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2A > —THE CAROLINA TIMES SATURDAY, SEPT 6. IMS New Education Chairman Faces Tough Job About the best that can be said for the recent elevation of Dr. Theodore R Speigner to the chairmanship of the Durham City Board of Educa tion is that it establishes a prece dent in that it is the first time in the history of Durham that a Negro has been named chairman of any im portant city or county board or com mittee Because of the very unsettled state of affairs now existing within the city educational system the appoint ment of Dr. Speigner as chairman of the board, may in the end prove disastrous in that he may be over whelmed by the mountain of prob lems now facing the board. Thus it might be wise for those of his race who look upon his appointment as an advancement to exercise a bit of re straint and caution. We trust that Dr Speigner will guard with ureat rare against emit ting the matter of race to influence his leadre.ship as chairman of the board Certainly there will come times when prudence or right will demand that his decisions be made without regard for the demands of those of One of the organizations which has had a great deal to do with creating some of fhe most important things that are right about our nation has been the Boys' Clubs of America. Founded 109 years ago, this move ment has grown until it now offers companionship, guidance, sports and educational opportunities to well over 750.000 boys from 7 to 17. who be long to more than 750 Boys' Clubs established in every part of the Unit ed States. Each club is supervised by full time salaried professional career youth workers who are dedicated to the work of providing boys "A place to go ... a way to grow." Boys' Gubs provide professional assistance to boys who need a hand in establishing worthwhile goals in life and some motivation and encour agement in reaching them It is a There is widespread interest in the subject of tax reform at both the state and the national level. An ex ample of this interest i* to be found in the state of California where leg islation h«s been proposed which, if passed, would eliminate a major tax inequality, at least within the bor ders of the state and. at the same time, provide needod additional tax funds for schools, a* well as city, county and state government. The proposed legislation would im pose an excise tax on government owned electric and gas utility busi nesses in California equal to the state income, local property and fran chise taxes paid by investor-owned gas and electric utilities in the state. These taxes amount to 14 per cent of the retail operating revenues of the principal investor-owned electric companies in California and 7 per cent for the major gas companes. Since the cost of taxes paid by any business is reflected in the prices of its products or services, nearly 80 per cent of the people in California served by investor-owned utility com panies pay substantially more toward the cost of government and schools than the remaining 20 per cent of the people who are customers of gov ernment-owned utilities. Things You Should Know lemeLir Bom m nc mcwoom or IAMA, MR. HUOMC LCOSCTTEItWftS A WnHb^^V CttS»«I^SOWM»FO«TYVE*Is/llg BOASTED NECOUV Fie* A OF COTTOW A OAf/MCANUT SIX PECTTMLL w MOMS smssw Tm MWIMWTIC FOUC , *e****cnmrtmm9mmnmKm/ his own race. All intelligent and fair minded Negro citizens of Durham will not look, want or expect any special considertaion from the new chairman because of his race. It is their hope, therefore, that his administration will prove to be one possessed with the highest states manship and faii-play to all. This newspaper would also have it understood here and now that it re fuses to endorse any form of vio lence on the part of Negro, white students or adults. We stand for law and order we stand for a square deal for any and all, irrespective of race or color. It is not our feeling that the necessary changes that must be made in keei»ing with the new era now dawning cannot be achieved without violence, bitterness and force It is, therefore, our hope and prayers that somehow Dr. S[>eigner will be able to supply the leadership that is going to be needed if Durham is to escape a catastrophe in its efforts to com ply with integration of our public school system as interpreted by the U. S. Supreme Court. A Boy's Best Friend remarkable fact that this movenpent is entirely dependent on public sup port, receiving no federal, state or municipal operating funds. The or ganization's goal of establishing one thousand clubs to help a mllion boys is made more difficult of achievement by the fact that too few people are really aware of the full scope of the Boys' Clubs of America, how clubs may be organized and what they can mean in giving the youth of prati- any community, large or small, » real lift along the way when they may need it most. Boys' Clubs are among the things that are right with America. They deserve the broadest national recog nition. as well as the support and interest of more concerned individuals -and organizations in everyone of the 50 states. Equality the Issue The proposed excise tax of 14 per cent on the retail revenues of govern ment-owned electric utilities and 7 per cent on gas revenues would sim ply equalize