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viewpoints WipiOtu^alem Clgromck Ernest H. Pitt Editor/Publisher Founded 1974 Ndnbisl Egemonye President John W. Templeton Executive Editor To Be Equal Vernon E. Jordan,Jr. Member North Carolina ^ Black Publisher’s Association Yvette McCullough City Editor Robert Eller Sports Editor Elaine L. Pitt Office Manager Welfare Needs Reform Article X, Section 2 of the By-Laws of the Winston-Salem Chronicle Publishing Company, Inc. The Winston-Salem Chronicle shall strive, as far as possible, to be a fair, objective and independent newspaper. It shall stand for the oppressed, to brine t 4- '' S 1 hope to the forsaken and be an advocate for good and noble causes. It shall use its might to bring hope to 1 the hopeless and light where there is darkness. 1 And in doing this, hope to contribute to the general ( well-being of humanity. 14 Time for a Look at HUD The current litigation over the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s approval of the Lake Park Apartments is the latest incident which raises some serious questions about the fair housing performance of hud’s Greensboro office. Residents of the all-black Castleshire neighborhood on one side and of all-white Churchland Acres subdivision on the other side of the proposed 150-unit complex had filed suit to stop the building of the government subsidized housing. During testimony during the hearing, it developed that one HUD official turned down an application for the same site in 1975 because of a concentration of low-income housing in a certain radius of the area. It developed that a subsequent official simply redrew the boundaries of the neighborhood and decided that there was not such a problem. HUD has also approvea the construction of govern ment subsidized duplexes behind Underwood Avenue a block from the Kimberly Park Terraces public housing complex. In as much as the immediate area around the site is completely black, it is inconceivable that such a project should qualify under the department’s stated goals of spreading subsidized housing so as not to create new ghettos. HUD earlier approved the City of Winston-Salem’s Community Development Block Grant proposal despite more than 40 cases of families receiving insufficient relocation benefits by the city. The allegations by a coalition of community groups were found valid by a HUD investigating team from Washington. The Greensboro office of HUD has also winked at the city’s failure to develop fair housing legislation despite pervasive housing segregation patterns throughout the city. Federal funds have been approved without any insistence that provisions be made to promote fair housing throughout the city. All of the above taken into consideration, it is questionable whether any real oversight is being given to HUD-financed activity in Winston-Salem beyond blindly accepting the assurances of city officials. Creating new housing to meet the needs of low- and moderate-income residents is a task fought with considerable difficulty. For instance, in Winston-Salem, there is a pervasive need for more housing in the north and^ast of the city, areas already bearing more than their share of apartments subsidized by the government. Current regulations indicate that new projects should be placed elsewhere throughout the city. Despite the conflict between regulations and needs, there is no sense in having regulations if they are not enforced. A modest welfare bill has finally passed the House of Representatives, and the battleground now shifts to the Senate, where efforts at reforming a welfare system everyone agrees is a mess will run into stiff challenge. The House bill falls far short of real reform. But it does establish a national minimum payment which would raise benefits in about fifteen states. The proposed minimum benefit would be less than two-thirds of the poverty level. Less important to the poor, but of great consequence to Congressmen running for re-election this year, the bill also provides some fiscal relief for the states. That would make the present mess even more unworkable and devastating to the poor. Welfare is a national problem that needs to be resolved on, basis. There is already too much state control of th with the result that no state provides benefi'' the poverty line while many keep » ■*. ■’ shamefully low benefit schedules. ''*'**' The reluctance to reform the system tefi spread hostility to the poor, a hostility enc'"*' racism. Welfare is seen as a “Black notwithstanding that half of all recipients It is widely scorned as a program that r ** ** working, despite the fact that most reci? incapable of work. And with unemployn!!!