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McKisskkSayiHeWH Fight Not In Defai McKissick says he is not in default of his obUga 'tions -and will fight the HUD decision to acquire his town. He argues that with $4 million in loan guarantees HUD has refused to issue, this city can complete the final phase of its essential ser vicesits sewer system. Already a regional water system, streets, a fire sta tion, a recreation facility, and approximately 33 homes have been developed. Far behind on its pro jected growth, attraction of industry, development of residential property, and commercial establishments, HUD Secretary Patricia Harris appointed a Task Force in February to come up with means to continue the town as a new community. Co-Chaired by former candidate for mayor of Washington, D.C., Sterl ing Tucker, the Task Force recommended ac quisition of Soul City. The Task Force relied upon data gathered and analyz ed by AVCO, a California based consultant. AVCO projected that by year's end (1970) Soul City would not have enough funds to continue its obligations on its loans. The consultant projected Soul City's cash flow at the end of the year at $229,000. McKissick doesn't deny the consultant's projec tions, but he notes they are based on spending trends which could be altered. "We don't necessarily agree with what is being said." responded McKissick to his projected . insolvency. 'That depends upon how you budget the existing funds that you have got. We are not ready to say exactly what amount that we have got because we have not made a complete financial analysis of what we will do, or what we will spend, or what we will have." Racial Overtones Charged HUD officials claim that Soul City's problems are derived from lack of sales of industrial, com mercial and residential property. The town has an insufficient workforce to draw from to attract in dustrial development, reported AVCO. Without industrial and commercial development, there is no market for residential housing at the project, AVCO concluded. The name "Soul City" has a negative connotation for the prospective white resi dent, and unfavorable publicity would scare pro spective blacks, AVCO reported. McKissick charges that Soul City is not being treated in the same man ner as the other HUD sup ported new towns. Soul City is the only HUD new town with a black developer. "All the other new towns that they have clos ed down and most of the others, when they look at some figures and some guys brings in a report saying it is not viable, HUD has issued them new bonds and let them have additional guarantees," said McKissick. HUD spokesman Bill wise denies McKissick's charges saying other new towns were acquired in the same way McKissick's Soul City is facing. Natloaal Campaiga to Save Seal City EteveJopiag Aside from the dispute over the alleged discrimination against Soul City, McKissick is organizing a broad based campaign to save his dream. Black politicians and civil rights organiza tions, according to the developer, are being lined up to fight his cause. One group of black democratic party patronage deals, the N.C. Black Political Caucus, .. has endorsed a massive campaign in Sou) City's behalf. Caucus chairman. Clarence Lightner, charg ed that Soul City is being, harmed by misinforma tion. Most of the informa tion consumed by North Carolinians on the state of affairs of Soul City originates from the News and Observer, a Raleigh based, white owned publication. "The main thing brought out in our meeting today is that there are so many facts going around that are incor rect," said Lightner after a recent Caucus meeting. Lightner continued an nouncing . plans to distribute a Soul City fact sheet hoping "that the media will cooperate with us as a caucus and straighten these statements out. We think that more harm is done by misinformation than anything else." Ms. Paulette Robinson, Caucus media laison, said recently the campaign to keep Soul City in McKissick's hands is go ing to be a test of the group's political stength. If the failure of the state's newspapers to publish the Caucus' support for Soul City can be viewed as part of the test, McKissick may be left wanting. The Caucus and many other groups McKissick is wooing are democrats. Many are closely tied to the established patronage machines, decreasing the likelihood of many of them openly challenging their established cohorts in politics. National groups men tioned by McKissick to help in his drive include the Congressional Black Caucus, Operation Push, the NAACP, and the Ur ban League. Church groups are also rallying to the Soul City cause. One interracial, inter-denominational group of churchmen an nounced recently a half million dollar investment into the only industry located at Soul City, the bankrupt Welmetco. A low wage paying industry, the company makes duffel bags for the military. Sou) City -A 1980 Election. Issue ... For the' time 'being", most of the groups have focused their attention to HUD. Unless HUD recon siders its planned foreclosure on Soul City, and unless HUD insures the requested $4 million in loan guarantees, McKissick says Soul City's plight could become an election issue. Asked if he could be ex pected to support democratic candidates in cluding President Carter and North Carolina Governor James Hunt, McKissick replied evasive ly, "I am a political animal, always have been, I don't believe you can separate politics from economics... I suspect this matter would evolve into a political issue. I think that it has political and racial overtones." The state's two top elected officials, U.S. Senators Jesse Helsms (Republican) and Robert Morgan (Democrat) have fought Soul City in Con gress. Helms, a reac tionary, recently engineered Senate ap- !roval of a resolution call ng for no more federal funds to Soul City. Two Government Accounting Office audits had failed that purpose. The GAO reported the funds were being spent correctly. McKissick Llceased To Preach As McKissick prepares to fight, he will be assum ing a new role. He is soon to become a licensed preacher. Dr. Grady Davis, McKissick's pastor, confirmed reports this week that Durham's Union Baptist Church has voted to license McKissick. The licensing will take place the latter part of July or in early August, Davis said. Considerable Reisistaace To Mass Campaiga While there are many blacks who believe