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Page 2, Portland Observer, November 13, 1965 EDITORIAL/OPINION Letters to the Editor t he Observer welcomes letters to the editor letters should typed or neatly printed and signed with the author's name and address (addresses are not usually published/ he PCC correct to honor Jackson T he Board o f D irectors o f P o rtla n d C o m munity College should be commended for naming the new Cascade Cam pus building after Reverend John H. Jackson. I heir choice of Rev. Jackson is an a p p ro p ria te one. Jack so n is cu rren tly the minister ol Mt. Olivet Baptist C hurch in Portland Rev. Jackson's commitment to the betterment of the Black community warrants such an honor. Res Ja ck so n has been a strong adv o cate in pro m o tin g p rogram s to serve youths and the Black comm unity. His involvement in education resulted in the recruitment of more Black teachers in the Portland Public Schools. He is also one ol the founders of the P o rtla n d O p p o rtu n ity In dustrial Center (POIC ). the POIC is a facility that provides training for industrial jobs. As a minister in the Albina Ministerial Alliance, Jackson helped to create program s such as the self-enhancerne.it program which prepares student athletes for high school and college. Jackson has also encouraged school dropouts to enter PO IC programs. The im pact o f R everend J a c k s o n ’s work throughout the years in the black community will long be felt by community residents. Naming the building on the C ascade C am pus a fte r Rev. Jackson will insure that future generations of Black Portlanders will know of his dedication to the im provem ent of the social status of Blacks living m the city. The Board of Directors of PCC, in naming the building a fte r Rev. Ja ck so n , recognize his dedication to Black education and job training skills. The B oard of D irectors should be a p plauded for making sure Res. Jackson will never be forgotten in the Portland Black community. EDITORIAL/COMMENTARY Stone P illo w — a sign of the times lo o bad we d id n ’t hear m ore about the CBS television movie Stone Pillow which aired Nos 5. The m ovie may win Lucille Ball an aw ard. It should, because her portrayal of an aging New York City ‘‘bag lady" in the movie was one of the most powerful and empathetic acting jobs to be seen on television in a long time. "It was real,” said a woman who had lived on the street in the Burnside area for two years. flo ra , played by Lucy, once had a nice home on a farm , a husband and children. But unseen econom ic forces (the exact reason is neser ex plained) caused the family to break up and f lora took to the street. Before it was stolen, her shop ping cart was vers important to her because it con tains all of her worldly possessions and because it also contained a photo of her boy. W e are show n realistic scenes o f street s u r vival— flo ra sweet-talking delivery men for a tew vegetables and fighting off thugs; and cops who rap on the grates with their clubs and order the hapless street people to sleep elsewhere. In one powerful sequence, flo ra finds herself alone at night in a b u rn ed -o u t section of Brooklyn. Hiding from thugs behind a wrecked car, an aggressive rat nearly pounces on her. Stone Pillow is a sign of the times, perhaps all the more powerful because of its choice as the role I ucille Ball picked to make her comeback. W ho can forget the lovable, laughable I ucy of / Love I n e y ta m e — the actress housew ife w atched regularly by millions of housewives. I ike flo ra, I ucy also once had a happy home and family. I