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NEW BOARD MEMBER...
Everette Johnson, (c) President of the Student Government Association,
receives congratulations from Board Chairman, Dr. Carlton Barber, after
being sworn In as the newest member of the FSU Board of Trustees. Mrs.
Fannie Wlllls, who conducted the ceremony, looks on.
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SPEAKING FOR OURSELVES
Volume 35, Number 9
FAYETTEVtLLE, N.C.
June 18,1981
Reporter gets close-up
look at Klan hatred
A Duke University student newspaper reporter got a discomfortingly close look
at Ku Klux Klan bigotry recently when he unsuccessfully tried to pass himself off
as a non-Jew during an interview.
Rob Satloff of the Duke Chronicle staff arranged the interview with Glenn
Miller, grand dragon of the Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, under the
condition that no black or Jewish reporters would attend. Satloff is Jewish.
Armed with a phony press pass which identified him as Robert Statler, Jr., and
wearing a shorter haircut and a small cross on a chain around his neck, Satloff
accompanied fellow Chronicle staff member Shep Moyle to Miller’s home out
side Angier, a small town an hour from Duke.
The disguise did him little good. Satloff says Miller’s first words were “Are
you a Jew?” Although the reporter denied his religion on that occasion and twice
more during the first minutes of the interview, it was to no avail. Miller’s
comrades, one of whom wore a Nazi uniform, were convinced that Satloff was
Jewish. The interview was interrupted while the Klansmen presented Satloff his
options: leave immediately, stay and face the consequences or agree to incar
ceration for the afternoon to allow Moyle to finish the interview alone.
As Satloff later wrote in the Chronicle, his first impulse “was to get as far away
from that place as quickly as possible. These people had rifles, pistols, automatic
weapons-they were not fooling around.” He finally consented to being locked in
side Moyle’s car, where he spent two-and-a-half hours under armed guard.
Satloff’s account of his incarceration, Moyle’s interview of Miller and a series
of on-the-street interviews both reporters did in Angier appeared in the
Chronid’s weekly magazine, Aeolus, and drew substantial positive support from
the Duke community. “We had a lot of congratulatory notes and a lot of requests
for copies,” says Satloff. “I think it was a frightening realization for students
here, to know the Klan is that close. It’s one thing to read a wire story from
somewhere else, but the proximity to the Duke campus made a much bigger im
pact. There wasn’t any reaction from the Klan-but then we didn’t send them a
copy.”
Satloff was admittedly nervous about the story’s appearance, especially after a
note bearing the letters “KKK” was placed on Moyle’s car in a Duke parking lot
a few days before the articles were published. “I don’t think we went anywhere
alone after that, ” he says.
What little criticism the story garnered came from those who thought any men
tion of the KKK is publicity for the organization and from some who objected to
Moyle’s agreeing to make a $5 donation to the group in order to be allowed to
take pictures of Klansmen, their weaponry and a firing range on Miller’s ranch.
Satloff says the Chronicle intends to do more Klan coverage in the future. “I
don’t know if I’ll be involved personally,” he says. “My ability to investigate the
Klan is pretty much depleted.”
FSU’s book store began strict enfor
cement of its policy of not releasing
textbook information prior to pur
chase this summer.
The little-known policy has been in
effect for quite some time, but until
now it had only been loosely enforced,
according to Book Store manager, Mr.
William Pratt.
Previously, students could enter the
book store at registration and request
publication data and price of books
needed for summer classes. This prac
tice is unnecessary in regular Fall and
Spring semesters since most textbooks
are acquired on a rental basis.
When questioned as to why the Book
store has such a policy, Mr. Pratt ex
plained that giving information to the
students allowed them to purchase the
books elsewhere, thereby affecting
book store business. He went on r j say
thdt the time spent pulling boc 5 and
returning them to the shelves after
giving information was also a factor in
initiating and enforcing the p jlicy.
Mr. Pratt further commented that
since most of the textbooks used this
summer are very recent editions, only a
few could be obtained from other
sources. Those searching for books at a
lower price in the future will meet with
even less success since there will be a
big change in textbooks, according to
Mr. Pratt.
Some students still get what books
they can at lower prices by simply
waiting for the instructor to assign the
text when classes convene.
This non-disclosure policy is also in
effect at the Fort Bragg campus of
FSU, Mr. Pratt said.
Black College Enrollment Up
The number of Black students
enrolled in college nearly doubled bet
ween 1970 and 1980, according to a
report on school enrollment published
by the Commerce Department’s Cen
sus Bureau.
About one million Blacks, 14 to 34
years old, were enrolled in college in
October, 1980, compared to about
522,000 in 1970. FSU’s enrollment
figures for the Fall semester of 1980
reflected an increase over those of the
previous school year. The Fall 1980
total was 984.
The trend continues as this first
Summer Session enrollment is a
record-high 1,246. The increased
enrollment at FSU and at other schools
areound the nation reflects the increase
in the number of Weekend and
Evening College students and those
engaged in graduate programs.
Nationwide, the number of part-time
students over the ten-year period in
creased 84 percent compared with a 24
percent growth in full-time enrollment.
Projections for the 1981-82 ad
missions indicate that the ranks of
college students will continue to in
crease. FSU has already had a 26 per
cent increase over last year in ap
plications and has increased acceptan
ces by 32 percent.
New S&L To Be Black Controlled
The proposed Cardinal Savings and
Loan, Incorporated will have the
unique quality of being the first stock-
owned savings and loan in North
Carolina to be controlled by Blacks.
July 1 is the projected date of com
pletion of stock sales. In a recent inter
view Mr. Wilson Lacy, who will serve
as Chief Executive Officer, told The
Voice that so far approximately 99 per
cent of the shares sold have been pur
chased by Blacks.
In a time when S&Ls are facing
financial difficulties, The Voice asked
Mr. Lacy why Cardinal was being
organized. He explained first that there
is a difference in mutual S&Ls and
stock-owned S&Ls.
Because mutual S&Ls (and those
only recently converted to stock-
owned) are laboring under old, low-
interest mortgages, they operate on a
deficit spread, according to Mr. Lacy.
He further stated that since stock-
owned S&Ls are relatively new in Nor
th Carolina, their mortgage rates are
more in tune with today’s economy.
Cardinal will offer flexible mortgages
which will allow them to earn interest
on their mortgage loans.
The idea for Cardinal was that of
Dr. Claude Stevens, a local medical
doctor who died in 1979. Dr. Stevens
wanted to create an additional source
of mortgage money fbr minorities to
promote home building and im
provements. He also wanted to aid
local churches in their building efforts.
After Dr. Steverls’ death, the board
of directors was reorganized and Dr.
Annette C. Billie, Professor of
Mathematics at Fayetteville State
University, is now Chairperson.
Several leaders of Fayetteville’s
business and civic communities sit on
the board.
The proposed S&L will be a full ser
vice organization offering mortgage
loans, interest-bearing checking ac
counts, high-yield certificates of
depos *. individual retirement accoun
ts, au consumer and installment
loans.
Mr. Lacy stated that the proposed
S&L will be sensitive to the needs of
Blacks and will strive to “keep Black
dollars in the Black community.”
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WILSON LACY
Integration May Pay
Off In St. Louis
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (CH) - Free college
tuition and increased aid to integrated
schools are two components of an
unusual desegregation plan proposed
recently by the Reagan administration
and the St. Louis city schools.
Black students in city schools and
white students in suburban schools
would be offered a half-year’s free
tutition at a state college or university
for every year they spend in the volun
tary integration program, according to
papers filed by the Justice Department
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