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EDITORIALS & COMMENTS Referendum Or Reaganomics? America will go to the polls on November 2 to vote their con victions on a host of candidates, local, state and national issues with concerns for a possible referendum vote on President Reagan’s economic program being the major issue. Since Mr. Reagan took office in January 1981, unemployment has risen by nearly three ipercent to 10.1. the highest in 42 years, the federal deficit has nearly tripled to $155 billion, advocates for the disabled ac cused him of scrapping pro grams for the handicapped, and there is hard evidence that his tax policies are in fact shifting income from the poor and lower middle classes to the upper in come grpups. The income shift means, too, that corporations are not expanding plants and equipment and creating hew jobs nor is the business community responding to private social needs as Reagan had predicted. Furthermore, the President’s anti-school busing stand, his sup port of tax exemptions for pri vate schools that discriminate against blacks, his attempt to weaken the Voting Rights Act, and his general desire to soften the federal government’s com mitment to civil rights has alienated many black Ameri cans. Many business people also have become alienated from the Reagan Administration because of its strong opposition to the natural gas pipeline project run ning from Russia to Western Europe. The ban on participa tion by U.S. firms has cost Americans thousands of jobs at a time of high Unemployment and lost profits at a time of in creasing business failures. Is this free enterprise? We think not.' In spite of these rather de pressing facts, one national poll shows that 51 percent of a sample survey are ‘ willing to heed the President’s call to give his program “‘more time to work,” and his popularity re mains high. Yet, some Re publican office seekers are said to want to avoid any contact or association with the President out of fear that a voter back lash generated from the na tion’s economy may cost them some votes. Losing Cause Another mixed dimension about the election is the report that blacks may play a dominant role in swing elections in areas where 20 percent or more of the voters are black. Yet, this has been said before but with only mixed results. The nearly 95 percent support by blacks in 1980 for Jimmy Carter in a losing cause, some fear may renew the political apathy historically com mon among black voters. You, the black voters in Charlotte Mecklenburg, must rise above that kind of defeatist attitude and demonstrate to other blacks and whites that you will not be deterred in your continuing quest for full participation in the American political process. No one, we repeat, no one, is going to make it easy for blacks, other minorities or just plain John Doe American to secure a share of the better part of wealth and prosperity of this nation. Blacks, like everyone else, must accept the challenge and con tinue the need to struggle in order to succeed, like it or not, that is the American way to success and a better quality of life. It does appear that whatever else voters may have on their minds come November 2, many will cast their votes for or against Republican Party candi dates or issues solely as a re ferendum on President Rea gan’s economic policies. depressing Facts To the extent that Mecklen burg County voters can focus their concerns on other issues, there are two vital issues on the November 2 ballot that should be carefully studied.. Constitutional amendment that would permit the General As sembly to enact general laws permitting the issuance of tax increment bonds, without voter approval. The really significant question is whether you as a taxpayer want to authorize the law makers to raise your taxes without consulting you first. Do you? A second and equally, if not more important, item on the election ballot is the “4 Dis trict, 3 At-large Plan” for electing County Commissioners. This plan, which some have in correctly called a district repre sentation plan, would allow for four representatives to be no minated from individual dis tricts but all elected by the County-wide voters just as the three at-large candidates would be. This plan is being adver tized as district represent ation plan which it is not. Think about it, it is not a district plan like the City has. If it is not what you want, don’t vote for it. Then, too, the usual number of candidates, hopefuls and incum bents, will be seeking your sup port or vote on election day. Study the candidate and the issues or political philosophy they profess to believe in and then vote for or against someone or something, but vote your convictions. We have made these observ ations out of a growing concern that the really important issues in this off-year election will in effect be a referendum on Pre sident Reagan’s economic pro grams. THE CHARLOTTE POST Second Class Postage No. 965500 / “THE PEOPLE’S NEWSPAPER” Established 1918 Published Every Thursday by The Charlotte Post Publishing Co., Inc. Subscription Rate $15.60 Per Year Send All 3579’s To: 1524 West Blvd., Charlotte, N.C. 28208 Telephone 704-378-0496 _ Circulation 10,433 104 Years of Continuous Service Bill Johnson Editor. Publisher Bernard Reeves General Manager Fran Fairer Advertising Director Dannette GaitherOffice Manager Second Class Postage No. 965500 Paid At Charlotte. North Carolina Under the Act of March 3,1878 Member, National Newspaper Publishers’ Association North Carolina Black Publishers Association Deadline for all news copy and photos is 5 p.m. Monday. All photos and copy submitted become the property of The Post and will not be returned National Advertising Representative /' Amalgamated Publishers. Inc. S*™ 8 M,ch,*an Ave. 45 W. 45th St., Suite im Chicago III. 60616 ^ New York. New York ioom I olumet 5-0200 ' 2I2-4SS-I220 H-—-- ■ BUCKS DESTINY IN OWN HANDS.... ZaS?