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P age A3 T he P ortland O bserver • F ebruary 23, 1994 Jackson: Humanitarian, Friend, Pastor, Drum Major For Justice Judging Packwood, Senate Sacrifices Fairness sionate and unbiased judge? In a 1972 case in v o lv in g a sena- torcharged w ith b rib e ry , the Supreme C o u rt noted the shortcom ings o f the congressional d is c ip lin a ry process in com parison w ith aeon ventional c rim i nal tria l: “ A n accused M e m b e r is at the m ercy o f an alm ost u n b rid le d Continued from front ▲ and become “ p e tit ju ro rs ” at the tr ia l like hearing. T hey w ill then be ju d g ing w hether M r. P ackw ood is g u ilty o r innocent o f charges they voted to b rin g . H o w can the com m ittee m em bers possibly be viewed as objective d iscre tio n o f the ch arging body that fu n ctio n s at once as accuser, prosecu tor, ju d g e , and ju ry fro m whose de c i sion there is no established rig h t o f judges w hen they have already re v ie w e d the vo lu m e s o f e vid e nce amassed d u rin g the in ve stig a tio n and concluded that they p ro vid e “ sub stantial cause” to be lie ve that M r. Packwood violated Senate rules? Even w ith a stricte r burden o f p ro o f in his re v ie w .” In oth e r w ords, Congress is a p o litic a l fo ru m , not a co u rt o f law . S till, fo r the sake o f p u b lic c o n fi dence in the proceedings and fairness favor. M r. P ackwood w ill be fig h tin g an u p h ill b a ttle at his hearing, having to the accused, it is im p o rta n t that the Senate’ s d is c ip lin a ry process have already fa ile d to persuade the same in d iv id u a ls n o t to charge h im in the firs t place. T h a t the fu ll Senate u lti m ately votes on d is c ip lin a ry action does n o t rem edy the unfairness, since c re d ib ility and in te g rity . T he Senate should not a llo w the E th ics C o m m it by then the m om entum is seriously against the m em ber. T h e p ro b le m is illustrated by w hat has already happened in th is in v e s ti gation. D u rin g the Senate debate on ju d ic ia l enforcem ent o f the subpoena, E th ics C om m ittee mem bers played th e ir cu rre n t ro le as investigators w ith v ig o r. In defending the subpoena, C o m m itte e C hairm an R ich a rd B ryan tee to com pare its e lf to the c rim in a l ju s tic e process in the interest o f en fo rc in g its subpoenas, w h ile begging o f f the analogy to in dulge the p o litic a l convenience o f having the same m em bers pe rfo rm w h a t should be separate roles. Iro n ic a lly , when fo rm u la tin g the rules that govern the E th ics C o m m it tee, the Senate expressed a concern fo r fairness, d e cla rin g that “ the rules and re g u la tio n o f the Select C o m m it tee (on E th ics) should p ro v id e fo r s tric t procedural protections to safe Continued from front Senate expects too m uch o f th e ir co l- a greater w illin g n e ss fo r fe llo w s h ip leagues on the E thics C o m m itte e by among the saints and to k in d le a asking them to p e rfo rm a ll ro le s in the ci j matC) w ith in the church, that w o u ld d is c ip lin a ry process. The appearance, catcr t0 the yOuth. i f no t the fact, o f im p a rtia lity suffers The ch Urch was losing its young under the cu rre n t system . people and no one knew the how or A s recently as the in ve stig a tio n the w ith w hat to m ake the repairs o f fo rm e r Speaker Jim W rig h t, the unld R cv j ack son began to im p lc - (jccca scd p a sto ro fA llcn T e m p lcC M E C hurch, w ho bravely and p ra y e rfu lly w ent am ong the rioters; pleaded w ith tllcm t0 stOp b u rn in g and lo o tin g ; tary rule o f fairness was o vcrlo o ke d - led the ju stice D epartm ent to issue its ow n subpoena fo r the diaries). Is it those w h o charge should n o t judge. hearing on charges o f m isconduct. It harassment against one o f its m em - wordS) «Y o u liv e here too. Y o u bers, it should do so w ith o u t s a c rific m ust take p a rt in the decisions that in g a level p la y in g fie ld fo r the ac are being made about you. I f you ju s t cused. sit here and say n o th in g , d o n ’ t get all The W a ll Street Journal F ebru upset w hen things d o n ’ t go the way is s im p ly to say that the rest o f the ary 1 6 ,1 9 9 4 . Portland City Council Approves Employment “Clearinghouse” Continued from front a co n tin u a tio n o f the c ity ’ s e ffo rts