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Duke University Library Newspaper Department Durham NC 27706 JESSE JACKSON'S Position On Thejl9SO Dection "Why We Netd A Third Political Force Page 9 , Words Of Wisdom "A kudred cartloads of taxiety will not pay mm evace of debt." Italiaa Proverb "Mea are vaiaed, not for what (hey are, bat for what they teem to be." Bulwer-Lyttoa VOLUME 58 - NUMBER 13 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1980 TELEPHSSS (919) 612-2913 PRICE: 39 CENTS uuu IM1 WW "I rp orrp h h3 L j2 Calls For tlocogdifion. Assistance) flron U.S. " The Zimbabwean message to the world is that "the people could not be bought,- nor in timidated; they knew their real leaders' in the recent Rhodesian elections, Bill Sutherland, American Friends Service Commit tee Southern Africa Representative, said this week. Just back from a six-weeks visit as part of a five-person AFSC team, he said there seems to be a genuine effort at recon--filiation and peace taking place. The veteran ... southern Africa observer said that "Among the first to receive the principal message were the Afrikaner newspapers in the Republic of South Africa which have called upon their government to begin dialogue with 'the real leaders' (the radicals) rather than the homeland leaders and to recognize the ineffectiveness of Man nings and detentions. "Most important," Sutherland said, "was the statement from Die Burger, official 'mouthpiece of the Na tional Party in the Cape Province5, calling for ac tion at 'great speed' because 'he who wishes to keep all, runs the risk of losing aft'." Sutherland called for recognition and assistance, from the United States to the new Zimbabwean government, to be headed Last Day To Register April 8 April 8 is the last day to register in order to be able to vote in the May 6 General Election for the Durham County School Board and the Primary Election for Durham County Com missioners, North Carolina Offices and United States President. Registration books are open at the Board of Elections office in Room 224, Durham County Judicial Building from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Registrations can also be made at the Durham County Library, all branch libraries and the Bookmobile. Call the main library for registration hours. A VOTELESS PEOPLE IS A HOPELESS PEOPLE by Robert Prime "Economic recognition Mugabe, as Minister, aid and of the new. government would help in furthering the excellent start toward reconciliation and peace," he said. ' Sutherland noted that "The- Zimbabwean. (Rhodesian) people have gone to the polls in great numbers, and in those areas where reports were that there was the least in timidation, there you have the greatest number of people voting for Mugabe. Reports earlier were that his party was the greatest intimidator." Sutherland added that there were at least two reasons why the February 27-29 elections finally became the vehicle for a genuine expression of the wishes of the people. "Firstly," he said, "the world spotlight was on Rhodesia about 1,000 observers and press representatives travelled throughout the country, during the campaign, challenging the ir regularities and unfair practices. HANES GIVES UL GRANT FOR SENIOR CITIZENS WINSTON-SALEM Mrs. Mattie Clark (second from right), prasldtnt of tho Piedmont Housing Senior Citizens Association, accepts a check from Robert Radcliffe, vice president of Hanes Corporation, for the purchasing of a ceramic kiln for the senior citizens of Piedmont Housing Development. The buying of the kHn eras made possible through a grant to the Winston-Salem Ur ban League. The kiln will be used by the senior citizens to make cereml Kerns such as tho one pictured on the table. Looking on as Mrs. Clark accepts the grant are (left to right) William Andrews of the Winston-Salem Housing Authority, Alderman Vivan Burke who represents the ward in which Piedmont Housing complex it located and (far right) Thomas Elijah, executive director of the Winston-Salem Urban League. Hanes Corporation made the grant on behalf of its divisions located in Winston-Salem: Hanes Knitwear, Hanes Hosiery, The Bali Company, L'eggs Products, Inc. L'erin Cosmetics, Inc. and Hanes DSD. Oppose Racial Quotas e Court Mm wrong NEW YORK-Two prominent social critics have called on Americans to refuse "an invitation to ' count by race" which, they said, was handed Ndown by the,' U.S. Supreme Court in the Bakke and Weber cases. Terry Eastland, editorial page editor of the Greensboro Record, and William Bennett, an at torney and director of the National Humanities Center, near Chapel Hill, (NC) expressed opposition to racial quotas at a meeting of the Anti Defamation League of B'nai B'rith in New York. Eastland and Bennett, who are co-authors of a book, titled "Counting by Race: Equality from the Founding Fathers to Bakke And Weber" (Basic Books), told ADL's Civil Rights Committee that the Supreme Court was "wrong" in the Bakke and Weber cases. In Bakke, the high court . struck down a racial quota for minority admissions at a California medical school, but ruled that race could be a "factor" in ad mission policy; in Weber, the Supreme Court open ed the door to racial quotas in, private employ ment. In both cases, ADL filed amicus (friendrof-thc-court) briefs opposing racial quotas. At the present time, the Supreme Court has before it another racial quota case Fullilove vs. Kreps' involving a mandatory quota system in the distribution of federal funds for public works projects. ADL has filed