I I Winston722-1 Ernest H. Pitt Editor & Publisher ~ Melvin Eaton Circulation Manage Winston-Salem, IM, ( ? ' 1 1 L 11 11111 " " 111 '*' _ * L M B LA ~~ - Use ' ' v There is a rumor going "around East Winston that the East Winston Branch of the library may be closed. It seems that the ?circulation figures for that branch are substantially below that of other libraries. 'If the library closes," one official noted, "It won't be closed by the library board, it will be closed by the community." - - < * - - -- *atL way to?save the Library is to * use it, Defeati Joseph Califano's deci sion to withhold federal funds from the UNC system may defeat the purpose he claims to be serving. The HEW Secretary maintains that he is taking this action to speed up the university's desegregation process, and to. strengthen black colleges. However, if federal funds are withdrawn from the university system, it would seem that all branches of the university -.1 J ## ^ wouia suner. uoes uaiiiano have any control over the way9 in which non- federal money is spent? Suppose his plan backfires, and money is si--~ phoned away from deficient programs to keep ? programs going at State and UNC-CH? We have already stated in a previous editorial that Reminder?V Rep. Delben Li Committee, did sor the national debt: dividual income ta national debt. Tod< vice that debt?a I Things SCO . . .Serve t. washington worlo war i,h of war: dealing under his guid for negro off reacted with of the 24t* inf> > t f .-.^-yrsrSalem Chi 3624 Or 723-98 ISC Gei Ndu ^ ? Afric Saturda MtMbfcK NORTH CAROI INA | ^ ^CK PUBLISHERS' ASSOCL It Or Lo { "It's funny," noted i library staffer, "how the people who make so mucf noise about losing the library are not the one? who use it," Since April 2-8 is Na^ tional Library Week, there could hardly be a more appropriate time to take advantage of the library'i free services. Get a mem bership card. Check out ? book. The East Winston Li brary may not be . ai accessible as it once was thanks to Redevelopment ing His I the HEW ruling,eiimina ting duplication of programs would hurt students of both races. 11 education or nursing: foi example, were only offered at one institution, and it happened to be Elizabeth City or Fay etteville, then black stu dents here would suffei from the inaccessibility ol courses just as much ai the students at UNC-G 01 Asheville. Califano's sweeping reforms seem intended tc bring about overnight changes in the system changes which not everybody wants. Many blacks vigorously oppose the loss of their school's racial identity. The reforms 8eem~~aimed at an end result without heeding the havoc that will occur in the interim: students educaVe're Still in Debt it la (R.-Ohio), a member of ne figuring and came up with tl Eight years ago, an average c x return was applied to payin* iy. an average of $707 of ever] 09 per cent rise. Ton Should ^' IV* ?2't(L. % DAS SECRETARY TO BOOKER AT TUSKEGEE/fa 1917 OURIN' E BECAME ASSISTANT SECV 3 WITH ARMY SEGREGATION 1 ANCE WAS SET UP THE FIRS1 * . ICERS AT FT Q?? MOINES, \( RACE RIOTS ft IN HOUSTOH XNTRY WERE COURT-MARTI/ I ^ RONICLE 63 iac Carree.ll Teral Manager ibisi Egemonye :an Correspondent y April Z, 1978 ft--?^ T1 ..S I?= *TION >se It i But those neighborhoods ? are being rebuilt ? slowly. 1 If the community can ? make an extra effort to use j the East Winston library in the meantime, the pro blem will solve itself in the ? long run." *g % The community can 3 save the East Winston ' Library simply by using it. 1 * Visit the library and read a magazine or check out a - book. All it will cost you is 3 time. East Winston lost its , hospital ? have you got time to save its library? 'urpose i 0 tpH in nwiflrromo - because funds are cut off; students deprived of opf portunities because proL grams are eliminated; standards lowered for , quote requirements are i raised beyond the hopes - of students who could - previously have been adr mitted. All these effects f could result from the i Califano decision. We agree with the criticisms leveled at the Califano decision by Rep. Steve Neab Neal staT ; ted: " . . . It will be HEW, and not the state of North i Carolina, that has de-; prived many young people, both black and white, of their right to obtain l:_I -J iiuaiitjr mgner education at the campus of their choice." the House Budget lese eye openers on )f S263 of every in5 the interest