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Democrats
Set Public
Hearings
The Democratic Party is
holding public hearings on
its "Plan of Organization”.
_before revision is under
taken, according to Steve
Gheen, chairman of the
Party's Board of Review.
The first of four sched
uled hearings will be held
in Greenville on Saturday,
March 27, at the Holiday
Inn in Greenville. Demo
crats who hold party
offices have been invited to
give testimony about the
rules under which the
Party governs its organ
ization from precinct to
state level and to advise the
review board about which
portions require revision or
clarification.
-Other—hearings have
been scheduled in Char
lotte on April 17; Ashe
ville on May 15; and
Raleigh on June 19.
Members of the review
committee are Steve
Gheen -of Raleigh, Bill—
Hodges of Washington,
Herb McKim of Wilming
_ ton. Jan Parker of Ra
leigh and Gerry ~Culien uf -
Raleigh.
Herb McKim will preside
over the Greenville meet
ing. Persons wishing fur
ther information about the
agenda may call him at
(919 ) 762-2621 in Wilming
ton or call the Democratic
Party Headquarters in
Raleigh. All hearings are
open and the public is
invited.
Medlin Named
Outstanding *
Officer
John G. Medlin Jr., pre
sident of Wachovia Bank
and Trust Company, has
been named the most out
standing chief executive of
ficer of 1981 for regional
banks by “Financial
World” magazine.
Medlin’s selection was
made by a panel of the
nation’s leading security
analysts based on his and
Wachovia’s performance,
contributions to banking
and to the community, and
effectiveness in dealing
with various constituen
cies. It was the second time
in five years that he has
received the honor.
Medlin has been with
_Wachovia _sinceJ959. He
was named president of the
bank in 1974 and became
president and chief execu
tive officer of Wachovia
Corporation and Wachovia
Bank at the beginning of
1977.
Blood Pressure
Screening To Be
Held At Reid’s
A Blood Pressure Screen
ing .will be held on Satur
day, March 27, at Reid
Super Mart, 2321 West Bou
levard, from 9-11 a m.
The screening is open to
the general public.
This event is being spon
soretTBytheMeclclenBurg
County Health Department
and The National Associa
tion of Negro Business and
Professional Women's
Clubs, Inc. - Charlotte
Club.
For more information,
contact Idelia Proctor _
Health Education, Meck
lenburg County Health De
partment, 375-1885, Ext.
246.
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The glory is not in never
failing, but in rising every
time you fail.
Phillip Berry
Main speaker
Jim Richardson
_ _ .. Candidate
non Leeper
Church’s councilman
Judge Michael Todd
_...Responsive reading
Harvey Gantt
To read scripture
James Polk
...Candidate
Steward’s Day Attracts
Black Political Leaders
Many have suggested
that government and the
church remain separate
entities. And then there are
others who feel that with
out God in any respect,
there will be a void.
Evidently our Black local
political officials feel that
praising God is something
they can do politically ana
without shame.
Many have consented to
participate in a Steward’s
Day Program at Moore’s
Sanctuary AME Zion
Church, 4100 Morrisfield
Dr , Sunday, March 28 at 11
a.m.
Members of the Board of
Stewards of - the church
came up with the brilliant
idea for the program's
theme: “Getting to Know
Some of Our Black Elected
Officials."
Maybe it does, but it
seems that this sort of oc
casion should occur more
often. During this event our
local black officials will be
surrounded by their consti
uents.
The people they serve
will be able to offer their
comments about our go
vernment to those who arp
in a position to make a
difference.
Phillip O, Berry, chair
man of the Board of Edu
cation - Charlotte-Mecklen
burg Schools, is just one
public official who will be
present at the program
Berry will be the princi
pal speaker He will be
introduced by Charles
Block Grant Hearing
Scheduled For Tuesday
Citizens and organiza
tions in Mecklenburg
County will have an oppor
tunity to speak out about
the future use of Federal
Block Grant funds in North
Carolina at a public hear
ing scheduled for Tuesday,
March 30, in Charlotte.
The hearing, one of six
being held in the state, is
scheduled for 7 p.m. at
West Charlotte High
School.
Governor Japnes B Hunt
Jr. has asked the Secre
taries of his nine Cabinet
Departments to attend the
hearings in order to listen
to the concerns of the
public. The Governor will
use the information., ga
thered in the public hear
ings to make specific bud
get recommendations,
t Citizens wishing to pre
sent an oral statement
must sign up in advance,
beginning at <T:30 p.m. the
night of the hearing in the
lobby of the auditorium at
West Charlotte High
School. Sign-up will be on
first-come, first-served
basis Verbal comments
will be limited three min
utes in length In arrnmrmw
date as many citizens as
possible. Ample free park
ing will be available.
Charlotte Mayor Eddie
! Knox will preside with Se
. cretary of Administration
Jane Patterson serving as
moderator of the general
session starting at 7 p.m.
At 7:30 p.m., three separ
ate hearings will be con
vened, one for each of the
areas affected by Block
Grants- Department of Hu
man Resources; Depart
ment of Natural Resources
and Community Develop
ment; take public com
ments concerning adminis
trative procedures.
