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omis tcomtnii JCSU Needs Athletic Commitment m unity support. Undoubtedly, some Smith support ers would suggest that the school can not afford to undertake the kind of program we are suggesting, our reply is they can not afford not to. It has been done and done well by others so why not Smith? For example, with a relatively small budget, super star Cedric Maxwell and a good well-planned sports publicity program, UNC C harlot te's basketball team has played before capacity crowds from Charlotte's Coliseum to Madison Square Garden in New York City and to many points west. Further more, through planning and publi city Jackson (Miss.) State College and Gramlin College played a foot ball game at Houston's Astrodome before 89,000 rawing fans two years ago. This was reportedly the largest audience to have ever seen a sports event under the dome. We believe it takes big ideas to do big things, therefore, If JCSU's athletic planners will begin to plan programs of quality to support the efforts of their new coaches we will begin to see the fruits of their labor in the football and basketball seasons just ahead of us. Just think, there are reportedly 272,000 black households within a 72 mile radius of Charlotte. A systema tic well-planned sports publicity program aimed at just 10 percent of those households might fill Memo rial Stadium for every JCSU football game this season. We believe it can be done, if you agree to tell Smith not us. liquor oy-iiie -Drink Vote As Mecklenburg County moves closer to the September liquor-by the-drink vote, the bottle lines are becoming more clearly defined as the campaign leaders and workers are recruited and unprecedented numbers of people are said to be registering to vote. It strikes us as odd that more people are apparently motivated to register and vote on the liquor issue than we have had on any other recent election. It strikes us as rather odd too that a black, Kelly Alexander. Jr. has been named a co-chairman of the pro-liquor forces when we don't know at this writing what the impact of the liquor bill be upon the many black owned night spots in the County and City. The emotional upheaval reflected in these development*. appear to indicate that we h^Ve become intoxi cated by the very thought of liquor- ' by-the-annk. Leù» ùope this does not happen and that we keep in per spective the entire liquor issue regardless of who the winners may h*» Is It Because Of Race? The parent of 82 Charlotte Mecklenburg school children filed suit in U.S. District Court last week seeking a temporary restraining order to prevent the school board from instituting its 1978 pupil assign ment plan. The suit charges that the reassignment plan, which auxu. 10 retain a racial balance in the schools, unjustly and disc rim ina tarily imposes the students a burdensome disruption in their daily lives. The students all live in southeast Charlotte and Mecklen burg County. . I While jnany parente, both black and white, reject the burden ot school reassignment lor whatever reason, we can look to Supreme Court Justice Blackmun's statement for the reason and continued use of racial balance in the public schools. Blackmun says until the U.S. reaches à stage of racial maturity, that is, until we "get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. And in order to treat some persons equal, we must treat them different ly." In this instance, the 82 children must be treated differently. Think about it! LETTERS TOTHE EDITOR Young Is Profound Example Of Non-neutrality rW>flP Sip· - - Ambassador Andrew Young is a profound example of noil-neutrality. It is interest ing to note that those endeavo ring to discredit and ouster Mr. Young lead double lives. That is, while boasting about freedom, justice and equality abroad, these same nag wavers deny civil or human rights at home. It is vital and necessary for Ambassador Young to continue stepping on toes in order to discourage the orgy of self-righteousness and hypocrisy in high places of government. There are those who say mat I would agree, be is not a bureaucratic game player and Mr. Young knows it He never pretended to be a diplomat, however, be is a politician. Andy Young might have picked an inconvenient period to highlight his past as a civil rights activist and in express ing his sentiments that "in our prisons there are hundreds, perhaps even thousands of people I would call political prisoners," nevertheless, it is his past which gives him entree in the Third World and Africa. What ever African policy surfaces - Andy Young isitt Mr. Young should not be condemned because of Ids outspokenness and honesty. It