v . I AN , Officials of
south, Africa's while govern
nent have been meeting
wound the clock to decide
low ' to- handle a .direct
:hallenge to their authority
oy, black; leaders in
Soweto township.
' . In a' public meeting last
Wednesday, Soweto residents
unanimously accepted a pian
to establish their own town
ship government in defiance
of t apartheid policies. .The -proposal
was drafted by the .
"Committee of Ten,'? a group '
representing a variety " of
black organizations including
the Student's Representative,
Council and ,. the Black
People's Convention.
The draft establishes a
five year plan to improve
black living conditions by:
assuming the power
levy taxes; "
- establishing depart
ments to control education,
By
AN OLD SOLDIER
Many blacks are not
fervent supporters of the
Equal Rights Amendment.
Critics contend that it is
a tool to ' divert attention
from crucial . minority pro
blems. We, more than other
Americans, must recognize
and voclaize that the denial
of liberty to any individual
s a denial to all Americans. V
TOLERANCE :.;
To tolerate the ,. impugn
ment of freedom to any
class or group permits a
denial of civil rights. The
recent hostility ' and in
fringement of personal
rights of homosexuals is a
sorry incident of American
bigotry. .
. v Av Void Is appearing in
Amerjcanr;;;civa, ' rights
Stew
not emerging ai swui
enough pace. Proficiency in
the art of negotiation and
confrontation requires on
i nr -
Of
CM'1
AutiioriSy In SouoJo : '
housing,' public. Works,' and '
health; . ,
V." taking control , of'
police functions; , ,
seeking financial: aid
from the :i Organization of
African' Unity, the ; Interna- '
tional ; Monetary Fund, and "
'other -governments and in-
stitiitions. v ' . V ,
The self-government '
proposal is a clear contraven-.
;tion of South African policy, .
'which gives Africans ndf pbli
.tical ;power except in rural 1
reserves. Government officials
reportedly, debated whether
to allow a meeting planned
for Sunday, July ". 3 1 in
Soweto, when announcement
of the new black adminis- ,
tration was to take-place.
Some officials argued that the
government could not per
mit . such a defiance to its
authority, while others feared
a ban would stir more
Violence in the troubled
D2. G.E.A. TOOTE
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the job training. ! ;
'' Recently another old
soldier passed away. Dr. Alice
Paul, a birthright Quaker,
died at the age of 92, in her
city of birth; Moorestown;
N. J. Her life style and
accomplishments are worth
remembering;
PIONEER
Educated as a lawyer and
social worker, she attended
Swarthmore College,1 She
received her master s degree
and doctorate at the
University of Pennsylvania.
As a graduate studeut in
England, in 1907, while
working in a settlement
house, she became a parti
cipant in radical feminist
activities. She joined the
British Suffragists.
i-Arrested seven. tims she
was jailed on three occasions.
For four weeks she was
force-fed by nasal tubes
twice a day because of her
refusal to tat.
. 'e MS
township, t
- v But the belief that ,
either course of action could
forestall further conflict ;
appeared to be wishful think-,
ing, given . the ; lack of any .
' reforms that blacks regard as
substantive.,. ' i
Those frustration'
.spilled over again last week,.;
as ';' 20,000 black students
boycotted f schools ; around
Pretoria, ; protesting unequal
educational ! - opportunities.
Police arrested 183 teenagers
and used tear-gas to break up .
other student demonstrations
in Alexandra township near ,
Johannesburg; : '
When the news came
that police had shot and
killed two Africans in Soweto
on Friday morning, few ob
servers expected those de
tails to be the last. A black
reporter returning from a
visit to Soweto early Friday
evening, described the town
ship as "under siege."
HnRamiimimiiHiiium
MILITANCY
When she returned to
America, She brought back
the militant, provactive
tactics of the Suffragists. In
1917; she was jailed for or
ganizing and participating in
marches and demonstrations
for women's right to vote.
As a national spokes
man for women's liberation,
she privately met with Presi
dent Woodrow Wilson. She
bunded 1 the National
Worn; h's Party in 1 9 1 3. The
organization is credited with
causing the introduction of
Equal Rights Amendment
legislation in Congress for
forty nine consecutive years, '
until Congressional approval
in 1972. . .
The Amendment has
4 wvuiiai.uiGu uynLuiy live
only ' three more states is
required before it can be-
come law.
America has lost a valiant
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-, Tbfr World's Greatest v
- Organist,' Jimmy - Smith ' and -'his
, Trio,' Teddy Edwards, .
Kenny Dixon and Ray Craw '
ford will be bringing to the
LaVeek Club .in Houston.
' Texas, August v 1 8-20,
that swinging style 1 of ;
Jazz that brought to Jimmy
Smith the title of the World's
Greatest Jazz Organist. ,
,' This engagement 'at the :--La
Veek Club will be the
kickoff for the promotional
campaign on Smith's new
album fit's Necessary", re
corded live. The release date
set by Mercury Records for ?
. the album is September
. 6 after which the promo- :
' tional campaign will be taken '
i.- into such cities as Chicago,
Detroit, New York, Philadel
phia, and Atlanta.
'
Bikers are getting some
recognition from state and
local governments. The states
of Washington, California,
Illinois, and Florida are
allocating part of their
gasoline-tax revenues for
bicycle facilities
human rights champion. Who
will come along to take her
place; Whomever it may be,
my prayer is that their life
be long and filled with
accomplishment.
