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A three judge panel of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Circuit of the
U S Court of Appeal■ struck, as
unconstitutional, a 29-yearold FCC
program under which broadcuter■
must attempt to recruit minority
and female applicants for job open-
ings
In the LutheranChurch-Miuouri
Synod ca1e, the FCC required that
the Church report on efforts to re-
cruit minorities for its classical
radio program. The Church had
indicated a policy ofnot recruiting
Blacks because, the Church main-
tained, Blacks do not listen to clu-
sical music and thus could be pre-
sumed not to possess "classical
musac expertise."
The Church appealed and has
won. In exchan1e for eight years of
protected use of billion dollars
worth of public airwaves, all that
the FCC'• EEO rule required was
that broadcasters:
• Notify sources of minority can-
didates, such as colleges and uni-
venities, when jobs become avail-
able.
• Not discriminate against per-
son of any race.
The FCC's rule did not include:
• Quotas.
• Timetables.
• Hiring aoals.
If this is too much for the court,
it sets an extremely dangerous pre-
cedent for all affirmative action
programs. And it places all of the
civil rights advances of the laat
I 00 years in this country squarely
in the right wing's crosshain.
The 13th, 14th, and 15th amend-
ments, the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
and the 1965 Voting Rights Act en-
abled us to grow beyond slavery,
institutional discrimination and
American apartheid. The FCC's EEO
policies translated these civil righta
goals into the information age.
This ruling is potentially as dan-
gerous as the 1896 ruling in Pleasy v.
Ferguson. Rev. Jackson has called
on the Clinton Administration, the
Justice Department, and the FCC to
act swiftly to ask the full D.C. Cir-
cuit to overturn this horrible deci-
sion.
The Church at its worse follows
the tradition of the Dutch Reformed
Church in South Africa and its sup-
port of apartheid. Lutherans of good
conscience must show their indigna-
tion and rise up.
LT'he 'Home going f>f :Johnie Sharpe 'Williams, Sr.
December JO, 1914-Aprll I .J, 1998
Johnie Sharpe Williams. Sr. was born
on December 30, 1914 in Belzoni,
Missiuippi, the second sonoCPauline
and John S. Williams.
In 1938 he fell head over heels in
love and married his lovely wife,
Mozell. They lived in Columbus and
Belzoni, Mississippi. They had two
children, Johnny Sha,pc and Nathalec
Louise, In 1943 he decided "no more
back door" assignments, so off he
moved to Portland, Oregon lo work as
a painter for the Defense Department
at the Swan Island shipyards.
When he staned his own business
as a painter in Oregon, he bought a few
tools and a truck which the neighbors
calledthe"BlackBox"andaskedhim
to move it frequently from in front of
their homes. Later he owned a family-
run Pittsburgh Paint Store on Broad-
way and Williams Avenue, but only
for a short while, because his hwnan-
istic, helpful manner of assisting 'his'
people by cashing checks for Safeway
hampered this adventure. Johnie
"never fell from a ladder", until he
went to work for the county at age 60.
He provided jobs for all ethnic and
racial poups, offered bis professional
servicesandadviceforover40+yean
in the Portland Community. He con-
tinued this profession until the ripe ole
age of 75, even taking classes in up-
holsterina at Ponland Community
College in his 70's.
Johnie loved his family- wife, chil-
dren, grands and great grands, as well
as his friends. He was often observed
doing his "honey-dew" tasks, taking
his family on Sunday drives to fairs,
carnivals, school activities and across
the county almostyqrly and expected
his children to do well in school, so he
helped with homework, too.
He suffered a stroke in 1997 and he
did not know how to accept visitors or
sympathy well, but his pride and
stamina pulled him through. In 1998
he suffered another major stroke.
He will be missed for his magnifi-
cent work, his analytical mind and his
quiet humanism, but we know it is
God's will that he share his energy
with the univme.
The Survivors; Wife: L. Mozell
Williams of Portland, OR; Daugh-
1\-'J t (Jlivet J3nj)ti~t C11urcl1
8501 N. Chautauqua Blvd.
Friday. May 1 (7-9 PM} and Saturday. May 2
(9-4 PM). Guest speaker: Dr. Willie Richardson
from Philadelphia. PA.
Cost: $25 per person.
850 l N. Chautauqua Blvd. Portland, Oregon 97217
(503) 240-7729
Dr. Jama Mortin, Senior Pastor
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Church of God
Pastor Mack L. Walker, Sr.
(503) 287-7332 Church
(503) 287-7417 Pastor
Weekly Calendar
Tuesday
7:30 PM Evening Worship
Friday
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"The Church Without Walls"
(360) 693-0134 Service Times - 9:15 ~ 10:45
An lnterdenomlnallonal, Multi-Cultural Ministry
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103 'N'E !Morris Street
'Portland, &I\. 97212
(SOS) 287-7457
Sunday School 9:30 :.9UM
'Worship Service 10:45 !A!M
'Wednesday !Activities 6:30 'P!M
'l\.ev. 'l\.obert 'Kelley, 'Pastor
"going 'Till :Jesus q(eturnsl"
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2736 NE Rodncu
Portland, OR 97212
503-231 -4391
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Jerome Cox Tanner
Funeral Director
Every Sunday:
4222 NE 12th Avenue
Portland, OR 97211
(503) 288-7241 Fax (503) 2881712
e-mail: marchgod@travelin.com
7:30 PM Evening Worship
Youth in charge
Funeral Services were held at Bethel
A.M.E. Church April 20, 1998. Con-
cluding Services and Interment· Rose
City Cemetery
8:00 AM Early Moming Worship
T. Allen Bethel
Senior Pastor
Schedule Of Services:
Sunday
9:15am - Sunday School
10:30am • Worship Celebration
11:00am • Children's Church
6:00pm • Evening Worship
Wednesday
7 :OOpm • Prayer and Bible Study
Friday 12:00 noon • Prayer
5023 N. Michigan
Ponland, Oregon
dren. Great Grandchildren and
Nephew and Nieces.
Fellowship Missionary
Baptist Church
Jnf~ucin9, ..
Walker Temple
ter: Nathalcc Louile Evans ofL.
A., CA; Brother and Wife" Leroy
and Margie Williams ofl>uarte,
CA, as well as a host of Grandchil-
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Family Life Conference
Baptist Church
Sunday
9:30 AM Sunday School
11:15 AM Morning Worship
6:30 PM YPWW (Youth Bible Study)
7:30 PM Evening Worship
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9:15 AM Sunday School
11 :00 AM Moming Worship ,
the Lord's Supper
(1st Sunday) ,
Children's Church
(1st, 2nd and 4th Sunday)
t>:00 PM Training Union
(2nd and 4th Sunday)
7:1 5 PM Evening worship
(2nd and 4th Sunday)
11 :00 AM Baptismal Service
(4th Sunday)
Pastor
Johnny Pack IV
4009 North Missouri Avenue
(503) 249-0377
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