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i DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5r 1977
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- While there has been' a
tremendous outpouring of
contributions of .labor, ma
terials - and ; money . to the
Emergency- Energy ; project,
help is still needed to satisfy
the' backlog .of. 250 calls,
for wood to heat the homes
of the needy. v
When .The Carolina'
Times , went to press; this
, week,, we were .informed by
Clemoa : Baines, Operation
Breakthrough w Community
Services Coordinator, whose
office 'receives the requests,
that the supply of wood is
quickly exhausted because
of' the extremely cold
weather ", this area has been
experiencing. t
r Officials , of the emer
gency wood gathering
program all report a great
outpouring of community
support in time,, money and
materials.
u Dr. C. E. Boulware
teported that contribu
tions exceeded the initial
CI of $10,000. As of
Wednesday, almost
$16000 had been received.
Again the extremely bad
weather has caused the
program to double its
Caucus
RALEIGH (CCNS) Em- Augustine's College for pro
ployment of blacks in policy gress reports. ' .
making and non-policy mak- , Caucus Chairperson Cla
ing iobs in state government rence lightner; former Mayor
is uie primary ' objective of of Raleigh, and Representative
the North -Carolina Black
Democratic , Leadershio Cau,
ciw. Caucus members having'
met-4wfce with--Governor-.ttf
James " Hunt redueithlft inv-
plementation of affirmative
action- hiring and 34 policy-
making umointmehts for
blacks, met last weekend at St.
Hunf I rid llonovj To
Increase Dot) Services
RALEIGH (CCNS) - Gov-
ernor James Hunt and Dr.
Sarah T. Morrow, on separate
occasions recently have sought
cooperation from major poli
tical brokers to implement
programs to identify at birth
and before, chOdren : likely to
have k 'high risk'! 2 medical
problems and treat them' in
their early years, s f
1 Dr. Morrow, a licensed
physician, formerly a prac
tising physician, appeared be
fore a joint House and Seante
'meeting of the Human Re
sources Committee on Wed-
? nesday, January 26. Dr.
Morrpw told legislators,
chaired by Dr. Joy Johnson,
Robeson County Representa-
' tive, that she was "interested
In curtaining the cost of
medical service to present
levels while at the. same time
expanding services." Morrow
told the legislators that poverty
, was a main factor in high
risk patients. ' ."
Governor Hunt spoke later
in the week, on Saturday,
January 29, to the N. C, Medi
cal Society, the organization
of public and private medical
practitioners , with the same
message, ' .
, Surprizingly the group,
which ' receives large federal
and state subsidies, applauded
the governor.';5 -
'? Morrow and Hunt said
that all health defects should ,
be detected and treated be-'
fore children enter public
schools. Morrow said pre-,
school screening programs now
already in most counties,
should be expanded. Also she
said Development Evaluation
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' tection and treatment. Morrow
and Hunt . said - such services
would go primarily to poor
economically , deprived
children.
" .To
, services
ensure continuity of
to children enterine
school already being- treated
for health defects, and to de-
tect school ace vounesters with
health defects, Morrow caUed
for coordination between DHR
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on ;the
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It is well
achieving
way to
M-i? The wood cutting being
carried out in Duke Forest
also has , had Its share . of
volunteer effort,. Ernest O."
Griffin, Jr:, Forest Superb
tendent, reported that about
75 :. truckloads of wood had
been cut : when ' the forest
was closed on Wednesday.' . .
Volunteers . can report,
daily at the forest any day
between 10:30 a jil, until
it closes at 5 p.m. Griffin
said. Some bring their own
chain saws and others use
those made . available by
Aldridge 1 Power Mower in
Durham. Each day the firm
donates the use of eight
saws, fuel and sometimes,
John Woody, ower and his
personnel work in the cutting
wood, Griffin reported.
Although the project
operates primarily with in
experienced help, there, are
some experienced personnel
on hand. Robert Bell, who
has been With Duke Forest
for 24 years, and L.D.Smith
were working along with and
helping volunteers when this
goal
Continued On Page 14 WOOD CUTTINOVOLUNTEERS IN DUKE FOREST LAST WEEK J
Reports On BuUt-Bting
H., M. Michaux of Durham
hrntipfct' a vlnnmv rennrt of ,
no blacks belmt appointed
' th r Advisory.. ..Duajgefi0!