Representatives of city
and county local govern
ments, as well as area
members of the General
Assembly, are expected to
attend.
Written comments con
cerning Block Grants will
also be accepted for seven
days following the final
hearing.
The important public
hearing is open to press
and media representatives
Requests for interview and
or advance background in
formation should be made
to'Chuck McLendon. Ad
vance Coordinator for the
Charlotte Hearing. 919
733-4471.
Dannelly, city councilman
Judge Michael Todd will
lead the responsive read
ing and Harvey Gantt,
Mayor Pro-Tern, will read
the scripture lesson for the
morning.
Ronald Leeper, city
councilman for the Moore s
Sanctuary AME Zion
Church district, will be
leading the morning
•prayer.
"I am pleased to parti
cipate in this service,”
Leeper explained "This
gives the public an oppor
tunity to know Black elect
ed officials A lot of time
there is no direct contact
and th public may feel
alienated ”
"This gives everyone the
chance to express their
thoughts and concerns and
1 look forward to this op
portunity to be with the
public," he continued. -
Following the morning
service a fellowship period
will be held. During this
time the congregation can
converse with the officials
present.
Other elected officials
have also been invited.
Some non-elected officials
who have expressed in
terest in running for office,
such as Jim Richardson
and James Polk, have also
been invited The public is
cordially invited to attend
this service.
The pastor of Moore's
Sanctuary AME Zion
Church is Rev. William R
Robinson
Threat Seen
To Social
Security
j
Special To "the Post
"North Carolinians who
checks-or who have pa
rents or grandparents that
do-might want to get in
touch with their Congress
men or Senators about the
new Republican proposal
on this"impoFtant pro:
gram."
John T Denning of Clin
ton chairman nf the rinm„.
cratic Party Committee on
the Care of the Aging said
that, "Several key Repu
blican senators, including
Majority Leader Howard
Baker and chairman of the
Budget and Finance Com
mittees, Pete Domenici
and Robert Dole, got ahead
of the President. They are
talking about a two-year
freeze on Social Security,
to save $20 billion of Pre
sident Reagan's hundred
billion plus deficit."
The Democratic chair
man pointed out that Presi
dent Reagan issued a state
ment that the Administra
tion would not take a posi
tion on the Social Security
freeze until after a presi
dential commission issued
its report on Social Secur
ity later this year Chair
man Denning added "You
can bet that this report will
not come until after the
November elections Presi
dent Reagan is obviously
thinking about the deci_
sions the voters will make
on the House and Senate in
November After the
returns are in. he can then
draw a bead on the bene
fits older people in North
Carolina are receiving Ttnr
senators are more honest
but their timetable is out of
step with the White
House.”
The Democratic Chair
man urged North Carolin
ians with opinions on the
subject to contact their
lawmakers in Washington
That's the right of every
citizen And in this year of
difficult decisions, it’s a
responsibility as well."
CONSTANCE JONES
...A “whirlwind of sweetness”
Constance Jones
Is Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Burns
Post Managing Editor
-Constance Jones - -is- a
whirlwind of sweetness.
The daughter of Diane and
Leonard Jones our 10-year
old beauty recently cele
brated her birthday.
During these precious
years she has grown to
enjoy roller skating and
art
"1 often spend my time
drawing I like to do that."
she commented And most
people think Ms. Jones is a
pretty good artist
As a fourth grader at
Newell Elementary School
--our—little—beauty cnjova
learning about our nation's
history "I’ve learned a lot
of things I didn't know
before and it is interest
ing " So far her report card
hofds only A’s and B's. A
sign that she is interested
in learning other subjects
as well
She is also taking a
special class about great
books “We study fables
and different kinds of
JCSU Will Celebrate Founder’s Day
Johnson C. Smith Uni
versity will celebrate the
115h year of its founding
with a series of activities to
be held on Sunday. April 4
' Tffltttmally noted civtl
rights attorney Julius
Chambers will be the fea
tured speaker at the 2:30
p.m. convocation to be held
at the University Church
Chambers, wno entered
law practice in Charlotte in
1964, is the senior partner
of the law firm Chambers,
Ferguson & Bee ton and is a
lecturer at the University
of Pennsylvania School of
Law.
Activities will include an
administrative and faculty
processional with mem
bers dressed in academic
regalia. The procession
wit! move from Biddle Hall
to the University Church
just prior to the convoca
tion.
Immediately following
the convocation, a campus
community birthday party
with cake, balloons, ban
ners and buttons will be
held in the student union
lounge.
A brief skit portraying
jmrag-crarmtjm
...JCSU speaker
the university founders and
past presidents will also be
presented at the party All
activities are open to the
public free of charge
Chambers is a member
of the North Carolina,
MockTenburg County,
American and National
Bar Associations; the N.C.
Association of Black Law
yers; the Constitutional
Review Committee of the
N.C. Bar Association
President, NAACP Legal
and Educational Fund;
Board of Overseers at the
University of Pennsylvania
School of Law; Board of
Visitors, Harvard Law
School and Columbia Uni
versity School of Law; and
Board of Directors of the
National Health Law Pro
gram.
