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LBDO Adds Five To Board, Staff η.. ι τ 1 _ »» »«—«· - — nvjiv «a. mol VIII ΟI . Post Executive Editor The Charlotte Local Busi ness Development Organiza tion (LBDO) has added three rfëwTjoanTmembers and two new staff members to its agency in a continuing effort to improve its service capabi lity to the minority business community. Thomas Staton, LBDO's ex ecutive director said that Les lie H. Green, an industrial relations supervisor with J.A. Jones Construction Company, Carl Wells Hall lit, an attor ney with Thigpen and Hines Professional Association and Clifton H. McClenney, an as sistant vice-president with NCNB were elected to the board at the December meet ing to fill three vacancies and "because of their commit ment to and interest in the* needs and concerns of minori ty business development." Staton added that "these men also bring special skills to the board by expanding the base of resource talent avail· —— eWeto LB DO." .... Green is a native of Bing hamton. New York, and an experienced trouble shooter in minority affairs and industrial relations. He is a member of J.A. Jones' corporate indus trial relations staff and res ponsible for various labor rèlations and equal employe ment opportunity functions. Hall is a young talented attorney affiliated with Thig pen and Hines, Professional Association. He is a native of Rowan County and a graduate of N.C. State University and the Duke University Law School. McClenney is one among the "new breed" of young and talented officials of the North 'Carolina National Bank. He is a graduate of St Paul College and has also earned the MBA degree from Columbia Uni versity. LBDO's new staff members are Samuel Young Jr., and' Coye Frank McAllister. Young, who joined LBDO in late November as a financial analyst, was formerly in char ge of the Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Branch Office of Business Ser vices and Economic Develop ers, Incorporated. A graduate of Morehouse College, Young has also served with the Bir mingham Urban League and the Atlanta Model Cities Pro gram. Coye Frank McAllister, a native North Carolinean and a graduate of Kittrell College and the American Institute, joined LBDO as a business development specialist. Mc Allister was formerly employ ed by the. Department of Fi nance and Revenue in Wash ington, DC. Staton said Young and Mc Allister have "added signifi cantly to the effectiveness of LBDO's minority assistance efforts." Coye F. McAllister ... Development specialists Carl W. Hall III ...Talented young attorney Samuel Young Jr. ...Financial analyst What Can We Expect From Carter's Administration? υυιπΜυιιιι χ at r Airiû By Kenyon C. Burke What can we expect from the Presidential Administra tion of Jimmy Carter? Will this change in the White House tenance make a difference? How will it effect the lives of the disadvantaged, minori ties, the poor and women who have been systematically de nied aa e<weLj»h§re jn the goodies of our rich and bounti ful country? And what ever happened to the "Urban Cri sis" that was so vividly articu lated in the 1968 report of the National Advisory Commis sion on Civil Disorder? These questions continue to emerge and hopefully nag at the conscience of members of the new Administration char ged with determining social policy, designing legislation and implementing change that will improve the quality of life for all citizens alike. Discussions in Washington, D.C. with Health, Education and Welfare translation team members, legislators, profes sional politicans and lobbyists reflected -most clearly that there is change in the air. One gets the feeling that spring is just around the corner for all those interested in improving the human condition of all Americans via a new federal initiative. It's not surprising that this feeling of hope and anticipa tion of a new day abound considering the fact that the Nixon Administration in 1969 removed civil rights, poverty and welfare reform off the national agenda, a policy that was continued under Presi dent Gerald Ford. Seven years later these so cial ills identified in the 1960 s continue to fester and poison our society. In fact the pro blems are in some ways even more difficult today not sim ply because they have been simmering during a long peri I uu υι uiaiieuiiuu uui aisu because many of the quickie, instant success and under funded programs of the 1960's failed to produce radical change. Our addiction to quick fix programs not only mislead us but provided the enemies of social reform with endless ammunition. Granted, the Ad ministration of President Lyn don B. Johnson launched the most ambitious set of federal programs designed to uplift folks out of misery and disad vantaged status in the history of the United States. However, when one looks at the amount of money spent and the limited time allotted these programs efforts, it be comes quite clear what really happened. In retrospect, many of us who were caught up in the rhetoric of a "War on Poverty" feel that it would have been more accurate to describe that uplift effort as, at best, a skirmish The word coming out of Washington these days indi cates that more money will be available for human services in the area of mental health, services to the handicapped, family planning along with programs designed to produce more jobs for disadvantaged unemployed young people. Indeed this is good news, but we cannot again afford to be taken in romantically by im pressive titles of programs that go nowhere and the pit falls of putting just enough money into a program and limiting its life span to insure it will fail. Unfortunately, we have seen the effects of "benign neglect" and what it has done to our cities, our youth, the disad vantaged and the poor. We can look to President-elect Car ter's term of "competent ma nagers" to approach the pro blems of social pathology with α ι caiioui uiai uicic ai e uu simple solutions to complex problems. Considering the fact that we just lost seven crucial years via "benign neglect" brings to mind the folk wisdom of pro fessional gamblers that says, "Catch up and win is a hard game to play." We hope that this new Ad ministration will afford us an opportunity to catch-up and win in our fight against râCF sm, bigotry and inequality in the richest and strongest coun ♦ try in the world (NNPA) Leslie H. Green ...Labor relations expert Merchants Who Advertise In The Post Are Telling You They Appreciate Your Business ! Patronize Them \ ! i— w .