lei little crises in those good old days are that much more quaint in comparison to the changes in American hie in the 20 sears or so since / wee went olt the an In these dass ol Reaganism and the \m erican dream turned into nightm are lor the poor ami unemployed, it seems almost as it in Slone Pillow I lies is saying, " I ook what can happen to the happiest, m ost secure ol u s ." I lie m o sie is a powerful comment on the tunes bs a gutsy lads, and we hope it is shown again Apartheid, fascism, and Reagan’s sanctions ■Hong the ! olor I me tu Or Storming Staratile P a ri I wo o l a / wo I 'a r l Series I infer c la s s k .il fa scism , wages o l w o rk in g people were lio / e n 01 sub siantialls , educed, in order io increase corporate p ro ln margins Senn skilled and u n skille d w o rke rs weie expected lo sui s is e at a s u b sta n d a rd o i sub sisience level I in le t a p a rlh e id . die whiles o l all social classes receive real, m a le iia l b e n e fits h ig h e r wages, su p e n o i w o rk in g c o n d itio n s w inch are e x tra c te d fr o m d ie su rp lu s p ro d u c e d bs lt l. u k la b o r. In die c r itic a l m illin g sector, lo r exam ple, w h ile e m p lo ye e s received a b o u t $ l. h io m averaged m onthly wages, as o l m id P IS t In d ia n m in e w o r k e r s averaged slights less Ilia n h a ll d ia l a m o u n t, $690 pet m o n th . I o lo u re d m in e w o rk e rs averaged $ 4 t il, and A fric a n s o n ly $260 per m o n th In in .m illa < iu i m g lir m s , d ie average m o n ih lv wages by ra c e a ie ; w h ile s , $1 ,2 9 0 . In d ia n s , $460; I o lo u re d , $ 1 6 '; and X lric a n s , $120 I he d is trib u tio n o l total wages reinforces the racial s tra tific a tio n in society as a w hole Africans com prise 7 | percent o l Ihe to ta l w o rk fo rc e , and receise onlv 29 percent o t die to ta l w age-, whiles account lo t onlv IS percent ol a ll S o u th A fric a n em p lo se e s, but received '9 percent o l all wages R a c ia l s t r a t if ic a t io n in wages is esen m ore s in k in g in the a g ricu ltu ra l sector and in dom estic w o ik As o l IMHO, the aserage m onihlv wage o l an African ’ arm w orker was between $2S and $40 R oughly I 1 m illio n Blacks w o rk on w h ile o w n e d (a rm s , and receive barelv enough lo live on tor them selves, and m uch less fo r their fa m ilie s X p p to x im a te lv '’ OO.OtSl A fric a n s , m ost Is w o m e n , are dom estic w o rke rs o r ho usehold scr v.uits Wages tun fro m $40 to $S0 per m o n th in m ans areas, but .lie o fte n lowei Ih e h e a lth ca te svstem is also MR d e s ig lie li lo in a lili and c lip p le die B l.u k m a io iity A ' o l D c s e m b c r, I9K1, d o c to r p a tie n l ra llo s in S o n ili X tik a w eie I lo l i l i lo i w hltes; I to “ Iti lo i In d ia n i; I lo 12.000 lo i die ( o lo u re d ; and I lo 19,000 tu r A liic a n s I he id c n h c a l s itu a tio i. is retlected m in lan ct in o ita lity ratei In I9KU. w fules had an in ta n i m o n a lit i rate pei I , 000 live b u tto ol 11. t o i l n d ian e, Ihe la te was 24 pei I .