should be the reverse for condemnation. Certainly, this is not the case. President Carter knew very well the background of his (alleged) good friend. That is, his involvement in the civil rights movement and indeed epitomizing political dissi dents at home during the 60's. So either the President shoulo dismiss Young from his appointed office or continue to allow him the opportunity to represent the "moral consciousness" or β great uauuu uucHMtzea in a aecept ive hypocrisy. Black and White Americans should be supportive of a rare man like Young in high office in the current times of moral governmental bankruptcy. By Norman Adams Appreciates Poet Support ' LHXU OU · We greatly appreciate the support given by our local paper* concerning the Medi caid program and changes desperately needed in the pro grain to more adequately serve people with costs of Thousands of citizens acroëà the state participated in thi£ calling, writing, and meeting with their legislators to let them know that people were not receiving necessary assis tance because of the very low income celling of 9141 a month. Our legislature had set this calling In 190Θ, yet •who could meet this standard? What senior citixen could live on $141 a month? We wanted to know if our legislators could! During the last sestison of our N.C. General Assembly, tie following changes were made in the Medicaid pro gram: 1. Reinstatement of the dental coverage and 1. In crease in the income ceiling to approximately $158 a month. The increase in the income ceiling was very minimal and will probably be eaten up by the ' automatic increases in other areas, but anything would have been an improve ment! reinstatement οι tne dental coverage was overwhelming received by hundreds of senior citizens across the state. However, our legislature deemed it necessary to attach a provision in the law requi ring "prior approval" lor the delays in dental care for elder ly people. Whatever the intent of the provision, the ones who will suffer will be the reci pients. The staff at the Department of Human Resources are meeting now to work towards an interpretation of the provi sions and to come up with guidelines for dentists to follow. Enclosed is a letter sent to Secretary Sarah Mor row that, again, restates the importance of the program for low-income elderly and the need for an interpretation that will prevent delay in patient care. Senior Citizens For Better Health Care Johnsie Evans, Contact Person Chariot te town Terrace Apart ments 1000 Baxter Street Charlotte, N.C. 28204 PH: 332-3049 ! Pv Vernon Ε. Jordan Jr J TO ι BE EQUAL Africa Policy Back Oh Course America's Africa policy, founded on good basic principles and winning the respect of Black African nations, took a bad fall a couple of months, ago. After months of painfully rebuild ing "America's image on the continent, it appeared that the Administration was going to throw it away by opting for a policy of Cold War confrontation. The immediate cause of the temporary rever sal was the invasion of Zaire's Shaba Province by exiled Katangans. The invaders crossed the border from Angola. Two responses followed, both of them ill-advised. First, after French troops flew in to repel the invaders, former colonial powers suggested formation of a strike force to put down similar rebellions in African countries. African leaders reacted in anger. Led by Tanzania's Julius Nyerere, they saw such a force as a plot to reassert dominance over the continent. Nyerere argued that while African nations have the right to ask for foreign troops to defend themselves, such a force would operate to keep unpopular governments in power after they have lost the confidence of their citizens. tie aiso maae ine poini mai îniervenuon wouiu be geared to prop up regimes favorable to the ■ West, no matter how unpopular they were with their own people. Africa would thus be a pawn in the Cold War, with East and West sending proxy fighters into a continent that wishes to'remain free of such entanglements. The second response, this time by the U.S., was a campaign against Cuban-backed Angola. Cold War hardliners in the Administration prevailed upon President Carter to make some tough statements charging Cuban and Angolan backing for the invasion of Zaire. There was talk of asking Congress to repeal the Clark Amend ment, which forbids U.S. intervention in the Angolan civil war. And the CIA initiated a campaign to win support for a covert operation to overthrow President Neto's government in Angola. ^ Jtixne il Jooked as if the Administration was looking for a showdown with the Rnarians and their Cuban puppets in, of all places, Africa. Such a step Would inevitably have led to terrible bloodshed among the African people and a bolstering of the run-away white dictatorships in Rhodesia and South Africa.