S.-backed wars.
T h e U .S . o f the S ta tu e o f L ib e r t y ,
w e lc o m in g the ‘ tire d a n d h u d d le d
David Brady of the Portland Sanc­
tuary C o a litio n com pared the d ep or­
tation ol the refugees back to G u a te ­
m ala and E l S a lv a d o r, w h ere they
lace possible death and lorture, to the
masses y e a rn in g lo be fre e ,' " is no
longer our c o u n try," said Park
A G u a te m a la n w om an then spoke
ab o u t the s itu a tio n that m ad e her
struggle to gel to the U .S . " W e a l ­
M a r k 's
sermons. "E v ery o n e w ho takes away
life, or damages life , to rtu rin g , m u ti­
lating. denounces G od. I he lord hears
do not req uire every m in o rity to be
h ired ."
W ould public pressure bring M etro
up to p arity ? N o ! M e t r o has d e v e l­
Bill B row n fro m U n ite d C itiz e n s in
Actions said, " M e tr o lias a record o f
ignoring citizens in p u t.”
Ronnie H e rn d o n , c o -c h a ir o f the
Black U n ite d I ro n t, was the first to
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in a c tiv ity docs n o th in g
to m irro r the w o rk fo rc e . M e tro e m ­
" B u t everyone here is aw a re o f our
A A status E v e ry tim e th e re is a
re c ru itm e n t I go th ro u g h a check
sheet and discuss a b u re a u 's A . A .
Oregon consul resigns
by L a m ia D u ke
fo r S o u th A f r ic a , ( a lv in V a n P e lt ,
resigned Friday, January 18.
Van P e lt’s o ffic e was the target o f
bi w e e k ly p ic k e tin g a n d c rim in a l
trespass arrests. Since D ecem ber 12,
b u ild in g , and in ju re d retail business
in the vicinity..........I cannot continue
to serve w ith o u t in f lic tin g fu r th e r
hardship on those w ho live and w ork
around m e ."
A vel G o r d ly , s p o k e sp e rs o n fo r
the o rg a n iza tio n s th a t spearheaded
the protest against the South A fric a n
consul, said VanPelt's resignation was
a courageous act. “ W e feel V a n P e lt
m ake-up. I d o n 't feel that we cannot
reach our goal.'*
K a rn u th c a u tio n e d th a t w ith a
litical leaders sub m itted lo arrest as
they refused to leave V a n p e lt’ s o ffice
has don e an e x c e p tio n a l service to
Portland and the State of O regon W e
believe that once O regonians become
aware o f O regon's ties to South A f r i­
at M a rtin Sales In te rn a tio n a l located
ca, there w ill be a dem and for sever
s m a ll w o r k fo rc e losin g o ne o r tw o
em p loyees w ill chan ge th e ir A A
in D o w n to w n Portland.
In a p re p a re d sta te m e n t V a n P e lt
p arity
said, " W h i l e I respect the rig h t o f
people to assemble and express them
selves, these d e m o n s tra tio n s have
done m o re. T hey have disrupted the
ance o f those lies."
VanPelt said he believes substantial
progress has been m a d e in S o u th
A fric a But G o r d ly c o u n te re d w ith ,
H e defended M e tro 's bureau
more than 20
c iv ic ,
religious and po­
the cry o f the p o o r. W e shall over
managers w ho failed to hire m in o ri­
ties, even in light of M etro's A .A o b ­
ci »me."
T he gathering sang the civil rights
song, " W e S h a ll O v e r c o m e ," in
jectives " T h e y hired the most qualt
Tied people M aybe they hired people
w ho had more experience in that job
conduct o f business at m y place ol
w o rk , in te rfe re d w ith the lives and
category."
a ffa irs o f other tenants in m y o ffic e
Spanish and E nglish
shows im p ro v e m e n t an d o u r desires
are sensitive to A .A . O u r A .A . goals
South Africa:
by Robert Lothian
U .S . sanctuary movement.
O n J anu ary 14, the U .S D e p a rt­
m ent o f Justice arrested 60 refugees
and 17 ministers, priests and lay people
d o n 't m in d h a v in g m o re pressure
put on us in terms o f A . A . O u r record
th a t they h ave ta ile d to im p le m e n t
A . A in a s u b s ta n tiv e m a n n e r O f
the 20 hires, nine were positions where
M e t r o A A o b tc ctiv e s w ere to in ­
arrests o f C entral Am erican refugees
and c h u rc h p eo p le in v o lv e d in the
said he monitored A .A . "clo s ely .” “ I
gest otherw ise. Eor tem p o ra ry secur­
ity guards at the Z o o , there w ere 47
year 1984 85. M e tro hired 20 lu ll tune
and three tem porary employees. T w o
m ales o f c o lo r w ere h ire d a n d one
protest the recent Justice Department crackdown
on harboring refugees
surprised to hear o f th e ir A . A in a c ­
tivity. But c o n tra d ic to rily, G ustafson
T h e M e t r o p o lit a n S ervice D is tric t
(M e tro ), a governm ental agency w ho
do so.
