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ERNEST H.
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ELAINE L. PITT RO||N A
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An arrogant <
We are not privy to the inn
Avenue and Metropolitan YM
? especially where personnel
now may be termed as the fore
Director Richard Glover are c
We have, however, seen an<
something is wrong here and
The Metro board has appa
make decisions such as the
without sufficient consultatioi
Board of Management and wi
board's jurisdiction. What's i
The Metro board last spring
Winston Lake YMCA facility
terson building. Because of s
tended, the Metro board dete
corners in the facility, but w
with the full Patterson board
Only once this newspaper n
Metro board change its course
for Winston Lake to be the fii
promised during citywide fun
Now the Metro board wan
cording to some board memb
opportunity to step down or I
suiting the Patterson board. 44Richard
had no choice,"
We can't fairly judge Glovei
the Patterson Y durinc his nir
on the outside looking in. Ma
performance. Many others w<
But we fully endorse the F
draft a letter expressing its out
the decision-making process ?
to Metro board President Wil
And we wonder if the Metr<
what it has done and the poss
Tussles between predomin,
and central governing boar4*
YMCAs in Miami, PorrsiffOt
Va., and Mobile, Ala." have
ches and become independent
What's more, representati
YMCA, a black branch in Gi
son Y during its called board
have shown more than passi
here.
Once again, we cannot mak
against Richard Glover at tl
presumptuous enough to try.
The Patterson board, howe
put into Glover's future. If t
Metro board, which has hea*
problems at the Glade Street
molestation case, will be in f
ought to respect black people
Crosswinds
Apartheid
From The Philadelphia Tri
Now that the Reagan adm
the protests mounting in W
' ^roup of conservative friends
decided to attack the protests
" '^asrat^^ntissuedFrithj
head of the New Right Consei
apartheid protests in the Un
disastrous" and could lead
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oouin Ainca.
Phillips, who admitted tha
ment that allows a small \
millions of Black Africans is "
preferable" to a majority, Bla
be friendly to the Soviet Unic
Larry Pratt, executive dire
America group, called a p
"evidence" linking Nobel lai
to efforts to violently overthn
in Pretoria. For Pratt, Bishop
to the establishment of an "a
Africa.
Such groups as the conservj
fort able position indeed, a
Phillips, a conservative who w
his right to vote, to speak ou
others of the validity of his p
law and international affairs,
to another oppressed people.
According to news reports,
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DAMS MICHAEL PITT
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disregard
er workings of the Patterson
CA boards, nor should we be
matters such as what clearly
ed resignation of Patterson Y
. i
UI1CCII1CU.
d heard enough to know that
it needs to be corrected,
rently taken it upon itself to
attempted ouster of Glover
^ with the Patterson YMCA's
th arrogant disregard for that
nore, it's not the first time.
5 planned cutbacks in the new
r, which will replace the Patihortfalls
in funding, it conTmined
that it needed to cut
'ithout discussing the matter
lade the matter public did the
; and suddenly find the means
st-class facility that had been
draising drives,
ts to replace Glover and, acers,
gave Glover the dubious
oc fired - again without con
one board member told us.
r's performance as director of
le-year tenure because we are
iny things we know about his
s don't.
>atterson board's decision to
rage at being left out again in
ind to have it hand-delivered
lliam Clingman.
3 board realizes the gravity of
iible long-range implications,
antly black YMCA branches
^aft-not new. In fact, black
fttl, Norfolk and Lynchburg,
severed ties with white brant
entities.
ves from the Hayes-Taylor
reensboro, visited the Pattermeeting
Thursday night and
ng interest in what happens
e a personnel judgment for or
lis point, nor should we be
ver, has every right to have in:hat
right isn't respected, the
iaches enough with financial
YWCA and a Dendinc child
or a painful lesson in why it
: more.
