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President Cartels decision not to go ahead
with production of the B-l bomber was a bold
one, and he's catching a lot of flak because of it.
But ft was a sound decium. a good one from
every standpoint.
Despite the cries of alarmists, there's plenty
of doubt that the weapon was needed. We've al
ready got stockpiles of enough destructive wea
pons to blow the entire world up several tines
over, along with the delivery systems to do die
job.
So 1 don't buy the arguments for the neces
sity of an additional costly weapon - the B-l . Es
pecially when the cruise missile makes even the
new bomber obsolete."
By grounding the B-l . President Carter also
takes a step toward dampening the arms race. It
is obvious that new arms development by one
side just leads to counter-development on the
other. The arms race escalates, more weapons are
produced, more billions are spent by both sides,
and the relative tapablities of both sides remain
the same."' '
That's a srifdestructive spiral that doesn't
make sense, especially when you consider the
price tag on the B-l. Some estimates are that the
projected fleet of the new bombers and support
and maintenance systems would ultimately cost
about $100 billion.
Just one plane would cost about $100
million. And then there are the extras, not to
mention the inevitable cost overruns that con
tinually plague our major defense systems.
So just one plane could cost quite a bit. How
many houses and schools can you build for that
price - quite a few. And just think of the number
of jobs that sum could create. .
One of the major problems this country
faces is high youth unemployment. About a third
of teenagers who want to work are unemployed,
and for blacks the figure is around 60 per cent.' .
The Administration's proposals for special
youth job programs are interesting to compare
with the costs the B-l would incur. An inner
city Youth Community Conservation and Im
provement Project, for example, would create
30JOOO jobs for teenagers at a cost only a bit
higher than two B-l s.
Expansion of public service jobs to create
I38J0OO slots for youth would cost less than 10
of the big bombers. " " '
Such comparisons could be made aO along
the line - major new weapons systems that bring
marginal improvements in defease capabilities
cost far more than social programs that make a
major difference in people's lives and in creating
opportunities to escape from poverty.
And that too has important defense impli
cations. The real strength of a country comes
from its people and its economy, not the speci
fics of the hardware its armed- forces possess.
That's especially true m today's "overkST sftua-
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tion where we've already got aO die weapons we
need to defend ourselves with.
History shows that other nations that
possessed powerful armies and technologically
superior weapons ultimately fell because of in
,; temal conflicts generated by inequality and neg
lect of their population's needs. 4
.To the extent that we can create eccfloroic
' opportunities and reduce social inequalities, we
, w21 be a stronger nation. While it is important
to keep our defense capabilities up to full
strength, it would be a mistake to squander
scarce resources on "new weapons systems that
don't add all that much to our power while inv
-. posing terrible costs on our economy and our
social order. ' ' . ',
It would be well for critics of the B-l de
cision to remember General Eisenhower's state
. merit: "Every gun that b made, every warship
launched, every rocket fired signifies, in die final
sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not -fed,
those who are cold and are not clothed . , .
This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense.
Under the cloud of threatening war, it is
humanity hanging from a cross of iron."
The President made the right decision. And
he can even improve on it by committing some
of the funds saved by not producing the B-l to
producing the housing and jobs people need.
1 m-.VC" :
Promises, Promises
Once upon a time, some people of
Durham were shown beautiful pictures
and miniature layouts of a renewed city.
These people were led to believe that if
they voted in favor of the proposals
being offered, they would see new and
attractive rebuilding where shims and
old second-hand buildings were stand
ing. They , were ; led to, believe , that
they would ' be justly compensated for
their properties and aided in many
'ways with rebuilding. So, they went to
the polls in droves and had a tot to do
-with voting the proposals into law.
Those people didn't all live happily
ever after. Most were unable to survive
the trauma of being betrayed, misled,
robbed unjustly treated. Too strong
words, you say? K
Some died, Some lost their minds.
Some were foreclosed on. Some just
went out of business.- Some got sick
and are still sick.
A few; and only a few, got richer.
The story is about to end. Promises
haven't been kept yet. Compare, if you
will, the appearance of d owntown
Durham with that of what used to be
Hayti, - the black business district.
Draw yourown conclusions. It must
have been a fairy tale.
Benflfiiin I. floofis
QUALITY EDUCATION F03 BIACKS Ar.EMCAIIS;
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The ; night the lights went out' in
New York brought out the best in some
people and fhe worst in others.
