Page 2, Portland Observer, January 23,1966
Modernization key to business survival
Black businesses w ill not survive
unless they take advantage of modern
technology. T h a t w arn ing comes
from Edward Diez, president o f Busi
ness Info rm ation A Resources Serv
ices (BIRS).
I her is concerned that Blacks aren’t
takin g advantage o f the com puter
revolution, and that this is detrimen
tal io Black business owners and pro
fessionals. A recent survey showed
that Blacks and other minorities are
far behind when it comes to co m
puter ownership. "T h e percentage of
m inorities owning computers is in
cred ibly lo w ," said D ie z, and he’ s
alarmed at the figures. "This nation is
being transform ed into an in fo rm a
tion society and we can’t afford to be
left o u t."
D iez believes that many people
have been falsely led to believe that
the use of personal computers is high
ly com plex, takes a great deal o f
technical training to master, and is ex-
Avel Qordly (2nd fro m le ft) o f Portlanders Organized for Southern
Africa Freedom w as on hand at th e A nti-Inaugural Ball M onday night
to thank the National Lawyers Guild for their support during the dem
onetrations that led to Calvin ValPaft resigning from his position as the
honorary South African consul. Also shown w ith Qordly are ll-rl Attor-
n * s Jerem y Serant, Lae Ann W ard. Beverly Stein and Doug Swanson.
(Photo: Richard J. Brown)
Calvin Van Pelt resigns
(Continued fro m Page I. Column 6)
T u T u cann o t vote and the South
A fric a n governm ent has instituted
more repression," she added.
It was the overt revival o f repres
sion — the arrest of Black labor lead
ers — that p ro ided an ti-ap arth eid
foes w ith a d d itio n a l m om entum in
battling South A fric a’s legalized slav
ery. In Washington, D .C ., on thanks
giving Eve, *84, three nation al civil
rights and p o litic al leaders held a
sit-in at South A fr ic a ’ s embassy to
dem and the release o f those labor
leaders. T h e consul panicked and
called the police. Thus, new meaning
was given to civil disobedience as 14
cities across the United States erupted
in picketing and arrests at South A f
rican consulates.
Bobbi G ary , president o f the O re
gon G ray panthers and one o f the 26
w ho were arrested, said V a n P e lt’ s
resignation was the fru its o f their
lab o r. " I hope across the co u ntry
other consuls w ill fo llo w V a n P e lt’ s
example. Every bit o f business that
flow s to South A fric a tightens the
hold o f ap artheid. V an P elt's resig
nation is one n ail in the c o ffin o f
apartheid.".
Organizations who fused this anti-
apartheid action were the Black Unit
ed F ro n t, A m erican Friend Service
C o m m ittee, O re g o n ’s rainbow O r
ganization Comm ittee and Portland
ers O rg an ized fo r Southern A fric a
Freedom.
Ben Priestly, a member of the BUF,
said, " O u r w ork is not over. U n til
the m ajority rules and apartheid dis
appears we will continue to press for
freedom for the Black m ajority."
Both G ordly and Priestly said the
success o f the dem onstrations be
longed to those who were arrested and
the 50-150 citizens whose bi-weekly
presence on the picket line contribut
ed to V a n P e lt’ s resignation. A lso,
Gordly commended the legal support
they received from the National la w
yer’s Guild.
Priestly said the success o f the
dem onstration is p ro o f ositive that
citizens can make a change when they
desire to do so.
tremely expensive to own and oper
ate. Diez wants to change that per
ception, which he says is hindering
Black progress.
" I t is true that until recently, the
idea o f computers being used by small
businesses bordered on the ludicrous.
A fte r a ll, those early models were
electronic monstrosities that occu
pied vast amounts o f space, required
years o f professional training to pro
gram and operate, and cost millions
o f d o llars each. (T h e E N IA C , the
First electronic automatic computer,
occupied a room X) by 50 ft., weighed
60,000 lbs., and contained more than
18,000 vacuum tubes.)
"D ram atic technological advances
however, have resulted in spectacular
changes in the computer world. It is
now possible for you to own a com
puter small enough to place on your
lap; it is now possible to own a com
puter (hat weighs less than 20 pounds;
it is now possible to purchase com
puters for under SI000; and it is now
possible for elementary school chil
dren to become computer literate.
"B la c k business owners can now
obtain information that, at one time,
was available only to those with huge
sums o f money and other resources
at (heir disposal. This is possible for
a modest investment in the form o f a
personal computer.
Merely owning a computer is o f no
benefit, cautions Diez. " A computer
not used to ita full potential at it ap
plies to your operation becomes noth
ing more than an expensive toy. Also,
you shouldn't expect a computer to
p erfo rm magic. It cannot replace
good business sense, nor w ill it im
prove poor p erfo rm an ce by an in
competent. T o put it m ore b lu n tly,
if you have a misfit working for you,
purchasing a computer for that per
son's use w o n 't im prove his or her
productivity. A ll you’ll have is a mis
fit w ith a com puter — which could
wreck your business!
"O n the other hand, if you’re seri
ous about your business or profes
sion, and serious about being pros
perous, then you owe it to yourself
to in corpo rate to d a y ’ s technology
into your operation.”
