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Paoe A4-The Chronicle, Thursday, July 17,1986 Winston-Salem Chronicle \ Founded 1974 j __ IRNIST H. MTT, Publisher NDUtlSIIOKMONYI AUIN JOHNSON Co-Founder Executive Editor AIMS imihi w. nil NUCHAli PITT Office Manager Circulation Manager * - EDITORIALS . .. I ' : Brown: Defying labels CALL HIM what you will, Robert Brown, a black High Point businessman who may-be the" next U.S. ambassador to South Africa, defies labels. Brown, who owns BAC Associates, a nubile relations firm, is a former policeman and federal narcotics agent who rose to power as an adviser to President Richard Nixon on minority affairs. He has received glowing endorsements from Sen. Jesse Helms and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. His impending appointment is supposed to signal a change in the Reagan administration's embarrassingly lame policies toward apartheid, yet his Arm represents two Winston-Salem-based companies, RJR Nabisco and the Sara Lee Corp. (formerly the Hanes Group), that do business in South Africa. Mayor Andrew Young of Atlanta, who is not known to % mln/m liie ?iav/4c asmaai?11?i ?i?k ? A *? ? ? ? iiu nuiuij wopwiaiij irunc dVUUI AlllWtt 18 WUIlWciO" ed, hails Brown as an excellent choice for envoy. ' JcauPr think of anyone more qualified to represent this country than Robert Brown," Young told the The Charlotte Observer. "He has my highest endorsement; in fact, he is the only person Jesse Helms and I could both support." ? Yet, anti-apartheid leaders in America are not so impressed. Randall Robinson, co-chairman of the Free South Africa Movement, has pooh-poohed Brown as simply a potential figurehead for the president's misguided South Africa policies. "I don't think it serves any useful purpose to put a black face on what is perceived globally and particularly in South Africa to be an anti-black policy," Robinson has -laid . mBF- v ! ' Longtime friends have praised Brown as strong, intelligent and well-versed in matters concerning South Africa. Opponents say his past is dotted with controversy, including charges that he used money earmarked to help disadvantaged businessmen in the early '70s to help himself, even when his salary exceeded $40,000. t Despite the seeming inconsistencies, and the fact that Brown's opponents and proponents include strange bedfellow^ indeed, it is encouraging that the president is considering a black man for a position that is well-suited to a black man. \ . ' ' ' In fact, we are somewhat heartened that Brown isn't one-dimensional - that he is equally comfortable as the host of a fund-raiser for a black Democratic candidate for president as he is among circles of power in the Republican Party. He also seems to be a strong, forthright man, and he would need both of those characteristics to survive amid the continuing political and social turmoil that his job would entail. ; Because of Brown's unique ability to relate to diverse groups and individuals, he seems eminently suitable for the job. He also has a calm manner about himself that exudes confidence and concern. We can think of no better person to handle this sensitive and important role. . .J jngKeyto-his success, however, lies in the sincerity of the Reagan administration in allowing him to utilize his talents. # ' - . * | ABOUT LETTERS ~~ r 4 ' ' * ? - % The Chronicle welcomes letters from its readers, as well as columns. Letters should be as concise as possible and typed or printed legibly. They also should include the name, address and teleohone number nf the writer m ? ? ? ? V w* m i . ' 4 *, '"'**' : Columns should follow the same guidelines and will be published if we feel they are of interest to our general readership. We reserve the right to edit letters for brevity and grammar. Submit your letters and columns to Chronicle Mailbag, P.O. Box 3154, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27102. L - ? ' < J # V r I *v Ballot-securi The author is a local black Republican, who is chairman of the 21st Center Political Action Committee. A recent Associated Press story carried charges by Rep. Dan Blue (D-Wake) that the North Carolina Republican Party was guilty of a ballot-security program that attempts to intimidate black voters and that this effort is the latest "evidence" that the OOP really does not like black - fOlkS. ? ? The GOP denies any thing of the sort, However inept the state's Republicans have been in handling this matter, truth be told, this ballot-security program is a reasonable effort in reducing voter fraud, and Blue's fears, while understandable, are greatly exaggerated and misdirected. There are several issues in this debate. They include: Ify | t^What baflof security is and why it is important. ** whether the steps taken by the* state's Republicans are reasonable. if there is a track record by a particular political party or parties to deny black voters the right to vote (is there basis for Blue's concern?). if the bill that Blue sponsored is the best way to handle that concern about OOP tactics and what should be done to More on the To The Editor: I am deeply grateful to Walter Marshall, president of the Winston-Salem Chapter of the NAACP, for the article, 4 The United Way Needs To Clean House,'9 and the Chronicle for printing it. I was a spectator during the entire trial of Marjorie Gregory. I was shocked then and have been depressed since to watch a competent, professional and honest woman be low-rated because she was black and dared to be superior. To learn that a Christian-based organization such as The United Way would stoop to such tactics as the use of white supremacy, glorified Uncle Toms and belittling the efforts of blacks to bargain was incredible. No one proved that Mrs. Gregory was incompetent; it was quite apparent that she could have done an outstanding job in the role assumed by her replacement. Where did they find the gall to replace her? To learn of the methods that whites use to get blacks to under! mine blacks was, to say the least, a - a [ ncanoreajcmg. When I left the trial I wanted to call a news conference and let , the whole black community know that racial justice is still something to be desired in this American society. Instead, 1 spent my time trying to convince Marjorie that her refusal to settle > ; , , _ ' V ? * Tj^L tv nroeram i< Wil OUIST COLUMN By VERNON L ROBINSO reduce tension