Of course; those whose behavior
'wifvtiie :wiitgoti,.tlie rnost coverage.
One of the most despicable scenes hi
the television reports was jot the loud
mouth woman y elling aboufrPam-
peri for her baby" as justifJcattori for
way to get is to take. In the frustrations
with ghetto life, many played right into
the hands of people who still believe
this is typical black behavior and are afl
too glad to point a finger of i told you ,
so at their highly visible methods,!
while keeping their mouths shut1 and
defending high, professional and sophis-,
ticated crimes many perpetrated
stealing. If she had had any self tespecv against the very people they castigate.
she could have bought enough doth
diapers that would have taken care of
her baby's needs as long 'as necessary
and after that would have served as
good cleaning rags. Not at convenient,.;
we know - but no matter whaf the
circumstances or the so-called modern
ways of dealing with problems,-some
basic truisms never change. Two wrongs
never did, stm don't, and never win
make things right.
r Nobody who is honest denies that
black folks have been rippcd off ' and '
mistreated by some whites and also by
ome pf their own for- years. Those
practices will continue as long.aiman ' '
continues his inhumanity to his fellow
man, but vengeance is NOT the answer.
r Granted, there have been hundreds
of role models for crime, from the
White House on down to the court
house, which teU ordinary people the
To use the cover ' or darkness or
any other disaster for stealing, looting,
burning, and, who knows what else, as
witnessed in New York, is inexcusable'
however. , ; - 2
. A poet once wrote:
To every man there openeth
; - A high, way and a low,
And every man decideth
" Which way his soul shall go
And the high soul climbs
; The high way, ; ,
And the low soul gropes
The tow. .. ' - it
We hophat should a similar situa
tion occur irk Durham or elsewhere,
that aU people would take the high way -
no matter how tough the climb. Then
we could begin to talk with pride about
our great civilization.
With a determined glint in its collective eye.
the 99 member "NAACP Conference On Quality
Education for Black Americans: An Imperative',
roled up its sleeves and spent twoand -one-half
intensive days in Chicago recently trying to
determine why black children are not learning to
read, write, or master simple mathematics.
The conference, comprised of a broad cross-
section of thinking Americans, probed into how
the teachers are being taught in colleges and uni
versities, then turned loose for better or worse,
to instruct 'our' tiildreii. The conference asked,
for exaraple,.does.dass andor race figure in the
basic teaching context? is the system too per
, misfiveZAUbotuirL r aren't parents and ulti-
-matJstudents. thenlves.td blame? "
.'The conferenceilso wanted to know why
' the school jyjtent ifcesnt seem open enough so .
that parents feel welcome in attempts to parti
cipate. It wanted to Iww what state laws (the
' state has the basic responsibility for teaching our
z young) are impediments to quality education
V .being dispensed in our schools.
It was especially concerned with the defini
tion of that term "quality education (NAACP
. Board Chairperson Margaret Bush Wilson in her
"-: preliminary remarks to.tJ conference defined
- ' quality-education as "one which equips a person
to deal competently with one's environmental no
matter where one finds onselfTV
Questions.. Questions. Questions. The con
ference asked what are the ethnic and cultural '
perspectives that must be built into the curri
culum for black, youngsters? . Why do the insti-'
tutions of higher learning make available high ;
concentration of courses for prospective teachers
that concentrate on the urban child and his
home environment with minimal concentration
on courses dealing with educational policy, ad
ministration, research, finances, or other social
problems that help determine what the child's
home environment is likely to be?
This situation is compounded by continued
discrimination in employment and housing. If
urban schools (where the large majority of black
and the poor attend) do not become drastically
more effective, our major cities and this nation
are on the brink of destruction. That is part of
the call going out to the 1,700 NAACP branches
. iumicu ui every siaic 01 uk union.
, v iiicu oi cAiiues given oy Knooi Doarus,
The differential forces the college student to
accept the notion, the conference declared, that
the problems faced by metropolitan school sys
tems are primarily caused by the children and
their families rather than by racist educational
policies and procedures.
Is transportation (busing) as the courts have
said, a useful tool to be utilized in the overall
educational process and not the hotly divisive
and useless bone of contention its detractors say
it is?
