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Accident Toll Drops But Could Be Better
r «JBHt year, especially July 4th,
Thriftagfoipg, *rid the Christmas
weeketw tie times when we ex
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pect large numbers of deaths and
accylents. However, it appears that
1970 will go doiyn on the record as
Ihving fewer accidents on the high
ways as well us deaths from them
The statistics indicate an actual
decrease in deaths, injuries and eco
nomic loss in 1970.
We should not be jubilant Over the
slight decrease because there is still
no reason for the number we have
each year. Fivery automobile driver
should do Mi part to keep those
figures down to a minimum.
Economic losses, resulting from
highway accidents, injuries and
deaths will be reduced more than a
half billion dollars from the 1969
We take this opportunity to ex
tend congratulations to the Columbia
Avenue Methodist Church of Tyrone,
Pennsylvania for its portrayal of prac
tical religion in loaning over SIOO,
000 of its building fund to the offi
cials of the above mentioned town
to be used in attracting a new indus
try.
The story goes that Tyrone was
dealt a terrific economic blow a
month ago when its leading industry,
the Westvaco Corporation, a paper
mill that had been its leading source
of employment, for nearly a hundred
years, was forced to let go some 530
of the town's 3,500 male workers.
With so many men being thrown out
of work the town found itself in need
of funds to finance a proposed mil
lion dollar industrial project
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Said the^fpastor, the Rev. Leroy J.
Martin Luther King
IJAYO'S ROY B. MARTIN JR. of
Nor folk and a number of other
of ficials have designated Jan.
lSih -as it day to honor the memory
of fhe la te Da. MA*TXN LUTHZM KING
founder and first president of
th# So' jthern Christian Leadership
Confen ;nce and an advocate of non
violene e in the struggle for full free
dom a nd equality for black Ameri
cans. He was America's best known
apostle of non-violence and a de
voted disciple of MAHATMA GANDHI
of Im iia.
Da . KING was born Jan. 15, 1929.
Had he lived he would have cele
brafc ed his 42nd birthday on Friday.
He i was assassinated April 4, 1968,
in- 'Memphis, Tenn., where he and
other SCLC officials were assisting
city garbage collectors on strike for
hi gher wages.
Da. Kmc was honored for his non
v iolent philosophy and accomplish
i nents in the promotion of peaceful
■ efforts in the struggle for freedom
add equality with the Nobel Peace
Prize on Oct. 14, 1964. The award
brought criticism from some who
contended that the award was not
intended for th£ sphere of activity
in which Da. KING was engaged.
J. EocAa Hoovxa, director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
said in a recent interview for Time
Magazine that Da. KING "was the
last one in the world" who should
receive a Nobel Peace Prize. This
was to be expected since the FBI
chief had long been a critic of Da.
KING. In that statement published
Dec. 6 he said, "I held him in com
plete contempt because of the things
he said, and because of his conduct
ft
A leader of Da. KING'S caliber and
philosophy wouldn't be exjfeted to
win' the approval of old-line leaders
or fcdvocates of the status quo. In
Alwork! where man worship at the
ahrine eI materialism and physical
IQFF*, Da. SINC'S moral and ethical
persuasion is ill understood, and out
e^plaee.
D»- Kmc was a man of destiny,
and to knew he would pay for his
with mi ' r tdsne society with
hif 'Ifilp. He ipiist have known his
dig* were numbered when he de
livered his last statement in Mem
phis'.the day b afore he was felled
by the assassin's bullet. Among
other things he said with prophetic
infcibt on that ilay:
T don't knowhat will happen
now. We've g ©it aome difficult days
total. There are, of course, a number
of other factors responsible for this
change. .
Tougher •aftty standards for
motor vfhicletf, auto inspections,
stricter traffic law enforcement and
nfety campaigns may have a part in
it. Possible, we should give some
credit to better highways.
The real credit goes to the driver
behind the wheel, because he is the
one who has almost absolute control
over the number of accidents. He
should be encouraged to keep up his
vigilance in maintaining control o.ver
his vehicle.
It seems that drivers go crazy on
holiday weekends, and their patience
is small ruffled. They want to get
where they are going in too big a
hurry.
Practical Religion
Harrison, of the Methodist Church
"at a time when the community does
not have adequate funds to attract
new industry we are making them
available." The church burned eight
years ago and it has been holding
services in makeshift quarters. "We
felt that this was probably more
important than building our new
church," stated the minister. "We do
have facilities and using them is
better than not having our men ablej
to make a livelihood for their fami
lies."
