Page 14A - THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday, April 5, 1984
Tison: Improve Hack Equity
By Karen Parker
Post Staff Writer
“Blacks will always be
employees instead of em
ployers, unless something
is done to improve black
equity,” stated Ben Tison,
a Democratic candidate for
9th District Congress.
Tison informed some
lending institutions are
giving money to people who
really don’t need financial
assistance, while many
blacks who do need money
to invest in business own
erships are being turned
down. Tison believes the
Small Business Admin
istration (SBA) and other
government agencies
which can be beneficial in
assisting minority business
people “need to push a
little harder.”
Over all, however, the
congressional candidate
commented the country is
making progress in civil
rights. His primary con
cern is the budget deficit.
“Unless we keep a strong
policy, we stand to jeo
pardize social programs,”
Tison stated. He feels that
the deeper the country
gets in debt, the higher the
chances of wiping out food
stamps, and other social
benefits.
“It’s frightening people
right here in the 9th Dis
trict,” Tison revealed. Ac
cording to the 12-year
Ben Tison
...Congressional eandidate
legislature, the nation is
already $1.5 trillion in debt.
“We’ve got to stop spend
ing,” the candidate urged.
“We can’t afford to spend
like we have in the past.”
Tison noted Congress has
proposed to spend $305
billion on the military
budget for 1984-85. “I’m
anxious to make sure the
country can defend itself,
but there are other pri
orities which need to be
attended.” One of these pri
orities which Tison sjwke of
was the social benefit pro
gram.
He feels much of the
money spent for defense is
actually spent for weapons
which overlap in the pur
pose. “We need to increase
dialogue with the Soviet
Union about a nuclear
freeze and back off a cold
war.”
Despite these kinds of
arguments which Tison has
presented for nearly 12
years, he stressed he isn’t
tired of government in
volvement. “I enjoy the
work and the people I re
present,” Tison assured.
“My job poses a great
challenge.”
Recently endorsed by the
Best Candidate Commit
tee, Tison has served in the
State House for 10 years
and the Senate for two
years. “I’ve also been asso
ciated with every segment
of the community and
state,” he informed.
He added he was re
cently ranked as high as
seventh on a 120-member
panel of representatives.
“One-third of the vote
came from the House; one
third from the media,
and one-third from lob
byists,” Tison commented.
He described his record in
the General Assembly as
one that came around his
performance rather than
his promises.
Tison is vice president of
Industrial Development for
North Carolina National
Bank (NCNB). He was a
member of N.C. 2000, a
commission on the future
of the state. Tison, 53, is a
Mecklenburg County
native.
D. G. Martin Attracts Support
From Black Community
By Adam Bernstein
Special To The Post
The ties that bind De
mocratic Congressional
hopeful D.G. Martin to the
local black community are
strong and well-established
as evidenced by a bro
chure being circulated by
his campaign staff that
contains endorsements of
his candidacy by 19 pro
minent black citizens. The
brochure also gives the
reasons why each one sup
ports D. G. Martin for
Congress.
Martin’s history of in
volvement with various
predominantly black or
ganizations in Charlotte
over the past 15 years is
outlined in the brochure by
these black leaders. That
long-standing commit
ment, Martin said, affords
him a broader perspective
on minority affairs, and
thus a better understand
ing of the issues that
most concern the black
community.
“My experience in the
black community makes
me the uniquely qualified
candidate for Congress to
address those issues that
are vitally important to the
black citizens of our dis
trict,” he said.
The candidate has served
as an elder and Sunday
School teacher at integrat
ed Seigle Avenue Presby
terian Church for 15 years;
a moderator of the Meck
lenburg Presbytery; a
member of tbe N.C. Cen
tral Law School Board of
Visitors; co-cnairman ot‘
the Board of the National
Conference of Christians
and Jews; and as the first
white member of the Mc-
Crorey Branch YMCA
Board of Managers.
D.G. Martin
Gets black support
His experience has
spanned every facet of the
black community, which
makes Martin particularly
sensitive to the most im
portant issues facing its
citizens.
“I have lived, worked,
talked and prayed with the
people of Charlotte’s black
neighborhoo(js for many
years, not just over the
past six months of this
political campaign,” the
candidate said. “I under
stand what their needs are
because I’ve been there.”
Martin emphasized that
“the doors in Washington
need to be kept open to all
people,” and commented in
the brochure that in Wash
ington, “I will need black
people in leadership posi
tions on my staff.”