· It would have undone the hard work of U.S. officials, especially UN Ambassador Andrew Young, in building American-African friendship. For weeks tne Administration was sending contradictory signals. While the hardliners were whipping up sentiments for a showdown, the realists were making a case for continuing the successful policy of the pa»t year-and-a-half. It lodes like the realists have come out on top, but the incident was deeply troubling. Secretary State Cyrus-Vance, m a June speech, rightly' stated that the U.S. would not "mirror Soviet and Cuban activities in Africa because such a course would not be effective in the long run and would only escalate military conflict and great human suffering." Now tnere's a move to improve relations with Angola, which would welcome stronger Western U.. ... Our New Day Begun Hooks Issues Call To Action I ay benjamin L. Hooks Special To The Poet Detroit, Micnigan - i"he crisis posed by the Bakke issue, demand· that those of us assembled here at the NAACP Symposium on Bakke, issue this call to Action: i. To immediately com mence monitoring the Affir mative Action Programs of all educational institutions In their respective communities through the NAACP's network of branche·, and state con ferences, and in cooperation with church groups, labor groups, fraternal orders, edu cational leader·, legal counsels and other· similarly committed. Corporate, burine··, labor and government leaders are called upon to publicly re affirm their commitment to Affirmative Action. Furthermore, youth councils and college chapters of the NAACP will mobilise to participate in this monitoring ansrattoo. J. To organism a nations ''ask Force to work with the 4AACP In evaluating the rends reflected by the moni oirng reports and fashion 'pproprlate means of dealing /1th thoee found to be diluting neaningful program· or devl 4 sting therefrom. G. To commet the NAACF legal apparatus, In coopera tion with the National Bar Association, the National Con ference of Black Lawyers and other similarly committed groups at lawyers, to catalo gue cases in which Affirma tive Action programs are under attack in courts and other tribunals; and to take steps to intervene or file "friend of court" briefs. 4. To declare war on ali attempts to weaken or destroy affirmative action and civil rights enforcement through the attachment of "riders" and amendments such as Eagleton-Btden and the Walker Ameodment. This war will be carried to those who support, overtly and covertly, theee amendment*. Every branch and official of the Association and other organisations committed to this cause, wiD coordinate meetings with every United SU tee Senator, Congressmsn, Governor, State Legislator, Mayor, and member of s City Council - testate our position on affirmative action and theee nefarious amendments. The wort hi n— of every candidate for piiHV* offioe in the fall ■»** succeeding elect ions, shall be tested by their .position on this question. In this connection, ws note with the ral· that ha» bean and la being olajred in thia rape of dvil rights enforcement by recalled "Ubarala." Wa intend to foUow-up thaaa paraonal approachee to lagla lative leeders in the local communities with a nation wide etvll righta mobilisation in Waahington. I. Wa note with apprecia tion hope, that Praaldant Carter haa Iagan dee of the Federal Oovevn mant to praaa their affirma tive action program, and ftot to aoak refuge la detorted interpretation of the recent Bakfce decision. Neverthe eea, the tlmea and the criaia -Jemand that thare ha sua talned Preaidentiai leader •hip That leadership ahould include the calling of a White House Conference on Affirma tive Action, and should involve business, industry, labor, church, legal and educational Interests. Just aa the recent trails of dissidents in Russia have raised fundamental Imimts of human rights abroad, the Bakfce decision at home has preriqitatod a crisis in civil mm! I"·""" rights ia thl* r · nation. We call upon the President to afford this crisis the same priority he has given •o Russian trials, SALT talks ind tensions in Africa. We urge President Carter to -onvene a Whit· House Con ference on Affirmative Action, just as he and his predeces sors have convened con ferences on women's issues, civil rights legislation, pro blem* at the aging, and other burning social issues. Although we applaud the President's recent statement on affirmative action, we feel that this issue goes far beyond the heads of agencies and requires national attention on the White House level. This