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-THE CAROLINA TIMES SATURDAY, JAN. SO,
I EDITORIALS
Bishop George W. Bober
- Too much cannot be said in praise
for the late Bishop George W. Baber,
who at the time of his death, was the
bishop of the Second Episcopal Dis
trict of the A.M.E. Church, it can be
truthfully said that of all the bishops
of the A.M.E. Church none was more
highly respected and greatly loved
by ministers and laymen of his church
than Bishop Baber.
We join with President Joseph C.
McKinney of the District Laymen's
organization in urging the ministers
and laymen of the A.M.E. Church to
A Tribute To A Great Man
It was a sad day in the history of the
Second District when on December
26, 1970, we lost our leader, Bishop
George W. Baber. He was really a
spiritual leader to all of us. His per-
Y sonal concerns for all people was the
key to the deep admiration he re
ceived from his followers and com
rades alike. He was more than my
Bishop, he was my personal friend
and above all - he was the inspira
tion that kept my hope and love for
African Methodism alive. I believed in
him. He gave me strength and courage
to live by. When he talked to me, I
gained wisdom and direction for in
telligent participation in the affairs of
the Church. He possessed compassion,
hope and a deep understanding of the
problems, not only of our Church,
but of the world. Very few men could
find serenity in the midst of con-
Cleoier T.Y. Programs Needed
Wf.
Sooner or later this nation of ours
is going to have to face up to the
lessons in murder and downright dis
regard for the rights of others that
are being shown daily and nightly
before the eyes of our youngsters on
television urograms. If it has not yet
dawned upon our mothers and fathers
who sit supinely by their TV sets
while programs in which one or more
human beings are shot down or other
wise murdered in the pictures at
which time they may discover that
their sons and daughters have learned
their lessons in heinous crime far too
Dr. Brimmer's Criticism
Last week's account, published In
this newspaper, about Dr. Andrew
Brimmer's criticism of black owned
and operated banks in this country
should surprise no one. As the only
Mack member of the Federal Reserve
Board, Dr. Brimmer's statement runs
true to form of the average member
of his race who finds himself in an
exalted position of the white business
or professional world.
Until you have sat or stood in the
presence of such a member of your
own race and had him look down his
t llMlblliiKtf'' HAP AM UNCANNY GENIUS
mtVSPIIP
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a. ■. * me GOULDneither read '
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J'.-vi wiuons in hc head
" rnrrm than most men
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Wal V f Mill®" A TEST TO GIVE THE NUM'
BW CP SECONDS IN 70
YEARS, 000 MONTHS ANO
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A SEGONOS, BEATING AN
A mB eoucateo white man
& WITH A PENCIL. THE LAT-
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throw their support behind the new
head of the Second Episcopal Dis
trict, Bishop Henry W. Murph. This
can be demonstrated at the Founders
Day program to be held in Washing
ton, D. C. February 4-5. Such sup
port will go a long way in honoring
Bishop Baber, who has done so much,
prior to his death, in getting Kittrell
College on the move again.
In referring to the new bishop of
the Second Episcopal District Presi
dent McKinney had the following to
fusion and at the same time maintain
courage and enthusiasm to meet all
the challenges of the day - but Bi
shop Baber did.
I worked so hard to promote his
program for I believed in him, under
stood him and trusted him. I saw so
much good in the ideas that he pro
jected as each represented a gem of
wisdom. He had the rare combination
of virture and ability which were the
basis of his good judgement. His
power over others was guarded and he
rejected the natural human impulse
to imprison those who saw things
different than himself. To the little
man - he was a friend, to the big man
a friend - a friend to us all. The
monuments that bear his name, the
lives he touched, and the joy he
spread, will forever keep his fplrit
alive.
well.
It appears to this newspaper that
there are many fields in which the
television industry could find stories
of interest to all classes without fore
ever resorting to those of sordid
killings and other horrible crimes.
Certainly a federal department set up
to pass on TV programs is something
none of us like to think about. In
stead we would like to suggest that
television set its own house in order
and refuse to accept such pictures for
use on their programs.
hose at you with that "If it ain't
white it ain't right" comtempt you.
may not be able to get the full im
pact of Brimmer's criticism of the
banks operated by black people.