the state and local tax burden between customers of govern ment-owned and investor-owned and investor-owned systems. It would also result in SSO million more in tax rev enue of which the state would re ceive 10 per cent, counties and cities 40 per cent, and school districts 50 per cent each year. Although extremists on both sides of the question will tend to cloud the issue it is important to realize Jhat the question of tax equalization be tween investor-owned utilities and government-owned systems is not a public versus private power question. In California and other states and at the national level where similar legi slation has been proposed, it is cer tainly not an attack on government owned utility operations or a ques tioning of the propriety of such own ership. In California, the point of the matter is to achieve greater tax fair ness for the people who own homes and businesses in the state homes equality for utility systems and ifteir customers nationwide would be an excellent place to start a sensible and fair tax reform program. An Era OfMitchel lism.. v ? HOWEVER, THE RESULTS NkHCH MTIVHBA B MOST NTERESTEDUE NOTNTHE \ i/fll'' 4flE4 OFCMLfOGHTSBUTHTVEAREAOF \ * LAMAHDORtjR fVRITBHERE THAT PKESCENT HfXON HAS MADE HIS GREATEST, POLITICAL WESTMENT. ITBH THBAREA . 4 fH» THATHTCHELL MUST SUCCEED f THE yV» PRE3DENT IS TO MAKE GOOD ON HIS J PAKSHPRDMtSES,TTtS TO STRENGTHEN TJGyfZj J DETMRTMENTHERE THATMTfCHELLHAS \ J*R M* BECOME A mnSM OF HIRE TAPS, 7 PREVENTIVE DETENTION,THE i OF PEACE DEMONSTRATORS AMD THE l£D(ts* * " I 'surh/ollance*ofblackiwfTb&Rs.* / n^TV/i. NEW YORK TIMES ' ft BEW * -THIS ADMINISTRATION IS PREPARED AND WILLING AND READY TO ACT IMMEDIATELY AS SOON AS WEItE J||>X NOTIFIED OF DANGER, WEIL HAVE MW# lg-\ THE NATIONAL GUARD N TIC ARMOR) ~j£jAN&WE ABHYONWPCWORSDC- -Block (Continued from front page) worth was "an unwise appoint ment." The newspaper con cluded: "It is not too late to voice approval or disapproval. This is our—DISAPPROVAL!" BALTIMORE AFRO-AMERI CAN: "President Nixon's con sideration of Judge Clement F. Haynsworth of the Fourth Cir cuit Court of Appeals, Rich mond, as a member of the Su preme Court, once again ex poses the 'law and order' cry as an appeal to racism . . . His record suggests he is not at tuned to the times." -League (Continued from front page) University Small Business De velopment Center. The new directors added to NBL's board were: George Car roll of Baltimore, Maryland. He is Treasurer of the Baltimore Chapter of NBL and serves as an officer of the Baltimore Real Estate Brokers Associa tion. Ernest L. Dixon of Atlan ta, Georgia, is President of the Atlanta chapter of NBL and an officer of Citizens and South ernern National Bank. Joseph Mobley of Atlantic City, New Jersey, is President of Atlantic City chapter of NBL and Presi dent of Mobley Construction Co., Inc. Mary Frederick of De troit, Michigan is Secretary of the Booker T. Washington Busi ness Association and is on the staff of Michigan State Auditor. Andrew D. Foster of Indiana polis, Indiana, is president of the Indianapolis chapter of NBL and is also President of Foster Motels. The Convention re-elected Berkeley G. Burrell of Wash ington. D. C.. President for an other three year term. Detroit, Michigan was an nounced as the 1970 Conven tion site. Homer Waterman, President of the Booker T. Washington Business Associa tion in Detroit, reported his citv was preparing to make the next convention equally out standing as the Memphis meet ing. -Housewives (Continued from front page) energetic president, Mrs. Ann Whitehead, came up with an idea. Since the registration office is in a small building adjacent to the courthouse and on the ground floor, just a few feet away from the main street, why not stop passing Negroes on the sidewalk to ask them whether they are registered to vote? If the answer it no, one of the housewives urgej the passer-by to step into the regis tration office to go through the brief procedure of registering. The approach has been re markably successful. Even dur ing the hot and busy tobacco harvesting season, the Kinston- Lenoir housewives have been registering well over 100 Ne groes a week. Working with a small grant from the Voter Education Project of the South er n Regional Council, the housewives had registered 850 blacks between July 10, and August 29, when their current effort started. Of 'that number, says Mrs. Whitehead, 314 were brought into the registration office "off the streets." In addition to patrolling the sidewalk near the registration office, the housewives make regular visits to poolrooms and other places where large num bers of black people are gath ered The approach saves both time and money. The women are spared the time-consuming task of driving all new regis trants to the courthouse and they are saved some of the cost of gasoline for trips back and forth (which can mount up fast in rural areas), although some of this still must be done In nearby LaGrange, Ira Branch operator of a grocery store, keeps a list of customers who are not registered to vote. Members of the League carry an average of two carloads of new black voters to Kinston each week. The customers in dicate, as they sign Branch's list, when it will be convenient to go to Kinston to register. The League