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Survey Says
Ofacfis of
RALEIGH-Pressing for
more black employment in
state government; black demo
crats presented Governor Jim
Hunt with a study which
showed that blacks are under
represented in all levels of
state government and especi
ally in the high paying pro
fessional jobs.
An analvsising of hiring pat
terns for blacks in state govern
ment has been completed by
the North Carolina Black
Democratic Leadership Cau-
cas (NCBDLC). Dr. Lavonia
Allison, Vice Chairperson of
the NCBDLC said the study
concludes two trends exist:
Underrepresentation of
blacks in all levels of employ
ment with lower percentages
of blacks in high paying pro- -fessional
jobs and ; larger per
centages of blacks in low pay
ing non-skilled jobs..
Dr. John Larkins, Assistant
for Minority Affairs and Spe
cial Projec'tsto Governor James
Hunt, said Hunt ? met with
members of the NCBDLC ...
Thursday; 1 February 17 and
was presented with the study.
The study documents the
number of blacks, whites and
others ; jii,, every jtate. agency
:.by-(righ(f ategorie$,!f;An;':fx?S?
ample, is. the .Department of
Commerce headed by LiuclfiT
Faircloth. Only 1? per cent
of its 2383 employees as of 4
December 31, 1977 were
black. No blacks were hired
in the category $25,OOQ and
up, one per cent, one, in the
category pf $1 6,000-24,999,
four per cent of the category
$13000-15,999 with 31 blacks
of 44 per cent of blacks in
this department in the lowest
category, $4000-5999. When
Faircloth took office in Janu
ary, he said to a reporter that
he did not know what he
would do if anything to bring
more blacks into policy-making
positions and into the depart-,
ment in general.
" Larkins said Govrnor Hunt
has set up a procedure to
get more blacks into state'
government. He said Hunt has
requested his nine secretaries ,
to designate a person to work
along with Larkins to get more
blacks hired in State Govern
ment. Larkins said that all but
one department had complied
and that department : would
submit a name shortly.
The NCBDLC has met with
Hunt on several occasions to
request black appointments
and hiring. Larkins. has been
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W. J. KENNEDY III, North Carolina Mutual president, center, and John P. Long, North .... Carolina Mutual
Supermarkets General Corporation vice president for personnel, left, hold a copy of Life Insurance Company which
the contract in which SGC ceded a portion of its group life insurance t NCM. Look was formed in 1 898 now ranks
ing on are Bob Joyce, director, of compensation and benefits for Pathmark Super a$ America's I77th largest tat
markets, a SGC subsidiary, second from left, third from left; Joseph Heywood of surance company out of 1,865,
Predentlal, second from' right; and Herb Grevlous; Pathmark's director of EEO, right, with assets exceeding $145 mil
SffG?o icc&s
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appointed to work with the
grou representing the governors
office.', ' -
Dr. Allison said that the em
ployment of blacks 4n the
state-will not .change until
"there is very positive leader
ship from the top, from the
governor and from the secre-.
taries of the cabinets'. All,
son said that monitoring and
evaluation procedures would
be developed so that when
time passes on we can deter
mine whether progress is beng
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IMPROVISING MELODY Six-year-old Melody An
dre of St. Louis was forced to Improvise Feb. 14 when
she discovered that this public telephone was obviously
designed, for a person somewhat taller than herself.
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maiic er not hftino made.".
Previously the data upon
which the group's s findings
were made has not been avail
able for blacks,, Allison said
that crucial 7 data needed is
notice of vacancies 7, that will
be occuring within the various
departments. According to
Larkins, that data will be sup
plied to him by the depart
ment representatives i selected
by the secretaries to work with;
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The NCBDLC wiU have
some difficulties jn getting
appreciable numbers of blacks
hired in state government
because of a freeze In all
hiring. ' '
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WASHINGTON (NNPA) -The
Black Press will celebrate
hs. 1 50th anniversary; here on
March' 18 by enshrining the
: firjst fiye pf Its musi ,6utstand-;
ing pioneer journalists in i its
new Gallery of Distinguished
Newspaper Publishers at How-
ard University's Moorland-'
Spingarn Research Center
Alex Haley, author . of
"Roots," also will be honored.
