Saturday, April 13, 1968 Section B 6 Pages YOUR PICTURE-NEWS WEEKLY « W/' - * . v -V • • - '-ltf iMP - " M&T"" .2^l ■l- jSJ' y rj ' m vifl MANPOWER ADMINISTRATOR —Horace R. Holmes (center), new administrator of the Dis trict of Columbia Manpower Ad Statement of President NBL on Assassination of Dr, M. L. King The death of Dr. Martin Lu ther King is indicative of the depths to which America has sunk. His life, which was dedi cated to removing ignorance, bigotry and poverty from this nation, was and will forever be a reminder that this is a racist nation—white against black and black against white.' Every American, black and white, needs to reflect upon his contribution to the climate of mental apartheid that took the life of this vibrant, young dedicated, articulate, selfless Negro American. It was a sense less death cut from the same cloth and using the same pat-- tern as was used in the deaths of John Kennedy, Mergar Ev ers and all the others Equally tragic, is the mood of the black community that even now is beginning to re taliate by looting and smashing windows of hundreds of busi nesses owned and operated by their own black people in their midst, in an* attempt to show their hatred for the "System." This show of emotions is sense less when perpeterated against millions of white who were de voted followers of Dr. King and even more stupid when strug gling black employers of black people are being victimized by their own people. Ministers of Breadbasket Open Negotiations with P. Lorillard CHICAGO Operation Breadbasket of . the Southern Christian Leadership Confer ence, Dr. Martin Luther King's primary economic thrust, took its initial plunge into negotia tions on a national basis this week, when black clergymen representing twenty cities in the U. S. met with top officials of the P. Lorillard Co., manu facturers of cigarettes and ci gars, with subsidiary enter prises that include candy mak ing, pet food products and the Federal Tin and Paper Co. The meeting was held at the Beth any Baptist Church in Brook- lyn, where O. B. B. leader, thg Rev. William Jones is pastor. The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, National Director of Operation Breadbasket, presented a de tailed list of demands covering jobs, their quality, category and quantity: i. e. the number of black people holding signi ficant positions vith the firm, the number of lawyers, physi cians, accountants etc. em ployed and persons holding distributorships or jobber posi tions. The demands also co vered the nature and extent of involvement of P. Lorillard in black advertising media, (in cluding national and local newspapers and magazines, ra dio stations and black disc jockeys) and the whole ques tion of black imagery, with models, radio & TV personali ties, etc. The banking policy of P. Lorillard,' with reference to placing funds in Negro banks was also pursued during the ministrator, talks with Secre tary of Labor Willard Wirtz (right) and Mayor Walter Wash ington of the District of Colum- We call upon the President of our troubled nation to do the following things: 1 To immediately femend the administrative interpretation of the Federal Disaster Act of 1950 in order that the SBA and oth er Federal agencies can finan cially assist the businesses af fected. and 2 To immediately ask Con gress to enact legislation creat ing a National Insurance Devel opment Corporation or similar corporation trt assist ghetto businessmen in securing casual tv insurance. As president of the National Business League, with chapters in more than fift>kcities. whose ten thousand memjjcr -business es, stand to lose their meager*" holdings. I Vk that all busi nessmen affected by these up risings do the following: 1. Close up during the entire day of Dr King's funeral in deference to his memory. 2 Report to local NBL offi cers your needs resulting from uprisings. 3. Exercise restraint, repeat restraint and understanding with the "looters to avoid any senseless confrontations and needless violence and dfeath Dr King's life was wasted if it does not change the mood of America. New Teachers To Get $6,000 Salaries in Ya. RICHMOND, Va. - Next fall, a $6,000 salary for begin ning teachers will no longer be considered unusual nor will it be the sole prerogative of noth ern Virginia school divisions, the Virginia Education Asso ciation reported today. Releasing a periodical sur vey of established and pro posed teacher pay scales for next year, the VEA said that nearly one out of two state teachers will be in areas where they will receive no less than $6,000. Nearly one out of five tea chers will be in localities with a minimum of at least $6,200 - S2OO more than the highest current minimum. Currently, only one out of every 25 Virginia teachers