Commissioir.KilLiajix said t
Hunt ' had promised that ' a
black would be appointed to
the important . commission,
which has never before had
and the N. C. Dept of Public
Instruction of already existing
services.
Hunt nay have his hands
full in bringing such coordina
tion.. Unlike Morrow who was
appointed by Hunt, Craig
Phillip, Superintendent - of
Public Instruction, is elected
by popular vote thus having
only party ties to the admin
istration. Historically, coordi
nation between agencies with
elected ; heads has been a pro
blem. ' "While not indicating that
the state's doctors were not
earning the -money they
receive, Hunt did say, "In
stead, of more government
spending I want to see more
Eeople doing." He said that
e wanted to see contributive
services increased from $2
billion annually to $4 billion,,
the " amount of the state
budget. ,. 1 ' ''
Explaining the need in a
somewhat argumentative tone,
Hunt said, "Too many children
reach school stunted and twisty
ed, the cause of which is often
malnutrition." To eliminate
such conditions, the newly ;
inaugurated governor said,
"cooperation between the pub
lic and private sector to meet
the public's need is a must
Doctors should know: every
child in his county that is a
risk." ; ,
Hunt left the ) physicians
'smelling like a rose to quote
one young physician from the
state's! piedmont. Morrow
faired was well despite a some
what insensitive response to
Dr. Joy Johnson concerning
the plight of many of the
siaio s
poor during the .'so-
called' gas crisis.' , '
J;i", Dr. Johnson asked if any
relief could be made for
the state s poor who need fuel
to keep warm. Dr.' Morrow
keep
quipped tnat tne matter could
Desi ' m "aim , wiin . py tne
federal ; fcnergy Commission
allocating more , gas ' for
heating to North Carolina, but
not by the Department of Hu
man Resources ,
Wilkim I NAA:CP SttMg Semite Attacks
Tv l7l U?-V K lS l y ynuv it n a gntioru and 'Individuals jts of the KveauV-acti
a black' appointee. The Caucus
executive committee sent three
names to the Governor, "and
the thing that disturbs me most
is that we did not know that
the Governor was not going to
; appoint a black until we read it
!.hi the paper"" Michaux said,
ea to the uoyernorwno.that last weeks actions not
explained - that 7 political
pressure to re-appoint three
commissioners and to appoint
others ; were great and : the
NX. NAACP
Convene In
CHARLOTTE NAACP
Officers and Branch Leaders of
the North Carolina State Con
ference, National Association
for the Advancement of Color
ed People will convene in Char
lotte, , Saturday, February 12
for an all-day meeting focus
ing attention on: "Civil Rights
Employment and the Social
Status of Black Americans."
. Activities will begin at
10 ajn. at the Radisson Plaza
Hotel, rwith a comprehensive
discussion of the internal
affairs of the Association. A
special feature of the morning
sessions will be a presentation
of the National NAACP Hous
ing; Programs by NAACP's
National Housing Director,
William Morris of New York
City.
John , Brooks, Commis
sioner of Labor, State of
North Carolina will address the
NAACP leaders during the
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RUNNING FOR MAYOR Manhattan Borough President Percy Sutton (L)
. accepts well wishes of N. Y.. Nets' -basketball star Nate Archibald and his. wife,
Leatrlce, following Sutton's formal launching, Jan; 26th of the first major candl--dacy
by black to becdrne Mayor of New Yprk City; Sutton, a Democrat who
iimnartad Mavor Ahraham Beama fdr election four vears aao. Dromised "a re-
m Invigorated and Msafe" city. (UPI).
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Governor said that he could
not appoint a black.
When .told - of the dis -
appointment, many of. the
caucus members had comments
that' could not be published,
Members aereed to send Hunt a
letter1 expressing .the" .dis-.
be made a precedent
Michaux said that
black'
members 'of the
'would meet - With
legislature
Hunt on
Loaders To
afternoon session. The after
noon session will also feature
Harold Webb, Director, Depart
ment of Personnel,' State of
North Carolina; Harris A.
Williams, District Director,
Equal JEmployment Opportu
nity Commission, (EEOC) and:,
Ted Fillette of the Legal Aid
Society of Mecklenburg
County.
The climax of the days
activities will be an NAACP
Birthday Dinner, ' celebrating
the 68th 'birthday of the
Association sponsored by the
Charlotte - Mecklenburg
County Branch of the NAACP.
