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Page A14-The Chronicle, Thursday, November 15, 1984 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIltllllllllllllllllllllllHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIMUIIIIIIMIMIIIIIIIIHinillMMniMMIIIIIIIIIIIillllllllllllllillllllllMlinilllllllllilllllllllllllMlllllilMMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiniMIIMIIIIMMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMI Reassessing the party From Page A3 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii “My greatest disappointment was that Lafayette Jones was not elected North Carolina senator and I have much difficulty understanding why that could happen,” says Cavanagh. “The black population of Winston- Salem has denied the Republican Party of hearing the thoughts and in-depth opinions of a black senator who could have given us valuable input regarding the plight of black people, their con cerns, their desires....” Jones Shortchanged Cavanagh says he has trouble understanding why black voters, who preach about the lack of black elected officials, would not support Jones. “Makes me wonder out of which side of the mouth black people speak,” says Cavanagh. “Black people would have in fluence over Lafayette Jones and the Republican Party if they allowed him to win and it would have enhanced the Republican Party in understanding the needs of black people.” In Jones’ own precinct, St. Stephens, he garnered only 122 votes to Ward’s 590 and Kaplan’s 540. “That’s pathetic,” Jones says. “It hurts me and I just have to shake my head because I know my people helped me lose.” The only black candidates who won in Forsyth County were Dr. C.B. Hauser and Annie Brown Kennedy, both of whom repre sent single-member state House districts. Single-member districts, say Little and County Commis sioner Mazie Woodruff, were what saved Hauser and Kennedy, but the two single-member districts removed the majority of the black voters from the three- member 39th House district, spelling defeat for white Democratic incumbents, Margaret Tennille, Tom Womble and R.J. Childress. Many people, says Little, have criticized the formation of single-member districts and chastised him for designing them. “It’s true that, had blacks re mained at-large, Margaret Ten nille, Tom Womble and R.J. Criteria Childress would have won,” Lit tle said. ‘‘But Hauser and Ken nedy would have lost. Hauser would not have come close and Kennedy would have maybe plac ed sixth (in a race where only five could win). I would have prefer red to see them (the three whites) go than to see Kennedy and Hauser left at home. We must look out for ourselves.” Adds Little: “Single-member districts are not responsible for them losing; they were defeated by white Democrats -- the same white Democrats that elected Jim Martin, Jesse Helms and Ronald Reagan.” Says Woodruff: “We have always protected the Democratic Party. We have been the mainstay of the Democratic Par ty and this election proves it. I hate that we lost good people.” Though Woodruff, the county’s only black commis sioner, says she also hates that fellow Democrats like Mabel Holton and Neal Bedinger lost, black people were not responsible for those losses. “I don’t know what caused their demise,” says Woodruff. “The black community gave them votes, but it was the rural vote that did it. The rural vote went Republican.” mon. It’s true, says Cavanagh, that many of the Republicans who won last Tuesday won on the merits of Reagan, but many others, he insists, were viable candidates themselves. “Obviously Reagan had a pro found effect on specific races in North Carolina and Forsyth County,” says Cavanagh, “although we had sought long and hard for a well-balanced, ar ticulate candidate slate that made it easier for people to vote Republican and still feel they were going to be well- represented.” But Parmon maintains that most of the Republican can didates who won did so because they held on tight to Reagan’s coattails. “Why did Reagan have a tail on his coat that long?” says Par mon. “He appealed to the racist people who are saying, ‘We want America back to the old days.’ Voters Pick Party Democratic incumbent Bedinger lost to Republican in cumbent Richard Linville and newcomer Forest Conrad, giving the Republicans a 3-2 edge on the county commission. The only Democrat to survive that race was James Ziglar. And in a special election, Holton lost to Democrat-turned-Republican David Drummond. Drummond lost in the Democratic primary in May, but switched parties and won the general election. The county commission race involved voting along party lines rather than the choosing of in dividual candidates, says Par- “I feel like the Democratic Party in the past has been the one to give us the gains we have and I’m not one to jump ship. That’s why the Democratic Party is in the shape it’s in now; too many have jumped ship.” iMIllllllllllllllllllllllilHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIliUlllllllllllllll From Page A1 lliiiiiiiiiiiillltiiiiiiiiiiiiilillllillllllllllliliiiitiimuiii work with people, be tolerant of differences of opinion and be able to develop institutional rela tionships with the community. Ingram said she isn’t sure the search committee will seriously consider the faculty criteria, but she said she hopes it will. Copies of the criteria were sent to all faculty members, the facul ty search committee, the WSSU board of trustees and Dr. William Friday, president of the University of North Carolina system. One way to assure that the list receives some consideration, said Ingram, was to release it to the press. “This is one way to hold the search committee accountable,” she said. Most of the comments listed, Ingram said, are in the same language used by the persons who submitted them. She said they didn’t want to edit them because they then might not reflect what the individuals actually felt. “We tried to keep it objective,” she said. “In some instances, some people wanted the chancellor to be black and others wanted a white chancellor. We eliminated those things because we are an institution that doesn’t discriminate. But the ma jority of the faculty want the in stitution to remain predominant ly black.” The chancellor search commit tee will hold a public hearing on Monday, Nov. 19, at 3 p.m. in the WSSU board of trustees meeting room to give the univer sity and community an oppor tunity to say what they want in a chancellor. INTRODUCTION TO WORD PROCESSING ENROLL FOR A BRIEF TYPING COURSE - LEARN KEYBOARO COR RECTLY. AN IMPORTANT AID FOR WORO PROCESSING, KEYPUNCH AND USING ELECTRDNIC TYPEWRITER COMBINING BASIC STEPS, ACCURACY AND SPEED FOR PRODUCTION, WHICH IS BENEFICIAL CONCERNING BETTER EMPLOYMENT. CLASSES IN WORD PROCESSING BECOMING ACQUAINTED WITH CONCEPTS. AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO LEARN THE ALL-IMPORTANT WORO PROCESSING APPLICATIONS, TERMINOLOGY, VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR AND SPELLING. m ARE TAKING APPLICATIONS NOW.... CALL IMMEDIATELY FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION....CLASSES BEGIN JANUARY, 1985. £/\/\aJ^£.an i ajifiLc and tutoring cSe. WINSTON-SALEM. N. C.. 27101 PHONES: 722-8372 Bennie McBride What can Bennie do? 1. Match you to just the right new or used car at the right price. 2. Make sure your new car fits your budget. 3. Help you finance your car at just the right monthly payment. 4. Be available when you or your car need attention. Bennie can do it all! /mDiM 722-4197 West Fourth and Broad Democrats Woo White Voters “People were voting on per sonalities and not issues. People were listening to a lie and swallowing it whole.” Why the Republicans won and the Democrats didn’t will be debated for the next four years, says Parmon. But, while the Republicans revel in their win, Parmon says, the Democrats will get down to business. While the Democratic Party is revamping. Little said, its number one priority will be deter mining how to woo back the white worker who has deserted the party. “The question will be how to get the white worker back to the Democratic Party,” says Little. “Blacks will become less visible and be less vocal. Blacks will be ignored. Our loyalty will be taken even more for granted and that disturbs me to no end.” While black people may take a back seat in Democratic ac tivities, Cavanagh says, the Republican Party will actively seek black support. “The black population will be pleasantly surprised and they will not be x-ed out, but will be sought out,” says Cavanagh. “(We will) try harder to involve the black population ... but black people have to reach out. We will prove we are fair and woo black people to a position to open their eyes and see both sides.” Thank you for your continued support. I look forvvQfj to serving you again in the North Carolina Senate. Mgrvin Word Shoplifters took an estimated $1.25 billion of groceries from supermarkets last year. “As a people, we (blacks) have to assess where our future is,” said Parmon. “The Republican Party does not embrace the blacks. 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