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. Next Tuesday, June 5, in pri mary election run-off day and, we are sad to say, that if history repeats itself relatively few blacks will go to the polls and vote. This would be particularly i tragic in this year for three reasons: First, recently the U.S. Su- _ ..upheld an Appeals . Court opinion that the use of state House and Senate multi member districts submerged in large, predo minantly white districts, thus , diluting their voting strength. The actions of the Courts forced : the N.C. Legislature to redraw •-the* daries before the May 8 pri mary. commissioner, has Deen well thought of and received in the black community throughout her political career. D.G. Martin, an attorney and Davidson College graduate, for 15 years has represented individuals and businesses need ing help op the Washington Scene. TWgfnrP Martin is familiar with much that needs to be known about the “ins” and “outs” of Washington. He is a Sunday School teacher and elder at the integrated Seigle Aven ue Presbyterian Church. Concerns that Knox-Edmister and-or JGreen-Martin have si —milar-political philosophies or that each is generally accept^ able to black voters, or that neither is black is simply no reason for blacks to not vote and vote in large numbers on June 5. Furthermore, the efforts and - dftpiKinn ofLlho fpHoml flUttjg allow black voters to have a _ parity of strength should not be lost in vain by. black voter apathy. Secondly, in the Democratic primary run-off will be fielding excellent pairings of candidates for the governorship and the 9th ~ District Congressional seat. For-— mer Charlotte mayor, Eddie Knox, will be facing Attorney General Rufus Edmisten for the Governor’s office. Both are con sidered to be formidable can —didatos. with^ftUlWteptiai, frfrrt „ support. However,'-since ICtrst* and* Edmisten are believed to zz-have basically similar political views, particularly among black voters, this has led some ob -ser vers lu conclude, that in the - final analysis, this may result in a small black voter turn out. Similar observations have been made about the race for 9th District Congressional seat candidates Susan Green and D. _G. Martin. Both are excellent candidates, each with apparent ly strong black voter support. Ms. Green, a well-known and respected Mecklenburg County , What we are .saying is that without ■ j- 1 ' - - ■ vuccnmw _the polls and vote their convic tion on dune 5 and suhstan tially surpass its lack-luster gen eral 35 percent voter turnout. —Any self-respecting voter, parti cularly blacks who have had to struggle for years just to get the right to vote in any election, should make voting a high prio rity or their own sense of self respect and respect for others. It’s your choice, vote and have ""Voice in your own future or don*t vote and let others plan and choose your future. Hie only choice is to VOTE ON JUNE 51 Church women, Get Involved Last Sunday was kick-off day for the Fourth Annual ’.‘Church woman erf the year” contest. The growing yearly affair* with 26 contestants this year, aims to provide community involvement leadership opportunities for church-going women, recog nition for their churches and prizes totaling $6,400. These will include a three-day vacation trip sponsored by Eastern Airlines, a _ $1,500 fur coat from Vintage Girl, Inc., and a $500 food certificate from Winn-Dixie Stores. Winners will be selected based on their Charlotte Post sales subscrlp tions over , the next six weeks. The contest will climax on July 27, 1964, with a banquet at the Marriott Hotel on 1-77 and Tyvo --THE CHARI OTTE POSE— * • T “THE PEOPLE'S NEWSPAPER’’ Established 1918 Published Every Thursday by The Ch^f lotte Post Publishing Co., Inc. Subscription Rate $17.68 Per Year Second Class Postage —*599 Postmaster Send 3579s to: 1531 Camden Rd., Charlotte, N.C. 28203 Telephone: 794-376-0496 Circulation: 11,023 106 Years of Continuous Service 111 111 ' .. Bill Johnson Editor, Publisher Bernard Reeves General Manager Fran Farrar Advertising Director Dannette Gaither Office Manager Alfreds L. Madison Special T» The Past . .The United States is the richest country oo the face of the earth today, but what will happen to its wealth in the future with its high unemployment rate? Overall, youth unemploy ment is 19.9 percent. Black youth 46.7 percent. These youths’ Job qualifications and productivity will great ly influence America’s eco nomic, social, literate and political starring in the world. Only 19.1 percent of Black teenagers are em ployed compared to 48.3 percent of the white teen agers. Only five out of every 100 black teenagers have full-time Jobs. In 1M3 black high school grad uates unemployment was 37.5, while white high school drop-outs’ unem ployment 23.5 percent The majority of future new workers will be women, blacks and Hispanic* Second Class Postage No. M55M Paid At Charlotte, North Carolina Under the Act of March 3,1878 Member, National Newspaper Publishers’ Association ... ■ ' . North Carolina Black Publishers Association •Or ' ' . 