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OMIS tCOIWIOIJ Ford Should Help Salvage Cities The time is now for President Ford's Administration to give a eerious look at the urban crisis that is unmatched in the nation's history. 4>- While the Ρ resident is campaign ing for financial aid to foreign coun tries,-and with congress moving slowly on several fronts to halt the downspinning city economic condit ,·ίόη, the Ford Administration has turned its back to the urban crisis just as it turned its back on the farmers in a veto of the farm bill earlier this month. Fortunately Charlotte has not been affected by unemployment, crime and the many other serious problems plaguing major cities &"£cross this nation. s It's alarming to note that both President Ford and the GOP leaders ^controlling the New York State se nate reportedly refused to touch a package of aid and taxes that could have prevented the nation's largest Scity from defaulting on its debts ^despite deep cuts in personnel and services. I In Detroit, Mich., meanwhile, the Recession has turned the corner into ^depression as unemployment rea ches the 25 percent level, and in consequence the city budget has plunged to where there have been layoffs of 550 policemen, 300 fire man, and 800 other workers ata4ype When restlessness and anger are Counting. : Across the nation, citywork forces have been cut by 14O,O0$^mployees, which not only reduces services, but increases the local unemployment and eliminates taxpayers. I Coleman Young of Detroit warns, ι'People today aren't docile like they pvere 40 years ago, in that Depres sion. When they demand that some thing be done, they'll demand it ^damned vigorously. This nation : could be facing its worst summer in Î40 years·.·" \ In Atlanta, Ga., whièh mayor iMayhard Jackson characterized as "a successful American city," un employment Is now above 13 per cent. "There are people begging in the streets," said Jackson. They are not begging for food, though God knows they are hungry : they are not begging for money, though God knows they are broke: they are begging for jobs and we have no jobs to give them." . San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alio to told the Hill leadership that the people in the streets so far have been turning to their city governments asking for help, but soon may dirèct their frustration there. New Or leans' Mayor Moon Landrieu said that without help soon, city govern ments could go out "of business. As for self-help, Newark's Ken neth Gibson told of the frustration of suing the property tax: In Newark, a $20,000 home is taxed a $2,000 a year. "People refuse to own property at rates like that," he said. Congress is currently seeking ap proaches that would. he feasible and quick to help the cities. At a recent meeting with 20 leaders of the House and Senate, the Mayors strongly urged a program of contracyclical aid, where special emergency pay ments are made to cities as unem ployment goes to eight percent, and decreasing and ending as unem ployment goes down again. Democratic Mayors Chairman Henry Maier of Milwaukee, Wise, warns that "diaster in the cities is close because the economic pres sures are eliminating taxes at a time when services are becoming more1 costly and are in greater need." New York's Mayor Abe Beame briefly told of his city efforts to control spending despite public ob jection to service cuts, and caution ed that similar problems are spread ing to all cities. Lee Alexander of Syracuse concurs, saying his city, with a fraction of Beame's people and budget, has the same problems. \ Black Fathers Are Examples Throughout the years of our pil grimage in the American society, the mother has been seen as the strong figure in the lives of our people. That is why to show a most horrible condition someone wrote the song "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child." Mothers have done so much for our race but still there have been fathers too, who helped to push us where we are today. Furthermore we need fathers to be fathers to our up and coming generation of Black children. It has been stated that, every male Jwho has the capacity for propagat ion is not a father, and, what we need itoday are fathers indeed not sires. ^Obviously the question would follow, that elements are there that makes father a true father? It is from the jHoly Scriptures that we can answer fthis question. IN THE OLD and New Testaments jwe find two words which can be translated into our English word father. In the Old Testament the âvord is Ab. In the New Testament m — · the word used is pater. From these words we can see that a true father is first of all a man. By being a man we mean one who has the dignity of life as to be able to fit the words of scripture which states that man was made in the image of God. This means that when you see this person what you see is a picture of God in regards to all of the positive qualities that mankirid has postulated. BEING THE man that God creat ed him to be must exhibit strength, the kind of strength that will allow him to raise his children in domestic stability. The reason why we have so much trouble with our young boys and girls today is because we do not have fathers who are men enough to keep them in their place. By the very terms used the father is one who is seen controlling his household, he is the one who makes the decisions for the family. But the decisions which are made are out of love and much prayerfulness. By Rev. James A. Pollard, Sr., Pastor of the Zion Baptist Church of Ardmore, Pennsylvania RETURNING TO BUILD A BETTER BLACK COmûNtTY. 