Page 2, Portland Observer, November 13, 1965
EDITORIAL/OPINION
Letters to the Editor
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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.
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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
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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. Di.st. h
P <> Ito s 36hh
ilo lta . 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
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