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.VOLUME 57 NUMBER 14
DURHAM, NORTHCAROLINA-:; SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1979
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(public Policy ConnHtce Supports
The Republican Policy
Committee today over
whelmingly endorsed a Con
stitutional -Amendment to
balance the budget and
impose a limit on federal
spending except in an emerg
ency. GOP Policy Chairman
Bud Shuster (R.-Pa.)said:
"There can no longer be any
question about where the
great majority of Re
publicans in the U.S. House
of Representatives stand
on this issue. The. im
primatur of the Republican
Policy Committee now
officially supports the
actions of more than 74 per
cent of the Republicans in
the House who have co-
sponsored a Constitutional
Amendment to limit spend
ing. The, American people
have a right to know that
it is the Republicans who
support a Constitutional
limit on federal spending.
By contrast, only 29 per
cent of the Democrats in
the House have
sponsored such legislation,
and the Carter White House' "
had created a task force to
lobby against the nation
wide sentiment- for this s
amendment."
Shuster continued:
"While Republicans support
the American people in
trying to gain more control
over big government, the ,
Democrats support big
government , in trying to
gain more control over the
American people." Shuster
also charged that the
Congress "will be guilty of
benign neglect if it con
tinues to ignore the message
from the taxpayers that is
sweeping the land. The
Amerian people have had
enough. They are fed up
with decades of reckless
spending by the Democ
crats and the Democrat
legacy of enormous debut
being handed down to gen
eration after generation.
They want it stopped and
stopped quickly."
The Policy Committee,
in .its statement,
said: "If the Democrat
majority in Congress
had been responsive to the
true interests of the
Amercan people, there
would be no need for a
Constituional Amend
ment to balance the budget
and limit federal spending.
Instead, the Democat big
spenders in Congress have
increased federal spending
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as a per cent of GNP from
approximately 17.5 in
1955 to 22.1 in 1979. The
four balanced budgets in
1956, 1957, 1960 and
1969 all occurred in Repu
blican Administrations
simply because of the tong-
Standine Rentihliran
commitment ot he principle I
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CMimhmen Are Urged To
Become Politically Active
pak tiA ionc Arirlnrcad a notnrtrl'
Church leaders across the cians endorsed the network,
in
South met1iiB.j)urham last
week to develop a network '
of socially oriented black
churches that cross denomi-,
national lines. The network
is called Partners in Ecumen
ism or PIE. Regional meet
ings like the Durham con
vention i are being staged "
around iihe nation in pre-
paratioi for PIE's first
national convention in
Washington, D.C., in June,v.
1980. There, planners say,,
an agenda will be develop
ed to impact upon the
major political parties.
Several well known politi-
Cross Burned
In Durham
County
and urged the ministers to
political activism. Rev. W.
W. Easley was elected to
chair PIE's southern region
al organization.
Atlanta's Mayor Maynard
Jackson showered the minis
ters with statistics which
destroyed the myth that
conditions are better than
they used to be for black
people. The percentage of
blacks in the nation's work
force and many other
indices of urban crisis bore
out his contention. The idea
that blacks are doing better
is part of a "major self
delusion", claimed Jackson,
who continued to say he has
never seen a period of
greater apathy in black
political life .
Perplexed by struggles to
save programs being cut by
a Proposition 13-type Lon-
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ADDICTS BABY RECOVERS - Dr. Loratta P. Fbimgan. head of on of three
oanters in the country that treat pregnant addicts, holds Rahedah Anderson as the
infant girl's mother, Toni, a former addict, looks on. The baby underwent narcotic
withdrawal and has recovered. Other centers are in Detroit and New York. UPi
Urges tetter Mi im
Mml CoBfah odd Jobs
WASHINGTON (NNPA)
-The Black Press called on
President Carter during a
White House meeting last
week to hold a Camp
David conference to deal
with unemployment and
other probleems confront
ing blacks.
The meeting with the
President highlighted Black
Press Week, marking the
152nd anniversary of the
founding of first black
newspaper in the United
States - Freedom's
Journal - established in
New York City by Rev.
Samuel E. Cornish and
John B. Russwurm in
1827.
