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editorial page : j ASl" SEE IT by l Brace Barton J Be-thinking my LKEMC bid... - I noted i few weeks ago . .that I was seriously consider 1 ing running for the board of ? directors of Lumbee River -?Electric Membership Corpor ation in October. I mentioned, too, that I would be vying for the seat of the incumbent. Lacy Cummings, who is a very .-nice man from the Mt. Airy .Community. I asked for com ments from our readers...and .that is just what I got. Comments, pro and con. 1 must say that most of the . telephone calls and personal contacts have encouraged me ?to run. But one letter in particular that was printed in .-our "letters to the editor" last week suggested strongly that J re-think my LREMC bid. . And that is what I am doing. But a few comments are in order, I think. Lacy Cum , mings toppled an incumbent, . John Paul Jones, who is an . Indian too. It is more than an . Indian against an Indian. It is ..democracy that is Important pot the race of the aspirants. ? Cummings is an Indian, John Paul Jones is an Indian; and . so am I. There was a time a . few years ago when Indians ware definitely barred from .running for the LREMC board ..-of. directors. Thanks to Rev. , Rliaa Rogers, who ia,still on ; board, dil^sD longer the case. Kfts^&Vainst the .|hen all-white direct- i \qts opened the^^ors to I .anyone who wishes^) run, i . irregardless of race. The proof d is in the pudding. The twelve p member board is now made i up of eleven Indians and one I black. Racism and discrimina- I tion (even condescension!!) I have been banished from the 1 LREMC premises.lt is now a s siru?t?>n where one can run I on his fnerits, no matter what s color he (or she) is. That "s the I way it ought to be. If I run. I will not be running against an f Indian, Lacy Cummings; f will f he running, hopefully, on my ( merits. I sincerely believe that f I would make a good board r member, based on my gctivi- o ties as,a consumer in the past, o ^.I.W^the one who opened the r ? board meetings up to the fi > membership. I got arrested h ' accomplishing that policy. L And I-have been concerned o over the years, and have tried to be an activist in behalf of the grass roots consumer. Still, Mrs. Carletter Lock jear's letter did get my attention. I have made it a policy over the years to print letters to the editor that expressed the opinion of the writer, not necessarily mine. A good "letters to the editor" feature should encourage peo p'e to express themselves responsibly. But I must say that I have not agreed with every letter that has appeared in the Carolina Indian Voice. Still, people have a right to write letters to this news paper, assuming they are in good taste and not libelous. The letters must also be - signed and verified as "real" letters so that people can respond to them if they want to. I love America, and I love democracy. 1 hate racism, condescension, and any other mode of expression that in hibits the human spirit. Car letter Locklear has always been my friend, and her letter enhanced that friendship. I admire her for expressing herself, even though it goes against the grain of our friendship. Friends, however, should be able to disagree agreeable. Carletter Locklear has expressed herself honest ly. and I have taken notice of it. I am re-thinking my LREMC bid. Still, I want to serve on the LREMC board of lirectors. 1 will just let the ?ossibility lay on the table for i while, and, in the mean time. I will pray about it and think about it and act on it in i the very near future. I said a 'ew weeks ago that I was 99% sure that I would run; well, I i lave down graded that to | ibout 95%. , lartons gather on Pine St. ( Last week was a good week I or the Bartons. My sister, lenee Barton McCrary, from c Pullman, Alabama, was home s or a few days. She visited my f nother, Mrs. Berna Barton, ( >n Pine Street where the rest | f us congregated for a family t eunion of sorts. Like most S imilies. the Barton family p as known divorce (my father s ew Barton and mother div- d reed a number of years ago), t| illness, hard times, disap pointments and, even, death. My oldest sister, Ruth, and one of my younger brothers, Ernie, died in automobile accidents a few years ago and the pain is still with us. That's'the way it is with all families. We know the joy <rf birtR and the pain of death5al1 in one life time. So, when we get together, we reminisce and love one another despera tely knowing, within the deep est recesses of our hearts, that it might be the last time the family circle is intact. My sister, Connee Brayboy, our associate editor, and the heart of the Carolina Indian Voice, has been out all week with a kidney infection and a sout with her erratic thyroid, ind we miss her very much. I :ould not continue without ter. I love her madly, irration illy even. She knows my larkest secrets, and we have ihared much together. Pray or her...if you will. A devout Dtristian herself, Connee be ieves that one should not induly prav for themselves. >he believes that we should iray for each other. I hope he'll be back to work soon. I lon't know where a darn hing is... The Budget Deficit: A National Imperative Robrt D KHpatrich (rMxPU^ OmKWbawlWar, CIGNA bpnta Chairman, , - -? i Two year* ago the deficit was $110 billion. This year it > will likely reach $220 billion. As chairman of The Business k Round table's Budget Task Force, I have worked hard | with my colleagues to con vince Congress and the Pres | ident that this trend is simply unacceptable, indeed danger I ous. But this is not just a busi ness issue, and business alone cannot convince