In the firs t six m o n th s o f fisc a l
Supporters of the sanctuary movement to shelter
refugees from countries such as El Salvador and
Guatemala gather in front of the federal building to
second q u a rte r o f 1984-85 m ay sug­
"th e facts contradict his understand
ing.”
" T h e m a jo rity cannot vole. Nobel
Peace Prize winner Bishop Desmond
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Newly learned campaign skills are transferable to future elections
P a rt two
by Robert Lothun
" W e didn't have a lot ol disscntion
and a lot ol heal in the office, that dealt
Looking back on the campaign that
gave well-known ex-TV personality Dick
Bogle a run for his money. Herb ( aw
thornc’ s s ta ll recreated some o f the
with interpersonal stuff and people hick
enng back and forth ," said ( awthorne,
“ so that means that when volunteers
came in they came in lor the first time,
( awthorne campaign's unique spirit at
but they also had a good experience so
that they walked away thinking it was
something they should gel involved
a recent reunion.
fhey remembered the lun, also the
liard w o rk , and for all involved, they
said, the campaign was a learning op
poriunity.
" A lot o f new people came with no
political skills and came out with tons
M ost of the ( a w t h o r n e cam paign
spirit had to d o w ith the cand idate,
"being w arm and always there to wel
come and greet and thank p eo p le ,”
said Smith. " T here could be 12 people
in the office and Herb would go to each
one of them and say, ' I hanks for help­
ing me o u t.' H e was just a real good
person lo work w ith, and I think they
befaevtd in what he was saying."
" I l was a fun campaign because ol
the people involved and the way it was
run and the way folks got along, but
pcopk- didn't cook - because it was a fun
cam paign," said Harris. "People came
because they had something they really
believed in............canvassing in forty de­
in, and that was really important to us."
“ There was no inlig hting , no back
stabbing, no p»wer playing
none of
those things that often go along with
campaigning," said camr>aign scheduler
ol experience," said Richard Brow n,
campaign photographer C am p aign
manager Beverly Stein remembers the
volunteers who would come up to her in
the o ffice saying 'T h a n k you lo r the
opportunity to learn something new "
th e cam paign also learned fro m
volunteers whose ideas were gratefully
Virginia Hams.
"A n d a number of people comment
ed that it was a lu n cam paign to be
accepted, added volunteer coordinator
Pam Sm ith " T h e re were people w ho
came in and set up systems, to m ake
things w ork, and so we really learned
from our volunteers," she std "T h e y
Hams
“ I did take a little extra o rd in ary
abuse in terms of tny jokes," said ( aw
thomc " They had wonderful organizing
skills and w on derfu l people skills,”
had very valuable skills."
"A n d people would do things in the
campaign ihai we d id n ’ t even know
.ib«xjt," said Stein, mentioning the many
'satellite activities."
he said, referring to the campaign staff,
"but their senses ol humor really didn't
match up lo the subtleties o f my own.
Il caused some Inclion but we dealt with
that."
grees and r»ouring ram , that's not fun
The day H erb went out on the bridge
on the sound truck, it must have been
involved in," said Smith.
" I ’ve never been in a place where so
much hugging and kissing went o n ."
said Brown "W e'll have to gel together
once a m onth just for a f ix ,” added
I he sound truck brought back some
fond memories. Young volunteer Heidi
IXirrow , 1$, a sophomore at Jefferson,
rem etnhaed hailing lorfh from the ban
nertd pickup at the corner o f Union and
Bnwdway on election morning. "S lo p
watching TV right now; it's lime lo get
Rhys Scholss find« • quiet piece to ooMe c t lest minute election
result« at Cawthorne campaign headquarters on election night
(Photo: Richard J. Brown)
balloons lo ( a w th o rn e law n signs
lawn sign coordinator le rry Anderson
said he cou ldn 't keep up w ith the dc
m aud for the a ttrac tiv e signs. " They
disappeared faster than I could keep
track of l i n n , " I k - said.
O ver 1,750 law n signs, m ailings,
jsosiage. printing and all the day to day
ctimjxugn expenses added up, but arnaz
ingly. ( awthorne ended the campaign
free o f debt H e emphasized that had
he won, influence peddlers ottering to
underwrite his debts lor returned favors
would have been m il of luck. "Borrow
ing nothing, we raised nearly $75 ,0 0 0
for the campaign fro m more than 750
p e o p le ," said ( aw th o rn e . W e spent
money wisely W e aided dead even."
The campaigners .igrced that they did
everything they c o u ld , given the re ­
sources available and the alm ost un
s u rm o u n ta b le o b s tac le o l B o g le 's
n am e f a m ilia r it y . " W e d id e v e ry ­
thing we could have done and we did
it w e ll," said ( awthorne
" W e bet on the fact that if we real­
ly p u m p e d u p the in n e r c ity w e 'd
he able to overcome in die ofher areas,"
mil the vofe," she had said to the morn­
ing commuters through the kxidspeaker
They also remembered b an g out all
said Stein. "E ven if it wasn't the right
night the night before the election lying
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strateg y, w hich w e 'll never k n o w , it
was the rig h t s tra te g y in term s of