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2A -THE CAROLINA TIMES SATURDAY, JUNE *7, 1869 TWO MIHUTEStX *"» THE MIR " ssrts ss„™S f) «K**o. IUINO« (04M THE LAW MISUNDERSTOOD 'I here aix iliiit misconceptions thai most people entertain about the law of (,iml ami io Ten Omi mamlmems: I. Mini |Ki)|)lc 114 if a xagoc no tion ilia I ilif lav always was; lliai it must haii- Ikhii gixeu m Vilaiu or soon a fit'!. Aciualli. ii was Kitm In Mink-* about I.VIO 8.C.. after altou! 2JUNI xrars of liiiman historx hail clapsetl (John 1:17). So uiailkilut lixeil on tarth loi aliout L'.MKI Man without tin lau or tlir Tell Com Itlaiiilnu'iils. - Mini |Hi>|>lc *up|N>*c that tin 1 lau ami tin- I'rn Com main I nun is were gixen to mankind in general, while in fait it was gixcli >> Israel alone (l)eui. 5:2.! l) . Black Taxation Without Representation Black leaders of North Carolina need to take a thoughtful and search ing look into the distressful situation involving and surrounding the case of Mrs. Pattie B. Cotton, a black teacher of the William R. Davis High School of Halifax County. An account of the case appears on the front page of this week's issue of this news paper to which we call the attention of all our readers. Unless an organized effort is put forth to aid Mrs. Cotton in her de fense against the persecution of the Halifax County School Board there will be more such cases in North Carolina, resulting in the efforts of integration of the public schools in the state becoming a mere mockery. We, therefore, urge the North Caro lina Branch of the National Associa tion for the Advancement of Colored People and other civil rights organi zations of the state to .go to the res cue of Mrs. Cotton who, apparently is being persecuted and made a scape goat for no other reason than she is a black teacher in a predominantly white school and the all-white board of Halifax County is desirous of oust ing her. Along with the aid of the civil rights organizations, help from reli gious, fraternal organizations and in dividuals should be forthcoming so that funds and other needs will not have to be furnished entirely by Mrs. Cotton. As it now stands the entire defense of Mrs. Cotton is being con ducted by Atty. James R. Walker, The Future of Every Individual During the past year or so, an ominous term has gained currency in connection with inflation. It is a term that was coined to describe a growing lack of public confidence in the U. S. dollar. More and more we hear the words "inflation psycholo gy." The financial decisions of busi nesses and families alike are increas ingly subject to the feeling of infla tion and a sense of slipping values. As financial columnists wrote some time ago, the struggle has taken on the shape of "inflation psychology versus governmental restraint." Now, with a new Administration in Washington, an Administration that went into office pledged to re store confidence in the dollar and solvency to government, the upper most question is how this struggle is faring. So far as business and price indices go, the boom continues. But statistics may prove to be an un reliable guide to the more subtle side of inflation stemming from confi dence, or ladk of it, in the dollar. It may be that the struggle against in flation psychology is making head way. The evidence is accumulating that the Nixon Administration means business. A federal budget surplus is forecast for 1970. Federal spending is being held down. This, combined with current tax and credit policies, is expected to have a gradual re straining influence on the rate of inflation. Beyond the specific steps to put governmental monetary affairs in order, top federal officials have placed themselves on the firing line in the press and elsewhere with con fidence-building statements. In a copyrighted interview in the popular Sunday newspaper magazine, "Pa rade," Treasury Secretary David Ken nedy endeavors to answer some of the foremost questions about prices, money, economic controls, taxes, re cession, military spending, etc. Mr. Kennedy's words are reassuring and .1. Musi |M'it|ile suppose that that law was giicn In hel|f us to tlo right. Eien some clergymen teach this, al though the Itilile dcarh leaehes that ilie l.aw was gixen to show us that we are guilty sinners. ll is true thai the law. while gixen to Israel. «/.»