We say again that the action of the
Methodist Church in Throne, Pa., is
religion at its best. We think those
outside of the church will be forced
to agree with>us that the act of the
church is iii keeping with the eternal
admonition of "doing unto others as
you would have them do unto you."
ahead. But it doesn't matter with
me now, because I've been to the
mountain top—and I've looked over.
And I've seen the promised land.
I may not get there with you, but I
want you to know tonight that we
as a people will get to the promised'
land. Mine eyes have seen the glory
of the coming of the Lord . .
It would be a hollow mockery to
set aside the anniversary of DR.
KING'S birthday without doing some
thing tangible to promote the non
violent program of action he advo
cated to improve the relations be
tween the races. He was for the
complete emancipation of black
Americans and all poor oppressed 1
people in America and the rest of
the world.
, DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING be
lieved in the dignity of the individ
ual—black, white, American born, 1
foreign born, men and women, poor
and rich. He saw no reason why
some individuals and families should
have the necessities of life while
others suffer in rags, disease, hun
ger and ignorance. And I see no j
need or justification for this either.
•In my book DR. MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR. is perhaps the greatest
American born in this century. My
rating is based on no material yard
stick. The greatness of the man is
due to his spiritual outlook and his
socio-psychological interest in the
problems of the common man The
martyr' stands almost alone in a
unique class.
But DR. KING'S non-violent pro
gram is still being challenged.
Young black militants question the
wisdom jof this non-violent program,
and it may be for this reason that
some public officials would like to
see the man honored who was the
main architect of the new approach
to the liberation movement for op
pressed peoples.
The non-violent emancipation
movement is powerful. . It is the
best vehicle for using the poverty
of the oppressed to defeat the phys
ical superiority of the rich. * This is
precisely what MAHATMA GANDHI
'did to win independence for India
from \he powerful British Empire.
That strategy DR. KING understood,
and the bosses of this world feel ill
at ease with this type of leader
around. They could breathe better
with him dead. But what they for
get is: you can kill a man but the
idea lives on after him. Long live
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.!!
—THOMAS L. DABNEY.
But Blacks Have MoreJfßacM" Appeall!
WHILE THE WHITE SOMBER 3 ARE & D 4 M
BLOWING UP THEIM&WRVOP mm M&MM JK
WISCONSIN, POLICE STATIONS,\ % II
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Comment from the Capitol A * I
UNDERCOVER RUMORS AND REPORTS
by Vant Neff
Behind-the-scenes hijack story
you probably won't see in the
regular news coverage: it is re
ported that Jewish hostages
among the kidnapped plane pas
sengers were subjected to one
humiliation alter another. True,
they were not physically as
saulted, but they were the vic
tims of untold emotional stress.
When new troops of Palestinian
Liberation Front guerrillas took
over guard watch, the lews were
marched outside the planes and
forced to stand in the Arab des
ert, while the guards spat at
them and near them. The mood
of the captors was ugly, remind
ing the Jews of their centuries
long heritage of oppression at
the hands of various people. For
the most part, the hijack victims
were not Israelis but American
vacationers including women
and small children. The' injustice
of hijacking in general has
aroused the ire of the civilized
world, but the alleged behavior
of the Palestinian troops in this
particular instance was uncon
scionable.
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Frivolous financial note from
Pakistan: the beggars are organ
izing a labor union, and plan
branches all through the coun
try. (Begging is a business there.)
Next time you're traveling to
Pakistan and are approached by
a panhandler, please remember
that part of every penny you put
in his palm may go into a union
treasury, and never be o(Sed by
the "poor" beggar at all!
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One strike after another 1 And
no one really wins! I fear that
the General Motors walkout is
no exception. Examine the facts:
350,000 workers idle and without
their normal income. Thousands
more in related industries—tire,
seat belt and auto accessories
makers—felt the pinch of non
production. (I can't imagine that
the unionists—men with families
to feed and bills to pay—could
possibly enjoy the situation.)
Half of the nation's automobile
output halted. Delayed car deliv
ery—and if you're on the list for
one, you may wait and wait, and
then pay more for it. That's the
cost of a strike.
The United Auto Workers
Union, the UAW, made a bid
for an overall $9 to sl2 billion
wage increase over the three
year contract. No one objects to
Things You Should Know
IS2E Cl-Mh*
?M 4 TURNER.
