—THE CAROLINA TIMES SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1971
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EDITORIALS
Woriting Togdhcr For 6ood Of All
Charles Evers. Mayor of Fayette.
Mississippi, who. without any hesita
tion took the job of State Organizer
for the NAACP when his brother.
Medgar Evers. who had held that
position, was shot by a white bigot,
is now running for governor ot
Mississippi. He was invited by a union,
the Gulf Coast Pulpwood Association,
to speak to their meeting in Laurel,
Mississippi on the need lor working
class whites and Negroes working to
gether to better their economic con
ditions. Some of the whites in the
union had been members ot the Ku
Klux Klan. But they had come to
realize that whites and blacks must
stand together when they are trying
to,improve their economic situation.
Some of them even said they intended
to vote for Evers because he is cam
paigning for better economic condi
Merger And Bond Referendum Forums
Many citizen groups in Durham
County have worked diligently
through the processes of open forums
to show pros and cons of the merger
and bond referendum (issues) sche
duled to be voted upon in the Novem
ber elections. Much time, money and
energy have been spent in trying to
inform all citizens about the needs of
our schools for improved quality edu
cation of all our children.
It is important now that we ask
ourselves these questions. What kind
of school system do we want? How
rcurh ar? we >| ing to pay for it?
hildren, that is the
; best possible education, will really re
quire great investments. Most persons
kngw that educational policies in Dur
ham County is under the direction of
the County and City Boards of Educa
October in Carolina
There is something in October sets
Vie gypsy blood astir:
We must rise and follow her.
When from every hill of flame
She tails, and calls each vagabond
by natne. Bliss Carman, Vaga
bond Song.
f\CTOBER is the month of green
" and red and gold. It is a master
magician turning the woodland and
hills into marvels of color and beauty
while Jack Frost stalks the Piedmont
ntadows. It is brown broomsedge
fields alive with rabbits and quail
'.'oredoomed for slaughter in the
hunting season, and the comfortable
"feel" of a blanket when chill winds
shake the window panes at dawn.
October is a shower of falling
leaves swirling in the wind and rain.
It is a cooler, shorter day and sudden
sunset and evening star. It is fodder
in the shock and frost on the big,
yellow pumpkins, and the farmhouse
kitchen redolent of the smell of baking
pumpkin pies.
October is the softening warmth of
bright, blue sunny days after rain and
frosts. It is little whirlwinds playing
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tions lor the poor; and ho was going
to Washington to try to get low cost
federal food stamps tor the poorly
paid pulpwood workers.
The union calling on Evers to speak
for them illustrates the importance
and the growing tendency for those
suffering f.om economic exploitation,
represented mainly by organized
labor, and those suffering from racial
discrimination, represented mainly by
the NAACP, to work together for
their common interests. This natural
political alliance is also at work in
Houston, Texas, where Miss Barbara
Jordan, the first Negro woman ever
elected to the Texas State Legislature,
is running for Congress and is being
backed by most of organized labor,
because she had introduced and
worked for a state minimum wage law
in the Texas State Legislature.
tion and the County government. The
County Commissioners approve the
budgets.
Statistics available show that the
City School System spends a total
of $687.47 for each pupil enrolled
while the County School System pays
$607.62 per pupil. The greater por
tion of funds comes from the state
with local and federal governments
putting up a smaller share.
The citizens of Durham County
have an opportunity to formulate a
decision on these vital questions of
merger of city and county schools
and the bond referendum (issue).
Let all of us ask ourselves these
important questions. What kind of
school system do I want? How much
am I willing to pay for it?
in the wood lot's fallen leaves like a
kitten toying with a string. It is a
gray squirrel gnawing windfall apples
in the old farm orchard, the dahlia
and summer's last roses gaily
blooming, and in nearby trees and
shrubs the songs of the mocking bird
and Carolina wren.
October is end and beginning, the
sown grain field and the last harvest
load home from now browning fields.
It is tobacco trucks on the road to
warehouses and the monotonous chant
of the auctioneer. It is the band music
and shouting of thousands of fans in
football stadia, and the light of wonder
in the eyes of a child on the county
fair midway.
It is quite fitting that October
should end with Halloween, for it is
the month when nature performs her
most remarkable feats of witchcraft
magic. On cool, clear, starry October
nights it is not too difficult for
imaginative eyes to see merry witches
riding broomsticks across the skies
and catch a new vision of a happier
world in the tomorrows that are to
come.
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THE 96.2 per cent vote for Presi
dent Thieu in the South Viet
namese election could mean one of two
things:
(1) That Nguyen Van Thieu is the
South Vietnamese George Washington,
standing first in war, first in peace
and first in the hearts •of his
countrymen, or (2) That Thieu is
simply the slickest, toughest, meanest
.of the South Vietnamese politicians
and generals.
