Page A4-The Chronicle, Thursday, July 5. 1984
Winston-Salem Chronicle
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and come a'running whenever Michael Jackson sings a song
or does a soft drink commercial or hiccups (with a beat, of
course).
They seem equally fascinated when Reggie Jackson hits a
home run or Billy Martin -- or both.
They aren't so entranced, however, when Jesse Jackson
frees political prisoners.
Jackson upstaged the Reagan administration again last
_ . week when he negotiated th^ aq
Cubans impiisoncd by the Castio regime.
^pd President Reagan thanked the *Rev. Jackson by
Refusing to meet with him while Reagan's subordinates,
with the media's help, downplayed the significance of what
had happened while characterizing Jackson as a pawn of
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they said. What's more, they noted, Castro releases a few
prisoners every now and then anyway.
Furthermore, they argued, Jesse Jackson has no business
negotiating the release of prisoners and he certainly has gall
to go down there with all those nasty communists and say
something uncomplimentary about the U. S. of A.
"We argue strongly among ourselves in this country but
the tradition has been not to criticize your country from a
foreign base or platform, or in countries hostile to the
United States," said State Department spokesman John
Hughes.
It is terrible, isn't it, for^n American citizen to exercise
his right to free speech?
Ted Turner's Cable News Network then welcomed the
triumphant negotiator home by echoing a Wall Street Journal
article that characterized Jackson as a man motivated
by his "failure of fear," followed the next night bv a live
broadcast of an interview with controversial Islamic leader
Louis Farrakhan, a Jackson supporter who has probably
received more headlines in recent weeks than Jackson
?-himself.
What the media by and large appear to be doing is
castigating Jesse no matter what he does.
If Jackson does something right, they'll find something
wrong with it - if they acknowledge it at all.
If he does something wrong, as all humans are wont to do
on occasions, they'll magnify it to ridiculously grand proportions.
The situation might best be summed up in a joke making
its rounds in the black community these days:
Jesse Jackson, Walter Mondale and Gary Hart are sharing
a lifeboat, the story goes, and an unexpected wave
tosses Hart and Mondale into the water. Jesse then walks
across the water, recovers his comrades and brings them to
safety.
The headline in the daily papers the next day reads:
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No substitute
From The Charlotte Post.
Students who seek employment after high school graduation
need to master the same basic academic skills as the
college-bound person. Therefore, vocational training and
technical education are no substitute for education in the
core competencies. These are important because the major
asset the employers want in a high school graduate is
^ ^ ahiiity tx> learn, and to adapt to changes in the
skills". ~
This statement summarizes a National Academy of
Science panel report of business and education leaders titled
"High Schools and the Changing Workplace." It is a
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icpuri inai appears wortny or commenting on as our nation's
youth and teachers are departing from school for the
summer, and for many, the seeking of permanent or summed
jobs.
^Agichard Heckert, vice chairman and chief operating officer
of the E.I. DuPont Co., and chairman of the
20-member panel, said the report is concerned only with
high school graduates who do not attend college, who. he
said, "represent the largest segment of the American
workforce and play a critical and central role in the nation's
economy."
Mr. Heckert added that the panel was seeking to set forth
a set of core competencies that include:
The ability to read, write, reason and compute, including
a mastery of "standard English in its written and spoken
forms" and elementary algebra.
An understanding of American economic and social life.
Possession of the attitudes and personal habits that make
for a dependable worker and citizen.
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By JOHN JACOB
Syndicated Columnist
It is generally agreed that
there will be far-ranging tax
legislation in 1985, and support
is building for reform of
the tax system to raise more
revenue in a fairer way.
But what's fair to one person
may be very unfair to
others. Advocates for the poor
have to be especially watchful
that tax reform doesn't
degenerate into yet another
round of soaking the poor.
The 1981 tax reform wound up
doing just that - squeezing
more from the poor while providing
windfalls for the affluent.
That tax cut, combined with
drastic cuts in federal domestic
spending, took some $17
billion from, poor people between
1983 and 1985, while affluent
families in the
$80,000-and-up brackets got
$55 billion worth of tax
benefits.
^Xhe same tax legislation,
even though it was modified
the following year, vastly increased
special tax gains for
wealthy individuals and corporations.
Three of those
items -- the accelerated cost
recovery system, preferential
Black edu
By DR. MANNING MARABLE
Guest Columnist
For three years, the Reagan
administration has waged war
against black America. The
relentless budget cuts in
human services, the tax
policies which provide welfare
for the rich and the suppression
of civil rights and civil
liberties all amount to an unprecedented
assault on people
of color and the unemployed.
One decisive aspect of this
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ciass wariare can be observed
within higher education.
Slashes in government spend
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Under Reagan's tenure,
black college administrators
have been forced to scramble
in a desperate bid to retain
students and to maintain their
schools. Clariborne C. Davis,
director of financial aid at
Mississippi Valley State
University, stated in a recent
interview in the Chronicle of
Higher Education that his
school had lost approximately
$100,000 in federal student aid
since the beginning of 1983.
"If we had the money, we
might have had 200 to 300
more students," Davis notes.
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treatment for capital gains and
the investment tax credit ? will
cost the Treasury over $50
billion in 1984.
Without considering
whether such tax breaks are
economically justified, we can
question their fairness. The
capital gains tax was cut to a
maximum of 20 percent,
which is actually lower than
the marginal tax rate and
social security tax rate paid by
a working^head of a family of
four who earns $42,000 a year .
And fairness is the issue
when taxes paid by the poor
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have risen while those for the
affluent were cut. One recent
study showed that in 1978 a
family at the poverty line paid .
$269 in combined income and .
soeiah security taxes.
But in 1984, that same family
at the poverty line paid over
$1,000 in income and social
security taxes -- a jump from 4
percent of that family's income
in 1978 to over 10 percent
this year.
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The students who could afford
to attend Mississippi Valley
"either are not going to college
at all, or are attending less
expensive community colleges.
Careers could be sabotaged by
a student's inability to attend a
desired college because of a
lack of money."
At nearby Tougaloo College,
Melvin Phillips, director
of student financial aid, states
that the lack of federal aid has
affected the school's enrollment,
or has forced prospective
students into the "military
service as a way to get college
money, with 550 students, we
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dollars and cents."
can't afford to lose that many
bodies."
At North Carolina Central
University, the situation is
even worse. According to Vice
Chancellor Roland L.
Buchanan Jr., 90 percent of
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rely on some form of financial
aid. When North Carolina
Central informed students that
they could not postpone the
payment of short-term debts
this fall, 44at least 20 students
. were forced to drop out when
they could not meet the
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tilted the cuts toward higher
income brackets and didn't
take such simple steps to protect
the poor as increasing per- (
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deductions or the earned in- j
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how concerned Congress will
be for poor and low-income j
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tax is carefully framed to ex- a
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poor family's consumption a
package, that would soak the tl
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Buchanan notes that a hi
number of prospective
students "have not been able w
to come to the university cc
because they could not get ar
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feel there is a responsibility on se
the government to provide op- th
portunities for students who W
are poor, but who are capable
of doing university work."
Even at those traditionally
black institutions where the
tuition is extremely low, the *
impact of Reagan's budget A
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students receive aid. yc
Southern's vice president for di
student affairs, Clarence M. ar
Collier, states that more re
undergraduates have had "to
use the Guaranteed Student
Loan program" just to remain ju
enrolled. fo
The problems of black in- m
stitutions transcend mere
dollars and cents. Surveys by ye
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To The Editor:
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the number one black paper in
he nation. What an honor! I
now you are proud of your acomplishments.
1 am reading the paper now
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hank you for your continued
>ursuit of excellence. This award
cknowledges that you are movig
in the right direction.
I am glad to be a part of the
umber one team as a subscriber.
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Nigel D. Alston
Senior Underwriter
Integon Life Insurance Co.
Winston-Salem
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vlore compliments
To The Editor:
Congratulations for the
Dutstanding work and service
hat you and your staff have done
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las printed and presented this
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A.
i note of thanks
First, congratulations on
cently being named the best
ack newspaper in the nation.
Second, on behalf of Dr. and
anco's Stars, I would like to
ank you for the fine article
>ur sports editor, Robert Eller,
H on our crtftU-,11 '*
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lother example of the fine
porting done by your
:wspaper.
I would be doing a great instice
if I did not mention the
under and present and only
anager of the Stars, Robert
iiley. J.D. Dunlap is in his fir^t
ar as a Stars coach.
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