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PORTLAND OBSERMER
C e n r PwMaaAiRf C» . M r
Volume XV, Num ber 52
October X), 1985
25C Copy
Two Sections
aw
Arbitrator orders
reinstatement of
fired officers
by Jerry ( ¡arner
I ast Wednesday, A rb itra to r Paul
Hanlon ruled that ihe two police o lti
cers who were tired in May by Mayor
Hud C la rk lo r selling the ‘ 'D o n 't
Choke 'I in. Smoke 'I in " I shirts,
should be reinstated I he two officers,
R ichard M onlee and Paul W icker
sham, w ill re tu rn to w ork as Port
land police on November 4
Hanlon ruled that the tirin g ol the
tw o o ilice rs bs M asoi I l.u k . on the
recommendation o f ( fuel Penns Hat
n n g to n , was excessive H a n lo n in
stead imposed a six m o n th suspension
on each w ith o u t pas W ith the lim e
l»>st from the firing counting as part o f
the suspension, therefore, pas mg the
way lo r both officers to return to duty
in November.
Montce and W ickersham were tired
a lter they sold the I shirts w ith the
slogan " D o n ’ t (. hoke 'I in, Smoke
T m " on the day of I lovd D Steven
son's funeral M t Stevenson, a Black
man, who was married and the father
i’ l tise children, died alter police ap
plied the carotid-artery or "s le e p e r"
hold on him.
I he selling o t the I -shirts on the
dale ol Stevenson's funeral bs the two
ollieers caused an uproar in the cits \
petition was circulated bs the Pott
land Citizens lor a Sale, I riendls Po
lice f orce, calling for the “ immediate
termination o f both Montec and Wick
ersham, w ith no chance for reinstate
m e n t." H a n lo n said that a lth o u g h
the actions ot the tw o officers were
appalling and a tro cio u s, it did not
warrant term ination (torn the Police
Bureau
Hanlon also stated that Masor Bud
I talk and I hie, Harrington's decision
to lue the two were influenced bs the
Oregonian newspaper Hanlon's deci
sion to reinstate Monlee and W icket
sham shocked mans cits officials and
angerevl mans residents ol Portland
I ast I ridas O ta I Nunley. I ’ resi
dent ot the P o itla n d t I aptet ot the
National Association lor the Advance
ment ol I oloied People said that the
N A A l P is disrnased and ch a g nile d at
I lanion's i tiling
Herb I awthorne. (. Inel I xeculive
O fficer ol the C rban I eague, called
the decision "a n unlortunaie decision
It gives the message to the public at
large that the standards under which
the rest ot us operate are not to be ap
plied to the police ollieers "
C ity Commissioner Mike I mdberg
said the decision bs Hanlon is a desas
fating blow to the Police I hiel and
City Council and out abilils to manage
the police department “ It's almost an
unsupers isable police torce at this
point in tune "
I ommissionet I mdberg and M il
died Schwab, along with Masor ( latk
and Police I Inet Penns H a trin g io u
each slated that the provisions ot the
c ity ’ s contract w ith the police union
calling to, binding a ,b it,a ,io n should
lx- te examined
City lacks in hiring of
minorities, w om en
/n Jerry ( ,arner
" I he ( its o l Portland is tailing in
its effo rt to enhance employment o p
p o rtu n itie s lo t m in o ritie s and wo
m en," said John Wovxls Woods, Di
rector o l Personnel lo r the C ity ot
Portland, made this statement during
an in fo rm a l meeting at C ity H a ll
Tuesday.
W ovxls said that the percentage ot
m in o ritie s and females in the c ity 's
workforce is getting smaller, instead ol
nourishing
M asor Bud I la tk . I its ( ommis
sioners D ick Bogle, M ike I mdberg,
M argaret S trachan, and M ild re d
Schwab were also present at the
meeting.
W oods said there is an under
u tiliz a tio n o f ethnic m in o ritie s and
women in the city’s personnel system.
In an e ffo rt to address this problem,
the Bureau ot Personnel presented to
the fu ll C ity C o u n cil body seven
recom m endations: "Success in A l
U rinative A c tio n program s is de
pendent upon specific components o f
the o rg a n iza tio n and personnel sys
tem, and identifying impact points in
the selection and retention process ”
During the meeting W txxls suggest
ed that the city’s Bureau o f Personnel
develop and implement a m onitoring
system to evaluate opportunities and
progress made by agencies in A ltim ia
use Action.
(.omnnssioner Dick Bogle said it is
im perative we do some houseclean
ing and put in place systems to address
ihe inequities He also said the city s
efforts in hiring minorities and women
is deplorable and it is im p o rta n t we
take immediate action in this dismal
situation
" Ih e kes, ot course, is not atlirm a
live serbage. but A ttum ative Action
that w ill result in long range council
commitments to a program ot action
A t this time, we do not have a sys
tern in place to address the problems
and there are m any," said Bogle
Wosxls said that none ol the recom
mcndatioiis regarding Affirmative Ac
lion will be eflective unless it is treated
as an integral part ot the personnel
system, not as a separate entity
" W o rk torce planning e ffo rts must
incorporate A ffirm ative Action goals,
recruitm ent programs must include
protected classes, and adequate in
form ation system must be developed
to support these e llo rts . A ffirm a tiv e
Action success is ultimately the respon
sibihty ot each manager, supervisor
and employee in Ihe system."
