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Editorials & Comments Thanksgiving For Wh»t? On this Thanksgiving Day in 1981, many people are asking, — Thankr.ftiwinfi fnr ^haP Tim question should be a reminder that Thanksgiving is an annual celebration in honor and memory of a significant part of our nation’s history. Underlying that celebration is the nation’s founding and con tinuing belief as eloquently stated by comedian Bob Hope that “This (America) is still a land ot opportunity, where every individual, through his own ini tiative, talent and brain power, can reach his potential.” Unfortunately, because 'God has blessed our nation with such abundant resources, many peo pie have not only begun to assume these riches are a gift, they have adopted attitudes and philosophies that-dre referred to as a “psychology of entitle ment.” This implies a belief that Americans assume they have a right to or a guarantee of good jobs and decent housing in a nvaDie environment. The "entitlement” mentality says, for example, more and more workers are fighting for what they believe are their rights. "The vast majority of workers,” says James Lindheim of the Yankeiovich research firm, "feel entitled to good wages, health benefits, insur ance, profit sharing, tuition benefits, financial advice, legal help and a greater voice in company policy.” Furthermore, when employers don’t offer these benefits workers assume that government should provide the requested guarantees. Corporations too are caught in the “entitlement” mentality as they expect government to insti tute policies to assure the sur vival of their industry to the exclusion f others. -It-lSjheSv samp workprs anrl corporations\vho look with con tempt upon th»se who have not been as blesseo^nd must look to public welfare a^istance to sur vive. That is, too iiany who have been blessed with an adequate share of our nations abundance want and expect guaiantees for continued shares but oiopsg any guarantees of the basil neces sities of life for the le* for tunate members of our nation. The philosophy of entitlement or the belief that the corpora tion and the government shotid guarantee us the good life is to — fnppnt thn frrpdnmri w" him fnr which we should be giving Thanks. We can worship God treely; we can speak, write and travel without government ap proval or control; and we can change our places of employ ment at our own choosing. With the guarantees we have noted, these freedoms could be endan gered. These freedoms and many like them, for which we should for ever be thankful, are the tele scopes through which we can see the visions of Thanksgiving in the future. However, unless we return to a renewed commitment to the work ethic and the striving toward individual goals we may not have Thanksgiving in the future as we have had in the past. Thus, Thanksgiving is a unique holiday in that it causes us to reflect on our nation’s past, to have a deeper appreciation for the present, and to see in the visions of the future a hope for a better tomorrow. ....And for these we give thanks. JAnd For These We Give Thanks! As we continue to vent our frustrations over double digit inflation, high interest rates, mounting unemployment and a creeping recession, we tend not to observe some of the singular human interest events that remind us of much that we have to give thanks-for. »-■_ i - = Three-Charlotte firemen re cently received certificates of citation for rescuing two South side Homes area children from a fire in October. Assistant Fire Chief R. L. Blackwelder said, “It was what we call going beyond the call of duty.” This is signi ficant too considering all the media coverage given to the conflicts between the city and firemen over wages and working conditions. Let us not forget too the highway patrolman who earlier this year saved a youth from drowning on his off-duty hours. And lettra-be rcmimfedtnthese ^tey^of_sexual promiscurity and high rates of out-of-wec(lock births that “virginity is not outdated” says actress Debby Boone. The 25-year-oid singer and daughter of Pat Boone, says her beliefs are in God. virginity and the family. y In a regent interview- Ms. Boone said that during her en Uagement -to -Gaferi-Ferrer she refrained from giving in to her physical desires. “The way we saw it then and now is that if we had given in to our sexual urges before marriage we would have planted seeds destructive to the life of that marriage.” Debby encourages young girls to take a similar view. And then there are the tender loving care of Anita Stroud, the on-going work of the Salvation Army and what you can do as an individual to give someone else who is probably less fortunate th_3n_ypu to_be thankful on this Thanksgiving Day! ~— driving For Excellence 'WEMUSTOtVEOUR CHILDREN A SENSE Of PRIDE IN BOM BLACK. THE GLORY OP OURPAST AND THE DONtTY OF OUR PRESENT -MUST l SAP THE NAY m THE POWER OF OURFUTUREf AOVi CLAYTON POWELL Tony Brown's Journal Nati tally Syndicated Commercial Television Series Tony Brown k lie Public Being Told Hie Truth? ‘ There new and cru cial di ion to the Voting Ri |Act. It is the Reagan linistration’s position Voting Rights Act ir than the civil righ jislation itself. The back* of the li beral House rsion called the Presides position qualified ai lukewarm. One White >use source says that a leeting with the black 1 :ral leaders ended in agi ment on the essential eli ents of this centerpiece civil rights legislation, ter, the pu blic campa n was launched b these very same peoph the aide ex plained, to liscredit the administrati i. in a meetu with me and 10 other bla ; journalists, President Fagan hinted as much. “I ;re seems to be some co 'usion about me and my p ;ition on this. And I have aid that the ■ Voting -Righ - Act is the most sacred ight of free men and wc len. It’s the crown jewel F our Ameri can liberties and we will not see its ister dimin ished. And fc that reason, I have appro d the idea of a ten-year e» rnsion of the present Votii; Rights Act which has pr ten, I think, its effectiven ;s and it has been a good | ece of legis lation that d a remark able job.” In the inter it of clarity, it seems that ie best thing for those of us it