' " .Dr., James E - Cheek, prer,
sident of Howard University
' and Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett,
editor-publisher $f the San
Francisco Sun ReporterMetro
Reporter and. president of the
National Newspaper Publishers
Association (NNPA), made the
; announcement this week as
plans were being completed for
me jnstauations.m the gallery
and the dedication of the Black -
rtess Archives also at Howard
during the NNPA Mid-Winter
Workshop, March .1 6-19 here,
at International Inn. ,
Those who are to be en
shrined are; Frederick Doug-'
lass, ' abolitionist editor and
: orator who founded the North
Star in Rochester, N-Y-. in
1847; Rev.. Samuel E. Cor
nish and John B. Russwurm,'
co-founders ' of (New York)
Freedom's? JottrnaLkt he ifkst
1 50 years ago. .
' Philip A. ' Bell, general
; agent ; of Freedom's Journal,
who founded the (New.rYork)
Scufb lfricqns Play
Prosfdonfo Poi?frs
Thi South Africans nd the
Rhodesians have cleverly taken
advantage of the vagaries of
" American Presidential politics.
From a strategic-political point
of view they have been con
ducting an' aggressive consoli
., datiort of their position in the
i face of the Kissinger inspired
.British diplomatic pnslaught.
Before the recent President
ial elections the Ford. Admin
istration was -reasonably suc
f cessful ' in convincing the
; Rhodesians that Henry Kiss
inger's plan for black majo
rity rule had to be obeyed and
. implemented at all levels. This
feeling persisted until the last
j moments of the Presidential
. campaign when it. was becom
ing increasingly clear that Ford
:. might not be the victor.
' WOODBRIDGE, NEW
, JERSEY - Supermarkets Gen
eral Corporation, in conjunct
ion with Prudential, recently
, signed .a reinsurance agreement
with ' North .Carolina Mutual.
Life insurance Company, the
world's largest black-managed,
privately owned- financial insti
tution. Under"; the pact, North
Carolina Mutual will service a
potion of SGC's group life in
surance plan that provides cov
erage for the majority ; of the
Company's 25 pOO. employees.
''') John P. Long, SGC's Vice
President of Personnel stated;
"The signing is indicative of
our company's total commit
ment to Equal Employment
Opportunity and Affirmative
Action, and represents another
step forward in our effort to
establish business relationships
with qualified minority-owned
or operated concerns." '
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SAMUEL E. CORNISH JOHN
Colored American in 1837, and
who published the San Francis
co Elevator from 1865 until
1888; and Dr. Martin R. Dela-
ny, founder ot the nttsburgh
Mystery in 1842 and later co-
Witor of the North Star with
Douglass.
Another. Oighligln of the
enshrinment will be the place
ment in the gallery Black Press
Sesquicentennjal Memorial Pla
ques to Rev.. Elijah P, Lovejoy,
martyred editor of the anti
slavery Alton, III., Observer in
1837; and William Lloyd Garri
son, publisher of the Liberator,
Reading anti-slavery newspaper
-in America, and the moving
..i?rce in the Anti-Slavery Socie-,.
In addition, Black Press
Sesqufcentennial Awards will
go to:; Haley for his "Roots,"
an enormous contribution to
At this 1 point the Rhode
sians 'and the South Africans
changed their tactics They
would stall for time and see
what the Carter Presidency '
would bring..