must be done without delay before a national misappre hension and deliberate distort ion of the meaning of the Bakke decision takes hold. t^uers ιο ine tdiior Park Helms b Wrong? Dmt JMMor: You are right, Mr. Grant; Deacon Parka Halma la wrong! Certainly, Mr. Orant, your article in the Observe· June 23, 1971 which aaya: "They auppoae to be aervtng the people inataad of their maatera," and that a few of them have forgotten this. Ye·, many of our heart· are burn ing because one of our "«aid brother·," Deacon Helms, was the chief laarlar for the "Liquor-By-The-Drink Bill snd Passage," which will have 3,000 or mora little child ren on starvation and out of school and maybe out doors in s year or so, or many more people killed by drunken drivers because when the father sosods 91.80 for that Τ little tablespoon full of whis kev it will call for another arift another and on and on. The rent money and all the bill moony i» gone. Plu· be may get In his vehicle drank and Mil aomemw or before he geta home. Now concerning the Bible and the Deacon one Mid:. God and the Devil do not live in a room together. One muet move out." Nor do they ahare crop no mane aoul. You must be all here or be all there,. No man can aarve two maatera, for either be will hate the ooe and love the other or elae be will hold on to the one, and despise the other. You cannot 'serve Ood and mammon, Matthew ·:Μ. Deacon Parks Helms end • · the church ne Mrvea can easily be Ilk· a court caae I heard some yean ago In Savannah, Ga., a man waa being triad (or tax ovation on a bualneaa ha owned and callad "Oraana Christian Center" whieh had been raided and found liquor and gambling davloea in It. ■ The proaacutor told the fury that "Oraaas Chriaflan Center" could be anything, juat a crowd of gambler· out yonder inttewoodr Soifjhat daptiat Cnurcn bave not ftreu Deacon Heima, It doe·: not represent the Baptlat Church, but Jurt a crowd of people Over yonder, following Helma and not God ' Rev. V. M. Cunningham By Hoyle H. Martin Sr. Post Editorial Writer Johnson C. Smith University has recently announced the hiring of a new head football and basketball coach. Wylie Harris comes to Smith from Gilford College where he served as an assistnat gridiron coach and Robert Moore, the round ball mentor, has journeyed to Smith from Virginia Union University where he had established a winning tradition. With these sports personnel changes and a review of Smith's oast athletic program, we are in clined to ask isn't this the time for the local school to launch an effect ive sports publicity campaign? We have raised this question because the Golden Bulls basketball teams of recent years have lacked consisten cy and even when the football team was having winning seasons, it was playing largely before empty seats at Memorial Stadium. Therefore, in order for the new coaches to begin recruiting some talented athletes and in order for the school's alumni and friends to have something to cheer about, JCSU needs to develop and launch ' an effective sports publicity program. SuchJ a program would be a first significant step by the school in showing its recognition of the fact the quality football and basketball programs are big business that require a substantial investment if equal return is to be expected. Good publicity will help to attract talented athletes and contribute to the development of broad based com Y · WE MUST PREVENT OUR OWN CHILDREN FROM TURNING INTO JUNKIES, —5 INTO THIEVES AND PROSV TUTES AND CONFIDENCE AIM5TS,HWS£PR£Y/$ THEIR OWH PEOPLE. US CAM ■ PKiVEfiT THAT. TOE CHARLOTTE FOOT "THE PEOPLES NEWSPAPER" Established 1918 Published Every Thursday By The Charlotte Poet Publishing Co., Inc. 1524 West Blvd.-Charlotte, N.C. 28208 Telephones (7U4J|376-049b. 376-MW7 Circulation, 9,915 60 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE Bill Johnson Bernard Reeves ... Hoyle H. Martin Sr Julius Watson Albert Campbell ... Editor-Publisher General Manager Executive Editor Circulation Director Advertising Directo Second Class Postage No. 965500 Paid At Charlotte, N.C. under the Act of March 3,1878 Member National Newspaper Publishers Association North Carolina Black Publishers Association Deadline for all news copy and photo· is 5 p.m. Monday. All photos and copy submitted becomes the property of the POST, and will not be returned National Advertising Representative Amalgamated Publishers, Inc. 45 W. 5th Suite 1403 New York, N.Y. 10036 (212) 489-1220 2400 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, 111. βοβίβ Calumet 5-0200 4 % ι ι « *_. Blacks9 Destiny In Own Hands Benjamin L. Hooka -« -* ■ ■ *. . .a
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