« shows the (•entile that | he is a sinnei. This is whv Rom. .1:1(1 says: "\ow we know that what things su*"*er Ihe law s:iith. it sailh to them that are umler the law: that everv 1 mouth tuny Ik- stopped. ami all the worlil max jie hroughl iu guillv he fore (.ml." Jr., who is the only black lawyer in the county. It is therefore, the hope of this newspaper that other black lawyers will soon be employed to as sist in furnishing the necessary legal defense that Mrs. Ootton is going to need in one of this state's most das tardly counties when it comes to fair treatment of its black citizens. To guard against such situations in the future the North Carolina Gen eral Assembly should pass a law that no county or city in which there is a sizeable black population, should be permitted to have a Board of County Commissioners, sity Council or Al derman without "j|t least a semblance of bladk representation. In short we are of the opinion that the day of black taxation \*4thout black repre sentation in all Wfa and county pub lic offices has lc§f since passed. We, therefore, call upp'n black leaders all over North Carolina to begin now to prepare to meet whatever require ments are necessary for black repre sentation in all public city and coun ty offices or boards. Unless such a program is put into operation the coming generations may as well prepare for an era of upheavels by black citizens, the like of which present generations have never seen. Certainly it should not be expected that black men should stand idly by while. the women of their race are being made the victims of intolerable situaitons such as that which now obtains in Halifax Coun ty. plainly spoken. He believes that by this coming fall, prices will not only stop rising, but should start drop ping. He likes governmental re straints such as tax increases, spend ing cuts and fiscal and monetary "tightness" to the discipline that every householder must practice when family spending and income get out of line. He thinks these restraints will be reflected in lower interest rates, just as he expects them to gradually bring a halt to inflationary price increases. On the other hand, he sees no reason for a depression Today's demands, technology and ex pectation, in his opinion, should mantain a foundation of economic growth fop years to come. And he believes an ending of the war in Viet Nam would be "The best thing that could happen to our economy." On the all-important matter of un employment, he believes there will be no lack of jobs for skilled workers but reports a likelihood of fewer jobs for unskilled workers and urges an intensive training effort to up grade the abilities of the unskilled— an effort such as now being conduct ed on a nationwide scale under the stimulus of the National Alliance of Businessmen. Mr. Kennedy pointed out that the damage of inflation could well do far greater harm to the country and our people than any tem porary unemployment resulting from anti-inflation measures. Whatever the coming months bring, it appears certain that both "infla tion psychology" and inflation con trol are to receive more than token attention from President Nixon and his Administration. And there is a good chance that the people will back up the Administration's anti-infla tion moves, since they are now learn ing that wage and income increases can no longer keep up with the dwindling purchasing power of the dollar. Justice Replaces Tyranny | -Named (Continued from front page) ber of several civic planning and human relations groups and the East Washington Heights Baptist Church. Dr. Lyons lives in Washing ton with his wife and three children. -Mitchell (Continued from front page) an employee of such Federal agencies as the War Manpower Commission, the War Produc tion and the war time FEPC. -Dr. Browne (Continued from front pftge) tion of the disadvantaged, the personal revelation of pride and the humiliation that can be inflicted upon others in so many ways that leaves scars upon the human mind and spirit. Advance reviewers have called this warm boojc "Intri guing and engrossing." -Received (Continued from front page) people look for a scapegoat. And our organizaiton is a con veniet scapegoat." Describing some of the news accounts as "Flagrantly libe lous," Garrett also stated that the Foundations is "looking in to the legal aspects" of such matters. -Educators (Continued from front page) lies. The call is being issued directly to the NAAAE mem bership and to a broader au dience of black educators through schools, colleges, fra ternal and alumni organizations. Headquarters for the confer ence will be at Pashal's Motor Hotel, the largest black owned facility of its type in the Southeastern U. S. Formed to promote com munication among educators throughout the black commu nity, NAAAE has a national publication, FORESIGHT, a placement service and has plans for a consultant service, a speakers bureau, program dev elopment and a research library among other benefits of mem bership. Inquiries about the national Conference or about member ship should be addressed to: NAAAE, 1776 Broadway, NYC, YN 10019. €b* Carolina Cimes JFKTGIMLFLIIKSY Published army Saturday at Durham, N. C. by United Publisher/, Inc. L. E. AUSTIN, Publisher CLARENCE F. BONNETTE Business Manager J. ELWOOD CARTER. JidoerUsing 11 onager Second Class Postage