The essential idea of the
Ford-Kissinger diplomatic mis
sion was to peirsuade the Rho
desians and the South Africans
to go along with the adminis
tration's plans of having Rho
desia? renounce her Unilateral
Declaration of Independence
and consent to become, as she
was before UDI, a British co
lony. This would enable the
Black Rhodesian leadership to
negotiate with the British and
avoid the anticipated bitter
diplomatic confrontations with
the .while Rhodesian leader-
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lion. Headed, up by President
William J. Kennedy, HI, North
wunamy. Kenneuy, iu,.rH)nn
yarpnna Mutual nas insurance
in torce vaiuea at nearly 011-,
lion, some of which ha been
underwritten for other such
notable accounts as Harvard
University, First National City.
Bank of New York, IBM, Proc
tor and Gamble and General
Motors. ' '
' SGC's largest division,
Pathmark Supermarkets, is a
member of the New YorkNew
Jersey Minority Purchasing
Council and the Volunteer Ur
ban Consulting Group.
Through this affiliation, Path
mark is purchasing goods and
services from, minority enter
prises in the fields of mainte
nance, moving and storage,
product manufacturing-' and
distribution, 1
a Supermarkets General Cor-,
poration is a diversified, pub-licly-owned
retailing company
that operates supermarkets.
drug stores; department stores,
home improvement centers and
catalog showrooms in the
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B. RUSSWURM FREDERICK
better interracial .understand
ing; John H. Johnson, editor
publisher of Ebony and Jet, as
the most outstanding black
publisher in history. ,
; John H. Sengstacke, editor-publisher
of the Chicago
Daily Defender and other Seng
stacke newspapers, for found
ing NNPA; Ms. Lucille Bluford,
editor of the Kansas City Call, ..
for her suit to enter the Univer- 4
sity of Missouri's School of .
Journalist in. 1939 which led to
the establishment of Lincoln's
Journalism School.
R. J. Reynolds Industries ;
for its $50,000 NNPA journal
ism scholarship . program; and
ffim&ms
R Edward Stewart execu- - conducted by the national of- Jenrette, of South Carolina and
tive director of UDI Cowi-.!i.TIft "e";' Shriely Chisobn of New York,
ty Development Corporation W foe Ate NCCED wul be held North Carolina s Fourth
was reflected t serve as Vice m New in Mav- ' Congressipnal Representative,
Chairman of the Southeastern - Also at the recenUy'coihV..SjitiH1Sl
Regional Community Develop- eluded NCCfcD Annual Con- VSiwSSlSSS''
ment Corporations (CDCs) at ference held at the Washington : S fcJ2!SIft2lS
the Annual Conference held HUton. an exhibition ms we- i ft??l.5?.S?S?
reoruary .1-1 rin wasrungipn,
D.C., at the Washington Hilton
Hotel. The meeting was con-
ducted , by the. National Coii-
gress for Community Econo-
mic Development (NCCED).
The National Congress for
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community gnomic peve-
lopment v provides ,a , unned
n u..it-: jI rv...
voice and an enective effort
for all those who work in com- . The Annual meeting was
:fnunity economic tievelop- concluded with a .banquet
ment. The members joined in where opproxlmatery 400 ier
. NCCED. can, be more, effective sons were addressed by Con
on the national scene and NCC- gressional Representatives John
- ED can . help strengthen and
promote the economic de
velopment process on the local
level working through and for
the local , community based
group. . 1
' The Southeastern Region
CDCs, of which Stewart is
Vice ' Chairman, covers the
states from ' Pennsylvania to
Florida,- and involves approxi
mately fourteen CDCs who are
in uariAiit vntur mruttavic in
manufacturing, land ; develop- NEW YORK NAACP General Coumel Nathaniel R. Jones
ment, investments, etc. ' - today praised Joseph Califano, secretary of the Department of
i UDlCDC itself is in the- Health, Education and Welfare, for his announcement on Thurs
procfess of developing a twenty- day, February 17, that his office will enforce Title VI provisions
x acre industrial park which is
. Mnand-d thnnoh . ,h.
to be expanded through an ad
ditional fifteen acres resulting
in a forty acre project. Present
efforts . involves the final pre
paration for a proposal request
ing certain authorized funds
that would cover the cost of
bringing sewer to the particu
lar site. Other projects include
a five acre shopping center and
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an investment program qeaung
with nrovidinc venture caDital
injections on an equity or loan
basis in certain ventures that
have been determined feasible
after a review of past history
and' projections of tealistic fu
ture viable operations.
