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-THE CAROLINA TIMES SAT. DECEMBER 4, 1971
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EDITORIALS
Profits Over Human Needs
Editorial Feature by Bayard Kustii.
(Written (luring convalescent i»eriod
in Sharon, I'onn. Hospital)
The American working man ami
the poor have once again been de
nied economic justice by the Nixon
Administration Policies discrimina
tory to workers, which were initiated
when Nixon first assumed office
and underscored during Phase 1 of
the economic control*. have been re
asserted just as forceful by Phase 11.
President Nixon, his supporters,
and for that matter, some liberal op
ponents of the Nixon Administration
might take issue with leading his
economic policies "discriminatory".
After all. Uich.-'rd Nixon holds no ]>er
sonal prejudice against workers, nor
does he feel vindictive towards them:
indeed, he would dearly love to win
their votes when he eeks re-election
next year.
What Nixon displays, through has
economic policies, is not personal ani
mosity. but class bias He is n disciple
of a philosophy which holds that the
function of government intervention
in the economic process is to insure
that corporate interests and the weal
thy continue to prosper If some of
the benefits which are supplied direct
ly to the upper strata trickle down to
the workers, that is fine. But when
the welfare of the corporation is
placed alongside the needs of human
ity. the corporation comes first, even
if human needs are critical.
Since his administration's incep
tion Nixon has clunjr tenaciously to
this philosophy. Inflation, he insisted
could be overcome by permitting un
employment t> rise to an "accepta
ble" level The result was unaccepta
ble levels of both inflation and job
lessness.
Controls were then introduced, and
we were*, told that all segments of
the economy would he asked to sac
- "fifki. But* when the details of .Phaae
I and Phase II were announced we
discovered that what was being pro
posed was a partially controlled econ
omy. There was to be equality of
sacrifice, only, to use George Or
well's terms, some would be more
equal than others. The working man
was to be burdened with rigid regu
lations and supervision, while cor
porations were allowed the latitude
of the free enterprise market.
The failing of the administrations
economic policies have fallen dispro
portionately upon the shoulders of
black Americans. Black unemploy
ment has reached 10.5 per cent,
double the rate for whites, according
to the late«t government statistics.
The jobless rrite is the hitrhest since
1%3. ami has wined out many of
the gains made possible by the equal
Our Glutted
rpHE Interstate highway system is
1 one of the great triumphs of
American engineering. But the In
terstate system too often only works
well when traffic conditions are more
or less ideal. A series of minor
mishaps such as occurred on two
strips of Interstate 85 last weekend
can turn a Sunday afternoon outing
into a nightmare of traffic jams, which
is exactly what last Sunday afternoon
was for many North Carolina
motorists.
The same thing would be bad
enough on any road. But the Interstate
system is engineered for optimum,
high-speed traffic conditions, and
when those conditions don't exist,
people are better off sticking to bacft
roads and cattle paths.
Planners have known of course that
1-85 (and the same can be said for 1-40
and other heavily traveled sections of
the Interstate system) would even
tually begin to break down under ever
increasing traffic loads; few, however,
thought it would happen so soon. ,
Engineers are already talking of
adding an extra lane to this strip of
highway an easy, short-sighted
answer that solves nothing. At the rate
traffic is increasing along this road
three or even four lanes in each
direction may not long suffice. The
only lasting answer is a quick, effi
cient mass transit system tying
together the chief cities and towns of
the Piedmont Crescent.
The 1971 General Assembly com
misioned a special study of the mass
transit potentials. The findings are due
within the year.
To wait much longer than that to
proceed with planning, at the very
least, would be a mistake. Nor is there
any reason to delay the project in-
opportunity programs during the late
I'Hills. I'nemploynient is even more
severe anion# ghetto residents, hav
ing climbed to over 11 percent.
The wage controls will work par
ticular hardships on those with in
comes at or near the poverty level.
By applying the per cent guide
line to all workers, the president
h;is destroyed the hopes that low
income families have of moving up
the economic ladder. Moreover,
establishing an across the board per
centage for all workers will mean
that the laundry worker earning $4,
000 will receive a much smaller wage
increase than the executive earning
four times as much.
The impact of price increases on
uncontrolled foodstuffs will fall just
as heavily on the launderies as it
will on the executive. At the same
time the low income and often un
dereducated family will be more vul
nerable to any illegal price increases.
Vernon Jordan, Jr. executive direct
or-elect of the Urban League, has
already urged that wage-earners
making under $6,500 be exempted
from future wage price guidelines.
Simple justice dictates the adoption
of the proposal.
Unorganized workers, a grouping
which includes many blacks, will feel
a special oppression because they do
not enjoy the Jn'otection of the labor
movement.
