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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
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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
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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”
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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
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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 . Jackson, I I I
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