an amicus brief opposing the racial set-aside. Eastland and Bennett, who were introduced by ADL's Civil Rights Com mittee chairman Larry M. Lavinsky, a New York at torney, declared that the. Supreme Court went counter to the concept of moral equality as express ed in the Declaration of Independence by suppor ting what they called "numerical equality." "By ruling as it did, the Supreme Court has ex tended an invitation to country race. That invita- !.? tion should be refused," said Bennett. Eastland elaborated: "The Court is asking us to go against what our foun ding fathers taught us, that as Americans, we should treat individuals as individuals." Asked how they would effectively oppose racial quotas in the wake of the Supreme Court decisions', Bennett said that the "first priority is for Americans to stand up and say, 'The Supreme Court is wrong.'" "There must be more and more litigation on the issue," Eastland said, "and it must be put on the political agenda, before our legislative bodies. Otherwise, the issue will just fade away." In their book, the authors argue, that since discrimination is wrong, it tan never be tolerated in any form. They support, true affirmative action to correct past injustices. But they maintain that remedial action to redress past discrimination against blacks and other minorities cannot be based on a "race conscious means... a prescription for disharmony of the races." Bennett told the ADL leaders that despite the Supreme Court decisions, "polls taken of whites and blacks show, that they believe that individuals should be judged by their individual ability and not by the color of their skin. To cheat on this principle, as has been done in the last few years, is to deny that principle. i Arguing that there is always a "more ap propriate question" to ask in regard to school or job admission policy than the color of a man's skin, Bennett said "the question of color is noxious and morally offensive." The authors went on to say that employing racial quotas in job hiring or school adrriissions is "too blunt an instrument" to overcome past discrimina tion. It could mean, they declared, that some minority groups such as American Indians, Asians, Hispanics or Aleuts could qualify en mass for preferential treatment even though some have experienced comparatively little or no discrimination. I 1 It . ti V I v.w .vl I LMi Says GovornnonJ Jot Utilizing Black ColloQoa Rosourcos Or. Speigiwr DR. SPEIGNER NAMED TO TASK FORCE Dr. Theodore R. Speigner, former chair man of the Durham City Board of Education, and Professor Emeritus of Geography at North Carolina Central Universi ty, was recently appointed to serve on the Southern Growth Policies Board's Task Force on southern cities. The purpose of the Continued on Page 2 Federal programs vastly underutilize the resources .of historically black, calr .leges - and universities, asserted Christopher F. Edley, Executive Director of the United Negro Col lege Fund, who addressed a conference of the southeastern Federal Regional Council in Atlanta recently. Edley suggested that by targeting more federal grants for research and development to thd predominantly blacltf schools, federal programs would reach a greater number of minority students, faculty and ad ministrators. The historically black colleges graduate fifty per cent of the black students enrolled in four-year educational institutions. In January 1979, Presi dent Carter issued a memorandum directing the heads of all federal agencies and departments to learn more about black Wins Injunction For Woman In Sexual Harassment Caso WASHINGTON The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission won a temporary restrain ing order (TRO) against a Los Angeles glass com pany barring discharge of a receptionist who had ac cused her boss, the presi dent of the company, of unwelcome sexual ad vances in a complaint filed with the Commission. The president of Golden State Glass Company was ordered to continue pay ing the receptionist's salary, without having to expose her again to the work environment, until a court hearing scheduled for April 21. The motion was filed by EEOC before U.S. District Judge Malcolm M. Lucas of the Central District Court, Los Angeles. ' The woman had filed a sexual harassment charge with the EEOC accusing the president of the com pany of lewd conduct and suggestive contacts and comment. When she was discharged, she filed a complaint with EEOC charging retaliation for having filed the first com plaint. EEOC lawyers then sought a TRO. In granting the TRO, Judge Lucas said that if the fac tual allegations are true, it would indicate that the employer's cojiduct was "egregious." An EEOC investigation of the woman's allega tions of sexual harassment was being conducted when she was discharged on" February 26, 1980, without warning. Several witnesses corroborated the woman's allegations and one former employee said she Uhifo Hooso; Conforonco on fcmilios Slatod Unemployment and its impact on. families, teen age pregnancy, housing, drug abuse and crime are some of the likely topics that will be discussed at the White House Con ference on Families, which is slated to take place in three major cities this summer. The sites are: Baltimore, Maryland, June 5, 6, 7; Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 19, 20, , and 21; and Los Angeles, California, July 10, II, 12. President Jimmy Carter, declaring "the American family is under unprecedented pressure," challenged the White House . Conference on Families, "to