- .—Cham bers. received fris
bachelor's degree with
highest honors from North
Carolina Central Univers
ity. Durham; his master's
degree from the University
of Michigan; his law de
gree with high honors from
the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hilland
his master's of law degree
from Columbia University
School of Law.
ABOUTTHE
UNIVERSITY
Johnson C. Smith Uni
versity was founded as
Biddle Institute in Char
iot fe~m 1867 by two Pres
byterian ministers and be
came the first institute to
educate freedmen in North
Carolina.
In 1922. Mrs Jane Berry
Smith of Pittsburgh, PA
gave funds for eight build
ings and a handsome en
dowment in memory of her
late husband Johnson C
Smith. The name of the
institution was changed in
1923 in his honor
JCSU became the first
Black college to be ac
credited by the Southern
Association of Colleges and
“"SecoriBaFy‘Schools and is
a charter member of the
United Negro College
Fund
books." she remarked •
Her favorite teacher is
-Ms. Reid. Two special peo
ple in her life are her
parents. "I love both of my
parents because when I'm
with them I have a lot of
fun."
"I like to have fun with
people I get bored doing
one thing 1 like a lot of
activities and excitement."
Ms Jones continued
of involvements for our
Aries beauty “I was in
dancing and 1 plan to take
it up again next year. I
have taken ballet before."
Ms. Jones stated.
Hospital” catches our
beauty's fancy "The
Jeffersons” on television
amuses her and Diana
Ross makes her realize
that to become a profes
sional singer one must
have that rfdded zing
“Diana Ross makes a lot
of songs and most of them
have a lot of feeling in
them She puts a lot into
them ”
Miss Jones has also
noticed another special
emotion in the world-the
emotion of need _ _
rt\( I ha«J the money she
began. "1 would send it to
the needy, the Salvation
Army or a group like that
Changes are imperative
for our beauty But today it
seems that Constance
Jones is on her way to
becoming a fine and classy
lady
21,578 All K' Recipients
Efcopped Ffrm Welfare RrJ
RAl.KHill - President
Reagan's budget cuts in
social welfare programs
during federal fiscal year
1981-82. has resulted in
21,578 Aid to Families with
Dependent Children
iAFDC) recipients being
dropped from —North
Carolina's welfare rolls,
and another 9,403 indivi
duals receiving reduced
monthly AFDC assistance
According to John Syria,
director of the Division of
Social Services in the N C
Department of Human Re
sources, the vast majority
of those 30.981 individuals
cut are mothers and their
young dependent children
“In September 1981,
there were 77,952 low
‘ income families vritfc a
total of 193,178 people
receiving a small monthly
with the basic necessities
of life The maximum pay
ment they could receive
was $210 for a family of
four," Syria said The
new federal regulatiosn en
acted by Congress became
effective on October 1,1981
In January 1982, only 68,320
families totaling 170,702
people received an AFDC
payment ”
AFL-CIO:
“Get Down
To Basics”
By Janies M. Shevis
Special To The Post
lition of national organiz
ations, including the AFL
CIO, called on Congress
and the Administration to
"get down to basics" and
keep the federal govern
ment in the housing field to
help the needy
"Shelter is basic. It is a
basic human need that
cannot long be ignored if
life and community are to
be sustained." the coalition
said in a statement at a
news briefing announcing
its formation.
'It provides productive
employment for millions of
workers directly-and an
even greater number in
allied materials, equip
ment, and furnishings
manufacturing. V/e believe
that housing needs should
not be ignored, and that
building capacity should
not be wasted.” _
The two dozen coalition
members said they were
deeply concerned by Presi
dent Reagan's plan to
terminate-existing federal..
subsidy commitments for
housing, rescind already
appropriated housing
funds, raise rents for low
uncome housing, curtail
homeownership loans, cut
back on public housing and
rental assistance, and
eliminate housing produc
tion and rehabilitation
"Such proposals would
adversely affect the elderly
and the handicapped, the
rural poor and lower
income urban families
groups that have already
taken more fhan their
share of budget cuts," the
coalition warned “We be
lieve that this nation needs
and can support housing
programs that will provide
adequate levels of produc
tion and assistance.
"We cal) upon the Con
gress and the Administra
tion to preserve this na
tion's commitment to the
goal of decent, affordable
housing for all Ameri
cans"
Announcement of the
new coalition followed the
C'orrrtusion of 4he-NAtional.
Housing Conference's 51st
annual convention in Wash
ington The NHC comprises
groups and individuals in
the construction industry,
building trades unions, go
vernment officials, and
others
Carpenters President
William Konyha. who was
co-chairman of this year’k .
NHC convention, warned
that the housing industry -
as well as the auto indus
try--is a depression caused
largely by the "misguided ’
policy of the Administra
tion and the Federal Re
serve Board of using high
interest rates to fight
inflation
He said unemployment
among members of the
Carpenters union is ap
proaching 30 percent in all
construction and is much
higher in the housing in
dustry alone
The I^abor Department
estimated that there was
an annual average of about
800,000 unemployed con
struction workers alto
gether last year There are
even more today,