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., PECEM8EH 13, 1g7S, THE CAROLINA TRWSS -3 3udine55 in tke BU By Charle$ E. Belle NUCLEAR HEWS -Pat 1 Dr. Chaurcey Starr, Electric Power Research Institute, testified before the joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy that the Federal Sovernment must apply the same egree of attention to the electricity supply over the next two decades as it does to primary energy sources in order to avoid playing Russian roulett with our social structure. Black Americans, must be sure the gun is not pointed at our heads. Most minorities, black or white, are aware of the potential increase of their cost of living caused by the higher cost of oil. White labor forces in the West Virginia coal mines have made coal as equally costly. Environmentalists seek to support higher exaction cost for all energy sources. But for blacks, Nuclear energy is news. This industry unlike the others offers new opportunities for Black Americans. Only shale oil development in the western states of Colorado, Ujah and Wyoming can provide job positions equal for blacks to the Nuclear age. The established technical labor force in oil and eas exemplify the exclusion of blacks. . ; . ; ,-. u And while (employment discrimination against blacks by Southern mines and minds keeps us out of many coal fields, it also helps keep us away from black lung disease. This blessing in disguise for blacks shows no sign of change even in strip mining in Kansas and Missouri. Nuclear energy is new. New industrial developments give blacks an opportunity to open new doors to economic progress, An electric utilities official claims even at a cost of $100 per pound. Uranium breaks even with oil at $12 per barrel or coal at $30 per ton. Currently all three are below these figures and Uranium by two-thirds. Meaning it would take a tripling of Uranium prices 'o equal present prices of coal ind oil. It is cheaper for poor people to accept the use of nuclear energy rather than coal or oil. All other alternatives to energy supply are interesting to discuss, but difficult to develop. Solar is some thirty years away and shale oil costs billions of dollars to produce. Why divert these dollars to the same old place when we can develop new industries with new people? (NNPA) BopircnCGfivGs AM PMCP: Id Fonansci Mvo NEW YORK A group of labor leaders, representing more than 7 million working men and women and approximately 23,000 local unions, gathered in New York on December 2 to help the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, in its financial crisis. "We cannot allow the NAACP to go down the drain' declared Roosevelt Watts, secretary-treasurer of the Transport Workers Union, AFL-CIO, who serves as co-chairman of the labor group. "The NAACP must survive and become even stronger,' he said. William H. Oliver, of the United Automobile Workers called upon labor to make emergency contributions and to take out life memberships. 'The meeting, called in response to the Association's critical Year-end deficit, was organized labor's reaction to the plight of the civil rights organization with which it has worked closely over the years. Roy Wilkins, executive director of the NAACP, and other officials outlined . the Association's financial position and explained the urgent need for immediate funds. William Pollard, director of the AFL-CIO's civil rights department and an NAACP board member, said that the enemies of labor are also the enemies of the . civil rights movement. That was why labor had come together, he explained, and with the blessing of George Meany. Echoing the theme that the Steelworkcrs of America; International Aasodatioo ami NAACP must remain solvent and Charles Garrahan, Amalgamated Walter Waddy, Regtoa III, must keep its doors open, the Clothing Workers of America; AFL-CIO. labor leaders pledged to raise Raymond Gray, Sr.. American la addition to Mr. WEkins, substantial and immediate Federation of Government other NAACP staff present were contributions from 109 Employees; Leon Harris, Retail, Gloster B. Current, director of international locals and their Wholesale & Department Store branches and field affiliates. An on going Union ; Harry Harrison, administration; committee was formed to plan International Union of DoDs. Christinas, director of pubtte for long-range financial support Toys. Playthines. Novelties L relations; Warren Marr, bv the labor movement. ' Allied Products: Norman Hill A. oi ine uris 0UUJ, 11, W" and Edward R Pn-rhairmsn for tb ptoud Phillin Rnlnlnh (.;.. u v iM u t e director of life are Roosevelt Watts