<MM>, < oloured, 62 pei I . <■■». and Xliicans, 911 pei I .m io Xfost observéis believc die o t t ic ia l rales a ie u n re a lis iic a llv low lo i X tiii.u is I I I some m ia i aie.is. die B la ck in ta n i m o ita h ltv ta le c u ,r e n ili exceeils 100 pei 1.000 live b u llís A b o lii 1 in d ili,n A li t i m i childien under thè age o l I ' presentii sulter tro n i m a lu u iritio n Ihe lack ot ad eq ua te lo o d , m ed ica i and de n ta i i.u e in esilab lv clte c ls lite c x p e c ta ik i la te s f in is in S o u th A fric a , thè aveiage w lnte w o in .in Ines "4 vears, and thè aveiage M u c a n w o in.in onlv 60 se a n f o t males, lite expec tane v tales aie 6 " sean lo i whltes, and hai elv " ve.us lo i A frica n i Ih e legai sv s te lli pro s ules thè to ta lita ria !! base lo i in s ti,iitio n a h /e d violcnce and o llu i. il le iio n s in agallisi u o n w h ile s \ s B e iiia t il M a g iib a n c observes, “ Ih e apartheid dvnam ic is built upon die le a l, gieed and violen ce o l die vvtnle p o p u la tio n " I he In te in a l S c i n t i t i X il o l I9H 2, lo i example. p e rm ití thè banning o l a n i a u lì a p a rth e id o r g a m /a tio n s , in d e b ilite detentio n w ith o u l chaiges ot tan in a i, thè oiitla w in g ot newspapvrx and to n in a ls c r itic a i ot die le g im e , and die in e o l i.in d o m p ó lic e i.iu ls a iiil s e i/tu e s tlu n d r e d s ot c h u rc h leadeis, Hade u n io n is ti and civil rights a ctivivts are u n p riso n e d w ilh o u t .u cesi to a llo m é is un de i die In te rn a i S ecu ritv A cl. a n d in a ili bave been m u ,de,ed u b ile b a n g dct.uned S onili A lrn a 's pei capita p in o li p o p u la tio n iv .lis o d ie h ig h e st in thè w o rld Rougtilv 4X,I |X'i |ltfl.lMIII |x‘tsom weie i.uled as o t 1 9 g |, a lig u le w fin h does n o i in c lu d e thè th o u s a n d s o l ad d itio u a l p in o n e is take n dm me die recent phase o l piolests I he p a ia lle ls b e lw ce n a p a ith e n l and la scism e xte n d to kev leaders esitim i die S o n ili A lr i ia l , g o n i n m e n l’ s iiilm g N a tio n a lis l l ’ .u iv I l I M a ia li. Ihe lo u lld e i ot thè N alio n .ih sl, se iiiie d a sharp le d liclio u o l le n is ti im i,lig i al io ii q u o ta i m io so n i li A fric a a i t a r l i a l 1930 Yeai Pelote he became N a tio ,ta llii l'iim e A llu n ic i. I I I X crw oerd demanded a Tigli! ' ‘quota sveleni lo , lews in all <s C lip a tio n s " X I.inv o t thè S o n ili XI, ii. iu s u p p o rle rs o l H itle r in thè |94Os louied thè N ationisls, and m a lli ot thè r e n i l i leaders o t d ie regim e n e re d ire c tlv m v o lv e d in thè ex p ln it lv la s c is i liie v s h ir t s .uni B o e ra ,.in e o rg a ili/a tio n s . N ig c u a ii diplom ai X,aitatila Siila, thè chairman ot die I m led N a tio ,is Special l un, m itic i' A g a llisi A p a rth e id , h a i coni m ented, A p a rth e id is n o th iiig bui N a zi is iii c o p ie il, p e rte c te d , in s litiitio n a h /e d and adopted as a p o liiv ot die goser nnieni ot Pretoria I he W estern gosetnm ents learned too late th .it no c o m p ro m ise s nere possible w illi lascisi to ta lità , la n n iii S n u d a rli, Reagaon's “ co n stru ctive e n g a g e m e n t" s u ll t.u l p re c is e li becaine thè r a m i to t.ih ta ria n n m o, S ou th A lm a ca n n ivi be re fo rm e d graduallv out o l existence I he apar th e id sta le w ill o id i be c ra d u a te d when thè in a io , it i o t i t i people are e m p o w e re d p o litic a lly and e co n o m ie a llv. and neither weak san e lio n i n o i c o rp o ra le m o d e ra tim i ot existm g labor re lalion s practices " i l i piom ote thè transition lo dcmocracs tir Mannmg Muratile leaehe.s pri lli leal socioiogy al ( olgate University, Hamilton, New York. • -»T* He reserve Ihe right to ed it/o r lenylh ' tail lo f’ortland Observer. P i t 3IJ7, Portland, OP v ?