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VOLUME 55 - NUMBER 51
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DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, DECEKSER 24, 1977
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year. Let us be thankfulfor our many blessings. May this
Christmas be filled with happiness for
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BLACK PRESS WORKSHOP SPEAKERS WILL include Assistant Secretary of
Labor Ernest G. Green and Eaual Employment Opportunity Commission Chair
man Eleanor Holmes Norton who will discuss the critical unemployment problem
among blacks. E. Daniel Capell, vice president, and circulation director of News
week, will speak on ways on Increasing the circulation of weeklies. Workshop Is set
for January 11 14 at the Omni International Hotel in Miami.
Exports 1771 Discuss Unanpfoymcn?
to Dtocfi Press MVJinter Workshop
WASHINGTON (NNPA)
- "Ways of solving the Un
employment noblem" .will
be discussed by experts at the
National Newspaper Pub
lishers Association (NNPA)
Mid-Winter Workshop, Jan
uary 1 1 14 in Miami at the
Omni International Hotel, Dr.
Carlton B. Goodlett, NNPA
president announced -' this
week.
. The experts who will
participate in a luncheon
symposium on the critical
unemployment problem
among blacks on Friday, Jan.
13, are Assistant Secretary of
Labor Ernest G. Green, one
of the Little Rock nine; and
Equal Employment Opportu
nity Commission Chairman
Eleanor Holmes Norton.
They will be proceeded
on January 12 by Congress
man Augustus F. Hawkins of
California, co-sponsor of the
Humphrey-Hawkins Full Em
ployment ' ; and : Balanced
Growth Bill, who will discuss
his proposed legislation and
its chances of becoming law. , ;
Secretary of the Army
Clifford L Alexander, Jr.,
will addiess the workshop on
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Friday evening, Jan. 13, giv
ing an overview of the man
power needs of the military.
Black adult unemployment
stands at more than .13,
Vacancy Commiff ccTo
Do Efocfcd Jenoay 2
The Durham City Council
will elect a special committee
to recommend a person to re
place John Martin at the
January 2 City Council meet
ing. The post was left vacant
by John Martin's acceptance
of an 'i. appointment to the
Superior Court by Governor
James Hunt. '. s
Publicly no - candidates
have been endorsed by major
political groups or council
men for the seat which ex
pires November, 1979.
A likely candidate for the
post is ' Dr. Alexander
Moseley, twice defeated for
the Council, the last time by
47S votes. Moseley, a minis
ter at Mount Gilead Baptist
, 'rim.;
all and may His
luwcjijfevwH'-
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and teenagers, at nearly 40.
In addition to those who
will discuss manpower and
unemployment , others will
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Church, trailed' Clarence
Brown, .Stewart Pickett, and
Rev. William C. Smith who
were elected in the Novenv
, ber 8 general election.:
Contacted by phone this
week, Moseley said he had
been mentioned as a candi
date by several people and
that he would be interested.
Hesitant to speak of the
political situation and other
possible nominees, Moseley
said "I- would feel that the
voters of Durham suggested
in the election that if there
were four scats they would
want me to have one."
If Moseley is chosen by
f Council, the number . of
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Procrca lias
Dcon Riddbd
Dy Criticbn
The $0.93 million hohw
revitalization and rehabilita- "5
tirtn nrnirram funded thimiehV.
the Durham Community
Development program may
have some difficulty getting
refunded at least! through ,
its r present 'i sponsor the, h
Durham v Redevelopment
Commission. The program
has been riddled by criticism r
from homeowners, disgrunti- C
ed over , poor workmanship
and small businessmen claim-
ing exclusion from the pro
gram due to favortism. - L
The rehab program offers
grants -m-i P to $5,500 to
homeowners that have toy
make substantial repairs and $
loans ? to f landlords at a 1 re;f
duced interest rate. , ; ;A
4The fourth' year commu " '
nity development budget and
plan will face scrutiny of a
public Shearing before thev '
City Council's ' finance, i -
committee on January 10 and
be examined, in some form,;!
by the finance committee.
Finance committee menv
ber, Mrs Margaret Keller, said i
to a reporter this week thar
an evaluation of the iehabili-
tation's program worjs will be
evaluation was requested
when the council reluct 4ntly
approved M '4 Community '
Development budget !asr.
JuIyevalutlc'a.Y?i '- president Carter., Vice
SMftiV OTveSdentJWandale and top
the budget; approval,, which iWhitft' House officials met
would make it due within,! With sbme of the nation's kev
uuuui a wcck. , .j:
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AJC To Assist
DlacCis In
f.lod School
Pursuit
NEW YORK - The pre
sidents of the American
Jewish Committee . and
American Jewish Congress
have called for increased
efforts at the junior and
senior high school levels to
help blacks prepare for medi-'
cal and other professional
-schools. ..
Such measures, said
Richard Maass of , the
Committee and Rabbi Arthur
Hertzberg of the Congress,
would be far more effective
than any restrictive quota
system in admissions in
moving toward "the goal of
more black physicians
lawyers, and other professio
nals in our society."
in issuing their call, the
two Jewish leaders referred
to a recently published
study by two University of
California' scientists that
concluded that, the pool of
qualified black applicants for
medical school was drying up
and that "affirmative action
programs at the college level
are not enough to remedy
the educational ' gap for
-minority candidates." r
The study, by Dr. Robert
Mishell and Dr. Boyd Sleeth
said that uthe key to affir-
m stive action lies in increas
ing : the pool ; of qualified
- b lack applicants to medical
schools. Effective, programs
for black high school stu
dents are essential to correct
black under-representation."
