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16-THE CAROLINA TIMES SAT., DECEMBER 19. 1981 Anti-KIan Network Supports New Curriculum ATLANTA - The National Anti-KIan Net work's chairman. Rev. C. T. Vivian, announced a major national drive to place a new curriculum on the Ku Klux Klan into public schools across the country. The Network simultaneously issued a harshly worded Open Letter to the Anti Defamation League which recently aired its dissatisfaction with the curriculum in the New York Times. "The recent Klan and Nazi resurgence is having an extremely damaging effect on our young peo ple,", said Vivian. "Klan violence is intended to intimidate the next generation of black adults. And Klan recruit ment among young whites. is a cynical move to more deeply imbed racism in our society." "This is why the cur riculum developed by the National Education Association, the Council on Interracial Books for Children and the Con necticut Education Association is so crucial.' The 72-page in structional kit, entitled Violence, The Ku Klux Klan and the Struggle For Equality, is. geared toward secondary school students. It gives both an historical overview of Klan development and its modern day rejuvena tion. The organizations af filiated with the National Anti-KIan Network, which include branches of the Methodist and Baptist Church, the Na tional Organization of Women, the United States Student Associa tion and major civil rights organizations, have pledged themselves to work at the local level to introduce the cur riculum into the public schools. At present, little information on the Klan and Nazis is included in American school tex tbooks and the Network contends that what is in cluded usually minimizes their danger to society. Commenting on the recent public criticism of the curriculum by the Anti-Defamation League, Rev. Vivian de nounced their notion that the Klan is simply and aberrant group in Administration' Opens Talk On Minority Business WASHINGTON President Reagan ended a recent two-hour brief ing with the MESBIC in dustry leadership by tell ing them of his ongoing commitment to increas ing the economic viabih- maximize trie ettec- tiveness pf t the ad ministration's; overall domestic recovery in itiatives. - r ... Preceding, the Presi- ident, the group heard from Murry Weiden- ty of the tminonty baum, chairman. Coun . business community. In hj Df Economic Ad- addition, ne acknowledged the MESBIC industry and its trade organization, the' Washington-based Alphas Present 4. iKH J .'.A.Vjfe'f OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD Bro. James Butts (standing left) accepts Alpha Phi Alpha's "Outstanding Service Award" on behalf of Bro. Henry Edwards who was unable to attend due to illness. The presentation was made on behalf of the fraternity by Bro. Mack Jarmon of Beta Theta Lambda Chapter. Attorney Maceo Sloan, Jr., (seated left) was the MC of the banquet commemorating 75 years of service by the fraternity. American society. "Frankly, we are shock ed that any intelligent person who' has studied this society can even question the fact that this is a racist society." he said quoting from the Network Open Letter to the ADL. "The Klan and Nazis could not exist for long no less enjoy a resurgance without official and public inac tion and silence. Sadly, many white Americans have bought the myth now perpetuated at the highest levels of govern ment that whites are supposedly losing ground to blacks. Without a widespread belief in such myths, the KKK could not recruit much today." A number of national civil rights organizations as well as prominent clergymen have endorsed the curriculum and publically countered the ADL statements, on racism and the Klan. fund-raising progrram in late 1979. Headed by Announces Commitment From Duke Endowment CHARLOTTE Johnson C. Smith University announced a $2 million commitment from The Duke Endow ment to its major cam paign. Payable over a three year period, the grant is designated for a new $2.9 million residence hall to house 220 students. It is the largest grant in of Dr. Wilbert Green Held. "There is no way," said President Green field, "that I can justly describe the magnitude of this gift, nor our gratitude." 1 "The Endowment has been more than a benefactor. Through its officers and trustees, it has been a friend, caring about our needs and con- the nine year presidency cerns, sharing our ups and downs, and inspiring our confidence and our achievements." Dr. Greenfield has long acknowledged stu ' dent housing as the university's most press ing need. Only fifty per cent of the 1379 students live on campus. With the additional dormitory, 65 per cent will be accom modated'. "Today," he observ ed, "our students want to live on campus and share a sense of family and security." It was this "positive effect" of additional housing on admissions and quality of campus life that persuaded the Endowment decision, said Charles Myers, chairman, committee on educational institutions. "We are pleased," said Myers, on behalf trustees, "that funds available to help this extraordinary were meet need. "We are impressed by the quality and vitality of leadership at Johnson C. Smith University. The trustees, administration, Board of .Visitors and others are solidly com mitted to programs and activities that will enhance the quality of education offered at the university and increase not be made at the cost of needed social programs. Labor, likewise, has renewed its cdrn mitment to a strong national defense but has asserted that, defense increases, should not be made at the t'Ost of -needed social programs. Labor's program is prudent and workable. Yet such a program is virtually without value unless it can be cbm municatcd effectively to all Americans. In this regard the 1981 AFL-CIO Con vention also made important headway. A subtle and. yet potentially momentous change is occurring within the labor movement. Increasingly, trade unions are American Labor Mobilizes (Continued from Page 14) making use of modern technology to max imize their influence on the political pro cess. The labor movement is entering into the modern age with its reliance on televi sion advertising, computerized direct-mail efforts, and public opinion polling to determine the needs and views of labor's constituency. Indeed, the AFL-CIO Convention ap proved significannt funds to be used for the creation of a Labor Institute for Public Affairs. The Institute will aid the AFL-CIO's constituent unions in improv ing their capacity to communicate labor's point of view to the broad public. Significantly, labor recognizes that get ting its message across requires a substan