is in a locality where the starting pay is $6,000. About 40 tons of steel rein forcing bars are used In a mile of two-lane concrete highway. negotiations and the ministers persistently pressed for con crete programs that would in corporate more use of Negro insurance firms and a total reassessment and distribution of the philanthropic monies of the Lorillard firm. Che CarSila Ciiurs bia (left), "at the press confer ence announcing his appoint ment. John G. Peterson Promoted by The Colonial Stores RALEIGH - Appointment of John G. Peterson as Divi sion Real Estate Manager of Colonial Stores Incorporated has been announced by R. L. Belvin, Vice President of the Company's Raleigh Division. Mr. Peterson became asso ciated with Colonial in June, 1965, and was promoted to the position of Real Estate Manager of the Columbus (Ofclo) Division in October of 1965. Prior to his association with Colonial he was with the Ed ward J. Deßartolo Companies, shopping center and industrial developers, as a real estate agent and lease negotiator. Mr. Peterson is a native of Zanes ville, Ohio and he attended the Ohio State University where he majored in Commerce. Oldest Georgia Negro Political Group Meets ATLANTA, Ga. Georgia's oldest, state-wide Negro poli tical organization, the Voter's League- a bi-partisan organi zation-held its Annual Spring elections oyer the weekend in Macon, Georgia with some 312 delegates present, representing 73 of Georgia's largest coun ties. The incumbent Co-Chair men-Hosea Williams, an Exe cutive of the Southern Christ ian Leadership Conference (Democratic) was re-elected along with P. B. McCoy (Re publican) of Waycross, Geor gia. Both Vice Co-Chairmen were defeated-Dr. Houston Stallworth, Professor at Fort Valley State College in Fort Valley, Georgia, was elected as Democratic Vice Co-Chairman along with Rev. A. I. Habers ham of Macon, Georgia who was elected Republican Vice Co-Chairman. Rev. Fred C. Bennette, Sou thern Director of SCLC's Ope ration Breadbasket and long time organizer for the League was elected Treasurer and Mrs. Rebecca Morns was re-elected as Secretary. The theme of the meeting was a united Black front and the Interview, Political Guid ance and Patronage Commit tees were set up for the speci fic purpose of extending the organization in united the Negro vote. The Resolution Committee introduced a motion which was carried unanimously that the Georgia Voter's League tolly endorse the Southern Christian Leadership Confer ence's Washington Poor Peo ple's Campaign which begins sometime in mid-April. DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA Penna. County Setting Pattern For Ending Common Measles BUCKS COUNTY, Pa. TTiis largely rural, resort and farm ing community along the Dela ware River is undertaking an April campaign to immunize its 3 0,000 susceptible children against common measles. The Bucks County immuniza tion campaign is expected to serve as a model for other com munities which seek to protect their children against the rav ages of this most contagious of all childhood diseases. Prior to the current national vaccination campaign against measles, the disease killed more children than polio. As with all preventive medi cine, an index of success is the degree of public participation in the program. Judged by this standard, the Bucks County ef fort rates high Currently, some 125 private physicians have volunteered to open their offices April 6-20, during the Easter School vaca tion, to give free vaccinations with the single-shot Schwarz strain measles vaccine provided by the Bucks County Depart ment of Health. As a part of a massive under taking to warn parents of [ measles' dangers and the need J for vaccination of their chil dren, the Bucks County Asso- | ciation for Retired and Senior Citizens addressed, mailed and distributed through the coun ty's 13 school districts a half million pamphlets to local citi- 1 zens. Some 16 local 'organizations representing all segments of the community have joined in actively supporting the cam paign. Besides such medically orien tated groups as the County's Medical Society. Osteopathic Society. Tuberculosis and Health Society. Pharmaceutical Associ ation and Department of Men tal Health and Mental Retarda tion. such service clubs as the Rotary, Lions, and KiwJthis, and youth groups, such, as Boy Scouts and 4-H Clubs are parti cipating. Business and industry 'are 00-aperatilns by providing free With Our Area Men in the Service y wy "K^' SPEARMAN Airman Warren D, Spearman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Spearman of Rt. 4, Clinton, has completed basic training at Lackland AFB, Tex. He has been assigned to the Air Force Technical Training Center at Sheppard AFB, Tex., for spe cialized schooling 