*! consistently around the seven million mark the past several years,, many people still""”'*"'** Hook to, CAiPinrciL iilnnlli ccMHENirs From Allied Press International Grave Situation Tossing ill-prepared proposals back in the faces of the city fathers would cause them to be more innovative in their site selection and building plans. We call upon HUD Secretary Moon Landrieu to investigate whether HUD policies are being shunted aside by the Greensboro office. Tribute The lavish Black College All-Americans weekend sponsored by the Sheridan Broadcasting Network was a fitting tribute to a group of young men who have labored in the vinyards for so long with so little recognition. The brawny scholar-athletes chosen as All-Americans have been stigmatized because they play their football at black colleges. Most of those cited one had never heard of until last week’s special section in the Chronicle. But when thos black college players and legions of others graduate into the professional football ranks and into their other career fields, their performance will likely surpass many others who receive much more acclaim during their college days. There is a pervasive feeling that anything run by blacks must be inferior. That applies to football, other sports, education and the world of business. But ask South Alabama, the leader of the Sunbelt Conference in NCAA Divison I basketball, whether Alcorn State is an inferior team, now that the Braves whipped them soundly. We in the black press are very familiar with the talk of inferiority. We face it everyday, even from blacks. The only response is to disprove such talk through action. That is why we had such a good feeling during the well-organized, plush affair that Sheridan graced Winston-Salem with. We felt proud to play a part in the success. WASHINGTON -Washington generally feels that the nation is confronted with a very grave international -situation and that because of conflicting signals from the White House, State Department and members of Congress, the American public has. not yet really recognized or reacted to the dangers confronting the United States and her Allies. Congress will be asked (or will act on its own initiative) to act expediently on a number of proposals to bolster the American position when it reconvenes next week. Some of these proposals will be in the President’s budget, others in the State of the Nation address. Supple mental requests will be made during the next 30 days. These requests or actions will include a standby draft, increased defense spending, expansion and rehabilita tion of our railroads which are defense oriented. Foreign diplomats, both in Washington and overseas, feel that the United States has not been coming across to the Third World, or even to our Allies, as the super power it once was because of the half measures or the lack of firm moves by the administration, both in its foreign policy stance and reactions to the crisis areas of Iran Afghanistan and Central America. They believe there are steps the United States could have taken and should have taken that could have been more effective in dealing with the several critical areas but because of domestic political considerations as well as ineptness of staffers both in the White House and State Department we have failed to state to either our Allies or the opposition the exact parameters of what we will or won’t do. requirement for welfare as being somethins The House bill that faces an uncertain fuL * Senate ought to become law, if only because it te' an incremental change for the better, but aisob*** establishes a long-sought goal of reform - establ? of a national minimum benefit. "' But it can only be a way station on the toad total overhaul of the welfare system. An alternative to the present system ought to i several guiding principles, including universal bei, federal administration, a national minimum b« administrative simplicity, and removal of any attached to receiving aid. ' The best way to achieve such a system woiill through a refundable credit income tax. Everyone, get a basic grant in the form of a refundable tai a That credit would be taxed away from those ti income exceeds a certain level. For those beloi level, the credit would constitute an income maintts program. In fact such a system is already in existence on as scale, through the tax credit available to the jit poor. That’s been on the books for several years and has provided modest benefits without cumben administrative mechanisms or stigmatizing redpit Building an income maintenance feature into fc system would make aid automatic and do away will administrative and policing bureaucracy that eats i| increasing portion of the nation’s welfare It would end the dehumanizing aspects of a sys that makes poor people grovel for inadequate be« and which avoids assisting many millions of] Americans. A system that is simple, equitable, and prosifal to all in need is the goal toward which we shoi working. Instead, every welfare reform plan beti burdened with meaningless, punitive features, senseless work requirements, and with attacks ojpj whose poverty is caused by factors beyond their ml It’s going to take a long, hard, educational diiit destroy the myths about welfare and poverty. Ii meantime, even small changes for the better shoi supported. KGB with Ayatollah Chronicle Letten Insiders in