see what wej can do, not simply as a government, but as a na tion, to strengthen families." The first of its kind, the Conference calls for broad participation from diverse families across the coun try. The purpose of the White House Conference on Families is two-fold: first, to discuss families; second, to develop recom mendations on these issues for national action by government and major private institutions. Black Americans have been urged to become more involved in every facet of the Conferences. "We are heartened by the number of Black Americans who have become involved in state activities. The number of blacks selected as delegates continues to in crease. We have promised an open process and we will not be satisfied until we have achieved our goal," John Carr, Ex ecutive Director for the Conference stated recent ly. . National Advisory Committeemen Mis. Cor etta Scott King, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, author Robert Hill and others have encouraged . black Americans to take an active role in this un precedented discussion of the family. Interested persons,, should call the Governor's office in their state, or contact the White House Conference on Families, 330 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201, or call (202) 472-3083. Dos't Wait Any Longor! Join Tho tlAACP Today! i too had left the company because of sexual ad vances by the same employer. EEOC attorneys did not ask for the traditional relief of reinstatement, arguing that it would be inappropriate to reinstate the woman in such a working situation. Instead they asked that her salary be continued pending the hearing. The court approved the injunctive relief for the woman under a provision of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act which requires that the Commission establish that a person has suffered irreparable harm and that there is a, need for immediate relief. Commission lawyers argued that few women are willing to come for ward with accusations of sexual harassment against their employer because of fearx)f retaliation. If the Commission cannot assure such persons of protection under Title VII, they said, then such I'omen would be especial ly reluctant to utilize the law in protection of their rights. The judge found" that the Commission baa Continued on Page 6 colleges and to fund ways " in which they could work ,mor9.closely with the coir '.l0M.'? WW Cartfc look office in 1977, federal grants to black colleges totaled' 5.3 per cent of all federal grants to higher education. Three years later; black colleges are receiving less than five per' cent of those funds. "Despite the support of President Carter, the black colleges still lag ifchind predominantly White schools when it comes time for a federal agency to consider grant awards," said Edley. "But our schools are able and determined to work closely with the govern ment on projects to our mutual benefit." The United Negro Col lege Fund's Department of Education and Training Development, funded by the U.S. Department of Labor, is an example of this relatively new partner ship. DETD promotes and develops college level educational and training programs at the nation's 107 historically black col leges and universities. In 1979, over 100 programs were developed that are providing 8,884 young people with training in areas where minorities are vastiy under-represented. ..Through the DETD pro gram the Labor Depart ment is advancing a na tional priority by pro viding new opportunities for young people to prepare for the job market by tapping the predominantly black col leges, a national resource whose historic mission has been to elevate disadvan taged youth to productive and creative citizenship. The resources of the historically black colleges and universities were sum marized in the Institu tional Capability Profile recently complied by the United Negro College Fund. The report is being made available to federal officials. Edley pointed out that a number of grants made routinely by federal agen cies might be strengthened if black colleges were to be included among the reci pients. For instance, many public black colleges are . land-grant institutions 1 with expertise in rural development. Yet, no black college has ever received one of the ntinuedOTPa Former PSO Files Discrimination Charges In Firing A former Durham Public Safety Officer has filed charges of discrimination agaipst Durham Assistant City Manager for Operations Barry DeKastilho, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Jasper Gotham, a PSO between Jury, 1977 and (hearing) was scheduled to ' be held Thursday morning in Raleigh on Go mam's complaint. Gorham says he was dismissed from the force to September, 1979 on the ' basis of a report in his file of October, 1978. He claims he was investigated September, 1979, charged "for nine months beginning uuu uuy treat duck oni- witn tne initiation of the oars different from white Internal Affairs Division in officers," citing the exam- December of 1978." pie of Qm damages to a A fact-finding conference patrol cat February 14, is an investigative forum wnes wtute otticen re moved two light covers causing over $300 in damages, Gorham said "if they had been us, we would nave been charged. A fact-finding conference Chajgt, intended to define the issues, to determine which . elements are undisputed, to clarify issues, to obtain i evidence and to ascertain I whether there is a basis for Negotiated Settlement of
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