We are not contending that banks
operated by blacks in this country
are perfect. We do contend, however,
that they have made and are making
a contribution to the economy of
black people and without them many
blacks would not be able to get the
recognition they now enjoy at white
banks.
Break The " White Noose " Mr. President .
THE COURT, IN PHILADELPHIA PULED,
MAINTENANCE OF RACIAL CONCENTRATION IS
FORCED SEGREGATION. THE PRESIDES T . . >-r'\ A
FEELS BREAKING OUT OF THIS NOOSE IS * ) #
'FORCED INTEGRATION." J
This Week
In Negro
History
ONE HUNDRED and
fifty-three year* ago
\1818) on Thursday the
.tfuthor of the 13th Amend
ment to the U.S. Constitu
tion wai born. He waa
George S. Boutwell.
The amendment apecifiea
that slavery or involuntary
servitude shall not be per
mitted except for crime in
which case the victim shall
be duly convicted- The pur
pose of the amendment was
to make chattel alavery un
constitutional.
Other eventa this week
of historical interest are as
follows:
JANUARY 26 Bishop
William Capers (17 90-
1855), founder of Miasions
' for Negroes in Sbuth Caro
lina, born.
JANUARY 29 Thomas
Paine (1737-1809), advocate
of freedom, born.
JANUARY 30 General
Samuel C. Armstrong
(1839-1893), builder 4
Hampton Institute, born.
JANUARY 31 Anthony
Benezet (1713-1784), teach
er of Negroes and anti
alavery worker ham
Roy Wilkins
Says NAACP
Income IsAlp
NEW YORK ln his "State
of the NAACP" address at the
Association's annual meeting
here, Jan. 11, Executive Di
rector Roy Wilkins reported
"good news about the 1970 fi
nancial picture of the
NAACP."
"THIS YEAR," ha said, "we
had a small surplus of $68,-
145.47, but in this business, in
this particular year, any sur
plus is news. This year our
total NAACP income was sl,-
540,196.01 and our expenses,
$1,472,050.54. We spent about
$45,000 less than in 1969.
"Branch officera and mem
bers should be very proud of
the fact that in 1970 income
from branches alone was
$776,624.76 against $667,582.53
for 1969.
"Parts of our program not
related to lobbying for legia
lation or to purely partisan po
litical activity are supported
by the NAACP Special Contri
bution Fund, gifts to which are
• deductible for income tax pur
poses. In 1970, the S.C.F. re
ceived a total of $2,306,682.63.
Of this, $793,830.39 was in ro
stricted funds, earmarked for
particular programs, and sl,.
514,853.24 was in general
Queried On
Racial Bar
KALAMAZOO, Mel.
(UPI) The Kalamazoo
Elks Club has sent ques
tionnaires to Its I.RN mem
bers, asking for opinions on
whether the national organi
sation's bylaws should be
amended te permit other
than white members.
pnder a section of the
national Elks bylaws, an ap
plicant for membership
anal be a white male eitle-1
em.
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Shackled Congress
HpHE WINDS OF REFORM aren't exactly blowing through
JL the halls of Congress, but there is evidence that at
least some breezes are being stirred- The long-hallowed
committee seniority system by which members of Congress
become Committee Chairmen for no other reaaon than
longevity is under increasing attack. \
Proponents of reform claim that liberal measures have
been bottled up in key committees, preventing floor votes,
by aging chairmen from conservative, one-party a}stncts.
Elected from their safe seats, they have virtually veto
power over measures that deeply affect people all over
the country.
Reform propoaala were submitted to members of both
parties just before the new Congress opened and Senate
hearings were slated, as well.
The argument of critic ( of the system centers about
several key points. First, they argue, Congress uses seniori
ty as the principle method by which power, iir
Congress are determined. Senators and Representatives
move up the power aldder on assigned committees simply
by being re-elected. So the system rewards especially those
from safe districts, elaving merit out of the question.
And, they say, this system works against progressive
legislation.
Congress Alone Has This System
There seems to be a lot of weight on their side. No
other legislative body employs the seniority system—neither
foreign parliaments nor state legislatures use it. And the
evidence does indicate that disproportionate power lp placed
in the hands of aging men who would be forced to retita
altogether from jobs in private industry. There ia sectional'
imbalance among committee chairmen, too.
