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SERVICE TO ALL
Volume 1, No. 1
May 30, 1973
Press Run 5000
Model City Commission Notes
by Wayne Pray, Directc.
In this last planned year of
the Model Cities program
from July 1973 to June 30,
1974, the City of High Point
is facing many opportunities
for progressive action; action
which will depend a great
deal on the responsibility
exercised by Model
Neighborhood residents.
The biggest opportunity is
that this is not only the last
planned year of the
demonstration called Model
Cities but the first planning
year to its successor, the
Community Development
program. Major decisions will
be made this year concerning
what High Point will do with
the Community Development
process such as the role that
citizens will play in decision
making and what human
needs are to gain priority for
funds.
The City wide Community
Development program which
will carry an annual federal
grant starting with four
miUinn plus dnltars is
presently before Congress for
action. Several versions of the
legislation are being debated,
however, if any of these
versions are passed the result
will be: 1) More local control
and local priority setting of
what to do with funds that
formally were used separately
for Model Cities, urban'
renewal, open space,
neighborhood facilities and
water-sewer programs. These
programs will all be blended
together in the Community
Development program, 2)
guaranteed funding, 3)
Citizen Participation to be
determined locally.
The opportunity is there
for each Model Neighborhood
resident along with all
citizens of High Point, to
insure that you are informed
and that you have some voice
on how the Community
Development money is spent
in High Point.
The city has prepared itself
administratively for this new
responsibility and created the
Community Development
Division in the Manager’s
office. The Model City
Commission will work closely
with the manager’s office as
well as with City Council to
insure that those parts of the
Model City Commission
process and program that
should continue are indeed
continued.
The most important part
of this -rocess is called
Citizen Participation and in
this area the Model City
Commission will lend its
experience and weight to help
the city establish a
meaningful and . workable
city-wide citizen participation
mechanism. It is important
that you the Model
Neighborhood residents ask
questions and make sure in
your mind that whatever is
established will result in the
most benefit to the greatest
number of people.
There are ready-made
forums for Model
Neighborhood residents to
ask their questions, but the
best two are (1) the monthly
meeting of the Model City
Commission which set asides
time for questions and
comments from any citizens
present. The Model City
Commission meets on the
first Thursday of each month
in the City-County Building
at 7:30 p.m.; room 308; (2)
The City Council which
usually meets the first and
third Thursdays of each
month in room 200 of the
City-County Building starting
at 8:30 a.m. If neither of the
above are convenient, why
not visit the Model City
Commissioners from your
neighborhood and ask that
commissioner to bring your
questions and concerns
forward.
A second opportunity is
represented in the mimicipal
elections scheduled for
November 1973. All citizens
of High Point have the
responsibility of selecting a
council and mayor who wiU
act to help insure that the
myriad of services offered
under the Model City
Program can continue under
the city wide Commimity
Development program. Of
course this cpport\;nity to
elect leaders will be lost if
either you are not registered '
to vote or do not actually
vote.
Although we face this year
of opportunity with much
less resource (money, staff
and programs) it nevertheless
is the most important year of
the Model City program and
we cannot afford to miss the
opportunity of joining hands
with other neighborhoods in
High Point to create the best
possible Community
Development Program.
Civil Rights Camp Encouraged
New York Times
News Service
WASHINGTON - The
shakeup of the White House
staff has left opponents of
President Nixon’s social and
civil rights policies
encouraged that there might
be some changes for the
better for them.
Civil rights leaders, urban
and government officials say
they expect, at the least, a
softening of the
administration’s position on
racial and social matters, if
not a complete reversal.
“Watergate seems to have
been God-sent,” commented
an aide to a big city mayor.
On social matters, some
administration opponents feel
the President mi^t back off
on such issues as the stringent
new regulations on welfare
and social services. Civil rights
officials and leaders believe
the White House might now
seek to improve relations
with them.
ALTHOUGH they are
optimistic over the long-range
impact of the White House
shakeup, these officials say
that serious problems exist
today.
For example, they
complain that it is almost
impossible to get answers on
important questions from the
White House. Further, they
note that as many as 25
major jobs remain unfilled in
domestic agencies.
At least one civil rights
leader, Bayard Rustin, thinks
blacks and liberals should try
to exploit the President’s
position. Rustin, director of
the A. Philip Randolph
Institute, said Watergate had
provided an opportunity for
breakthroughs and “our job is
to take advantage of Nixon’s
extraordinary weakness.”
