Page 4, Portland Observer, November 20, 1985
Portland man helps protect
labor convention in El Salvador
METROPOLITAN
delegates from 14 affiliated unions,
by d ozens o f fra te rn a l unions
rep resen tin g over h alf o f El
Salvador's 200,<MM) organized workers
and by international delegations from
North America, South America and
Europe
The them e o f the Z Z V.4.S'Z Zf .-I S'
co n v en tio n called for tra d e u nion
freedom and dialog and negotiations
to end El S a lv a d o r's civil war
Recinos and other leaders also called
for a new national patriotic front of
all S alv ad o ran w o rk ers, p ea san ts,
students, Christians, refugees, small
business and any other organizations
who could agree with a unified plat
form lor peace negotiations, for bet
ter working and living conditions, and
ag ain st the rep ressio n o f the I S
backed Duarte government
A local Idler carrier, along with 35
o th e r U .S. tra d e u n io n ists, helped
shield an historic labor convention in
El S alv ad o r last week “ We were
there to keep the m ilitary and their
d ea th sq u ad s on good b e h a v io r,"
declared Jamie Partridge, member of
the Portland letter carriers union and
ch a irm an o f the P o rtla n d L ab o r
Committee on Central America I he
N atio n al U n io n fe d e ra tio n ol
Salvadoran Workers (/ fc V4.SZZC4.S)
held its first open, above ground con
vention in five sears Nov. 7 and 8.
Also attending the convention was
I I S alvador's Nobel Prize nom inee,
the popular opposition leader. Hector
Recinos Returning home after lour
years in jail an d on e in exile,
ZZ \Z SZZG1.S' Secretary-General was
cheered at the co n v e n tio n by 3(8)
brought to vou
ev e n week
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Model railroad delights community
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Robert / olhmn
One weekend remains lor viewing
the popular tnoilel railroad exhibit at
the ( olurnbia Gorge Model Railro.nl
( lub h e a d q u a rte rs. 2505 N Van
couver Ave
I he 60 m em ber club labored lor
two years Io create an IK) scale lav out
ol the ( olurnbia ( iorge trom P ort
land to AA isliram, east ol I he Dalles
I he members take shills and operate
trains lhal start at a scale model ol
Union Station, and then move on Io
Iroutdale. past the Vista House and
Multnomah I alls, and Hood Rivet
Over 40 different tov height and
passenger trams chug along 22(81 leel
ol track, through tunnels and over
trestles, and through gorge scenery
featuring handm ade rocks and trees
that are works ol art in themselves
I he exhibit will be open Saturday
and Sunday, Irom I 30 a m . to 6 p in
Admission is $1 Ml loi adults and
loi children.
Over 3(881 people have lined up to
view the exhibit each weekend, and
ovei ‘8881 total were expected to have
attended by Sunday night, said show
chairman Doug Auburg
" I l 's a com m unity th in g ," said
Auburg. who was dressed in a vintage
dark blue Southern Pacific conduc
tor’s uniform.
Mike Nolan and Isaac Harpole are
two club m em bers Irom the com
munitv who contributed mans hours
to the project
N olan, 37, a sell em ployed
linoleum and carpet laser, made all 8 '
switches lo r the layout. He has
ano th et 4 't) to m ake b elo re the
exhibit is com pleted several se ats
from now, he said
N olan also co n trib u ted Ins han
diwork to the logging railroad section,
building scale model logging equip
merit, bridges and trestles from
Neighborhood murals in bad shape
and have no place to hang
bv \alhaniel \< oil
I he murals hang silenrlv awaiting
the next phase in the process ol
change
All th a t's left in rem em brance ot
the Albina H um an Resource ( enter
at '0 2 2 N Aancouver Ave are two
murals
I lie resouice center recently moved
lo the AA alnut I’atk H uilchng.it N
k illin g sw o rth and I moil Ave
I hom as I D arhv, m anager ol the
ceutei said, the murals do not belong
to the state, Iheteloie we had to leave
them
I he murals ate two ol six murals,
live paintings and one wood carving,
that were unveiled in 1978 And even
though it hasn’t been that long, all ol
the murals must be reconstructed
I he two m urals that ate hanging,
and the ones stored, must he recon
slructed belore Hies can he rehung,
Isaac Shamsud Din said According
lo Sham sud Din, Ihe murals are Ihe
results ol a ( I I A grain he received in
1977 78
I hrough ihe gram m o n ey , some
$50,188) plus d o llars, live [vaultings
and tin w ood carving were com
pleled, Sham sud Dm said AAeathei
proved lo he the maioi factor in the
early deterioration ol the six works ol
ait I bus, som e six years a lte i the
dedication, the murals must be revolt
slructed
H ow ever, reco n stru ctin g the
murals is not the onls problem, fund
mg is a problem too Sham sud Din
m aintains ilia, the < I I A grant
inonev has been sjvent In tact, he said
finding money to pav for storage
space has been som ew hat ol a
problem
Another problem associated with
the murals is finding another building
where they can be hung " I l we can
gel ihe binding lo reconstruct Ihem ,"
Sham sud Dm said. " |l h e m urals
should he| placed on one building
I herelore, three things musi be ac
complished I irsl, laciliiv lo store Ihe
murals must he found I hen binding
to restore them to their original stale
must he secured and finally, a
bu11diitg, possibly m the A lbina
district, must be found
I he themes ol the murals are: " I he
Civil Rights E ra " by Henery I rison;
" I he I arlv M ig ratio n bv A frican
American to A a n p o rl" and " I h e
A anporl I lo o d " by Sham sud Din;
"I atlv Homesteaders in the AAest" bv
I rison, " I he M iddle P a ssa g e " by
lennv lle ta ta . and ( li.ples I alum 's
wood carving, which is about the ship
vatds in Portland, Shamsud Dm said.
