Northwest Defender

The Northwest Oldest Negro Newspaper NORTHWEST ~DEFENDER . ~~~ UNDERSTANDINGANDEIJUCA:110N --~U~ WILLLEADTOTHETRU'IH No. xx Portland, Oregon - 194' Per ~ c..:.::nru==R~s=n:..:.,A=v:--, _N_O_VE __,_ .... MB~E-R_S..;;,-1964 more than 8,000 circulated per edition ELECTIONS U. S. A. The election has passed into American history. Now that it is over, the name– calling in direct phrases and the undoes, we take stock of the role we played in the making of a President and lesser officials throughout Oregon and this broad, grand and glorious U. S. A. I have Iistened to mud, real dirty mud, splatter in high and low places, and over some very saintly faces. We have pon– dered the veracity of the multitudinous accusers, and the truth encouched in the accusations. We have striven to discern the thread offact that winds its meandering course through the many-hued fabric. Sometime we have lost trace of solid fact ' and, at other times, we were shrouded with doubt by what we read and heard, and lost our way. President Johnson, by winning a landslide victory, and by having carried into the nation's lesser offices many devo– tees of his party, is in a most favorable position to implement the caliber of pro– gram he has promised the nation. If we harbored any misgivings about Mr. Johnson as a man - a human with a heart, these were dispelled after watching his chat with a representative group of ladies last Monday night. Mr. Johnson's down-to-earth manner with the ladies in this informal chat pointed the stress and mental straire with which a president is beset in seeking answers to the many knotty problems affecting the nation and the world. He recognized that some of the deci– sions might not have been themost perfect but they were the best that his "brain– trust" could devise, and represented his best judgement, although the president's discourse is not the most fluent, his hon– esty, human, home-1 ike presentations in– still confidence. We would venture to suggest that this informal questionand an– swer session garnered an appreciable vote for the Johnson-Humphrey ticket. We learn more of the things we want to know about people in informal contact. Many of the "ghosts" we dread, never really exist. So it was with the "White back lash", that resentment of whites of the civil rights legislation, that was sup– posed to rally desenters, to the camp of Goldwater. We noted with satisfaction that the ma– turity of the Negro is of such that he can vote ofr a southern-white for the presi– dency. We have heard vows that such a thing would never happen. Conditions are really "getting better." , The "post Kennedy" team of Johnson– Humphrey holds high the lamp of home for human rights. let us recognize - singly and collectively - our responsibility to assist in every possibleway to maintain the hope and aims of this administration, and the miII ions of humans who are certain to be ill-affected, should it falter. Business– men, housewives, school children, and the aged, are in some way, affected by the pro– jected program of the present administra– tion, and the responsibility devolves upon all of us for its forthright implementation. locally the election went quite well. We are happy over the outcome - gener– ally. Especially noted was the treatment accorded the Attorney Genera I (Mr. Thorn– ton,) Edith Green,Si Cohn(County Clerk), Phil Roth as Judge of Circuit Court and Judge Hollman. We wanted Corbett as Secretary of State but Tom McCall is a good man also. We wanted the Dome, but we cannot have everything. Such are elections U. S. A. PRESIDE~ LYNDON B. JOHNSON Watch for big Defender's Fashion Show, Hilton Hotel, December 11. HAVE THE IORTHWEST DEFENDER Tho lfortllw•r• GrnaesJ ............... , KOMt MORE WEEKLY 'iclv•es ·ot lnlt,.tl to \'OU lt..ft •"\' Olt..r Hews,•per CL" AND MAIL SUISCRIPnON BLANK 2742 N. Wnll&lll& Ave. ... t•• 11. 0... t T.. $ 5.00 llx MHtU $ 2.75 a.ct o. ot Alto¥• - ..,. c~~oc• ., M_, Or4of_ ·tHlOUGH MAIL ONLY Watch for big Defender's Fashion Show, Hilton Hotel, December 11. ·-----------~----~--~~-----·~--- ----~---~~~----------- DAY-CARE CENTER The 'War on Poverty' Bill urges that the poor themself take the initiative in deciding where the 'War on Poverty' funds are most needed, and in proposing projects for community action. With this in mind a group of young mother~ from the Albina Neighbor– hood has started a move– ment for a free day-care center. Such a center, we believe, is the most press– ing need in our community. Albina Mothers Starts A day-care center would not only provide free baby– sitting for working moth– ers, increasing their take– home pay; it would also make it possible for young mothers to return to school, or to lookforwork, or to get some job training without sacrificing the health and happiness of their pre-school children. Besides the obvious benefits to the mothers, consider