(M. Jeanne Butterfield opens Pandora's Box t o ihe L d ilo r A tto rn e y Jeanne B u tte r fie ld has opened a v e rita b le P a n d o ra ’ s B ox. South A fr ik a ’ v government counts on a lack o f knowledge and m is in fo rm a tion about its genocidal policies and its threa t to w o rld peace in ord er to gain su p p o rt fro m the in te rn a tio n a l com m unity A partheid South A trik a like Israel, spends m illio n s o, dollars in propaganda to create a lalse image about it sell W e are alw a ys re m in d e d o l a Jewish h o u se w ife h i the b o xcar to r Dachau, vet. we are never rem inded ot our ancestors chained together ill the nam e o l Jesus, headed lo , a Christian land We live m an age in which silence is not only crim in a l but suicidal I com pare u n to ld n u m b e rs o l B lack A frtkanv to the lewish sictim s ot the S ia/i H o lo c a u s t, w h ile the I S . an Israel support this genocide, however piously they mav declare their beliet in "p ro g re s s and d e m o c ia iy " < »lie glance o t the A m e rik a n leaders (o r figureheads) conveys that A m c rik a is on the edge o l a b so lu te chaos I tie w ill ot the people, ill A m c r ik a , has alw avs been al the merev o t ait ig n o ra n ce not m erelv p h e n o m e n a l, but sacred and sacredly cultivated; the better lo In- used by a c a rn iv o ro u s eco no m v w h ic h d e m o c ra tic a llv sla u g h te rs and v ic tim iz e s poor i.iucasoids and blacks alike But most p o or c a u s u s o iil A m e rik a n s d o not dale adm it this (though lliev sus|vvct, and this tact contains danger lo , Ihe blacks and tiagedv to, , lie nation We know tli.it we. the p o o r, have I kx ' i i , and are, the vie inns ot a svstein whose onlv lu e l is greed, whose onlv I «id is pro, i, W e know that the 11 mis o l tins sv stem have been ignorance, di pair, and death, and we know that Ihe s is ic m is d o o m e d because the w o rld can no longer a ,lo rd it it. in d ie d , it ever c o u ld have And we k n o w t li. it , lo i tlie p e rp e tu a tio n o l tin s system , we have a ll been met cilesslc brutalized, and have been told no thin g t’ ut lies, lies about ourselves and ou, kinsm en and our past Some o l us. p o o , Caucasians and b la c k , know how ere.it a price has alrcadv been p a id to b rin g in to existe nce a new consciousness, a ne w people, an un precedented n a tio n II we know , and do not,line we ale worse than the murders lined in our name I tie D a c h a u b o u n d t r a i n s h a d lew . I .I p sn . Slav s Bias k a n d I reri c li p ris o n e rs o l war and a host o t o th e r "u n d e s ir a b le s " a b oa rd those despicable expresses I'm in clin ed to b e lie v e . H u m a n ity is the chosen pe op le. Ih e f a ilu r e o t N a zis and oth e rs to bear w itness lo th is tru th made gh astly holes in a n u m be r o f p o p u la tio n s A ll victim s o f whatever hue or p e rsu a sio n have in h e rite d a solemn o b lig atio n fro m their honored dead to see lo it tlia t the blood ot the m arts,s d<x-s not become the seed ot any establishment Ih e A m e rik a n m e d ia has not castigated Israel, ve, b l.u k people arc not fre e to h s c in the la n d o f th e ir b irth . I was once asked to participate in a dialogue on outstanding problems o t m a io r co n ce rn to the B lack and Jewish co m m u n itie s So long as we were dealing w illi alleged Black anti S e m iiis m , th e re was s p n g h tlv ex cha ng e, but w hen som e o l us ex pressed a desire to proceed to Semitic anti Blackness, a spokesman to r the lewish side to ld us "w e 're to o smart to get in to th a t " I he up su rg e ot ap alliv and perceived irrelevance le, rnm aied the dialogue lo r most B l.u k com m unal representatives XX e must protest against the policies ol apartheid and the lading ol South X trik u n dissidents, also