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2A -THE CAROLINA TIMES Saturday, Oct. 7, H72 EDITORIALS & COMMENT n~The Preachers Of Violence And What- I They Have Done We are now facing some of the consequences of the activities of those who have been demanding the millenium all of a sudden, and have resorted to everything from cheap demagoguery to disruption and violence to get it. What they have got is the op posite. There will be more de feats to come. Meanwhile, many of the apostles of violence are pay ing a very high personal price for their own folly—penitentiary sen tences. exile, ostracism. If the price were only personal, it might be endurable. Hut the whole coun try is paying the price and it is 21 very heavy one indeed. Part of the price has been four years of the Nixon administration and the prospect of four more. There have been not only behind the scenes scuttling of humanitar ian and equal opportunities pro grams. but there have been open attacks such as the anti-busing measure, which, despite a lot of false window dressing is aimed straight at the courts which are enforcing the equal rights amend ment with respect to education. While we do not expect this attack to be entirely successful, it seems obvious that for millions of chil dren of minority families, it is go ing to have serious consequences and serious consequences for them mean serious consequences for our country. The preachers of extremism and violence have created a climate in which such assaults upon the rights of Americans are possible. There are tot) many voters in this country who cannot distinguish between au thentic liberalism and the antics of extremists who pretend to take lib eral positions. They actually con fuse the two. and this points to an other very serious predicament for our country. The liberal political position has been all but snowed under, national ly by pushing, rioting, rock throw ing hooligans who have seriously impeded political action in this country and have tried, with some degree of success, to frustrate na tional political conventions in two presidential years. They have Is The Cifv School Board Still Playing Games An- the City School Board of ficials still playing games with the bond issue priorities at this late date? The popular song that the "games people play" seems to rt-allv fit here. It seems incredible that with lit tle over a month left for the voters to come to the polls, the Durham City School Board appears to still lie in a state of confusion about the real priorities of the necessity for the use of the anticipated bond revenues. Perhaps this has been the pattern of the administration too long with too little as we seek to gain quality education for all our children. One need only recall sitting in past meetings to hear the grumbles coming from the citizens regarding the earlier promised priorities in the city and county school situa tions. Several school groups can list actual situations as to what was promised and what was done once the bond issue passed. Perhaps some of these very citizens have be come like elephants in that we say "elephants never forget." We know that the adult educa tion levels in North Carolina does rank low in that 1 out of every 6 Tilings Too Should Know MORTENOL ** BQRH IN GUADELOUPE,*. 1.. A TOP STUOENT AT THE LYCEE AT BORMAUX -ANO THE ACADEMY ST.CYR.! HE WAS AP POINTED COMMANDER OF THE PARIS AIR DEFENSE IN 1919! UNDER HIM WERE FLYERS, GUNNERS/ NAVIGATORS/ ETC.- NUMBERING MORE THAN TEN THOU" • rovwMrA paved the way for irresponsible po litical demagoguery. Largely as a result of other ac tivities there is now no strong na tional focus for the liberal political position. Liberals can support the Democratic party this year, if at all. only with anguished con sciences. The dreams of equal opportun ity. equal education, economic progress for minority groups, so promising a few years ago, will have to go into possibly storage for now. Thanks to the antics of the extremists, the preachers and prac titioners of violence, such aspira tions have lost the support of mil lions of Americans who once were on our side but who have been con fused by the activities of those phony "idealists". Somehow we are going to have to start all over with these people. Millions of others have simply gone into retirement from the cam paign for these aspirations, feeling that there is 110 place else to go until things are shaken out, goals re-established, and political and social programs once again mapped out. There is perhaps little to be gained by calling the roll on the false activists. They know who they are. Some of them may, per haps, feel some qualms about what they have done. But the damage has been done. The momentum has been lost. Its recovery will require some doing. It is pathetically clear today to most of us what some of us knew a decade ago; Being a relatively weak, comparatively poor 11 per cent minority, blacks simply do not have the fire power, the dollar power, the man power to take first class citizenship through tactics of violence. And any strategy lead ing in that direction, as Dr. Martin Luther King knew, is self-delusion and suicidal. Only a shrewd coalition of blacks and whites moving boldly but sane ly, can turn this country around from solid control by conservatives who are hostile to social and racial change. We hope that rage