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EDITORIALS & COMMENTS Blacks Lambasting Each Other? Are we being suckered into an untenable position as a number of Blacks who have been project ed into prominent positions, through one method or the other, engage in internecine warfare at a time when America is suffer ing from a massive dearth of leadership? During the past two months heated battles have been con ducted in the press and over the airwaves between such im portant Black leaders as Jesse Jackson, charismatic head of Operation PUSH, and Attorney Wayman Smith, recently ap pointed vice president of An heuser-Busch Company, Tony Brown, who was propelled into national recognition through his televised program sponsored by Pepsi-Cola and Carl Rowan, ve teran newsman and television and radio commentator who appears to be the darling of the liberal community of Washing ton. D.C. The Jackson-Smith feud is one which may have a traumatic effect of the entire civil rights movement. Other social activists are being asked to take sides in the argument, although neither man consulted anyone outside their immediate circles on then plans before entering into this locked battle. The Brown-Rowan embroglio has had the impact of the Jack son-Smith battle but it, itoo, can hamper the influence of two men who collectively and individually talk weekly to more Americans on a regular basis than any other two Blacks in the history of our nation. True, we should be sophisti cated enough to be able to criticize each other, as is done in other circles.of our society. But at this crucial time can Blacks waste time lambasting each other when there is so much important business to be attend ed to post-haste? Feuds Between Hade f euds between Blacks in lead ership positions are nothing hew. The most classic confrontation of all times was that between Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. DuBois, who locked in a debate on idealogy that continues to have lingering effects. Controversy is healthy. It is a sign of maturity when grown men and women can discuss their differences in sane and sensible ways. There is a need to carefuUy examine programs de signed to bring us closer to a sense of economic independence that we all desire. Irresponsible name-calling, however, is totally unnecessary. How can we reach a common goal when we busily attempt to emulate that “crabs-in-the barrel” stereotype that has been foisted on the Black race for generations? Great Revelation It comes as no great revela tion that discrimination is the only factor that affects Blacks, Hispanics and women more heavily than white males in the world of work. This fact was reported by the U.S. Commis sion on Civil Rights last week but has been experienced by virtual ly every minority who has at tempted to make it up the career ladder in American industry. Check any executive dining room in any major corporation and you will easily see the over whelming domination of white males. This has created a major frustration to the many who have attempted to smash their way into the executive suites of our nation. Of great concern is the di munition of opportunities in the two industries in which the most' substantive gains have been made during recent years: the automotive and steel industries. Although minimal opportunities for upward mobility have been created, these two industries have opened the door of advance ment through placing minorities on career tracks much more readily than most others. Yet, today, these two in dustries, because of the impact of foreign competition, are con tinually cutting back rather than opening more jobs that could be easily filled by minorities and women. One of the major causes for the decreasing unemployment op portunities in the auto manu facturing and corporations is the insistence by the “free traders” who hamper competitive pricing by permitting continuance of the one way traffic of foreign pro ducts into this country while other countries, particularly the Japanese, close their borders to American products through pro hibitively high tariffs. •• »• • As the jobs dwindle, so does the opportunity to advance on a positive career track. With eco nomics added to discriminatory practices so deeply rooted in the psyche of corporate personnel departments, one must under stand what is happening in the job market. That is why the findings of the Civil Rights Com mission survey comes as no big surprise. It becomes increasingly dis tressing when our national lead ership has such a mentality that a proposal for taxing unemploy ment payments was ventured last week. We should cheer men like Parren Mitchell who let it be known how unconscionable such action is. Blacks reticence to seize the initiative to organize their communities,” said Douglas G. Glasgow, Dean of Howard University School of Social Work, “is a major factor and an important factor contributing to our communities’ un developed status.” . , POLITICO BUSINESS MAN' DOCTORS \ LAWYERS \ ARTISTS TEACHERS MINISTERS WORKERS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION SOCIAL HORNERS FRATERNAL GROUPS FINANCE COMPUTER SCIENCE , INSTITUTION ADMINISTRATION ENGINEERING , PLANNING ARCHITECTURE BLACK PRESS irs up to you::: ^etCen4- 7o *76e Sditosi: V-__ What Happened To Black Pride? Dear Sir: If I bad but one message to give in all of my writ ings, it would have to deal with the apparent lack of self-esteem that Blacks have for themselves. In those circumstances where Blacks do have such, there is the problem of the severance of those per sonalities from the group, and then putting ALL other blacks in a negative sta tus. This minimum esteem is deep. I doubt that there is anyone who has not been in a group of Blacks, and I am writing about a Black person, who has not heard a demeaning remark which was far more anti-Black than any white person had ever uttered. Black folks awaken every morning in these United States and read newspapers which