\S?H8L themselves arc going toM HAVE TO/HORN OUT MANY OF THEIR OUN M PROBLEMS, INSTEAD OF LEAVING IT UP TO THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS" .. ffOr IYILHIHS r" 1 ■&L tvt& lo *76e ScUtosi: PAC Endorses 15 Candidates Dear Editor: The Political Action Committee of the Charlotte National Organization for Women endorses the fol lowing candidates seeking public office in the general elections. For the North Carolina State Senate we endorse Cecil Jenkins, Jim Polk and Ben Tison. We recommend nine can didates running for eight N.C. House seats: Phil Berry, Jim Black, Louise Brennan, Ruth Easterling, Gus Economos, Jo Graham «Foster, Parks Helms, Jim Richardson and Roy Spoon. For County Commission, we recommend six candi dates in the race for the five-member board: Marilyn Bissell, Susan Green, Fountain Odom, Tom Ray, Joe Sailers and Bob Walton. Also, we recommend a NO vote to the proposal to change the structure of the County Commission. We favor a true district plan in which representatives are elected by their district. The proposed plan would have all seven commission ers elected at-large in the general election. The much greater cost of conducting an at-large campaign, as opposed to a district cam paign, would put newcom ers to pplitics (likely to be women and minorities) at the same disadvantage they suffer under the pre sent system. The Charlotte NOW PAC urges you to participate in the November 2nd elec tions. Don’t wish for equal ity - Vote it! Marjorie Storch, President Challenge Myths Dr. Mutual Friends in the Struggle for Equality and Justice...The Primary Election challenged two prevalent myths, i.e., Black people can’t stick to gether. Black people will never get out and vote. We even surprised ourselves. But the NITTY GRITTY is at hand. All of the highs we experienced will be. wiped out by resounding defeat if we don’t do even better November 2nd. Most of us, including me, are novices in the reai political arena but how long will it take us to real ize that we will never make it without black represent ation? Also there are no perfect ones either. Please, pretty please, let’s don’t allow our excellent chances to go down the drain. We have the rare opportunity to place into office some of the most qualified and de dicated public servants and all of the blacks on the ballot stand head and shoulders to all the rest. Think about it before it’s too late! Daisy Spears Stroud Mildred Davis Is Candidate Dear voter: On Tuesday, November 2,19821 want your vote and support. The race for “Soil and Water Conservation Dis trict Supervisor” does not attract the attention of the general public. Yet, it is one of the most important elected positions. Soil and water are two of our most vital resources. How well we manage their conservation and use will determine the quality of life and future of our com munity. As your elected Soil and Water Conservation Dis trict Supervisor, I will work to insure that the problems of erosion, land use, pollution and other related concerns are dealt with effectively and effi ciently. My overall and primary concern will always be the “best in terests” of the community and our residents. Addi tionally, I will work to generate greater concern about what we can do to gether to maintain the quality of life, land and water in our city and county. Please remember to vote on November 2nd, and most importantly don’t for get to vote for me by pulling Lever 38-F. Yours for Progress, Mildred Baxter Davis __■■ « V f.r»0 hlMlO NEWS <S VIEWS Entrepreneur Magazine Chase Revel thinks that there are “184 different businesses anyone can start and make a lot of money.” In fact he has written a book describing each and every one of these 184 small businesses. Mr. Revel has been a small businessman for over 20 years and has started 18 different small business es. Naturally some of them were winners and some were losers. In the process however, he became a millionaire and now publishes “The Entrepreneur Magazine.” Most of the small ousinesses in this book are backed-up by start-up manuals which you can order directly from “The Entre preneur Magazine.” These start-up manuals cost approximately $45 each and usually provide excellent background ma terial on a specific small business. I personally reviewed three of the how-to manuals and was pleased with the material. The three businesses I reviewed concerned mini warehouses, a doughnut shop, and how to make money setting up seminars and workshops. If you were in a city with access to a good sized library it would cost you several hundred dollars just to gather these business materials. Some of the businesses covered in this book include: equipment rental, dry clean ing, copy shops, travel agency, handicraft co-op, discount painter, coin laundry, financial broker, consulting, vinyl repair, janitorial services and submarine sandwich shops. One of the businesses covered is providing maid service. This service involves a team % cleaning approach that cuts work time to a minimum and increases your business profits. The average investment is listed as $4,400 and the minimum investment is $1,900. The average net profit before taxes is shown as $32,000. This business is best to start small with two-three workers and then get yourself established before expanding. Another new idea is a computer trading center. This is a local or regional computer matching service for buyers,' sellers and swappers. One business woman operates her busi ness out of her home with a telephone and a micro computer. The system worte fairly simply. If you want to sell a compiler, or computer related equipment, you mil the service and are entered into the data bank. If a buyer and seller can be matched a sale is completed. The seller is charged a fee based on the items they are sellini. The buyer pays $5 to have his name entered into the computer bank for a two week period. A