"We have a long way
to go in our country to
overcome the historic
diicrimination that exists
against our black citizens,"
said President Carter, in
answer to criticisms re
garding high unemploy
ment among black youth
and adults made by William
O. Walker, editor-publisher
of the Cleveland Call &
Post, and spokesman for the
group.
Carter locked and un
locked' and his fingers, for
mPmcHt- iQQ&ng fir8
and Walker and across the
Cabinet table and than
at National Newspaper
Publishers Association
President John rl. Seng
stacke at his side. Then he
continued, "I hope I can be
a part of the alleviation of
your burden that Is born by
people who are least able to
bear it."
Enumerating the goals of
his office as he .looked
around the table where 14
representatives of the
Black Press sat, the
President listed ah increase
of $4 billion this year for
the poor and another $4
billion in 1980; $400
million for hard-pressed
communities; summer jobs
for all youth 15-years and
older needing work; and
$3 billion in purchases by
federal agencies from
minority-owned enter
prises. Further, Carter added: "I
think I can assure you
without any fear of failure
that in spite of the
difficulty in dealing with
some of the Senators in the
appointment of federal
judges, we will meet any
commitment for black
district and circuit court
judges."
Also the President said
that he would soon
announce appointments of
blacks to the Interstate
Commerce Commission,
International Trade Com
mission, Federal Reserve
System and the Civil
Aeronautics Board.
Recalling his election,
Carter said, "I would
not be President today,
if it had been for the
Voting Rights Act, the
Civil Rights Act, and
the decisions of the
Supreme Court in giving
equality of oppprtunity to
black citizens."
BY PAT BRYANT '
Sheriff and Court
officials ay they have not
discovered the culprits who
burned , a cross in the lawn
of Mrs. Ida Mae Bagley of
II Michaels Drive during
the early morning hours of
Friday March 30. Mrs. Bag
ley's family is one of two
black families in the neigh
borhood located off Cheek
Road east of Merrick
Moore School. The burning
was the tirst ot its type in
several years in Durham.
The three by four foot
cross was discovered by
Mrs. Bagley's son as he
was on his way to school
Friday morning. The cross
burning was not the first
incident suffered by the
family since moving into the
house last December.
Frist a bicycle was
stolen. Then one morning
the Bagley's discovered
cotton had been strewn
across garden they had
started in the back yeard.
Clothes were taken off the
clothes line and scattered .
on the ground.
While the Sheriffs De
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Louis Stokes lameated -the -
losing- of 250,000 CETA
jobs, and $750,000 in sum
mer jobs for youth, the
decrease in social security
death benefits, cut-backsin
public housing subsidies,
massive cut -backs in the free
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PRESIDENT GREETS MISS BLACK TEENAGE WORLD - President Jimmy Carter
greets Miss Black Teenage World for 1978-79. Deborah Jones, of Altadana, Calif., during
her visit to the White House recently. The 16-year-old Miss Jones, along with two other
contestants, was in Washington to meet with presidential aide Louis Martin before meeting
Carter. Miss Jones is a seinor at Glendale Academy in Altadena and plans to enter
Hampton Institute this fall on a $13,000 scholarship she received from the Mss Black
Teenage World Pageant.
NEA Calls Upon FTC to Release Testing Data,
Investigate Entire Testing Industry
WASHINGTON, D C.
The National Education
Association has filed a for
mal request under the Free
dom of Informtion Act this
week to secure the under
lying factual data behind a
yet unreleased report by
the Federal Trade Commis
son which has serious impli
cations for the rights of
millions of this nation's stu
dents and adults at the turn
ing points of their lives.
"The NEA has learned
through reliable sources,"
reports NEA Executive
Director Terry Herndon,
"that an FTC staff report
contains data which
prove that students .
Two Promotions Mado
At Local Post Office
will
who
attend costly private
coaching schools achieve
higher tests scores on stan
dardized tests - tests which
the test makers claim are
'coach proof.' The skill of
test taking them becomes
more important than the
skills the test allegedly
measure. People who can
afford the cost of such
schools thus have an unfair
advantage at important
transition points - from
high school to college,
from college to graduate
law, or business school,
from school to job, and in
some instances from one
job to another job."