Said the Task Force of Curriculum: "Larger
and larger numbers of black youth are either
dropping out of school ox graduating without
minimal survival skills. Unemployment is ram
pant among the black and the poor in our major
cities.
superintendents, etc, on why black children are
not beMg trained m the basics of readin', ritm
and rithmetic,-the NAACP is telling the nation
that the organization is ready to involve concern
ed citizens in a passionate crusade to make the I
educational system accountable to blacks and the
poor. , :
; It has been a long time -not since the early
days of civi right protests and court room battles
that led to the historic Brown versus the Topeka,
Kansas, Board of Education - since a crvH rights
drive has been mounted with such determined
fury. This drive promises to leave no stone un
turned, to be thwarted by no man-made barrier
no matter how terribly fonmdable in size ox di
mension. And. when if over fif I Were a bettins manl
would wager Jhe many; questions that were
asked at that 2 and H day conference in Chicago
will be answered in affirmative way
For joining the fight will be parents and stu
dents who must share responsibility, and con
cerned and fore ward looking school administra
tors and teachers who have patience and really
care about children and what they learn and how
they learn, and other concerned citizens appalled
by what the educational system is not doing for
our children. -
AU of them are led by an NAACP that is
donning full battle gear for one of the most
important fights in its long and battle scarred
history. ;
And when it is over, I will guarantee you,
the school system is this country will never be
the same.
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-VISA ABUSE
Thousands of aliens enter
America with student pass
ports of tourist visas, issued
bv American embassies or
consulates to foreign coun- '
tries. Many arrive with forged :
passports, false marriage certi-,
ficates arid counterfeit visas.
intending not to return home. '
Statistically, mostBlegal
aliens, in the United States
come from Mexico, the .
Dominican Republic, Haiti, ;
Jamaica,. -Cuatemgja and.
Columbia. 4 . ;
There are . over three 5
hundred thousand illegal t
Columbians, throughout our ;!
nation. They usually have a
fair degree of education and ?
job skills. Visas were issued to p
six thousand Columbian J last r"
yen. Fifteen thousand visa
? aoolicants are waiting to be j
admitted. As skilled factory
workers in the United States
they earn
SlOXIOOavear,
' to absorb its growing popula-
tion The population of
Columbia is twenty;four.'
million, and is growing at a
rate of 2.4 per cent yearly.
. Counterfeit Ame rican ;.
visas sell for as much as a
thousand dollars. The Amerk
1 can Counsulate. jrocesses.
approximately forty-two
thousand applications for re-
: sidency visas yearly. f.;V. ,
DOMESTIC IMPACT. : , .
. The need to improve the ,
, surveillance of our borders .
, to reduce the number of Die- '
' gal crossings has been ignored -'
by the. federal government.
' Inadequate patrolling of our
": borders also encourages drug
smuggling,
' Government has failed
for the last quarter .of a cen-
' Jury lo provide t remedy to
resolve the pressing national
problem created by the in-
of
.tx f- 1 ttt 1
from $8j000 to ' creaun - numoer 01 uiegai
The magnitude of the
POPULATION GROWTH" y problem negatively Impacts
- Columbia must generate z- upon the poor and the large
almost one hundred and fifty l number . of unemployed
' thousand new fobs eachTvear . .'.blacks. j ..
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PRESIDENTIAL RECOM
, MENDATIONS
; . President. Carter is consi
dering national policy recom
mendations, including reme
dial federal legislation. It is
essential that black America
not only be knowledgeable of
" the magnitude of the problem
but have a yoke in its solu
tion. ' 'r't-t''M
'The suggesstions include:
Granting illegal aliens and
other v immediate family'
members legal status. Provi
sion of foreign economic aid
to the countries of origin of
most illegal aliens to improve
their ability to provide do
mestic employment.. Imposi
tion of fines against em-
Rloyers who hire illegal aliens,
lew identity cards for flier ,
gal aliens less capable of
counterfeiting. An increase in
the number of Border Patrol
Agents.
Last February, the U. S.
Supreme Court unamiously
approved the rights of states
to forbid employers to hire ,
illegal aliens, if their employ-;
merit increases the unemploy
ment of lawful residents.
OPPOSITION
Foreign aid td create jobs
in the native countries of
illegal aliens will be opposed
by labor leaders and protec
tionists in , stations where
industries have been hurt by
foreign competition
; Hispanics will rightfully
fear that penalization of
employers who hire illegal
aliens may discourage the
employment of Spanish
speaking Americans.
. A solution must be
found or all Americans will
' suffer. The last column on
this subject will discuss social
benefits available to aliens
and the cost.
Ma mens
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