; Jobs, Justice And Urban Policy
By Hoyle H. Martin, Sr.
Peat Staff Writer ,
C. Detores Tucker, Penn
sylvania secretary ef state,
set the tone tor the £s«tcns of
Black Ddtnecrats naferencc
in Charlotte this ptgt weekend
when she SaM, “On fee Mtt
anniversary of this Mean's
hlrth, the great D earner a U«
Party haa seemingly aban
doned its* pioneer rote In the
struggle tor equality...For the
first tiase in 20 yearn, ee
Democratic candidate has...
published a civil rights
plank.”
In her #eawts setting Jarth
the piarposa o( the eeef«M»ce.
Mrs. Tuckar
r‘What’s
ties in
gleet’-it’a
neglect.”
Keynote
openig
Coleman
Tucker's tone
said, “It
that the I
the cltle I
survival of
Year’s
tent with
conference
ttvt
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Other issues ol high priority
iitcussed in the workshops
were s national' health care
program including national
nealMi insurance, a domestic
Marshall Plan to span the next
facade to improve the pligto
K «*Ban areas, and a revised
■P-daUd criminal justice sys
tem.
TBe consenus on these prio
rities was quite evident anun*
the approximately 1.00S deto
galaa Before, during and after
the conference. In addition la
Mnyar Young’s conference
opening talk on unemploy
sagnt and the financial crista
of the cities, Congressweman
Ywanna Burke (Calif.) said hi
“IBe tint priority is passes
af fae Full Employment and
Balanced Growth Act of 197*...
M iaauas platform which
gpaaBs la our needs in urban
arms...ia health...and crimi
nal justice"
Fear af the five Democratic
residential candidates invit
■ to swank to the Caucus of
Black Immocrata “for the re
fafd" an the issues of concern
hyarad Before more than
l j0* defegatos and observers
at the final session on Sunday
marring.
Former Georgia Governor
Ammy Carter,Rep. Morris U
fal • drtaaaa, and late com
JBhlPfta man, tens tar Frank
flhBBk af Idaho and Cahfor
|fa Qaenaaer Edmund Brawn,
fa-'tWPt adah given five min
Njtfa Ipaak, then each was
to respond to 10 issue
Naiad questions posed by a
jfnelef caucus members. The
Mtadtoales were obviously in
BBitod in their responses by
Hmaspan they had to
•Nfato tad qnestian, ini tally
**®*dn and than only one
TBa feur candidates agreed
Nh IBs Caucus that full era
dpymant should he the as
o nuuiuci uiic priority
beyond that however, the ge
neral feeling of many dele
gates was that the candidates
saidilittle that was not alread>
known. Mayor Richard Hat
cher\of Gary, Ind., and a
mem per of the conference
steeriiig committee expressed
the feelings of many delegates
when hesaid. “I have concern
with the lack of specificity and
I disagree with some of the
answers.
In a final news conference
Sunday befdre about 60 repor
ters, Basil Ratterson, chair
man of the CBD Conference
oitci mg vuuumucr, miu me
conference was “historic and
timely,” competition for the
black vote is clearly evident
and a demonstrated full agen
da for black Americans has
evolved from the conference
for presentation to the Nation
al Democratic Party’s Plat
form Committee.
In responding to questions
from reporters Patterson said
the candidates responses to
the panel’s questions was the
"oral part of a several parts
examination” and it put each
of them "on the record in
some important areas of con
tern to DiacKS.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a
steering committee member,
added to Patterson’s comment
when he said. “What we have
accomplished here is to break
the conspiracy of silence re
garding these issues and to
make the candidates continue
to address them.”
THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
-Frank Church, Morris UdhaU, Jimmy Carter, Jerry Brown
m
City Employees To Meet Friday
In accordance with the spe
cified time frame eutltsad last
Octaber, an ad bee mmm Uf
of Charlette employers will
meet Friday, May 7 wttb efl
clals of the Employment Seea
rity Commission to review
progress of Employsr Aarvt
ces Improvement Preject
(ESIP).
Tho local ESIP program,
the First in North Carolina, is
being sponsored by the Char
latte, Chamber of Comasorce.
The purpose of the mtftppwide
project, initiated by Jab Igr
rice agencies now uapmmpp
In aver 100 Americaa cities, is
to improve services and rela
tions with the employer com
munity.
On October 24,1075, a repre
-aantative group of 42 area
employers met under the au
qpicaa of the Chamber ef Com
merce to critique the services
offered by Charlotte Jab Ser
vice Office. The following day,
a task force of local Job Ser
vice staff members received
-those comments and recem
mandations presented by the
employer committee, and be
gan preparation of a formal,
written report outlining the
ESC’s response to those ques
tions raised.
The completed report was
then reviewed and approved
In a joint meeting of employ
ers and local Job Service offi
cials on January 9th. Among
those employer recommenda
tions addressed by the ESC in
the document were: improved
telephone service, physical re
organization of the Charlotte
Job Service office, and the
establishment of a suburban,
job placement oriented satel
life office convenient to outly
ing applicants.