oppose the run le a ,. in ilita rv and economic allian ci b e tv x iH S ou th A11 ik.i and Isracl XXiih Attorney leanne B utterfield, we m ust speak u p lo r Ihe m illio n s o f I ebanese and P a le stin ia n s w ho are s u lle rin g a p a rtic u la r lo r m ot apar theid practiced bv the Israeli govern m erit in S o u th e rn I ebanon and the occupied territories P rivate I S investors, com panies and the governm ent advance m uicial and id eo log ica l interests in their ties w ith South A trik a w hich helps mam tain the svstemalic exploitation o l the re g io n 's B la ck m a io r itv bv the so called Christian cniicusoid m inority X lilh o n s ot d o lla rs w o rth ot I vei v positive action D u rin g our cam p aign to raise the liecessarv liu iils to b u ild the I enter, we o tte re d c o r p o r a tio n s and in iln id u u ls the o p p o rtu n itie s to under write and make personal designations lor some tuglilv vruble public areas I lie I e ktio n ix l o rp o ra tio u made a g ilt ot $X(l,t»MI and requested that the most visible and attractive area ot the b lo o d d o n o r aie a be d e sig n a te d to re m in d d o n o rs o l the m a io r con tn b u lio n made lo B lood B anking bv Dr (. liarles Drew I hey te ll the Red l loss liad made a m aior com m itm ent to a p re d o m in a n tly b la c k neigh bo rho od and wanted to use then g it, in re m in d in g a ll b lo o d d o n o rs o l a b l.n k ph vsicia n ’ s c o n trib u tio n llu s step was viewed ill the most positive wav and the suggestion that a "snack bar " w as nam ed at le t Dr I thank Secretary o l State Schultz lo r threatening to resign if the power- crazed Reagan ad m in istra tion carried th ro u g h its scheme to d e stro y the A B M Treaty bv tw isting the meaning o f its language Secretatv Shultz knew both Ihe governm ents and people o f our N a to allies w ould be outraged by such m anipulation. But what about IX-m ocratic House I eader I ip O ’ N e ill and s to p p in g a ll nu cle ar tests'’ A tew weeks ago a R esolution to do this was com ing to the flo o r o f the House to r discussion and a c tio n R e p o rts say th a t 200 m em bers were reads to vole to stop all nuclear tests a " t o t a l fre e z e ." P rob ab ly this refle cte d letters Iro m the " f o l k s back h o m e " w h o w ill be voting next year I read tha t R o n a ld Reagan sent word to his apparently fa ith fu l hench m an l i p O 'N e ill, th a t th is w o u ld "e m b a ria s s " President Reagan at the Nov 19 S um m it So the b ill has not come to the House floor yet! As I un derstand I rem em ber a c o lu m n is t’ s o p in io n th a t by day D e m o c ra t I ip O 'N e ill led the " l o y a l ” o p p o s itio n but that in the evening he socialized with President Reagan I teel that every D e m ocrat, in fact e v e n c itiz e n , s h o u ld w r ite to l i p O 'N e ill (H ouse Bldg . XX a sh in g to n , IX 20015) and insist that the " t o ta l freeze” R e s o lu tio n be im m e d ia te ly b ro u g h t to the H o use H o ur to r d iscu ssio n and s o le . Your ( on gre ssm an, or w o m a n , can help w ith this, loo. I, could be just that ex tra pressure needed to get an end to all nuclear tests at the S um m it M eeting Yours verv iruly, I lolel Orr S b u ilt devices, a ir c ia t t . vehicles and pan pa ils tiave also poured in to ihe S o u l,i A lr ik a ii m a rk e t in p a rt via Public hearings on income tax Israel I 'm a b o u t w ith d r a w in g Iro rn a m e n ta lity th a t secs the need to k ill, h.ii in and m aun ,|s a wav o t solving hum an pro blem s; w ith d ra w in g Iro m the role dial ihis count,v