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Supporters:
SBA Abuses
B^pngRedueed
by Susan Ellsworth
Post Staff Writer
Although the Small Business
Administration's “set aside"
program described a* “8(a)”
has been accused of ineffi
ciency, it remains the most
viable approach for minority
businesses to obtain govern
ment contracts, according to a
management newsletter pub
lished by Race Relations and
Industry.
The program has been
threatened by problems such
as uncollectable advances to
minority owned businesses, a
disappointing success rate for
participating firms, certifying
white owned companies using
blacks as fronts; persons
profiting from loose eligibility
requirements, and the broad
ening of the government defi
nition of minority which now
includes women, poor whites
and other programs.
Supporters of the program
say these abuses are being
reduced by tightening eligibi
lity requirements.
Under the Section 8(a) pro
gram an applicant must be
able to prove he is economical
ly and socially disadvantaged.
The company must be at
least 51 percent owned, daily
managed and controlled by
the disadvantaged.
It mnct Ko HotorrmnoH that
the Small Business Adminis
tration can provide the appli
cant company with the neces
sary management and finan
cial and technical assistance.
The SBA must determine if
the 'Applicant company can
perturm government con
tracts, with assistance provid
ed and have reasonable pros
pects for competing in the
private sector.
Proponents of the program
feel the recently enacted
Public Law 95-507 will reduce
the potential for future abuses
and help assure that blacks
and other minorities will bene
fit.
Law 95-507 went into prac
tice last October.
"It is the minority set aside
program reworked,” said
Mrs. Catherine Szucs. assist
ant district director for minor
ity small business.
For the first 2-5 years a busi
ness is in operation govern
ment contracts are subcon
tracted to 8(a) small business
es to help them stay alive.
Government contractors sell
to the government whatever
services are needed.
‘In North Carolina not one
contractor has failed in the
8(a) program among the 20
contractors here," Mrs Szucs
said
Post To Provide
(Coverage Of INAACP
Convention
The NAACP holds its
seventieth annual national
convention in Louisville,
Kentucky next week, June
25-30th. The Charlotte Post
will provide in-depth coverage
of the convention, including a
profile of Mrs. Robert L.
Davis, Sr who is competing
for NA^ftP National Mother
of the Year. The Charlotte
Post convention reporter will
be Charlotte journalist, Milton
Jordan Watch for coverage
exclusively in the Post.
KAREN ELAINE ALSTON
...Myers Park Varsity Cheerleader
Karen Elaine Alston
Is Beauty Of Week
Dy snerieen McKoy
Post Staff Writer
Our beauty for this week is
Karen Elaine Alston, a rising
junior at Myers Park High
School.
A varsity cheerleader, her
favorite school subjects are
English and gym.
Describing herself as a nice,
down-home person, Karen's
hobbies are cheering, disco
dancing and meeting new
people
After completion of high
school, Karen plans to attend
Livingstone College in Salis
bury to become an elementary
education teacher.
“I want to go to Livingstone
because I have friends there,”
she said. ”1 often go up there
and visit, it’s like a home
away-from-home. ”
As for teaching children, she
explained, “I like watching
them grow up.”
Karen cites her neighbor,
Miss Jean Brannon, as a
person who has much in
fluence in her life.
"She’s like a second mother
to me,” Karen related.
"When I’m down and have a
problem, she always points
me in the right direction.”
Karen recalls that the most
vujujauic itmc III 11CI me Wdb
when she first started high
school
‘‘1 gained more responsibili
ty, more freedom and met
more people,” she stated.
One of Karen's greatest
desires is to travel to the state
of New York. ‘T've heard
everybody talking about the
big buildings and everything,"
she said. "I just want to go
and see how it really is."
Karen said that her family,
which includes four brothers
and four sisters (she’s in the
middle), is what keeps her
going and makes life more
enjoyable.
Her community activities
include being a member of a
neighborhood club at Bethle
hem Center which occasional
ly takes trips and helps the
elderly She is also a member
of a softball team.
This summer Karen plans to
“hopefully" work at the Char
lotte Youth Center, answering
telephones and running
errands
Karen governs her life by
the possibility that "you can
do anything if you set your
mind to it."
Sixteen-year-old Karen is
the daughter of Mrs. Eva
Alston.
“Roots” Stimulated
Deep Emotional Reactions
The ABC Television Net
work’s presentation of
"Roots: The Next
Generations" stimulated deep
emotional reactions and had a
measurable behavioral im
pact on viewers, a nationwide
ABC research study reveals.
Melvin A. Goldberg, Vice
President, Primary and Social
Research for ABC Television,
who headed the project, said
the study, which was based on
a random sample and con
ducted before and after the
seven-episode series in
February, 1979, indicates also
that the program taught and
strengthened viewers' under
standing of black history and
the black experience; gave
viewers "a sense of hope in
people’s abilities to overcome
hard times" and made
viewers aware that progress
has been made in the plight of
black people
The study also points out;
. Viewers crossed racial
boundaries to discuss
"Roots: The Next Genera
tions .’’