the intelligence community state that there Winston-Salem can only benefit from learning that the 's and has been for some time ample evidence that at real story of black sports achievement. and black life, is one of Improve Police Relations? Chronicle camera went to Kimberly Park this week to ask, “How can police- community relations be im proved?” Annie B. Moore-“Put more police on the force so tht our houses can be better protected. What’s on there .s doing good-I have them watch my home while I’m away.” John Carter-“They, don’t really stop to help people if they’re having car trouble or other problems. Since they^e in the community (they should sponsor) something in the communi ty like a block party, or something at the recreation center. ’ ’ Jordan Corina Lewis-“I think the police are doing a good job but we need the neighbors to participate a lot more. We see and hear but won’t be witnesses.” Janice Jordan--“They,’re doing a pretty good job (of) keeping stuff down over here.” Giselle Jackson--“They should respond more quick ly and better. Some calls they don’t respond-you have to keep calling about two three times. I guess they, feel they have come into the black community so much with false alarms.” least one key member of Ayatollah Khomeini’s staff is a KGB agent and that other Soviet agents have penetrated the Khomeini organization. It is evident that the pro-Soviet Marxist group (one of five factions holding the United States hostages is the dominant force there. Intelligence experts state that the United States could paralyze Iran within two weeks by hitting only the communications centers (radio, television, telephone) which were mostly installed or modernized by United States firms. By knocking out these communications centers there should be little if any loss of life and no long range complications as would be produced by hitting the oil fields, refineries or loading facilities. Total chaos wiithin the government would be almost inevitable because most communications would cease and the Iranian government (or what passes for one) would come apart because officials could not reach any of their outlying regions or any part of the government. Their propaganda would stop and Khomeini could fall within two weeks. Dear Sir: your staff such aa Wi Templeton has pail measurable dividends, 1 can think of no k way of entering ike on such a high note, knows? A weekly in M daily by 198?., Best wishes, for ftl successes, and may continue to chronide 11 Grain Price Stabilize Congratulations on achieving the distinction of being the first black owned weekly in the history of the State of North Carolina to become a member of the Audit Bureau of Circula tions. I am not at all surprised at your accomplishment: of history - past, presei all the black weeklies in the future - througli state, the Chronicle most definitely leads the packl My being a native of Winston-Salem merely doubles my pride in your most recent feat. 1 have watched your paper grow, both quantitatively and qualitatively. Having excellent journalists on excellent communicali vehicle. Yours with ptide in blackness. Paulette Jones Robtoss President PJ’s Pen! Creative Commiu)lt«8" Consultant Agricultural experts feel that grain prices should stabilize within the next 30 days as the government program of price supports and supplemental usage is implemented. Challenges of '80s Fellow Editors and U.S. SavingsBondsl Publishers: Hope Tax Relief Ahead Terrance Hope--“They could be roaming the neighborhood more and stay dose by the neighbor hood. I think there ought to be one stationed near here all the time, in his car, on the corner so if something happens he’s right there.” Cvi I te t Look for some form of tax relief but it will be limited because of increased defense spending and unemploy ment benefits. The unemployment crunch may not be as severe as was predicted because of defense’Srders which will aid the automotive and aerospace industries. a history of nearly of helping American As we begin the New, zens preserve an( Year, we pause to reflect on this life style, our successes and failures The introduction of the 1970’s. We face the new U.S. Energy Sa" challenges of the new de- Bonds, Series EE, oS® cade with enthusiasm and invitation to all Ame* World Crime Up dedication to make our to purchase E.S. communities and our nation Savings Bonds for a * ' a better place in which to cation for our peR®®' live. As Crime statistics are on the rise in most countries and it is believed economic factors as well as a prevailing fatalism due to world political conditions are contributing to the increase in both "white collar” crimes and those of violence free people in a nation founded on the prin ciples of individu^ free dom, we are privileged to enjoy a life style of better quality than any place on earth. curity-and the sc®®*) strength of our nati* interest rate on U S' gy Savings Bonds. EE, has been i« from 6.5 percent to cent for Bonds SeePsg^
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