Oregon Advance Times_1968-03-07

- ';- The Oregon Advance/TIMES Publishing Company A non-profit corporation Chairman of the Board •••. Vice-Chairman • • •••.••.•••..•. Secretary •••••••••.••••••••• Treasurer ••.•••••..••. . ••..•.••... ·..••.•...•..... Publisher • .•...•......••. , ...•. Rozell Gilmore . .•.•• , ..••.•••.•...... Hazel G. Hays . • , • , ................. Amelia Stiggers • .•.••..•••.•.•.•••.•. Samuel Johnson Editor • • . • . • . . . • . • . • • • . •.....•...•.•••...••..... Dan Hayes Assistant Editor . • ••.•..••.•.•••.•..•.•....•.•...•.••.. Larry Lakey Office Co-ordinator • . . • . . •.•.••••••..•.•.•...•...•..... Averill Geus Advertising Manager •.•••••.•••........ . ••..........•...• Joe Harris / 7k People S~ j The Albina community does not have a single voice. Each person has ideas that are his own and many groups speak only for their members. This newspaper In Its edito– rials says what its editorial board believes. But it is only one of the voices of Albina. You, too, have a voice. P..nd you can speak out by writing letters to the editor. Our pages are small and our space is limited. So please speak about things here, at home. If we do not have room for all let– ters, those that are about national and international af– fairs will have to be set aside in favor of letters that talk about the special problems and hopes of people here at home. And keep them short. If they run over 250 words, we probably will have to shorten them. To the Editor: To the Editor: Offices at 714-1/2 N. E. Alberta, Portland. Phone •••.•• Mailing Address . • . • • . .•...•..... Po st Office Box 11274 Subscriptions: By mail, $4.50 per year in advance By carrier, 40¢ per month (voluntary) Newstand, single copy, 10¢ STATEMENT ........ 288-6409 We, the membership of the Portland, Ore. 9721 I North Portland Democratic Club, being aware ofthewide– spread opposition to the pro– posed closing of community libraries in the Peninsula Dis- Dear "Soul Brother" - So sorry to hear that you are on the "soul food" kick in your search for identity; mama had to beat you half to death to get you to eat greens when we were kids and you couldn't stand the smell of chitlins, let alone eat them. Corn bread didn't turn you on much, either, unless it was drippin' with droolin' butter and lots of jam or jelly. The Oregon Advance/TIMES goes to press weekly to serve residents of the North- North– east Central area of Portland with news about the life of our community; info, mation on the opportunities before us; discussion of the social and political issues that confront us. The Oregon Advance/TIMES gives to our community a newspaper which factually reports the news of our area and aggressively seeks the full rights of our citizens. It will oro– vide a forum for community expression and help people become more conscious of their obligations to themselves and their community. In all this, the truth, as we see it, will be consistently presented. Page 2 Vol. 1, No. 6 March 8, 1968 Ptoblem Exi1f1 He,e, 1 oo The long awaited report by the National Advisory Commis– sion on Civil Disorders has been made public. The Commission certainly made an honest effort to bring in a factual report. We would hope that not too much time will be given to studying it. Now the business of doing something should be put on the agenda. Time is running out and sum– mer is just around the corner. The six mayors who agreed with the report that white racism was the cause of the riots, and that its elimination is the only way to stop future riots, should be joined by all the mayors of cities that did have distur- bances last summer. Portland was one of the cities that had a disturbance. True, it was not to the extent of New– ark, Detroit and some of the other cities, but it was enough to call attention to the fact that all is not well in Portland. We hope our own mayor will review this report and will be among those mayors that are tuned in and recognizing that a problem exists that calls for immediate action to wipe out the cause the cause being white racism. Do We Have P1ohlem1? Our attention was called by Lorna Marple to a recent news item from Atlanta, Ga., relative to the Model Cities program there. It seems that a Mr. Johnson was named e.xcutive director. And a Mr. Craig was elected to represent a district on the policy board. The point of interest: Mr. Johnson is a Negro. Mr. Craig is Grand Dragon of the United Klans in Georgia! If we think troubles are de– veloping in our Model Cities program, we can consider At– lanta and feel thankful. Whe,e We Spend If "How can they spend all that money in another country and not spend money at home?" That was the question a Neg– ro woman asked on a television program the other evening. The program was examining poverty in the Mississippi Delta and the inevitable question came