and resentment have not blinded most black Americans to that truth. adults over 25 have less than a sth grade education. Thus the need for improved education facilities does rank high and we really need additional revenue. But it would seem that by now some definitive action by the city school board of ficials would have been settled so that citizens would have some merit to vote either yes or no on the bond referendum. It also appears that a most neu tral position by many groups are already in the offing and that does not bode good to the passage of the bond issues. The continued hassling and argu ments revolving around the use and priorities of the anticipated reve nues makes all persons interested in improved educational needs and fa cilities pause as we look to the November bond referendum. Further, no comments have been made regarding the settling of the co-terminus city and school at tendance zone questions. Surely some very real answers should be given before the refer endum date to these very real ques tions in the minds of most of Dur ham's citizenry. THE WHITE HOUSE Of THE 1960S IS 60N&AL0N6 WITH .7HE COURT AND THE LEGISLATURE OF THE LAST DECADE " M4TTOHHEY UM.LLAM JUtTEBHAH , , Ew3y#K i p ."' 'n '; ■% M ! [■*&*! BLACKS' DESTINY IN OWN HANDS ... Robert S. Allen Senate Stalling On Anti-Busing Bill WASHINGTON - It is still a toss-up whether the Democratic leaders cf the Senate will allow the House-passed anti-busing bill to come to a vote. That measure, approved by the House 282 to 101 on Aug. 17, has been pending on the Senate calendar since. Inside indica tions are it would be passed by the Senate if it can be brought to a vote there. Fearful of that, Senate liberals, Democrat and Repub lican, are using the adjourn ment rush and a heavy accumulation of budget and other legislation to block a vote. They are getting quiet aid and comfort from Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mans field, Mont. although out wardly be is professing to be neutral. Indicative of this was his verbal assurance to Sen. James Allen, D.-Ala., leader of the anti-busin, J , forces, that the House-passed bill would be permitted to come to a vote before Congress quits now informally expected around Oct. 14. Allen obtained this promise after persistent prodding over a number of days. He literally hounded Mansfield, who is privately against .the some definite word on it. The Montanan finally said the House-passed measure would be brought up for a decisive count before the wind-up. But Mansfield balked at giving any indication when that would be done. Despite vigorous questioning by Allen, the powerful Democratic leader significantly would not commit himself on a specific date. As a consequence of this Increased Social Security Checks A number of senior citizens who are recipients of Social Security pen sions will soon be getting a 20 per cent boost in their monthly checks. There are 82 million Social Se curity pensioners and although the increase amounts to a few dollars per pensioner it will represent collectively a boost in the economy. The few dol lars the pensioners receive will help them make ends meet. The Social Se curity pension is designed to do jusc that. Many citizens think that the So cial Security pension will supply theii every need in their declining years, but such is not the case. Congress voted an increase in the Social Security pension to help senior citizens meet the soaring living costs. President Richard Nixon was opposed All-Out-Drug-Racket War Is Pledged By McGovern ATLANTIC CITY. N.J, . Sen, George McGovern said Saturday one of his top priorities as President would be "all-out war on the criminals and hard drug racketeers." Adding a strong law-and-or dcr pitch to his appearances in Baltimore and before a labor group In Atlantic City. McGovern said the Nixon ad ministration is the most corrupt since that of Warren G. Hard ing, which he said historrans termed a "scandal a day" gov ernment. He told the New Jersey In dustrial Union Council, a croup of AFL-CIO unions, that his top three priorities as President would be ending the Vietnam war, rebuilding America while providing jobs to fulfill domes tic needs and reforming the federal income tax structure so the rich pay a "fair share." crucial omission, it's still anyone's guess when and whether there will be a vote. Maybe there will and maybe there won't. In the remaining weeks of the session, there will be plenty of opportunity for busing supporters to maneuver and manipulate the legislative calendar so as to circumvent a showdown. That'j an old story in Con gress, and it could be repeated on the pending anti-busing legislation. WHAT IT DOES - As passed by the House, this bill bars courts from ordering long distance busing for high school and elementary school students alike, and opens the way for applying such limita tions to school desegregation orders already in effect. Under the measure, students in the first six grades could be required to ride buses only to the "closest or next closest" appropriate school. Students above the sixth grade could be bused further but only as a last resort. Also, federal district court orders for such additional busing could be stayed pending appeal. The legislation would also preserve the sanctity of existing school district b-ound trier unless they were "drawn for the purpose or