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EDITORIALS
COMMUNTY COMMUNITY C0NTR0L..BY WHOM
Lack of Public Protest About Syphilis
Outrage
The continuing lack of public out
rage against the human guinea pig
expermentaticp by Public Health
Service doctors in Macon County, Al
abama (Tuskegee Project) on the
group of 400 black men is to be
greatly deplored. Further, it points
up to the lack of concern for the
rights of the poor and uneducated
minorities who are often exposed to -this
type of treatment by their fel
low beings.
The AP released the terrible facts
on February 24 and this racial out
rage has been lacking in protests
from even the American Medical As
sociation which usually goes f o bat for f
such affronts against human nity.
Reports show that as of yet no white
Southerners and very few white
Northerners have protested this af
front on the 400 black illiterate
males. You may recall that the facts .
were that as a result of this experi
ment, even though fairly effective .
cures for syphilis were present at the
time, at least 28 and perhaps even
107, died as a direct result of untreat
ed syphilis.
All right thinking individuals
should continue to address them
selves to this horrible outrage by con
tinuing to follow through on the
families of the men involved. Unless
weal-protests and continuing concern
for the use of individuals for such
experimentation is brought to the
public, we may see other evidences
of the lack of proper care for those
individuals who may be again used
in such experimentation for other
Vlfaper goes on record as al
ways adding its protest to the out
rage against the syphilis experimen
tation on the 400 black men who had
been used as guinea pigs by the Pub
lic Health Service Doctors and any
others who may have been parties
in that medical outrage.
School Agreement Repudiated by NAACP
The rapid repudiation of the agree"
ment as worked out by the Atlanta
Branch of the NAACP and the At
lanta Board of Education by the top
office of the NAACP was an action
this paper highly endorses. The na
tional office of the NAACP evidently
envisioned this attempt at negotia
tion as another effort of the old and
timeworn "divide and conquer" tech
nique which has been used for gen
erations. The text of the telegram that re
pudiated the action reported that the
Atlanta Plan violates the national
policy unanimously reaffirmed by
the delegates to the sixty-second an
nual convention in Minneapolis, Min
nesota July, 1971. Further, the , Na
tional NAACP was not party to any
agreement whatsoever and a reply to
the telegram must be made within
five days of its receipt, indicating At
tenia's compliance was ordered.
Reminder by NAACP Counsel stat
ed that "we again reaffirm the his
toric commitment of the NAACP to
the elimination of racial segregation
in all forms in public education de
jure, de facto, or combinations of
both based on the principle of May
17, 1954, U. S. Supreme Court deci
sion that racial segregation per se in
public education is in herently dis
criminatory and unconstitutional."
It would seem that after genera
tions jrf working to secure rights for
all people to attend the institutions
they desired, this would surely ap
pear to be an attempt to turn back
the clock of history.
The action by the Atlanta Chapter
was not representative of a cross sec
tion of the Atlanta population. Lat
est reports indicate that many At
tentats are split over the many ques
tions revorvjmg around the- school
situations.
Non the less, eternal vigilance is
still the price of liberty and such vi
gilance by the top office of the NA
ACP as well as other forward looking
groups are to be commended.
Black Press Week Observance
From the appearance of the FREE
DOM JOURNAL IN 1829 until this
very moment, the Black Press has
sounded its clarion call to better in
form the public about the many acti
vities relating to the various aspira
tions, injustices, hopes, fears, pains
as well as pleasures, and other out
standing contributions being made
by Black Americans in all areas of
endeavor.
As a long time business engaged
in the communications arena, (1927)
the Carolina Times takes this oppor
tunity to salute all the Press and
especially the Black Press for con
tinuing to seek out and forge ahead
for the continuing American Dream.
In reiterating the philosophy of
the late Louis E. Austin, publisher
editor of the Carolina Times, it is
indeed as true how as then as we go
about our many tasks. Thus we share
in that philosophy and restate it
here.
"The Negro or Black Press believes
that America can best lead the world
away from racial and national anta
gonisms when it accords to every
man regardless of race, color or
creed, his human and legal rights.
Hating no man, fearing no man, the
Negro or Black Press strives to help
every man in the firm belief that all
are hurt as long as anyone is held
back."