11 ' Deadline for all news copy and photos is S 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. 24SS 8. Mlchlgaa Ave. 45 W. 45* St.. 14S> Chicago, in. SMiS New York, New York ISMS Cota met S-SMS 21M»t» H R 5017, the Youth In centive Employment Act is a remedy for eradicating the high youth unemploy ment that exists today. The House Subcommittee on Employment Opportun ities, chaired by Represen tative Augustus Hawkins, held bearings on H R. 5017. “This bill rr|ii min a carefully conceived and much needed approach to the alarmingly high rates of youth unemployment," said Hawkins laRd. Understandably, The Post is interested in an • opportunity to increase its sales. However, of greater interest isvthe oppor tunity for housewives and work ing women or mothers to gain a new experience, expand their community- contacts,. promote their churches and their acti vities and obviously to win • valuable prize&T ~ The concept and idea behind the contest Is U> expand Post readership for greater awareness of community affairs and to get —more black women involved in community affairs. If your church and churchwomen are not involved, they’ll miss an opportunity. SLACK PRESS POLITICIAN Business AAR y DOCTORS LAWYERS ARTISTS TEACHERS—— MINISTERS WORKERS community organizations ; SOCIAL WORKERS FRATERNAL GROUPS w a wye simply trying to care fully define our problems. After a great deal of dia logue eacn of us oriered two or three problems. The problems ranged from mis trust, no stggMrt for each other, no vidua for human life and bad experiences with each other. In con clusion we agreed that we are our own problem, f-nnust admit- that we placed that problem num bet one oc each Hat I quote Jesse Jackson, “Nobody will save us from us but us.” We are doing every thing humanly possible to destroy each other, yet we are seeking support from everyone ette to solve our problem in our commun ities. i* guW. ; “What the mind conceives — thebSbrwMevee.” We inustpraia oil toothers and sisters. "Nothing La the world can take the place of persistence.” “Talent will not; Genius will not; - Education will not^per sistence and determination alone are omnipotent” We are all in this struggle together and unlwa we believe in ourselves and make a. total commitment to help one another, and put everything we have into it, we will never be successful at anything we undertake individually or collectively. It’s not important whether I am a realist or a The Carolinian Pditicel experts expect IwiWvare than 50 percent of thgse who went to the polls on May 8 to return on June 5. This means that even fewer \ North Carolinians will hdre4 much to say about selecting the Demo cratic candidate for the November election and the state's governor there after . __ I have MmeVify seriotfe 'a - problems with some of us who feel that it’s okay to serve on the City Counci], the County Commission, School Board and eship all the way from District Court to U.S. Supreme Court. It’s okay to be mayors, state legisla tors, congressmen and coll ators, but, President of the ■■United States, no wav why not? Jesse Jackson has the qualifications according to the Constitution of the United States to be pres ident __ I hope that we will stop telling ourselves, our child ren, and others what we can’t do but believe, I quote One has to feel a sense of dismay to have observed all the energy that was exerted in recent months to produce the May 8 results which were noteworthy in their impact, and now to be aware that part of that impact will be softened because of a general slack ening on the part of the From Capitol Hill • —————— .v* Eradicate HighYouth U _mjdoyment before the Hawkin’ com-, mittee. He seemed greatly disturbed over the lack of concern in the Senate over the unacceptable level of unemployment among the nation’s youth. Kennedy Borne tne brunt of the Reagan recession and are continuing to experience unemployment at rates more than twice the na tional average.” Alfred* L. Madison threat concern for world competition was expressed at the hearings, fay com paring Japan’s full youth employment and 'high school graduates of 97 per cent, with our high unem ployment and an overs 11 high school dropout rate of 28 percent. The dropHMt fate is even higher for blacks and If Is panics. Before advent of the Reagan Administration, progress was being made in winning