I's boosters
bune.
inistration has begun to hear
Washington and elsewhere, a
; of the Pretoria regime have
TV"Beer^7?*rwaf^^
vative Caucus, said that antiited
States were 4'potentially
to a communist takeover in
t. even for him. the cnvem
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vhite minority to dominate
imperfect," fouhd it "clearly
ck-led government that might
>n.
jctor of the Gun Owners of
>ress conference to present
treate Bishop Desmond Tutu
3w the white-minority regime
Tutu's statements could lead
Atheist slave state" in South
atives are put into an uncomnd
by their own rhetoric,
ould reject encroachments on
t and to attempt to convince
>ositions on government, the
cannot grant such freedoms
the Gun Owners themselves
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By MANNING MARABLE
Syndicated Columnist
Even before the November
elections, President Reagan's
advisers perceived the specter
of the coming economic recession
and they relentlessly and
successfully distorted the truth
before American voters.
All throughout the campaign,
the incumbent affirmed
that taxes would be raised only
"over my dead body." Administration
officials projected
the 1986 fiscal year
deficit at $172 billion and denounced
Walter Mondale for
promising to raise taxes.
Once safely re-elected,
Reagan's aides admit that the
real federal deficit will be at
least $200 billion and that the
1983-84 economic recovery
has begun to go flat.
Economists on Wall Street and
in Washington agree that the
country has slumped into a
"growth recession" ~ the
economy continues to create
new jobs, but at a reduced
rate, and unemployment levels
begin to rise.
In the past six weeks, the
signs of the "growth recession"
have become undeniably
clear. On Nov. 20, Reagan administration
aides "revised"
the U.S. economy's growth
rate in the last quarter from
3.6 percent down to 1.9 percent.
Housing starts fell 9.8
percent in October to the
Party mu
By WILLIAM MARTIN
Special to the Chronicle
(The following is an open letter
to the N.C. Democratic
Party by the black state
senator from Guilford County)
I am uneasy about discussions
related to the future
course and "reformation" of
the Democratic Party.
I am concerned that there is
a trend toward further
obliteration of any substantial
"differences itrfhe positions of
the two major parties.
We need lines of definition
that clearly portray those
things in which we believe and
for which we must fight within
and outside the party structure.
We must make our views
known, understood, accepted
and promoted. This requires
principled commitment and
dedication; this requires a willingness
to be out on a limb.
If we are,rt5t strong in this
conviction, regardless of what
we sav. in suhstanre th*?rp will
really be only one party having
two subdivisions for reasons
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lowest level since December
1982.
Retail sales throughout
November were sluggish, and
the U.S. automakers announced
a 14.2 percent decline in
new car sales in the last 10
days of the month, compared
to last year's sales. Unemployment
figures declined slightly,
but after the Christmas season
sales, hundreds of thousands
of newly-employed workers
will get the axe.
President Reagan's dilemma
is of his own making. For six
solid months, the aging actor
pilloried Mondale as the pro
phet of "defeat, decline and
despair." He promised that
there would be no cuts in
Social Security or public housing
and he declared that
Americans were in the midst
st stick to pn
that are purely political. This,
in my opinion, is undesirable
and contrary to the purposes
for which separate parties
have emerged in the United
States and throughout the
world.Although
persons develop
loyalty to parties because of
tradition or for opportunistic
reasons, it is my firm belief
that primary loyalty should be
to the principles, philosophies .
"If one cannot stand up for
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then he lacks commitment o
firm."
and goals that are pronounced
and put into effect. If there are
not significant differences between
the parties with regard to
principles, philosophies and
goals, there are not compelling
reasons (except for purely
political and opportunistic
ones) for persons to develop or
nurture any party loyalties,
- because then, there is no need
for the Darties to even exist as
separate entities.
There is nothing wrong with
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of "the best economic
recovery in almost 30 years."
The fact that unemployment
rates exceeded 7.5 percent and
that the number of poor people
had soared by more than
six million during his first term
were conveniently ignored.
