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Local black leaders in Raleigh for a
recent statewide conference are shown
with Governor and Mrs. Hunt (center).
They are second from left: Judge Cliff
Johnson, Bob Walton and Bob Davis. In
his remarks to the group. Gov. Hunt
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praised the officials for the service they
have provided to their state and their
communities. Hunt said the black elected
officials constituted "one of the most
important forces for progress that North
Carolina has."
NAACP Legal Defense Funds
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To Honor Charlotte Post
By Susan Ellsworth
Poet Staff Writer
Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Drew S. Days III will
be the guest speaker at the
Eleventh Annual NAACP
Legal Defense and Educa
tional Fund (LDF) din
ner.
Days has been the first
assistant council to the
LDF since 1969.
Set for Saturday, April 26
the ceremony will be held
at 7 ρ:Β»Λί Holiday Inn
Nortb^located at 3815 N.
Tryofwftreet.
The North Carolina Fund
Raising Committee, chair
ed by Zoel and Esther
Hargrave is sponsoring the
dinner.
Funds will be used to
provide legal services for
poor blacks who are vic
tims of racism and could
not normally afford those
services.
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Monies will also be used
to promote educational op
portunities for blacks and
to conduct research on the
inequities in education and
public the findings.
Highlighting activities
"The Charlotte Post" will
be amon£ several North
Carolina newspapers cited
for contributing to the
black community.
Zoel Hargrave called
"The Charlotte Post" an
ego booster for blacks.
"It provides a forum for
us to be heard and records
a segment of Mecklenburg
County history that would
otherwise go unheralded."
Publisher Bill Johnson
will receive an award for
the paper. "
WGIV radio will also be
recognized for its contribu
tions to the black com
munity. Station manager
Kric Moore will accept an
award.
Founded in 1939 as a
component of the NAACP
the LDF has a separate
identity, although it carries
the NAACP name as a
reminder of its heritage.
For ticket information or
reservations, contact Zoel
Hargrave at 399-8897.
For Lieutenant Governor
Dz Hair Endorses Carl Stewari
By Susan Ellsworth
Post Staff Writer
Many people don't real
ize how important the of
fice of Lieutenant Go
vernor is, according to
Mecklenburg County Com
missioner Elisabeth Hair.
Avidly supporting Carl
Stewart for Lieutenant
Governor, Mrs. Hair said,
time-consuming involve-'
ment In Stewart's cam
paign was A major factor in
her deciding not to seek
re-election to the County
Commission.
"Legislature we need in
the next four years depends
on this race," Mrs. Hair
said.
The Lieutenant Govern
or's office fullfills some
vital functions That office
holder preeidsè over and
has strong influence upon
the Senate. He Is a member
of the State Board of Edu
cation, and Chairman of
the Government Oversight
Committed which reviews
appropriations.
Mrs. Hair's choice, Carl
Stewart is ao newcomer to
government. He was elect
ed Speakerof the House of
ReMaeehUtives for two
cofilftutive terms and
served 14 years in the State
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Legislature.
Among Mrs. Hair's rea
sons for supporting Ste
wart, he sponsored a bill
which opened government
al meetings at both the
state and local level to the
press and public advoca
ting more openness in
government.
As Speaker, Stewart cre
ated the first standing com
mittee on Aging in the
House and would if elected,
create a similar committee
in the Senate.
Stewart has supported
community action agen
cies, health care to rural
agencies, and Area Health
Education Center (AHEC)
which is a health program
offered at Charlotte Me
morial Hospital for care of
the poor.
He supported public kin
dergartens and has re
mained a strong supporter
of job training and state aid
for the Community College
system.
Mrs. Hair emphasized
that the position of Lieu
tenant Governor is an im
portant position and voters
should cast their ballots in
this race.
Fa tien ts Are Uttered
Program For Cancer
A new educational pro
gram, unique for its focus
on the cancer patient's role
in his own treatment, is
being offered to patients
and family members at
Harper Hospital through
the efforts of the American
Cancer Society.
"I Cap Cope," an eight
week series of programs,
will be presented between
April 28 and June 14, I960
with the cooperation of
Harper-Grace Hospitals,
Harper Hospital Division,
with additional funding as
sistance provided by Up
john Helathcare Services.
The two-hour weekly ses
sion· are designed to hlep
cancer patients maintain
control of their own lives by
making them informed
members of the health care
team.
Meeting topics will in
clude physical anatomy,
the disease process, man
aging side effects of treat
ment, improving com
munication skills, making
the most of one's capabili
ties, Information about
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Community resources as
well as dealing with the
problems of self-image and
personal relationships.
There is no fee for the
course but class size is
limited and participants
are expected to attend
every class session.
Motley Should Replace Alexander
Black And White Leaders Aeree?