to o f Transportation w ill p e rm it a lla g e n ▲ increase w om en and m in o ritie s rep cies to use the program and to fund it. resentation in c ity contracts. L a s t June the C it y C o u n c il F ir s t S o u rc e c o s ts th e c ity $200,000.00 P o rtla n d ’ s share o f the adopted the K atz-sponsored “ F a ir new program w ill be 580,000.00 plus C o n tra c tin g and E m p lo y m e n t In itia sta ffin g to im p le m e n t it. p rim a rily on fin d in g w o rk fo r said. In a d d itio n to the clearinghouse tiv e ” to increase the p a rtic ip a tio n o f “ W e ’ve taken w hat w e ’ ve learned w om en and m in o rity -o w n e d com pa nies on public contracts, and to diversify fro m our o w n F irs t Source program , p u b lic projects. W essel hopes tough ening those requirem ents w ill increase the workforce o f the c ity ’ s contracts. back fro m co m m u n ity organizations, lik e O O A C , and used it to create the w om en and m in o rity em p lo ym e n t on clearinghouse program is expected to clearinghouse pro g ra m ,” said Katz. sp e cific projects. K a tz said the a d o p tio n o f the save the c ity m oney, since its jo in t “ W e believe the clearinghouse w ill sponsorship o f the clearinghouse w ith help us meet o u r goal o f a w o rkfo rce clearinghouse program b y C o u n c il is T ri-M e t and the O regon D epartm ent representative o f the entire community." pro g ra m , W essel said the c ity plans to toughen c e rtifica tio n requirem ents fo r a ll co n tra cto rs w h o w a n t to b id on R e placing F irs t Source w ith the his lobbying. O n February fourteenth, n ine d ire ctive , “ C om e on hom e Jack! Y o u have been fa ith fu l o ver m uch and you have endured to the very end. C om e on up and lake a rest fro m your labor. gate president C lin to n s in v o lv e m e n t majy. t0 b u m d o w n yo u r ow n neigh- in the W h ite ra te r a ffa ir, this re fo rm borhood?” F orm this action, m any w ill enhance the appearance o f im - pro d u cp Ve co m m u n ity organizations oro u sly pursuing charges o f sexual beard h im adm onish the g roup w ith jo u rn e y-le ve l employees,” M c K in n le y a ll oppressed peoples benefitted from M r. Packwood. L ik e the a p pointm ent (0 their inte llig e n ce by ask- o f an independent counsel to in v e s ti- ¡ng, “ w h a t k in d o f sense docs this the Clarence Thom as hearings by v ig - cious in ve stig a to r and assurance at a hearing the same person o f a dispas- several times. Jackson w ent to w h ite corporate A m e ric a and n e g o tia te d jo b s fo r blacks. W h ile n e gotiating fo r blacks, - 1 love; amas - you love; amamus - we love), the G od o f love, h im se lf, came dow n and gave Rev. Jackson his last under in ve stig atio n .” Y etone elem en tention o f keeping an open m in d at a against social injustice. He received m any threats on his life . The fa m ily telephone num ber had to be changed dence and pass ju d g m e n t o n any L e ading the group were angry, charger that m ay be b ro u g h t against inten ig e n t black men. R cv. Jackson guard the interests o f the in d iv id u a l T h is is n o t to say that the c o m m ittee m em ber d o n ’ t have every in A s late as 1984, Rev. Jackson was arrested w h ile dem onstrating teen hundred n in e ty -fo u r, a day set aside to dem onstrate lo ve (la tin : am o tions o f possible c rim in a l vio la tio n s by M r. Packw ood (a suggestion that reasonable no w expect M r. B ryan to shed the tough dem eanor o f a tena Rev. John H. Jackson, III was a champion for the people. ethics process. It should designate gave them a d iffe re n t focal p o in t and separate senators to w e ig h the e v i- a change in venue. p a rtia lity in the process and increase w erc bom : W a r on P overty C om m is- p u b lic confidence in the result. I f the sj o n , B la ck U n ite d F ront, m ore blacks Senate is eager to excise the ghost o f in lo ca l and statc -le v c l p o litic s , (D .N e v .) even w ent so fa r as to argue that ce rta in d ia ry entries raise ques spoke o f ho w w e m ust reach the -- after, o f ho w we ca n ’ t h u rry G od. W e m ust be p atient w hen w e are lo o k in g an arbitrator House charges its procedures w ith the wished to come. passage o f T he E thics R eform A c t o f T he )ove ,hat G o d had planted ju d g e m e n t o f the charges a t an a d ju dica to ry hearing. The Senate, lik e the House be