' Endorsing this conclusion,
Maass and Rabbi Hertzberg
pointed out that in the joint
amicus brief "opposing the
use of racial quotas for
medical school admission sub
mitted to the U. S. Supreme
Court in the Bakke case,
the two Jewish organiza
tions had called for special
efforts . at the junior and
senior high school r levels
to identify, assist, and (tuide
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BLACK LEADERS TALK TO REPORTERS after their meeting with President Carter on December 14. They
wid the President assured them he is unwilling to sacrifice his commitment to human needs in order to balanct
the budget. But he also said he has yet to find a cure-all for the nation's urban problems. LTR are Vernon
Jordan, president, National Urban League; Rep. Parren Mitchell, D.Md., chairman of the Congressional Black
Caccus; Dorothy Height, president, National Council for Negro Women; Coretta Scott King, president Martin
Luther Kino Center for Social Chanae: and Rev. Jesse Jackson, president. Operation PUSH. (UPll.
Prosfdorrf
black I leaders to discuss
several 'Administration 1978
programs with unemploy
ment, urban policy and eco
nomic development receiving
the major attention.
"We still have the major
thrust of our government
programs to be realized,"
the President said in the
hour-and-a-half meeting.
President Carter said that
the Administration is focus
ing job programs, education,
health, and other programs
on "people in deprived fami
lies and deprived ncighbor-
hoods."
The black leaders were
briefed ' on Administration
initiatives, with a preview of
1978 by the President, Vice
President Mondale, and 'top
White House officials includ
ing Jim Mclntyre, acting
director of the Office of
Management and Budget; Stu
Eizenstat, the President's
chief domestic policy adviser;
Patricia Harris, Secretary of
the Department of Housing
and Urban Development;
NEW VYORJC-Clarenoe
Mitchell, warned that blacks '
weref not going "to stand for
any full-scale cut" in the
recommendations to the Pre
sident by the Administra
tion's urban team on ways
to end the black unemploy
ment.crisis. -;
Reporting on the meeting
that he and about fifteen'
other black leaders had with
Carter on Wednesday; Decem
ber 14; Mitchell said that the
President expressed his full,
support for reducing black
unemployment, especially
among youths. "However, he
did not give a specific figure
on how much he planned to
include in the national
budget ' to accomplish this
purpose." '
Mitchell's meeting with
the President helped to fur
ther underscore the critical
importance that the NAACP
has placed on the black
unemployment problem. On
September -27, Executive
NAACP
Black
Provfcivs 1978, With Dfacfi
Charles Schultze, chairman of
the CqunciUrf Economic Ad-
visers, andSidny'Tiarrrian',
Undersecretary of Commerce.
Black leaders attending
included M. Carl Homan,
president, National Urban
Coalition; Vernon Jordan,
president, National Urban
League; Dorothy Heights,
president, National Council
of Negro Women; Richard
Hatcher,, mayor, Gary,
Indiana; . Coretta Scott
King, president, Martin
Luther King Center for Social
Change; Jessie Rattley, chair-,
man, National Black Caucus
of Local Elected Black Offi
cials; Clarence Mitchell,
director . National Associa
tion for the Advancement
of Colored People; Eddie M.
Williams, president. Joint
Center for Social Change;
Rev. Jesse Jackson, presi
dent. Operation PUSH;
Bayard Rust in, president, A.
Philip Randolph institute;
Berkeley Burrell, president,
National Business League;
Julius Chambers, president,
Legal Defense and Educa
tion Fund; Joseph Lowery,
president, Southern Chris
tian Leadership Conference;
Presses Carter Qm
U me
Director Benjamin L. Hooks an other petting with Carter.
led an NAACP delegation in Accompanying Hooks were
Earl G. Graves, Black Entorpriio
Pot!bfccr, Ebctcd ITT Dliocfcr
NEW YORK - ElecUon of
Earl G. Graves, publisher of
Black Enterprise Magazine, to
the board of directors, of In
ternational Telephone and
Telegraph Corporation, was
announced Monday ; by
Harold S. Geneen, chairman
and chief executive. "
In addition to publishing.
Graves is president of radio
station KNOK AM and FM in
Dallas, Texas, and also heads
his own marketing research
company. He founded Black
Enterprise . Magazine, a
national monthly magazine
specializing on issues affect
ing economic conditions and
business developments for
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In order that the entire
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during the holidays, THE CAROLINA TIMES' office wKt
dose promptly at 10 o'clock on Friday morning, Decem
ber 23 and will reopen Tuesday morning, December 27 at
8:30 a.m. Normal deadlines for newt (Tuesday at 6 pan.)
and ads (Wednesday, noon) for the final issue of the year
will be observed. .
Wallace D. Muhammad, Chief
Eman, World Committee of
Islam in the West; Elton Jolly
executive director,. Opportu
nities Industrialization Cen
ter. Some of the black
leaders took the opportunity
to express support for HUD
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and Secretary Harris and in
terest in the Administration's
emerging urban policy, to bV
announced in 1978. They fcv
dicated that the President's
proposed budget would serve .
as a measure for the Ad-v
ministration's commitment to V-
blacks and minorities. V
Mrs. Margaret Bush Wilson,
chairman of the NAACP
National Board of Directorsv
Dr. Montague Cobb, presi
dent, Jesse Turner, treasurer,
Max Delson and William
Oliver, idee presidents.
The key concerns on their
agenda Were Jobs for black
workers ; anf the urban
crisis. .
Mitchell said that Carter
promised to give "his full
support to the compromise .
Humphrey-Hawkins full em
ployment biO. The NAACP
has endorsed this compro
mise, recognizing that Carter
in supporting It. has also
endorsed 1 the full employ
ment concept. This the Presi
dent had previously hesitated
to do, expresdng thai the full
employment concept would
worsen the probleta of in
flation, i
Mltchea said that Carter
also stre:::d his fct;nticn to
cut tates. V.) t i Lhit lu
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