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There's a medication that re
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symptoms within minutes.
Then it goes beyond soothing;
actually helps shrink swelling
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i'A SOMBER MOMENT President Carter, with Vernon Jordan, Executive Director of the National Urban
League, at his side, waits to address the League and answer criticism of not having fulfilled campaign promises
to blacks. Carter told the group of his new programs and accomplishments including a new requirement that
ten per cent of. all subcontracts in Public Works bill must go to minority groups.(UPI)
FREEDOM ROADBLOCKS
How fast are black workers closing the gap between their
ABORTION SERVICE:
parate and Unequal
Se-
Why is it that even after
favorable legislation is passed
and court decisions rendered
securing individual rights on
an equal basis for all, that
government officials continue
to impose their personal
views upon the rest of us?
In a strange and mis
guided legislative maneuver,
opponents to making abor
tion Medicaid reimburse
ments for abortions are
"cruel, discriminatory and al
most certainly- unconstitutio
nal," according to Henrietta
Marshall, chairman of the
Planned Parenthood Federa
' tion of America. ' - ' l ,
Mrs. Marshall's statement
was released al the national
family planning agency head-"-rters
as Congress prepared
debate an Administration
proposal proscribing federal
reimbursements for abortion
services under Title XIX of
the. Social Security Act
(Medicaid), the federal-state
medical assistance program
for low income persons.
; The ' controversial anti
abort idn section of the 1978
Labbr-HEW -t- propriations
Bill - mtrodu.a and passed
in Identical form in the, last
Congress, and later enjoined
by a Brooklyn federal district
court - is scheduled for de
bate by the House of Repre
sentatives on or after Wed
nesday, June 15. X
"Incredible as it seems in
a system governed by the rule
, of law, the Administration is
bringing before Congress a
proposal identical to one en
joined by a federal court just
a few months ago," Mrs.
Marshall said. "It is as though
the court had never acted."
Furthermore, . the pro
posal is being presented as a
rider to an appropriations
bill, thus, in effect, initiat
ing a major policy through a
side door. As a policy change
involving the health and wel
fare of hundreds of thousands
of individuals, the measure
surely merits proper legisla
tive consideration, including
public hearings involving ex
pert witnesses. .
. Respect for law and due
process, and concern for the
health and well-being of
many thousands of poor wo
men faced 'every -year, with
the trauma of unwanted preg
nancy, require that Congress
act speedily and decisively to .
reject this misguided initia
tive. , ,,.;',
"Implementation of this
provision .would in effect
establish a two-class system
of abortion services," Mrs.
Marshall continued. "Women
with means could continue as
before, to obtain safe, legal
abortions through the private
medical care system, while
the poor, -who lack the means
' to pay for the procedure and
to undertake the considerable
travel that is often required
to get to an abortion facility,
would be forced once again,
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as they were before the 1973
Supreme Court decisions, to
seek out cut-rate and often
dangerous procedures, or to
cany an unwanted pregnancy
to term.
. In addition, when the
government pays for child
birth but not elective abor
tions, it is weighing the
choice of favor of one option,
she said. This policy is patent
ly coercive and discrimina
tory. If the government is to
reimburse providers on behalf
of; women who elect one
method of treating pregnancy,
(i. e. childbirth), it should,
in order to preserve a neutral
stand on the issue, reimburse
also on behalf of those who
elect the other r. . principal
method - abortion"'
"The government itself
has estimated that the
inability of indigent pregnant
women to obtain Medicaid
abortions might result in up
to 250 deaths and 25,000
cases of serious medical com
plications every year from
self-induced or illegal proce
dures," she said. She noted
also that "the economic cost
to society if all poor women
were forced to carry unwant
ed pregnancies to term has
been estimated as $500
million annually."
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actual employment status and their expected fair share? At a
snail's pace,, says an in-dept study by the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission (EEOC) of black employment in the
private sector. "It will take as much as 43 years for blacks to
reach parity with whites in the American workforce," said the
94 page study by EEOCs Research Division. The study added
that the gap was caused by "institutional employment practices
and procedures which exclude blacks from the workforce and
from certain job assignments."
Women workers remain "segregated" in jobs and the earn
ings gap between men and women is widening, according to
Louise Kapp's new book, Pink Collar Workers (G. P. Put
nam's Sons, $8.95). The! book, based on Federal data, says that
median earnings for women working full-time fell from 63 per
cent of men's in 1956 to 57 per cent in 1974, which was
13 years after a Federal equal pay act and 12 years after the
start of EEOC.
LET THERE BE LIGHT
Your telephone rings. It is your .REALTOR saying that he
is coming right over with a prospect. You hang up the phone.
What's the next thing you do? Turn on every light in the house.
Why?
Because you want to give the prospect the best image you
can of the comfort, beauty and livabiity you are offering. In
other words, you want to sell a home not a house. And full
illumination is the best way to give your home that "lived-
in" look. Furniture and rugs and fixtures take on a warm glow
from the proper lighting. Here are a few "bright' ideas. 4;
Turn on every lamp in the living room, bedrooms and
family room. Be careful about turning on the overhead lights in
these rooms for it could be harsh and make the room look un
inviting. Turn on every light in a storage room or closet. Go all
out in illuminating the kitchen - the cheerier the better.
Brighten up the bathroom too - but carefully choose the right
wattage for bulbs by the mirror, pick the most flattering one.
Remember, it's just as important to have lights on in the
afternoon as it is for a night-time showing.
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