had another big registration push last fall which, with a presidential election ap proaching, produced heavy black registration gains. But this year is not an election year in North Carolina, and John Edwards, director of the VEP-affiliated North Carolina Voter Education Project, says registration gains as heavy as those being produced by the Kinston-Lenoir housewives is "highly unusual" when no elec tions are coming up. In addition to registration work, which is its main activity, the Housewives League has several other projects. These include working with the anti poverty program in providing homemaking instructions, help ing to get welfare benefits to those in need, and helping those in need of housing to get into public housing, Mrs. White head explained. These activities tie in naturally, she added, with contacts made in the course of doing voter registration work. Blacks and whites alike are impressed by the voter regis tration work done by the Housewives League. "These ladies have done an excellent job," said Mrs. Thel ma Rains, the white executive secretary of the Lenior County Board of Elections. "They've worked hard and they've worked us hard." Members of the Housewives League expect to bring in an even heavier registration when tobacco harvesting is over. They say they have long lists of men who have promised to register when this all-important sea son passes. The Housewives League has many more months of hard work ahead if the black vote in Lenoir County is to be hrought to its full potential. The black voting age popula tion is about 10,000, only half of whom are presently regis tered. The white voting age population is 19.000. of whom more than 17,000 are register ed. However, the black voting age population is concentrated in Kinston, where the House wives League has been making its strongest effort. Basically, the Housewive* League conffsts of five house wives and three young people, nlus three or four other Lenoir County women who help out regularly. T>ast year, a sorority gavo Mrs. Whitehead the "Fin »r Womanhood Award" for her leadership role in the League. New Britain, Conn., !s known as the "Hardware City." When wrapping gifts, give yourself ample room and a flat surfac* on which U work. -Grants (Continued from front page) ices. Among the students enrolling at Rutgers in September will be Luther Brown of Williams ton, AicTs first Woodrow Wil son Fellow. Brown received a grant of $9,180. Other students winning awards include Brian Benson. Miss Barbara Gore, and Alvin Thomas and Japhet Nkonge, all of Greensboro; Delores Cooke and LaSandra Keeye, High Point; Naomi Hagwood, Leaks ville; and Freddie Parker, Me bane. Also Mary Ann Barnes, Wash ington, D. C.; Keith Br6wn, Jamaica; Donxella Coleman, Charlotte; Cleon Currie, Ef land; Willie Currie, Fayette ville; Mary Evans, Rock" Mt.; James McLawhorn, Gre Mary Mills, JaCksottvflh ' ' ard Newkirk, Ivansoe; 1 Roberts, Bradley, Fla; an* ert Thom bs. Glen-A Woodrow Harding and 1 fj* Jolley. R T*'HE FIRST Negro to serve JL in the United States Sen ate was born 147 years ago (1812) on Monday of this week. He was Hiram Revala who died in 1901. He repre sented Mississippi Other eventa of historical Interest this week are M fol lows: SEPTEMBER 1 Bishop Charles B. Galloway (1849- 1908) of Mississippi, promoter of interracial goodwill, bom. BEPTEMBER s - Dr. Alex ander T. Augusta, the first Negro to be commissioned in the medical department of the United States Army, got his credentials in 1863. James Fortem (1778-184]), Negro abolitionist and . inven tor, born. SEPTEMBER 8 - Charles H. Houston (1805-1900), emin ent attorney, honors graduate of Howard University and early fighter for civil rights, born. Separate achools were abol ished in 18S3. John Stephen was appointed as Frederick Douglass' suc cessor a« Minister to Haiti in 1801. SEPTEMBER 4 William Z. Dodge (1868-1833), advocate of Negro education, born. SEPTEMBER I —John Wesley Cromwell (1848-1927), Journalist and educator, born. SEPTEMBER I John Wesley Cromwell (1846-1977), journalist and educator, born. SEPTEMRER • Marquis deLafayette (1787-1834), friend of the Negro, born. SEPTEMBER 7 John Merrick (1859-1919), one of the founders of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insuraaoe Ceaa pany, bora. Catholics account for about one-third of North's Ireland's I.S million population, says the National Geographic. Arizona is known a» "The Grand Canyon State." Public U IT YOU DON'T like the service In a restaurant or a de partment store, you can always take your business else where, but you can't switch electric companies. Public utilities like electric and gas companies are monopolies. Because they perform a vital public service and are protected from competition, they are subject » regulation by the state. But they also have a special responsibility to the puonc a responsibility greater than that of other private cor porations who don't enjoy the guaranteed profits and shelter from the free market. It seems that most public utilities are not living up to that special responsibility, especially a* It relates to their treatment of the poor and to theij obligation to use their power for socially desirable ends. , While many companies in the field are improving toeir employment policies, they