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RALEIGH (CCNS) - Five
blacks representing "the N. C.
Black Caucus met with Cover- "
nor James Hunt to discuss key
policy - making appointments
and jobs throughout state
government for blacks. '
'Emerging from the meet
ing, spokespersons for the
group said that no commit
ments were made by the
governor but that he had lis
tened to the delegation's re
quest for appointments and im
plementation of . affirmative
action. They promised to sub
mit a list of specific blacks for
jobs and a revised affirmative
action plan for state govern
ment within a week, to the
governor. j
The- meeting was the
second for the Black Caucus
with Hunt since December. At
the , first meeting the group
presented Governor Hunt with
a list of 34 positions rang
ing from the Secretary of
Department of Human Re-"
sources to several administra
tive posts.
' .The Caucus recommended
for Secretary of Human Re-
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INFORMAL DISCUSSION-Somt of the princi
ples of the Black Caucus-Jim; Huht meeting re
view issues on the day they met with the Gover
nor. Seen . above (1-rV are H.M. Mickey Michaux, .
Clarence Lightner and Dr. John Larkins. ?
Deltas9 Roots Get Bared
By Warren D. Blackshear
Delta women had their
"roots" bared twice last week
end, first when their national
Eesident, Thelma T. Daley,
ynoted. the Durham Alum
nae Chapter's Founder's Day
Celebration and later from
the : ABC special : of Alex
SMITH SAYS FOOD LEVY
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RALEIGH (CCNS) -Call-ing
North Carolina's tax on
ood, "our most regressive
tax,", Senator 'McNeil Smith,'
(D) Guilford County, outlined
a tax reform program that he
will press during the current
session of the legislature. Sena
tor Smith's remarks were made
before an audience of approxi
mately 100 people attending
a one day conference on taxa-
tipn sponsored by the North
Carolinians for 1 ax Ketorm.
The North Carolinians for
Tax Reform, is a coalition
otouo that includes Common
Cause, the NAACP, the N. C.
State AFL-CIO, the N. t).
Council of Churches, the
Peoples Alliance, and a number
of other state-wide prganiza-
tions. t. " . ,
Emphasizing 'that North
Carolina's 1: tax system as a
whole is regressive it taxes the
poor more heavily than the
rich Smith said, "we rieed to
make changes to increase taxes
on the high end and relieve the
burden on the low end" of the
sources, Howard Lee, but
Governor' Hunt appointed Lee
to the Secretary of . Natural
and ' ? Economic j Resources
Clarence Lighter, former
Mayor of Raleigh, said Caucus
members were pleased with the
Governor's appointments to
date. :;: .', . ...
; ,JThe Governor has just
been inaugurated and we think
we have gotten some real sig
nificant ; appointments so far.
We are stressing the fact that
we expect to participate with
the " governor and his: staff
people to enable them to
make "more appointments as and one half years ago a non
time passes by ands positions discrimination policy was
become open and available." adopted by the Holshouser
Askea wny u was necessary tot
the group to meet with the
Governor, Lightner said, "We
wanted to Inform the govern
nor as to what jobs we thought
would be very important that
our. people participate in be
cause historically, we have
been left out of certain types
of jobs."
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Haley's best selling novel.
.The Deltas who assembled
from all parts of the state and
as far away as New York City
for the conference were told
by their leader to "remember
their roots." Ms. Daley also,!
encouraged them to continue
to "be involved in community
income scale.
According to the Report
of the Special Senate Commiss
ion on North Carolina Revenue
Laws taxpayers making less
than' $1150 were paying out
twenty per cent of their in
come in state and local taxes,
while those earning,, oyer $28,
500 were paying only 9.
Citizens' in the lowest income
bracket naid fiftv times more
m food "taxes than those in the
highest Income category
North Carolina's Director
of Tax Research H. C. Stans-
hure who sooke on the state's
history of taxation, projected
that state and local govern-
ment stood td lose over $100
million in revenue if the sales
tax on food is repealed. -
But Smith said that the
lost revenue can be raised by
Increasing personal Income on
earnings over $25,000 and by,
repeal - of . the "doubly re-
gressive" $80 and $120 limits
to sales tax on a single item.