My sunn Ellsworth
Post Staff Writer
Many black Democratic
leaders agree Rowe Mot
ley will replace deceased
incumbent Senator Fred
Alexander as a Democratic
contender for the State
Senate in the May β pri
maries
"Moat Democrats feel a
black should replace Alex
ander....a· a res presents
Uve from the black com
munity," according to Bill
Culp, supervisor for the
Mecklenburg County
Board of Elections. Culp
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Rowe Motley
pointed out that Alexander
had been the only black in
the North Carolina legisla
ture.
In the state senatorial
race five Democratic can
didates are running for
four seats.
They are as follows: in
cumbents Cecil Jenkins,
Craig Lawing, and Carolyn
Mathis. Rowe Motley was
nominated to fill the late
Senator Fred Alexander's
term which runs through
1900 plus a regular two
year term His name will
not appear on the ballot A
vote for Alexander will be
counted as a vote for Mot
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ley James McDuffie, who
ran unsuccessfully in 1978
is the fifth candidate.
Primary races will in
clude offices of President,
Governor, Lieut Governor,
State House of Represent
atives, Secretary of State,
three District Court Judge
ships, State Auditor, and
the State Insurance Com
missioner
For the Board of County
Commissioners, 10 Demo
crats, and 8 Republicans
are each seeking five seats
Democratic nominees for
see BLACK on Page 7
EEOC Sets Hearings On
Wage Discrimination
Ben Hooks
Assails
Carter
Benjamin L. Hooks,
Executive Director of the
National Association for
the Advancement of Co
lored People said last week
that President Carter's
proposals to cut even deep
er into social program
spending, "will impose
upon the nation's poor and
Black people an intolerable
. burden of sacrifice and
suffering - and we can
accept neither."
Hooks said, "in the cam
paign to balance the budget
on the backs of the poor and
powerless, citizens of good
will must speak up against
this latest form of moral
irresponsibility." He add
ed, "the immediate victims
and targets are the same
citizens who Mr. Carter
promised to help when he
was running for President
in 1976."
In assailing the Admin
istration's budget cut pro
posals, Hooks stated that
there was no "certain rela
tionship between govern
ment deficits and infla
tion." He recalled that the
1920 federal budget ran a
surplus while the country
experienced nagging infla
tion. "Yet, inflation de
clined in 1975-76, from 12
percent to 4.8 percent while
twe had a budget deficit of
over 112 billion dollars."
"As knowledgeable eco
nomists and others have
pointed out," Hooks said,
"the President's projected
budget cuts might reduce
inflation by .2 percent, but
it would be immediately
off-set by the .5 percent
price increase in the new
oil import fee."
Hooks closed by saying,
"if Mr. Carter is serious
about ensuring social jus
tice and racial equality,
then he must assume the
lead in re-invigorating the
American people's com
mitment to liberal ideas
and efficiently-run social
programs He must pursue
and implement the pro
mises of full employment
and the Humphrey-Hawk
ins Bills. He must take bold
measures to safeguard the
health and welfare of our
people, by restructuring
the present tax system and
re-ordering federal spend
ing priorities.
"These bold measures
cannot be taken if he is
intent on urging and im
plementing devastating
cuts in social programs
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ALLURING ΜΟΝΑ LISA BUTLER
...Home economics teacher
JVlona Lisa Butler
Is Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Burns
Post Staff Writer
It's timely that our
beauty's favorite person is
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther
King. Especially since a
bronze statue in his honor
was erected in Marshall
Park. For our beauty,
Mona Lisa Butler, King
seemed to have inspired
her in many respects.
"He never let obstacles
stop the goals he set for
himself,-' Ms Butler ex
plained. "You can feel
what he believed in and it
makes you stick to your
beliefs. I seem to feel what
he felt. It relates to my own
everyday living in striving
to be a better person, ha
ving high ideals, and reach
ing those high ideals."
The radiance our beauty
emits is not only physical
appeal but also an inward
beauty. Her philosophy of
life reveals unselfishness,
coupled with self aware
ness.
"I strive to be the best
person I can and to share
with others the gifts that I
have acquired." Ms Butler
commented
One of her main goals as
a fashion consultant,
advisor-teacher, profes
sional model, and fashion
designer is to raise the
fashion consciousness of
both men and women.
"God made all of us
beauties, some of us just
need guidance in manifest
ing it We owe it to our
selves to look our best But.
physical beauty is only one
of those aspects Poiv and
personality, intelligence
and common sense, an un
selfish caring for other
people and sharing with
other people and a good
feeling of one's self worth
are all equally important."
our Leo beauty stated
Presently a home eco
nomics teacher in the Gas
ton school system. Ms But
ler would like to someday
open her own pattern com
pany. Already she has
trunks and closets full of
designs and numerous
pages of illustrations
She is originally from
Mobile, Alabama and has
been in North Carolina for
over 10 years. She grad
uated from Bennett College
with a Bachelor of Science
degree and has completed
' er master's in administra·
.on.