the closed meeting to do i share with our readers nd viewers exactly, what <L»ere told by two cabin members:" Attorney General William French Smith and Edwin Meese III, Counselor to the President. John Procope, President of the National Newspaper Publisher’s Association: Exactly what the Admin istration’s decision on the Voting Rights Act? There seemed to be equivocation last Friday with respect to the intent clause and the bail out provision. Civil rights groups feel that that particular -position will cripple the Act. Attorney General Smith: Perhaps I should answer "That by ielating a -little history. You may recall, about three or four months ago, the President asked me to review this whole question of the Civil Rights Act, how it had operated in the past, its history and its successes and failure and so on. And we did that, and we did that in three stages. The first stage was to -review the whole back ground, the whole history and to consider areas where there had been com plaints or criticisms and comments or suggestions, and what have you. That was really, I guess you’d say, more of a factual inquiry than anything else. Now, what the President has done is not confused in any sense. It is only con fused because some have seen to make it that way. What the President has done is to accept the uni form and unanimous re commendation of every civil rights group that we talked to. Namely, to sup p^fhrxer-ffsTff wittrout change for ten years. In addition, he has made the bilingual requirement co extensive in terms of time. And that is his position, it is the position that has been started. There is no confu sion about it. it is out front, it is simple, and it is ex— actly in accordance with the recommendations of every single civil rights or ganization that we talked to during that enture period. That’s his position. ,r. Procope: You’re say ing he would not support a version of a bill that called for more liberal bail out. provisions? Attorney General Smith? “ Well, now, in addition to that - that’s his basic posi tion: extend the Civil Rights Act for ten years. Now, he has also said, in addition to that, that he would accept a fair and realistic bail out provision. Now, bail out provisions are very - • they sound simple; they’re actually quite complicated. At laast they can become quite complicated. But he has said that if Congress sees fit to develop a fair and realistic bail out provision, that he will accept that. Mr. Meese: Let me say this. We are not interested in changing the criteria for the bail out. We still want - you have to change it some how from the present law, just because the present law historically doesn’t make sense. There have to be some technical changes in it anyway, which I’m sure you understand. Attorney General Smith: The President's statement See irnffl:::aii Page I —_ ■By Rev. John Perkins■ Walk Your Talk Kev jerkins Improved Education Needed i Deiieve our cnudren are a gilt that we— cannot take for granted. We must take responsibility lor providing the education and training thay young black people need in order to become the leaders of tomorrow. Our young people deserve individualized attention to help develop their abilities. ' The church must take more leadership in -the -development of our children! Our churches have the human and physical resources to make a positive impact upon young lives within the community. Organ izing a tutoring program is one example of what churches can do. We have done that in 4 our community. This program helps supple _ment the school and home by providing a person thaTwillTake a special interest in the chiidandgive assistance with school work. It is also an opportunity to share Biblical truth and help young Christians develop their spiritual life. - Our loeat enurenes are going to have to hire full-time Christian education workers who would develop a curriculum for the church Sunday school that would motivate the children and make learning enjoyable. Christian education workers would main tain contact with the, local schools and be available to provide personal assistance to the young people. We must look for ways of improving the quality of Education within our black community. 1 believe we ought to support the local public schools, but at the same time I feel we must establish local schools within our Christian community. I am not against the public schools, but I am concerned for our children. When I see the educational needs in the black com munity andLsce our-ialoek teachers losing jubs, l Believe it is time to think about how we can establish Christian schools that would educate our kids in the community.— In Fresno, California, I saw ah example of what can be done. What I saw there was one of the most creative educational programs that I have ever seen any place. It is a small black Christian school. Each student gets individual attention. They learnjridividual lyand also collectively. In a large room willrlfl-lnda. aarh child a desk sepa rated by about six feet. When I spoketoThe class, the questions the children asked showed a very high level of understanding and creativity. I asked one of the founders why they started the school. She told me they ha« become very concerned about the quality of education in the black community and the lack of leadership in the junior high' and high school^ level within their churches. So they began fo send their kids-to-*-private__. Christian school. She began to go over to the school and became involved as a volunteer. She saw the quality of education and the improvements that her child was making. This woman who was one of the founders said she, and others who joined with her, decided to make the same kind of education available to a broader group of people within her own community. People from her church and community came together to start the school. They were able to rent a ' building that had formerly been used for a head start program. So in that community they are developing a unique school for black kids. _1 am committed to doing what I can to create fqp ^ education of our black young people. THE CHARLOTTE POST Second Class Postage No 965500 “THE PEOPLE’S NEWSPAPER” Established 1918 Published Every Thursday by Thfe Charlotte Post Publishing Co., Inc. Subscription Rate |15.60 per year Send All3579’s'io: 1524 West Blvd., Charlotte, N.C. 28208 Telephone (704)376-0496 __Circulation 7.151 104 Years of continuous Service “ Editor, Publisher SZSS "mSSSSSSC —Dannette Gaither 0ff<cc Manager Second Class Postage No. 965500 Paid At Charlotte, North Carolina I’nder the Act pf March 3,1878 Member, National Newspaper Publishers’ Association JWth Carolina Black Publishers Association Deadline for all news copy and photos is Monday. All photos and copy bmitted become the property of The Post _and will not be returned. National Advertising , Representative Amalgamated Publishers. Inc. < hie ax®" ni* v "J™ *- Sult' '»*» , J W York- York "W »lumrt .t-0200 <212) l8#.