tial commitment of funds. Thus delegates voted a fifty per cent increase in financial support to the labor federation in the next two years. Where all of this renewed energy and effort will lead is difficult to predict. Yet if Lane Kirkland and the AFL-CIO can succeed in channeling the hundreds of thousands of workers who took part in September's Solidarity Day demonstra tion and direct them toward increased ac tivity in behalf of candidates who support labor's program, then our country will be well on the road toward a more humane and responsible society. its capacity for service." "There is also solid evidence," Myers said, "that the community, alumni and friends are supportive." A special committee of Duke Trustees, chaired by Bishop W. Kenneth Goodson, studied the University's needs last summer. "We are especially in debted," said Dr. Green field, "to Bishop Good son and his committee for the recommendations which led to the faith and generosity expressed today." The new dormitory is the second major con struction planned at Johnson C. Smith in the next two years. Architec tural designing has been , completed for a center Founded in for the humanities and ' oldest city the arts, the academic' priority in a master plan . approved by trustees in 1978. 1 The traditional liberal arts university announc ed a ten-year, $20 million American Asociation of Minority- Enterprise Small Business Invest ment Companies (AAMESBIC), for the role they have played in support of his ad ministration's economic recovery program. The President said that the development of capital resources is vital to the growth and strengthening of minori ty businesses and urged the assembled group to continue to make invest ment capital available. Following the President's remarks, Ms. Patricia D. Jacobs, president of AAMESBIC, presented Reagan with the Associa tion's six-point "MESBIC Economic Revitalization Plan which they believe could Chairman John Belk, former Charlotte mayor, the first phase secured $1.3 million from the local corporate com munity in five months. The university has also received $1.4 million in major foundation grants in less than two years. . Johnson C Smith is one of the four educa tional beneficiaries of the perpetual trust established by North Carolina industrialist James Buchannan Duke in 1924. More than $20 million in Duke Endowment grants have been receiv ed over 58 years. Two ex isting buildings, Duke Hall, a dormitory, and the James B. Duke Memorial Library, honor the man and his WSWH.i,'v visers; Nprman B. Ture, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Tax and Economic Affairs; Mrs. Elizabeth Dole, Special Aceicfant tf tfom Proci. dent for Public Liaison; and Ms. Thelma Duggin, Deputy Special Assistant to the President in the Office of Public Liaison. Weidenjjaum gave a report On the administra tion's progress to date on slowing pown the growth of inflation, their con centration on reducing high interest rates and the anticipated economic upturn in Fiscal Year '83 and FY '84 after a relatively short reces sionary period in FY '82. Ture commented on the Treasury Department's efforts to identify and neutralize impediments to business enterprise in the tax structure. Questions from the participants to the ; speakers focused upon the administration's position on .regulatory reform, tax : incentives for small ' business, general minority business economic policy, and, initiatives to expand the involvement by the private sector in the 301(d) investment company program ad ministered by the U.S. Small t Business Ad ministration. The American Association of MESBIC's is an alliance of small business invest ment companies licensed by the Small Business In vestment Act of 1958, to proyide capital to businesses owned by socially and economical ly disadvantaged Amrirans Tntnl nrivate capital investment in the MbsBlC program ex-. ceeds $100 million. . 1521, under San the Juan is American the flag. Premium. Imported -no 9 - siL t ftp. J " 'N.J! " BLACK VELVET 0LENDE0 CANADIAN WHISKY, 80 PROOF. IMPORTED BY 1980 HEUBLEIN. INC.. HARTFORD, CONN. A View From Capitol Hill (Continued from Page 15)' '.Flemming, a former secretary of health, education and welfare (under Dwight' Eisenhower), who had chaired the U.S. Civil Rights Commission for Presidents Nixon, Ford, and Carter, However, Flemming who perceived his job as that of an in dependent, was too serious about his position for the Reagan team. The 76-year-old Flemming is white. He has sup ported affirmative action programs, has insisted that busing is a phony issue attacked by those who still favor school segregation, and he supports the extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Of course, Reagan wants to weaken the Voting Rights Act. Picked to replace Flemming is Clarence Pendleton, director of the San Diego Urban League. Pendleton has been described as a black conservative who, like the President who appointed him. objects to affirmative action programs. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commis sion also has felt the brunt of the Reagan hatchet men.' The President nominated Wilh'am M. Bell. of Detroit, 55, to head EEOC. Bell described as a black businessman, has no legal experience, no civil rights experience, and no noticeable track record as a businessman. He reportedly H the only employee of his current organization, Bold Concepts, Inc. Bell's qualification for the EEOC job, oddly enough, was not his blackness. Instead, It was his support of Reagan in the presidential campaign. This was noted by fellow journalist Carl Rowan who said: "Give Bell six months as head of EEOC and every member of Congress would find reason to say, 'EEOC is a disaster!' Goodbye EEOC!" . Reagan literally wiped out the Community Ser vices Administration, a scaled down version of the old Office of Equal Opportunity. We shouted our alarm over Labor Secretary Ray mond Donovan's announcement in August of the Administration's plans to permit 150,000 of the 200,000 firms with government contracts to bypass formal affirmative action programs and guidelines. 1 repeat now what I said upon learning of the plan: "What President Reagan is planning will take us another step backward into the eighteenth cen tury. This is without a doubt a retreat in social justice." And the retreat goes on! o if "CL o , in M37(2) 'ObviLS Liu ly y viU u Give your parties plenty of good taste with Canada Dry Vodka in the convenient, economical 1.75-liter party size. 19m,StitidWdDtedB,LouviUe,Kortuclcy. Vodlci 80 Proof. 100 Grain Neutral Spirit. V 4 ' 'J' ... ' II M . . ' f CANADA DKY WDKA
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