Smith, who has announced his
intention to . challenge Jesse
Of the ' thirty-four posi
tions requested, Durham
County Representative H. M.
Michaux, said . four had al
ready . been filled, . including
the appointment - of Howard
Lee; Harold Webb to Director
of State Personnel, John Ed
wards to Director of the State
Office of Economic ,Opport-.
unity, and Dr. John Larkins as
Special Assistant for Minority
Affairs. ' '
The group also inquired
about the hiring , of blacks
throughout .state government
in non-policy making areas.
Michaux said that would be
done by enforcement of affir
'mative action policies; Four
administration. That poUcy
was to have been implemented
by an Affirmative Action Task
Force which was chaired by
Assistant for Minority Affairs
Lonnie Horton. According to
sources, that policy was never
implemented ' and the task
force only met once.
j Agencies and departments
unuer uic nuisiiuusci auuuii-
istration were , somewhat cfn
their 'honor' with no follow
up to actually determine if
they developed affirmative
action plans in accordance with
the administrative policy.
Michaux said that the
group asked ' Hunt to accept
another affirmative action plan
to be developed by Webb in
a week. Webb is expected to
put enforcement of the affir
t mative action plan under the
. state personnel board which
he chairs.; Webb was out of
town and could not be reached
for comment. . s, . , 1 . i
Caucus members attending
the .meeting were. Chairman
TClaYence JJghtnerv Vice Chair-
person Lavonia AiliWi Mayor
:E."Y. Wilkins, of Roper, Re
presentative 1H. M. . Michaux,
and attending the , meeting at
the Governor's requestf. were
Dr. John R. Larkins, Harold
Webb and John Edwards. , . ,
One black from Henderson -,
showed up at .the Governbr's
office for the meeting but was
not aUowed by ' the Caucus
chairman to attend the meet-
ing. Leo Hatten of Hender-
son was told that the group
had an agreement that only
five of: its members would
meet with the Governor. '
service . . .live a balanced life
, . .. and strive for excellence."
Laying ; the groundwork
for her discussion on the soror
ity's commitment to support
black colleges, Ms. Daley said
that in the beginnings of our
nation,: while the 1 3 colonies
were ' expressing .their support
Helms in the ' 1978 Senatorial
campaign, also proposed that
corporations should be taxes
on a "pay as you go basis.
At present, corporations
may file their tax. return late
and then delay payment for up
to a year with a penalty of
only 6$ on the money they
owe. Smith said, "That's a
better interest rate than, most
of them can get on money
borrowed from your friendly
local Danker. , r, ,
Also speaking at the tax
reform conference was Fred
Harris, former ,U. S. Senator
from Oaklahoma and one time
preswentiai canaiaate. Hams
pointed to the same Inequality
in taxation at the federal level
that exists in North. Carolina
ana otnerstates; ; 3 - V;; ?t
: Repeating the slogan,
"take the rich off" welfare,"
Harris said, "Taxes on Income ;
from work are twice as high as
those on income from money.,
The loopholes are graduated In
reverse: the more you make
the better deal you get."
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SNOW SCULPTURED SNOOPY-Residents of Co
lonial Apartments who were idled by the heaviest
snowfall to hit Durham in recent years used the
flakes as their medium to create a replica of the
famed "Snoopy". See other pictures on page 14.
ioronu'v serves
EoQiladbr's -Dey
'.By - Elva P. - DeJarmon
f, The "sixty-ninth anniver
sary celebration of. Alpha
KaoDa Abha the eldest pre-
dominartt7y,, black sorority tf T
college trained women was ob
served Saturday, January 22 at
2 pjn. by also honoring the
three founders in Durharn of
Alpha- Zeta - Omega: Chapter.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Soro
rity, Inc., was founded in 1908
on the campus . ot j Howard
" University, Washington, -,D. C. '
' Sorors Frances Eagleson
Beatrice Burnett ana Marjorle
' shepara were presented Deauti-
ful , placques inscribed ; with
their date and as founders of
Alpha Zeta Omega Chapter,
These 50 year plus members
for justice, they were denying
it to black men and women.
