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In Tuesday's Election
Bob Walton Urges Voters To Cast Their Ballots
As A Memorial To The Late Fred D. Alp\iinHpr
By Susan Ellsworth
Post Staff Writer
Senator Fred Alexander fought
"for blacks to have a part in the
political process," said Bob Wal
ton, a candidate for the county
commission. Voters are urged to
cast their ballots as a memorial to
the late senator who served three
terms.
The primaries will present an
unusual opportunity to have a
greater voice in government by
nominating more blacks to office.
Walton pointed out that 12
blacks, excluding state senatorial
nominee Rowe Motley are seeking
office.
He emphasis**! that Motley was
chosen to fill Alexander's term
which runs through 1900.
Although Alexander's name will
remain on the ballot, a vote for him
will be counted. as a vote for
Motley. Pending Alexander's elec
tion it is expected that Motley will
be named to the November race.
If Judge Michael Todd from the
26th Judicial District wins the
Democratic primary he will retain
his Judgeship since there is no
Republican challenger.
"Blacks must turn out in signifi
cant numbers," Walton empha
sized, "or Senator Alexander's
efforts will have been in vain."
Among the 31,000 to 32,000 blacks
registered to vote, Walton is call
ing for a 60 to 70 percent turnout.
"Anything less wouldn't-be a
tribute," be said.
Walton explained that if minor
ity people expect to have repre
sentatives then they must vote
themselves instead of waiting for
the majority to elect a candidate
who will help minorities.
Primaries I960 could bring an
opportunity to put more blacks in
office.
To ensure black representation,
voice your opinion at the election
box, Walton recommended. Re
turns affect government officials.
Those who don't vote carry no
political clout.
Remember, Walton advised,
that residents of the wealthier
southeast Charlotte area usually
have their Dolitical interests vfell
served. People in those precincts
vote to protect their own interests.
Blacks must do the same.
Clyde Pulley Says Blacks
Are Masquerading As Indians
A Democratic candidate for
Lieutenant Governor recently told
the North Carolina Conference of
Black Mayors the next generation
may see more rigid racial segrega
tion than was seen in the South
during the 1930a.
Criminal Justice Instructor
Gyde Pulley said 50,000 blacks in
North Carolina legally have been
declared Indians.
Pulley, who is black, is protest
ing that these blacks are masque
rading as Indians and causing
taxpayers to foot the <1.5 million
federal bill annually for special
progams which were appropriated
by Congress for Native American
Indians.
North Carolina in 1900 recog
nized only one Indian tribe - the
Lumbees whose group has been
known by the other tribal names
since 1885.
When the General Assembly cre
ated the N. C. Commission of
Indian Affairs in 1971, three addi
tional tribes were added.
Then the Commission was grant
ed authority to "identify other
unrecognized groupa" and three
more Indian erouos were added in
1977, bringing the total number of
tribes to seven.
PUlley declared the only legiti
mate group of Indians are the
Eastern band of Cherokee» situ
ated on a reservation in western
North Carolina.
The Goldsboro resident said that
even before state legislatures be
gan "making Indians," 2,500 to
5,000 light-complexioned blacks se
cretly erase racial lines into the
white world annually. He claimed
one out of every five whites have
blood of black origin.
"This sort of things does not
worry us black folks, but it could
cause great problems for a mar
ried white couple who think they're
white and come up with a walnut
complexioned baby." He said his
research shows that if either
parent has any black blood, their
child could "take back" to an
ancestor of the darkest com
plexion.
Pulley said Americans may be
headed toward a racial order
similar to South Africa which has
blacks, whites, and other com
plexions.
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