14 - THE CAROLINA TIMES tAT MAY 8.1976
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Most of the Caucui
members were rather satisfied
with the outcome of the con
vention and especially with
the forum, not half so much
because of how the
responded to the questions
as with the fact that they
showed up. They felt that
it was an historic occasion.
Former Chapel Hill
mayor, Howard Lee, felt
that the convention was a tre
mendous success. Lee said
"it allowed us to address the
most important issues, to
interact with each other and
to make plans for the next
few years," but added "I
don't thing that the con
vention was completely
what we thought it would
be." He did, however, feel
that, of all the Caucus
conventions that he's
attended since 1968, this was
the most constructive.
Rev. Jesse Jackson, the
head of Operation PUSH, felt
that the meeting proved that
no presidential candidate
could win without the black
vote. Jackson vas talking
about massive registration
campaigns which were dis
cussed during one of the
workshops held during the
three day conference.
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J.A.CARTER
J. A. Carter,
Mortician Is
Keynoter Fri.
J. A. Carter, asst. mgr.
at Scarborough and Har
gett Funeral Home and
Memorial Gardens, will
speak to the A. S. Hunter
Masonic Lodge No. 825
Banquet Friday May 7
at the Downtowner
Motor Inn. Carter is
past Commander in Chief
of Durham Consistory
218, Past Worthy Patron
of Prospect Chapter 379
O. . S. at present he is
Associate Grand Worth,,
Patron, 0. . S. Asst.
State Crand Lecturer, of
the Prince Hall Grand
Lodge, Past Potentate
of Zafa Temple 176
A.E. A. O.N. M.S., Inc.,
chairman of Masonic
Research and a Grand
Inspector General of the
33 and last degree. He is
a member of the More
head Avenue Baptist
Church.
"You get 6G- to 80,000
Black people coming into
those stadiums where we
decide we have a resister and
have registrations at that mass
meeting," said Jackson.
"We decide that we're
going to support the forces
that we do have and broaden
the base to get the ones that
we don't have," he
"Unless we take that kind of
initiative, it will not happen."
Jackson further added,"
but we ourselves must be
mass leaders to conceptualize
at that level."
Basil A. Paterson, who
headed the steering
agreed with Jackson, that no
candidate could win without
the black vote. In his
closing statement to the
Paterson said, "Charlotte re
presents the most mature and
authentic statement of black
political development to date.
Twelve yiatt ago, blacks
gathered in Charlotte to inte
grate lunch counters. Today
we gather to negotiate with
the next president of the
United States."
Perhaps the hottest single
item of the conference was
over the forum with the pres
idential candidates. Was any
repore crystalized or did
the forum cause further
alienation? Many observers
felt that notning new was
drawn from the candidates.
There was much talk about
Jimmy Carter's responses
which many felt was quite
shallow and evasive. Rep.
John Conyers shared that
view. Some felt that
Carter already knows that
he's got the nomination in
the bag with or without the
black vote. Whether or not
this may true, Carter is
clearly demonstrating that he
is commanding quite a lot of
power during this campaign
which can be shown by his
wide winning margins in the
most recent primaries.
Still unanswered is
whether anything at all was
accomplished over the three
days. As of this writing,
the steering committee has
not produced it's report on
it's findings and recommenda
tions. If accomplishment is
to be seen in the fact that the
Presidential candidates
showed up, then something
was achieved. But if the
goal was to extract any
thing previously unknown to
the public, then that goal
was not reached. It was
stated by Basil Paterson be
forehand that the purpose of
the forum was to crystalize
the candidates on the
various issues that pertain
to blacks, however,as some
observers pointed out,
it appeared to be little more
than a good campaign "free
bee" for the candidates to
deliver some more campaign
speeches to susceptible ears.
The questions were asked and
the responses were campaign
speeches in all cases.
But, Lt. Governor
George Brown, who
moderated the panel,
the session as the oral part of
a several part examination.
He also felt that all of the
candidates passed this
"examination", but admitted
that some had higher scores
than others. But most im
portantly, according to
Brown, the candidates are on
record with some important
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issues that pertain to the
Black Community. He added
that none had a high evalu
enough score yet to pass the
remainder of the exam. Their
evaluation will be carried out
by the Caucas' constituency
up until the Democratic
National Convention which
will be held in Madison
Square Garden in July.
Even though it seems
that Jimmy Carter is the most
likely candidate to receive
heavy black endorsement,
one major question is: if the
Caucus decides, in future
against Carter, is it powerful
enough to stop him. In such
a case they may have to
compromise rather than to
lose face.
I LOOKED AND
I SAW
By Rev. C. R. Stone
"Tl IE FORWARD Tl IRUST"
There are many reasons why the peoples of God fail to make
reasonable gains in varying fields of endeavors. One of the key
drawbacks among all races has been the lack of will-power on the
part of some individuals. Many persons have almost lost the
necessary will to breathe properly. The idea of our breathing is a
prerequisite to good health because only those who continue to
live can bring about the necessary changes. The world needs
changes for better because we have experienced too many bad
matters too long already.
Men could do far better with regard to success if they would
only learn to exercise sound reasoning according to the small
group concept. Clans of old times sought to get involved
according to the idea as used here. No individual nor group can
make a dent in the world for change by reaching for the moon
so to speak. Because of the concept used here, small groups can
make progress by thrusting their ideas together and moving
forward in varying degrees. Progress, which is to last for a while,
being sound, has always been accomplished on a slow basis.
The small group concept for going forward allows for the
recognition of every person. Because an individual receives
recognition, he is most likely induced into the dynamic stream of
self-help. Self-help on the part of a person causes him to make a
worthwhile contribution to the group to which he belongs. After
all, there is no sound group who wants to accept an individual as
a total liability. The individual who would depend on others for
all things has already lost his place in the forward movement.
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