But most of those
interviewed tried not to
convey the impression that
they were attacking the
President while he was down.
And they were unanimous in
their dislike for, and pleasure
over the departure of Nixon’s
two closest aides, John D.
Ehrlichman, domestic affairs
advisor, and H.R. Haldeman,
chief of staff.
The twc aides were held
responsible for everything the
leaders disliked, from
screening the President from
opposing viewpoints to
influencing the cutbacks in
such programs as day care,
health and manpower
training.
Further, civil rights leaders
were particularly perturbed
about the administration’s
opposition to busing and
low-income housing in the
suburbs and about its plans to
shift social programs to the
states.
Civil rights and urban
1 eaders were especially
pleased with the elevation of
Leonard Garment from
special consultant for
minority affairs to counsel to
the President.
While they do not consider
Garment especially effective,
they see him as a Ukeable
friend of civil rights, the only
presidential advisor who
advocated the civil rights
Fight For The
Right Right
My name is James Wesley
Ingram. I am a freshman at
Lane College, Jackson,
Tennessee. Lane is one of the
minorities of the all black
colleges in the United States
today.
I feel that it is my
responsibility to inform the
public of an incident that
happened on May 9, 1973. It
all started about 7:30 p.m.
There were about 25 students
on the cafeteria steps singing
songs of glee because they
knew that another school
year would soon be over.
About 7:50 p.m. a police car
with one officer stopped in
front of the steps, and the
officer got out of the car and
ordered the students to leave.
Naturally some of the
students left, but the
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The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, an early dieipto ot the tate'i
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and now head of the Chicago-
based Operation PUSH, ^ays a major target of the human
rights movement in 1973 will be revenue sharing. Jackson
told reporters recently that he believes a new coalition of
civil rights, labor and religious groups will fl^t to make
revenue sharing programs more responsive to the people.
Death Was Near
Johnson Knew
JOHNSON crrv, Texas -
Lyndon B. Johnson was
aware last December at his
library’s civil rights
ceremonies that time was
running out.
The late President, a vital
and active man throughout
his 64 years, spent the final
months of his life as a
semi-invalid trying to run his
business affairs and fulfill
public commitments,
knowing fuU well that he was
losing strength.
In an interview with his
widow, Lady Bird, and his
younger daughter, Luci
Nugent, they described how
he had spent his final months
before dying of a heart attack
- his fourth - on Jan. 22.
His last major public
appearance was a speech at
the symposium opening his
civU rights papers at the LBJ
Library in Austin last Dec.
12.
The Johnsons attended the
symposium and in an
emotional reiteration of his
theme of reconciliation of the
races made during his five
years in office, Johnson took
the stage after one man not
on the program had
threatened to disrupt the
symposium if he wasn’t
permitted to speak.
Johnson, who had finished
his prepared address and
taken his seat, returned to the
podium, “obviously sick and
tired,” said Stephen Spurr,
president of the University of
Texas.
Speaking in a subdued
voice, Johnson said, “To be
black - to one who is black -
is to be proud, to be worthy,
to be honorable. But to be
black in a white society is not
to stand on level ground.
“While the races may stand
side by side, whites stand on
history’s mountain and blacks
stand in history’s hollow.
“Unless we overcome
unequal history, we cannot
overcome unequal
opportunity. That is not - nor
will it ever be - an easy goal
to achieve.”
The audience gave him a
standing ovation.
At the ranch during the
Christmas hoUdays, Luci
recalled, he talked at length
about the family business
interests.
“He was trying to prepare
the family,” she said.
Willie Day Taylor, his
secretary and long-time
family friend, observed. “He
was sick a lot in those last
years and Lady Bird went
through a lot with him. But,
you know, I don’t think
Lyndon Johnson would have
gone if he wasn’t ready to
Named Managing Editor
HIGHT POINT. . .THE
TRIBUNAL AID proudly
names Mr. Albert A.
Campbell its Managing
Editor. A native of High
Point, Mr. Campbell is no
stranger to this city.
He comes to THE
TRIBUNAL AID with ample
newspaper experience. He has
worked for the CAROLINA
PEACEMAKER for the past
two years, of which the last
nine months was in the
capacity of General Manager.
Campbell referred to his
work in Greensboro as a
tremendous experience; one
that he has benefitted from
greatly. Consequently, he will
have complete editorial
control with THE
TRIBUNAL AID.