and meet the concerns of black Democrats and GOP leaders/' Ballot-security programs are run by both political parties .and the State Board of Elections to insure that only eligible voters cast ballots and only legitimately cast ballots are counted. The cornerstone rf the parties' ballotlis issue is not a race ques with racial implications that not, handled delicately." security programs are the precinct registrars and judges (one for each party) that oversee the Election Day process. In theory*. each party has its own people over the process to detect r ..Hp* JSW-' . ? k* < and discourage fraud. The N.C. OOP has had problems not faced by the Democrats with regard to security. First, in many Eastern countries, there are very few Republicans and, as a result, many precincts have no OOP representatives to insure against fraud. The same can be said for the overwhelmingly black Democratic precincts in urban areas. Because of a low GOP presence in these areas, the case ofMarji CHRONICLE MAILBAC OUR READERS SPEAK 01 out of court exposed the fact that racial discrimination is still at large, and was a victory that would benefit the younger generation. Bessie Allen Winston-Salem *n A native son's praise The writer is chairman of the county commissioners in Durham. v To Tbc Editor: This is just a note to say that you are doing an excellent job. I grew up in Winston-Salem and \ I i > ' V t 1(1v7inrffidc\l \ ** * . 5 reasonable ,j, N >o Republican Party has been denied its first line of defense against fraud and voting irregularities. This issue is not a race question. It is a partisan Question with racial implications that should have been, but were notv handled delicately. However insensitive the GOP has been at handling this affair, tion. It is a partisan question should have been, but were as far as I know, the tactic of mailing literature to households and using returned cards to challenge those who are voting illega^^^^^gUimopriate. that, while not illegal, are immoral arid should not have a place in our democracy. In 1981, the OOP in New Jersey executed a ballot-security program that featured white armed off-duty policemen with red armbands at polling places with high minority populations who challenged black and Hispanic voters to produce voting cards. Clearly, this effort was aimed not to discourage fraud, but to keep Please see page A5 me Gregory JT read your paper with great interest. You provide a valuable resource and awareness to the black community that is increasinslv imoortant in thw tim*? Reporting of events in the community, nation and world through the eyes and minds of iiyni.r _tt black reporters provides a very useful and meaningful, as well as believable, perspective of events most important to us that cannot be obtained as comprehensively by any other form of media. Keep up the good work. wmian. V n~n Durham Please see page AS J MM CHILDWATCH I Howtolocate . I good day care j I By MARIAN W/EDELMAN Syndicated Columnist I WASHINGTON - As a work*1i I ing mother of three sons, I kno*MJ that finding the right child cartP^ I for your youngster can makt>2 I locating a needle in a haystack^ I look simple. I also can share, from experience, some basi<Pv | "how-tos" that should makcrf* your search go a little easier*. Step One: Finding The Right^ Care: Available child-care ser*" vices in your community wiHJ< range from child-care centers nursery schools and family days^ care homes to* neighborhood t friends. To find out what i*?t available near your home, look iiiVJ your Yellow Pages under "child care" or "day care." If vom community has a Child Care Resource and Referral Program, it can help you find care that fits both your child and your schedule. These programs can often save you time and trouble by answering many of your questions and steering you toward child-care facilities that can best meet your needs. If a child-care facility does not make you feel I welcome and let you visit, look elsewhere. \ Step Two: Sizing Up ChildCart Services: As parents, we are naturally concerned about how I well our children will be looked after in child care..We have eVery reason to be. "The quality o?4 I care is significant in a child's, development," says a new fact '* sheet from the American I Academy of Child Psychiatry. Iiw its new publication, "Making! fl Day Care a Good Experience," *** I the Academy recommends that I you: i q *' check' Into ''W''WNN^ ! J status of the child-care factfifr -td) | see whether it complies with your state's particular requirements for licensing. Further, check thfc references of the caregivers and) | drop in and watch them working m with your child. I Find out how long the*- I caregiver plans to remain at the I facility and what the turnover has been. Stability is important tq> your child, and a fast turnover o(,3 individuals could cause distress^ This concern should not^ however, stop you from moving; your child to another facility i(\ you feel that a child-care arrange- I ment is unsatisfactory. i, I Especially if your child if, I three or older, look for group da?R I care that will enable him or her to have fun and interact with othei; , children. The ingredients of good group day care are trained, experienced teachers, small groups of children, caregiver/child ratios of no more than one to five and I ample space and play equipment^ 1 for youngsters to exercise both their bodies and their imagina-r tions. jj Step Three: Paying for Child I Care: If finding good child care isf hard, paying for it -- at least for 1 most low- or moderate-income families - is even harder. Unfor* tunately, federal and state* governments have done too little to ease this enormous cost burdeif on working families. But our tax code does offer & bit of relief, in the form of a-' dependent-care tax credit. This1 credit, now available on the short tax form, allows you to deduct portion of your child-care ex" penses from your federal income) taxes. Also, low-income families7 can apply for direct child-care assistance through the federal Ti-< tie XX program. Your Resource and Referral Program or locaf Department of SnHai 5^^ day care unit will be able to telF you if you qualify. <1 Marten Wright Edelmsn is m National Newspaper Publishers Association coP umnlst and prsaidsnt of ths Children's Defense Fund, ? national voles for youth.
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