gov ernment to do what must be done. We are borrowing fron abroad and from our children to pay for what we get from government today. This grow ing indebtedness can lead only to serious economic dis ruptions. If we do not stem the tide of the federal deficit, by 1990 the interest bills alone will equal today's de ficit. Even now it takes almost 40 percent of total individual tax payments to pay the in terest on our national debt We must make hard choices. If we are serious about reduc ing the deficit, we must focus on the big ticket items in the budget, and that includes de fense and Social Security and Medicare?and all the other non-means tested entitle ments in which benefits are paid without respect to in come or assets. We speak of special in terests that get in the way of solutions to the deficit. We are the special interests. We should take great care to pro tect the truly needy, but the rest of us must bear our fair share of the burden. Congress has initiated ac tion that will do just that - re quire each of us to bear his or her own fair share. This ac tion is indeed a serious begin ning to acting the deficit crisis. It is not, however, the solution. Congress and the President must sign off on a concrete deficit plan. If Congress passes this budget the deficit will go down instead of up. In other words, passing this budget is perhaps the most important single step our government can take to ensure the con tinued health of the country's economy. This compromise is fair. It includes almost every pro gram and agency in the budget. Defense and Social Security would not grow as fast as under current law, or as fast as under the Presi dent's original budget propos als. Virtually e^ery program in the budget would be frozen at last year's level; many would be cut further, and some would be eliminated. It is im portant to subject programs enacted in past years to the same tough standards we im pose on new ideas. Ask your self this question: Of the pro grams to be cut by the com promise, how many would Congress pass today? Finally, this compromise attempts to insulate the very poor from the worst effects at budget cut*. The supplemen tal security income program for the elderly poor, for in stance, would receive a real The compromise answers the objections of thoee who in sist tax increase* are needed to cut the deficit. There are no tax increase* in this pack age. Senators and Congress men have a clear choice. They can vote to cut the budget at least as much as this com promise would do; or sooner or later they will have to raise our taxes to pay for higher federal spending As Congress debates the budget, every constituency will want its favorite pro grams protected There will be vote after vote, on amend ment after amendment, to re store funds for almost every thing the White House and the Republican Leadership have agreed to cut. Every one of us will probably want at least one cut restored. But if any of us win, we will all lose. If Congress puts back funds for one program, it will likely upset the careful balance that is needed to hold any com promise agreement together. Write your Senators and Congressmen, call their of fices, see them while they are back home. Tell them we un derstand we all must give a little to solve the deficit crisis. Tell them to support a budget package that provides for proportionately equal cuts in all spending areas. Tell them to oppose attempts to exempt any area from the budget cuts. Ask for a budget that is fair and equitable to every one. Tell them no single con stituency, no program, is as important as the nation's eco nomy. After all, our future and that of our children de pend on it. Timeless Tidbits The darkest hour in any man's life is when he sits down to plan how he can get money without earning it; ??? TWO MINUTES' WITH THE BIBLE BY CORNILIUS B. STAM MIS. MR I AN BIBll SOCtlTY CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60A3S "WASHED, SANCTIFIED, AND JUSTIFIED" "And such were some of you; but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spir it of our God" (I Cor. 6:111. The preceding verses of 1 Corinthians 6 contain a long list of vile sins and vices into which men have fallen, and the Apostle adds: !'And such were some - of you " God's Church is not made up of "good people" who have never fallen into sin. It is rather made up of sinners, saved by grace, through the infinite pay ment made for sin by Christ on Calvary's cross. "And such were some of you." Had the Apostle in cluded the more "refined" sins, such as pride, self righteousness, etc. he would have had to say: "And such were all of you." Note further that the Apostle says: "And such WERE some of you." Thank God. he goes on to say of those who had been stained with sin: "But ye are washed, hut ye are sane tified, hut ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God." How beautiful these three phrases: "But ye are washed, but ye are sancti- , fied, but ye are justified." The word "but" appearing before each phrase indi cates that each should be considered separately. Such vile creatures were seme of % you, "bar ye are washed", cleansed from the sin that contaminated you. "Butye are sanctified". Hav ing been cleansed, you are now set apart as sacred for H is glory. "But ye are justi fied". When God justifies us, whocan condemn? "Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth?" (Rom. 8:33,34). All this is done for the believing sinner, as our verse says, "in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the spirit of our God". 