He stated his intentions for
this paper are simple and
plain. “I would like to see it
be a truly local paper; one
that completely serves the
entire Black community. And
that means all persons and
groups.”
Campbell and his wife,
Hattie reside on Whitman
Place with one niece, Marcia
Gregory, and two nephews,
John and Michael Gregory.
Omega Fraternity Cited
by Naomi C. McLean
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -
Members of the local Omega
Psi Phi Fraternity chapter
returned from a recent
meeting in Columbia, S.C.,
which was the annual session
of the sixth district of the
national fraternity.
The chapter was honored
for the second consecutive
time as the “graduate chapter
of the year,” of North and
South Carolina. Recognition
is on the basis of the best
scrapbook presentation of the
participating chapters.
R. V. Boone was chairman
of the scrapbook committee
for the twin-city group, Dr.
Fredrick Douglas was the
delegate to the district
representing the local
chapter. Lemuel L. Johnson,
representative of the
Winston-Salem area four’s
district received a plaque for
meritorious service.
Frederick C. Matthews, a
12th grade student at the
N.C. School of the Arts, was
second place winner in the
district talent hunt contest.
He was accompanied at the
piano by Walter Knapp, also a
student at the School of the
Arts.
Leaders of the membership
campaign at the Patterson
Avenue Branch YMCA met
recently to give a report and
engage in a panel discussion.
The theme, “Get the
Message?” was a part of the
meeting and was discussed by
William McGee, James Shaw,
Frank MurreU, Dr. Harvey H.
Allen, James Ford and a guest
performer, Mitch Mitchell.
Special recognition was
given to several team leaders
for their effort in promoting
this year’s membership
campaign. Honored were
Mar^all Hairston, Robert
Dunlap, Turner Wright, B. N.
Cook and Marvin Dunlap, M.
H. Penn Jr. is head of this
year s campaign.
Woman’s Day and Mother’s
Day were combined at St.
Stephen Baptist Church.
Speakers were Mrs. Barbara
Phillips, employed by
Winston-Salem Forsyth
County Board of Education
as model city coordinator and
Mrs. Glermie M. Hall, a
retired school teacher.
Mrs. Philhps is a trustee
and a member of the Reserve
Sunday Teachers class at First
Baptist Church, Highland
Avenue. She is a graduate of
Winston-Salem State
University and holds a
Master’s degree from Indiana
University.
Mrs. Hall is a graduate of
Winston-Salem State
University, president of the
Effort Club and head of the
Women’s Day Committee at
New Bethel Baptist Church.
She holds a Master’s degree
from Columbia University,
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Illegality Cancels lob Rights
WASHINGTON (UPI) -
The Supreme Court ruled
unanimously Monday that
the 1964 Civil Rights Act
does not require an employer
to hire a black who has
engaged in illegal civil rights
demonstrations against him.
At the same time the
court, in an opinion by
Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.,
made the road into court a
httle easier for those with this
kind of problem.
The case was appealed by
the McDonnell Douglas
Corp., which in 1965 refused
to re-hire Percy Green of St.
Louis, chairman of Action, a
militant civil rights group.
Green had participated in a
massive “stall in”
demonstration against
McDonnell in October, 1964,
when cars were intentionally
stalled on five main access
roads to the plant.
Green was arrested for
obstructing traffic and fined
$50.
One part of the 1964 law
makes it unlawful for-
emoloyersto discriminate on
the basis of race. Another -
more specific - bars
discrimination because of an
appUcant’s participation in
civil rights activities.
U.S. Sues Development
WASHINGTON - The
Department of Justice has
filed a civil suit charging that
military tenants are racially
segregated in a housing
development outside Camp
Lejune, a U.S. Marine Corps
base in North Carolina.
Attorney General Richard
G. Kleindienst said the
housing discrimination suit
was filed in U.S. District
Court in Raleigh, North
CaroUna, against New River
Management Company.
The company manages the
350-unit development near
the main gate of Camp
Lejune. Its houses and
apartments are largely rented
by servicemen stationed at
the base.
The suit said the company
pursues a policy and practice
of discriminating against
black persons by refusing to
rent apartments to blaclS in
predominantly white sections
of the New River
Apartments.
The suit asked for a court
order enjoining the company
from engaging in any racially
discriminatory housing
practice and requiring it to
take appropriate steps to
correct the continuing effects
of its alleged discriminatory
practices.
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