In the absence of a cherry tree
legend or other Washingtonian cre
dentials, we lean toward the second
interpretation.
* But the United States government,
we believe, would be well-advised to
adopt the first interpretation for of
ficial purposes. Now is the time for
our misguided ambassador in Saigon,
Ellsworth Bunker, to tell Thieu: "It's
obvious, Mr. President, that your
people love you. The country is united
•behind you. It's your country, Mr.
."Thieu. Now, take it away."
The election fiasco is one more
argument for getting out of Vietnam
"without further delay. Ambassador
•Bunker failed just as miserably in his
: efforts to make the election look gen
uine as our generals have failed in
.their efforts to master the guerrillas.
While oUr government has been
dabbling in Vietnamese politics, the
world has been running downhill at
increasing speed.
The dollar crisis and President
Nixon's measures to cope with it have
thrown the industrial and trading
nations of the world 1 into confusion.
Our European allies and trading
There's Strength in Unity
Dear Sir:
The recent slaughter at Attica
and the assassination of Brother
George Jackson is visible proof
that the establishment will not
allow another Malcolm X or Eld
ridge Cleaver to emerge from op
pressive penal systems.
The aware Brother knows it
was these two Beautiful Black
Brothers who became real live
examples of a Black man re
ceiving mental growth and phys
ical endurance to champion the
cause of liberation, under the
most oppressive and repressive
conditions this Law and Order so
ciety produces in the form of
"penitentiaries."
Now that the Colonial forces
have shown in the open their
manner of dealing with the rev
olutionary forces, that will event
ually crumble them, it is of up
most importance that we the
Black people of North America
unite as one collective force and
stop squabbling over political,
cultural ideologies differences;
and realize if we don't stop this
foolish ideology debating no
Black people will be left to de
bate with each other.
The establishment is very seri
ous about their genocidal explora
tions waged against people of
Non-European dcscendent.
As a concerned Black man who
could very possibly be on the re
ceiving end of Colonial brutality
that Brother George Jackson and
the Attica Brothers received. 1
urge and plead that all of my
Brothers throughout the Correc
tional System of America and my
grass-root Brothers that are liv
ing in the Colonial ghettos to re
organize under one solid Black
platform. Let's completely put an
end to individual Black organiza
tions of Liberations.
All Black people are subjected
to the same faith under these
Colonial conditions. If we must
share the same faith, then let us
share the same methods of ac
tivities. Let us adhere strongly
to the words of Muclana Ron
Karenga: "There U no such
as Individualism. We're all
Black. The only thing that aaved
us from being lynched like Em
met Till or shot down like Medgar
partners are put out with us. Japan,
the one element of stability in the Far
East, is even more aroused, both
because of our slap at her trade and
President Nixon's failure to consult
Japan on his projected visit to China.
Australia and New Zealand, with
whom we have a formal alliance, are
also irritated by the reversal of our
China policy and failure to consult on
other matters. And the government of
India, which looks upon Communist
China as its most dangerous enemy,
has been so piqued by the proposed
Nixon visit that it has signed a treaty
of friendship with the Soviet Union, a
step that will undoubtedly encourage
Russian expansionism in the Indian
Ocean-Persian Gulf region.
The Russians have also been
consolidating their hold on the Eastern
Mediterranean. Five years ago our
Sixth Fleet dominated that area; now
the balance seems to have shifted to
the Russians, with their surface
vessels, submarines and torpedo boats
operating from ba,ses in the Arab (
countries, plus their air and misrsile
power in Egypt.
In our own hemisphere Chile is
nationalizing the American-owned
copper mines, and the threat of ex
propriation of U.S. companies is rising
in our other countries.
Clearly, it is time to come home
from Vietnam. Too much man-power
and brain-power, too many lives and
too much money are still being ex
pended on what everyone now agrees
has been a misguided effort. President
Nixon should now move faster for total
disengagement.
Evers was not our economics or
social status, but our absence."
A lot of Black Brothers have
formed coalitions with these so
called white, long hair radicals,
and the only positive response
from this coalition has been made
on the side of the establishment.
Everywhere these long hair radi
cals and Civil Rights fighters ap
pear, a great Black potential
Black leader gets assassinated.
Why? Blowing up a building after
warning the people to leave is not
bringing bade Brother George
Jackson and the Attica Brothers.
If anything, it's helping the Build
ing Contractors to increase their
earnings.