extol the virtues of Americans, through governmental ope ration and industrial com petence, and don’t seem to feel an urge to accom modate themselves to being a part of the dia logue. I am aware that those who control the white media seem to leave Blacks out, but that is really insufficient for Blacks not to believe that they are indeed a part of the accomplishment appa ratus of America. Blacks operate in a series of segregated so cieties, as does most of the melting pot that is Ame rica. Poor white folks ope rate with other poor white folks within that society there are those who plan to break out, some through education, some through criminal activity, and others through just plain work and application, in the hope that decision makers will see their worth. Few of the poor whites, or any other Ame rican groups refuse to use the skills of other members of their own group to help them resolve their pro blems, but Blacks for the most part seem to do the opposite. Black lawyers do not get the majority of Black le gal business. Black doctors fan in the same category. Somehow we affirm, by our actiops, that we have a low esteem of ourselves to the point that we wiU not spend msndy with our people, whether it is competitive or not. John Bowser is opening an entertainment facility on North Broad Street, and it is hoped that Blacks will recognize it as competitive and fundamental to the City of Philadelphia, - through patronizing it. That can only happen be cause of a sense of worth in ourselves and a pride in another Black putting his money on the line to bring about a competitive facility in a physical plant that can offer good entertainment. That is one of the demon strations of Black Pride. Blacks don’t buy most of their insurance from Blade owned companies. They are nit incluned to develop economic conferences which will develop a plan to accomplish an intraracial economic protection, sup plementing such with an interracial economic plan. The Jewish community is so adamant regarding Jews respecting Jews first, and others next, that they have been able to secure a country and place in their pockets politicians who dare not come out openly against the most dastardly acts that ir responsible Jewish radic als may commit. This was not accomplished over night; it was done on a well-planned basis. The mafia is self porting and exclusive' but not more so than the pri vate clubs throughout this nation which bar specific groups, specifically Black. It is my contention that the other groups believe that Blacks are a group to be feared, that once they get their act together they will take over. This concept is held be cause, despite all of the hardships, the discrimina tion, the denial and the minimum publicity given to Black achievement, Blacks are able to attain unusual status in athletics, inventions, in establishihg churches and fraternal or ganizations with great land holdings. They feel that should this giant awake, they will move whites out, whoever the “they” is. Frankly, there is little need for other non-Blacks to worry, because Black folks look at the tremen dous accomplishments of Blacks, and still believe they are minimal people. Jim Smith NEWS & VIEWS 1 1 14,,, f “ - h . * u ft* % Projects For Small firms Many small high technology companies will soon be able to participate in the new Small Business Innovation Development program. This new act, Public Law 97-219, July 22, 1982, requires all federal agencies with research and development budgets over $100 million a' year to set aside f research and development projects for small firms. *' ■ This initial set-aside will be small in 1983 but will ihclude approximately $45 milHqp in total available federal funds. This amount will increase to $450 millfcin in 1987 when all agencies with large research and development budgets will have to allot 1.25 percent of their total research and develop ment budgets to small business firms. ✓ The federal agencies required to set aside portions of their research and development budgets starting October 1, 1982, are the Department of Defense, National Aeronau tics and Space Administration, Depart ment of Health and Human Agriculture, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Department of Agriculture, Department of Transportation, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of the Interim', The bmall Business Administration will publish a master list in January listing topics and problem areas that these federal agencies wish to have developed by 1983. Small business firms will then be able to apply directly to the individual federal • agencies for proposal information and ap plication material. A small firm must have 500 or fewer employees to qualify under this new grant program. A small firm will be able to receive up to $50,000 in Phase I for a specific research and development feasibility study, and up to $500,000 in Phase II completing specific research and development projects. The awards will be competitive and the selec tion criteria will be included in each solicitation. The new law is designated to give small firms a share of the very large federal research and development market. In addition, the law will permit these amall firms to use the results of' their federal research and development work in com mercial ventures. In most cases, the private firms will have to find private-sector financing for commercialization of these new products in Phase III. A special workshop on this new act will be held in Tampa, Florida on February 17-18 with representatives of the federal agencies involved in this program. You can call 904-644-1044 for information on this meeting. To get. a master schedule of federal research and development programs write: SBIR, U.S. Small Business Administration, ^ 1441 L Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20416. If you would like a copy of the Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1962, write or call your congressman and ask for a copy of Public Law 97-219, July 22, 1982. For additional information, contact the Economic Development Division, Center for Improving Mountain Living, Western * Carolina University, Cultowhee, NC 28723, 704-227-7492. 