The district is rich in
black cultural and civic
growth, he continued. “For
that reason, I am honored
to be able to participate
and contribute to that sig
nificant part of the com
munity’s development.”
The list of black leaders
endorsing Martin’s candi
dacy includes Melvin Watt,
lawyer with the Charlotte
law firm of Chambers, Fer
guson, Watt Wallace & -
Adkins. Watt was tne cam
paign manager for Char
lotte Mayor Harvey Gantt.
Willie Stratford, Sr., a
long-time Democratic acti
vist and former candidate
for City Council, also en
dorsed Martin, as did
Thomas Moore, a popular
singer, TV personality,
and child advocate, and
Shirley Farrer, former di
rector of the Afro-Ameri
can Cultural Center, also
set forth in the brochure
why they support Martin.
The black religious com
munity is also well-repre
sented. Among those en
dorsing Martin are Rev.
Retoy Gaston, pastor of
Clinton Chapel AME Zion
Church; Rev. Warren Mc-
Kissick, pastor of the
Greater Galilee Baptist
Church; Rev. Smith Turn
er, HI, Presiding Elder,
Charlotte District of the
AME Zion Church and
Rev. Larry Hill, pastor of
Catawba Presbyterian
Church and Moderator of
Catawba Presbytery.
Others making state
ments in the brochure as to
why they support Martin
for Congress include:
teacher and business
woman Alice Diamond;
realtor Racbel Hall; for
mer professor Howard
Barnhill; homemaker
Mary Davis; Zoel and
Esther Hargrave of the
N.C. Legal Defense Funds;
retired Johnson C. Smith
professor C. D. Rippy;
community leader Dot
Crockett; youth worker
Richard Campbell; Bertha
Crawford of the Mecklen
burg Volunteer Lawyers
Program and Michael Hill,
a Sunday School teacher at
Mr. Martin’s church.
Li Gubernatorial Race
Gini hgram’s IJncfa^tanding
Is John’s Greatest Asset
By Karen Parker
Post Staff Writer
Gini Ingram’s political
understanding is probably
the greatest asset for her
husband’s gubernatorial
campaign.
Gini and John were
married in September,
1954, when he was a law
yer. Since that time, the
couple has gone through 11
statewide campaigns. “All
those years include pri
maries, runoffs and gen
eral elections,” Mrs.
Ingram pointed out with as
much enthusiasm as she
probably had when she
first became devoted to
politics. She claimed those
11 years is more time in
political office than all the
other candidates for (N.C.)
governor combined.
When the Ingrams are on
the road boosting the cam
paign, they don’t always
get to travel together. She
is in one part of the state,
while he is in the opposite
direction. Sometimes Mrs.
Ingram will leave their
Gini Ingram
Busy campaigner
home Oil a Monday, and
not return until Friday.
“I’ve been doing that for
nearly five weeks,” Mrs.
Ingram noted. “It’s a hard
pace, but I like it because I
like people,” she con
tinued.
Most of the time Mrs.
Ingram is accompanied by
Mrs. Elsie Nuckles and
Mrs. Mary Howell. Besides
being good friends of the
Ingram family, they also
coordinate “Women For
Ingram” programs and ap
pearances.
Mrs. Ingram covers
many subjects when she
discusses her husband’s
qualifications for serving
in Raleigh. She is well
aware of the number of
women and minority ap
pointments her husband
has made in the office
where Ingram is serving
his last term as the In
surance Commissioner.
The first black and the first
female deputy insurance
commissioner was appoint
ed by Ingram in 1976.
Armeta McPherson contin
ues to oversee the life,
accident and health divi
sion.
Mrs. Ingram also talks
about her husband wanting
to lower utility rates by
electing the Utilities Com
mission.
In a campaign pamphlet,
Ingram talks about avoid
ing another PCB crisis in
the state. “As chairman of
a national task force on ha
zardous wastes, I under-
See GINI On Page 15A
The Jennifer Payne Marathon for Sickle
Cell was kicked off Saturday at Marshall
Park. Many well-wishers came to send
her off on her run to New York. Her
purpose, to raise money for Sickle
Cell Anemia research will be appre
ciated by those afflicted or touched by
the disease. Accompanying her on the
kick off day were William Payne, her
husband and coach, Charles McComco,
S.C., Health Education, Dorothy Tri
plett, Sickle Cell Family Service Co
ordinator, State Alexander, WPEG,
Jennifer, Dr. George Lowe, Chairman of
the Board of S.C., Peggy Beckwith, S.C.
Director and Sandy Foster, Director of
the Marathon. (Photo By Cal-Du)
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