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Waste of Manpower
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At any given time in the life of an institution, what constitutes
waste is often a debatable issue. We know that. Often, however,
personnel and some departments that were once useful and
necessary at a given period and time become a wasteful drain on
the finances of the City Hall and the taxpayers.
We can see how this analysis applies to the function and role
of the office of Public Relations in Winston-Salem City Hall.
Why a Public Relations office for the City Hall? Many people
ask. Are not the mayor and all the city employees public relation
personnel in ope way or the other? Can the City of
Winston-Salem utilize the money presently spent in the office of
public relations to better advantage somewhere' else?
Everybody who works for the city of Winston-Salem ought to be
a public relations personnel for the city. Hence we think that it
is a waste of manpower and money to have a public relations
office solely for the function that every employee should be a
part of.
t" The City is said not to have money when it comes to reaching
afe the people of Winston-Salem. We are familiar with such
excuses. We know very well what such excuses mean when it
comes to black institutions and facilities. In the same token, we
also know that black people pay city and county taxes and that
'these taxes play a vital role in keeping the city and the county
going.
If the City Hall is sincere in saving money for the city, we
think that the City will save itself some money by abolishing the
office of Public Relations here. But if there is something special
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mai mat omce is aoing mai we ao not Know, we stand ready to
be so informed. We shall give equal space to any explanation,to
that effect.
Aldermen Must Make
Best Use of Money
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planning the use of some $15.4 million. That is a lot of money
and much time should be taken in making sure that it is spent
5 both wisely and fairly. Many people will continue to suffer if it is
not.
There has been some talk of spending the money to beautify
some parts of the city. Although beautifieation is certainly a
desirable project to undertake, it is npt a matter of life or deathsBt^i
there are areas in this city where people are actively,
struggling for survival. It is a painful thing to have to tell your
children lies about why there is never enough to eat or why six
of them have to sleep in the same bunk bed underneath a leaky
roof.
We hope that the members of the Board of Aldermen who are
(or should be) keenly aware of the existing debasing conditions
will speak loudly and firmly to get some of the money that has
been earmarked for the development of this great city.
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THE WINSflPON-SALEM CHRONICLE is published every Thursday
by the Winston-Salem Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc. 2208 N. Patterson
Ave. Mailing address: P.O. Box 3154. Winston-Salem, N.C. 27102
Phone: 72L-M24
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Editor-in-chief......Ernest H. Pitt ,
Society editor Linda Murreli
Business editor Charles T. Byrd Jr.
Publisher....Ndubisi Egemonye
Administrative assist ant...Gloria J. Jones1
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represent the policy of this newspaper.
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TO BE FQCJU
Few people think 1975 will
be a good year; in fact a lot of
people think it will be the
worst economic year since
World War II ended.
Inflation, while supposedly
tapering off, is still barging
along, at a high rate. More
serious, the country is settling
into a deep recession, with
joblessness plunging ahead at
a tremendous rate.
Last September -- only a few
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Economic Summit Conference
issued a call for immediate
creation of one million public
service jobs to take some of
the unemployment burden off
the backs of the long-term
unemployed.
Now that demand is sadly
out of date. Since September
almost another million people
have been added to" the
unemployed. An emergency
program we advised to cope
with 5.3 million unemployed
at the time, even if instantly
implemented, would barely
match the increase in
unemployment since September.
So the big issue Jn 1975 is
going to be the economy and
what the country will do about
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increased unemployment.
One answer was recently
given by the Congress. It
extended unemployment benefits
to include many
previously not eligible for
thenu increased^the period of
compensation and, most
importantly, appropriated money
to create about 100,000
new public service jobs. This
would be in addition to the
150,000 such jobs for which
money has already been
passed.
Despite these measures, it
is safe to say that they won't
make a big dent in the
Droblem. The total rmrhher of
jobs, even if added to by
further legislation, won't do
more than provide work for a
fraction of the increase among
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Since the money will be sent
directly to state and local
governments to hire people for
public service employment,
chances are that the long-term
unemployed won't benefit.
Several big cities have been
forced by the budget crunch to
lay off civil service workers,
and it is probable that their
public service employment
money will go to rehire such
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workers. It's a way of shift^g
costs from city treasuries tc
the federal budget without
doing anything much about
the millions of jobless.
The program also has all the
earmarks of an emergency
measure designed to give the
appearance of action where
none really exists. It is clear
that if 1975 is not to be the
start of a long-term 1930sstyle
Depression, a solid,
more inclusive job program
should be launched.
Such a prog**ifi should ? at
the very least ? create jobs for
the majority of the unemployed.
It should include training
components. It should, in
addition to contracting job
slots to localities, also consist
of larger scale federal projects
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and other unmet national
needs.
Above alU such a program
should be the first big step
toward a permanent national
full employment policy that
will create meaningful jobs^or
every single person able and
willing to work.
Such a prbgram would
finally get the nation off the
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