The dinner will be held at the
Radisson Plaza Hotel. 4
Kelly M. Alexander, Sr.,
President of the North Carolina
State Conference of Branches
and Vice-Chairman of the
NAACP National Board of
'Directors will preside over the
sessions of the Annual NAACP
Leadership Meeting.
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Charloffo
W0
' Tuesday to discuss the matter,
: - Reports were made con-
Acetning the. number of blacks
; hired to nearly all state
agencies which up to this time
have been minimal and token.
Some reports gave . very de-
tailed data while others were
- Cfianottetityvouncuman
Harvey Gantt and Clarence
Lightner met with Department
of Transportation Secretary
Tom Bradshaw. Lightner said
that Bradshaw wanted to make
this department an example
of equitable1 hiring for blacks.
A Carolina Community News
Service survey of state depart
ments last week showed that of
27 policy-making positions
within the Department of
Transportation none are held
by blacks.
Leo Hadden, chairman of
the Second Congressional Dis
trict Black Caucus, reported
that he met with Dr. Sarah T.
Morrow, Secretary5 of The
Department, of Human Re
sources, and "talked primarily
about non-exempt job."
Hadden said that Morrow re
sponded to a question of
whether blacks would be hired .
in' policy making jobs with,
"she's interested in hiring !
blacks in the same way whites
are hired." The CCNS survey
of DHR disclosed that of 27
policy making positions in the ;
state's largest agency, none are .
held by blacks. Last week six1
of those positions were open
anaunnueo. ,
Dr, Lavonia Allison, Vice-'
chairperson of the Caucus, re
ported on a meeting with the
"oldest rat in the . "
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NEW lUKK - it was a
weekend that was highlighted,
by " many tributes to Roy
Wilkin? for. his contributions
to the age-long ouest for
equality and human dignity for
his people. And for those local
leaders from around the
country, the annual Freedom
Fund Dinher. and Meeting were
especially. : poignant, since
Wilkins retires on July 31.
r : Percy ; Sutton, Borough
President of Manhattan, paid
tribute during the dinner on
behalf Of New York City
.declaring the 9th day of
January, 1977 as"NAACPand
Roy Wilkins Day." He noted
in the proclamation that the
NAACP was "amonK those or
MAHY MISTAKEII VEBB SAYS
RALEIGH (CCNS)
Many North Carolinians look
ing for jobs have tried to get
an appointment to be inter
viewed by Harold Webb, newly
appointed Director of State
Personnel Webb, one of three
top level policy makbut
appotateei of poyerpor, James
Ba2
nuntv aonuis
mistaken: hfii
government
Anti- Pickoting
lonsldorod
For IJ. Carolina
RALEIGH (CCNS) -Soon
it may be illegal to picket
within 500 feet of courthouses
and residences of judges, dis
trict attorneys, jurors and
other court personnel in North
Carolina's judicial system.
; - Representative H a r o 1 d
Park Helms, Democrat of
Mecklenburg County introduc
ed the proposal for the North
Carolina Judicial Council
which represents all levels of
state courts.
Chief advocate of the legis
lation is none other than
Superior Court Judge Hamilton
Hobgood. Hobgood presided
over-the Joan
Uttle trial in
lasted for six
Raleieh which
weeks in 19T5.
Franklin Freeman, Execu
tive Director of the N. C.
Judicial Council said Hobgood
received letters from "around
two" of the jurors that served
on the Little, jury panel who
thought picketing and demon?
strations should be limited
around courthouses. ,
Freeman stated that Hob
good has said that noises from
..demonstrations heard in , the
courtroom, and crowds of
' people that jurors have to go
through serve to intimidate the
jurors. Freeman said that even
if the jurors of the Joan Little
trial were brought to the trial
in a panel truck, "that in it
self would have intimidated the
jury."
- A statement released by
the Judicial Council at the time
the bill was introduced read,
"to allow such a condition to
exist will eventually destroy
our judicial system."
A similar proposal was de-
; feated in the last legislature.
That proposal was not as re
strictive as the present one and.
had a 100 foot distance re
quirement. Civil f liberties
" croups that led the attack on
tneSBrmeroiu are expectea to
fight against the present legis-
lation. ;
' Violators of the 'proposed
T 1 . . -- i
fine would be subject to
$1000 fine or two years im
prisonment or both. r:
ganizations and " individuals
standing very US in this highly
competitive dry of giants."