carpet cleaning service requires an average investment of $22,000 but can be opened with only $7,000. The average net profit before taxes is $32,000 and the hfchest net profit is stated as $100,000. Although there is a lot of competition in this field a* quality, well controlled ‘carpet cleaning* business can be successful. The book “184 Businesses Anyone Can Start and Make A Lot of Money” is sod in most bookstores for $6.95 in paperback edition and may be in your local library. r,J°r additional information contact the £ P^dopment Division, Cen er r»rnHio ?TV ng Mountain Living, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 2872h From Capiud Hill R^ite Commission Mating To Reflect Reagan’s Image? Alfred* L. Madison Special To The Post The Civil Rights Com mission was established by Congress 25 years ago, charged with the responsi bility of monitoring govern ment policies and legal developments affecting the civil rights of minorities, women, aged and handi capped, and to report its findings and recommend ations to the President and Congress. The Commission was created as a non-partisan agency, not subject to the views of any president of political party. The Com mission makes contribu tions to the country's ef forts to ensure justice and equal opportunity for everyone. This has been done through research and reports that have informed public debates, aided le gislation and called atten tion to weaknesses in civil rights enforcement The Commission has been very active in re searching education poli cies. and pointing out the government's failure to ef fectively enforce these po licies. It has also rendered invaluable service to con gressional committees and h \urcoa l. nionon civil righls organizations on the effectiveness of af firmative action, voting rights and the govern ment's enforcement of them, Mr. Reagan has broken the tradition of ail of his predecessors in making ap pointments to the Civil Rights Commission. Other than Richard Nixon’s re moval of Father Hesburgh as chairman of the Com mission and replacing him with Arthur Fleming, no President before Mr Rea gan has made anv aoDoint ments to the Commission unless a vacancy occurred. President Reagan has re placed both the chairman and assistant with fwo Re publicans The Commis Wllipvovu V/I B1A members. In keeping with its non-partisan influence, the membership is re quired to be made up of three Republicans and three Democrats. Recently, the President sent the names of three new appointments to the Senate Judiciary Commit tee as a replacement for Dr. Mary Berry, Blandina Cardenos Ramerez and Murray Saltzman. These recommendations aroused quite a fury among civil rights organizations. Althea Simmons, Direc tor of the Washington Bureau of the NAACP, in testifying for the NAACP before the Senate Judiciary Committee strongly Urged the committee not to con firm the nomination of Robert Destro. She stated that in the past Mr. Destro has made very strong at tacks against the Commis sion. At one point he called for abolition of the Com mission because of what he alleged as its biasness in choosing issues to be in vestigated. He called the Commission a government lobby for special interest groups Ms. Simmoiw said, "He took the Civil Rights VUIIUI1IS9IUI1 IU U19K I Or 118 alleged inattention to the problems of religious and white ethnic discrimination in favor of inordinate at tention to the problems of what he called the ap proved minorities, i.e., Blacks, Latinos, Native Americans, and other non whites and women.” In commenting on Mr. Destro’s statement Ms. Simmons stated that no Catholic or white had ever been prevented from voting because of religion or ethnicity, but Blacks and Browns have, or Catholics or whites who have been denied bank loans, entry to schools of their choice, or housing, but Blacks and Browns have met with denials in all of these cate gories because of their race. . Althea questioned Mr. Destro’s knowledge about the Commission's man dates. While the Commis sion is mandated by Con gress to collect informa tion on discrimination, sub mit reports, findings and recommendations to the President and Congress, Destro calls this Com mission work, "conclusion making.” Ms. Simmons closed her testimony, “with the con certed assault on govern ment assistance to and pro tection of the poor, the elderly, minorities and wo men, with the congression al and administration at tempts to roll back over SO years of social programs, we in the civil rights com munity need a Commission, for Civil Rights that is more vigorous and vigilant than ever.” Ms. Simmons wrote a very strong letter to Se nator Robert Dole about the President’s three ap pointments to the Civil Rights Commission. She states that the three no minees' own testimony be fore the Judiciary Commit tee raised concern about their Commission qualifi cations. “The nominees Robert A. Destro, Rev Constantine M. Dombalia and Dr. Guadalupe Quin fcnilla, clearly lack the broad experience and in formed understanding re quired to effectively dis charge the duties of Com missioners. None reflected a significant grasp of the Commission’s role in vin dicating the rights of vic tims of government dis enfranchisement and \ op pression,” said Ms Sim mons. The Senate Judici ary Committee sent 3the names of the nominees hack to the President roe fore Congress recesseai, without taking any actiion on them. \ Civil rights groups vi*w these Civil Rights Com mis-1 sion appointments as aln other attempt by Mr. Red ] gan to build the Commifi-I sion in bis own image. Tigiel groups strongly considlem this as Just another step ifc 1 this Administration's ef B torts in dismantVBl a MB measures which hav^B made contributions to civilB rights gains Blacks sinfl cerely believe that F’resi* dent Reagan is moving theB nation back to the days ofl segregation and discrimin-■ ation. B
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