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Uacklnli Mwch 31,1961 U.S. late with concern About 20 months jro, we were not mind ful of certam happpnintjs in Atlaota It didn t dawn on us to think of Black children there and their status of health But about 20 rt«)nths ago, someone or some persons were thinking about Black children in Atlanta, and the person or persons must have thought that they must be killed What a brilliant idea' Kill all the Black children and destrov the Black race in America the person or persons must have thought 20 months ago, we probably had no idea that one little missing Black child, who was found dead weeks later, would mean so mu(h to Amenta Of course, one little Black ( hiid didn t It took the death of over 10 children to get the Atlanta press, then Amerua, interested Numbers seem to make ,1 difference, at least when it comes to little Black children Now th«*re are 20 children dead and two missing About 20 months ago Blar k Americans, ai>d otfier Ameruans. across the nation (lictn'l know about what is being called Ihf Atlanta Killing> bei auM- the press bailed to tell them Many people think that if Ihe i.hiidren were White, the press would havi- been right on it But it may be that children don t matter in America Adults role the world, children will have their turn, sonte seem to feel But children are important They are jAmerna s future, and America undoubted ly wants to continue surviving. The United States Government must have realized this to some degree. In its usual way, the federal government has tried to make-up for somebody's wrongdoing toward Blacks. Konald Keagan said his kind words and sent some money down to Atlanta officials And, as usual, it was not as much as the of ficials asked for — SI .5 million came when over twice that amount is needed. !>o, Americans have started pitching in. Groups have started sending money to help with expenses involved in searching for missing children and tring to figure out who killed dead ones. One such group is our own Black Student Movement, which sent over S200 to the officials recently. Americans are protesting Ihe murders, too Many are wearing green and orange ribbons and marching down the streets of Atlanta to signify their concern for the whole affair. America is now involved in such a worthy cause If the press had been concerned enough about the Black community, the may have pul the pieces together a long lime ago Ihen Americans would not have waited so long to become concerned and the federal government may have acted sooner This should be a lesson to the press in other cities Ihe mass murdering of Black children could be happening right under their noses I THE ^SfemjRES wTrrior RE/IG/IN Budget Cuts BE 5IBF==>B Ancestral voice! Blacks hurt by policies IQBBQG asesBG To those of my race who de pend on bettering Iheir condition m a foreign land or who uncferestimate the importance of cultivating -inendlv relations with the Southern white man. who is their next-door neighbor. I would say. Cast down your bucket where you are" — cast it down in mak ing friends in ever> manl\ wa> of the people ol all races by w hom sve are surrounded ( ast It down in agriculture mechanics, in commerce, in domestic service, and m the professions And in this connection it is well to b«-ar in mind that whatever other Mils the South may be called to bear, when It comes to business, pure and simple, it is in the South that the Negro is given a man s chance in the commercial world, and in nothing IS this exposition more eloquent than in emphasizing this chance Our gIeate^l danger is that in the great leap from slavery to freedom we may overlook the fact that the masses of us are to live by the prt)ductions of our hands, and fail to keep in mind that we shall propser in proportion as we learn to dignify and glorify common labor and put brains and skill into the com mon occuaptions of life . No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem It IS at the bottom of life we must begin, and not at the top Nor should we permit our grievances to overshadow our op portunities " Booker T Washington (1B56-1915) was born a slave in Virginia A^the age of seven teen, he enrolled at Hampton Institute for three years. {mphasizing’industrial educa tion and the acquisition of manual skills, Wa'hington built luskegeP into a world famous institution in Alabama This exerpt is taken from his Atlanta I xposition Address Itiven jn Georgia JiL 1U9S in he proposed a compromise that would not ask for scKial or political equality for the Black in return for a pledge that he would be provided with industrial training and the opportuniv to take a place in the economic development of the New South He stressed that the Blai k must win dignity and respect b\ self-help and emphasized Black respon sibilities rather than rights Office-Room 261. Suite B-Carolina Union Chapel Hill N.C. 27514 Printed bv the Chan«*l Hill Newspaper Lawrence Tu’iu'i ^^f'O^gl 'g to'tor nna D Whitake. ditor in- Black Americans have been troubled by the budget cuts President-Ifonakt proposed for the 1982 fiscal budget, and rightly so, since the cuts are aime(haf!i0cii1l>pt0! grams, wh*c h assisted a huge amount of Blacks. Before the president's budget cuts take effect.'Congress has to approve his proposal One step was taken toward that goal when the Senate Budget Committee approved $36.4 billion m federal spending cuts by a 20-0 vote. 1 he committee did not approve Reagan's cuts as they were, cutting money in some areas and adding in others Keagan wanted $48 6 billion cuts, but the committee gave him te*ss. Welfare, unemployment, food stamp and some Social Security benefits suffered ruts while education, handicapped and nutrition programs for low-lncome groups, children and pregnant women increased This is one of the many steps the 1982 budget must go through to meet the approval of C.ongress. Considering that the Senate is nnostly Republican, it's interesting to see hov\' the senate committee did not take Reagan's budget proposal foi- face value But what will hap pen in the House of Representatives? Will the committee there push for less cuts? Although Democrats are a majority in the House, the proposed budget will probabh come out looking the same or at least similar as the one that came from the senate tommit- tee, because the House is conservative, few liberals are left in congress, but they will not have the pull they need to make the budget cuts decent. And maybe the liberals are tired of fighting for the p>oor. unemployed, and handicapped. Did It really do any good? Black Americans have got to take a long, hard look at where they were, and where the\ ^i>/e,now, Havf ive.progresied? Axe we aay.better of? This may be the age of reality. Ma\be Reagan wants to show us how things really are for Blacks in America. We need to be wary of sugar-coated deals, positions, and people. We need to question everything, because in these times, we don't really know who our friends are. Budget cuts harm students Ronald Reagan has the master plan for America He simply wants all the laz\ bums to go to war and the rich to have more monev Students could be considered members of the former group Alter all. many of us do not work We eai. sleep and go to class, hoping to learn enough to get a |ob — someda\ liut the Republican aaministialion wants students to work nov> They must, because they are pro posing that tederal loans, grants and other monies be cut to provide for only the trul\ needy State and IcKal governments cannot po-.sibl\ boar the burden ol supporting middle-cla^^ students or even the students who do not tit the label truK needs bo, we all must grab those lobs that are not out there and get to w ork Vtany of U' have applied tor tinancial aid, but are not sure we will get it Man\ of us don I have a pace to sta^ but w e know that it will not be on campus and that we don I hav- the monev tor an apartment Man\ ot UN are financially dependent on the tederal government lor out survival So, hov\ vs ill we sur\ ive without its help-' V\e vsiii work VNe ma\ have to drop out ol school but we wiil work to get some mone'. and then drop bat km I "!ere ^s another alternative We f tn 'ev o. ■ U’ the cr ci ■ o' lo.'.'> t>'Tipa''ies, or banks VNe .an borrow mone\ tor cut edu' at o- aod soend the rest ' i our lives paving it back Continued on page 7
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