After the Gipper's votes
were safely counted, the evasions
and outright lies were
abruptly halted. Administration
functionaries, led by
Budget Director David
Stockman, unleashed a masive
offensive to demand that
Americans tighten their belts.
Proposals included a five
percent pay cut for all federal
employees, numbering over
two ^million; reductions in
farm subsidies and college
loan programs; and cuts in
health benefits to the elderly,
military veterans and the poor.
Under the cover of a modified
"flat tax," corporate taxes in
most instances would be
reduced. The bloated Pen
tagon budget, which creates
the fewest number of jobs for
the capital expended, is allowed
to grow even fatter.
The aggressiveness of
Reagan's economic campaign
contrasts so sharply with his
"good news" platitudes of
several weeks ago that even
hardline conservatives in Congress
are being nonplussed.
Georgia Republican Rep.
Newt Gingrich declared bluntPlease
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being able to present and accentuate
clear lines of demarcation
between the parties. If
one cannot stand up for that
which he believes to be right
when his viewpoint is not the
prevailing one, then he lacks
commitment or his convictions
r:
axe nui in in.
The N.C. Democratic Party
has exhibited a knee-jerk reaction
to the recent campaign
period and elections. There
that which he believes to
the jwvailwgoner ~
r his convictions are not
have been many statements
made to the effect that the party
is "perceived" as being too
liberal, and that we must
"become" or "be perceived as
becoming" more conservative,
because that is the direction in
which America and North
Carolina are headed.
If our commitment to principle,
philosophy and goals is
clear and sound, there is no
reason for us to be disturbed
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Wasl984 I
really a I
bad year? I
By JOHN E. JACOB
Syndicated Columnist
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The year started with
another federal budget planning
cuts in lifeline programs
for the poor and it is,ending up
the same way.
It saw an economic recovery
that largely excluded black
workers and an election in
which blacks were solidly in
the loser's camp.
And it ended as it began,
with Washington officials
floating budget plans for more
cuts in programs that serve the
poor. There is general agree
ment that domestic programs
have already been cut to the
bone and that further cuts are
not feasible. They amount to
peanuts in a trillion-dollar
budgdt.
But cuts have been proposed
in many crucial programs.
That listjncludes food stamps,
Head Start, welfare, rent subsidies
for the poor and nutrition
programs for poor
children. And the Job Corps,
a proven success, would be
eliminated altogether.
Hopefully,.cooler and wiser
heads in Congress will prevail
and beat back these unfair
budget measures. But the very
fact that the administration
would seriously consider compounding
its past callousness
, in this area adds gloom to the
holiday season.
Despite all this, 1984 saw
some developments that make
it not a year of despair, but a
year of hope for minorities.
One such event was Jesse
Jackson's candidacy for the
presidency.
Few thought he had a
chance to win his nartv's
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nomination. Bu^ the Jackson
campaign galvanized the black
community into political action.
It helped boost black
voter registration and participation
in the democratic
political process. Its full effects
may not be known for
years, as those who got their
first taste of political action in
his campaign run for local and
then state and national offices.
The Jackson campaign,
followed by the sweeping reelection
victory of President
Reagan, also helped foster a
new sense of political realism
among many black citizens.
The realities of the roughand-tumble
world of politics
demands realism, compromise
and coalition building. At
each VMr'c ir> f*
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stronger sense of the need to .
forge alliances across racial,
class and political lines that
may have been absent earlier.
A second sign of hope in
1984 was the black community's
coming together to deal
with the internal problems of
the community. A major national
conference An tht black
family brought together
representatives of national
organizations to map out
strategies to place our endangered
families on firmer
footing.
And on the local level, a
multitude of community
organizations increased their
voluntary activities to combat
crime, help troubled
youngsters and improve
educational opportunities. A
reawakened and active community
is essential to black
progress and 1984 was a year
in which that cornerstone of
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