£ 3 ORN IN CINCINNATI/ OHIO, FEB. 3,
F ' G JFEA _ L 86 7/ H E ATTENDED SCHOOL THERE
TFWL \ AND WON HIS MASTER OF SCIENCE DE-
GREEIN 1892. HE DID SO WELL IN THE
SL FIELD OF BIOLOGY THAT HE WAS AWARD
ED A PH.D. SUMMA CUM LAUDE IN 1907!
HIS FAR-REACHING DISCOVERIES ON
«A J Y' THE HABITS OF BEES AND ANTS ARE
§R%K WORLD FAMOUS!
CoAmf£Ar/U' rmjrc/aeS
an earned raise, but higher pay
for the same work only means
higher prices for all of us, on
almost everything. The hiah
dollar demands made by UAW
leader Leonard Woodcock and
his union associates at the GM
bargaining table —4O to 50%
pay jumps—can't be matched
by the rest of the population. As
the inflationary trend accele
rates, the raises won't mean a
thing, and the workers won't
really be much ahead of the
game. And the rest of us will be
in the hole.
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Talking about inflation, the
Red-dominated Czech authorities
are so fearful of their citizens
traveling to the West and not
returning that they have raised
the fares a prohibitive 275%.
Their apprehension about defec
tion is quite understandable, in
view of Jhe great numbers of dis
illusioned Czechoslovakians, in
cluding a number of diplomats,
who have quietly "disappeared"
into the free world. Bluntly
speaking, I hope that the liberty
loving Czechs won't be dissuad
ed by the rising cost of freedom.
Remember pledging alle
giance to the flag in school? It's
a different scene now. Times
have changed. A young man old
enough to know better —nine-
teen —wore the American flag as
a poncho. His elastic concept of
civil liberties landed him behind
bars. The judge sentenced him
to four months and fined him
$250.-This boy isn't alone in his
counter-cultural reaction against
our American traditions. A na
tional magazine displayed a full
color picture of a model in bed,
draped in flag-patterned sheets,
with pillt>w cases to match. The
American flag is parodied in bi
kini bathing suits. Trouser patch-
es. Shirts. Ties. Obscene films.
And what-have-you. Must we ac
cept this abuse? Wouldn't we be
well-advised to return to the val
ues and standards on which our
country was founded —a love of
liberty and a healthy respect for
law, order and tradition?
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If you had invested, directly
or indirectly, in Uganda, the Su
dan or Somalia, to help these
fledgling African nations get a
foothold in the rpodem industrial
world, you might be in for a
costly disappointment today*,
Recently, the governments of
these developing countries con-i
fiscated a great percentage of
foreign companies doing busi-.
ness there. Many of these firms
are American. Now the problem
is compensation. Who pays the
rightful owners for their invest
ments and financial losses? (Or
does anyone?) Nationalized in
dustry may be nice for the new
bom nations today, but what
will they do tomorrow when they
need further investment and ad
vice? Once bitten, twice shy.-
Americans, look out!
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Texans pride themselves on,
growirfg things bigger and better'
than the rest of us. Texas Con
gressman, Senator John Tower,:
has introduced a bill which;
promises to balance our coun
try's one-sided labor legislation.
Senator Tower obviously isn't
impressed with the activities of
the National Labor Relations
Board, and to my mind, he is
quite correct. The NLRB, a politi
cally-appointed, live-man group,
is supposed to rule impartially,
on employer-worker disputes,
but the consistently pro-labor
leader pattern of its decisions
has caused many a snicker in. 1
Washington. Now, Senator
Tower has suggested replacing
the NLRB with Federal Courts in
order to give all participants in
labor controversies a fair shake.
My vote for labor law reform—
and quick termination of the prej
udiced NLRB —goes to the Tow
ering Texan. The acceptance of
his proposal may put the union,
chieftains' noses out of joint, but
they've been on a winning streak
far too long, isn't it time for the
"little man"—you and I and the
union rank-and-file member—to
have a turn?
-Mufti -
(Continud froai front jjfSQ
needs outstrip our abfflty to
meet them. Our gains then
peaier achievement. Out- ,
ftfxHng as they seem to be,
they must not become mere
records of a water mark
year. Instead, tbede figures
must serve as our bench-mark
year for the decade of the
seventies.