With deep feelings of pride in our
accomplishments and with a firm
conviction that we can and will con
tinue to move ahead with even great
er accomplishments, we hail the
Black Press for its more than 143
years of making its impact on the
American scene.
It is hoped that even greater lau
rels will be achieved as we move on
ahead to even greater tasks in these
uncertain times.
We salute all the Press and espe
cially the Black Press during this
national observance of Black Press
Week.
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LUNDY
-QUIETT
(Continued from front page)
E. L. Kearney, who gave some
data on Scouting in the Black
Community. It is important
to remember that Scouting is
an integrated community co
operative effort and all facili
ties, services and programs en
abling the best use of these
community facilities is used
for the utmost development
of all youth in the program.
James I. Bolden introduced
positive ways that volunteers
may help in the funding areas.
More than $1000.00 was pled
ged. The presentation of the Mc
Kenzie Boy Scout Statue was
presented to George Quiett.
This statue was named in
honor of the British man who
brought Scouting to America.
-CONFERENCE
(Continued from front page)
Justice.
In a letter forwarded to
more than 1800 community
leaders, Rev. White urged
blacks "to organize themselves
into collective units in order
that they may play intricate
roles in all phases of the crimi
nal justice systems." He con
tinued, "We are of the firm
belief that t he forces of politi
cal and racial oppression are
steadily on the rise in the state'
of North Carolina."
Rev. White verbally attack
ed Attorney General Morgan
for his efforts to introduce
the insamous "no knock" and
"stop and frisk" laws which he
feels are aimed precisely at
destroying the Black liberation
struggle.
Rev. White emphasized the
urgency of the presence of
Black leaders at this confer
ence in a reminder that "it
is our political and moral re
sponsibility to oppose repres
sive legislation in ordetto pre-,
vent further unjust tailings of
Brothers such as J. if Reddy,
Dr. James Grant, He v. Beif
Chavis, and the Wilmington
Nine.
Rev. White sUtedi; "Cate
gorically, Black leaders are
being called toggbyat this
conference to: H present
an equitable not oppressive
legislative packagi organ
ize a firm mobUbsHK iround
"International SoVmKk Day"
to be held March 30-31 in
Jackson, Mississippi.
The keynote speakers at
the conference will be Dr. Joy
Johnson and Rev. Ben Chavis.
brass and civil rights advocates.
A dubious investigation
conducted by a three-member
House Armed Services sub
committee absolved the Navy
of all blame of racial dis
crimination in the fiarup aboa
rd the Kitty Hawk and another
aircraft carrier, the Constel
lation. But the NAACP's vic
tory now clearly shows that
the subcommittee's findings
were misleading at best.
NAACP Executive Director
Roy Wilkins and Mr. Jones on
several occasions demanded re
lease of the men pending trial.
Nevertheless, it was not until
Feb. 27 that the 13 men still
remaining in confinement were
freed.
In a strongly worded letter
on February 21 to Navy Secre
tary John Warner, Mr. Wilkins
said that the NAACF's post
trial investigation had "develo
ped facts diametrically oppos
ed'5 to the story that M
Laurie told on the
stand.
The new facts, Mr. Wilkins
said, revealed that the govern
ment's principal witness had
lied. "He has made such
horrendous admissions of mis
conduct by himself, other wit
nesses and legal officers in
volved in the case that we are
calling upon you to immediate
ly halt further prosecutions of
the Kitty Hawk cases," Mr.
Wilkins wrote.
Mr. Wilkins also demanded
that the Navy launch a "full
scale probe" into the manner
in which the Naval officers
conducted their investigation
of the riot.
Tf IMIVPO
1789 -1839
Born in harowicn.hewas
a foremost abolitionist who
lived in wheeling, w. va. in 1 815 he
organized the onion humane sqcj
ety in 1021 he founded an anti
SLAV ERY PAPER AT MT. PLEASANT.
OHIO ( THIS WITH WM. LLOYD OARRKOM
AS CO-EDITOR FROM SEPT. 1829 TO
MARCH 1830 ) IN ALL, HE TRAVELLED MORE THAN 25000 MILES,
VISITED 19 STATES AND COUNTLESS PLACES ABROAD, FIGHTING
FOR FREEDOM FOR THE SLAVES
-KITTY HAWK
(Continued from front page)
confinement.
