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Duke University Library Newspaper Department Durham NC 27706 . ; "' !- . .' Words of Wisdom "Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body." Seneca 58 NUMBER 12 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1980 PRICE: 30 CENTS 7ms IdS foe Mkm THE PEOPLE SPEAK By John McDonald - At minority, what do you look for in a presidential candidate?. 11. si v r 7 m Urn' 1 S Larry Revelle, Student, NCCU: It is imperative that a minority look for honesty and sincerity in a presi dential candidate. Those two qualities are an abso lute must for the chief executive of any country., The word 'politics' has a bad connotation today. In order for people to stop associating politics with1 lying, cheating and stealing,! our elected officials must practice and advocate! honesty. It is also advantageous; for a presidential candidate t to be cognizant of the, welfare of America's 25 1 million blacks. V Colvin Urges Council Allocate project Funds By Trellie L Jeffers f -J - Mrs. Lucille Boston, Dorm Supervisor, McLean Hall, NCCU: A president should have a strong reli gious background, ' good Moral fiber and have a strong interest in the youth of today. He should be a Democrat but that doesn't always hold true. He shouldn't make impossible promises just to get elected. Ms. Diane Miles, Evan's Employee: I look for some one who is for women's rights. Someone with influence to help black jeople, who is also out standing in keeping promises. He would need to initiate more job programs for minority workers. H.M. Allen, retired: My candidate must have strong character - a man who is going to remember the poor and elderly people. He must not be a Republican. 1t At the first public hear ng on the Community )evelopment Programs at ihe City Council meeting , Monday night, March 17, a lequest was made to die Council to provide funds for the rehabilitation of Crest Street. Antonio Booth, a member of the Crest Street Community, said, "I has been proven that Crest Street is rehabilitative. I urge the Council to make funds available." Mike Colvin, the attor ney for Crest Street, gave a lengthy statement to the Council, also requesting funds. Colvin said that the reviews that will be held on the proposed East-West Ex pressway extension will prevent the proposed pro ject. "The , East-West Free way extension will not pass any of the reviews," Colvin said. Colvin also said that letters to Secretary Brad shaw pointed out alterna tives to the proposed route, and he urged the City Council to allocate the origi nal amount of Community Development funds to re habilitate the Crest Street ; i i. 7 j i f Community. The second public hear ing on-Community Develop ment programs will be held I at the regular Council meet ing on April 8. Another item which ' prompted a lengthy discus- j sion among Council mem- j bers was a proposed redu-: tion before the. Council to rescind a three-year policy which gives the Council authority to intervene in all proposed utility rate increases. ( Ms. Adrienne Fox, who was apparently attempting to prevent the resolution from being brought before the Council, questioned pro cedures when the resolution was introduced. "I was told that unless a motion receiv ed a majority vote in committee that it could not be brought to . the full Council," said Ms. Fox. When told that anything discMssed in committee could be brought before the , full council, Ms. Fox snap ped, "I don't care what the procedure is-I want, and I think the citizens of Dur ham, want us to be fair." When the resolution did 'MrYimlnilftn nnPaim IT ; t A, .J...,t f-yt; n - , i 1 " ' JfL -lit : -V, , - i . .' ?' 4 . One In Three Thousand 'nhSlLEflJ?!!1 h0,d-.s her baby' Shadonna, while Or. James Lee, chairman ef the obstectrtes and aynecology department of Jefferson Hospital in WtaderahJa tnuki rJttJ Z h! fttX&ZS!"!?1- ca.vltY' "'t the doctors, this happens enfyta one ZSm " ne ,n V8- Phslctan ixPflCt th child tod wJop ... wrirwiu CARTER LISTENS TO Concerns REELECTED Dr. Prezell R. Robinson, president of Saint Augus tine's College, was unani mously re-elected president of the United Negro College Fund(UNCF) at the annual meeting held last Thursday, March 13, in New York. The president of the UNCF has to be elected by the 41 member colleges, and Dr. Robinson was elected for the third consecutive time. ' WASHINGTON A delegation of black state legislators appealed to President Carter to "resist voices from his Ad ministration and the 'public that would have him sacrifice" cutbacks in social programs for in-, creased military spending. In return, delegation I leader and-presidenl of the ' National Black Caucus of j State Legislators, Senator j Clarence Mitchell, III, of Maryland, said the Presi dent could call on black state legislators to assist in Administration efforts to develop a national policy that "reflected the goals j and aspirations of. all : Americans." . Sleeting at the White House, the President said he "came for the purpose of listening not talking" to the 24 representatives of the 337-member caucus, who outlined con cerns in housing, unemployment, selective service and the draft, energy, and executive sup port of the Joint Center for Political Studies and the v"ter for Urban En-' vironmeniai S'udies. j In response, the Presi dent said: "I am in full agreement with the issues raised." He further ex plained that his Ad-' ministration "would like to be peaceful, but strong." He cited the inef- ( ticacy of peaceful means to assuage Soviet aggres sion. "With the invasion of Pakistan, I feel that be ing marshalled is our best protection." The President told the leaders of