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International relations between U.S.A., m^y
African countries and West Germany were prob
ably solidified and extended during the recent
USA-Fan African-West German track meet in Dur
ban. The event was a classic example of how sports
and games bridge communication barriers, extend
friendship and harmonize people's respect for one
another.
Yet there was a healthy spirit of competition
among the participants and the many spectators,
leading many to believe that everybody enjoyed
the event.
There was a contrast with the previous Fan-
African and USA meet that took place in Durham
two years ago. To the Alricand during the meet,
the place was new and many of them did not
really know what to expect. This time, it was no
longer going to an unknown place: it was a place
that many of the athletes had been before and
had many friends. There was no repetition of what
happened during the previous meet
when an Ethiopian mile runner confused the fin
al stages of his race and stopped short of one
round and got beat to the disappointment of
nearly all the spectators. This time too, the West
Germans added style to the meet with their pres-
sence and sportsmanship.
Said one African, "‘I enjoyed the meet and I
am glad to be here. ’ Another runner from the
USA echoed the sentiment by saying that, “It
is a great event.’"
Yet all was not well to everybody. Complained
an African athlete, ‘‘The arrangements were not
to our liking. It has been difficult for us to get
equipment for training and there was no proper
co-ordination.’" She cited the case of llse Gaede
of West Germany, who placed 1st in discus and
who was later disqualified because of illegal dis
cus, as a proof that there was no proper co-ordi-
nation. “Who knows,"’ she said, “how many other
athletes used illegal means to win?"’
Both Beatric Emodi and Beatric Ewuzie of Ni
geria, were excited about the meet and were look
ing forward to going to Canada for the next meet
there. Both girls are students at Grambhng State
University, Louisiana. Will they come back to
North Carolina if there is another meet, 1 asked
them. “Yes,’ answered both of them. “I like
the kind of people 1 met here,"’ Emodi said.
Since the track meet two years ago, there had
been increased recruiting of African runners to
American universities. Some of these student
athletes are happy and enjoying their stay in the
universities where they study but there are also
others who say that their stay has not been what
they expected. There is a case of a Kenyan athlete
who was brought to a college on athletic scholar
ship and who later found out, to his greatest disap
pointment, that his scholarship made no provisions
for illness. This kind of situation has led some to
say that some of the schools are not taking good
care of the athletes they brought here.
Did the visiting athletes have time to see some
parts of North Carolina? “Of course,” answered a
Ghanaian. “I went as far as Rocky Mount, Raleigh
and Greensboro. And I met many African students
during a party hosted by some African students for
some of the athletes."’
“The weather was beautiful during the meet,”
said a Kenyan. “The rain seemed to know exactly
when to stop."’ The rain indeed did know when to
stop for it had rained for three days that week and
just dried up a day before the meet.
When the track meet may have become history,
the friendships cemented by many during the occa
sion will probably be an everlasting reminder that
human relationship in the arena of sports is one of
the best things that will endure the strains of our
times.
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TO BE EQUAL
by Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.
Executive Director of the ’ National Urban League
There’s trouble ahead for the econ-
omy. Officials and economists are say
ing that the worst is behind us and
that the recession/Depression has final
ly bottomed out.
If past experience is any guide that
means we’re in for a new wave of bad
news. Rosy predictions seem always
to be followed by new downturns.
Remember the “light at the end of
the tunnel” we were always told ■
about during the Vietnam War?
This time the optimists are say
ing that the economic skies will be
bright blue but with one small ex
ception. It seems the thunder cloud
of unemployment will still be with
us. No one predicts that the econom
ic upswing will reduce unemployment
by more than a marginal amount.
Historically, recessions have been
followed by declines in unemploy
ment, but it lags behind other eco
nomic indicators and joblessness is
always higher at the end of the re
cession than before. This time the
lag is expected to be worse, with all
agreed on an official unemployment
rate of no less than 7.5 percent even
when the economy is back on course.