up - How can a civilized country spend in Vietnam what we are spending, and allow Americans to go hungry? The answer is that it can't. And that brings the conclusion: This is not a civilized country. A Ca,ee, Oppo,tunitg The report to President John– son by the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders said, among many other things, that more Negroes should be recruited into journalism and b r o ad c as t i n g. We agree thoroughly. It is a wonderful field for young people and one in which they can help to les– sen the threat of a major breakdown in American llte. Any Negro high school student who has a natural talent for using the English language, should take all the English and journalism courses that are available. They will help start him on a road that too few Negroes have taken and one in which they can serve them– selves, their people and their country. Survey Approach Often Hides Motive The "survey" approach is sell. Therefore, when the often used as a sales gim- voice on the telephone, or the mick. Remember that those party at your door says, "I who are legitimately engaged am conducting a survey," in collecting surv~y informa- but soon branches into a tion do not have anything to sales pitch, be on your guard. This means that the sales person has gained your atten– tion under false pretenses and the rest of his sales pres entation could be as dis– honest as his opening claim. trict, after due consideration have reached the following conclusion. And therefore, at our regular monthly meeting held at the Polish Hall, 3832 N. Interstate, Feb. 14, adoP– ted by unanimous vote the following resolution: Whereas, libraries are a necessary part of our educa– tional and recreational needs: Whereas, such libraries we believe should be so located and operated as to render the most service to the most people at the least cost to the users and taxpayers, commensurate with quality and convenience, and further believing that the community libraries in the districts men– tioned are presently so located. Therefore, they should not be discontinued but, to the contrary, be improved to bet– ter accomplish their purpose. And, that this resolution should be signed by our presi– dent and delivered and mailed to the Multnomah County Li– brary Association, and the press. Emile Summers, President North Portland Democratic Club 627 N.E. Sumner Street Riot Report (Continued from Page 1) r atism, unconsciously function as an accommodation to white r ac ism. Ghetto r esidents believe they ar e exploited by local mer– c hants . . • A study conducted in one c ity by the Federal Trade Commission showed that dis– tinctly higher prices were charged for goods in ghetto s tores than in other areas. Our investigation of the 1967 riot cities establishes that vir– tually every major episode of violence was foreshadowed by an accumulation of unresolved grievances and by widespread diss atisfaction among Negroes with the unwillingness or ina– bility of loc al government to respond. The commission recommends that local governments: Develop Neighborhood Action T a sk Forces for more effective com– munication and for improve– me nt of city services to ghetto r es idents; establis h grievance– r esponse mechanisms to bring all public agencies under public scrutiny; establish ne ighborhood outlets for local, s tate and fed– er al adminis trative and public service agenc ies; improve r ep– r esentation of ghetto r esidents in public policy programs . The abras ive r elations hip be– tween the police and the ghetto community has been a major - and explos ive - source of grievance, tens ion and disorder. The commiss ion r ecommends that c ity government and police authorities: Review police ac– tivity in the ghetto to eliminate abras ive practices; provide more police protection to elimi– nate the high sense of insecurity of ghetto r es idents; es tablish fair and effective mechanisms for the r edress of grievances agains t police and other mu– nicipal employees; develop and use irmovative pr ograms to en– s ure widespr ead community s upport for law enforceme nt; r ecruit mor e Negr oes into the regular police force and review promotion policies to ensure Negr o officers full oppor tunity for fa ir pr omotion; establish a ' 'communi ty service officer' 1 to ·•community service officer" to l remember how we wouldn't eat liver until we were as– sured by our parents that it was steak; even then, we had established mic- culture habits of eating. Steaks and chops were always your fav– orites; and fried chicken was mine. We had fried chicken so often that you and I swore to never eat another piece of chicken. Soul food every day sounds as disgusting as steak every day or chicken three times a week. Lots of luck and may your nightmares be filled with dancing chitterlings, hog maws and