Attitudes toward the Equal
Rights Amendment and
women's rights showed a
significant improvement
after viewing "Roots: The
Next Generations "
. Viewers felt mostly that
the presentation of "Roots:
The Next Generations”
I
would have a positive
impact on the United States
. Approximately 45 percent
of the viewers watched at
least six of the seven epi
sodes.
War Declared On Unemployment
* * * ★★★ ★★★
Equal Rights Council Sets Sale
Attic Sale
Will Be Held
Saturday
The Charlotte Equal Rights
Council will hold an attic and
bake sale to benefit the on
going work of the organization
on Saturday, June 23 at the
Firemen’s Hall, 2601 E. 7th
Street, from 9 a m. to 4 p m.
Furniture, clothing, house
hold articles and other attic
sale goods will be in good
supply. Homemade baked
goods, coffee and soft drinks
will also be available. Begin
ning at 2 p m. shoppers will be
able to fill up a bag of clothing
items for only $1.00.
The Equal Rights Council
formed last year in Charlotte
is an affiliate of the national
Equal Rights Congress, an
umbrella of organizations
joined together to struggle for
the equality of all people who
have been discriminated
(against because of their
nationality, color, religion,
sex or economic status.
une ot tne main projects of
the Charlotte ERC has been
the monthly publication of an
equal rights newspaper, The
Charlotte Advocate. Recently
the Charlotte paper has
merged with The Southern
Advocate, a monthly paper
published by the Southern
Region ERC and circulated
throughout the South.
Other activities of the
council have been the support
of labor unions, International
Women’s Day, help for batter
ed women, freedom for the
Wilmington 10 and Charlotte 3,
and bringing together white
and black groups opposed to
the Nazis and the Ku Klux
Klan.
The Council hopes to unite a
wide range of groups through
unity of action in the struggles
for equality and economic
justice.
For more information
contact Equal Rights Council,
P.O. Box 31594, Charlotte,
N.C. 28231
Peachew And Herb
Concert Cancelled
Peaches and Herb, schedul
ed to perform at Carowinds on
Wednesday and Thursday,
July 4 and 5. have canceled
Will Be Staged July 7
Mass March For Justice And Unitv
by Eileen Hanson
Special to the Post
A mass march for justice
and unity will be held Satur
day, July 7 In Charlotte, spon
sored by People United for
Justice and many community
leaders
In addition to calling for the
freedom of the Wilmington 10
and the Charlotte 3, the march
will call for unity of the entire
community against the Ku
Klux Klan and in favor of
continuing district represen
tation
In a letter to local minis
ters, the Rev James Palmer
(head of Black Ministerial
Alliance Nbr 2) and Rev.
James Barnett (head of
People United for Justice)
urged the support of all black
churches.
“No stone should be left
unturned in making this the
biggest march in the history of
Charlotte," the letter said
“We've been to see Gov
Hunt three times in the last 7
Rev. James Beroett
...Urges church support
months about the Charlotte 3
case," said Barnett "Hunt's
not going to do anything.
We re telling him again this
issue is important to us and we
won't stop bothering him
about it until he acts.”
The march and motorcade
will begin at noon from Uni
Rev James Palmer
.. Heads Ministerial group
versity Park Baptist Church,
215® Senior Drive and end at
Marshall Park with speakers
and a petition drive for the
freedom of the Charlotte 3
Petitions will also be circu
lated in local churches am
will be presented to Gov Hum
on July 9 when Barnett am
other ministers plan another
journey to Raleigh to plea for
the political prisoners
“The march will be a
launching pad for a major
voter registration and educa
tion drive," said Rev Donald
Brown. Assistant Minister of
Greater Bethel AME Church
and a member of the march
committee “If Hunt wants to
be Governor again he has to
serve the community He
hasn't served us by keeping
Ben Chavis and the Charlotte 3
in prison "
Registrars will be at
Marshall Park during the
rally to sign up new voters
Further efforts to increase
voter participation will conti
nue on July 16 and throughout
the summer on a statewide
basis.
"Hunt needs to be politically
punished and voted out,”
according to Brown
The march will also call for
the immediate release of Rev
See Mass on pnge 14
Eddie Knox Pledges “A New
Style Of Active Leadership*”
special tome c narioue rosi
With a pledge to bring "a
new style of active leader
ship" to the city, former state
senator Eddie Knox officially
announced his candidacy for
mayor of Charlotte.
Speaking to a gathering of
nearly 200 friends, community
leaders, reporters and family
at his home, the 42-year-old
Knox said his “fresh approach
to city government" includes
a sensitivity to neighborhood
needs while “never losing
sight of the overall well-being
of the city as a whole." The
enthusiastic audience includ
ed many prominent black
leaders.
Knox, an attorney and long
time Democratic party
leader, serves as chairman of
the state's Budget Advisory
Commission. His distinguish
ed career in public service
included serving two terms in
the North Carolina State
Senate where he was chair
man of the Mecklenburg legis
lative delegation He was
chairman of the North Caro
lina Commission on Correct
ional Programs which led to
much needed reforms in the
state's prison system. During
the 1974 gasoline crisis, he was
named chairman of the North
Carolina Special Committee
on Gasoline Allocation, and
was instrumental in getting
more gas allocated to the
state.
