Oregon Advance Times_1968-04-11

11, 1968 Oregon Advance{TIMES P.we- 5 THE ROVING REPORTER Kienow's Remodel 20-Year Albina Resident Sees Need for Black Leadership R·adio Station Hires Negro Kienow's Food Store on Union Avenue is being re– modeled to provide a uni– formity of store design, ac– cording to John Pratts, Kienow's advertising di– rector. By DAN HAYES . Miss Betty Key, 1306 NE Failing St., a 20-year re.si – dent of Albina, was our next prospect for an interview. She warmly welcomed me in and with a hot cup of tea, I sat down and asked her: "What do we need in Albina?" Without pondering the ques– tion, Miss Key replied, "We need people that know how to sit down and talk things over. I am indicating we need bet– ter black leadership. We need Christian leaders on both sides of the fence for that matter, but our own black leadership needs some renovating. ''People must get a clear– er u n d e r s ta n d i n g about people. The Negro's eating habits, thinking or even liv– ing habits may be different, but people are yet people who who they are, "Getting back to our lead– ers, we have too many sub or no leaders trying to lead our people and trying to speak for all the race. There is too much focus on our lower class of people. We have dignity and pride and 1 think some attention should be drawn to these. "We need, not whites to lead Negroes, but Negroes to lead Negroes. And I don't mean leaders who will sell us down the river. We need re– sponsible leaders who are first proud of their heritage and will stand up for racial justice, "We need a leader who will not pursue the dogma of to– day or advocate violence as the ultimate means. We need a Christian image among the black ranks. We need some– one who is honest and factual. We need a Christian leader and not a black power advo– cate. "The government is help– ing the poor people by issuing money on different programs, but unfortunately only part of our people are being bene– fitted. The whites are still getting the best paying jobs, "Most of our leaders who are bargaining for these pro– grams are not looking any farther than today, Most of the employment offered us is temporary, 1 guess you AFTER-INVENTC'RY CLEAN-UP SALE!! PROOF OF LOWER PRICES! ' FEATUIIIICi TIESE ,,. FU-TUii u•s H•ywood Wakef;.ld Mapt.Craft MHlfflan Tables Flintrid9" Fashion Craft Simmons liltw.. I.P. John1 !Maly f-r"nch Prov. Chair large & comfy loo~ cud,ion hench legs r: ·g I 19 5 79 French Provincial Sofa Foney brocotelle fobrK Shaped legs Reg 3 19 5 149 Italian Provincial Sofa hand tufte9 back, fancy wood trim Reg 299 M.dit•rranean Sofa 5 199 fancy fruitwood trimminQ, $199 the bes! 1n Spomd, Reg 299 Early Am•rican Sofa Wing baclt, 7 yr guarantee on construchon . 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"Our leaders should work for us and not for the white MISS BETTY KEY man, I think that Christian leadership is the only solu– tion for the black and white problem. "Whites have the tendency to lump all Negroes together and not to face reality. I think the majority would like to face reality but anti– Christian pressures will not permit them to do so. 1 suppose we have the same problem, Many people feel the black power advocates are the major voices of the Negro people. 1 think the real voice of our race is yet to be heard," 1 asked Miss Key if she thought the Model Cities pro– gram would help Albina. She responded: ''It's fine, but we don't need more cheap buildings such as the pre-war housing, lf it does not help the situa– tion, why help to condemn the already condemned? "l trust it will mean con– struction jobs for some job– less Negroes, Why should we let outsiders come in .when we have unemployment in our own area? I think with gov– ernment funds our community can be as beautiful as any other in our city, "We don't need any new schools, especially if they are exclusively Negro. We have enough segregated schools already, What we should do is desegregate the ones we have and improve our teaching staffs." When asked about the pos– sibility of riots this summer, Miss Key remarked: · ''Riots there might be, but it depends upon our leaders, They could be prevented if our leaders would stop work– ing for themselves and help the black community, They know what we need, Whydon't they give us what we need and stop trying to please the white man? "They are supposed to represent us, but I think they are shirking their duty. They are not responsible for the riots, but they could prevent some violence if they did their jobs. "We do not look for the white man to do everything for us. We want to help our– selves, We should have an active part in every phase of our government - black rep– resentatives to represent us and not whites pretending to do so. "We have some leaders who are not sound Christians, There is no substitute for good Christian leadership and this is what we need. "The white man is still exploiting us by subsidizing some of our poor leaders, We need strong effective leadership," I asked Miss Key what she thought of the younger gene– ration and if she thought there was any future in store for them, "There is a definite change in their attitudes. There has to be, But we must accept them as they are; then we can help th;m, There is lack of discipline in most homes today, The parents should use more authority on their children, However, 1 am optimistic about our youth," I thanked Miss Key for her time. I will see you next week on the streets of Al– bina, Meeting Date Set The Albina War on Poverty Committee will meet Thurs– day evening at 7:30 p,m, to elect a new slate of officers forthe ensuing year, a chair– man, two vice -chairmen, two secretaries and a treasure plus three members at large will be chosen. A nominating committee has been appointed, but there may be nominations made from the floor. Bill Deiz, a recent gradu– ate of Portland State College, has been hired as a news– man at KGW radio. He re– places Jim Goss. Deiz is the first Negro to be hired as a newsman by a Portland radio station. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Deiz. The ' 'face lifting" at the Union Avenue store will pro– vide extra display areas within the store, while at the same providing a similarity of appearance to the newer Kienow stores, it was an– nounced. NEED A JOB? Employer Overload Co. Serving Both Men & Women .A.II types of Employment from Labor to Professional, S20 S.W. 6th Cascade Bldg. 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