is placing as t o the E ditor. During the last legislative session, I received many inquiries Irorn my con s tiiu e n ts re g a rd in g the state incom e tax tre a tm e n t ot re tiie tn e n t incom e, p o lm o llu e r m the w o rld , num ber one euli runnel ill die w o rld , partner • c x p lo ile i XX II Blue ks and poor c.ius.isoids tiave to tig h t and die in lim e m .me adv enl in ism in I e n lra l including federal, PI RS. and private benelils Xlanv people had concerns Xiner u a ' ¡h la m ilt herosee l e n le i and the B lo o d D o n a tin g process It was chosen because o , its v is ib ih ti. role m tbe donation process, and is ltie area where donors recover and are th a n ke d to r their d o n a tio n I In ac tual D e d ic a tio n Piacine has a p l.u c o t I io iio i in the R e c o g n itio n XX all al die tro n i o l die building I would suggest dial anyone w ho is con cern ed a b o u t o u t in te n tio n s related lo Di Drew come lo the Red I ross b u ild in g l>’ see the area I am c o n fid e n t they w ill teel m uch better about this area alter hasing viewed it In a d d itio n , vou t leaders mav be in te re ste d to kn o w th a t o u t m a io , Reseaic h and D evelopm ent t d ii h t i m XX a slim c lo n . I) I is berne n am ed at le, D , le ,o m e H o lla n d , a b l.u k educato! who served as die I hairm an ot our Xtneric.in Red I loss Bo.ud v’ l I love, nor s u n til Ills death in I9H ' in this area and requested assistance Irom the legislatuie. I wanted lo let sour readers know the J o in t In te r im t o m m itte e on Revenue and S c h o o l I ilia n c e w ill conduct a public hearing on Saturday. Novem ber 16. I9H5, al 9 DO a m in H e a lin g R o o m X o t the t a p ilc ’ l B u ild in g , Salem, to address this un isortant subtect. In te re ste d c itiz e n s are in v ite d to participate in this in lo rn i.il hearing bv giving testimonv ixTsonallv ot bv sen ding w ritte n re m a rk ' lo Ihe c o in n n l lee I he address is 140 s ta le I a p ito l Building, Salem, ( >R 9 'J 10 I w o u ld be ha pp y to answer any questions or assist in a m wav on this or am other concern that people mav have Please ,usl le, me know 'smeereh. Ih lna Jones Stole Pepresentatise. 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O P si ^l mis Please know dial the Xinerican Red ( ross coals lo c .illv and n a t'o n .illv r e in lo r c e our c o m m itm e n t to e q u a litv . and we w o u ld never k n o w in g ly la ke a c tio n s that w o u ld compromise' those goals Srrri'crcZi, ideila starteli Drew is inaccurate Ih e l a n le e n Area is n o t o n lv b e a u tifu l but is a m a io r aiea ot the Jo Ihe Editor on N o v . 19 Dr. Drew's 'snack bar' Zo the I th lo r A o u i e d ito r la I o t ( >c lo b e , 16 ex pressed co n ce rn s re la te d to the D e d ic a tio n h o n o iin g Dr I lia rle s Drew I hope we can reso lve the m isunderstanding that seems to have developed over what we believe was a Tip O'Neill — Reagan henchman D irei lo r M arketing A ( om m unn ations Portland Observer ■ M* Tb« in land fU SPS is puMtsbed nv«ry Tb urvi*v by E « * Company Inc 1463 N E KiWmg«, yyortb Pixlland Oregon 97?11 Post Ofbe« Bo« 3137 Portland Oregon 9ZZW Second < lev» postage i>a«1 at Portland Oregon M « » • Tb« /^ in la n d iM»yr'»rr eras established »n 1970 usas < «' /* *** MEMBER Assoczabon • FournJ*d 1885 Subscriptions $15 00 per year m tbe Tn County area m aster Send a< RI ress < tvarx|es to The M a ila n d ( Bo« 3137 Portland Oregrxj 97?OR Alfred I Henderson, Editor/Publisher Al W il hu ms, (renerai Manager . 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