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Page 2 - The Chronicle Satur ? Drug Ep 'Continued from Page 1 v * If the people are not alerted toi this^langer, it can destroy our 1 entire society as it has already! begun to destroy some of ourf cities." He said that the 114 BMI publishers will run a ^ concentrated campaign to spotlight the drug issue. Dr. Calvin W. Rolark, the) other BMI national co-chair-i , man, and publisher of the Washington, [D.C.] Informer, explained that the black publishers group has made a priority commitment to making drug addiction a national issue, and launching 1 a national war on drugs movement, in cooperation! with the National Committee To Declare War On Drugs. 4'The black press can reach the black community, make the people aware of the addiction crisis and move them to action." Introducing former N.J. ardson, founder and president of the National Committee To Declare War on Drugs, as the "Architect and spearhead of the national war on drugs movement" Dr. Rolark called Richardson "a living example of hope to everyone concerned about drug addiction. The war on drugs leader was a heroin addict as a young man who conquered his habit and became the only black member of the New Jersey State Legislature in 1962. He gave up his seat in the Legislature in 1972 in order to devote himself to organizing the National Committee to Declare War on Drugs. "Because the Nixon admi(Movi i Take | CHROl { with A c * "p "i* * v * * * ! Name Address ? | City k # V 1 1 Yr. ()$8.32 ( | check e v #*?? ### < ' Clip and mail toJ The Winston-Si ! *.QBox 3154 2 Winston-Salem a Phone 7 day October 16, 1976 identic nistration misled the American people into believing it had won ~a 4'victory over drugs", the vast majority of the nation, and its press, is still not aware that drug addiction has reached the highest level in our history," Richardson said. 44Every American city, no matter how tmall nr rnrol Ic ??? -? ? ? \/i i u 1 U1 13 V U1IIC1 dUIC he warned, "and if our children and our society is to be saved and revitalized, then the American people must come together in an informed and articulate coalition of concerned citizens to make the government move to find more effective ways to cure or control drug addiction." Richardson said. The moving story of Richardson's life as a heroin addict, his painful victory over his habit, and the rationale, and program of the National Committee to Declare War on Drugs is told in the book JUNKIE, THE DEADLIEST COVER-UP! by George Richardson and Ingrid Frank (Manor $1.95) which will be in stores, in soft-cover, early next month. A portion of its proceeds support the War on Drugs Committee. Drs. Rolark and Russell explained that as part of their group's campaign to launch the war on drugs movement in their communities, the BM1affiliated newspapers will help to promote and distribute JUNKIE, which Senator Edward Brooke has called "an invaluable gift to the entire nation". [NG ?i the ! NICLE | you j ? I t I > State | Phone* * )6mos. $4.16 { nclosed j - l ilem Chronicle j ,N.C.27102 ! 22-8624 a ^ A King Calls 1 Continued from Page 1 people that her husband had' been the enemy of "racism, poverty, and war." Though most of his work had been for i minorities in the United States, Mrs. King said his scope had been world-wide. She said, "In order to make uic uc.iic4 , catu unc ui 1UUM \ be honest, loving, and above all committed." She emphasized commitment as the important element for change. 4 4Honest, moral commitment to non-violence were not just words but a way of life for my husband," she said. Mrs. King gave her listeners a capsuled look ~a* -what the civil rights movement has done, what it is continuing to do, and its future direction. She stressed the fact that the Center for Social Change must become a visible and viable legacy for ?Dr. King's ongoing work. At a press conference held earlier, Mrs. King was asked if she felt the Third Century Organization could work when Workers Dissatisfied Continued from Page 1 originally favored a plan that called for the county to pay an additional $6 million or quarter of a million a year for the next 24 years, over what the county was already contributing to from the state plan. But in a recent report from County Finance Director, Ken Brennan, the board was toia tnat insteaa ot paying a quarter of a million dollars a year the county would be paying three quarters of a million more or about $1.1 million dollars a year. The board was also told that there was around $40 million dollars of unfunded liabilities in the state plan. Hall said these figures made the board reevaluate the situation* But Hall said he felt the unfunded liability figures were totals of the other counties or cities who had long payment plans like the ones Forsyth County reviewed. He said he was told that over 75% of the county employees had signed up for the state