Let us not be fooled by these
phony, sympathy acts. My Broth
ers throughout the various Cor
rectional Institutions stop placing
faith in these white, long hair
phonies to the extend they listen
to the rhetoric and promises of
adequate representation from
these long hair phonies, which
give the Brothers this false be
lief of protection regardless of
what actions they may decide
to make.
The only protection Black peo
ple have is "Black Unity" or
calculated Black ideas of move
ment There was only one long
hair white radical who did posi
tive things for Black people's lib
eration and that was John Brown
and he has been dead a hundred
years.
My Black Brothers, do not
continue to allow the establish
ment to use his system of ways,
means, effects, to play you out
of position, so the establishment
can legally murder you under
the color of Law and Order.
My Black Brothers and Sisters
out there in the Colonial societies
of America, only you can truly
help your Black Brothers within
these Correctional Systems, and
the method of helping centers
around your immediate coming
together as one collective fore*
of liberation.
I'll close this letter of warning,
teaving these following quotes of
Mualana Ron Karenga for the
Correctional confined Brothers
and the grass-root Brothers to
think about and act accordingly
too.
"Racist minds createJ racist
institutions. Therefore we must
move against racism, not institu
tions, for even if we tear down
the institutions, the same minds
will build them up again."
"Violence in itself without con
sideration for time or circum
stance is as inadequate as non
violence."
Kwa Heri,
RONALD MLIMA LOMAX
No. H-3828
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-Scarborough
(Continued from front page)
tutions is unknown.
Recognition for his out
standing community services
has been cited by St. Joseph
A.M.E. Church, where Scar
borough has been a steward
and trustee for 40 years, and
the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.
It is impossible to honor a
spirit like this. Who knows
how many lives his generosity
has extended, how many it has
saved, and how many desolate
and hopeless young lives have
been given meaning because of
his leadership.
A daughter, Mrs. Ernestine
Bynum, now serves as Ist
Vice President of the State
Association, of Funeral Direc
tors and Morticians and on the
Board -«f Directors of the Na
tional Association of Funeral
Directors and Morticians. A
grandson, J. C. Scarborough,
111, serves as Executive Officer
of the National Association of
Funeral Directors and Morti
cians.
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TAKING A
At a Durham Women-In-Action sponsored panel dis
cussion involving the November school board merger
Tuesday night 5 several good relevant questions were
asked concerning the future of the Durham City and
County Schools. Unfortunately the answers to these
questions were few and what answers there were, were
vague, hazy, or irrelevant.
According to school officials, no plans have been made
for progress if the merger does or does not go through.
The board seems to be waiting. Harris Johnson, a repre
sentative of the Durham Committee on Black People Af
fairs, aroused considerable attention when his questions
were almost fired, with sincerity and anger at the officials
present. Of the four questions asked by Johnson, three
received a "no" answer and the other, an "I hope so."
Johnson asked, "What specific programs have you
plained in case the merger goes through?"; and was an
swered with a "none" reply from Fred McNeill, Vice
Chairman, Durham County School Board. Johnson then
asked, of Dr. Theodore R. Speigner, Chairman, Durham
Gty School Board, "What programs for better student
relationships, more varied curriculum, better equipment,
etc. have been planned under the merger proposal?" and
was again answered with "none."
The general expression of the official committee along
with stories in the local papers all express the tremen
dous advantages of the city-county school merger, but no
one is giving Durham citizens any of its disadvantages.
This merger, no matter how great a benefit to the com
munity and its possibilities, must have some draw backs.
It is impossible for anything to be 100% effective with no
side line disadvantages. What are the officials keeping
frorK • the tax-payer?
Dr. Speigner stated in the meeting that he thought the
people had the right to know both the pros and cons of
the merger. However, he did not answer when, asked of
the cons. He readily agreed that both sides should be
told, that he neglected to state his position on the nega
tive side.
This proposed merger will come to public attention in
the November elections. Personally, I feel that a city
county school merger would be beneficial to both the
educational processes and the community in general, but
1 1 wouM abstain ftom'Votfng or VOte a negative ballot be
fore I would cast an affirmative vote for a blank check.
And a blank check is exactly what our city officials and
the present school board is giving the people of Durham
and expecting them to cash it. ..
Here, once again, we have a case of the people in the
know, expecting the public to have enough faith in them
to vote blindly on their proposals. This time their pro
posals will cost the tax-payers sl7 million. The citizens
of Durham have a right and an obligation to learn what
we are to buy with $1 7 million. Are we going to improve
our educational facilities, or are we going to throw a
party and feast for the school board and their families.
Before you vote, demand to be told the facts in this
case. Questions were asked Tuesday night and they went
unanswered. Demand that they now be answered. If
you are again ignored, then I would seriously consider a
boycott of the polls in November.
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