and William iLewis, American Federation of memberships. Pollard. Othe r A ujh i o n Musicians: Vito P. Maneum. Mail representatives attending the Handlers, AFL-CIO; Ronald meeting: Robert BrowTTrttational ,Moe, Mail Handlers. AFL-GIO; Mail handlers UnWy John William H. Oliver, United Burnell New York Cifentral Automobile Workers; Frederick Labor Council; James 9&&Wtaal, Associated Actors & Mail Handlers Union, A rTC realists of America; Jasper Charles Faulding, Black Trade peyton, ILGWU; Earl Robinson, Unionists Leadership Machinists Union; Raymond Committee; Alex Fuller. United Stubblefield, Retail Clerks V. The Veterans Administration hired 1,207 handicapped persona in 1974. This represented 17.5 per cent of the total federal number of handicapped hires for the year. Department of Justice Files Civil Suit Against Atlanta Firo Department WASHINGTON, D. C. - The Department of Justice filed a civil suit last Monday charging the that the Atlanta Fire Department discriminates 'against black persons in job promotions. Attorney General Edward H. Levi said the employment discrimination suit was filed in U. S. District Court in Atlanta, Georgia. Named as defendants were Fire Chief P. 0. Williams, Public Safety Commissioner A. Reginald Eaves, the city, its department of public safety, its fire department, and Local 134 of the International Association of Firefighters. The suit said only 2.5 per cent of fire department jobs above entry level are held by blacks, although blacks comprise 25.5 per cent of the fire force. The fire department has 963 firemen, of whom 246 are black. Only six of the 242 positions above the entry level are held by blacks. The suit charged that the defendants have pursued and continue to pursue policies and practices that discriminate against blacks in promotional opportunities. These practices include refusing to hire blacks as firemen before 1964, using promotion tests that have an adverse impact on blacks and that have not been shown to predict successful job performance, and failing to correct the effects of the discriminatory policies, the suit added. The suit asked for preliminary and permanent injunctions prohibiting the defendants from engaging in any racially discriminatory employment practice. In addition, the suit asked that the defendants be required to adopt promotion goals for blacks, to promote blacks to jobs they would have held but for the alleged discriminatory practices, and to give them back pay Assistant Attorney General J. Stanley Pottinger, head of the Civil Rights Division, said the suit is the first filed by the Justice Department charging discrimination solely in promotions. He said the suit is also the 10th filed against a fire department. Cities involved in previous suits are Boston; Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Dallas; Jackson, Mississippi; Los Angeles; Memphis; Milwaukee; and St. Louis. The suit is the 45th filed by the Justice Department against public employers since enactment of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972. Xi I V4UM m Traditionally smooth Joyfully priced. $15 45 QT. CODE 287 Windsor CANADIAN (mm tmmmm- I f . rTfcAaJ-JXITTl II II fl IITTTHffl II II lllllLLLlUjUww4L7ng cpxr 1 ay J V'i m fmmmWmWwr c p f . J t Si J ClisbyWebb Clisby W. Webb is a Southern Railway loco motive engineer. Before coming to Southern, Clisby spent six years in the U.S. Marines and two of them as heavyweight Golden Gloves Champion in Okinawa. After becoming part of Southern Folks, Clisby completed the month-long course in loco motive engineering at our training school near Atlanta. Then anotherfive months of on-the-tracks training under another qualified engineer. Now Clisby's regular run as an engineer is hauling freight between Birmingham and Atlanta, a distance of 160 miles. The train may stretch as, far.as two miles behind him and he may haul as much as 8,000 tons of freight on the 5 to 7-hour trip. What does the future hold for Clisby and the other Southern Folks? Participation in one of the real growth industries of America. Railroads now carry more freight each year than all the trucks, airplanes and barges combined. And by 1 990 we expect a 1 00 percent increase in railroad traffic levels. We think this means a profitable future for Southern Railway and Southern Folks. THE RAILWAY SYSTEM THAT GIVES A GREEN UGHT TO INNOVATIONS The modern pushbutton phone is a real improvement over the old-fangled dial phone. You can punch numbers a lot faster than you can dial them. And fast is always preferable to slow. 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