This is an important point, for it
has been the labor movement which
has been the most vigorous, and at
times the only institution which has
defended the working man against
the deficiencies of the controls. Had it
not been for the militancy and deter
mination of labor, the control appara
tus might have been governed by the
Nixon Administration and its support
ers. A determined labor effort finally
succeeded in achieving an autonomous
board including equal representation
of labor, business and the public to
oversee wages.
In contrast to labor's resoluteness,
many liberals remained silent or sup
ported the president. Some of these
are politicians who are fond of pro
claiming grand formulas for "chang
ing the system." But economic justice
was never acheived by empty rhetoric.
To successfully change the system re
quires an understanding of the type
of society you want to create, the for
mulation of a program to win the
changes and the willingness to fight
whatever threatens success. Labor has
demonstrated, through its opposition
to the inequities of Phase I and Phase
IT, that it is prepared to undertake
the difficult, and often unpopular
work which will eventually bring
America a just and humane system.
definitely. The high cost of con
struction is certainly no reason for
delay. During the last General
Assembly, for example, Sen. Hamilton
C. Horton Jr., the Winston-Salem
Republican whose mass transit study
Elan was overthrown in favor of a
emocratic sponsored measure,
released a study showing that the cost
of building a rapid transit track is
approximately equal to the cost of
building one lane of express highway.
How well the public supports such a
system will depend largely on its
speed and efficiency, and that in turn
will determine whether it can be made
to pay.
Although we are a long way from
knowing exactly how the mass transit
network would be financed, it is ob
vious that new budgeting methods will
help. Since 1931, the state highway
fund has laid claim to nearly every
penny of North Carolina's gas tax
proceeds. Not only that, the highway
commission is unique among state
agencies in that it keeps its unspent
surplus appropriations it is not
required, in other words, to return
them to the General Fund.
The commission's privileged status
is built into our political system, and it
will be hard to reshape past pre
rogatives to fit future needs But a few
more massive traffic jams like those
of last Sunday afternoon will make the
job a lot easier.
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And Only You Can Prevent It
PEOPLE CREATEfc 4
POLLUTION>/
-Board
(Continued from front p«ge)
and officer of Wachovia Bank
and Trust Company for 16
years prior to entering the field
of law.
He is married to the former
Barbara Spaulding, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Spaulding;
1503 Lincoln Street, and is the
father of three children.
He serves also on the Win
ston-Salem Board of Alcoholic
Control; Board of Te us tees ,
Cleveland Avenue Christian
Church; Executive Board, Pais
ley High School PTA; and is a
member of the North Carolina
and American Bar Associations,
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Phi
Alpha Delta Law Fraternity,
the N.A.A.C.P. and the Urban
League.
-Durham
(Continued from front page)
tive Secretarial, Legal Secre
tarial, Medical Secretarial, and
Stenographic Secretarial).
The Department of Adult
and Continuing Education will
also expand its programs to in
clude: (1) Adult Education
(with emphasis on preparing
students for the General Edu
cation Development test (GED),
administered by the State
Board of Education), (2) Com
prehensive Evening Programs,
(3) Independent Directed
Study Programs, (4) Weekend-
College Programs (with classes
meeting on Saturdays).
-Kindergarten
(Continued from front page)
educators in the field of Early
Childhood Education. They
range from "Child Develop
ment Principles" to '"> eating
a Learning Environnw..i*" or
from "The British Infant
School Approach" to the "The
Emergence of a Self Image."
There are twenty members
of the N. C. Kindergarten As
sociation's Board of Directors
who have met six times this
year planning the conference.
The Board members serve as
Chairman of the various con
vention committees and lean
heavily on members of their
local associations for assist
ance.
Mrs. Frasier is Chairman of
the Board. During the Annual
Study Conference some of the
purposes of the Association
will be fullfilled as follows:
To provide supportive
strength, fellowship and pro
fessional relationship.
To promote the professional
growth of its members.
To assist in developing,
maintaining and interpreting
standards for the profession.
-Lovett
(Continued from front page)
dent of TSU stated in a con
gratulatory letter: "We at Ten
nessee State University share in
your pride on receiving this
splendid tribute for your ac
complish menU."
Mark W. Davis, Director of
Outstanding Young Men Of
America said, "I am sure that
members of your family, com
munity, and state are proud to
know a young man of your
unusual ability, dedication and
service."
"The Carolina Times" takes
pleasure in reasuring Lovett
that the community is proud
of his selection; grateful for
his services; and hopeful for his
continued success.
It is particularly pleasing, as
members of the Durham Black
community to claim you as
one of our own.
-Cook
(Continued from front page)
player. He earned his master's
and doctoral degrees from
Ohio State University.
A specialist in American
political theory and a writer,
be is on the editorial board of
the American Political Science *
Review.
