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September Is United Negro College Fund Month GIVE GIVE GIVE nuke University Library SWr Depar ment Durham NC 27 iw . (USPS 091-380) Words of Wisdom Every man la two educations fiat w'tic b given to iim, and ( i ot ir Wiic i te gives limseff. Almost always its fie fellow wio is to slow in "lis work w in t links ie is overworked. VOLUME 58 - NUMBER 36 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1980 TELEPHONE (919) 682-2913 PRICE: 30 CENTS m nt Says To Be S Hillside Pool lashed By Trellie L. Jef fers City Councilman Ralph Hunt said Tuesday night, September 2, at the regular council meeting that he was told by the consultant on parks and recreation that a recommendation will be made to reduce the Hillside pool to half of its present size The pool is now 150 feet long. Hunt said that the plan is to reduce it to 75 feet. Hum made the state ment during motion to authorize thecity manager to submit an urban Parks and Recreation Recovery Grant application. Hunt said that the com plete plans which will be inclusive in the grant pro posal have not been presented to the public. City council members who were mpst vocal in denying Hunt's statement were Carroll Pledger and Haywood Smith, both claiming that no such plans are yet conclusive, and that the studies for parks and recreation centers are still in pro gress. When Councilman Pledger expressed his strong resentment to Hunt's statement, saying that he had received no in formation confirming that the Hillside pool would be reduced, Hunt responded, "apparently your consul tant speaks with a forked tongue. He specifically told me that he would make this recommenda tion." When Councilman Mrs. Margaret Keller inquired about how much specifici ty should be included in a grant proposal, Slade was called to respond. Slade said that the plan to reduce the Hillside pool was number four among the recommendations for the pool. Hunt continued to con tend that a total plan of development for parks and recreation should be presented to the public. A if 4 8 js. I n "We can not continue to have this plantation system with the masters giving leadership and the servants following," said Hunt. Hunt said that a pattern exists where one segment of the. community gets poor quality while other areas get a large amount of financial resources. He compared the W.D. Hill Recreation Center with the lavishly equipped Edison Johnson Recrea tion Center and pointed out the inadequacy of the lights on the Elmira Ten nis Court and the other tennis courts in predominately black areas. "Quality is in question, not numbers; although numbers cannot be eliminated," said Hunt. y x A W i It.- f I Hkt . Pioneer Ms Hattie B Kendrick. 85, of Cairo, Illinois, looks over mementos of past civil rights victories in her home he retired school teacher was a plaintiff in a federal suit in 1942 that led to equal pay for black school teachers and to another In 1973 that to o to a change in city government form in Cairo. UP! pno!0 Rev. Sullivan Spearheads Push To Cut Loans To South Africa PHILADELPHIA, PENN Spearheaded by Rev. Leon H. Sullivan, pastor of the 5,000-rnember Zion Bap tist Church here, pressure is mounting on U.S. banks to stop making loans to the Government of South Africa or its agencies until ,.l anartheid is ended in that i - .me. b44ivan f pwHv-. position statement concer ning banks which support discriminarion and the apartheid system through bank loans. "Until apartheid has been ended, and there is clear, tangible evidence and demonstration thereof, no U.S. bank shall make any further sonal appearance by Rev. Ralph Abernathly of Atlanta who vigorously endorsed the program. Since that meeting, the . principal mechanism for enlisting bank support of the Sullivan-proposed moratorium has been an interdenominational, in- detentions, the rights of blacks to buy and own property anywhere in the nation, the ending of so called independent homelands, equal protec tion under the law, full citizenship rights, and full political participation for blacks and other non whites equal to that of all othei citizens of the Mugabe Shares Zimbabwe Needs Prime Minister Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe met with President Jimmy Carter for 45-mlnute discussion on August 27. In the course of a cordial, constructive talk, the Presidei and the Prime Minister discussed the situation in southern Africa, relations betwen the U.i and Zimbabwe, and the prospects for a peaceful settlement in Namibia. They discussed, i some depth, Zimbabwe's Immediate reconstruction and development needs. Accompanying the Prime Minister were Bernard Chidzero, Minister of Economic Plannim and Or. Elleck K. Mashingaidze, Zimbabwe's Ambassador to the United National ar Ambassador-designate to the United States. With the President were Deputy Secretary State Warren Christopher, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, Zbignie Brzezinskl; Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Richard Moose; Ambassad Donald McHenry; and Assistant to the President, Louis Martin. Following the meeting in the Oval Office, the President escorted Prime Minister Mugabe to a reception in his honor in the East Room. White House Photo Zimbabwe Minister Thanks Black Americans For Support VACANT LOT PROBLEM STILL UNRESOLVED Members of the, East End Neighborhood Coun cil of Carolina Action will pursue their efforts to get vacant lots cleaned up in their neighborhood, by at tending the Community Serivces Committee meeting on September 4. There are over thirty va cant lots in East End, and residents there are tired of living among weeds and rats. After pushing for the passage of the November, 1979 Vacant Lot Or dinance, Carolina Action members have yet to see the results of the or dinance in their neighborhoods. Although ' the ordinance was passed citywide, Clifford Ebron, the sole inspections officer for vacant lots, has been assigned to concentrate in Community Development target areas. "East End was a target area once, and nothing got done. Now, the city is cleaning up vacant lots in other ' current target areas, stated C.A. member Ed Buck. E.E.N.C.-C.A. members met with Ebron on August 5, to express their dissatisfaction with the vacant lot enforcement procedure. Cecil Brown, Director of Community Development, attended the Council's August 28 meeting, and members asked him to insure that the vacant lot ordinance be applied equally throughout Durham. Brown would not agree to this request, claiming that funding for the program comes from Community Development. In fact, on ly one half of Ebron's salary comes from CD. funds. The other half, as well as $4,000 for city clean-up lots, comes from the city's General Fund. "We will follow through with this problem as far as we need to, in order to -get vacant lots cleaned up in East End," said Barbara Harris, E.E.N.C.