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VOLUME 1, NO. 42
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1974
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DEFENSE DEPARTMENT EDICT
SEEKS WOMEN AND BLACKS
Tiiomas Evans
‘Fognd A Way’
By Richard Moore
GREENSBORO When
Thomas Evans became
concerned about reports
about dwindling federal
scholarship aid for college
students, he decided to do
something about it.
Evans’ concern has
resulted in the formation of
the Parkway Janitorial
Service, a successful opera
tion of several A&T State
University students.
"We came into contact
with numerous students
who couldn’t find a job,”
said Evans, himself a junior
business major at AScT.
“We were also concerned
about the fact that the usual
sources of student aid are
being eliminated.”
What Evans meant is
that many college students
fear that there will be a
shift from the direct federal
loans to students to
Presdent Nixon’s recom
mendations of guaranteed
loans directly from the
banks.
The bank loans carry an
interest of seven percent as
opposed to three percent
for the federal programs.
"This means . that stu
dents will graduate from
college with a whooping
debt,” said Evans. "And
just about 80 percent of the
students at A&T are on
some type of financial aid.”
It was last April that
Evans became concerned
and decided to launch the
janitorial service.
"We decided on this
because we felt it was
something students could
do without a lot of
training,” said Evans. "It
also didn’t take a lot of
money to get off the
ground.”
Evans and a couple of
buddies initiated their
business by doing yardwork
and house cleaning, then
secured contracts from
such firms as the Pizza
Huts, the Malibu Lounge
and a new office building
owned by dentist. Dr. D. G.
Long.
Just this week, another
contract was secured to
maintain a buidling owned
by Home Federal Savings
and Loan Association.
With his savings, Evans
has purchased a van.
buffer, vacuum cleaner and
other other equipment
essential to his business.
How do students react to
being supervised by anoth
er student?
"This is not a problem,”
he said, "because we have
generally selected persons
we could depend on. We
feel that if we can reach a
few students and help them
in their financial strain, this
effort will be worthwhile.”
Editor’s note: Mr. H.
Minton Francis, deputy
assistant secretary of de
fense for equal opportunity,
held an internal news
conference on equal oppor
tunity in the Pentagon
November 14, 1973. Mr.
Francis addressed the
equal opportunity pro
grams of the Department of
Defense. During the con
ference questions were
received from individuals in
the studios of AFRTS
stations throughout the
world. What follows is a
condensed summary of the
conference.
First of two parts
Mr. Francis opened the
conference by stating it
was Department of Defense
policy to provide equal
opportunity for every indi
vidual, without regard to
race, creed, color, sex or
national origin. The De
partment of Defense cannot
protect the national entity
with an armed force or a
civilian work force torn by
racial strife. Equal oppor
tunity is necessary for a
harmonious, professional
work force.
While this policy in the
past has been mainly
directed toward the mili
tary, it also extends to
DOD’s civilian work force
and to civilian contractors,
where the Department
insists on a single standard
of merit and potential and
expects professional pro
gress in promotion, hiring
and training.
(Mr. Francis said he was
personally convinced that
Flag Officers are well
oriented to DOD equal
opportunity policies and
that it is now time for small
unit commanders and
noncommissioned officers
to follow the example of
flag officers in the faithful
application of those policies
at all levels of the defense
structure.)
Q. Mr. Secretary, with
more women in the service
than ever before, when
might the Army and Navy
follow the Air Force and
abolish separate branches,
and how will they compete
with men with no combat
arms options open to them?
A. The question assumes
the Army and Navy women
are at a disadvantage
compared to the Air Force.
We should recognize that
80 to 90 percent of the
Military Occupational Spe
cialties are now open to
women. In the Army, the
retention of the WAC
branch does not restrict the
assignment of women in
the Army,
With respect to competi
tion, obviously there are
many men in all three
services w'ho are not
serving in combat arms,
but who do compete and
attend all the senior service
schools and do have an
equal shot at reaching flag
rank. So, I don't think
women in services other
than the Air Force are at
any disadvantage. And I do
not think the national policy
which prohibits combat
participation is going to act
to their detriment, at least
not in the near future.
Q. Mr. Secretary, there is
feedback that the Army's
18-hour mandatory race
relations seminar, w'here
individuals of a wide
variety of grades discuss
equal opportunity topics,
has not been very effective.
Can you determine the
success of this program by
plans for a uniform 18-hour
seminar for all service
personnel worldwide?
A. I assume you are
speaking of civilians. We
have made a proposal for
training division supervi
sors throughout the work
force, and some services
A&T Readies $262,000 Program
any other means than have begun to implemenl it
statistical reports from the on their own initiative,
commander? 1 am certain that every
general and flag rank
GREENSBORO A&T
State University has been
selected to participate in a
$262,000 pilot program
designed to structure and
evaluate management edu
cation for minority busi
nessmen.
According to Dr. A.P.
Bell, coordinator of the
A&T project, the university
will participate in the
project in a cooperative
arrangement with the
University of Minnesota.
The overall project will
be directed by Dr. Edgar
Persons, a professor of
agricultural education at
the University of Minne
sota,
"There are more than
four million small business
entrepreneurs in the United
States,” said Persons.
"They constitute 95 per
cent of the operating
businesses, but they also
have a high failure rate.”