on the 1 return goes to seri kjww^ - - * C ' I G 7 *ERE ft ABROAD j r TRAINING CAMP DWA /THESOUTH TEX 64 NEGROES OED ON NOV 1,1917/ From The Desk 0 By T D1ANNE BELLAMY S MALL North Carolina State Youth Conference President, NAACP A job is an act, by which a person can obtain money, experience and position for living in society. Snce having a job affects how much money you can make and the experience you receive, it places you in the socio-econonvc order of tilings. It is your responsibility to know what you _are capable of doing, what kind of job you want and where you are going in the job market. It is time now for young people seeking jobs to get out and start placing applications. If you have already begun that's great, if you have not, it's high time to get moving. Jobs are going to be harder to find now because people are not hiring, people are not quitting their jobs and money is vcij right. It w*i! be important that, as yciu. seek employment, vou be aware of a few things. Your appearance, your ability to fill out an application and your ability to conduct yourself in art interview will have some bearing on ~ 'wtieror you'gra'iap'anttmekuia'&rjdbyoocan W-?= irrust conform to. It is no ? eood to-ffo4o<>k?m> fnr o ir>h m w o D " * " J V W * * cornrows or plaits. It is no good to go looking for a job if your body odor offends people. It is no good to go for a job with the clothe ^-lav hnskrtbn^irj.. A suit-rrrrd tre-rrrrirc:. a skirt or dress, butaon't try to look like "Su per Ely" 01 "Foxy B rown." - Wh atever you wear it should be cleean -pressed and neatly worn. I guess you say every body-knows that but I challenge you go to down to the Employment Security Commission in your area and see how people come in looking for jobs. Once you get to the employment office, in most instances j you have to fill out an application and, if nothing else, you have to sign yourname. Many applications are made lengthy to frustrate and discourage you. So you need to be alert, -till 1?EG ^^3 - J? : - LET NO MAN PI m To Be Eqi Vernonw A New Civ "Under the leadership of Secretary Patricia confirn Harris, the Department of Housing and Urban HUD fc Development has moved swiftly to ensure the best neighb( use of scarce federal urban funds. income 1 The Community Development Bloc Grant That'; program is the centerpiece of federal efforts to aid after ta the cities. It replaced categorical grants-federal incre?se grants for specific projects and programs. Under poorer the bloc grant system, the government transfers were ord money to the cities with few strings attached. Then, Naturally, local officials preferred this way of on the i doing business. They could use the money in requiring almost anv wav thev felt their cities needed it. . ?' * ' . nave u without the complex federal restrictions that had moderat* tied their hands in the past. Man> c 1 a i m i n The only problem was, the money wasn't flexibilit reaching poor and moderate income consist* neighborhoods. The law creating the bloc grant class nei system stipulated that's where the bulk of the i m p r o \ money was supposed to go, but there was little intended enforcement. _ By In 1975, the National Urban League conducted overwhel a survey of how the bloc grant system was thrust working in 24 cities. The results were depressing. neighbor Not more than half of the Community be impr< Development funds were going to the continue neighborhoods that needed them most, and of Man those, about a third were used for land clearance p e r c e n projects to prepare for uses that would generally preservin benefit higher income people. Then HUD itself t^e ^ analyzed the results ot the program and regulati |f The President have plenty of time and read with understanding before you start writing. Look at the application betoie >ou begin wilting Sometimes at the top in a corner or in fine print, you will find the words, "Print in Ink" and many people see this alter they have begun to write the answers on the application. If youdo not understand what the application s asking, ask somebody. Try to be neat and complete. It you are unsure ot how to fill out an application, ask to take it home and bring it back the next day. Then get someone to help you fill the application out correctly. An application filled out the wrong way will probably get little or noconsiderationind it leads the employei to believe