The employer committee
will review the progress made
by ESC in implementing the
plan of action specified in
their written report.
Commenting on the pro
gram ai the ESIP program in
Charlotte, William Neal, Per
sonas) rtfector of Woonsocket
Mills, Incorporated and chair
man of the employer commit
tee, stated: “It is most re
freshing to witness a state
agnaagr, in this case the ESC,
asa...
ana aavice lorm employers.
With this in mind, we have
been - and remain - in full
support of th ESIP program."
I ™ .—— 1
Reactions To The Convention
* m
By Vera A Sfcaw
Special To tV Poet ,
React—— faJhe Caayeatiaa
of Blech Mmdat tie
Civic CeaM i—t aadBhd at*
varied. Same Med ftbdead It
*s «a historical and thoefy
meeting’ while others scoffed
it aa an example of ‘aMprfhm
the barn dear after the dree
- has bean ataiaa.’
- Immediately faUewid the
■ Sunday morah^ brag where
the four Dsmsciwtle preaMaa
tial caadtdatas apehe, fplna
do Lt. Govaraer George
Brown described the aa—ion
as ‘an hiatoriopl and tSely
meeting.’ He was Iwanlrtsg at
a press cqpferoaedVld by thr
steering committee of the
hlack caucus, feeora — hi the
fact that the M candidal—
■wfaiotw competition far the
black vets'. He alee d—afltiad
the questioning of the presi
dential contends— aa the first
test. He said some made kMi
er scores than ethers, bwtaU
appeared to pa—.
Prior to the convention, US
State Sen Julian Bond celled
the convention as example ef
‘slamming the barn door after
the hone has been stolen.’ He
tnade these remarks during a
.‘kick-off’ of Black Arts Weak
at Johnson C. Smith Univvff
ly. Bond further stated that
‘things of this nature should be
done et least two yean prior
to the campaign and not at the
last minute.’
Detroit Mayer Coleman
Young agreed with Bond say
ing campaign train of Jimmy
Carter has already left the
: station Young added tffi* Jw
only hope left now, wee to in
and flag Carter dowa aa be
moved on toward the Netimal
: Democratic Convention ache
I duled far July in New Yerk
Members of the caucus of
) Black Democrats aeamedouN
: that any Democratic Frost
: dential hopeful needs a large
* • black turnout at the poke And
: because of this belief, they
: have developed an elections
strategy aimed at Increasing
: the aumher of bAck
to the 1*7*1
• tic Party
reports 1
were At
Iec ted in
• delegates or m
the convention. At »a 1*72
National Demecrattl GwNa
Lion. M percent of MU*
^ pi’s convention dd^ttgfwii
black; this year mty a per
; cent are bIn In 1*72, 12 ef
Maaaacbuaaetts’ tag daisies
were black; Ait, wHk * per
cent of that state’s detiqpHea
already elected, ealyThree
I
a
M legates sad two alternates
areMaek.
Black caucus members ates
kaaw that the past voting m
cards sf blacks have abosm
that the Democratic Party haa
always received the majority
a4 black votes. In the 1*71
•hdho Macks accaunted Mr
K S percent of the Democratic
vota for president. Caucas
aadai speculate that in MM
evswt the lt7« election is cicss
fy contested, the black vote
will to critical ta the succeaa
of Ito Democratic Party’s aa
auasa. Ttoy have coacladsd
that maximum Mack partid
patiea in the Nov can her etae
tion will only bo assured if
Masks participate at the Na
SShaatMg Conroe tion ia aipM*
IlM aemplaiats and pralaas
stoat the convention will osa
tiaaa, obviously. The blacks
who foot that the caucus cam#
tga late to effect any ~tiragr
and did ast participata will
continue ta find ways to sap
port their beliefs and attemp
to influence others to think an.
And, others, who believe that
the caucus will have a strong
impact on the Ntkmal Demo
cratic Party will continue to
search for ways to affect
changes.
US Representative Charles
Diggs said the convention was
significant in several ways
despite Carter's front-running
poisiton. He contends there Is
still time for the black caucus
to influence the National De
mocratic party’s platform and
the selection of a vice-presi
dential candidate.
Mayor Hatcher has asserted
that, ‘Any candidate...who
feefc that black people have ns
options...is for a rude awaken
ing’. ‘One alternative is for
black voters to stay home and
no Democratic candidate caa
win.’
The caucus also discussed
twelve issues described as
crucial to the existence ef
blacks. These issues were Hat
ed as 1) Full Employment, S)
Urban Policy, 3) Voter Parti
cipation, 4) National Health
Care, •) Criminal Justice Re
Ircm, •) Education, 7) Equal
Opportunity, $) Income Maks- Q
tenaace. •) US Foreign Policy,
lb) Minority Business Deve
lopment, 11) Rural and Small
Town Development, and , 13)
Energy
The agenda developed by
the caucus will be put before
the platform committee of the
National Democratic Commit
tee prior to the party's conven
tion
JT 77S JACKSON
—President Operation Push
BASIL PATTERSON
.mCBD Vice Chairman
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