S ham sud Dm estim ates the cost
ol reconstructing the murals will run
between $3,(88) and $ 5 ,(0 ) per mural
M oreover, he said, it will take six to
nine m onths to com plete the recon
struction |ob
Shamsud Din said reconstructing
the murals will make them stronger
and by using new b o ard s and
chemicals tor w eatherproofing, the
m urals should last longer th an Ihe
first tune
I bus, the moving ol the Albina
resource center has left the A lbina
neighborhood without a sp o tto hang
the murals hut. the netghborhtxxl still
retains six murals
designs he researched ill railro ad
magazines
"Mv lather, he loves tram s," said
N olan " W h e n I was a kid I had
trams pushed ill mv lace all the tune "
Now his son H.miani, 6. is picking up
on Ins ta lh ei's and grandlathei's eil
thusiasm. Nolan said
Harpole, a street cleaner operatoi
lor the citv ol P o rtla n d and like
N olan, a lifetim e train en th u sia st,
contributed six boxes ol model rolling
stock Io the exhibit Irom Ills collection
ol Ml engines and M81 cars
His job was one ol the most ini|vor
taut building the risers which hold
the track at a special grade " I ’ve
alwavv had a tram set. said llaipole.
who continues to live in the neigh
b o rhood he grew up near I rnanuel
Hospital He keeps busv with a large
tram lavoul at hom e " I have two
ap a rtm en ts I live in one and mv
railroad lives m the o t l i e i h e said
Both men said lliev were hooked on
model railroading because the hobbv
oilers a tun and creative outlet
Nolan spends about tom hours a
dav on his hobbv " I'm alwavs doing
som ething every d a v ," he '.lid
“ 1 h a t’s the tun p ail ol model
i.iilro ad in g when vou can build
slull Irom scratch and stand back and
look at it
I he showpiece ol the exhibit is an
authentic scale model ol I nion
Station built bv architeCuial modeler
( Ila I Hoc kel and his w ile ( ileuda using
o rigin.il b lu ep in its lliev spent 518)
hours on the m odel, which will
feature a working dock in the lowei
when completed
H arpole said that m ans women
p articipated in creating the exhibit
and are m em bers ol the club
" I verybodv takes a d ille re n l p att,
that wav H’s mass produced II works
reallv well.'' said Nolan
Educational vouchers proposed
A hill recently in tro d u ced ill
( on g iess with the hacking ol ihe
AA lute H ouse and ihe I S Dep.u
imeni ol I ducabon would stub $3 >
billion m g ia n ts lo i rem edial
ed u catio n to i the underprivileged
from local school districts to patents
directly under a voucher system
( haptei I binds, as lliev ate called,
cinienllv provide support lo public
schools lot remedial programs in such
subjects as math and reading Under
the hill p ro p o sal, funds would he
duecilv given lo needs lamilies in the
lorm of vouchers varying Irom $2(8)
to $11(81 a yeat, averaging $6)0
P aren ts could use the money to
send their children to private schixils,
including religious schools, which
raises issues ol couslilulionalitv vis ,<
vis the issue ol church and slate
separation. I atlv predictions indicate
a slim chance ol passage lot this and
other factors including opposition bv
the public education lobbv, and the
fact that the bill is seen as anolhei
phase ol ihe ongoing e llo tls ol the
Reagan a d m im sitab o n 's attem pt to
dism antle
the D epartm ent ot
I ducabon, oi at least Inuit its policv
making activities
M aune ( aha. D nector ol (H ants
Management tot the Portland Public
Schools, commeiiled lhal though ex
Iremelv uulikelv, passage o l the
voile het bill would devastate the pub
lie sch o o ls, w here the < h ap ler I
programs have the best lecotd ol anv
I edeial activities ( aba believes use
ol (he vouchei s lo lake child ten out ot
the public schools and place them in
parochial schools would tendei the
hill unconstitutional even il passed
Ihe most likelv henelicianes o l the
voucher svstem ate considered to he
tinanciallv h aid pressed ( aiholis
schools hi inner cilv areas
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