the value to child– ren of a day-care center. Over 10% of the Albina population is under 5 years of age. The poverty of their parents subjects these small children to a hard childhood often with not enough to eat, not Day-Care Center not enough to eat, not enough attention and no real preparation for attending school. A day-care center would provide hot lunches, supervised play, health check-ups and a much– needed program of kinder– garten training. We have been watching with interest President Johnson's first steps to combat poverty. Our re– action as young Negroes has been skeptical, per– haps even suspicious, about the motivation behind the 'War on Poverty'. But, regardless of the motives of the politicians, this is one war we can all fight with gooct conscience for the gains that are made will be our gains. And we will make real gains, if we take the field now. But if we sit by and rely on the rich and the white to con– duct this war, we can con– sider it lost from the start. The only force that can guarantee 'War on Poverty' money for this project is an organized campaign by the people most concerned with the problem - young women with small child– ren living in Albina. Now we have only a token move– ment; only 8 or 10 young women are actively involv– ed. Over 100mothersfrom Albina have signed our pe– tition for a free day-care center, but we need more than names. We need minds and bodies helping organize the movement. We have found some feeling that the average mother is not needed, that the 'respon– sible community leaders' must provide the leader– ship. This is not true. It is the people who would directly benefit from a day– care center that are the best able to lead the move– ment. Many of you will probably see us in the next few days, either at your Church or on your doorstep, asking for your help and support. but, don't feel that you should wait to be personally invited to take part in this work, call us right now and volunteer. Call Marcell O'Neal, 4617 N. Albina - 284-8467 or Debby Rhodes, 4326 N. Al– bina. - 284-8116 for in– formation. UGNDrive NearGoal The Tri-County United Good Neighbors drive for $3,762,370 1 Thursday came within $128,685 of the goal, it was revealed at the seventh and final report luncheon at the Multnomah Ho– tel. The amount reported was $3,633,685.70, or 96.6 per cent of the goal. Watch for big Defender's Fashion Show, Hilton Hotel, December 11. Oregonian ConvictedOfMurder In'32 Wins Reversal Of Decision In Court Cecil E. Newman poses for photo at Billy Webb Elks Hall I.B.P.O.E.O.F.W. No. 1050with Exalted Ruler Curtis L. McDonald and Education Chairman Louis E. Scott. Cecil was really impressed with our local elks. Mr. A. W. Denton, The Most Worshipful Grand Master of Ma– son P. H-., Cecil Newman and Clifford Jackson M. M. Mr. Newman stopped in on the close of the 73rd anniversary of the Enterprize lodge Prince Hall Mason F & AM. It looks to have been a grand affair. Alabama Re-admits NAACP There was evidence at J or– dan's trial that he was beaten 1up by police .after his arrest. He repudiated a confession and was required to waive his right against self incrimination by testifying before the jury about the voluntariness of that confession. , The U.S. Supreme Court has !held that a trial judge must not allow the jury to deter– mine both the voluntariness 1 and the credibility of a con– ~ession. The judge must first 'determine, away from the jury, if a confession is volun– tary and thus admissible, and, if so, submit its credibility to 'the jury. Lawyers Appeal -Dope Case Trial Attorneys for Rennia Wright, 34, . 4335 NE 14th Ave., con– victed on three counts of sell– ing narcotics in Federal Court last Friday, filed a motion for a new trial Wednesday. YOUR NEW DEFENDER In town with Vice-President Hubert H. Humphrey was Cecil E. Newman, Editor-Publisher of the Minneapolis Spokesman and the St. Paul Recorder. Mr. Newman was the first editor in the nation to endorse Vice-President Humphrey back in _1944 as Mayor of Minneapolis, where Mr. Humphrey served for two terms. He was endorsed again by Mr. Newman and two news– papers and was elected to the United States Senate in 1948. Mr. Humphrey has been senate majority whip since 1961 on Civil Rights. Mr. Vice-President says, "If freedom becomesa full reality in America, we can dare to believe that it will become a reality everywhere. If freedom fails here, what hope can we have for it surviving elsewhere." The motion asserts illegally obtained evidence was intro– duced at the trial, that the government surpressed evi– dence favorable to Wright, that the court erred in an instruc– tion to the jury and that the prosecutor made an improper statement. Wright was found guilty by a jury of selling heroin to a federal undercover agent after a trial lasting two days, before U.S. Dist. Judge William G. East. ·

Northwest Defender_1964-11-05