tripe. And let the laxitive qualities of the greens in you r dream s purge your soul as well as your body, that you may realize the folly of your thinking. Steak and chops ain't white; chitlins ain't black, and eat– ing "soul food" doesn't make a soul brother our of you. If these trifling things could change the face of things, then let us eat steak and the white man's chitlins; until we strike a happy cultural med – ium. Augustine Roland 8514 l\, Dana attract ghetto youths between the ages of 17 and 21 to police work. Preserving civil peace is the first responsibility of govern– ment. The commission r ecom– mends among other things that local officials: Develop a con– tinuing contact with ghetto res i– dents; provide machinery for neutralizing rumors, collect at\d evaluate rumors and dissemi– nate effectively the truth. The commission recommends that the cities and states plan comprehensive measures by which the criminal justice sys– tem may be supplemented dur– ing disorders so that its delib– e rate functions are protected and the quality of justice is maintained. This would include additional judges, bail and pro– bation officers and arrange– ments for volunteer lawyers to help prosecutors and to repre– sent riot defendants at every stage of proceedings. The commiss ion r ecommends sharply increased efforts to e liminate de facto segregation in the s chools . Our present system of public welfar e is designed to save money instead of people; it s hould be s harply r eformed. Niel er son to Spealc At Church Sunday Dean Francis B. Nickerson, associate dean of students ai the University of Oregon, will speak at the 11 a.m. service at St. Philip's Church, N, E. Knott St. and Rodney Ave., on Sunday, March 17, All young people who are interested in college and their parents are invited to attend. Nickerson will be one of the penelists at the church the previous day on a p ro– gram presented by the Albina Ministerial Association. Black Power Gives Chance For Identity The young Black Power militant takes pride in Black Power because he is able to identify with the movement, Robert Cochran, advisor to the Youth Council of the Portland Branch of the Na– tional Association for the Advancement of Colored People, told members of the Portland Presidents' Coun– cil. Cochran said new history in the public schools would enable Black youngsters to learn about and to be proud of their heritage. He said the inferior education pro– vided for Black youth adds to their difficulty in obtaining employment. Mrs. Hazel G. Hays, chairman of the NAACP labor and industry com– mittee, said despite the few shining examples of '' super Black men" with excellent jobs, Oregon has not offered much in employment oppor– tunities to Negroes. "Those Negroes with good jobs have them because the pressure is on - everybody has got to have a Black man now," she declared. The unemployed Negro - the '• Black dropout with nothing going for him'' - is the trouble maker in today's society. That non-ski 11 e d Negro, standing on the cor– ner, watching his white con– temporaries make a good s alary, i s eventually going to give up, said Mrs. Hays. He sees white high school droP– outs working as longshore– men with salaries in the five figures. l\lrs. Hays stated the NAACP labor and industries eornmittee found Negroes with college degrees who had worked in the Portland Post Office for 20 years without a promotion, and white super– vlsors who were high school dropouts. "Even in the federal and state /!'.OVernment you get 'locked in' after you get in through the civil service ex– amination," she said. Other speakers at the meeting included Thomas R. Vickers, president of the Portland Branch of the NAACP, and Harry Ward, past president of the NAACP. l/ofe1 ol /nfe1e1f by Ron Webb • . Did anyone notice the pickets last Saturday on Broadway at Grand? It seems that someone thought they had been charged too much on their cleaning bill . • • . It was years ago when Manny Robinson, the fighting little sophomore guard, scored 13 points for the Grant Generals in his first Portland Inter– scholastic League varsity basketball game . . • Recall when Dr. De Norval Unthank, a principal founder of the Portland Urban Lea,!;lle, was the first Negro to practice medicine in Portland •.•. I sure would like to thank the lady who has the pot of coffee waiting for this reporter every mornin~ •..• Remember when The Oregon Association of Colored Women held their 35th annual meeting using the them e '' Achieving Our Goals," and Mrs. Bernadette Plummer was president ••. It seems like only yesterday when Mel and Raye Renfro were stalwarts during Jeffer– son High School' s football reign . • . Maylynn Harris models spring dresses for SEARS advertisement . . • ATLAS Sheet Metal supports the Advance/ TIMES with a one-year advertising contract.