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Holland f? known to suffer defeat in th< primary election and thereaftei theyjve ytnply waltzed back t( the welcoming arms and comfor ting confines of the Republicai Party, where they felt most com fortable. And they do this uttering nar; a word (at least, not publicly where it might count fo something) of remorse to th black Democrats whi squandered their politica resources in support of them. Oh, by the way, thes Republicrats have another trai which you might find interesting if not downright dismaying When a black Democrat runs fo political office as a representativ of his beloved Democratic Party which outnumbers Republican by about 4- or 5-1, the whit Democrats disappear, and lo an behold, these Republicrats ap pear in the opposing party's col umn in approximately the sam numbers as the "lost whit Democrats." Boy! What a coincidence! Ho\ about that, folks. We lose, say 50,000 white Democrats in a election, and the Republican Pai ty office-seeker gets 50,000 c more vnt^C than th<*r? or w. w ? ??M1I Uivi V Ml registered Republicans (an we've alreadly Counted the Ir dependents.) Result? Scratch on more black Democratic politic; aspirant. And for the doubters please check the results of th Mickey Michaux primary can paign in the state's Fourth Cor gressional District in 1982. Now if all of the aforementioi ed has not sufficiently rattle your political cages and convint ed you of how we've been hust ed, then watch what happer when a white Democrat runs fc office and his opponent happer to be a black Republican. Th Republicrats then disguis themselves once again as (ye you guessed it) Democrats. And once again they begin t preach to all the Democrats, wit special emphasis ou the bla< Democrats, to implore them t hold the party line, to sti< together, that "we need eac other," "it's us against them and all that other good stuff. They 'Move" the blac . * . t Democrat so mucn tnat tney eve go to his most sacred sanctuary i request the help of his blac preacher in the furtherance < their scheme. And some of 01 preachers (bless their innoce: hearts), fall right in line. Had blacks used their mirh instead of just taking the preachers' advice, we just mig have elected Lafayette Jon Lucas From F African governments ha always said that agricultui development is their first prio ty, but until recently few ha really taken food product! seriously. Now that they are, need to provide the type and le1 of assistance needed to cultivi tial. It ic rritirnl that we exami the relationship of emerger food relief, concessionary fo sales and food-for-work pi grams in terms of whether th promote or retard long-te agricultural self-reliance. Ther< an obvious urgency, in times these, to keep people alive providing food relief. 1 motivation may be humane, 1 the effect over time may be erode African self-respect a weaken African resolve to b; development on a strong four* tion of food production. There is a clear risk that may institutionalize Afric dependence on the internatio soup line. It has already happ ed in two or three countries. If we are truly concerned * resolving Africa's food crisis, should pledge whatever fund is necessary to support th< countries which have crossed Rubicon of policy reform and dicated through their actions t they are committed to encour i )m Page A4 s (who happens to be a registered r Republican and a black man, to 5 the N.C. Senate. But, while he was getting over 30,000 white i votes, we black folks decided that we couldn't stomach any of those Republicans, even if one happeny ed to be our only hope in winning , a state senate seat, r Now, let's face it, folks (and e with all due respect to our "black 3 members of the cloth"), the ad1 vice given to black voting parishioners in this most recent e election from some of the pulpits it was indeed just that -- "the pits." ;> Just think about it for a second, folks. Damn near 100 r blacks ran for political office on e the Republican ticket across the state, and (are you ready forN s this?) only only one won. We e ought to feel ashamed of d ourselves as intelligent human be> ings to allow ourselves to be so I- manipulated in the exercise of e one of the most cherished rights e that we have - the right to vote. Finally, dear black voters of v North Carolina, I hope that we \ can someday accept the fact thati n rightly or wrongly, most white folk, be they Democrat or ?r Republican, think white-first e when they enter the voting booths d all across America. Afterwards, l- they might give party affiliation le some thought - if it suits their il needs. s, In the meantime, we dear black ie friends preach party affiliation l- all over the place instead of looki ing at our black candidates (most _ t* t _ t a A oi wnom are overquaimea ior i- the offices they seek) and suppord ting them no matter whether they > .be Democrat or Republican. 1- To do anything less at this is juncture will only magnify our >r lack of political sophistication is when we step inside the voting le booths. e In closing, let me state unes, quivocally that were I a dyed-inthe-wool black Democrat in this to political arena, and one of those th Republicrats (or disappearing :k white Democrats, whichever you to prefer) tried to reassure me that :k there is light at the end of the tun:h nel, I would have to let him know i" that, yes, there is indeed light at the end of the tunnel. :k But I have, finally, my dear m " Republicrat, developed enough to political savvy to know that the :k light of which you speak is an onDf coming train. Lir nt (Carlton Holland was a member of President Carter's transition ds team and served on the Carter iir Mondale national campaign ht staff.) es 'age A4 ve ing smallholder food production, ral For the balance of this century, ri- we and our African partners have ive our work cut out for us. There on are farm-to-market roads to we build, rural storage and milling vel capacity to establish, extension ite services to train, and road, truck to strengthen. There are daiftSH ine and irrigation systems to build, icy improved seeds to test and credit od and marketing structures to ro- develop. ley Every dollar spent on rm agricultural development is a s is dollar we will not have to spend Ike five or 10 years from now on bv food relief. 'he sut (C. Payne Lucas is executive to director of Africare, an all-black, ind non-profit group formed after ase the 1977 West African drought. da- These remarks were taken from a speech delivered before a joint we hearing of the U.S, House Com;an mittee on Foreign Affairs and the nal Select Committee on Hunter J ^ MsWl ing TaauSr ojhuiihh1 ^ JSE. ffliwr hat oo?iu>?? Umdm ho Unh MVi ag s OLDS CUTI Technology that and style tha mi For more information, write: JOB Dept. A. Oldsmobile Division J 920 Townsend, Lansing, Ml 48921 Let's get it together... buckle up. ,pj Hfltl V- :?? ;:J :: JE jK Wl:' MA M 1 of ch&jjee moJu^ |j| IMPORTEDmoWTtttDIHC^ < , "< ' *******& & S 71* t7 '' ' ' ' fc^?* ''"W9 '' ' ' >v ' .. .*' ...: :y ?n " The Chronicle, Thursday, December 6, 1984-Page A5 ^ASS CIERA :'s state of the art t's all Cutlass. here is a special feel A ~ B PRiPKV* >. yv ' /> r V? ?. c jv J? Hr K .: . w R^* fAWeJj ^Mk|P|&W- ' ' ": y -#,-V<:;': ' %: <%?:: v I' '' <: ?. W-V^^jp , . :^K: . ;^^J^SK^?%^ . ?' 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