-Women
(Continued from front page)
hub of a growing network of
local Voluntary Action
Centers. NCVA also runs the
nation's most comprehensive
Clearinghouse of date on volun
teer activities, as well as volun
teer campaigns to meet critical
national needs.
This year's awards program,
the first under NCVA, drew
the largest number of nomi
nees in its history. From
these, 119 Citationists have
been selected. Preliminary
screening was performed by a
faculty panel from C. W. Post
College of Long Island Univer
sity. Each Citationist is now a
candidate for one of two
$5,000 first-place awards.
The Citationists' contribu
tions reflect a trend toward
growing citizen involvement in
community problem- solving
and aid to the handicapped
and disadvantaged.
Final selection of 1971
awards winners will be made
by a panel of five judges: H. I.
Romnes, chairman of the
board, AT&T Company;
Charles Evers, mayor, Fayette,
Mississippi; Walter Hickel,
former Secretary of the Inter
ior and former governor of
Alaska; Alvin Toffler, author,
"Future Shock; and Mrs. Jac
queline G. Wexler, president,
Hunter College of the City of
New York. The top awards
will be presented in February
1972 at a banquet in Washing
ton, D. C.
-Protest
(Continued from (root {*£•>
North Carolina Advisory Com
mittee to the U. S. Commission
on Civil Rights reported that a
dangerous lack of communica
tion exists in the Ayden-Green
vilte area. The report recom
mended a vigorous recruitment
of blacks in the area's police
and sheriff's departments and
that a bi -racial civilian review
board for police procedures
and grievances be established.
SCLC officials including
Rev. Ralph Abernathy, presi
dent of the national organiza
tion declared that blacks would
not stop protesting until action
is taken against the trooper.
The black group stated that
the Ayden situation would
serve to began an end to police
brutality in the black commu
nity.
-Trio
(Continued from front page)
prior to the hijacking has been
disclosed by the fugatives.
Police reported that the patrol
man radioed in that he was
making a routine check on the
car in which the three alledged
ly were traveling.
Police later discovered the
slain patrolman, Robert Rose
bloom and an abandoned car
containing the fingerprints of
the three accused. According
to police accounts, the auto
also contained literature in
cluding pamphlets from the
Republic of New Africa, a De
troit based black separatist
organization once headed by
native North Carolinean, Ro
bert Williams.
The hijacking reportedly
occurred when the three com
mandered a two truck driving
within 20 feet of the 43 pas
senger, TWA flight 106 bound
for Washington.
The armed trio then report
edly boarded the plane holding
hostage, and ordered the
flight to Africa. Following con
vincing from flight crew mem
bers they settled for Cuba in
stead.
Early this week, a stewar
dess reported after returning to
the U. S., that one of the three
hijackers admitted to slaying
the trooper. According to
Stewardess Ann Harrell,
Michael Finney, "said he killed
the officer."
Authorities in Cuba report
ed this week that the three hi
jackers were being held in cus
tody. Jetliner crew members
have returned unharmed.
-Institute
(Continued from front page)
trained fo ruseful work in the
field of Christian work.
The school at 201 Barnhill
Street, invites the public to
drop-in and look over the pre
sent school plant. It is inter
racial • interdenominational.
Historical Brief*
About America's First Food
The title "king corn" is more
than appropriate for America's
first food. Farmers use more
land for it than any other crop;
it provides more food for ani
mal* and men than any other
crop; and, if the more than 4
billion bushels of it grown an
nually in the U.S. were piled
end to end—the mammoth
stalk would reach Mars!
* * *
Going to Europe this year?
Then be mighty careful when
you order "corn." In England,
the word generally means
wheat—and in Scotland and
Ireland ... corn means oats!
OF HAWKS I
AND WAR |UVM|
By JOHN MYERS B
"Some men are just like
that hawk up there Simon.
They have to be free in order ''
to survive."
Simon tried once again to
relax, remembering all the
reasons his grandfather had for
him standing under a New
England autumn sky with a
gun to his shoulder, stalking
the curcling creature above
him.
Simon and his grandfather
had been searching the low
tree country in circling pat
terns since noon, gradually
centering themselves to the
small valley they knew to
home the evening of the hawk.
It was late afternoon and the
dropping temperatures of deep
fall left its apple-red prints
on Simon's ears and cheeks.
His breath, in brief formations
between his eyes and the color
of the surrounding his re
minded him of woodsmoke he
knew would be coming from
the kitchen chimney upon his
return home for supper.
The hawk spiraled above the
valley making sure of safety
before mounting the trees with
night for res£, This was the
time Simon and his grandfather
had been awaiting.