7 \ _ Blacks9 Destiny In Own Hands REPORT FROM 'as hington CIA-Too Much Government Washington Report By Congressman Jim Martin 9th District, North Carolina Over the past few weeks, we have seen a couple of glaring examples of too much government involvement in our daily lives. One example is the information revealed through the Rockefeller Commission Report on. the CIA, which was referred to the Justice Department and proper Congressio nal Committees. This is as it should ue. Some pertinent observations need to be made: 1. It is vital to our national secu rity to be able to develop reliable intelligence of the intentions of other governments. The effectiveness of the CIA must not be compromised by exposing its network of operat ions. Our committees must proceed with care. That is why it is impor tant to root out of the committees those Congressmen who violate the rules about disclosures of sensitive information. 2. The domestic surveillance by the CIA of Americans with unortho dox political views which has been disclosed by the investigation is clearly illegal. Even where there was reason to suspect foreign exploi tation of radical political groups the legal authority to pursue this rest«t with the FBI, not the CIA. 3. This investigation cleared the CIA of any rumored involvement in the assassination of President Ken nedy. It found absolutely no evi dence to support such irresponsible charges. 4. It did not clear or convict the CÏ A of complicity in promoting osscn ssinations of foreign leaders. Evi dence relating to this question has been turned over to the appropriate committees and should be thorough ly pursued to its conclusion. It is not in our national interest to promote assassinations. It does not and need not weaken the effectiveness of the legitimate operations of the CIA to enforce applicable criminal laws for any such excessive abuses which can be proven in Court. 5. Overall, there is every indica tion that the present law covering theCIA is adequate in most respecs. It needs to be enforced, qnpljhpt is happening now. Law abiding citi zens can be protected under the law, but without jeopardizing the neces sarily secretive operations of our intelligence apparatus. Should the review of these acti vities by the Congressional commit tees reveal a need for additional legislation, I will he prepared to consider that when these commit tees report their findings. Criminals vs Victims The House of Representatives nar rowly defeated a proposal from the Judiciary Committee which woulc have increased the difficulty of pro secuting criminals. What the com mittee had proposed were severa rule changes in criminal procedure giving more protection to accusec criminals and less to victims. That's the same old story. TO BE EQUAL . ΙΙί· * VERNON Κ. JORDAN JR. Youths Face Grim Summer During the past several weeks I've visited a number of campuses to participate in com mencement exercises and in talking to the new graduates, I've had to tell them it's a cold, cold world into which they go. This year job interviewers on campus have been sparse and except for a lucky few, most new graduates face a frustrating hunt for work. The situation on the predominately black cam puses is especially bad. In past years many corporations were pressing their affirmative action program and were anxious to hire young black people with college degrees. Now, that situation has changed. Affirmative action is just a theory when a corporation is laying off workers and isn't hiring new ones. In fact, because of too-rigid application of seniority rules, many blacks hired a few years ago are back on the streets looking for work. This year colleges are graduating many thou sands of young people on the brink of starting families and buying homes who now will have to change their plans because they can't find jobs. This is a tragic waste of human resources, as well as a bitter blow to the carefully nurtured dreams of numberless people. But even those young graduates can still retain their hopes that when the economy picks up, their degrees will land them decent jobs. For many more young people though, there is little hone on the horizon. Black teenagers have always been in an economic Depression, with unemployment rates much higher than for other groups. Now how ever, black teenage unemployment has skyroc keted to unbelievable heights - over half of those who want jobs can't get them. There are really two youth unemployment problems--the need to find jobs for the summer for young people who will be going back to school in the fall, and the