The case grew out of a riot
which erupted aboard the
Kitty Hawk last October as the
giant aircraft carrier steamed
toward the Vietnam coast in
the Pacific Ocean. Although
black and white seamen were
involved in the disturbance,
only blacks were initially
charged with rioting and dis orderly
conduct.
Of the 26 black seamen
who were charged, 21 request
ed legal assistance from the
NAACP. The case gained na
tionwide attention a s charges
and counter charges flew be
tween backers of the Navy
-NCCU
(Continued from front page)
ground in sufficient time for
colleges to know what to tell
their prospective students or
even in time for the prospec
tive and returning students to
pay their bills next fall.
V "And that will be a disaster
for many colleges."
The problem lies in the re
vision of federal aid programs '
in the budget submitted to Con
gress by President Nixon, That
budget cuts next year's Nation
al Defense Loan Program by
$288 million, reduces the a
mount available for work-study
programs, and replaces the old
Educational Opportunity Grant
with a new Basic Opportunity
Grant, created in the spring of
1972.
Even though the Basic Op
portunity Grant is funded at a
level of $959 million for fiscal
1974, providing a sig nif leant
increase in the total aid avail
able to students, the delay in
implementation of the change
will severely affect higher edu
cation, Dr. Whiting said.
The Educational Opportuni
ty Grant Program was adminis
tered through the institutions.
The Basic Opportunity Grants
will be made directly to the
students.
"The government has not
yet begun to print the 20 mil
lion forms that will be needed,
and there is a shortage of pa
per," Dr. Whiting said. In addi
tion, no contract has been let
to have the applications evalua
ted to determine need.
The well-rounded adult
has often forgotten the val
ue of recreation which is
even more important to adults
than active youngsters.
TO BE EQUAL
By VERNON JORDAN
Executive Director, National Urban League
THE WHITE PROBLEM
-COUSIN
(Continued from front page)
Theology as well as BA degree,
cum laude, in Philosophy and
English from Central State
University, Wilberforce, Ohio.
He was awarded the Doctor of
Divinity degree from Kittrell
College. He has done further
study in Education at Boston
University and studied Educa
tional Administration at the
University of Texas when awar
ded the Kellogg Fellowship.
He is presently a Candidate
for the Doctor of Ministry in
Black Church Studies from the
Colgate-Rochester Divinity
School. As the Martin Luther
King Fellow in Black Church
Studies from Colgate-Rochester,
he studied last summer in
Africa.
In addition to serving as
Pastor of Saint Joseph's, Rev.
n is a Lecturer in Church
Society, and Black Church
Studies at the Duke University
Divinity School.
Active in civic, religious,
and political activities, Rev.
Cousin is a member of the
General Board of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church;
Chairman of the Political Com
mittee, the Durham Commit
tee on the Affairs of Black
People; Chairman of the N.C.
Voter Education Project; Trus
tee, Lincoln Hospital in Dur
ham; Treasurer, Kittrell Col
lege; Trustee, Fayetteville
State University; and Board
Member, Durham County Bo
ard of Education. He is a
member of the Executive Com
mittee of the N.C. Council of
Churches and ha s served as
Chairman of the Durham Hu
man Relations Commission.
He was one of the first two
elected Black delegates from
North Carolina to the Demo
cratic National Convention in
1968.
Rev. Cousin is married to
the former Margaret J. Grier,
of Winston-Salem, NC. The
Cousins are parents of four
sons Philip, Jr., Steven, Da
vid, and Michael.
Upon returning from his
Bermuda trip, Rev. Cousin will
be the Convocation Speaker
for the Fourth Episcopal Dis
trict of the A.M.E. Church on
March 28, in East St. Louis,
Illinois.
It is becoming increasingly
clear that unless white Ameri
cans, in their own self-interest,
start fighting for social reforms
in this country, further pro
gress for black citizens will be
difficult.
Everytkne black people
speak out for full employment,
for better schools and housing,
or for welfare reform, many
white people just shrug their
shoulders and assume that this
is special pleading by special
Americans looking for special
treatment.
