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, frw^ PAGE 4 WINSTOI CHRO NDUBISI EGEMONYP Publisher ERNES' ~7"~ Editot r Advertising WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. C ? : ? * Crimes., Poor Peop A V Recent incidents of alleged -^?criminal activity by- high--government officials, corporate heads, and government agencies have caused concern from the general public. The problem seems to be that only the poor and disadvantaged folks committ crimes, while high echelon folk only commit wrongdoings and errors that seem easy to be forgiven by the law. John Q. Public is concerned about this inequitable administration of the law, and justifiably so. We have not heard anyone addressing themselves to this issue which is at the root of the contempt many people have towar^ the judicial system. No one appears to be complaining that existing laws are toe harsh, but that the laws are not administered justly. When one man goes into court and is found guilty of stealing $500 and is sentenced to 10 years in prison while another man is found guilty of embezzling $50,000 and gets an 18 month suspended sentence, we can understand the feelings that people have. The Nixons and the Erlichmans and the Colsons all committed crimes far more heinious than most, yet none are in nrienn an/1 iKa t.,u? ? ... pS>ww?> uiim illV V/HV3 ** IIU did only stayed there a 1 WINSTON-SALEM | The Winston-Salem Chrot |;i Thursday by the Winston-Sal Jjj Company, Inc. 2208 N. Pat ^ Address: P.O. BoxOlM, Win | Phone: 722-8624. Second ? 8 Winston-Salem, N.C. 27102. ? Subscription: S8.32 per yi ?(N.C. sales tax included). Opinions expressed by coin 3 do not necessarily represe | newspaper. niaawwnnfiawri'i" ywr 1 iwnii t ~ *" ^.r . " % . .... * **0C9 :??UV- V ?.*. N-SALEM NICLE CHARLES T. BYRD. JR, "j Business Editor T H. PITT -In-Chief CHRISTOPHER BENJAMIN Circulation Manager ..For le Only? short while. This only serves to inflame the fires of contempt that have been burning far <too long. We heard one East Winston alderman attempt to address the inequitable administration of justice on the local level at a Board of Aldermen meeting recently and no one paid much attention to him. We saw people in the meeting actually laughing and shaking their heads as though what the alderman was saying was utterly ridiculous. We do not think it is funny nor ridiculous to try to solve a problem that has 13,000 mostly poor, black males in the prison system of North Carolina. We hope that some attention will be given this problem by those people seeking to hold public office. That is an issue that should be talked about. We also hope that the alderman who brought it up in the last Board of Aldermen meeting will bring it up again and again imtll IKA eor* /N' ^1-1-.-... uniii i iv awdi ut me aiucrmcn realize that a crime is not just something ohly poor folk committ. A crime is a crime not a wrongdoing or an error and once committed, status ought not to be a protective device. t ravvnA^ram w-? i vrniunti/LC ft 2y 1 dele is published every em Chronicle Publishing % terson Avenue. Mailing |r iston-baiem, N.C. 27102. g Class' postage paid at I ear payable in advance >? m' imnist in this newspaper | nt the policy of this /.V ?r-? THE WINSTON-SALEM CMOWin F <? m mV 1 IB y^\ i To Be Equal Byv? Whatever the outcome of desegregating the Boston busing crisis and local officials the appeal to the U.S. In many i Supreme Court to modify that read the writi city's desegregation plan, it is and abandonei clear that busing is on its way to frustrate ' back as a political football. desegregation. That fact alone says ed plans wi something about American participation politics and about the nature areas, no one ! of leadership on the national about 'forced 1 and local scenes. orders. A little history is in order. In But in otli 1954 the Supreme Court ruled Boston is one that segregated schools were officials refuse unconstitutional. This means refused to foil that almost all students refused to li graduating from college this desegregate. 1 spring were born aifter that to win commu decision?and almost all of of desegregat: them have attended segregat- cials abdicated ed schools. official respoi insuring that t In effect, there's been a do what they t! twenty-two year moratorium too cowardly 1 on ending segregation in America's schools. The cons- Such local titutional rights of white and made a politi black children tn K<* T1- ? ? ? ww ?v ww VUUVOICU UU5H1^? I IlCy in' desegregated schools has sive resistai been ignored. die-hard sout Imagine the outcry if tionists did ba constitutional rights to free and they help speech or the press were flames of disco suspended for so long a time, rock-throwers But on this issue, there he? line? and w been resistance and sabotag- condemned. ing of court orders to bring culprits were about the end of segregated who had the | schools. about peaceful In 1971 the Supreme Court instead, encoui ruled that federal district that inevitat judges have the right to order violence, busing or other means of Instead of SATURDAY JUNE 5, 1976 ^ Te / \ \ \. w? \ \ ?V \ // ^ *mm 11 \1 IfiL y ~ rnon Jordan, Jr. ; the schools if courts, successive national refuse to do it. Administrations have themtowns, officials selves questioned to worsen ing on the wall matters. They have forgotten d their attempts that busing in this context is the process of no longer a matter of opinion, . The formulat- but a proper means to remedy ith community illegal denial of constitutional and in those rights. hears, any more What Eisenhower underusing or court stood is that constitutional rights of people must not be ler cities, and permitted to become pawns in of them, school political campaigns. In stark ;d to cooperate, contrast to that leadership is ow the law, and the recent order by President ft a finger to Ford to the Justice Departnstead of trying ment to try to get the Supreme ijity acceptance Court to reverse or alter its ion, those offi- 1971 decision giving the ? i their moral and district judges wide latitude to isibilities, thus order busing, he courts would The political motives of such hemselves were a move are transparent, jq do. especially in an election year. But part of the reason officials also anti-busing is so potent a cal football of political consideration lies in preached mas- the efforts of politicians in ice, just as both parties to win votes by. hern segrega- condemning busing. If they pV in tKo 'Olp ? ? ? ? ? * wn m tuv "uu utt 11 tt) emnusiastic in ed to fan the condemning segregation, ntent. Boston's things would be a lot different got the head- today. ere properly The real problemjies in the but the real rampant unconstitutional se - ***** * muse omciais gregatton that still exists. And >ower to bring the solution to that problem is I changes and to integrate the schools, if rage resistance necessary through busing. But >ly leads to where are the national figures with the political courage and backing the moral leadership to say so?
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