The median age of House committee chairmen is 6f.
That's 16 years older than the Median tHouse member find
four years older than most large companies permit their,
top executives to be. The present head of the Senate's pow-°
erful Appropriation Committee is 73 and' ailing. His pred
ecessors served to the tfes of 91. 85, 84, and 75.
Now that's just too jpuch of a burden for a man to
carry at such an advanced age. In addition to the
of the job, most men that age simply don't retain the'
physical and mental flexibility to keep up with new ideaa
and new ways of doing things. Tm sure we can cite,
several men who can, but they are the exception, not the'
rule- And a system of electing committee chairmen would
probably result in such outstanding individuals being asked
to serve, regardless of age. But it seems wrong to keep
a system that insures that power flows into the hands at
some of those least capable of using it for the good of the
country.
Southerners Reap Benefits
'Because-the South has traditionally been a One-party
region, its members have compiled the !ongevity required'
to give them a disproportionate amount of chairmanship®.
About half of the chairmen in both houses of this Demo
cratic-controlled Congress are Southernsers. If the Repub
licans were to organize the Congress, about half the commit
tee chairmen would be from safe districts in the Midwest
More than a third of the Democratic committee and sub
committee chairmen voted more often with the Republicans
than with their own paHy.
A voter in Mississippi theoretically has one vote —Just
as a voter in Chicago- But his vote for Congressan counts
a lot more when it re-elects a committee chairman whose
one claim to power is that he's been re-elected more than
anyone else. Black people, especially, suffer from this
system since it places old-line segregationists in power at
a time when the country as a whole has moved to more
reasonable positions.
Before a bill affecting black citlsens can come to I
vote in the House, for example, it must be cleared by the
Rules Committee, headed by an 81-year-old representative
from Mississippi. The overwhelming black majority of
Washington, D.C., is virtually ruled by the 79-year-old South
Carolinian who heads the House Committee on the District
of Columbia and who carefully steers major bills away
from the subcommittee headed by black (Representative
Charles Diggs. ,
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I ganizations and private citizens
to support our cause. We know
I from experience that OIC can
| Bft one million American citi
zens out of the depths of des
pair and help make our na
tion's cities a better place to
live and conduct business."
~NUL
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proportion of apprenticeship
test completion and job place
ment than the 10% expected
by the Labor Department
Retention rate of recruits,
once placed on jobs, was
88.45% compared to the na
tional average for apprentice
ship of 50% Johnson attri
buted LEAP'S success to the
experience and dedication of
League staff, and 1 their proxi
mity to, and understanding of,
the recruits and the communi
ty-
The program recruits wide
ly from schools and neighbor
hoods, evaluates applicants
against basic qualifications,
prepares them for written
tests for entering the crafts
and interviews before the skill
craft's Joint Apprentlceahlp
Committee, and finds appren
ticeship training slots accord
ing to test and in
terview ratings. They are paid
at an advancing rate during
their training term, until they
become journeymen.
Expert
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professor at both Yale Univer
sity School of Medicine and
Tufts University School of
Medicine.
A native of Kentucky,
Hatch received the A. B. de
gree from Knoxville College
and the MSW degree from At
lanta University School of
Social Work.
From 1967 until late In
1970 he was the director of
community health for an ex
perimental poverty program in
Mississippi operated by Tufts
University School of Medicine
In Boston and funded by the
U. S. Office of Economic
Opportunity.
He left a comfortable
teaching position at Tufts to
organize the Mound Bayou,
Miss, health project because,
as he puts it, "I wanted to
pay my dies."
Aa a young man, prior to
migrating north, Hatch had
lived In Afkanaas and Mississip
pi. He has spent many hours
in the endless cotton fields
picking cotton. He became a
graduate social worker and
spent some time studying law
at the University of Kentucky.
Then for six years he worked
for a settlement house-as com
munity organizer in Boston's
tough South end section and
also began lecturing at Yale
University School of Medi
cine.
-Court
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neymen who work on any
union job for a certain period
of time become eligible to
apply for union membership.