The com puter revo lu tio n has
brought us to a fork in the road which
we can no longer ignore, according to
D iez. H e feels the next five years
w ill be crucial to Black business in
this country. There will be a major de
cline in viable businesses to the point
o f extinction; or a dram atic change
will take place where Black businesses
will prosper to a point never before
imagined, predicts Diez.
" M o d e rn technology w ill play an
im portant part in either case, there
fore we can't allow ourselves to be
left out in the cold.”
Abortion anniversary m arked
January 22nd marked the 12th anm
versary o f two historic U.S. Supreme
Court decisions which legalize abor
tions nationwide. Hoe vs Wade guar
anteed a wom an's access to a medi
cally safe abortion, and Doe vs B ol
ton, struck down a state’ s rights to
place certain restrictions on abortions.
Over a decade o f attempts to reverse
the high courts rulings have failed,
and frustrated individuals arc resort
ing to increasingly violent measures.
"P lan n ed Parenthood in Oregon
does not perform a b o rtio n s ," said
Carrie C lark, Public Affairs Coordi
nator fo r Planned P arenthood o f
Portland. " W e do, however, believe
that it is a fundamental right of each
individual to manage his or her fer
tility , regardless o f the in d iv id u a l’ s
income, marital status, age. national
origin or residence.”
"S u ch se lf-d ete rm in atio n ," Ms.
Clark continued, "contributes to an
enhanced quality o f life, strong fam
ily relationships, and p op u latio n
stability.” Planned Parenthood pro
vides com prehensive reproductive
health care services and educational
programs, and promotes research in
reproductive health care.
Planned Parenthood has ex
pressed its pleasure that President
Reagan has recently taken note o f
the violence against ab o rtio n and
family planning clinics over the past
year. Ms. Clark said the organization
applauds his charge to the Attorney
General to bring the perpetrators to
justice.
" P la n n e d P arenthood urges the
A d m in is tratio n to take ad d itio n a l
steps to protect these clinics against
further violence, to insure that the
constitutionally protected right to a
medically safe abortion is not abridged,”
said Ms. Clark.
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Brown addresses Demos
C a lifo rn ia Assemblyman. W illie
Brown (D-SF), will give Oregon Dem
ocrats his assessment of the future of
the Dem ocratic P arty on Saturday,
January 26, 1985, at the Wayne Morse
Banquet which is held an n ually to
honor the late Senator known as the
"Tiger of the Senate.”
Brown, who is currently Speaker of
the C a lifo rn ia State Assembly, w ill
speak at the dinner being held at the
dow n tow n P o rtlan d H ilto n hotel,
7:00 p.m. Saturday. About 400 Dem
ocrats from all over Oregon are ex
pected to attend. M any o f them will
also be attending a Democratic State
C e n tra l C o m m itte e meeting held
earlier in the day.
The focus o f the Democratic State
C entral C o m m ittee meeting w ill be
the election of a state Chair and Vice
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Chair which are expected to be hotly
contested races. C an d id ate fo r re-
election as Stale Party Chair, is Dick
Cclsi, P o rtla n d . H is challenger is
Judy C arnahan, form er State Sena
tor from Klam ath Falls. Vice Chair
candidates arc leslie Moore, 1 aGraixle,
who currently serves in that position
and Wayne Anderson, Albany, chair
o f the F ifth Congressional District
Democratic (. ommiltce. Oregon Demo
cratic P a rty B y -l aws require that
the tw o to p positions be filled by
members o f the opposite sex.
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m ittee w ill be b a llo tin g . T h e Stale
Central Committee meeting will start
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Interstate.
Salvador witness to speak
Ana Carrigan, author of the highly
acclaimed book, Salvador Witness:
The Life and Calling o f Jean Dono
van, recently published by Simon and
Schuster, w ill speak on Tuesday,
January 29, at 7 :3 0 p .m in the A ll
Saints Catholic Church Parish H all
at N .E . 39th and Glisan Streets. Her
presentation will explore the human
rights crisis in El Salvador.
T h e talk is co-sponsored by the
Standing C om m ittee for Women o f
the Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon
and the Council for Human Rights in
L atin A m erica. A lso endorsing the
talk is the Catholic Peace Ministry .
S alvador Witness is the inspiring
story o f Jean D o n o v an , the young
American woman who at the age of
25 abandoned her life as a successful
businesswoman to work with the poor
in El S alvad or and was tragically
murdered with Am erican missionary
sisters D o ro th y Kazel, Ita Ford and
M aura Clark in am ¡M ary ambush in
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was a much bigger rainbow.”
" A n d even though we didn’t win,
there was a good feeling that you
were on the right side," added Smith.
" W e ’d like to somehow move the
energy into new arenas," said Stein.
" I t was all there, and so when we
need to bring it back together for an
other campaign (and we want Herb to
run ag ain ), a lot o f people w ill be
ready."
" I t was a vision in a w a y ," said
Stein. " I t prefigured what we’d like
to see. We had a glimpse o f it, which I
think really inspired people, that you
really could have all these different
kinds o f people working together and
get something done. And I think it's
something that people w ill hold in
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