"It ain't wrong to need
freedom Simon" his grand
father said softly, sensing some
of the pain going through his
grandson, "but like man, beasts
have certain laws and rules
that must be obeyed. When
men ' disobeys these laws,
they're locked up or put to
death. So it is with this hawk.
He had the whole countryside
to search for food, but instead,
he chose our chicken yard. He
broke one of our laws. He's
gotta pay.
"Relax son, squeeze, don't
jerk the trigger." Said the old
man, placing his hand on his
grandson's shoulder.
"Yes, granddad." Simqn
,i) !• h rTT . Tu . A i
began to squeeze, then let off J
His eyes hurriedly questioned
the hills and sky before turn
ing to his grandfather. "But
why should he be punished for
breaking our laws Granddad?
He didn't make them. We did.
How can we hold him to
answer for a world he had no
part in making?"
The old man smiled slightly
and gently rubbed the back of
his head. "Ya got a point there
boy. That there hawk didn't
make our laws. But, our laws
do not endanger him. He has
all the freedom inside our sy
stem that he ever had on the
outside. He knows we're here.
He knows he's not 'sposed to
come on our farm. But, he did.
That's why he's gotta pay
Remember Simon, this hawk's
not like all the others. I've
lived in this valley most of
dixty years and this is the
second hawk I!ve ever had to
come a looking for. I've
watched the others circling the
clouds on hot summer days and
sweeping the cliffs at supper
time; but they knew where
they belonged. We got along
with each other. We respected
each other. They knew what
was theirs and what was mine
and we didn't trespass on each
other.
"It's kina like your pappy
Simon. Some beasts were just
born to dislike this. With some
man armed with a gun, stalking
them through the woods. Your
pappy was like that. Always
chasing trains and women.
You don't remember Simon,
but I do. Never was any good
in that man. The best thing
he ever done was when he left
you and your ma,. God rest her
soul, on my door step. I knew
L. E. AUSTIN
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he would someday end up lixe
he did. A man don't go messing
'round another man's property,
specially his wife, lessen he's
jest out looking fer trouble.
"Push yer hair back boy,
Ya can't sight proper through
a picket fence, no matter how
soft it is."
"Yes granddad." Simon
swept his right hand across his
face, pushing the bushy strands
away from his brow. In a back
wark motion with the same
hand, he rubbed the comers
of his eyes trying again to
understand why this grey
haired old man, who had raised
him to believe in God and the
Bible, was now ordering him to
kill.
"AH right now boy, |>lace
the little ball on the end of the
barrel right in the middle of
the gruve atop the trigger,
and line it up with the bird.
Pull easy and that's all there i 6
to if."
Simon lowered the gun and
turned, looking Into his grand
father's clear eyes. "Is this
way granddad?"
"Well, ya might say that.
That there hawk could be the
enemy. He was stealing what
didn't belong to him. He was
taking our chickens and eggs
from us."
"But we had more than we
n&eded Granddad. He wasn't
really hurting us by dealing
our food. Why should we have
to punish him?" Simon ques
tioned, hopefulle.
"Simon, sit down here a
minute." His grandfather said,
taking a deep breath and reach
ing inside his denim jacket for
his pipe. "You're right. He
wasn't hurting us, but, he
didn't know that. It woulda
been all the same to him
if'n he was. And if'n we don't
Stop him now, he'll hurt us
later on. He's like a lot of
men in war. They (fon't think
• ! &uV ,iJ wkar Wfe T sMg
either. They jest do it."'
"But if he wasn't hurting us,
what difference does it make
what he thought?" Simon
asked, pleadingly, moving
from his seat on the ground
to the log where his grand
father sat, blowing a thin
trickle of sweet pipe smoke
into the crisp air.
"Son, we had a yard full
of hens this here hawk was
living off of, but what if we
had only enough to feed our
selves to keep from starving
through the winter. It woulda
been the same. Once you let
any beast start living off ano
ther, he's gonna continue til
the one he's living off of dies.
"Like when your mother
died with that blood disease.
That was her war and her wea
pons were not strong enough
to defend her. The docs said
if'n we'd a stopped it in time
she mighta lived. Well, that's
what we're doing with this
here hawk. We're gonna stop it
'fore it hurts us. Ya see Simon,
a man or animal (he smiled
slightly, thinking to himself,
that sometimes he had trouble
telling them apart) can't live by
another man's efforts. That's
one of the basic rules o'life.
When that rule's broken, by
anybody or anything, that's war,
And ya gotta fight to prevent
it. Ya understand Simon?"
Simon stood, raised his rifle,
placed the little ball on the end
of the barrell in the middle of
the gruve above the trigger,
and squeezed. He was not sure
he understood, but his grand
father had said it was right
and he obeyed. Neither was he
sure of which hit the ground
first, his tears or the hawk.