|22# 1 t rom Capitol Hill White House Qv es Rich Media Preferential Treatment By Alfreds L. Madison Special To The Post There has been wide spread opinion that the Reagan Administration controls the press. The big television, radio and big white newspapers and ma gazines make up part of the huge corporations. So they all fall under the same bureaucratic umbrella. The little white press and, of course, the black media 'operate outside tlie pig. ferred group. uiirmg the transition period, a reporter for a small white magazine asked President Reagan if he would continue the prac tice of having the big media reporters - on the front rows in press con ferences, and his reply was that he would not How ever, it seems far, more entrenched now tha4 it was during the previous Admin istration. Reporters were moved around to different seats during the Carter press conferences Occa sionally, blacks did get on at least the second and third rows. The press has been moved back into the west wing press room for daily briefings, where metal Alfreds L Madison name plates are on the seats. Before this, during daily breifings, reporters had no permanent seats, so all had the sane chance to get preferred seats. Only btadr media - Sheridan . whose reporter is there daily has a seat, and he is on the row next to the last I don't go everyday, so I do not have a daily briefing seal When I spoke to David Prosper!, who makes seat ing assignments for the White House Press Corp about it, he said they could not give seats to all White House press members and since I do not come daily to the briefings. I could only occupy a seat if someone is absent. I told David that our papers can’t get the advertisements like the big white papers, that we can’t afford to have a person just assigned to the White House, but that the black press is the voice and source of information for black citizens; that my articles appear in 124 papers, and that I dare say I influence more people than just about anybody in the White House Corp. some oi me little White House Press people also com plain about the pre ferential treatment being shown to those who work for more affluent media. Since the people back home feel a close intimacy with their little hometown paper they are more influenced bjtii thaatheJtugjnedja. So the White House seating arrangements may prove to be self defeating. Since Press Secretary Jim Brady's accident, Larry Speakes, Deputy Press Secretary, has been conducting most of the daily press briefings He appears to become greatly annoyed by my questions. Generally, he is insulting, sarcastic and sometimes nasty. At a recent brief ing, I kept raising my hand and trying to get in a question as the other re porters were doing. Final ly, Larry looked at me and said, “Do you want to ask me a question?" I said, "Yes.” He then said, “Ask it then." But as soon as I began he cut across me and said, “Wait, let me finish." He replied, “Well, go on and finish." My question was, “Considering the re cent unemployment figures which show black unem pioyment more than twice as high as that of whites, . how caa ths.President take a stand against affirmative action, doesn't the great? difference seem to prove that discrimination prac tices are going on in em ployment?" Larry's an swer was, "When the Pre sident's programs causes the economy to rise every body will benefit." I've been told by Larry before that I come to the briefings with my mind made up I replied that after research, I do come there with ques tions in mind that I want answered After the recent press briefing, those of us who are members of the black press, decided that if anyone of us is insulted, all of us will have to take a stand against those ac tions. So to avoid wjiat could become a somewhat explosive situation, in a letter to White House Chief of Staff James Baker, I registered my complaint. Surely, the questions about issues, relative to blacks are hard to answer. However, all public offi cials must be responsive to them. Racial discrimin ations and injustices can’t be glossed over, neither can they be called right As much I abhor insults, sarcasism and nastiness,' I’ll let nothing deter me Ti~6tn tny duty- to my pubIighera- and leattgrr. The cause of justice and equality is much too im portant for that. tarry Speakes, who hails from Mississippi and worked on Capitol Hill in Senator Hames BesUane'g office - everyone knows that Kastlane was no friend to blacks, might find it hard to be confronted with legitimate issues that are peculiar to blacks and then have a black person ques tion him about them I'm sure he'll change with some help Jim Brady was one of the nicest persons one could ever wish to have for a press secretary. White House Deputy Press Se crtiary, David Gergen, is also very cordial and he treats all reporters with the same respect. Wachovia To Relocate Its Arrowood Office Wachovia Bank and trust Company has applied to the U S. Comptroller of the Currency for permission to relocate its Arrowood office: The branch will be rowood Blvd. to t»1900 block of Westinghouse Blvd. “We are very pleased to announce this proposed re location in Charlotte," said Harold G. Hoak. regional vice president for Wacho via in Charlotte. "We have outgrown our current Arro wood office, and the larger facility at the new location would a How us to better serve our customers in that area."
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