Oregon Advance Times_1968-04-04

April 4, 1968 Oregon Advance/TIMES Page 3 Roving Reporter Hostile Kids Know What They Say About Nothing to Lose- I had the pleasure of in– terviewing Mrs. Jessie Var– ner who resides at 3016 N.E. 9th. She is the interim dir– ector of C-Cap. Mrs. Varner began her ca– reer as a volunteer by visit– ing homes to encourage parents to send their 4- year– olds to C-CAP 0 s preschool program. As a staff member in her early career she found some startling information about unwed mothers and homes without proper super- v1s1on. I was amazed as she related statistics. Mrs. Varner said, ''When the hostile kids say, 'man I don't got nothing to lose,' they mean just that because they have nothing to lose. They have never seen their parents go to work in the morning nor return in the evening with the feeling of another day's accomplish– ment. They have never felt love or the desire to be wanted, just another mouth to feed. GET READY for SPRING! 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There is no r eal supervision in homes. l:ly the time he is in school, he is doing many things only married people are doing. How will the educational system get to a child who has a background like this? You understand he should have been a part of certain things, acquainted with childhood, but he has already experienced most of the harshness of life. There is no excuse for a child not learning the basics of an education. "Traditionally we think of a family, a father, mother and children. We think of food, a comfortable home, and time to enjoy each other. This i s ideal but not realistic. If there is a one-parent home it is labeled already. Our soci– ety must reshape its images, as to what it must come up with as a pattern, we must fijce the facts. "We must not place our ideals beyond our actual ex– periences. These are homes that are going to be included in our society. They have much to contribute. They have experiences that must he told; they know we have for– gotten about them. They are uncomfortable in every social structure. We must under– stanJ them when we do, we will not be too quick to cri– ticize. "I return to our fundamen– tal facts every one wants to be recognized as a human being. This i s a right we all should have. · 'In order to redeem Stacy-Adams sets the pace ... so do the men who wear them The vamp is genuine lizard from squar ed top to squar ed toe ... . the supporting parts are smooth calf with stretch tops . .. the ~tvle i s casually correct for. all hi s leisure living. Made of the finest materials on the finest lasts in the world. Style 604, brown calf with brown lizar d vamp. Style 605, black calf, $ 5() 00 with black lizard \'amp. . . . . . ... . .........•. . .. .. 113 N. RUSSELL ST. at Vancouver Ave. rejected people, we are going to have to give up our cus– toms, traditions and ideals that separate us from our brothers. We are too self– righteous and in most cases we ar~ losing our own souls. We set our hypocritical– selves on pedestals and will not condescend to help. Our youth today will not buy this. Most adults will get hung up on what they did years ago, and will stand in the way of progress.'' My second interview was with the Rev. Samuel John– son who has returned from a three weeks' seminar at the Urban Training School in Chi– cago, Ill. The Rev. Mr. John– son hopes to motivate the min– isters, neighborhood groups, fathers, and men of our area to step out and lead our children instead of letting them commit genocide on the streets of our communities. "From what I have seen and heard in Chicago," he said, ''we are at the cross-roads of our life. "We can unify ourselves and be successful in our fight for freedom or we can be contented and be destroyed by those who do not have. One think we must realize, that is with freedom goes a responsibility for ourselves and our homes and most neglected, our community. There is a cry for unifica– tion of the Negro people. "It is important for the pastors to realize it is not enough for them to serve on committees or organizations representing their people, but it is time for f?{ery pastor to involve his membership in the struggle for building a bener community. It is also time for self help more than ever. For in this struggle FOR ONLY REV. SAMUEL JOHNSON for freedom, many federal funds will be cut off and many liberals will withdraw their help. "Therefore, the pastor and churches must begin to pre– pare themselves so they can pool their resources and use them in their own com– munity.' It is hoped that church groups or non-profit organ– izations will take advantage of this opportunity to build decent housing in our community and at the same time our people will be making a great start and at the same time remain– ing control of our properties in this area. "Education is how one ir.ust sustain life," said the Rev. Mr. Johnson. "Negroes must learn how to sustain life in his owu community. 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