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* I PAGE 4 ? _ 1 1 1 i iVri *Vt ViV?ViVi%%Vi i% iVC?%%YiV*%VM.Mjv Editorials ! ! ^ V* * The Challenge In Boston ? Is Beyond Busing Issue President Ford's statement last week on busing shocked a great many people and rightly so. At his news conference President Ford said that a court-ordered Jbusiug plan was not the best solution for the "However, say what the feest solution should be! We can understand Mayor Kevin White of Boston who has accused the President of giving aid and comfort to those in Boston who are exploiting the situation there. The President will do much better to lend the prestige of his great office to all the people of Boston by showing that he is not supporting one section and ignoring the i 1 A ? ? ??? ?- ? omer section. Mr. f ora is no more the congress man from Michigan. He is the President of the United States. What he does and \yhat he says as the President are looked upon by many as the thinking of the Government. What the people of Boston need is a time to cool their tempers. The President will be mora helpful to them by telling them that-enough is enough rather than by making statements that may, be construed by many as an encouragement to defy the law. . It has long been a thing of the past in the Southern States for politicians to fan racial hatred for some political gains. It is hoped that those in the North may copy these Southern (examples and put thetn to useful practice. Cheap popularity has a way of backfiring and true leadership is measured not by shortsighted gains dui Dy one:s ability to see beyond the present. Such leaders are like the Writing on the tombstone that withstand the weathers. The actions of a statesman live to be remembered at all times with respect. We do not know why the President choose to make his statement at this time. What we do know is that he can help the people of Boston and Mayor White in many other ways than by saying that he does not agree with the court-ordered busing. Some in Boston may interpret his statement to mean that they are justified in not obeying the law of the land. Hammer in' flank Refuses - To Be Figurehead-? ? Hank Aaron's continued refusal to be a figurehead in baseball s corporate management should be cheered by every black American. Too often "token" blacks are hired in well-paying positions to fill a government quota... and it is about time that qualified blacks start refusing to be hired lor nothing. Many times we are overly demanding of a black, especially in government, who holds a high position land rightly so). However, sometimes that person may not be a part of the decision-making process (which so often happens) and, consequently, he is seen as something other than black. It is abhorring to see someone with the talent to achieve treading water in a position that is. nonlunetional. We all have to eat you might say. But. if once iiijk .. a " wi- a position ana we do not assess its role and function, then we are committing an offense not only against ourselves but against the black race. i aci \ chance Aaron gets to make his position known. Iu> docs so. He knows that an inside corporate "desk" job will mean absolutely nothing. Hank Aaron has a Knowledge of baseball that can best be served in some 1*1 her position outside the "office" THE WINSTON-SALEM CHRONICLE is published every Thursday by the Winston-Salem Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc. 2208 N. Patterson Ave. Mailing address: P.O. Bo* aisi ? vr ^ _ ?- v " ?"o?wu-vxiiciil, i"^l .V/. C / l\3C Phone: 722-8624 Individual copies 20 cents Subscription: $10.40 per year payable in advance (N.C. sales tax included ) Editor-in-chief Ernest H. Pitt Society editor Linda Murrell Business editor Charles T. Byrd Jr. Publisher Ndubisi Egemonye Opinions expressed by columnist in this newspaper do not necessarily represent the policy of this newspaper. . m [ ~ K _ - i sot t>OZ?N G-OATi To Be by Vernon E. National Directoi Watching television film footage of anti-busing riots in South Boston was like taking a giant step backward into the past. The old familiar images of New Orleans mothers spitting at black children entering desegregated schools. anH of ? rock-throwing mobs in Little Rock and other Deep South towns in the 1950s and 60s float up from the memory. Boston's anti-busers have their apologists who spout forth all the old arguments about neighborhood unity, school safety and "unfair burdens of desegregation" but the plain truth is that, whatever their excuses, the opposition to busing is founded on racism. South Boston was festooned with "Nigger, Go Home" signs and buses bearing black children on their way to their new, desegregated schools were attacked by stone-throwing adults who made no attempt to cover up their hatred for black people. If blacks had engaged in some of the practices seen in Boston, they would have been labelled 'rioters," but instead, we just hear about "protesters" or "demonstrators." But violent attacks on black children entering the all-white neighborhood under the guard of hundreds of policemen make it plain that this is a white riot designed to overthrow the rule of law and the decisions of the courts. Northerners ought to wake up to the fact that therp is nn Hif. ference between the U.S. Army enforcing desegregation decisions in Little Rock and the Boston police enforcing similar decisions in South Boston. Both steps were made necessary by violent racism that strives to maintain white supremacy. The South's historic race-baiting has moved North, with vengeance. The riots have also stripped away the double-talk about busing - the elaborate excuses and rationalizations designed to convince people that racism is s, you cm.u I AN' TWO DOZ.E f Equal Jordan, Jrf r of Urban League not a factor in opposition to busing. The rock-thrower in South Boston is out there in the streets because there has been a failure of national leadership over the years to stand up for integrated schools and to help win ac-,: ceptance of the constitutional rights-of all children to an in tegrated education. Former President Nixon, instead of supporting* the courts went on an anti-busing rampage that stirred up violent emotions such as those seen in Boston. The Congress went along too, recently passing an education bill that includes some anti-busing provisions. And the Supreme Court, which produced a long line of decisions declaring segregated schools unconstitutional and supporting busing as a means of integration, joined the crowd this summer with a ruling that bars busing between predominately black urban school districts and white suburban districts. That decision, a narrow 5-4 ruling, did two things. First, it closed off any hope of integrated education for millions of children in center cities and suburbs alike. Second, it provided fuel for the anti-busing crowd in that it gave whitP tirhon rooi/lanf o I ?? ui WWII i VQlU^llVO kilC argument "Why should we have to integrate our schools when the rich people in the suburbs don't have to?" The Court, in erecting barriers to suburban integrated school^, encourages further white flight from the cities and deepens the antagonism of moderate income whites still in the cities. The rage the poor whites of South Boston and similar places feel towards a system that leaves them relatively poor and insecure is turned onto black people, who serve as scapegoats. Instead of working together with black people to make the schools better and the society more just, there people lose themselves in a selfdefeating frenzy of racism. 0 OCTOBER 17, 1974 f' 0 "4 'WfltRf '{T ? THe/ &o? . rws FOR ^ J cows; Sir, It is fascinating and thrilling to tell you how much I am enjoying ? the Chronicle. I was bom in the ?*= Twin-City and I am always pleased for any advancement there. I know you must be proud to see the Chronicle take roots. A very close friend subscribed to it for me. May the Chronicle grow and grow beyond your expectations in the community. Sincerely, Mrs. Annie Lewis Bond Dear Sir: 4-H is for any boy or girl 8-19 years of age. There is a wide variety of 4-H programs, projects, and activities available in Forsyth County for urban. suburban ancT rural youth. 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