that perhaps you are not capable ol doing the job. .An interview can help you or hurt you. Never lie in an * , v>, j ?... j .i- 1.. ? * iiiibi . rvio?ti u.? y y->u uMUitdianu IHCHI, c c? i don't ramble. Leave the street language outside. If you donvt know how to use, "went," "came." "is." "I," "myself," find "t. pivsctr is wTmig.flnri flhnulri to avnirisri. PwVt fr"" aTrni'rt "in Innt i! tiiA round declining resources goingto the projects. This en: 3rhoocis occnpred by low and moderate^ resources targeted "amilies. areas woul d t ruly > where Secretary Harris came in. Shortly there, king office she implemented policies to yjie fjnaj regulati the amount of bloc grant funds going to \ anj now ^ave t^e areas. HUD staff all across the country officials' desire for I ered to follow new targeting policies. primacy of aid to 1c the Secretary proposed new regulations aDolication* will J J - - ? ? ~ *? W ?? <> I jse ot Community Development funds, three-fourths of the \ that three-fourths of the grants would and moderate incon a be used for the benefit oflow and applications will be I j income families. reviews. ' local officials took a negative view. Flexibility is prt ig the regulations would remove the t0 certify that not y they once had. Chiefly that flexibility grant monies w id of putting improvements into middle low-income peop ghborhoods to win votes at election time, show that the lc rements paid for with federal funds purposes derjves fr, for lower income neighborhood communities anc contrast, community groups planning process th mingly supported the Department's new income people , By targeting funds into poorer hoods, the lives of their residents would Applications pro aved and the neighborhoods saved from percent of the gt d decline. . income people will I y pointed out that the proposed 75 7} - new ml. t rule would end past abuses while makjng federal fun( ig plenty of local flexibility in the use of the Secretary is to ds. Almost as important, the proposed making HUD's poli ions included stronger administrative in need of federal ai mm >^r v ^H ' ^ftshwdu T. Dianne Bellamy-Small Congress ? ? Wir Hill For those ot us who had U^%>%?* J ?>% ??^?m/v f Un w% ilnn. UVV11 Ui V/UUUl^ ViAV 4 I ?>?W4A nium, foreseeing dwindpast fixed incomes, there is good news. Congress has just passed a bill prohibiting j>rivafce buni- nesses from forcing employees to retire before age seventy. The federal goverment cannot forcibly r retire its employees at any age. Considering that the Chairman of the House Aging Committee is nearing eighty, and that the word Senate is Latin for "old" (with a substantial number of its members * qualifying for the title), it is hardly surprising that such a bill would pass. ?Historically, some?of?? the world's greatest achievements have been accomplished by the elderly. Picasso~was still paintingat 90; George Bernard? Shaw wrote a play at 93; Churchill wrote his "History of hte English-speaking People" at 82; and Schweitzer head a hospital in Africa at age 89. It was unfair to arbitrarily declare a person unfit to work because of his age. Sixty-five is just a little over half way in the lives of many. It is nice to see that it is no longer considered "the end." Economically speaking, this measure could be a blessing for all ages. It will give senior citizens the opportunity to stay financially independent;? relieving the burden from the state or the children of the elderly. 7 yThis law restores -the? nignity lo oia age, and restores to the country one of its greatest natural resources: the wisdom of its elderly. 2 quality of the bloc grant" sures that, for the first time, to low and moderate income benefit the people who live ions were published on March force of law. They meet local flexibility while preserving the \\uetr v 1 -rrw. inhume areas. rNow grant have to certify that at least grant will directly benefit low le persons and approval of the followed up with performance Jserved by allowing applicants less than fifty percent of the ould be used to benefit le, but applicants will have to >wer percentages for these om the special needs of their 1 that it was arrived at in a at included low and moderate iposing to spend less than 50 ants for the benefit of lower se turned down. s are a major step forward in is relevant to urban needs Mid be commended for her role in cies responsive to those most d.