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'' j vv v iT.S EDITORIAL EXPRESSION Magnolia School inadequacies case of I educational chickens coming home to roost in oP Robeson A group of concerned parents calling themselves Concerned Parents 'of Magnolia have filed a list of at least 26 grievances detailing inadequacies at Magnolia School. They heard responses to those grievances Monday night in a special called meeting at Magnolia School by school officials; includ ing Purnetl Swett, superintendent, Dr. Gerald Maynor, the chairman of the Robeson County Schools, and Noah Woods, principal of Magnolia School. Most of the complaints centered around the run down condition of the school, and its general inadequacies in staff and facilities. The dialogue pointed out anew the need for a new school in North Robeson. Therein is the rub. The parents are genuinely concerned Ibout the educational offerings their children are receiving at a union school that attempts to serve some 1100 students. Principal Noah Woods noted, among other things, in his response to the specific allegations, that he has only one full time assistant principal. Supt. Swett squarely faced the issue when he noted that building plans were essentially on hold until the Robeson County Schools Study Commission presents recom mendations; although he did note that some SI.4 million had been set aside toward the realization of a new school if and when the recommendations warrant it. The parents have legitimate complaints. A cursory look at the school satisfies even the most cynical one among us that their complaints are justified. The school is run down, and inadequate for the purposes that are being attempted there. But who's really to blame? Is the history of Robeson County in such dialogue? We think that it is. The principal, Noah Woods, is facing a no win situation, unless the county commissioners lessen his burden by provid ing necessary funding for a new school. As , we see it, no man could serve as principal at Magnolia School and not be subjected to unbelievable pressures. And parents are justified in pressing their complaints. They are serving a good purpose by pressing the point that they have been mistreated educationally over the years. They definitely have, no doubt about it. But whose fault is it? The blame rests squarely on the shoulders 1 of the politicians who have practiced pure and simple racism and, in turn, have even denied decent funding for their sordid ' exercises in benign neglect. Magnolia < School, nestled in North Robeson, has, for * many years, had to contend with Lumberton > High School, Parkton, and St. Pauls < wrestling over funding and priorities. I 1 Magnolia has always come up short at < budget time. * I Mrs. Darlene, Ransom, chairman of the * concerned parents, said it best, in a recent < interview, when she said, "We have been pushed in the background. Maybe they're t hoping we'll go away. We're going to c petition and present our grievances again c w?i wjAAi litem U> act on it. If not, we'll pursue another avenue-Federal Court." That might be the only remedy. Federal Court. The pretence of Phil Diehl, a Raeford * lawyer, who sued the county in behalf of the parents a few years ago, seemed to indicate that a federal court suit is in the offerings as a remedy. Our only dissent from the stance of the parents is in identifying who "they" are. We believe "they" are the county commis sioners, and the short sighted individuals in Robeson County who have opted for five school systems at the expense of people like the Magnolia parents who demand satisfac tion! Only one school system, and adequate funding by the county commissioners, will guarantee a decent education for the children of Magnolia and the rest of Robeson County. Anything else is an empty exercise. A federal suit might force total and complete merger. * But even a merger, without decent funding, would create a similar set of problems in the future. The parents are to be commended for demanding that their children receive an adequate education; tmd the school- officials are to be commended foffacing the questions that cry out for answers-. Parents from Magnolia said in a suit in 1980 that "Our suit asks that federal, state and local tax monies not be used to support the five school systems that have each selected to perpetuate segregation through manipulation of school district boundar ies " The 1980 suit further noted, "...We ask, however, as our most important goal that the school systems in our county be required to submit a complete plan for a unified and non-discriminatory system that will eliminate all vestiges of past and present racial discrimination." That suit was settled for political consider ations before it was fully heard in federal court. Hopefully, if a new suit is filed in federal court, parents will not allow the politicians to distract them from their task of demanding that their children receive an equitable and adequate education. Until adequate binding is provided, the complaints will continue and the answers to those complaints will be given according to the letter of the law, and not in the spirit of decency and fairness. It is a Catch-22 situation, and can only be solved by going to the budgetary trough where the county commissioners gorge ihemselves on other priorities. The parents )f Magnolia and the Robeson County Schools idministrators are attempting to have lialogue. The sad situation is that the wrong >arties are engaged in dialogue. The county rommissioners and the politicians must >ecome part of the dialogue. If not, people vill continue to talk at each other and not to :ach other as this critical situation demands. 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