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a letter expressing the
disappointment and requesting
that last week's actions not
be made a precedent.
- Michaux said that black
members of the Legislature
-- would meet with Hunt on
Tuesday to discuss the matter.
Reports were made concerning
the number of blacks
hired to nearly all state
agencies which up to this time
have been minimal and-token.
Some reports gave very
detailed data while others
were general.
- ' Charlotte City Councilman
Harvey Grant and Raleigh
Mayor Clarence Lightner met
with Department of Transportation
Secretary-Tom Brad-"7
shaw. Lightner said Bradshaw
wanted to make this department
an example of equitable
hiring for blacks. A Carolina
Community News Service
survey trf statedepartments^
7 last week showed that of 27
policy-making positions within
the Department of Transportation
none are held by blacks.
Leo Hadden, Chairman of
f * the Second. Congressional
> District Black Caucus, reported
that he met with Dr. Sarah
-T. Morrow, Secretary of the
Department of Human Resources,
and 4'talked primarily
about non-exempt jobs."
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blacks in the same way whites
arte hired/' The CCNS survey
of DHR disclosed that of 27
policy making positions in the
^state's largest ^agency, ^ione ?
are held by blacks. Last week
six of those positions were
open and unfilled.^
Dr. Lavonia Allison, ViceChairperson
of the Caucus,
reported on a iheeting with the
"oiliest mi. in iiic Dcinutiaiit
, barn," Secretary of State
Thad Eure. She reported sure
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four are attorneys, with three
blacks in the positions of
messenger, mail clerk and
secretary. Dr. Allison said that
Eure responded to question
_ about his intentions to
affirmatively hire * blacks"
saying, 44for 40 years he has
served as Secretary of State
_andjias^ always had^Tblack/'
Allison said that Eure's black
was always a messenger, and
Eure said that he, 44started
doing what'k ~ right before
somebody's pushing him."Almeta
Armstrong, representing
the 8th Congressional
District gave a list of several
job vacancies within the
Agriculture Department. She
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aaiu uiai Jim vjranani,
Secretary of Agriculture
promised to inform the caucus
of any vacancies.
Ben Ruffin, representing
the 4th Congressional District
reported for Lawrence Graves
who met with the Attorney
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lacks
General Rufus Edmisten. Of
635 jobs 59 are held by blacks
including black lawyers,
three of whom are females.
Edmisten's department is the
only state department that has
begun to implement an
affirmative action plan.
A report was not made on
the status of black employ_ment
within the N.C.
Department of ^Administration,
the closest department to
the: Governor. Joseph Grimsley
.^Hunt's campaign mana- ;
ger, is director of the
department which , has 41
policy making jobs, the
highest of any state agency.
The CCNS survey showed that
blacks have been appointed to only
three of the 41 positions.
Harold Webb, John Edwards,
and Frank Turner hold the
positions. Grimsley^ personnal
staff, excluding one
receptionist are all white.
Dr. Allison held an
impressive computer print-out
of jobs in state government
and disclosed glaring discrepancies
in previous hiring of
blacks at alf levels except the
lowest in state government.
The chart shows a longknown
and existing pattern of
racial discrimination of blacks
in state government^ Whether
the N.C. Black Democratic
Leadership Caucus will make
* a dent in the gross
discrimination that they research
and describe depends
in many ways on the longevity
of the organization and its ~
grassroots participation. Mayor
of Roper, E.V. Wilkins
made the point well when he
^read-a-letter-that was ;sent toZ
communities in the 1st
Congressional District explaining
the history of the
N.C.B.D.L.C. and urging
participation of blacks
throughout Jhe District in the
next meeting. Wilkins said
that much emphasis of
the organization is placed-in?
efforts within the piedmont
and central North Carolina but
that greater effort should be
spent in the 'hinterland'.
Similar expressions were
made by H.B. Seets, President
of the Person County
'Branch of the N.A.AX^T"
The N.C.B.D.L.C. is not the
only organization of its kind
operating within North Carolina.
It was organized shortly
before the -November election
by Hunt supporters who were
called 'keys' in a Chapel Hill
meeting. Their primary objective
has been to participate in
the Spoils' of the Hunt
victory.
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fixed then the car's carborator
caught fire.
Temnle said he had to use
most of the money he had for
the trip to get the car fixed,
Temple recognized . the
seriousness of his family's
situation and sought help. He
found a Captain White, a
member of the Salvation Army
in Salisbury who helped him.
Temple said White called
Atlas offices in Winston-Sa?Banville7
Var; and
A11 anta^ G&T7 concerning
Temple's job. Temple said
White informed him that there
was a job available for him in
Winston-Salem.
When Temple got to
Winston-Salem, he found 129
Fayette St., address of Atlas
Railroad Construction Company.
He was told by a company
representative that there wer
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the bad weather. He was also
told that men had been laid off
<y
because of the snow, and work
may be available in "about two
weeks.-44White said all I had
tb do was fill out an
application.''
Temple says he was broke,
knew no one in towi^ and his
family was hungry and in the
cold. ^? ? "
He says the manager of the
Salem Manor- Inn let- them
spend the night therein one of?
the rentals. He said he then
contacted the Reynolds Family
Service who put him in touch
with the World Community of
Islam in the West (the muslim
community here) and they
fed and sought help for him
and his family.
The help effort began to
grow for the Temple's as more
people and agencies b6gan to
get involved in their situation.
Patrick Hairston, President of
the NAACP local chapter,
found them temporary shelter
in O Kr\1 f1 n rt k/Mim A 1
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kitchen and bath facilities
shared with the other
residents.
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At the request of the Islam
Community and a reporter
from the Winston-Salem
Chronicle, Temple, whose
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main jimbition was to get a
job, went to to the Experiment
in Self Reliance.
fuogr&m Director, Mrs. I
Louise Wilson, listened atten- |
lively dim iift 11 a^^uicju he ana
his wife that they would get
food if they needed it and tht
her organization would be I
working to find him a job. She
assigned Ms. Evelyn Terry to
the case. I
Temple said^I left my job 1
with the J.P. Stevens I
Company in Alabama to come 1
to Virginia to take the I
trackman's job with Atlas."
"We never talked to each I
other over the phone but 1 I
knew I had a job when Captain
White gave me that news. I
When they saw me, the story I
changed." |
Temple however did not
have to wait long before his
prayers for a job were
answered.
He was referred to Letcher
Hash, owner of Hash's Body
Shop on 2600 N. Liberty St.
Because Temple Ka3 some
experience as body repair
man, Hash gave him a chance.
Now after nearly two days
on the job, Hash reports that
"He is doing the best he can.
He really seems to be a hard
worker." Hash said lie gave
Temple the job because he
needed it.
-Hashes?secretary? Mrs^_
Vivian Hawkins said that
Hash's action in this situation
was typical of him. 4'Mr. Hash
gives almost anyone who
comes to him for help a
chance." She said he lets
people come in and see what
they can do. "If they can't do
jwhat is necessary they usually
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Temple says he plans to
stay in Winston-Salem and
make a home here. 'Trri
working now to get us out of
that boarding house. It was
better than what we had when
we got here,?but there never?
was much privacy," he said.
Temple and his 24-year-old
wife Shirley have five
children, Ronnie Lee age 8;
the twins David and Dan Jr.,
age 5; Dennis age 4; and
Andreana age*3.
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