Total uniqueness is one
key to profitable junctions
of life. If this is true then
our beauty already has a
claim to success And being
a designer only stimulates
her creativity to a much
more powerful degree.
"When you have an eye
for fashion and can make
and create your own, you
have no limitations,' she
exclaimed
Along with all this in
ward beauty, Mona Lisa is
also a figment of what her
name surely implies, a
portrait of loveliness
Public Testimony Will
Be Heard April 28-29
Special To The Post
Washington - The L'.S
Equal Employment Oppor
tunity Commission
(EEOC) will hear public
testimony here April 28-29
in an effort to determine
the extent of job segrega
tion and its impact on wage
rates for women and mi
norities.
The Commission intends
to focus on the question of
whether jobs traditionally
held by women and minori
ties have been discrimina
torily assigned depressed
wages Wage discrimina
tion, in relationship to job
segregation, is a newly
developing area under
Title VII of the Civil Rights
Act.
The Commission is con
cerned by data which
shows low rates of pay for
segregated job, of which
the largest numbers arc
segregated by sex -- the
so called "women's jobs . '
The Commission is seeking
to determine if the problem
is a result of discrimin
ation.
"The earnings disparity
is perhaps the most per
sistent and troublesome in
dicator in anti-discrimin
ation work," according to
Commission Chair Eleanor
Norton. Noting that the
wage gap has consistently
grown in the last decade
and a half despite Title VII
and the Equal Fay Act, she
said, "The Commission has
an obligation to investigate
this phenomenon to see if
one of the causes is wage
setting influenced by sex or
race factors."
The hearings are open to
the public and will be held
at the General Services
Administration's central
auditorium, 18th & F
Street, N.W., starting at 9
a.m.
Among witnesses sche
duled to testify, are Linda
Johnson Robb. Chair, The
President's Advisory Com
mittee for Women; Con
gresswoman Elizabeth
Holtzman (D-NJ); Gloria
Steinem, editor of Ms Ma
gazine; and Donald Elis
burg. Assistant Secretary
for Employment Stand
ards, and Alexis Merman,
Director of the Women's
Bureau, both of the Depart
ment of Labor
Leaders from business,
industry, and various as
sociations and the govern
ment also are scheduled as
wmicaaca.
If necessary, the hearing
will be conducted through
April 30 so that those sche
duled as witnesses will
have an opportunity to tes
tify.
The EEOC is responsible
for enforcing Title VII of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
as amended, which prohi
bits employment discrim
ination based on race, sex,
color, religion or national
origin; the Age Discrim
ination in Employment
Act; the Equal Pay Act,
Kroger'* Holding
Meat Ργη'ρ* Down
At the Kroger Company
annual meeting in Cincin
nati last week. Chairman
Lyle Everingham told
shareowners that meat
prices as a group are lower
than they were a year ago
A check of local prices
confirms that fact
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and in the Federal sector
only, prohibits against
discrimination because of
handicap.
Kathleen Crosby
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Ls Convocation
S|K*i»ker
The senior class of John
son C Smith University
will host its Senior Con
vocation for the year on
April 29. at 10 a.m. in the
University Church.
The guest speaker will be
Kathleen Crosby, local
educator A 1946 Element
ary Education graduate of
JCSU, she serves as a
member of the University's
Board of Trustees and was
honored in 1977 as Dis
tinguished Alumna.
Mrs Crosby has worked
as a consultant for nu
merous public school sys
tems. colleges and educa
tional associations and
holds a position as an Area
Assistant Superintendent
for the Charlotte-Mecklen
burg School System
She not only distinguish
es herself in the education
al world but has made
notable contributions to her
community and has been
guest speaker for numer
ous programs
The public is invited to
attend the convocation at
no charge.
Workshop Set
For Minority
Students
A business workshop for
exchanging information
and opportunities for mi
nority students will be con
ducted by the Johnson C.
Smith University Chapter
of the National Association
of Black Accountants on
Friday, April 29, from 1
ρ m to 4 p.m. in the main
lounge of the Student Union
Building on the JCSU
campus
Accounting, marketing,
economics, banking and
finance will tje discussed
by area black executives
including Walter Jefferson
of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell
and Company; Trudy
Sims. Radisson Plaza Mar
keting specialist; and Hto
mas Baldwin of First
Union.
The sponsoring JCSU
chapter (A Black Account
ants will also hold a ban
quet that night in Confer
ence Rooms B&C of the
Student Union at 7:30 p.m.
Guest speaker will be Mon
roe Miller, vice president
for Personnel for IBM ih
Charlotte.
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