have a long way to go. A federal study made a few years ago showey utility companies lag ging far behind other industries in hiring Negro and other minority workers. Cash Deposits Required A common complaint affecting all poor people black and white is the usual policy of requiring deposits. Be fore the gas or electricity is turned on, most companies demand large cash deposits, sometimes as much as SIOO. Some people don't have to pay deposits. People who have good jobs, credit cards, and some of the other attributes of middle-class life, escape such payments. Most often it is the poor, who can afford large cash outlays least, who we forced to scrape together enough cash to pay the deposit that turns the lights on. This is not only unfair, it's unnecessary. Deposits are supposed to insure the company against non-payment « bills. One study of a West Coast telephone company's debt ors showed that five out of six didn't have to pay deposits they were considered good risks. If this is typical, then it meana that poor people as a class are required to pay the deposits that ensure companies against losses from defaulters who are not poor. Hera is another instance where the poor subsidize the better-off. In urban areas, most poor people and especially black people, live in the center city. It's usually the older part of town where the pipelines and wires have already been laid and have been working for years. The real cost to utilities lies in stretching these lines out to the growing suburbe or to new offitfe and industrial build ings. But the companies calculate their rate s on total coats in the whole area. That means that rates in poverty areas are the same as the rates in the outlying districts that art far more expensive to service. Again, the poor subsidise, through higher rates, the suburban middleclasaes. Large Users Often Favored Large users of electricity, such as industrial plants, are often favored by lower rates too. The reasoning is that big customers should get discounts. But here again, the poor pay more thi g time to subsidize industrial concerns. If rates were higher for industry, they'd still use the same amountof electricity. It's needed for production. The savings passed on to the poor would mean they could stretch already tight budgets a little further. But present unfair rate structures mean home s in poverty areas can't use all the utilities families need because of the high coat. There is a growing feeling that such policies are not only unfair, but illegal a B well. They amount to discrimination against a whole class of people— the poor. They also amount to-a gross violation of public trust because the monopoly,. rrimination against the pioor, conflPtfeUuftg to .tnWn tensions. Utilities ought to examine these policies and change them. Equality in hiring, an end to forced deposits, changes in rate structures, and consumer education programs should be .undertaken at once before the courts and the stato regulatory agencies take the kinds of legal actions the utili ties will regret Snoring V Question: In comparison nith the human voice, what makes snoring annoying? Mrs. C. A. T. Answer: The human voice la made up of fundamental tones which are pleasantly male louder by the vocal resonators (cavities nose, mouth, and throat). Snoring, conversely, ts basically produced by throat and nasal structures upon breath which is amplified obnoxiously by the respira tory outlets nose, mouth, and throat. Doctors may dif l*i, but research indicates George Wallace Calls On Parents To 'March' MONTGOMERY Former Gov. George Wallace called on Alabama parents to take their children to the school of their choice on open ing day regardless of assign ment to any other school. "I say take your child out of that school and take it to the school of your choice. Stay with them until they are en rolled and don't take no for an answer," he said. WALLACE, flanked by tiv« Che Carolina Ctats |Fs£iiMß3| WlfcM «wr| Mmn ltff m Purfi—l. N. C. bp Unltid hMUmi*, Inc. L. E. AUSTIN. PuUUm CLARENCE F. BONNETTE BuaineM MaaMT f. ELWOOD CARTER Adcsi«s*« "i jsi Seoood Class Postage Paid at Durham, N. C. I7TM SUBSCRIPTION RATES 18.00 per yesr pins (18c tax In N. C.) snywhsra to A* Ul, and Canada and tn~ servioamen Owm—m Fors%n, $7 MO per y«ar, Stogie oopy Me. PMMXP AL Ones Ucnn AT 498 B. Flrmoanr 9mmm, Drawn, Mm GAM bia S7TOB To Be EQUAL By WHITNEY M. YOUNG YES, WE ALL TALK •y More* H. loulwara, Ph.D. that snoring oan be mads by structures of the upper outlets, and these noises must be reasonable in tones. A MORE complste discus sion of these phenomena is included in the book The Rid dle of Snoring, Health Re search, Box 70-B, Mokulmns Hill, California UMS; fi 11. Readers: For my i r*~ let, Speech at the Dance, send two stamps and a long, self-addressed business en velope to M. H. Boulware, Florida A & M University, Box 31 OA Tallahassee, Vis. 32307. members of the Montgomery County legislative delegation, said Alabama parents should stage "Peaceful marches" to get around Health, Education and Welfare Department guidelines because, he -M "freedom ot choice b tlto law." He said the "mothers and fathers marches" should be held to "peaceful means" and should not harass education officials
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