McKissick's town is fail ing because the developer is black, and was formerly a civil rights activist, many of those same blacks say McKissick won't get the support of the poor blacks. Mrs. Christine Strud wick, a Durham activist for years and a private du ty nurse, doesn't support McKissick. Soul City is geared for McKissick and SAT., JULY 21, 1979 THECAKSUXATIES3 Hob's Ancndnonfl Pgssos Houso WASHINGTON The Senate adopted an amendment offered by Senator Jesse Helms Fri day, July 13 to terminate HUD support for Soul Ci ty, North Carolina, a HUD New Community. In offering the amend ment, Helms said, "The passage of my amendment finally puts the U.S. Senate on record in op position to the Soul City bondoggle.' Adoption of my amendment also means that Floyd McKissick, who has vow ed he will fight HUD's move to reacquire the Soul City property, will be unable to challenge HUD's decision to ter minate the project. I realize, however, the need for some degree of flex ibility in HUD's winding up of this project. For this reason, I have modified my amendment so as to leave open the possibility of continued federal fun ding of certain worthwhile projects that are of par ticular benefit to adjacent communities." The specific projects Helms termed of substan tial benefit to the surroun ding area include the War ren County sewage treat ment plant and the War ren County water line presently under construc tion. "I believe the government has a commit ment to continue these regional projects even though Soul City will not be a viable comminity within the region," Helms said. Helms expressed his willingness to assist HUD personally or through his staff in expediting the ter mination of the Soul City project. In addition, Helms an nounced Friday that he has written Mrs. Patricia Harris, Secretary of HUD, expressing three concerns with the HUD plan to reacquire the pro perty through negotiation with the Soul City Com pany. First, Helms asked HUD to define the liabili ty of each of the corpora tions and individuals in volved in the project. "In either a negotiated reac quisition or a foreclosure, all liabilities corporate and personal must be established to assure that the interests of the federal government are protected. No individual or corpora tion should be permitted to reap a profit or benefit in the final settlement of Soul City affairs," Helms said. Helms also urged HUD to move quickly in the ter mination of the project. "If this settlement is to have merit, it must be ac complished quickly. If a settlement is not for thcoming, the foreclosure option should be in stituted immediately, both to avoid large expen ditures for the continued operation of this 'boondoggle' and to clear ly finalize the mandate of the HUD resolution to 'protect the security and other interests of the U.S.' Additionally, Helms re quested that none of the present Soul City manage ment be involved in the final disposition of the Soul City community. He asked that HUD personnel or appointed receivers manage the project and dispose of the property in carrying out the HUD mandate to terminate the project. Uaifod Front Moots at Sabv; Hill Dopt. Church This past week the United Front, a newly organized community organization with representatives from over forty churches in Warren County, met at Snow Hill Baptist Church. The meeting was called to order by Chairman, Reverend Luther Brown, who also introduced the guest speaker for the even ing, Attorney Floyd B. McKissick, Sr., Developer of the Soul City Project. Mr. McKissick discussed the current status of Soul City's negotiations with HUD and the possible outcome of the meetings. He pledged to continue development of Soul City with or without govern mental participation. Mr. McKissick blamed HUD for many of the delays which had occurred dur ing development and ac cused Senator Helms and Morgan and Congressman Fountain of being politically motivated in their attacks on the pro ject. He said it was unfor tunate that these represenatives felt that they should be cutting of the funds to their own state and district and that Soul City had been suc cessful in attracting more business investments in this area than had our representatives. The United Front recently passed a Resolu tion in support of the con tinued development of Soul City under the management of Floyd B. McKissick, Sr. Following Mr. McKissick, Sr.'s address, Mr; Floyd B. McKissick, Jr., Chairman of the War ren County Democratic Party, spoke on the im portance of the upcoming his friends, she contends. Her son, Lynn, applied for a job at Soul Gty in '78, she said. Mrs. Strud wick stateu that McKissick's wife, told her that the young man was "over educated". Mrs. McKissick could not be reached, but McKissick's son, Floyd Jr., also a Soul City official, said he school bond election and emphasized the need to improve the quality of education in the public schools in Warren Coun ty. He mentioned that im proved education was our community's most impor tant weapon to put our children in a more com petitive position in. today's job market as well as in in stitutions of higher learn ing. It was also felt that a new county-wide high school would be a modern facility capable of attrac ting better qualified teachers to Warren Coun ty and would be capable of offering more pro grams for students. A report was made by Attorney T.T. Clayton on the organization's fund raising and membership campaign., The next meeting for the United Front will be held on August 7, at 8 p.m. at the Norlina Bap tist Church. All interested persons are encouraged to attend. FACTS & Electricity is delivered at nearly the speed of light 186,000 miles a second equivalent to traveling seven and a half times around the earth in one second. Electri city is used at almost the same instant it is produced. m viiij.- mi.. It takes ten to 12 yean to license and construct a nuclear power plant in the US. twice the time it takes in Japan, says the Edison Electric Institute, , because the regulatory process has become tortuous and unpre dictable. Delay can result in unnecessary cost increases of some $120 million a year in construction. One kilowatt (1.000 watts didn't believe his mother is approximately the amount or anyone else at Soul Gty of electricity needed to oper would make such a com- i for one hour. ment. 1
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