3s a sanita tion specialist. Airman Spear man, a 1965 graduate of. Clear Run High School, Garland, at-, tended Sampson Technical In stitute, Clinton. i2tti IHr Wl|] t f mm? .. DOWDY Master Sergeant Jack H. Dowdy (right), brother of Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy, President of A4T State University, Greensboro, re ceives the U. S. Air Force Com mendation Medal at Tuy Hoa AB, Vietnam. Colonel William J. Evans, commander of the 31st Tactical Fighter Wing, makes the presentation. outdoor billboard campaign publicity and distributing thous. ands -of pamphlets through the county's 52 banks. Some 150,- 000 handbills reminders of the drive's importance are being distributed at sup ermarket checkout counters. Although the drive will con tinue throughout the month, Sunday, April 21, as been des ignated Blitz Sunday when 10 school clinics countywide, will carry out an intensive drive to immunize children over 1 year of age. The goal in Bucks County is complete eradication of com mon measles. Epidemiological studies have established that only when communities every where accept the challenge of eliminating the disease in like manner will America be free of measles, tragic aftermath which, in 1966, affected 2,000 youngsters with measles .en cephalitis and left 230 others dead laymen to Hold Annual Meet at Persimmon Gr. GUILFORD—The Laymen's organization of the Western North Carolina Conference will hold their annual meeting April 28 at Persimmon Grove A.M.E. Church. All churches are asked to send five delegates to the meeting, officers will be elected for 1968. Reports and other important matters will be on the agenda. Laymen, please answer the call. DFBirr HOLLYWOOD make her American screen Italy's Rosella Falk will debut in "The Lylah Clare ' wuh vak and Ernest Borgnine. w w A\ WARREN Airman Oscar L. Warren, son of Mr and Mrs. Oscar M. Warren of Rt. 4, Dunn, has completed basic training at Lackland AFB, Tex. He has been assigned to the Air Force Technical Training Center at Sheppard AFB, Tex., cialized schooling as-- a cqn struction specialist. Alrmah Warren is a 1966 graduate ctf Armstrong High School, Fayet te ville. He served in the Pacific and European Theaters of Opera tion and is a veteran of the Ko rean War. A graduate of Allen Univer sity High School, Columbia. S. C., he attended South Carolina State University. Sergeant Dowdy is married to the former Lottie C. Williams. (U. S. Air Force Photo) -J TOP FRESHMAN STUDENT HONORED AT A&T Arnold Murphy, keeper of records for A&T chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity (left), presents Episcopalians Back Drive to Aid Businessmen NEW YORK, N.Y. -The Finance Department of the Executive Council of the Epis copal Church has originated a program to encourage wider investments in ghetto areas, according to an announcement by the Right Reverend John E. Hines, Presiding Bishop of the Church. The program will be launched with individual de- If divisions where school boards are proposing a $6,000 minimum are added to divi sions where at least a $6,000 minimum has already been es tablished, nearly half of the state's 46,000 teachers will be covered by a $6,000 base pay now offered by only Alexan dria and Prince William. Fairfax is expected to be the highest paying locality in the state with a projected be ginning figure of $6,400 with Alexandria close behind at an expected $6,300. Already es- \ — r y- — i ▼>? \ LOFTtN Airman Leon Loftin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Loftin Sr. of 10 Carver Courts, Kinston, has completed basic training at Lackland AFB, Tex. He is now assigned as a security police man with a unit of the Tactical Air Command at Nellis AFB, Nev. Airman Loftin is a 1967 graduate of Adkin Senior High School. Sergeant William H. Wyatt, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Wyatt of 807 Green St., Dur ham, is on duty at Tan Son Nhut AB, Vietnam. Sergeant Wyatt, a security policeman, is a member of the Pacific Air Forces. Before his arrival in Vietnam, he was assigned to Seymour Johnson AFB, N. C. The sergeant is a 1963 grad uate of Durham High School. • • • George C. Carver, 111, son of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Carver of G-l-A University Apart ments, Durham, has been pro moted to technical sergeant In the U. S. Air Force. Sergeant Carver is an air traffic controller at Aleonbury RAF Station, England. He is a member of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe. Bill Approved WASHINGTON -Antici pating a "travel explosion" in the 1970'5, the Senate passed a bill Monday to simplify passport rocedures and to make the permits valid for five years without renewal. - News of Sports World State. National And Local certificate of achievement