Paid at Durham, N. C. 27702 SUBSCRIPTION RATES $5.00 per year phis (15c tax in N. C.) anywhere in the U.S., wd Canada and to' servicemen Oversea!, Foreign, $7.50 per year, Single copy 20c. PmarAL Omcx LOCATED AT 436 E. Ptrmawr SI— I, DOBHAM, NOBTH CABOUXA 27702 -Ft. Polk (Continued from front page) been given access by the own ers and were engaged in activi ty which is entirely lawful, to wit, preparing to hear and record complaints of racial discrimination by Negro ser vicemen stationed at Fort Polk. The arrests and over night imprisonment ordered by Mayor Fertitta of Leesville coincide neatly with position ascribed to commanding offi cer at Fort Polk who has pre viously denied charges of racial discrimination on base and has declined to cooperate with NAACP in investigation of such charges. We believe ' Department of Defense should ihitiate immediately searching inquiry into conditions of Negro servicemen at Fort Polk and into possibility that Post Commander was implicated in any manner whatsoever in last Saturday's police action in Leesville. -Degrees (Continued from front page) will not oppose." She said colleges must adapt to the times but must not re treat from the principles that have made them "bastions of freedom offering a chance to search for the truth." She said that if a dissenter "knows who he is and where he is going, then he pursues his goal by all mean sthat will allow him to reach that goal," but she warned that some dis senters are led not by ration ality but by "immature emo tions." Mrs. Koontz spoke of the recent election of Charles Ev ers as mayor of Fayette, Miss. She said "Evers, who has every reason to hate since his brother (Medger) was killed, hes said he will not make that mistake. He is a dissenter who knows that destroying the institution that has been the only way we have succeeded so far is not the way to reach our goal." P. O. Burglarized LAKE LI'RE (UPI) _ A search continued here Monday for burglars who looted the Lake Lure Post Office during the weekend. Rutherford County officers and postal investigators said the burflars forced their way into the building sometime Saturday night. They took more than $3,000 in postal stock, $330 in cash, 1,468 postal money orders and about 100 to 125 pension and Social Security checks. Nuclear To Okinawa Is an Issue WASHINGTON - For eign Minister Kiichi Aichi re minded President Nixon Mon day of Japan's extreme allergy toward nuclear weapons as he launched an effort to regain control over Okinawa, site of the biggest U.S. military base in the Western Pacific. Nuclear weapons could be a major obstacle to agreement on Okinawa. • The reminder came during a 30-minute White House meeting 'between the President and the Japanese diplomat which ' set the tone for negotiations with Secretary of State William P. Rogers over the next three days. The United States took over Okinawa after World War II and has built it into the key Ameri can military bastion in the Western Pacific. Both the islan ders and the Japanese have been increasingly insistent on its restoration to Japan. Set against this force, a politi cally potent one in Japan, is the desire of U.S. military planners to maintain a strong military presence on the strategically placed island. Aides to the President said participants in the White House meeting recognized tbe number of hard problems to be negotiat ed and expressed the desire of both countries for a solution. But they said there were no di rect negotiations between the President and the foreign minis ter. Besides Okinawa, there was a discussion of U.S.-Japan trade and investment problems, and the question of security in the Pacific area, the White House said. In bringing up the nuclear question, Aichi said the govern ment of Prime Minister Eisaku Sato is anxious to solve the question of setting a date for Okinawa's return to Japanese rule by the time Sato arrives here in mid-November for meet ings with Nixon. "In that connection Mr. Aichi stressed that we Japanese peo ple have a unique feeling to ward anything nuclear," an em bassy spokesman said. Things You S K^LLErf Born in slavery in HE WORKED ANDSAWED ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY HIS FREEDOM M 1T77-AFTCR, Htf> PREACHED A WHILE ATST. SEQRG9ATION WAS IN AND ABSOLOM JONES FOUNOCi THE AFRICAN METHOOtST EPISCOPAL CHURCH- BY 1820 THERE WEREOE&4OOONEGRO W PMLA,/ SPREAD THROUGH THE NATION, ALLEN BECAME' BISHOP/TODAY,TH IB DENOMINATION HAS MORE THAN AMyjgm MEMBERS ALL OVER THE WORLD./ *»"TtA/6tsr>i c f&ir-Ls*ia —* WHITNEY M. YOUNt Grape Strike By WHITNEY M. YOUNG, JR. (Editor's Note: Mr. Young is the author at the new. ly published book "Beyond Racism." THE LUSH VALLEYS of southern California look like the promised land, but they hide poverty and human misery as disgraceful as any in this country. For the past four