P?*e 4 | Edi HEW $ JjincGn The University of North off efforts to remove disci rne department of Healtl given UNC a deadline ' instances HEW says the HEW has threatened to if the guidelines are nc received a letter from th< 10 days to reply. Gov. 1 feel that the Gov. should a HEW should be firm in it state's institutions of hig It is not as though the I dictates and the express* nation to be fair and equa would have us believe. 1 physically substandard. W the point of cutting off fu improvement. The UNC system filed which was turned back decided to locate a prop* predominantly white N.C black A&T state in Gree ir ? i ? ' ii nu one is going io pay is no more than a sham. H decisively. Too many bad regards equal treatment f< drawn somewhere...we tl * Food Sta "Haven I Government officials ha for less fortunate citizens, has called the food stamp threat to the free enterpr Mr. Simon's opinions. Instead of trying to take we think Mr. Simon shouh can be shaved. We are cer in federal spending that w American public than th< saying that the food stamf It certainly does. But so Wo Ko1?a?ia 2? ? ' tf v i/viiwc n 15 iar less few people getting $100 one-sixth of the populatic however, has nearly 80 f figures may be old, but We also suggest that e Simon's department that c ^number of food stamp re We see Mr, Simon's i growing distance between citizens of this nation. And showing some concern fo 1THE WINSTON-SALEI Thursday by the WinsU 'inc. 2208 N. Patterson 3154, Winston-Salem, Second Class Postage [ Subscription: $8.32 pe Sales tax included] Editor-in-Chief., Publisher Nd Business Editor Office Manager Opinions expressed by < .necessarily represent I torials i'hould Draw Carolina system is still trying to fig! iminatory practices in its institution: fi. Education and Welfare (HEW) ha with whioh to respond to some 4 y have violated. cut off some $60 million in federal ai >t met. Gov. James. E. Holshousc ; office of HEW and was given Holshouser has asked for a delay. W nswcr the letter immediately and tha s commitment to equalize all of th ;hcr learning. INC system was unaware of the HEV ed commitment of the state and th 1. This issue is not a new one as som Black institutions have always beei 'e believe it must be rectified, even t nds to those who stand in the way c an affirmative action plan last yea by HEW. In the meanwhile UN< Dsed school of veterinary science a . State rather than at predominant!; nsboro. any attention to HEW then the offio EW should deal with UNC firmly an* precedences have already been set ii >r black institutions. The line must b* liink it should be drawn here. imp Program : cor Chis/ers?" ve once again revealed their contemp Treasury Secretary William E. Simoi i program a haven for chislers and ise system. We take opposition witl ;bread.out of poor people's imouths 1 see how much of the defense budge tain that there is money being waste* ould have less negative effects on thi e food stamp program. We are no > program does not have its welchers does the tax structure, damaging to the economy to have i worth of food illegally than to hav< >n not paying taxes. That, one-sixth >er cent of the nation's wealth. Th* the ooint is still riiirpnf ^ w.a? Vl?%t nough money is wasted right in Mr ould create enough jobs to reduce th< cipients. emarks'as another example of th< government and the real needs of th? I it is past time for our officials to star r the people who are less fortunate VI CHRONICLE is published every m-Salem Chronicle Publishing Co.. Ave. Mailing Address: P.O. Box N.C. 27102, Phone: 722-8624 aid at Winston-Salem, N.C. 27102 r year payable In advance [N.C. ....Ernest H. Pitt lubisi Egemonye Charles T. Byrd Jr. Mrs. columnist in this newspaper do not lie policy of this newspaper. Winston-Salem Chronicle I ^ ST \ ^ ^ ; - \{ is v x \ J , . ^ e it e? ' V c _i_ ' ' n o >f r ' ; i e : \\ ? r Prisons j a Prison experts, criminologists, penalogists, and others J with similar expertise would j under the right circumstances e agree that prisons in part t should rehabilitate its inhabitants. If we beg the questions here, and assume that this is, a in fact, the case, then the E question becomes "are they doing this?" The answer j would be a mixed one. For some prisoners "Yes!" for others, "No!" ? But, the fact remains that for the most part the answer is 2 a resounding "NO!" Studies indicate that 8 out of 10 t persons convicted and sent to prisons have already been in prisons at least one time |? before. This is called the I recidivism rate. If prisons or I correctional institutions were I doing their jobs this recidiI vism rate would not be 80%. I If the Women Correctional I facility, Central Prison, and I Polk Boys Home all in Raleigh, are not rehabilitating, exactly what are they I doing? And why aren't they I rehabilitating? I Answers to these questions I are not easy. Many of our I most eloquent blacks have I been in prisons. M.L. King said "If you're black you were: ATI Jf OF P I j i t hr h A ^ R- j Revisited By Dr. born in prison." Malcolm X, Eldridge Cleaver, Cleveland Sellers, Angela Davis, Ben Chavis, The Charlotte Three, Joan Little, and many Black Panthers have loquaciously told us of the horrors, inhumanities, and racism that exist in America's prisons. But why and how did our prisons get this way? Money and politics are partial answers. If prisons had the adequately trained staff and personnel, they could do a better job. If wages for prison guards were adequate, a more nrnfpwinnal fvn