the war against youth unemployment. In 1977, a 9> billion youth jobs program was initiated. These programs success • fully increased youth em ployment by 70 percent, dropout decreased by 12 percent and there was 68 percent increase in the number of youth returning to school to complete (heir education. The Reagan Administra tion ended these entitle ment programs. Passage of Job Training Partner •Wp Act legislation pro vided the 83 billion was A 30-month successful project mandated by Con gress under the Demon stration Project Act 0(1977, is the basis for the pre sent proposal. This Youth Incentive Employment Act authorizes «2 billion for full-time summer employ ment and part-time em ployment during the school year for the economically disadvantaged. These youths must agree to maintain worksite stan dards as well as malfr taining educational stan dards in secondary schools hr in alternative educa tional programs. Hawkins said, "If en acted, the Act woujd en courage the completion of school, provide training opportunities, and help develop a responsible pro ductive attitude towards work in our nation’s youth." Senator Kennedy, who will sponsor a companion bUl in the Senate, testified *”*** determined toforfbt the ?~'Esm bucksaw JTO INCONCEIVABLE THAT THEFEOFLEUHO TMKHH., m^n MMT ~=^ ~ LABOR BUILT TWS COUNTRY FOR OTHERS CANNOT NOW WlLJJNtLY UNffr' * P< * TO REBUILD OURCOftRUNITlES FOR OURSELVES? W^/lA'h j We Have Identified The Real Enemy -arearaer'^ut- whal' important is that it is a fact that We are onr own enemy' There are some Blacks who feel that they have arrived and relaxed in the posture that indicates i have mine and you get yours the best way you can. • . • We are our own enemy because we don’t support each other, therefore, we will always struggle and suffer the consequences that We feel are ours only to endure. ~ : Sincerely, Roosevelt Maske Lei’s Go Back June 5 voter*. One portion of the elec torate baa been accused of becoming excited on oc casion and then iapstng again into a period of apathy. The conclusion of these accusations is that a por tion of the electorate is not solid, and consequently can only produce soft support for candidates in a run off election. It than becomes the re sponsibility of the black -community in particular to disprove these accusations, demonstrating that the Mack vote is pivotal and devastatingly solid. In other words, the black vote must return to the polls on Tuesday, June 5, and demonstrate that poli tics are not usual this year. really worth around $600 million. Since 1980, through the President’s influence, there has been little con gressional support for a comprehensive youth em ployment policy and an absence of new initiatives based on proven experi ence. Frank Slobig, Director of The Roosevelt Centennial Youth Project, applauded H.R. 5017 as a measure for reversing the present un employment youth trend. He stated three goals: to develqp greater awareness and understanding on the pert of the public and policymakers of the plight of unemployment and ill prepared youth, to promote policies, principles and program* that respond to the youth Joblessness, and to footer cloeer collabora tion and greater coherence among often -disparate local and national organ izations that support more responsive youth employ ment and training efforts. • Several young people who had participated in these youth programs were presented. A 17 year old Hispanic, who was born in Mexico, since en rolling in the Multi-CUltur al Career Intern Program, has become bi lingual, la involved in after-sctool computer science training programs and Ms goal la to become so engtnear. ’ for ffcvernor in the May 8 Democratic Primary, t want to share with every one why I am convinced that Eddie Knox is a bet ter candidate for Governor than Rufus Edmisten. As I promised to do odf election night, I met with both remaining candidates to discuss with them the major policy issues con fronting this state. In ad dition, I observed them closely during the four televised debates. I am nowJlrmly convinced that Eddie Knox stands bead and shoulders over the Attorney General. ~ I always found Eddie Knox willing ^ clearly explain his stands. This is in sharp contrast with hi* opponent’s cam paign which seems to be based on the use of his public office and staff ae a mutfeal ulatfurui. -- Eddie Knox is clearly the topi with the proven - leadership to be entrusted with the important office of ~ tl JT * -Governor. I auicei eiy~urge al| Cfir^lirm yitiy»ng -to join, with me ou Junc-5—« and vjqte for Eddie Knox. - . . i , Sbcwdjr,— Tom dim ore Eddie Knox is running a concrete, issue-oriented campaign which is a credit to our electoral process. Among the many issues which I find we agree upon are opening the state’s major commissions and Council of State meetings to the public, creating a workable ayatem—^ crease funding for educa tion, and protecting our environment through es tablishment of tough toxic wastes management pro grams and the vitally bn - iMrtant Right fn “laws which'will'THsctose"to . all North Carolina citizens when they are coming in contact with hazardous y. . n Rowe-Anderson For ' District Number 33 Recently, the State Le gislature put into law the new re-districting plan for North Carolina. The new -plan was developed tn giw Macks and Republicans an opportunity to participate more readily in $tate go vernment. The district that will have the most impact on Mack voters is District No. 33. This District is made up of preelnet Num bers 2, 11,12,13,147137167 22, 25, 27, 29, 31, 39, 41, 42, 44, 46, 52. 54, 55, 56, 60, 77, 7ar, 8? aMB Dcr. ' * This District has a very high black population and therefore anybody repre senting this District as senator will have to get black support to win. Most likely, the senator will be black. because they felt that the blade community needed to be better represented in the State legislature. Ttagt . -battle is won. But the war goes on because it is up to us fo see to It that we get the,best possible represen tation available. Let us not abuse this privilege, but rather let us use it to better ourselveS and our District. Remem bee, the person we -aendJfl-Raleigh gybaiec tion of what we think about our new-found power. This is npt.M* ttmjte take a risk for historical sake. It is, the time to seek benefits, for future sake. I’ll see you at the pdUs! June 5th. • Thankful For Knox TTie new District Plan was finalized too late to have any candidates vy for the position in the May 8 primary^Consequently, the June 5 race will determine the Democratic candidate for Senate. Wait a minute| There is no republican run ning fo^ this District seat. Theretfore, the winner on June 5 will be our State senator. Of course, the two can didates seeking the histori cal position are Phil Berry and Huey M. Rowe-Ander son.1 Historically* Mr. Berry has served the Made com munity well, and I sup ported him in the past However, today Mr. Berry has yet to satisfactorily respond to allegations printed about him in The Charlotte Observer. The Observer article, at best, showed Mr. Berry to be a poor Judge of character and an even poorer handler of finances. May 8. IW4 Dear Editor: Eddie Knox has been treated unfairly by the National Rifle Associa don iNHA). His' position on guns has been misrepre sented. Eddie is not anti gun. He does not want to interfere in any way with sportsmen, gun collectors or target shooters. His only effort in this area has been to try and save lives. As a life member of the NRA, the Long Creek Rifle and Pistol Chib, Catawba Wildlife Club, a member, of the N.C. Rifle and Pistol Club, a gun collector and gun enthusiast, I can speak with authority and con vie tion on the subject of flrfe arms. You can believe me, Eddie .Knox does not want your guns nor does be want to control anyone’s guns. What he does want to do is to protect the lives of in nocent people and law enforcement officers while performing their duties C.W.Kidd^ Sheriff, Mech^b. The validity of the al legations is mk the point here. The fact that the citizenry in general has a low opinion of politics and politicians, makgs putting Mr. Berry back inoffice a risk-taking proportion The risk is not 'justified because of opposition fo" Mr. Berry in the form of Dr. Huey M. Rowe-Ander son. Mr. Rowe-Anderson is a professor of chemistry at Johnson C. Smith Univer sity. He is the founder and owner of Rowe-Anderson Realty, a real estate agen cy that has been in exist ence for over 11 years. The man has a very analytical mind that is ideal for injecting new ideas into the legislative proems. Moreover, he ha* adapted his analytical apt proaches to the financial community and has beat very successful doing soTF feel he is the type of person to deal with the problems we will be facing in the Mi and 90s. A lot of people fought for the new Re-dietricting Plan i Knox 1h — Better Qualified P O Box 10027 Charlotte, N.C. 28216 -c May 23,1884 Doer Editor: , ( I. personally, do not favor our prosit primary system of voting because far too often it results in the removal of some of our better qualified minorities However, each situation peasants e potential be nefit In this instance, an opportunity is presented to pMce into the office of ^wtative far our collective interests. Eddie Knox stands head and shoulders above the Cast your vote for Eddte Knox on Juno S.
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