. Also, she said, there was a
time when "it was a crime for
blacks to read and write. It is
from these merger beginnings
from whence, we came"
DELTA'S ROOTS
" Speaking on the roots of
Delta Sigma Theta, she said
the sorority was birthed in
the walls of a black university,
some 64 years ago at Howard.
.In addition, she reminded her
sororshat "most of us have
sprung from black colleges and
we must give something back? ;
to these institutions. Thtt was
the -" commitment made by j
Deltas at their national con
vention in Atlanta, she de-
' clared. -
' The stately woman who
leads the 90,000 member or- -ganization
showed her sorors
she wa4 well aware of the pro
blems faced by black Ameri: .
cans. She said that currently :
. blacks are b,eing ravished by '
the twin forces of inflation and
recession. "Unemployment has t
f stripped workers of their pride
and substance. ' c; ,
' Scoffing at national unem-
ployment. reports of eight or
per cent Ms. Daley said
why don't they say that the .
"ratcs arc 33 'for young black
men m 44 for young black .
womcn?''
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THE AGING BLACK "
Another" problem we have ,
to face is the whole aspect of j
the aging black person," she
pointed out. A new minority '
group Ms.. Daley said ''the ag-.
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and other Sorors established
Alpha Zeta: Omega Chapter
which was the first black Greek
letler sorority in ; Durham in
1 f CUnrlnn' UaMin.finA
in the celebration as well were
members of Theta Pi, UNC
undergraduate chapter and Iota
Mu, Duke University undergra:
duate chapter.
, With the "Theme-Hono
ine Alpha Kappa Alpha Women
Past. Present and Future, a
dramatic dialogue including all
members of the three chapters
was presented. Insights into the
lite ot an active memoer as
well as songs by the under
graduates were featured in the
presentations. Their streamers
also listed the other found
ing members of Alpha Zeta
Omega Chapter. ....
Alpha Kappa, Alpha
Sorority pioneered into the
health field by its support of
the Mississippi . Delta project
under the direction of the well
known
physician, Dr. and
Rm Min Frrp.
Soror Dorthy Boulding Ferre
bee in the early 1930's, when
health care among the poor
was not shared by the state.
Their scholarship program pro
vides' funds for three four year
students at colleges of their
choice. Currently students are
enrolled at UNC-Chapel Hill,
UNC-Greensboro and NCCU,
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latory telegrams In her office on January 14 after New
Vnrk Maunr Abraham Beame named her his Deputy
Mayor for Manpower ana
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deoutv mavor in the city's history.
Gibson, the city's first black deputv
announced his resignation January 13
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(CCNS) - The North
Carolina Association of Black
Lawyers passed a resolution at
its January 22 meeting-at the
Ramada Inn in Durham pledg
ing support for "The (J. P.)
Stevens' employees' endeavor
to achieve economic justice
and humane and. safe working
conditions through collective
bargaining."
The resolution also en
dorses the national boycott of
the J. P. Stevens' products inti
ated by the Amalgamated Clo
thing and Textile Workers
Union (ACTU) last September.
The Stevens firm has failed to
negotiate a contract with the
union since it was voted in
more than two years ago at
Stevens' , Roanoke Rapid
facilities.' 1
While the boycott of
Stevens' products has been
endorsed by several , organiza
tions, nationally Diana Wil'
son, staff member of the
Southerners for Economic
with funds provided by Alpha
Zeta Omega Chapter. The Job
Corps program, located in
Cleveland, Ohio, is well known
for providing; job skills and
developmental programs for
less advantaged , men and
women of all races.
Their, most recent pro
gram target was the contri-'
bution of over & million
dollars to the.. United Negro'
I College Fund1 and the $500 ,
given generously of their time
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aiiu ciiuus iu uupiuvc uic
quality of life for all persons
and work diligently with civic,
social and governmental
agencies to make their input
known.