While unions must accept
all applications, membership
need not be approved, and
New Jersey's blacks have found
that these provisions are most
often used to keep them out of
unions, where they would be
assured job security, higher
wages and fringe benefits.
The Newark Plan Is similar
to the recently publicized
Philadelphia Plan in that it sets
minority hiring goals for the
federally-supported project,
but goes further in guarantee
ing union membership to the.
black and Spanish non-union
tradesmen employed specifi
cally to meet the Plan's condi
tions.
Defending the Newark Plan
In court ware the federal, state
and Newark city governments,
as well aa the citizens of
Newark, who received repre
sentation from the NAACP
Legal Defense and Educational
.Fund in cooperation with the
Community Action Workshop
and the Newark-Eaaex Joint •
Law Reform Project, two
local group*
New Jersey contractors and
construction unions -WW
brought the civil tetton to
court characterizing the goals
.set by the Plan as a quota
'system and claiming that the
union membership guarantee
violates unions' rights to.
'choose their own members.
-Arthritis
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Foundation had been held on
July 81, 1970 when no such
meeting had ever been held. He
said that Dr. David P. Thomaa,
president of the Foundation,
had refuaed to take any action
concerning the falae docu
ments.
Jones stated that there had
been an earlier attempt to se
cure a similar falae document,
that John Groon of the Na
tional Headquarters staff had
tried to trick Miss Myrtle
Ellen Laßarr into signing such
a document and that she had
refuaed. As a result of the false
document, the bank account of
the Foundation was frozen.
Jones claims that Dr. Jesse
E. Roberts and North Cftollna
National Bank have illegally
opened the account He Is de
manding a legal meeting of the
board of directors.
Jones aid that, without the
knowledge or consent of the
board of dkectors, Mrs. Sue P.
Littlejohn had lnnrsa—t lhnr
own salary. He questioned if
this is not embezzlement He
has demanded that Dr. Thomas
suspend Mrs. Littlejohn from
the Chapter office until a full
and honest investigation is con
ducted. Dr. Thomas has not
even acknowledged his letter.
Jones said that if he were not
a Negro he felt that Dr. Tho
mas would have answered his
letters and acted. He stated
that only an aroused public
response could help now. He
asked that letters of protest be
sent to Mr. Charles Harding,
The Arthritis Foundation,
1212 Avenue of the Americas,
New York, N. Y. 10036; Dr.
David P. Thomas, Medical
Center Drive, Wilmington, and
Colonel Clifton Craig, Depart
ment of Social Services,
Raleigh.
-Minority
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Harold Mayo Jr., Hillsborough;
John Mayo, Hillsborough Coy
Parker, Durham; Henry A.
Richardson, Pittsboro; Richard
O. Simpson, Hillsborough;
Mrs. Sheila F. Tutrentine,
Chapel iflll; Mrs. Susie H.
Weaver, Chapel Hill; Mrs.
Goldie Webb, Carborro; Fletch
er Dalton Whitted, Chapel Hill;
Charles F. Williams, Chapel
Hill; and Calvin Wong, Raleigh.
-Needy
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to supplement their diets. Of
this amount, close to $3 mil
lion was in the form of free
bonus coupons. Food coupons
can be used like cash to buy
food at local authorized gro
cery stores.
In the remaining counties,
123,277 needy persons were
assisted by the family food
distribution program. During
the month they were pro
vided 4.4 million pounds of
USDA donated foods valued
at nearly $2 million to arne
them of adequate diets.
The food stamp program
in North Carolina is adminis
tered by the North Carolina
Board of Public Welfare, while
the family food distribution
program is made by the North
Carolina Department of Agri
culture - both in cooperation
with the Food and Nutrition
Service.
-Named
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aoclate profeaaor of urban mie
rions and director of the Kan
wood Project at the Chicago
Theological Seminary. Ha la
alao chairman and developer
of the Chicago Cent* for
Back Religtoua Studies, As-,
aociation of Chicago Ideologi
cal Schools.
Hargraves graduated Atom
A&T In 1940 and obtained
hie bachelor of divinity de
free from Union Theological
Seminary in New York City
in 1948. He did furthac study
at Columbia Unhvnity and
the liAsnchuaetts Institute of
Theology.