Clinton St VOL. 7, NO. 2 Quarterly SUMMER 1985 STAFF TABLE OF CONTENTS Co-editors Jim Blashfield Lenny Dee David Milholland Associate Editor Peggy Lindquist Design and Production Jim Blashfield Production Assistants David Milholland, Sharon Niemcyzk Gail O’Neill Ad Production Stacey Fletcher Joyce Fletcher Lorna Dawson Camerawork Laura DiTrapani Typesetting Archetype, Harrison Typesetting Marmilmar, Sherry Swain Ad Sales—Portland/Eugene Dru Duniway, Sandy Wallsmith Lynn Wilson Ad Sales—Seattle/Port Townsend Scott Wilson, Jennifer James Doug Milholland Development Lenny Dee Consulting Editors Paul Loeb, Michael Helm Contributing Artists Tim Braun, John Callahan Stewart Holbrook, Fay Jones Jack McLarty, Carel Moiseiwitsch Elsa Warnick, Steve Winkenwerder Contributing Photographers Nicholas Blair, Paul Diener Richard J. Brown, Dennis Eichhorn Ragnars Veilands Printing Tualatin-Yamhill Press Thanks Linda Ballantine, John Bennett Kate Blakeslee, Bill Fletcher Tyra Lindquist, Melissa Marsland Laurie McClain, Lola Maria, DNA Alana O’Brien, Anne Reiniger Debra Turner, Loring Vogel Oregon Historical Society, The Oregonian The Clinton 500 EDITORIAL rhe eighties have been widely heralded as an era of increasing conservatism, as evidenced by the high youth vote for Reagan last November, and the emergence of that new pop group, the “Yuppies.” It’s a logical stereotype of television’s instant analysis, a trivialization of our reality that lulls us into accepting as real what is hypothetical. Such potent symbols are dangerous when they become role models, as if the media is giving us permission to “be” in tune with our age. How the era will evolve is far from clear at present. For just as the sixties began sometime in 1964 with the Beatles’ invasion and the escalation of the Vietnam War, the real eighties may still lie on the horizon, waiting for a triggering event. And the crystal ball is cloudy, because" reality always eludes the catchphrases which come to characterize such periods. The standard rundown of our recent history has the Roaring Twenties rudely interrupted by the Crash of ’29, followed by the grim depression thirties, the war-years forties, the “I Like Ike”—McCarthy Era fifties, the social Wigs are back, and as lovely as ever! (Photograph of The Girl Artists in rehearsal by Ragnars Veilands) protest-psychedelic sixties, and last, usually least, the retrenchment, Me- decade seventies. As an overview, it neatly provides compartments for people and events, and discourages deeper exploration. What it misses, of course, is the amazing variety and complexity of human behavior—the divergence from the “norm” that provides texture in the real world. Think of the much-maligned seventies, now characterized as a time when the nation did a double-take and stepped away from activism into retreat, complacency and self-absorption. While it is true that these nutshells describe some reality, they prevent us from considering what did take place, which was far from nonpolitical and may ultimately turn out to be more significant. The seventies saw the development of both the women’s and the gay rights movements, both of which have redefined how we see ourselves and relate to those around us. In their wake, we have rape-relief hotlines, day-care centers, a response to the battered-wife syndrome, women’s sports, legislation against sex-related job discrimination and an overall sensitizing to the misuse and abuse of language. The anti-nuclear power movement came into its own in the seventies. And the era saw the widespread application and evolution, of such “sixties” principles as cooperation, egalitarianism, non-violence and small-is-beautiful appropriate- technology. It is true that in either era, the vast majority of the populace was only peripherally touched by such activism. For every flower child who made it to San Francisco, a dozen or more stayed in Dubuque and Dallas, got married, got jobs and raised families. And for every anti-nuclear warrior, many more settled cozily into jobs with the government and the companies so often blamed for our dilemma. The cover-all stereotype cleverly glosses over much of what happened then and is happening now. At present, we can see the parallel development of both entrenched consumerism and of a deep-reaching movement for peace and improved human relations. If events turn in Central America, today’s “Yuppie” might become active tomorrow. Though, no doubt, it would be in a different style than we “expect” such protest to take. And that career-oriented college student is already concerned about South African apartheid. Our largely secular age accepts the media models because we lack a higher authority on how to be. But the media has no useful moral authority. They are describers, who too often are accepted as guides. Now, as before, there are people who live to make a difference on the planet—role models, if we need them. Ultimately our own actions define who we are, and thus nature the nature of the world. DM It was over 2OO years ago that our Founding Fathers met in Philadelphia to lay down the principles upon which our new country would be based. If the Clinton St. Quarterly had been around then, you can bet your boots that these dedicated American patriots would have turned to it time and time again for reference and inspiration as they painstakingly worked out the ideas contained in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. OK. 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Box 3588 1520 Western Avenue Portland, OR 97208 Seattle, WA 98101 tro ve r Tim Braun Nazi Vacation—A Visit to the Idaho Reich Dennis Eichhorn........................................4 Talking with Derrick Bell Marcia Mint Danab..............................9 A True Life Story of Miami Teri Hein ...............................................18 Current Trends in Architecture Steve Winkenwerder (with Jim Blashfield) .............................24 Mr. Otis Stewart Holbrook ...............................28 Stewart Holbrook Peggy Lindquist David Milholland......................................30 Alice Walker—Listening to the Inner Voices Leonie Caldecott......................................33 It Ain't The King of Hearts Evan Kaeser .........................................36 On the Waterfront—The “Southernization" of the Oregon Workplace Peter Dammann ................................. 40 My Life With Pets John Callahan.....................................46 Going in with the Guerrillas Robert Ellis Gordon.............................49 A Letter From Africa Nicholas Blair......................................52 Ad Index ...................................................... 55 The Clinton St. Quarterly is published in both Oregon and Washington editions by CSQ— a project of Out of the Ashes Press. 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