; Of great interest also are
the domestic travel grants allo
cated each year to deserving
high school seniors through
competitive writing in each
region. The high school seniors
are given the VIP treatment as
' they visit historic sites across
' the nation, all at the expense
of the sorority.' Foreign travel
grants permits outstanding un
dergraduate seniors to pursue
studies abroad in their chosen
fields. ; .
n or tne rounaers
Day observance, was Mrs.
r- . r it. r j
Vonnie Carrington, Other
members were Mesdames
Geraldine Alston, Patricia Arm-
strong, Vivian Crump, Judy
Stevenson, Ida Alexander and
Helen Edwards.
Mrs. DeLois Washington
serves as president of the loca'
cnapier.
Lucille Rose holds conoratu
nanning, xnB um imm
ki.t... Cka cnra4c Paul
mayor, wno
to return to
Justice (SEJ) said, the Black
Lawyers Association was the
first endorsement from a North
Carolina organization not
directly affiliated with organi
zed labor.
The struggle to organize
Stevens' workers . around the
, country and the textile indus-
try in general is the major
drive of the AFL-CIO. Ste-
vens is the second largest .
.textile manufacturer in the
unnea states.
''Over the past 13 years,"
the resolution read, "the J.
P. Stevens Company has been
fond guilty 15 times by the
National Labor Relations
Board of unfair labor prac
tices, more than any other
American company, and that
these convictions have been
upheld on appeal eight times
by the Circuit Court, and three
times by the U. S. Supreme
Court. We conclude, therefore,
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TRAGEDY City firefighters remove the body of
Russell. Hyson, 4 months, from the remains of a West
Baltimore rowhouse after a 2 alarm fire swept through
the house killing Russell, his mother, Veronica Hyson,
22, and her two other children, Shamell, 5 and Gre
gory, 6. A total of 14 people were living in the house
at the time of the fire. Five others, including two fire
fighters were injured. (UPI).
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Dick Gregory, renowned black comedian
and civil rights fighter, is fasting again. This
time to put pressure on President Jimmy
Carter to use his influence to get the
Kennedy-King investigations funded by Corh
gress. .
Gregory appeared before a. packed B. N.
Duke auditorium in Durham Friday, January
21 vowing "not to eat no more solid food
since Carter was elected to the presidency . .
. . . until the Carter Administratiott uses the
type of power of clout it needs to open up
the Martin Luther King, JFK (John Fitz
gerald Kennedy) assasinations"
"We thought we had it open for a while ,
and now it looks like they are having some
problems," Gregory said to the attentive
student group. ..,., .
Representative Walter , Fauntroy, co
chairperson of the Kennedy-King Assassina-;
tion Committee recently ; requested six
million dollars to hire, independent research
ers to continue the investigation. The
commi ttee identified hundreds of variables
connected with both murders which until
this time government sponsored CIA-FBI
investigations have not researched. Both
maintained the assassinations were the work
of lone jgunmen.
Gregory continued saying "thats why I
decided as I .did once during the Viet Nam
.War that wouldn't eat any more solid foods
"until the war was over, and that lasted Vh.
years." Gregory said he wants thorough
investigation. I don't mean a trick Rocke
feller Commission investigation of the
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Kennedy-King assasination
that the J. P. Stevens Com
pany has refused to recognize
the legal right of its employees
to organize and bargain.'
The lawyers' resolution al
so points out a series of dis
criminatory employment
practices, "including hiring on
the basis of race reserving al
most exclusively for whites so-.
pervisory, weavers' and fixers
jobs; reserving for black en
ployees the low-paying job of
warehouseman; and discrimina
tion against black males in job
assignments.
Federal Judge Frankhn T.
Dupree sitting in the Eastern
District of North Carolina or
dered in August 1976 that
Stevens' seven Roanoke Rapids
plants begin to affirmatively
hire blacks and cease discri
minatory practices. That deci
sion has been appealed by Ste
vens to the U. S. Fourth
Circuit Court of Appeals.
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