fo re i t should change th is la w in its com m on purpose.” R c v . Jackson assisted m any sm all, sto re -fro n t churches in becom ing established in conferences and he also assisted them in the facts o f property. W e was a shepherd, a coun selor, a missionary, a mentor, a mediator, ju d g e charges o f ethical m isconduct, household w o rd and a fre q u e n tly vis- In the wake o f s im ila r c ritic is m , the place o f w o rsh ip fo r a ll w ho dcgp ¡n his breast had soon sp ille d o vcr ¡nt0 p o rtla n d co m m u n ity, j n the 1960s> w hcn U n io n A v - cnue was b u rn in g , it was Rev. John H. Jackson and R cv. Thom as Strayhand, someone on th e ir w ay. D o n ’ t liv e a selfish existence.” Rev. T a y lo r spoke on The A fte r-G io O f A Servant. He le n d in g , spending and purchasing House had the same system o f a llo w - ment his s p irit-le d strategies, in g id e n tical mem bers to issue and goon „ M o u n t O liv e t became a 1989. The House E thics C o m m itte e now has an “ in ve stig ative subcom - m itte e ’ con d u ct the in v e s tig a tio n and vote to issue charges, w h ile the bal- ance o f the com m ittee mem bers s it in them , “ I t ’ s no w o nder the flo c k is d ivid e d ...w h e n you are divid e d . Y o u should a ll be w o rk in g together w ith a A t onc o f his m any gatherings, I Preachers m ust go lik e a la m b am ong wolves. So - today, w e say, “ G o o d bye, fa re w e ll, see you a g a in .’ A ll o f the w o n d e rfu l rem arks heard here today are a ll part o f the - a fte r-g lo . N o one c o u ld have shared in this m anner i f R ev. Jackson had n o t touched th e ir live s the w ay he d id . A n d to hear one gentlem an say that Rev. Jackson was responsible fo r help ing h im to change his strategy and the anger in his life is a m ira cle in its e lf. Jackson, though sm a ll in s u tu re , wasa g ia n ta m o n g m en and his legacy lives on in a ll o f the live s he touched.” R e p rc s c n u tiv c M argaret C arter shared in the celebration b y b e ltin g o u t,“ G lo ry , g lo ry h a lle lu ja h ! S ince I laid m y burdens d o w n .” She shared her personal life changing encounter w ith R ev. Jackson w ith the audience. “ He was m y m entor. I was a fra id . I a rrive d in P ortland w ith fiv e c h ild re n and one hundred d o lla rs in m y p o cke t and e n ro llin g in P o rtla n d S u te U n i W e ll done! M y good and fa ith fu l ser ve rsity, I needed d ire ctio n . Rev. Jack- va n t.” Since the day o f John H iram Jack- son, I l l ’ s b irth on Novem ber 16,1912, son show ed me the w a y, U u g h t me boldness and m ore beside. He also G od had predestined his life , its order and the events. The many awards, plaques, ce rtifica te s, degrees, and you w a n t them to go. I t ’ s lik e a man y e llin g in to a big b lack hole. N obody can hear h im and he ca n ’ t get m ad at fo r the -- after. T a y lo r said, “ P roblem s is the rea son w h y G o d cre a te d preachers. told me that waters flo w do w n - not up; so, when seeking help, go to the top and become a p a rt o f the change that w ill u k e place b e lo w .” accolades he gathered in his e ig h ty- one years on earth shall pale to the A hom egoing celebration was held at the V a n co u ve r A venue F irs t cro w n he has received. M ay G o d ’ s blessings o f peace be B a p tist C hurch on F rid a y , February 1 8 ,1994, where R ev. Jackson served as A ssistant Pastor to R ev. O .B . W il liam s, no w deceased. T h e capacity audience o f fa m ily , w e ll-w ish e rs and upon his s u rvivin g fa m ily members; especially his devoted w ife , Mrs. Dian no onc but h im se lf. Y o u ha vc to g e l up and do som ething about yo u r situa tio n ; but, do it in te llig e n tly . D o n ’ t go Jackson. R cv. B .A . T a ylo r,p a sto r o f D am ascus B a p tist C hurch-S eattle, W ash in there unprepared.” Rev., Jackson tutored and coddled ington, eulogized Rev. Jackson w ith ing a m any g ra te fu l recipients. He was a these p a rtin g and c o m fo rtin g w ords, “ N o b o dy should liv e and die and be physical presence but not from ourheaits. “ W hatever path you fo llo w , le t it p a sto r’ s pastor. R ev. Jackson as sembled the local pastors and to ld forgotten when y o u ’ re covered up. L iv e a m e a n in g fu l life that w ill help re fle ct the L o ve o f C h ris t.” - R ev. D r. John H . 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