A former outstanding young
man of the year for Charlotte,
North Carolina and the nation,
Knox has been involved in
numerous civic activities in
cluding leading the campaign
that extended water and
sewer lines into Mecklenburg
County.
He is a graduate of the Wake
Forest Law School and cur
rently serves as president of
its alumni association Knox
also received a degree in
agriculture education at North
Carolina State University
where he was student body
president
Former mayors Ben
Douglas Sr., and John Belk.
along with members of the
city council, county commis
sion, and the legislative dele
gation were among those
attending the announcement
m which Knox expressed "a
sincere desire to serve the
people of Charlotte."
Speaking about district re
presentation, Knox noted that
this form of government came
as a result of a vote -by the
people He said he was
keeping an open mind on the
subject
He said he is studying in
detail the issues and will ofki
positions during the course of
the campaign, hut he emphu
sized that it is the manner m
which a mayor works with tin
people. the council, the city
staff and other governments
that determines how effectke
he can be Knox said his style
of leadership would help the
city reach "new dimensions
for all areas of the
community "
Knox said: "Charlotte is no
longer an- oversized country
town. Like it or not. it is a big
city. We have reached a point
in time and growth that
demands an activist mayor ,i
person who has the capacity to
define the critical issues, the
ability to develop creative
solutions the perserverance
to make the solutions work
the dedication to roll up his
sleeves and meet matters
head on. We need a mayor
who will work closely and
harmoniously with the city
council and city staffs, but
who will also enlist the partici
pation and commitment of tin
public in the government
process
"We need a mayor who will
look for carefully managed
growth and help lead the way
to accommodate that inevita
ble grow th and who can mold
that growth in a controlled and
beneficial manner for every
segment of the city
"I want to be that mayor
Given the votes and the com
mitment of the people of Char
lotte, I can do the job and I will
make whatever personal
sacrifices necessary to do it
well "
BlfM’k I’ofUlLit* Ml
Continue* To
Crow
Washington America s
black population grew 12 s
percent in the last eight years,
more than double the f> ;> per
cent rate of growth in the
white population, the Census
Bureau reported last week
“The black population has
experienced a slower decline
in fertility than the white
population and as a conse
quence. the decline in the
population under 14 nas been
sharper for whites than lor
blacks the bureau said
Sullivan
Calls For 1
Million Jobs
Special to the Post
WASHINGTON. DC.
Declaring war on unerrplo
ment at the kick off rally u
i)l< sot America's 15th Annua
Convocation. Kev Ja'on
Sullivan told 2.000 delegate
mat what Congress had no c
about unemployment was n t
t'match
Poking to a packed audn
mini last night in Washington
ol< founder-chairman oha
longed President Carter Con
gress and his audience to find
more , han a million jobs fo
young people
Sullivan said. ‘The goverr
nunt is moving too slow We
Cannot wait I am calling upon
ni<‘ at this convocation m
launch an intensive nation
v. nle program to find a millio'.
jobs to pul a million ur
■ .' cloyed coung people
v i "lore it is ton late
l og miing m an old aba;
dom d j.uibuuse in the mos
undi rpticiieged section o
Philadelphia in ISM, Upporti.
111 e > I r. d u s t r a I. z a 11 o r
enters have spread into mop
than i >u cities aeioss A meric
and • ine countries In it- 15
years OIC has trained ar.d
placed some 500.000 people
•no now earn more than s;
billion m annual incomes and
presently pay more than $Hi»i
million in tederal taxes each
v ea i
Sullivan went on to say th,,'
OIC tis tiave saved Amei •
car more than one-ha
billion dollars in money whicn
would have been paid out l,
relief checks
Supporting Sullivan s chai
lenge. Vernon Jordan, exec
live director of the Nation
t'rhan league. called ujk
» ongress to restore funding
programs for the poor and ur,
employed He said at tjie fir
plenary session that inflate ...
is the harrier to programs fi -
111< jx.or
Inflation has become th>
answer In ending programs
for the p<x>r The %th Con
gress is Irving to make deeper
budget cuts Congress spends
millions on defense." Jordan
went on but cuts funds froi
the programs for poor kids
lunches."
(In lire
Kcii|>|M>illLs black
To one
W ashington President
Jimmy Carter has announced
he will nominate Allie ('
Felder. Jr . of Washington.
DC, for reappointment as a
member of the board of direc
tors of the Overseas Private
Investment Corporation
cOfMC)
Felder is director of the
Outreach Division of the
' Cooperative league of the
* ISA and executive vice
president of the Cooperative
league Fund He has been a
? member of the OPIC board of
s directors since 1971
He w as born August 12, 1921
s in Durham. North Carolina
He received a B A in agricul
ture from Hampton Institute,
a Master's in agricultural
p economics and rural sociology
1 from the University of Illinois.
r and a Ph I) in the same area
from ohm State University
At his announcement for mayor, Eddie Knox
conferred with community leaders including
Hi /7
(1-r) Rowe Motley. Jim Polk and Willie
Stratford.
Nothing makes some people
go into debt like trying to keep
up with people who already
are.
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