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dispute we have had with the
NAACP up to the time of this
understanding has purely and
simply been a matter of the
details and implementing our
basic agreement on equality of
opportunities.
14As frequently happens in
negotiations of any kind, once
the parties got together and met
again to attempt to iron out the
differences in their two initial
proposals, this was accomplished
and has resulted in the understanding
reached today.'*
However, McKinley and Food
Lion had earlier insisted that the
chain would not sign such a pact
because it would jeopardize the
chain's low prices. Food Lion officials
also contended that the
boycott had had minimal effects
on sales.
Fred Rasheed, the NAACP's
director of economic development,
said the NAACP and Food
Lion had been negotiating secret
ly since last Thursday. The two
parties reached the agreement
early Saturday morning before
the rally.
Under the agreement, Food
Lion will increase the number of
blacks in its management training
program from a present total of
79 to 158 by 1987, Rasheed told
reporters.
The NAACP originally had
asked for total of 202 managers
by 1986. The civil rights
organization had requested the
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prefer not to think that Mr.
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ignorant and arrogant. These
have all been direct criticisms of
-me.
"Basically, Mr. Cavanagh has
nothing to do with the running of
the Democratic Party," she said.
"It's not rutTby Mf. Cavartagh
and what he thinks I should do."
But Cavanagh said his criticism
is not directed at Parmon personally.
"She is a super lady and I'm
#ot attacking her and it's hard
; for people to see that,"
Cavanagh said. "I'm attacking
the concept of her trying to play
two roles ? one partisan and the
other nonpartisan."
If Parmon intends to coordinate
the voter registration drive
with money from the Democratic
Party, Cavanagh said, fine. But
if she does it with money from a
nonpartisan group, he said, he
sees a conflict of interest.
Parmon has applied for a
$3,500 grant from the Voter
Education Project, a nonpartisan
organization based in Atlanta. If
she receives those funds,
Cavanagh said, she'd be using
them in a campaign that is biased
in favor of Democrats because
Parmon is a Democrat.
"That's not anything illegal,"
said Parmon. "There is nothing
written or implied that a party
chairman cannot coordinate
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be raised from seven to 27, store i
managers from 10 to 25, assistant 1
managers from seven to 30, <
management trainees from five to 1
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Rasheed said Food Lion will i
increase its purchases from
minority firms as well. Last year, 1
Food Lion purchased $653,000 <
from minority vendors. * (
In addition, Food Lion agreed i
to work with minority financial
institutions, such as the National (
Bankers Association and the National
Insurance Association. !
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organizations can expect to 1
receive additional contributions
from the company, he said. <
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by Food Lion,'* Hooks said. 44By
working with us for the sue- i
cessful conclusion of these 1
negotiations, Food Lion has i
demonstrated that it understands
that providing and improving
equal opportunities for blacks
and minorities is good business.
"We expect to work faithfully
with Food Lion to implement this
agreement so that all may benefit
from the progress it offers."
Rasheed said NAACP and
Food Lion officials will meet
within the year to monitor the
progress of the agreement.
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"Part of the job as a party
chairman is to try to register as
many Democrats as possible."
"What he was really saying
-was that I can't be nonpartisan/'
Parmon said. "Me resigning
from the chairmanship doesn't
mean I will cease being a
' Democrat. He's just trying to get
publicity."
Parmon said her position with
the voter registration campaign
will involve coordinating the effort.
By law, elected officials and
party officials are prohibited
from being registrars, she said.
"I can't be a registrar," she
said. "All I can do is coordinate
and recruit registrars. I can't
register people. What he's saying
doesn't hold water.
"Besides, even the registrars
are partisan," she said. "Some
are Democrats and some are
Republicans."
But Parmon's role within the
party makes her more of a
Democrat than someone who is
just registered with a party,
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"The chairman of the party
speaks for all Democrats and
Republicans whether they like it
or not," Cavanagh said. "Even
their presence at certain meetings
is an implication."
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igreement," said Rasheed. 44It
las the potential of providing in:reased
economic opportunity
:or blacks.'*
The NAACP members had
gathered from across the country
n anticipation of a long boycott.
After a brief meeting at the
Radissori Plaza Hotel, they walkid
three blocks to Mt. Moriah
Church, which holds a life
membership in the NAACP.
The audience sang "We Shall
Overcome" and "Lift Every
Voice and Sing," as well as other
songs reminiscent of gatherings
held during civil rights marches in
the 1960s. An NAACP lawyer
:onducted a brief session on the
laws governing picketing near
businesses and shopping malls.
Many had prepared for a long
campaign against Food Lion.
Others had prepared to go to jail.
But Hooks, dressed in a blue
suit, white shirt, and red and
white Adidas tennis shoes, called
off the boycott in dramatic
fashion.
The pact ended two years of
talks that started in August 1982,
after Region V of the NAACP
sent letters to the Food Lion,
Harris Teeter, Winn-Dixie and
Piggly-Wiggly grocery chains.
Food Lion was the last to resDond.
In August 1983, Tom Smith,
president of Food Lion, told the
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Despite Cavanagh's charges,
Parmon said her efforts to design
and coordinate a full-time voter registration
drive will continue.
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part-time voter registration
drives with most of the work left
up to the weekends," said Parmon.
"1 took this job to coordinate
an on-going everyday
event. We will be registering people
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Share agreement because the
company already was pursuing
internal affirmative action goals.
In January, the NAACP voted
to boycott Food Lion, but
discontinued its plans for a
boycott after the company agreed
to "good faith" talks.
The two sides exchanged proposals,
but in July talks broke
down and the boycott began.
Winston-Salem's NAACP
chapter was one of the most ac
tive during the boycott, picketing
the Waughtown store in July and
announcing plans to do the same
at the store in the East Winston
Shopping Center.
The NAACP's Operation Fair
Share campaign started in
December 1981 as a central program
in the organization's drive
to gain economic opportunity for
blacks. The main objectives of
the program are improved affirmative
action goals, more promotions
of blacks to executivelevel
positions, more investments
in black financial institutions,
more philanthropic contributions
to black organizations and more
blacks on corporate boards.
The organization so far has
signed seven agreements with
supermarket chains and another
15 with other companies, including
public utilities, since the
program was launched.
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but at her own expense.
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I will look other places," j
she said.
When asked about the
possibility of her resigning ' as *
chairman of the Democratic Party,
Parmon said, "No way."
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