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 704-376-0496 Circulation 10,433 _104 Years of Continuous Service Bill Johnson Bernard Reeves Fran Farrer Dannette Gaither Editor, Publisher General Manager Advertising Director Office 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. 2400 S. Michigan Avo. Chicago. III. 00018 4 olnmrt 5-0200 15 W. 15th St.. Suite 1493 New York. New York 1003* 212-1*9-1220 From Capitol Hill Law Suit Filed Against Reagan For “Covert” Actions Alfreds L. Madison Special To The Poet The Center for Consti tutional Rights (CCR) was bom out of the Southern civil rights struggle of the 60s. It has worked for the rights of native Americans, Blacks. Puerto Ricans and women. On November 30, the Center filed a suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia challenging un der international law the United States' covert ac tions against Nicaragua. Plaintiffs in the case are seven Nicaraguan victims of the covert actions, two citizens of Dade County, Florida, where paramili tary camps are located and Represenative Ronald Dellums. Defendants are, Presi dent Reagan, William Casey, Director of CIA, Alexander Haig and George Shultz of State De partment, Thomas Enders, Assistant Secretary of State, Vernon Walter, U S. Ambassador at-large, Cas par Weinberger and sever al other U S. officials and organizations. The case, is brought under the Alien Tort Claims Act, which opens the doors of U S. Alfreds L. Madison courts to foreigners who have been injured in vio lation of international law. The suit alleges that the United States government is acting in a conspiracy with other defendant* to finance, train and direct terrorizing activities against Nicaraguan civil ians. These civilians are tortured, murdered, kid napped, mutilated and raped. Pictures were shown of the most grue some mutilations done with American-made weapons 'The petition charges the United States with destroy ing crops, stealing cattle, destroying hospitals and destroying the livelihood of Nicaraguan people It is alleged that the American goal is to terrorize the Ni caraguana as a means of destabilizing the govern ment. The United States supported the corrupt So moza government which was overthrown by the Ni caraguan people. U.S. government aids in training former Somoza national guard and other terrorists groups, assists Honduran invasionary forces, conducts paramili tary camps in Florida, California, New Jersey, Georgia, Virginia and Texas, manipulates the press in Nicaragua, uti lizes economic means in cluding withdrawal of promised U.S. aid and dis courages aid by other countries. The U.S. govern ment supports organiza tions of Nicaraguan and Cuban exiles in this coun try, which train invasion ary forces and conducts in telligence activities by the CIA to determine specific targets for terrorist forces, It has sent 50 CIA agents into Honduras and Costs Rica to participate in co vert military actions against the Nicaraguan people In June 1981, Argentina served as a conduit for dispersing a $50,000 to ter rorist camps in Honduras and Costa Rica. At least $19 million has been provided for covert paramilitary operations against Nicara guans The CIA, upon a request by President Rea gan, presented a covert terrorizing plan which was approved by the President, National Security Council, State Department and De fense Department The New York Times re ported that the U.S. clan destine operations are for harassment purposes in stead of overthrowing the Nicaraguan government. A National Security Council official insisted that scope of the activities are limited to hit-and-run raids into Ni caragua by paramilitary units based in Honduras, skirmishes with Nicara guan troops along the Honduras border and financial support for poli tical opponents of the Nicaraguan government. Plaintiffs In Florida al lege that the defendants violate Title 44 of Florida law governing nuisances, that President Reagan and federal officials have failed tf enforce the Neutrality Act relating to the main tenance of paramilitary in the United States, in vio lation of its duty. Representative Ron Del lums said, "I am pleased to join this legal challenge to the Reagan Administra tion’s vicious illegil.cam paign to destabilize and overthrow the government of Nicaragua. It could not be more clear that the Ad ministration’s covert action against Nicaragua flies in the fall of all norms of international law.”. Del lums said that he Is acting in his role as a United States congressman; that it is not the constitutional right or duty of the Presi dent to declare war se cretly or otherwise The Neutrality Act ensures that the United States would not become a staging ground for any hostile activities against nations with which the U.S. is at peace. It was abdication of Congress' duty that caused involve ment in the Vietnam War. Congressional silence is al lowing the Reagan Admln lstration’s atrocities against helpless Nicara guan civilians. ■' The plaintiffs are ask ing for compensatory and punitive damages, to be paid to the personal repre> sentativee of the deceased In the amount of $2 mill ion plus interest and cost. The Administration's Ni caraguan conspiracy vio lates the law of nations, U.S. treaties, including the « UN charter, universal de claration of human rights; U.N. Declaration against torture, OAS charter, Ame rican Declaration of the » Rights and Duties of Man, International Military Tri bunal and several other American and internation al laws. Mr. Reagan’s Nicarw guan actions are another example of the Reagan * Administration’s selectiv ity in considering human rights and its attempt to - exercise control over Latin Z Amreican countries. 1 I * 1
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