had the effect" of segregation. Busing across district lines is a major issue notably in the widely publicized Detroit and Richmond cases. The measure also earmarks for compensatory education programs SSOO million a year from the annual $1 billion recently authorized for aid to desegregating school districts. States would have a major DURHAM MORNING HERALD to the increase, because he regarded it as inflationary. But Congress ig nored his wishes and voted the in crease. Despite President Nixon's oppo sition to the increase, it has been an nounced that the increased pension check will be accompanied by a note of explanation which will give the impression that Mr. Nixon is respon sible for it. To make sure that this is done, Mr. Nixon has ordered the So cial Security Administration to in clude the explanatory note with the increased check. Pensioners should not be misled by this kind of political trickery. This conduct on the part of Mr. Nixon comes with little grace during the year he seeks reelection to the high office he holds. fht Camilla (Tunrs jcstassuEß! L. *.' AUSTIN Editor-Publisher. 1027-1971 Published every Saturday at Durham, N. C. by United Publishers, Inc. MHS VIVIAN AUSTIN EDMONDS. Publisher CI.ARENCE BONNETTE Burt mm "rr^lT J ELWOOD CARTER AdvrtUtne w ~trr Second Class Pottage Paid at Durham. N. C. *7701 SUBSCRIPTION RATES United States and Canada I Tear ff tt United States and Canada ...1 Yarn fllJt Foreign Countries J Yur ft IW Single Copy. Gtßta Principal Office, Located at 4M East Pettigrew Stmt, Durham, North Carolina 27709 voice in allocating their respective shares of the money which would be targeted on basic courses and services in schools enrolling large numbers of needy children. The House approved the bill after more than 12 hours of debate and considering some 20 amendments. One of them, approved 246 to 142, permits the reopening of scores of previously decided desegrega tion cases to reduce busing requirements to the limits specified in the measure. This was strongly favored by President Nixon and supported by Administration forces. The measure was forcibly brought before the House by the Rules Committee, headed by Rep. William Colmer, D.-Miss. The Education and Labor Committee had failed to act on the legislation after months of consideration, so Col me r resorted to a seldom-used authority and assumed jurisdiction over the bilL Then by a 10 to 5 vote, the Rules Committee order e d the measure brought before the House for disposal. In opening the lengthy debate, Chairman Colmer noted that for.years the South had been t»tfa*et of civil rights and related legislation, and now the North was getting a taste of the same medicine, \vith a sardonic smile he observed: '"n»e chickens have come home to roost. This is a national issue now and you have to face up to it whether you like it or not." In the Senate, the liberals and do-gooders are still trying to duck that. It remains to be seen whether they can get away with it. "To~Be jHflfl By B VERNON JORDAN, JR. I QUOTA THE NEW CODE WORD J "Quota" has joined the growing list of code words and phrases designed to awak en irrational fears and anti black emotions* phrases like "law and order" and "buring for racial balance." AD of these phrases share a pattern of misrepresenting serious issues by boiling them down to simplistic phrases that touch the hidden fears and prejudices at large in the land. "Quota" is not only the latest of these, but may be the mo6t dangerous since this phony issue is a direct attack on the economic hopes of black citizens and repre sents a determined effort to split the alliance between black people, other minori ties, and the labor movement. Both candidates have pub licly come out against "quo tas" and there is every indica tion that present federal guide liens for minority employ ment by firms and institutions doing work for the govern ment will be crippled. The Philadelphia Plan, which sets goals and timetable for black employment in the construc tion trades and which has been the model for the hometown plans, may be scrooped or seriously weakened because of the federal reappraisal. Such a step would be a transparent attempt to drive a wedge between black peo ple, who have historically been denied the right to work and to join unions in the con struction trades, and the labor movement. The issue of the so-called quotas is a phony issue, since present federal regulations bar rigid quotas. They do man date numerical goals and a timetable for their achieve ment. So there is no quota system, although it apparent ly suits many people who find it politically expedient to pre tend that there is. Anyone - from the man with a shovel to the men con tending for the White House - knows that without some sort of effective numerical guide lines, no affirmative action hiring plan can wo»k. Re- WHAT OTHERS ARE SAVING Nine goals were listed by Virginia State College Prexy, Wendell P. Russell as he stated what areas the college should address itself to now and in the next decade. Much has been said about the new role of black colleges and univer sities and some of these may appear now and then. Major goals presented were: strengthening the Black community and assisting it to adapt to future social needs; increasing the number of Black professionals; increasing the number of white students attending the