-C.A. president; Carolina Action is a citizen's organization of low-moderate income peo ple who have been work ing, since 1974, to build a state-wide network of neighborhood organiza tions. i: : . By Felicia M. Cassels WASHINGTON, DC Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, addressed 700 people on the politics of reconcilia tion . and thanked American blacks for their "tremendous" support at Howard University, August 27. The reception was sponsored by four prime sponsors the Na tional Committee for Pan African Democracy and Prosperity, TransAfrica, Southern Africa Support Committee, Office of the President of Howard University and 22 other groups and individuals. Mugabe said of recon ciliation, "As we fought to liberate ourselves, we also fought to liberate the oppressor from the men tality which made him look at the reality of life as one based on power. Hav ing achieved our in dependence, we extend a hand to our former enemies." He thanked American blacks for supporting Zimbabwe materially, politically and morally. But, he continued, "our battle is only partially won. . . .you and I must not rest on our laurels and become complacent because people dying in Pretoria will understand no language than that of (Continued on Page 4) began last fall following the formation of the Inter national Council for ; Equality of Opportunity Principles, Inc. (ICEOP) of which the black minister is chairman. ICEOP has a member ship of leading black clergymen and educators. One of its main purposes is to monitor application of- the "Sullivan Prin ciples" in South Africa guidelines for equal employment opportunity now adheared to by 140 U.S. corporations doing business in South Africa. As an outgrowth of the continuing effort by Rev. Sullivan to expand adop tion of the principles by U.S. and foreign com panies in South Africa, on October 18, 1979, at a news conference in the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., he issued a strongly worded terracial group of 1,000 i . . . . n .l. a . . 1 ju:Lu4 r iMiimu:&iiu .ut lis. l . i x. . iiiiuiiivv vii wtiv - i cies ana win give con- inousana wmcn nas lnMy personal interest is sideration only to specific, privately sponsored pro jects or programs, developed in cooperation with blacks and other non whites, which contribute to their social and economic advancement and equality, and that do not support apartheid." Rev. Sullivan pointed out that a multitude of U.S. banks are lending hundreds of millions of dollars to the Republic of South Africa and its agen cies and that their demonstrated opposition to apartheid therefore could be a potent force in "speeding the day in which we will see the end of this inhumane prac tice." At the news conference, the proposed effort was supported initially by a core group of ten major U.S. banks and by a per- been meeting with various bank officials in ten target cities having a member ship on the committee of about 100 individuals. The national team is directed by Rev. Roy A. Allen, pastor of the Chapel hill Baptist Church in Detroit, who is chair man of the National Black Clergy Non-violent Anti Apartheid Campaign and a member of ICEOP's board. The first comprehensive report on the results of the clergy visitation program is expected this fall. Speaking later about the program, Rev. Sullivan declared: "When I refer to the en ding of apartheid in the bank statement, I mean such things as the ending of the passbook system, the end of racially motivated bannings and not only with activities of rndustrial enterprises in South Africa, but banks, insurance companies, in vestment houses, military sales and anything else that might be helping to sustain the apartheid system. "We are all aware that there will be grwoing and stronger opposition in South Africa to changes. Some companies are already experiencing dif ficulties, but they must not let that deter them in there efforts. The prin ciples were never meant to placat.e the system. They were meant to change it. "And above all, business must continue to follow through on its ef forts because what it is do ing is right, and the right side is the moral side and the moral side will, ultimately, be the vic torious side." l if WW p,i h .WW. JJ TBS 'V.,.-.r '.- .rv T t-s Looking at Century Oaks on the Map Eric Michaux. Ben Brown, Deputy Chairman. Carter-Mondale He-Election Campaign. Lediord Austin ot the Greensboro HOD Office, Dr. Donald more and H. M. Michaux, Sr. look at the plans of Century Oaks. Sullivan Named CPA Firms Head Dewitt Sullivan, CPA was elected President of the National Association of Minority CPA Firms at its annual meeting in Dallas, Texas recently. Sullivan is Senior Vice President of Garrett, Sullivan & Company, P. A. with offices in , Durham, Greensboro and Washington, D.C. The National Associa tion of Minority CPA Firms (NAMCPAF) mairf tains its office and ex ecutive staff in Washington, D.C. The Association was formed to provide assistance to minority CPA practice units. Sullivan has been active with the Association for a number of years and serv ed as Vice-President last year. He succeds Thomas Watson, Jr., CPA of Cleveland, Ohio. NAMCPAF estimates that there are approxmate ly 1500 minority CPA's in the country. Of that number approximately 1 ,000 are black and the re (Lontinued on Page 4) NCM Acquires Business From N. A. Ins. Co. North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company of Durham, has reinsured a portion of the Virginia and North Carolina business of North .American Insurance Com pany of Richmond. The Reinsurance Agree ment becomes effective September 1 , according to the announcement by W. J. Kennedy-III, .NCM Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. Under the terms of the agreement, NCM acquires the more than $2.5 million in annual premium in come North American derived from its opera tions in the two states. Kennedy said the Rein surance Agreement will allow North Carolina Mutual to expand its marketing operations in North Carolina and Virginia. North American's operations will be consolidated into NCM's in locales where where the two companies both have offices, Ken nedy added. "This purchase is in dicative of our commit mem to strengthen our operations and continue our growth through ac quisitions and mergers, as well as through internal growth," the NCM Chief Executive said.