τ;·.'ΛΤ. ·. ■-* 4Li\> ι ■ _ ■ - IB A STARTLING OFFER ! Gentlemen: I Would Like To Have The Charlotte Post Mailed To My Home (Or Business) Each Week. Please Enter My Subscription As Follows: Name Phone Address Zip Please Bill Me Payment Enclosed [ One Year $8.00 Six Months $5.50 13 Weeks 3.00 ρ Mall Subscription to: P.O. Box 97 The Charlotte Poet Charlotte. N.C. 28201 — ι ■ nil \Peeler's Portrait Studio The Holiday Season Is Again Upon Us!!! Let Peeler Capture The Gala Memories Of- / • * THANKSGIVING I * CHRISTMAS I * NEW YEAR I * DANCES ★ Portraits Cap & Gown Photos * Weddings y In Natural Color Π ★ Croup Functions I— I 2224 BeeUies Ford Road ___/ j| y ΗΒΗ Charfotte, N.C. It jj ■■■ 392-2028 or 392-0945 jj BY CARL T. ROWAN Carter's Cabinet Well. Jimmy Carter has filled out his cabinet. You may be disappointed that the only black member is Mrs. Patricia Roberts Harris, who will be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Then, of course. Rep. Andrew Young w ill have cabinet status as Ambassador to the United Nations. The major question now is not why Batluia Joidan or some other black. "WJSYi't included in the Cabinet: it is: what can we expect from the people Carter named? Here is my personal assessment. Cyrus Vance, w ho will be Secretary of State, is one of the most decent men I ever worked with — and I got to know him well during the Kennedy-Johnson years. Vance is intelligent and secure enough that he does not wallow in arro- · gance. I shall be sorely disappointed if Vance does not recommend blacks for at least two sub-cabinet posts at State. I'll be even more disappointed if he does not bust up the recent pattern of giving blacks ambassadorships only in Africa and the Caribbean areas. I also expect Vance to give genuine attention to the needs and problems of Latin America and Africa — right from the outset, whereas Henry Kissinger didn't discover until near the end of his tenure. Rep. Brock Adams, who will be Sec retary of Transportation, is a longtime tennis foe and personal friend. He has been a staunch supporter of home rule for the District of Columbia. And I know that he has a sensitive understand ing of this nation's problems and needs, especially our troubled cities. Adams «ill be a vocal friend of black America in cabinet sessions. Mrs. Harris will quickly disabuse the cynics of an> notion that Carter chose her because he got both a woman and a black in one move. She succeeds a woman. Carla Hills, who silenced early critics by performing excellently in a nightmarish job. and Mrs. Harris will quickly squelch her few critics. The lady is not only intelligent: she is tough. This Washington attorney also is acutely aware of w hat needs to be done to revitalize our cities. And she'll not bite her tongue when the time comes to tell Carter what she thinks federal pol icy ought to be Dr. Ray Marshall, the choice for Secretary of Labor, is a new face to me. but 1 like the direct, honest style he has shown in answering newsmen's questions. He wants to encourage the private sector to hire and train people, but to the extent that this doesn't work he favors public employ ment for people who want to work He hasn't been snowed by all the "reverse discrimina tion" malarkey. so he supports affirma tive action" to help victims of racial, sexual and religious bigotry Harold Brown, the nuclear physicist who will head the Defense Department, is a riddle. He is viewed by some as a hawk, by others as a dove: by some as η sensitive liberal, by others as arrogant and indifferent. Let us see if he is aware that throughout history: blacks have been denied any input into Pentagon affairs — and whether he tries to do anything about it. Since blacks go to the front lines of our wars in dispropor lionale numbers, isn't it time some black .helpedjiecide whom we fight, and for » hat reason ' A black man. Clifford Alexander. Jr.. is slated to become Secretary of the Army. Joe Callfano is a good choice for Health. Education and Welfare. He is the architect of many of the Great Soci ety programs of the Johnson era which «ere closing the gap between w hite fam ily and black incomes — till Richard Nixon reversed the trend. Look for Califano to try to prove that the failures of the last eight years resulted from the fact that Republicans wanted the Great Society to fail. Carter's selection of Judge Griffin Bell to be Attorney General is his most disturbing appointment. Unless some thing more serious is turned up than Bell's membership in clubs that bar blacks and Jews. 1 expect the Georgian to be confirmed. Hell. 99 per cent of U.S. cabinet members have belonged to bigoted clubs. Bell is the first I know of to resign from such clubs as a condition of gaining office. Look for Carter to ease the pain by naming a black as Deputy Attorney General or to the number 3 post of Solicitor General. My hunch is that Bell is going to try harder to prove that he is not a racist and that the Justice Department will be more responsive to the cries for justice in black America than ever before. In fact. I still expect a lot from the Carter Cabinet. You can be sure that I'll be watching it — and writing and talking about it. For reprints of this column, write toCTR Productions. Suite fit)/. 1220 /9th Street. Y VV Washington DC 200.16 Tofoster a greater understanding of the issues affecting Black Americans, Chrysler Corporation is proud to present THE ROWAN REPORT ON RADIO (CHECK THIS NEWSPAPER FOR STATION AND TIME) The cars front Chrysler Corporation ivflect good taste... and make &ηη! sense. nimMMt llfttyr I I'lt/UHHith Ô CHRYSLER CORPORATION Rev. E.C. Cannon ELDER Ε. C CANNON INVITES YOU TO ^ATCH TTffi CANNON CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF GOD EN CHRIST T.V. SPECIALS THIS WEEKEND! WSOC TV, CHANNEL 9 Saturday Evening -1 AM. (after midnight) Sunday Morning - 6 AM. 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