measures his Administration had taken in the areas of concern to the legislators. He added that the Windfall Profits Tax would provide more money for beneficial pro-' jects and jobs. "We have a long way to' go, we have not done a perfect job. We started in a negative position from past administrations. A lot of programs were crip pled, we are trying to get them started again." Mitchell also asked the President to consider ; black legislators when . selecting candidates for , advisory boards and presidential commissions, and to further open lines of communication bet ween black state legislators and regional of-' fices of federal agencies, so the legislators could be better informed of federal actions, and implementa-; tion of federal programs ' in their respective areas.; "For too many years we j as a people have been left out. We are warmly recep tive to your desire to bring us in," Mitchell said before the delegation departed. In addition to Mitchell, the President met with Democratic state Rep. Calvin Smyre of Georgia; Rep. Alan D. Wheat of Missouri; Delegate Larry Young of Maryland; Sen. , Sanford Cloud, Jr. of Connecticut; Rep. Mat thew McNelly of Michigan; Rep. George Cushingberry, Jr." of Michigan; Rep. Wilhemina R. Delco of Texas; Rep. Rayfield Fisher of Indiana; Sen. John Ford and Rep. Em mitt Ford of Tennessee; Sen. Regis Groff of Col orado; Rep. Antonio L. Harrison of Alabama;" Rep. Carl Hines of Ken- Continued on Page 8 t L, Cong. Jolin Anderson 0SC -YoBib tmm Msm EB5D WASHINGTON-Co-ngressman John Ander son, R-Ill., has joined Rev. Leon Sullivan, chair man of Opportunities In dustrialization ' Centers (OIC) in an all-out attack on youth unemployment and school drop-out pro blems, it was announced recently. Anderson noted that OIC's experimental CIP in Philadelphia was tested by the National Institute of Education (NIE) for four years, with additional study by the Department of Labor for another two , years. Current statistics gathered by the OIC( organization indicate that ' the rate of junior and senior high school drop outs has reached fifty to sixty per cent among blacks "Those statistics are dangerously high," warn-, ed Rev. Sullivan. "The OIC career intern pro-i gram is an important new ! weapon in the nation's! arsenal to fight the battle' against youth unemploy ment." The Anderson in'troduced legislation would encouragei community-ba'sed organizations, such as OIC, to establish CIPs across the nation for 16-21 year old youth in high unemployment areas. Career Internships enable students to com plete high school, learn occupational options and improve their basic academic skills. OIC CIPs in New York, Detroit, Seattle and Poughkeepsie have been documented by the Department of Labor, and can be replicated across America if the Congress includes the Anderson bill . in the youth legislation package scheduled for passage, according to Sullivan. Last week, Stuart' Eizenstat, special assistant to President Carter on domestic policy, praised' the OIC Career Intern, Program as ia national' model for solving the youth unemployment crisis. "Vice President Mon-i dale's task force on youth ! employment has worked wktfOIC in every stage of i research and in drafting!, legislation," Eizenstat, said. "We're on your side." lHR"VHPl'l"B,lalnaill"llMWHnMM 1 ' A If!' . SS if Jk f it f AGONY OF DEATH HOUSTON: Thelma Gray(R) is comforted by her sister Debra(L) after Thelma' s daughter Bridgette, 1, burned to death with three of her cousins in an early fire recently. . Five other members of the same family were hurt in the house firt which fire investigators said was set by an 18-year-old woman angry at her boyfriend. U PI PHOTO Blach Offical Named Job Corps Deputy Dir. 1 , Caucus Endorses Kennedy Btack dMcM ta WnltM that the Congressional nvan. ' Edwird K,Bn"Y ,or ,lw PwwHc pnsBentW nomination. Rep. Cofilnt Is the Caucus chair- WASHINGTON-WiN bert F. Solomon, who has been associated with the Job Corps program for more than a decade, has been named depUTy director, it was announced by Assistant Secretary of Labor Ernest G. Green. In his new position, Solomon will assist in ad ministering the $418 million program which serves an estimated 85,000 youth a year. Solomon was previously chief, Division of the Pro-' gram Planning Design, ; Office of Youth Employ-' ment Programs, of the department's Employ-; ment and Training Ad-i ministration. He served in this position from early 1978 until his being named to the number two posi tion of Job Corps. A native of Atlanta, from 1966 to 1968 he was director of the Office of Job Corps for the' City of Atlanta and was responsi ble for recruiting 2,000 youth for the Job Corps. Solomon joined the U.S. Labor Department jn 1968, serving in various positions in the Atlanta Regional Job Corps Of fice until 1974. In 1974, he became deputy associate regional administrator of the Job Corps in the Chicago Regional Office. He held this position until he returned in 1978 to the Of fice of Youth Programs in Washington D.C. Solomon is a graduate of Clark College, Atlanta. The deputy director position was reestablished because of the Job Corps' expansion from 22,000 to 44,000 training slots and its expansion from its cur rent eighty to 107 residen tial centers. Expansion of1 the Job Corps program is ' expected to be completed by March 1981. according . to Richard A. Jaffe, the new Job Corps Director. The Job Corps program , provides comprehensive, services, including voca-1 tional skills training, basic education, health care and residential support for young jjKople who are aor, out of schooLaadi -Anemployftfe . 7
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