plan. 4 4 It is no wonder they are unhappy." In recent meetings, Commissioner Tandy was said to have been constancy asking, 4 4 How can 97 out of 100 counties join the state plan and Forsyth can't afford to?" Hall said it was a matter of finding out the actual cost involved in synchronizing the state and local plan. He says no one really knows. For Human* so many others had failed. She replied, 4tI think it is possibfe if the organization has a genuine commitment. In talking with the various members of the group, I feel they can make the organization a reality for the people of this community/' She said t farther, v'Th?re must be a sensitive leadership, in order to know what the people want and need/* Of the Congressional investigation into her husband's ' assassination she said, "I'm hoping they will get to the bottom of it. I'm optimistic. There has not been an investigation until now. The American public and his family should know what happened/* She said she was not bitter toward the government for just now starting the investigation, nor had she expected one. Why? "Because?government?egencies? had been involved in watching my husband. So, how could the government or an agency Chavis See Continued from Page 1 not know the defendants; although at the time of the trial he had testified that he_ knew them well. Hall said that then Assistant District Attorney Jay Stroud, who prosecuted the case, coached him in his testimony, Hall explained how he identified the Wilmington 10 in court saying Stroud helped him and told him what to say. "They would show me the pictures and tell me who this one was and like, ah, Jerry Jacobs, you know the one with the burns, you know the far#* lilr#* tViov col/1 T W?w?tk/V%? A V V ^ 1IAV illVJ (JlilVI ) A couldn't quite remember his name, you know, so they said, well you just say, well you call him scarface." Hall testified at the trial that he was taught to make molotov cocktails, which are firebombs, by members of the Wilmington 10. His sworn statement of August, 1976, however, said Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Agent William S. Walden taught him how to make molotov cocktails and "showed me what dynamite looks like." v Hall's statement gave the reason for his change of testimony as wanting to let the black neonle lennw th#? "truth** J- f- - ^ ^ *' ? ? V" V A V# V A I ? that Rev. Chavis was not guilty. He said he lied initially so that the prosecutor would be lenient with him on cases against him which were pending at the time of the Wilmington 10 trial. Hall said that Assistant Professor Jay Stroud told him that he would get six pionths for his testimony but he served 4 /ears. e Society of it investigate itself," she .explained. She said her optimism of the investigation was rooted in the fact that the Congressional committee had among its number, members of the Congressional Black Caucus. Mrs. King said her husband often told her, "that we must live together as brothers and sisters or perish together as fools." She said that it is hannpnina nnu/ in thic pAiinffu M MM Wlillli J and in other parts of the world. She said that this country would not survive without planning for a more "humane society, "which means turning its priorities around." Looking at the movement in retro^>ect,. Mrs. King said, "through my husband's efforts whites as well as blacks were liberated by the ?movement,?but?as?long?as there were oppressed people anywhere, none of us were really free." ;ks Release Hall said he was also afraid for the safety of his family at the time he testified because 4. 1 t f Luun anu taw eniorcement officers told him Rev. Ben Chavis had someone to 'hreateTTKis family. Hall said in the statement that Prosecutor Stroud told him "the best way to get him (Chavis) is through the law. He said, because the law has so many quirks and turns in it." Stroud could not be reached for comment. Chavis charged that former U.S. Attorney General John _ Mitchell and Assistant Attorney General Robert Mardian, both convicted Watergate criminals, framed the Wilmington 10 and other political activists through the U.S. Justice Department's COINTELPRO, a program which illegally disrupted the civil rights movement. What will happen as a result of Hall's statement and Chavis' charges is uncertain. Rev. Irv Joyner, a staff member of the Commission for Racial Justice of the United Church of Christ, plans to call on the U.S. Justice Department for prosecution of state ? r ? ? no* ? ? ana teaerai otticiais implicated by Hall's testimony. Anne Mitchell, coordinator of the North Carolina Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression said, 4'We are now launching a massive campaign to demand the immediate release of the Wilmington 10 on reasonable bond." Ms. Mitchell said Howell's address is U.S. Federal Building, Raleigh, N.C. 27611.
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