to Miss Irene Lucky, Stanley, top freshman student during the current session. Others honored were Pearson E. Dunbar, Jr., above $6,000 are posits of $15,000 in church funds in selected banks in Ne gro communities throughout the country, to act as "multi pliers" with the hope of en couraging further deposits from parishes, dioceses and individual church-goers in those banks. The interest-bearing depo sits will be made in Negro owned and/or managed banks and savings and loan associa tions. A list of institutions which will be queried by the church about their policies in cludes the majority of Negro commercial banks and Negro managed Federal Savings and Loan Associations in U.S. Presbyterian Women Launch Dcive to Deal With Urban Crisis NEW YORK - Recognizing that more than stop-gap mea sures are imperative in with the nation's urban dftsis, the National Executive Com mittee of United Presbyterian Women last week launched a two-pronged program to help deal with the crisis. For its own members, the UPW executive body launched a process aimed at helping to change "white racist" attitudes and combating prejudice largely person-to-person 'basis. On an ecumenical basis, the committee endorsed recent program thrusts of Church Women United in the over-all race-poverty field and voted to allocate SIO,OOO to that na tional movement for the em ployment of a staff member who will work in the develop ment of an action program to meet human and community, needs. The 560,000 members of UPW are being urged to: Buy and read "without be ing on the defensive" the Re port of the President's Nation al Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, which is now available in Bantam paperback for $1.25. Seek out a woman "of your own race perhaps like you, is 'hung up' in her atti tudes and relationships by mid dle class assumptions and urge her to study and discuss the report with you." Seek new insights by join ing a woman of another race for dialogue. Contribute one dollar to a "One for One Fund" to help provide similar opportunities of involvement to others. This course was charted by the 16-member UPW National Executive Committee during a weeklong meeting in Philadel phia, which ended Friday. At the same time, the na tional executive body, presided over by Mrs. Harold E. Boesch of Kensington, Md., endorsed the projects of Church Women United, which include these efforts: PRICE: 20c Shallotte, (scond from left); and Miss Margaret Hammond, Win terville. Looking on is Larry Crowder, assistant keeper o£ records. The purpose of the depo sits ie to encourage more loans to worthwhile business in those areas, more investments in small businesses in need of funds and aid to enterprises that will benefit the commu nity by helping Negroes to build a more viable economy in the areas where . they live. The deposits, plus matching ones from dioceses and pa rishes, would increase the lend ing power of the banks and are fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corpora tion. The world's fastest passenger airliner is the Corvair 990. This jet cruises at 640 miles per hour. Supporting local, state and national fair housing legisla tion. fair housing barriers in, neighborhoods and communities. Establishing training pro grams to help women interpret the urban crisis and to help women understand the nature of white racism. Setting up centers to hear complaints of minority group persons about housing, sanita tion, &nd other public services, and offering help in filing com plaints with appropriate city agencies. Substituting "crash" educa tion curriculum that focuses on the Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders for regular study ma terials. Offering immediate inter pretation of the Southern. Christian Leadership Confer ence-sponsored "poor people's campaign," scheduled to begin in Washington, D. C., on April 22. Focusing attention on com munity needs and mobilizing for action on May Fellowship Day, May 3. Bunker Due To See LB J SAIGON United States Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker left Saigon late Monday for Washington to . "discuss the possibility of peace'' in Vietnam with President Johnson. At a news conference at Tansonnhut Airport, Burner said he would "assure" President .Johnson that both the U.S. and South Vietnamese government were "consulting very closely during this important period when the prospects for progress toward peace look somewhat brighter." L The 74-yeai-old ambasador to Saigon denied that the South Vietnamese government was unhappy about Washington's re cent moves toward peace in Vietnam. During the past week, South Vietnamese officials have said that they were nervous about the possibility tint Washington and Hanoi would negotiate to end the war.