On- Monday during the
annual meeting, many other
persons paid similarly heart
warming tributes to Wilkins
for his services as Executive
Director for the past 22 yean
and to the Association since
1931.
In his report on the
NAACP at the annual meet
ing, Wilkins paid a special tri
bute to Clarence Mitchell, Di-
rector of the Washington
Bureau, for continuing his
"personal policy of never
sounding retreat."
As with the other depart
ments, Wilkins noted the high
"A lot of people think Im
here giving out jobs", the
career State employee said.
"My area is to develop policy
so that people will be employ
ed." Immediately after Webb's
appointment, was announced
siderice phone was '"ringing o
the hook" by job seekers that
1 . .1 1
u80iicnuwWU. mmt. That policy has made
Contrary to popular belief centrally enforceable affirma
Webb has no power to hire and tive hiring of blacks and
fire any of the thousands em
ployed in state government, ex
cept for those on his
immediate staff. '
Webb is directly responsi
ble to the Governor and imple
ments policies developed by
the State5 Personnel
Commission, which consists of
seven members appointed by
the Governor. The Commission
classifies employees; develops
maximum and nunimum salary
ranees: minimum Qualifications
for jobs, hours of work, vaca
tion and sick leave policy; de
velop policies for employment,
demotion, suspension of em
ployees; establishes procedures
for investigation of com
plaints and hearing of appeals
of applicants for jobs and
employees; hears cases of dis-
crimination; and establishes ' seventeen personnel directors
a recruitment program, includ- to see if they have jobs avail
tag nunority recruitment able. ,-"
tlATIOUAl
NEUS NOTES
BLACK-WHITE UNEMPLOYMENT WIDENS
WASHINGTON - The unemployment rate for black work
ers - at 13.6 per cent in December remained stable over the
October-December period. 1
The U. S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics
also reported that the rate- for white workers showed an im
provement in unemployment, with their rate falling from 7.4
to7.1 per cent in December. t 1
On a national basis, employment rose in December and un
employment declined. The unemployment rate was IS pet cent
down from 8.1 per cent in November and similar rates prevailing
over the July-October period. "
M & F BANK TO GET BUD $$
ST. LOUIS, MO. - Anheuser-Busch, Inc, has restated and
expanded its program of placing company funds in minority fi
nancial institutions across the United States, It was announced
by August A. Busch, III, president and chief executive officer.
A total of $1,000,000 wul be invested during 1977 in 24
banks and It savings and loan companies, he said. The invest
ments are in the form of 12-month $25,000 certificates of de
posit. In addition, federal bimmt
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iajuu,uw eacn wm oe paid exclusively through some 20 in-
stitutions that are either minority owned or minority con-
, trolled. - . .
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In Durham, a federal income tax payment of about $ 1 JOOO,
000 will be made in 1977 at Mechanics and Farmers. Bank.
lights of the Bureau's acti
vities during 1976 . Among
these, he noted, was the efforts
to win passage of the Humphrey-Hawkins
full emplou
ment bill. The measure flound
ered, but he predicted that it -would
be offered again this
year.
Wilkins noted that Mit
chell successfully fought for
the refunding of the Council
for Legal Education Oppor
tunities by Congress. MitchelTs
action, he said, was taken at
the urging of Mrs. Margaret
Bush Wilson, Chairman of
the NAACP National Board of
Directors.
Other activities by the
off kh
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Although he can't hire,
Webb said that he does send
job seekers to the seventeen
personnel directors established
throughout state government
and scattered around the state
government complex. Under
the rules established by the
v personnel commission, ; the
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vacancies within their depart-
minorities a virtual impossi
bility.
One of Webb's priorities is
to get the state's affirmative
action program working. Dur
ing the previous administration
the affirmative action policy
was formed. However, a mech
anism for carrying out the
policy was not formulated"
Webb said. He expects a plan
to be approved by the State
personnel Commission to "tell
us wnere we are now. wnai
program win nave to oe
developed; and how those
programs will be evaluated'',
Webb said.
Until that plan is develop
ed Webb wul continue to send
job seekers that do get a rare
opportunity to get included
in his hectic schedule, to the
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