"The public has a right
to know not only the results
of the report - which
probably being watered
down at this moment - but
also the underlying
data so that students and
adults are protected from
arbitrary decisions based
upon unfair test scores and
ability to pay."
The executive of the na
tion's largest professional
organization representing
1.8 million teachers also
called for a "thorough
governmental and media
investigation of the entire
powerful but unchecked
testing industry, a sub
stanciai portion of which is
exempt from federal taxes
and any type of government
regulation and whose former
trustees are in high levels of
government and academia.
John R. Moore, ' a
Raleigh, native, has been as
signed as Manager,
Customer Services, in the
Durham Post Office.
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ROBERT LONG
Moore began his career with
the U.S. Postal Service in
1958 as a substitute car
rier. In 1974, he was
promoted to Delivery Super
visor and has since served
in various managerial
positions in the Raleigh
area, including Acting
Manager of the North Hill
Station, Manager of the
King" Charles Station and
General Foreman of the
delivery unit of the main
office.
Moore is a graduate of
Washington High School in
. Raleigh, and has also
studied at A&T State and
Shaw Universities.
Moore is married to the
former Miss Emma J.
Sanders and they havetwo
cildren, Rosalind, a Junior
at North Carolina Central
University, and Stanley,
who attends Wake Techni
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Maynard Jackson To Host
Black Mayors April 19-21
MRS. BAGLEY STANDS WITH CROSS
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Mayor Maynard Jackson
and the city of Atlanta will
host the Fifth Annual Con
vention of the National
Conference of Black Mayors
(NCBM), April 19 through
21, at the Sheraton -Atlanta
Hotel.
The convention theme,
"Municipal Development: A
Priority for 1980," sets
the stage for a wealth of
information ' convention
workshops with many
top-level business and politi
cal leaders. NCBM's Presi
dent, Richard Hatcher
(Mayor of Gary, Indiana),
will open the convention
at the General Session at
9 a.m. on Friday, April 20,
and welcome William
Peacock, Director of Inter
governmental Relations -United
States Department
of Energy, who is the guest
speaker for the occasion.
The Fannie Lou Hamer
Freedom Award is
scheduled for presentation
to the Honorable A.J.
Cooper, Mayor of Prich
ard, Alabama, at the
Award's Luncheon on the
same day. James R.
Schlesinger, Secretary of the
United States Department
of Energy, has been invited
to speak for the luncheon.
Saturday, April 21, is
another day of significant
workshops featuring
speakers for the United
Nations; the Department of
Housing and Urban
Development (HUD); and
the Economic Development
Administration, " U.S.
Department of Commerce.
The highlight of the day
will be the "Tribute to A
Black American" Dinner
Award which will be pre
sented posthumously to
Berry "Pop" Gordy.Sr. and
accepted by his son, Berry
Gordy.Jr.
State and federal attempts
at regulation have thus
far failed thwarted
primarily by the slick lobby
ing and PR efforts of
Educational Testing
Service (ETS) which runs
the government's clearing
house on testing." Herndon
likens this effort to
that of the "fox minding
the hen house."
NEA's attorney on the
freedom of information
request is Arthur E.
Levine, a former FTC staff
member from Boston whq
worked on the original
FTC staff report on the
coaching industry. Levine's
previous Freedom of In
formation Act request to
FTC for the report's
underlying data on behalf of
two Harvard Medical School
researchers has been denied
and is being appealed at the
agency level. A number of
other Freedom of Informa
tion Act requests for this
report or the data,
according to Levine, have
also been denied by the gov
ernmental agency.
"The NEA," states Hern
don, "will pursue this
matter in federal court if
our request for the under
lying data is denied by the
FTC. The public should have
an opportunity to make its
own judgement about the
justice of standardized test
scores based upon evidence
gathered through their tax
paid agency. FTC findings
should confirm that the
NEA and other knowledgea
ble groups have known for
some time - that test re
sults are less consistent in
their ability to predict po
tential than has. been pur
ported by the testing in
dustry, school system e val
uators, and college admis
sions personnel.
The NEA has been a
public critic of the excessive
use of standardized test
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