But everyone of these issues
directly affec ts masses of white
Americans who seem to be un
organized and sullenly silent
in defense of their own vital
interests. Blacks are left out
on a limb fighting almost alone
while the millions of white
people who share our humilia
tions and our pain do nothing
Just about every single one
of the federal programs slated
to be ended or sharply cut,
services more whites than
blacks. The heart of the War
on Poverty, the Office of Eco
nomic Opportunity, for eman
pie , is prima rily staffed
by white people serving the
white poor. The overwhelming
majority of poor people in this
country are white.
But to date, the loudest
and most determined support
ers of OEO's continued exist
ence are black. Somehow, the
War on Poverty has gotten tied
in people's minds with black
poverty and many whites are
not willing to fight for it. So it
is black people who bear the
brunt of trying to save a pro
gram of great importance to
white people.
The same can be said for
welfare reform. The majority
of welfare recipients are white,
although the popular image of
welfare is that it is a program
that helps only blacks. Last
year when welfare reform was
a hot topic, black-led organiza
tions went down to Washing-
to$4RHR8aWii mini,,,
mum income standard, but the
white poor remained unorgan
ized and silent. I can't help
wondering whether they would
have their checks sent back to
the government it higher pay
ment standards had been pas
sed. The proposed gutting of ed
ucation programs will hit the
black community hard, but
most of the people it will af
fect axe white. The increased
Medicare payments will severe
ly harm the black aged, but the
vast majority of people who
will have to pay money they
can't afford are white. The
housing freeze keeps black peo
pel imprisoned in sub-standard
ghetto dwellings, but the
majority of people who live in
such houses and desperately
need federal housing aid are
white.
The list is almost endless
day care c enters, job-training,
programs, and other federal
programs all benefit black peo
ple to a lesser degree than
they benefit whites, yet this
silent white majority is doing
very little to campaign for their
retention and their expansion.
White people are going to
understand that it is their
schools, their housing, and
their jobs that are being en
dangered by the planned cuts
in social services. The price
of their silence is continued
poverty and deprivation.
Black people, be cause of
historic and present discrimina
tion, a nd disproportionate
ly poor and therefore benefit
from many programs in dispro
proportionate numbers. But
the majority served in each and
every one of these programs is
the white population. These
are just as much white prob
lems as they are black ones,
and the continued white sil
ence ranks as this country"s
number one white problem.
White Ame rica had better
wake from its deep sleep and
start hauling tis share of the
load it it ever hopes to escape
from the poverty and disad
vantages so many of its people
share with minorities. Too
many white poeple have drug
ged themselves with the notion
aflt's enough to be white;
but that's poor compensation
for a leaky roof and hungry
children.
Congressman
Hawkins'
Column
By REP. AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS
-BRIEFS
(Continued from front page)
SUPREME COURT RULES IN
VA. DISTRICTING CASE
WASHINGTON - The Su
preme Court ruled Monday that
Petersburg, Va. may not annex
adja cent territory unless it tak
es bla ck voting rights into ac
count by changing from an at
large to a ward system of elec
ting the city council. In a brief
order, the high court affirmed
,a decision to this effect on
Nov. 22, 197 2 by a special
three-judge federal panel in the
District of Columbia.
NBNS
HOOKS URGES BLACKS TO
PUT THEIR MONEY
WHERE THEIR MOUTH IS'
MEMPHIS - Ben Hooks,
the first and only black na med
to the federal Communications
Commission, last week urged
blacks to "put their money
where their mouth is." Speak-
The Powerful Few
The Congressional Black Caucus, in its statement to the
President in 1971 recommended the creation of 1,100,000 public
service jobs; a comprehensive manpower planning program that
could train the unskilled for those jobs and for others in the private
sector; basic changes in federal recruitment, testing, and
promotion policies to make them more equitable; enforcement of
the mandate of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance to en
sure equal employment opportunities for potential and actual
employees of companies with federal contracts; and cease and
desist power for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
THE OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT Compliance suffer
from the lack of authority to enforce its own guidelines. It has
become clear that the current Administration has neither the in
terest nor the desire to see that women and minority workers have
a fair chance to get jobs with federal contractors. On the contrary,
the National OFCC Director has been told to go slow on compliance
and has had his supervisory relationship with the OFCC Field
Representatives taken away.