"We want to develop,
demonstrate and evaluate a
comprehensive manage
ment education program
for small businessmen, in
Mrs.Coretta King
Receives Tlireat
In Cleveland
this case, minority busi
nessmen,” added Persons.
The A&T program will
initially enroll from 12 to 20
area minority businessmen,
w'ith an additional group to
be added during each of the
next two years.
Bell said the program
will be similar to a
cooperative education pro
gram, W'ith the business
men meeting at least once a
month on the A&T campus
for instruction.
A resident instructor
assigned to the program,
will spend time counseling
at the business sites.
During the initial phase
of the project, the business
men will be assisted in such
areas as business records
and accounts, business
organization and analysis of
the small business.
"The unique thing about
this program,” said Per
sons, “is that we shall be
concerned about the goals
which the individual busi
nessmen have designed for
themselves. We feel that
you should take people
where they are to where
they would like to be.”
Similar projects for small
white businessmen will be
conducted in Minnesota,
while Texas and Arizona
will have projects for
Chicanos and Indians.
“At the rate of business
failure in the United States,
any improvement in the
skills of these small
businessmen which would
reduce the rate, would have
a significant effect on the
incidence of economic
disadvantage and failure,”
said Persons.
A. Measurement of pro
gram effectiveness is a very
complex matter. It is not
amenable to opinions or
impressions. We are cur
rently evaluating the effec
tiveness of our race
relations training and
expect some clear measure
ment of its effectiveness
within the coming year.
Q. Mr. Secretary, in early
race relations education
there seems to be a number
of senior DOD civilians who
have not received the
18-hour seminar. Additio
nally. it seems personnel
coming to Europe from the
United States have been
exposed to a brief large
group racial awareness
program, rather than a
more effective small group
seminar. What are DOD’s
officer has received
thorough and very profes
sional exposure to race
relations and equal oppor
tunity education and train
ing. The civilian work forc,e
remains a matter of concern
that we are moving on at
this time.
Jones Appointed
Business Manager
At FSU
FAYETTEVILLE Fred
erick, D. Jones has been
appointed Business Mana
ger at Fayetteville State
University.
Dr. Charles "A” Lyons.
Jr., FSU Chancellor, made
the announcement recently
and said that the appoint
ment is effective March I,
1974.
CLEVELAND — Mrs.
Coretta King, widow of slain
civil rights leader Rev. Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr., was
placed under heavy guard
Wednesday, Feb, 27, at
Cleveland Hopkins Inter
national Airport following
an anonymous kidnap threat
made against her.
Mrs. King, returning to
Atlanta from Lansing.
Mich., was guarded by eight
uniformed policemen and
two detectives during her’
two-hour wait in a United
Air Lines VIP lounge. The
time passed without in
cident.
MRS. KING’S stop here
was part of the scheduled
flight to Atlanta from
Lansing, where the kidnap
threat was received, of
ficials said.
Recently. Mrs. King had
voiced her opposition to the
kidnapping tactics of the
Symbionese Liberation
Army (SLA) as did former
Black Panther Bobby Seals
and Communist Party
member Angela Davis.
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TOP EDUCATOR — Miss Patricia A. Andrews,
English instructor at Weldon High School since
September, 1964, has been named North Carol
ina’s Outstanding Young Educator of 1973 by the
North Carolina Jaycees. Miss Andrews was nom-
inatsd by the Roanoke Rapids Jaycees. She also
is Educator of the Year for North Carolina. A na
tive of Raleigh and graduate of St. Augustine’s
College there, she is the daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth
Andrews and the late Rev. Isaiah Andrews.
Congratulations 'i
to Mark King
for selling 26
subscriptions
during the recent
sales contest.
Mark received
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a check for $45
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for his efforts.
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GeleM^ate 63^d
Mr. and Mrs. V.R.
Jessup of 609 Hyde Street.
Greensboro, celebrated
their sixty-third wedding
anniversary recently.
Their children, grand
children, and great grand
children visited from as far
away as Detroit, Mich, and
Harrisburg, Penn., as well
as Winston-Salem. Char
lotte, Stokesdale, and the
Greensboro area.
The week-end affair
consisted of a family
gathering at the V.R.
Jessup’s home. Each fami
ly brought covered dished
and it was a feast for all
that attended.
During their 63 years of
marriage they became
parents of 14 children, of
which 12 are still living.
Their daughters are: Mrs.
Bettye Taylor, Detroit,
Michigan; Mrs. Pauline
Ruffin, Charlotte; Mrs.
Genovia Enoch, Detroit,
Michigan. Their sons are:
Roscoe, Kernersville, Ro
len, Ansley, Alfonzo, John,
Rastus, Argene, all of
Greensboro; Roosevelt, De
troit, and Edward of
Harrisburg, Pa.
The anniversary of the
Jessup’s is an annual affair
that the children look
forward to each year.
Mr. and Mrs. Jessup are
very active in community
and church. They visit their
children who live away
from the Greensboro area
at least once a year.
Mrs. Jessup, the former
Dora Ann Strickland, was
born in Surry County, the
third of 14 children. She
still enjoys visiting the
family and friends who live
in Surry County.
Mr. Jessup was borii and
reared in Surry County and
later moved his family
through Forsyth to Guilford
County, where he has made
his home for the last 38
years.
"We must give our children a sense of pride in being black. The glory of our past
and the dignity of our present must lead the way to the power of our future/'
ADAM CLAYTON POWELL
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