year-round, permanent need for jobs for out-of-school teenagers. Y oung people in this second category are a key element in the work force. The jobs they are after are entry-level jobs that provide the first step and the training for future work. In recent years those starting jobs have been harder and harder to come by, and now young people are in direct competition with older workers laid off from their jobs and willing to take anything. Every time alarms are raised about the high teenage unemployment rate, we hear the same old song about how "these kids don't really need the work anyway." That's not true. Most black teenagers are in families that are poor or near-poor. The money they earn can often spell the difference between making it and going under for their families. Added to that is the necessity of providing constructive work experiences for young people who need to learn skills and work habits. The alternative is to have a lot of energetic young people with time on their hands and frustration in their hearts - a sure prescription for trouble. Special summer job programs, always inade quate, are even more so this year. In city after Oity, the reports are the same: combined public private job openings for youth run at about a fourth or a fifth of the total number of jobs needed. Against this backdrop, and ever-climbing a dult unemployment, the President has voted and the Congress failed to override, a bill that would expand the number of publir service jobs. ι THE CHARLOTTE POST 3 "THE PEOPLES NEWSPAPER" |\, Established 1918 : . By A.M. Houston Published Every Thursday By The Charlotte Post Publishing Co., Inc. 9139 Trinity Road - Charlotte, N.C. 28216 5 Telephones (704) 392-1306 392-1307 \ Circulation 11,000 S κ \ Bill Johnson Editor - Publisher ϊ Gerald O. Johnson Business Manager Robert L. Johnson Circulation Manager \ Second Class Postage Paid at i Charlotte, N.C. under the Act of March 3,1878 : Member National Newspaoer Publishers ; Association j National Advertising Representative ; Amalgamated Publishers, Inc. 45 W. 5th, Suite 1403 2400 S. Michigan Ave. iJSJew York, N Y. 10036 Chicago. 111. G0616 >189-1220 Calumet 5-0200 DOWN TO BUSINESS Low Productivity-Can't Blame Recession By Dr. Berkeley G. Burrell President, National Business League Now that it is generally accepted that we are in a recession, or maybe worse, we are hearing a great deal about high unemployment rates and low productivity rates. High unem ployment speaks for itself since it is clearly visible and wide-spread. Each of us can think of one or more friends, neighbors or family mem bers who have become unemploy ment statistics as a result of lay-offs, cut-backs, or lack of training and experience. But productivity is a somewhat different matter and much needs to be said about it. Despite its current economic diffi culties, the United States remains the most industrial and resourceful country in the world. Yet, it ranks among the last in productivity in crease, or put another way, in the rate of economic growth. π..; w mm _ .1 Throughout the last decade, this country trailed such other major industrial powers as Japan, Italy, Germany, France and »H· United! Kingdom in the area of economic growth. And in the past year, that rate actually declined. This long standing deficiency in our economic growth pattern has contributed to our present inability to solve the recessionary problems confronting our economy. If increased productivity is vital to an efficient, sustainable economic system, and necessary to meet the needs of an expanding population, then the question before us is: By what means and at what cost do we increase productivity and thereby reverse the downward trend of our economy? We believe that, over the long haul, one of the major keys to increased productivity growth is minority economic development. It has become clear that the minority community is producing a signifi cant lag on th· productivity curv·. To be sure, Our Gross National Product is deprived of billions of dollars annually as a direct result of the under-development of Black and other minority communities. Since maximum use of our economic re sources is one of the essential ingre dients for productivity growth, the continued failure to utilize the re sources of the minority community, and particularly the minority busi ness sector, is at variance with the needs of the nation. If this condition had not existed, if the productive elements of the mi nority community had been given an equal opportunity to contribute to the needs of the country, perhaps we would not now be facing the worst level of inflation in our peace time history, perhaps more importantly, the economies of small communities in this country would not now be teetering on the brink of depression. The terrifying level of Black un em ploy m ent to America, which doubles and in sortie instances tri ples the national average, could be significantly reduced by the inevi table expansion of employment op portunities that come with minority business development.
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