"While complete and au
dited records for the last year
will not be available for ano
ther thirty days, I do have
firm, tentative figures for you:
today. In round figures,"
Goodloe said, "the year-end
record shows: an increase in
assets of 16.04% for a total of
sll7 Million; an income in
crease of 10.32% Million and
insurance in force of more
than $726 Million which indi
cates an increase of 44.68%.
"All of these operational
gutns are a direct result of our
efforts to make optimum use
of all sound means of growth
simultaneously. True, profit-
IMe growth is a universal goal
and every management has its
own) hopes and desires for
achieving this goal. But, after
all, there are only five main
ways of achieving corporate
growth: by maintaining a
company's market share; by
joint efforts with other com
panies; through mergers or ac
quisitions; by development of
ipßw'Vaarketrand through the
development of additional ser
vices. I am pleased to report
the initial phase of our long
range growth plan baaed on
the utilization of each and all
of these ways is beginning to
bear fruit.
Goodloe aid, "There's
been a lot written and aid
lately about the individual'**
quest for identy and the dif
ferent ways individuals now
look at and regard themselves.
Corporations, too, are under
going an 'identity crisis.' The
changes in the Negro Market
are making traditional assump
tions obsolete and forcing
new and different patterns
and practices. The dynamic
Negro-operated company in
today's market place must be
much more sophisticated
about the. realities of change
taking place and must care
fully examine all the possible
options of response.
"In this connection, possi
bly the most dramatic area of
growth for North Carolina
Mutual during the past year is
the one hundred and thirty
percent increase in group in
surance in force. In addition,
to the thirty-one groups we
cover on an individual com
pany bases, we have completed
a series of "Joint ventures' or
reinsurance agreements with
some of our nation't largest
insurance companies and our
country's most prestigious
Arms. Our group coverage
now includes companies like
Sperry Rand, S. S. Kresage,
Michigan Bell and P. Loril
lard."
Along with the growth re
sulting from accelerated sales
of group insurance coverage,
Goodloe proceeded to illu
strate the various types of cor
porate growth stemming from
the firm's tactical, growth'
{dinning efforts. He listed:
stress on weekly premium and
ordinary sales; the merger
with Great Lakes Mutual and
the installation of the
UNIVAC 9400. This newly in
stalled computer gives the
firm increased computer
power and capability needed
to add services, increase effi
ciency and keep costs in line.
Goodloe also stressed
" North Carolina Mutual's con
tinued leadership in other
areas. He mentioned, "In our
mortagage program we have
supplied the financial needs of
a number of black, multi
family developers who expert-
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Ooodioe concluded his re
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owners, offer more job oppor
tunities and havemore funds"
to place on special projects in
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-McDonald
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The Vice-Moderator of the
New Home and Durham
Ministers and Deacons Union,
Osofo, issued a challenge to
the ministers in general and to
the ministers of the Inter
denominational Ministerial
Alliance in particular to
"Preach the gospel of libera
tion to every man, woman,
and child until justice runs
down like a might stream."
He challenged them to go to
the poor to be concerned ac
tively with the situation, and
problems of others in accord
with their felt needs.
Osofo, who is pastor of the
Northside Baptist Church of
Durham and also the able col
lege minister at Durham Busi
ness College, was a last minute
substitute speaker for Dr.
Sandy F. Ray, Pastor of the
Cornerstone Baptist Church
in Brooklyn, New York. Dr.
Ray was unable to get to the
service because of the incle
ment weather.
Learning he was to speak
for the service about an hour
-and half before the time of
the program, Rev. McDonald
spoke from the subject, "The
Gospel of Liberation," Taking
his guide throught from the
Fourth Chapter of Luke, the
18th and 19th verses. Osofo's
address, talk, and sermon was
inspirationally appealing, his
torically informative, theolo
gically based, humbly pre
sented, and confidently de
livered. The most often Ijeard
comment on the message and
reaction of the audience, has
been: "Osofo held us spell
bound!"
The former chaplain of
Lincoln Hospital and present
ly a member of the board of
directors of operation Break
through, told the audience at
the beginning of the speech,
"I am not going to try to fill
the shoes of Dr. Sandy Ray
because 1 have been wearing
my own shoes for thirty three
years and they feel comfort
able to my feet. Therefore, I
sahll not try to walk a mile in
his shoes."
On several occasions,
Osofo McDonald used the
words of thfe tune made popu
lar by James Brown, "I'm
Black and I'm Proud", as he
traced Black history back to
the Nile Valley and the time
of several Biblical figures in
cluding Moses, Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob.