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* f§; THE CHARLOTTE PI fST fm] - Charlotte s Fastest Grouing Community Vi eekh “ VOL 3 NO. 51 ' i —— CHARLOTTE. NORTH CAROLINA 28216-Thursdav. June 12 1973 - - — __PRICE 20c Hi-Partisan Emprgerwy^Act - — Rev. Leon Sullivan Seeks Employment Legislation Legislation To Amend CETA Title In testimony submitted to the House Subcommittee on Manpower headed by Chair man Dominick Daniels *D of New Jersey, the Rev Leon Sullivan. Founder and Chair man of the national network of 200 OIC job development, job training and job placement programs in 47 states, last week called for immediate emergency legislation to amend Title VI of the Compre hensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) and seek President Ford's cooper ation. "President Ford has demon strated good faith with the Congress on the fight against the twin evils of inflation and recession;" Dr Sullivan said, "Yesterday's vote to uphold his veto of the $5 billion Jobs Bill makes it imperative that immediate action be taken to rally bi-partisan support around Congressman Daniel s proposed amendments to the manpower law in that section that provides for public ser vice employment Dr Sullivan, a member of (he Board of General Motors and a member of the National Manpower Policy Commis sion. created by the Congress to help develop a national manpower policy, challenged Republican leadership to join hands with Democratic lead ership to produce legislation that the President could sign quickly While pointing out the shortcomings and limitations of public service employment as an instrument of govern ment to help turn the economy around and stem the rising tide of unemployment, the powerful Baptist preacher from Philadelphia praised Congressman Daniels for being willing to face the cross fire of criticism and give lead ership to amend the existing law and make possible a tem porary stop gap job creation effort that would include maximum effective use of community based organiza tions such as OIC, as well as industry, the AFL-CIO. the city, county, state and federal governments. Clearly, both rural and ur ban communities will benefit from the new work opportun ities of public works type that will be possible under your Bill contracts to OIC and other community based or ganizations will make possible inner city rehabilitation, work on public buildings, roads, health facilities, educational and recreational facilities, paramedical and crime pre vention projects that could not otherwise be undertaken There will be more money for more jobs, perhaps up to 500.000 new jobs if this Bill is shaped up and modified with the help of your Republican colleague. Honorable Marvin Esch (Ri of Michigan, to win support of both political part ies and the President him self." Dr. Sullivan continued In a letter to 435 Congress men and 100 Senators, Sulli van will urge their support for the revisions of existing law to provide administrative ar rangements and machinery for Regional Manpower Ad ministrators to make the final determination as to which job development resources in See Sullivan on page 11 Photo by Jim Black VIVACIOUS PAM JENKINS -Entertainers Unlimited Secretary Entertainers Unlimited Secretary Named Beauty Of The Week By Polly Manning Post Staff Writer ”1 like my job very much. I work around some nice and very interesting people,” was the reply coming from our Beauty of the Week, Miss Pamela Jenkins. Pam is employed with En tertainers Unlimited. ‘ My duties, continued Pam, in clude taking incoming tele phone calls, typing contracts, sending out promotional infor mation on bands, and booking new performers. Miss Jenkins is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Lee Jenkins of 1407 Vancouver Dr. She is a 1974 graduate of West Charlotte High-School. While attending West Char lotte, Pam was president of the COO Club (Cooperative Office Occupation), the Girls Athletic Association, Student Council, Art Club, and the Social Committee. Her hobbies include paint ing and drawing, dancing, playing the piano, designing and making clothes, and spending time with those she loves Her favorite vocal group is Earth Wind and Fire. She describes them as being diffe rent and she likes their music. Her favorite single artist is Barry White. "I really feel as if he makes his songs just for me," smiled Pam. ‘ They seem to relate to me in so many ways." The Jenkins' family attends the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witness. Pam participates wholeheartedly in their door to-door ministry program. "1 am very serious about my religion," stated Pam. "1 feel that it teaches us to be more interested in people's lives." Miss Jenkins is 5 feet 4'2 inches tall. She weighs 107 pounds and is 19 years old. She measures 32-24-34. She admits that she does not believe in astrology because she doesn't feel that a person's actions can be attributed to the fact that they are born under a particular sign. Pamela is the second oldest child in her family. She has three sisters and says they enjoy a very close family life. "We study the Bible together, and we enjoy going on trips. California was the trip that she says they enjoyed the most. The Jenkins family is originally from New York and moved to Charlotte four years ago. More New Food Stamp Regulations Coming Raleigh - New more liberal food stamp regulations going into effect on July 1 will not only allow North Carolinians with low incomes to purchase more food from their grocers, but more people will be able to participate because of new income-eligibility standards. "New food stamp program coupon issuance tables have been issued to county social services directors. These tables will increase food pur pon allotments raising the amounts of monthly food pur chasing power by approxi mately five percent,” states Dr Renee Hill, director of the Social Services Division of the N C. Department of Human Resources. A family of four currently receiving a monthly allot ments of $154 in food stamps will receive $162. New eligibility tables raise income limits. A household of four people may have a net income up to $540 per month compared to the present $153. This amount is the amount left over after such items as social security and taxes have been deducted. "It will be possible for a working father with a wife and two children to earn over $7,000 a year and be eligible for food stamps,” Dr. Hill explained. "Of course he would have to pay more cash for food stamps because of his comparatively high income, but he would still be getting a bargain. The same size family with little or no income would pay nothing and still receive $162 a month in food stamps. Persons in need of food assistance should contact their local social services de partment to find out if they are eligible. Public Hearing Set For 1975-76 Gty Budget The Charlotte City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, June 16 at 8 p.m. in the board room of the Education Center to hear citizens' com ments and suggestions on the proposed 1975-76 City budget. The hearing will be televised live by WTVI, Channel 42 Persons wishing to speak at the hearing should contact the City Clerk’s Office. City Hail, 600 East Trade Street, tele phone 374-2247, by noon on June 16. Copies of the proposed bud get and capital improvement program are available for public inspection at the follow ing locations: City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 600 East Trade Street Public Service & Information Department, City Hall. 600 East Trade Street After a series of budget workshops and the public hearing, City Council will adopt a finalized budget on June 30, 1975. Rev. Jackson Attacks Vice Among Blacks C'HICAGO-The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson is attacking an old problem that has plagued Black communities around the country for years-vices. And he has called for restorat ion of" discipline among Blacks "We're free to do a lot of things we couldn't do before, but we don't have the disci pline to do them." "We're free to have any job, but we have to be disciplined to produce. We're free to go to any school, but we must take the responsibility to learn,” the country preacher said. But for discipline to be re stored, there has to be absti nence from narcotics, alcohol, nicotine "and the other vices that have sapped our individ ual strength to cash in our institutional victories." n mack man selling dope hurts communities more than a white man dangling a rope "It's your attitude, not your aptitude, that determines your altitude in this world. It's bad enough that many Blacks live in slums, but it's even worse that the slum lives in them, creating despair and a turn to vices," preaches the 33-year old Jackson All this is part of Jackson's recent program for Spiritual Regeneration and Economic Generation. But while some Blacks are buying it, others are pushing the rhetoric aside. "There's no question Jack son is a spell-binding preach er.” said Vernon Jordan, ex ecutive director of the Natio nal Urban League. "And, he's certain to get maximum media impact from his program because he’s the best public relations leader we have. But let's remember there are many successful whites with all sort of vices.” Roy Wilkins, head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple said: "it is wrong to pre ach abstinence to an entire race--morals and vices are See Rev. Jackson on page II GIFT FROM CHARLOTTE ALUMNI. William Blackeney. president of the Charlotte Chapter of the South Carolina State College Alumni Association <right) presents a check to college president M Maceo Nance Jr on troi* wrw behalf of the Charlotte Chapter at the annual alumni banquet-: The college received a total of $6,000 m alumni chapter contributions at the banquet. House 1 asses Voting Rights Act Extension For 10 Years Washington-The U S. House of Representatives has passed a bill to extend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 for 10 years, to August 6. 1985 The law . which has been called the most effective civil rights legislation passed by the Con gress. led directly to wide spread political gains by black people in the South. Congressman Andrew Young, who was a close associate of Dr Martin Luther King Jr., was a leading figure in the effort to pass the new bill in the House. The House-passed biAJ would also make permanent ^ne na tionwide ban on literacy tests as a voting requirement, and for the first time extend pro tection of voting rights to mil lions of Spanish-speaking Deople, American Indians. Maskan natives, and Asian \mericans The measure now goes to he Senate, where civil rights forces are driving for passage and final enactment into law before the Act's present ex piration date of August 6. 1975. Congressman Young, the first black L' S. Representa tive from Georgia in too years, led off three days of debate and voting on the bill. He said: "Members of the House may not remember that 10 years ago. when this legislation was first enacted, the nation was in a series of great turmoils be cause ol the violence sur rounding attempts on Ihe part of black citizens in the southern part ol the t inted Stales to register to vote It was at that time that many Americans Inst their lives in an attempt to gam the right to vote. That was the time of Selma That was the time of people being blown out of their churches simply for attempt ing to hold voter registration meetings That was a dark time in the history of the United States, but it was a time to which-the Congress responded." Mr. Young then reviewed gains made by blacks in the South since passage of the Voting Rights Act. Including the increasing from 72 to 1,587 in the number of black elected officials and the registration of 1.5 million additional black voters But he cited case after case of continuing violations of voting rights in the South, such as racial gerrymander ing of election districts, bar riers to registration, voting and candidacies, and repeated failures to comply with the law Congressman Young himself was elected only after the Voting Rights Act required that his district be re-drawn so as not to dilute black voting strength 4 Million Youths Enter I^bor Force Washington About 4 2 mil lion youths-roughly the same number as last year-will en ter the labor force in the summer of 1975, according to projections published by the U S Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics. Each summer the school age labor force 16 to 24 years old increases sharply as stud ents enter the job market for summer work and as high school and college graduates take or look for regular jobs By July 1975, the labor torce age 16 to 24 is expected to reach 25 3 million, about 550,000 greater than in July 1974 This projected increase 1 assumes a continuation of re | cent trends in labor force | participation rates Students entering the labor I force for summer work are projected to total about 2 7 million or 64 percent of the expected total increase from April to July Andrew Young Georgia Congressman To Address Democratic Piedmont Banquet Raleigh -The Piedmont Spring Banquet slated as a Democratic-Party fund-raiser at Greensboro's Royal Villa Motel, Friday, June 20, not only marks the Party's first venture into the Piedmont with such an affair, but, also, marks the first major Demo cratic Party function at which a Black leader has been book ed as principal speaker. State Party Headquarters has announced acceptance by Georgia Congressman Andrew Young of the invita tion to deliver the major ad dress. Now in his second term in the U. S House of Repre sentatives, Congressman Young was the first member of his race to serve in that body from Georgia since the reconstruction days of 1871 Young is compiling a bril liant record in Congress where he serves as a member of the House Rules Committee, the Democratic Study Group, the House Environmental Study Conference, and is Treasurer of the Congressional Black Caucus. As might be expected from his background as a former clergyman and leader in the early days of the civil rights movement, Congress man Young's interest em brace a broad range of topics ranging the gamut from eco logy and the environment to civil liberties, human needs, education, economics, inter national affairs and peace Informed observers on the National scene see Congress man Young as a leader in the emerging Black leadership in Washington. From the record he has given consistent high quality representation to all of his constituents both Black and White. The selection of a Black speaker with national identifi cation as principal speaker for a major fund-raising event by Democratic Party leadership is seen as strong affirmation of the increasingly prominent role being played in North Carolina's Democratic Party affairs by Black voters Party officers stress, however, that Congressman Young was se lected because he was a dis-' tinguished leader of demon strated performance of a po lished speaker who happened to be Black, rather than be cause he was Black and poss essed those attributes The announcement that Young had accepted the invit See Georgia on page 11 Andrew Young Compiled brilliant record TURUt-WK 1 Folks call It "TAKE HOME" pay because there is no other place you can afford to go with it.
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