college; -- providing a healthy and vigorous setting for interaction of ethnic groups; making a special attempt to develop professional and para-profesaonal programs in the health sciences; providing training in communications with special emphasis on radio and tele vision; providing opportunities for all citizens to develop skills and attitudes necessary to operate in a fluid, ever chang ing and technocratic society; instilling in the student body a healthy respect for culture and the democratic process. An especial challenge to the students were to study as never before. All elements of the campus community were urged to unite to produce more potential scholars, tech nicians, medical scientists and researchers than ever before. The thrust of Black colleges must be truly from isolation to mainstream. No one is more affected by school desegregation than the student and, in most school districts, no one has less voice in the process, says Prof. Charles D. Moody, Sr. of Univ. of Michigan School of Education. Administrators often hope to deal with hos tility between black and white students by "keeping the lid on," but instead, he says they should see confrontation as a chance to get at the root of the conflict. "Student unrest may ap pear to develop alont racial lines, but it is often related to socio-economic differences as welL I' i« the non-middle class, non-college bound whites and blacks, who are most likely to feel cut off from the school system." "The black or white mid liance on "good faith efforts" is doomed to failure. The history of past and present discrimination is ample proof of that. Already, there are self satisfied statements coming from people in the construc tion industry about how an end to the Philadelphia Plan and removal of firm guidelines will mean they won't have to integrate their union or their work force. Even those who were against what they con sidered to be the distortion of guidelines to the point where a quota system seemed likely to come about are ap palled at the way the "no quota" stand is being inter preted by federal civil rights enforcement officers. Let's not forget that this country has always enforced * system of negative quotas against black people, barring us from jobs, schools and homes. Black people today seek not special treatment as special Americans, but an end to the special, discriminatory special treatment we've re ceived throughout the history of this nation. By labelling ' goals and guidelines as quotas and by refuang to admit to the re alities of the necessity for federal enforcement of civil rights laws, the nation once again threatens black people with enforced poverty and in equality of job opportunity. The real obscenity here is that groups have been set squabbling amongst them selves for the scraps from the table of an affluent society; that there are not enough jobs and employment opportunities to go around in this, the richest nation in the world's history, and that political ex pediency is being allowed to obscure the driving need for black equality in the economy. The issue of so-called quo tas then, is artifically con trived and without basis in fact. It represents an attempt to mislead the public and to raiae the barriers to equal op portunity yet another notch. die class student who is active in athletic teams or other ex tra-curricular activities, who 1s confident in his career goals, adjusts easily to desegregation. The youngster from a low income family, often less in clined toward clubs and class work and less certain of his future, feels lost in the shuf fle." Administrators can prevent this by actively involving stu dents -and their parents -• in the desegregation process. They should be assigned to policy making and task forces, not just to advisory com mittees. There must be more equal ity in decision making. Just as teachers and administrators help designate the rights and responsibilities of students, so should students and parents share in administrative and teaching decisions. If black and white students were to meet separately and identify their needs and prob lems, they would find a sur prising number of their con cerns were identical. The same is true of faculty members. Once the groups establish com mon ground, they can set com mon goals. Teachers and staff of va rious ethnic backgrounds must be recruited, not only as role models for students of their culture, but for white students as well. Tenure rules often must be revised to protect new minority personnel from lay off in the event of financial cut backs. Multi-ethnic cur riculums are a necessity to get the best out of desegregated education. Optimum deseg regation involves not just mix ing races, but mixing of creeds and social class as well. The suburban youngster who has no contact with children of Spanish-American, Appalachi i an, or Indian descent may be i even more culturally deprived than the black child who i grows up in the ghetto. It is suggested that a posi \ tive approach fo learning ex j periences be emphasized. The ! bringing together of young ' individuals who each have an assortment of skills and weak nesses to contribute to a broader learning experience , will develop much to each persons growth. About 60,000 pupils drive themselves to school in Australia by car, motorcycle or scooter.
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