Among the recommendations pre
sented I uesday were:
• Review personnel actions fo r
adverse impact on ethnic m inorities
and females.
• IX’selop and implement a mom
tonng system to evaluate opportunities
and progress made bs agencies in A f
firmative Action.
• I stablish a service which dissemi
nates to all administrators information
on important issues involving A tlirm a
live A c tio n and equal o p p o rtu n ity ,
that all managers and supervisors in
the city with authority to hire or influ
ence h irin g be evaluated in part on
their A ffirm ative Action performance
• The c ity ’ s Bureau ot Personnel
should establish an intensive recruit
merit program fo r protected class
members.
Urban League hosts EO dinner
M Jerry ( , arner
I ast I huisdav the I ban I eague ot
Portland hosted then first 1 qual Op
portunitv D.iv Dinner since 1967 at ihe
Hilton Hotel Mote than 4i»l attended
the fundraiser H erb l aw thorne,
( hiel I xeculive ot the I than I eague,
s.ivs that the lund , .using dinner w ill
become an annual event.
During the event, the I rban I eague
honored W illiain A Hillard, Executive
I dilor ol the Oregonian, and Oran B
Robertson, I haiiman of the Hoard ol
I ted Meyer. Inc I he tw o men were
piesented the I9gs I qual ( fpporlunity
\wards lot then contributions to the
community
( awthorne said H illa id was h o n
ored to i Ins service to the I rbun
I eague and tor his c o n trib u tio n s in
making the <Ircgortian mote respon
sive to the goals o l m in o ritie s who
might not otherwise lx reptesented in
the newspaper
Robertson was honored hv the I i
ban I eague, I awthorne said, lor mak
mg "e q u a l o p p o rtu n ity more than
lust a worn saying He has made it an
actike, vigorous concept at I red
Mevets I nlike the m aionty ol other
corporations in this c ilv , I ted Mevei
has distinguished itself as a tiuxlel ot
corporate responsibility and corporate
liistice when it comes to insuring op
IxHtumties toi Blacks and oilier people
who have been tra d itio n a lly locked
out ol the prosperity ol our sixietv "
I he keynote speaker at the lund
raising dinner was Senator M atk <>
lla ttie ld , R t >R D uring Ins speech,
H allield blasted the Reagan Adil,inis
trtion lor its military spending policies
"President Reagan’ s military spending
is destroying the q u a litv ot life in
America Quality ol hie is determined
m great part by the allocation o l re
sources, physical resources and hu
man resources, provided by both the
government and the private sector
H a llie ld said that the budget prob
lem has one basic issue at hand, that
Oran B R obertson (le ftl, Chairm an o l the Board o l Fred
Meyer Inc , and W illiam A Hillard (right). Executive Editor
o l the O re g o n ia n , w ere honored by the U rtw n l eague at
tlx; Equal O pportunity Day Dinner
(Photo Richard J Brown)
being should we a llx a le oui resources
at the tederal level to improve ihe qual
Hv ot lie as to sustain hie, oi ill com
p e titio n lo that should we allocate
resources ol tins nation to im prove
inn abililv to destroy ourselves
I he Senator said, ' President Rea
gall has made his priorities vetv deal
he has projected a live seat, tw o
tr illio n d o lla r detense budget I he
adm inistration is setting a priority ot
a m m u n itio n instead o l child n u tn
lio n . M a rin e ( orps instead ot lo b
Rob Proudfoot of the Oregon Nicaragua Witness for Peace reads a txjem at the
start of the evening’s discussion, the group met for a reunion and slide show
Corps, battleships instead ol scholar
side o l re lig io n c m d ivid e a n a tio n
ships, nucleaf wailare instead ol sixial more than b ilin g u a l education One
welfare "
language common to all Americans is
H allield said, " I n short, Ihe money essential Io the units ot the countiv
and resources that are being asked
B ilingual e ducation should onlv be
to r, is in el le d to destroy life at a used to piov ule a biidge lo entraiichisc
greater capability in the name ol |x-ace, those vv )io an- h i t out bv language
where as we ate neglecting those in bai i lets."
gredients that make up any nation, at
M a vo i Bud ( la tk declared last
the heart o l that nation, the strength I hursday as Equal O p p o itiim iv Dav
in the cits
ol its people ’ ’ The crowd applauded
Hallield also spoke about bilingual
education ill America "N o th in g out
and to relate their experiences to some 8b interested listeners (See story on
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(P h o to Richard J B row n )