In regard to testing, the Civil Service Commission has held that
the decision of the Supreme Court in Duke v. Griggs Power Co.
which says tests must be job-related does not apply to jobs within
the Civil Service Commission itself. And CSC continues to
recommend and place potential federal employees in jobs using the
results of tests that are patently non-job-related and furthermore
have been validated.
FINALLY. OF THOSE recommendations to the President here
mentioned, the empowering of the EEOC to bring suit against
groups not in compliance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was
accomplished in Congress last March largely through the efforts of
Members of this Caucus. Thus, two years after our Statement to the
President, we find that only one of the recommendations was
carried out - and this one against the bitter opposition of the Ad
ministration, and in a weakened form. .
ing at an NAACP banquet here
honoring Memphis businessman
A. Maceo Walker, Hooks chid-
ed blacks and whites for their
lack of total support for the
cause of equality.
CheCa
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Young People Should Apply For Their 5. 5. Curds Several Weeks Prior To Taking first Job
Young people should apply
for their social security cards
several weeks before they'll
need a social security num
ber for their frist job, ac-'
cording to D. W. Lambert,
Social Security District Man
ager in Durham. "They can
apply at any social security
office," he said.
An application for a social
security card is generally
screened against files at the
national record center in
Baltimore to make sure no
other social security number
has been previously issued to
the same person. "This
screening can take time," Hr.
Lambert said, "but it's im
portant to keep your social
security record straight."
A young worker builds dis
ability, survivors, retirement,
and Medicare protection for
himself and his family by
work and earnings credited
to his social security number.
, "A worker should show his
employer his social security
card so his name and social
security number can be cor
rectly copied for the employ
er's records," Lambert said.
"You should never give your
employer your social security
number from memory.
"Your social security num
ber is yours alone and re
mains the same for life,"
Lambert said.
The social security card
stub or a record of the social
security number should al
ways be kept in a safe place,
according to Lambert. H
you lose the social security
card you carry in your purse
or wallet, you can get a du
plicate faster if you have the
stub or a record of your num
ber," he said.
A recent amendment to the
Social Security Law is of spe
cial interest to those who arc
facing the high cost of treat
ment for a kidney ailment.
D. W. Lambert, Manager
of the Durham District Social
Security Office said that
some folks who need contin
ual hemodialysis treatment
for kidney disease, or require
a kidney transplant, can pos
sibly get some help towards
the cost from Medicare.
The basic requirement for
Medicare help is that you
must have worked long
enough under social security
to be insured. If you have,
not only you but your wire
or husband or dependent
children would be eligible
for assistance under the pro
gram. Unlike other Medicare
benefits you don't have to be
age 65 to get this help
No benefits can be paid
JRT
July L 1 973 For
mation contact
Social Security Offifce
Floyd Monroe Is No. 2 In Junior College Conference
GREENVILLE, S.C. - Im
pressive records are nothing
new to Floyd Monroe of Dur
ham, N.C. He is well-known
to North Greenville Junior Col
lege. His average for this sea
son has been 18 points per
game and 13 rebounds. The
Greenville team narrowly miss
ed the 100 points mark at all
of its games with a rebounding
average of 49.7 per contest.
As a senior at Durham's
Hillside High School last season
When you find a conversa
tionalist who knows every
thing, be nonchalant. Take
a nap.
The best, wavtn set alone
with people is to smile, be
friendly, and seldom say
what you think.
Monroe, a 6-5 Center, was the
team's leading re bounder and
second highest scorer. He
made the All-Division Three
team of the Eastern 4-A Con
ference. Now, as a college player,
Monroe's impressive statistics
rank him as No. 2 in the West
ern Carol in as' Junior College
Conference.
Coach Larry Walls
Monroe's talents as be says of
him, "He is ahv impressive in
executing the press. .
Monroe's most impressive
showing for this season was in
an outing in which North Green
vi lie defeated Friendship when
he scored 28 points and snatch
ed 16 rebounds.
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