As the Southeastern Vice
Chairman, Stewart will be re
sponsible ' for "serving as a liai
son person between the CDCs
in the field and the national
office which is located in
Washington, D.C He is expect
ed to. call meetings, be avail-
r o -
bl t0 mwt on certain issues
of concern at various times
during interval period? between
quarterly - meetings, that are
DOUGLASS PHILIP A. BELL
to Dr. Cheek and William O. Cornell University and author
Walker, editor-publisher, Cleve- of "No Day of Triumph" and
land Call A Post and chairman other widely readjooks, will be
of NNPA's Archives and Gal- the dedication speaker,
lery Committee, for their roles This will be followed in
in the establishment i 0f the the evening by enshrinement
joint Howard University-NNPA ceremonies during the 150th
Black Press Archives and Gal- anniversary banquet in the bill
lery of Distinguished Newspa- room of the National Press
per Publishers. Club. Allthe special awards
The first of a two-part en-
shrinement will take place at
3 p.m. on March 18 in Andrew
Rankin "Memorial Chapel on
Howard's campus where the
five honored will be unveiled
and the archieves dedicated.
Dr. Jay Saunders Redding,
English professor-emeritus of
j- .
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parej by the CIX.S tor a
show . and Tell" review that
attracted various people from
different communities included
elected officials who examined
the manufactured products.
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aJd niture t0' rfuff
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NEl'JS'nOTES
NAACP PLEASED WITH HEW ON SCHOOL
. FUNDS CUT-OFF
of the 1964 CiviL Rights Act.
Government to cut off funding
tioncases. v '
Mr. Jones said that: ;
"His state goes beyond mere symbolism and represents solid
resolve to compel compliance with the law, and to make HEWV
law abiding once again. 1 "..,'
"Enforcement of Title VI was a potent weapon in the elimi
nation of school segregation in the South, but has not been
used, to any significant degree in the North.
"This oolicv. together with the NAACP determination to?
;A 'I ni that
y -
soon become a thing of the past.
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COLLEGE BOARD HELPS MINORITY RECRUITMENT h
NEW YORK CITY - Names of 1 ,286 outstanding minority
community college graduates who want to continue their ed-
ucat ion toward the baccalaureate degree were sent to admissions 1
officers at all accredited, four-year college, the College Entrance
Examination Board announced this week. The students-blacks,
Mexican American, Puerto Ricans and American Indians-were ?
selected for this academic performance from nominations sub
mitted by 315 community colleges in 40 states, the District of;
Columbia and Puerto Rico. This service of the College Board
known as the Talent Roster of Outstanding Minority Communi
ty College Graduates-helps senior colleges recruit talented
minority transfer students from a list of names, tddresses, fields.
of study and grade point averages of students who expect to
complete the associate degree during 1976-77. Over half had
grade point averages of 3D and above.
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DR. MARTIN DELANY
win be made there.
., 60th Dr. Cheek and Dr.
Goodlett have expressed high
praise for Dr. Michael R. Win
ston, director of the Moorland
Spingarn Research Center, for
the development of the Black
Press Archives and Gallery in
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was in attendance for a portion
of the program and later repre
sented by two of his aides, Ms.
Fran Stevens and Mr. Bob Au
man. A meeting was also held
with Congressman Andrews by
delegates from the Durham-;
tn4X SountTarea
ZlrL S JS!
who encouraged the Congress
man to accept the appoint
ment. CDCs are one of the fed
eral funded programs channel
ed through. Community Ser
vices Administration.
thai empowered me reaem
to school districts m aesegreg
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