years the region has been the center of what may be the most important labor dispute since the 1930'5. The grape-pickers, most of them Mexican-Americana, Filipino-Americans, and other minorities including Negroes, are striking for decent wages and working conditions, and for recognition of their union. I recently visited their leader, Cesar Chavez, In Delano. He described to me the conditions his union is trying to change. Pickers work in vineyards that get as hot as 115 de grees, with poor health and sanitary conditions; their chil dren die at a rate double the national average; they are twice as likely as other Americans to get flu or TO; their average life-span is only 49 years, compared to the average American's 70 years; they aren't covered by unemployment insurance or minimum wages; and they aren't even allowed to have a union to bargain for them as other American workers have. Work Under Poor Conditions Before the strike, wages were only about $1 per hour for backfcreaking stoop labor. When the union signed a contract with wine grape growers, it called for a $2 per hour wage. In order to fight the union, other growers raised wages a bit. but men, women, and children work in the fields at below-poverty wages. Oiildren who should be in school or at play, put in long days in the hot sun working at tasks that would exhaust adults. When a leading table-grape farm was struck, It started to ship its grapes in boxe g bearing the labels of other grow ers, so the union was forced to call for a national boycott of all California grapes. I haven't bought California grapes since the boycott started, and millions of other Americans have refused to buy them, too. Many concerned people are putting pressure on their local supermarkets to bar these grapes until the union is recognized. But Chavez and his union still face an uphill fight. I was impressed by their spirit and their faith in the face of the odds against them. Chavez himself, is a saintly man, dedicated to the spirit of non-violence that inspired Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. A prime problem facing the strikers is the importation of workers from Mexico. Recruiters bring in busloads of poor people from across the border, without telling them they are to be strikebreakers. Armed with their green cards —work permits— more than 100,000 of these non-resident migrant workers are employed on the fauna of the -South west, frustrating attempts to unionize fear-ridden, impover ished farm workers. Importing strikebreakers is illegal, go the government must end this sanction of scab labor. Key Issue In Grape Strike The key issue in the strike is union recognition. It's hard to believe that in thi s day and age people can still question a worker's right to be represented by a union, but farm workers and many other types of labor are still de. nied this basic right won by industrial and craft workers more than a generation ago. Farm workers in California, hospital workers In Charleston, S. C., and road workers in West Virginia— most of them members of minority groups—are denied the basic constitutional rights other workers take for granted. But beyond the needs of justice and fair play, pertiape the most significant aspect of these strikes i® the oppor tunity they pre vide for the labor movement to regain its crusading role. The AFL-010 and other unions have sup ported Cesar Chiavez, and they have backed other organ izing efforts, too. Labor, by organizing the poor and the friendless, can help end poverty by protecting low-wage workers, and it can give the lie to those who so happily pro claim the selfishness and prejuice of some unions. "Secondly he stressed that in considering the Okinawa ques tion, President Nixon should also consider the importance of the stability of Japanese politics as well as the trust of the Japa nese people in the United States." Hospital For Len Gets Okay KINSTON The Lenoir Coun ty commissioners gave approval Monday to spending $10.19 million to construct the proposed Lenoir County Hospital. A resolution called for spen ding about $7.7 million from county bond issue money and the rest from other county sources. The action was taken aftei board members learned that on ly $1,584,000 of a $3 million federal grant has been ap propriated and that ap propriation will not be available until after the hospital is con structed. In other action, the board made these appointments: Oscar Waller was re-appointed to the Lenoir County ABC Board for a three-year term; Forest Waller was re-appointed to the board of trustees of Lenoir Com munity College; R. E. Mewborn Jr. was re-appointed to the Lenoir County Welfare Board. Merle Edwards was appointed to the Airport Commission; and Bob Faulkner was appointed to the Lenoir County Fire Com mission.
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