And tha’s almost double the true job
less rate.
Whatever the other indicators say
it’s going to be difficult to convince
people that good times are back when
the ranks of the unemployed are still
so huge. Yet there is reluctance to
create the jobs and take the federal
actions needed to put people back
to work because of fears of inflation
and of the costs of such programs.
Such fears are misplaced because
the real costs of continued high un
employment are so staggering they
dwarf the costs of insuring full em
ployment.
Official unemployment (grossly
understated) is running at about 9
percent of the labor force. What if
it were cut to five percent, still too
high but a rate considered reasonable
just a few years ago?
The answer: the economy would
be producing goods and services worth
$200 billion a year and the government
would be collecting $56 billion more
in tax revenues than at present. And
there wouldn’t be the billions spent
on various forms of unemployment
compensation. For each additional
one point reduction in unemployment
there would be a corresponding rise
of $50 billion in production and $14
billion in extra government tax re
ceipts.
In effect, a full employment policy
of job-creation and expansion would
pay for itself. But that’s not all. In
addition to positive benefits of full
employment, there would be the
enormous costs saved in individual
misery and in family and health prob
lems - real costs of joblessness that
are never factored into government
budget figures because they either
have no dollar value or because the
costs are borne by individuals and in
secondary effects upon society, such
as increased crime.
An example of such high costs of
unemployment was given in testimony
at a recent Congressional hearing when
an expert witness, a Cornell University
professor, testified to a sharp rise in
teenage suicides, in juvenile deliquen-
cy, and in divorce rates, all of which
he attributes in large part to econom
ic conditions such as poverty and un
employment.
A rise in suicides has also been ob
served by psychiatrists at community
mental health centers. They also note
increased alcoholism, drug abuse, di
vorce and other problems tied to job
lessness and money problems.
Surrounded by symbols of afflu
ence, more and more people are
struggling to survive on less and less.
The average worker brings home less
in real wages than he did ten years
ago, and it’s been estimated about
one-fourth of all workers will be
unemployed at some time during
1975. And even that startling figure
doesn’t include the five million or
more people who would like to work
but can’t find a job and have dropped
out of the labor force.
For all the timidity about taking
positive steps to put everyone back
to work, it is now clear that the
social and economic costs of full
employment far outweigh the enorm
ous costs of the present Depression.
INSIGHT * For Teens Only
by Miller Carter, Jr.
»lost of us don’t realize how fortun
ate we are to have the two most im
portant gifts that anyone could have.
These two gifts are our hearing and our
sight. We often take these gifts for
granted and because we take them for
granted, we don’t always use them as
effectively as we should. I guess we
will never realize their true value until
we lose one or both of them.
Just think of what the world would
be like if no one could see or hear -- al
though it might be better for some.
There would not be very much accomp
lished in the world today. But, be
cause of our not being able to see or
hear, we couldn’t tell the differences
in the races. In this way, everyone
would be the same and everyone would
work together instead of working
against one another.
Though seeing and hearing have
their good and bad points (mostly
good), they are both definite factors
in learning for everyone. By seeing and
hearing we experience many things
in life that we would otherwise not
be able to experience. If we were in
a situation where we had to give up
one of these gifts, which one would
it be? It’s a very hard decision, isn’t
Sometimes we may look at some
thing or hear something but we don’t
really pay it any attention. Therp is
a difference between “looking’’ and
“seeing”, as well as between “hearing”
and “listening”. Looking at something
means just to glance at it and to take
notice of its presence; but to “see’’
that same obj&et riieahs to know’that
it is present and the reason for its
presence. I'm sure we’ve all done this
when “looking’’ at the furniture in
our homes ~ we “see” thinjs that we
focus more of our attention on. This
same reasoning holds true for hearing
and listening. We “hear” noises when
we don’t “listen’". A classic example is
“old folks” and rock music. The “old
folks’’ hear a noise when they hear
rock music. They don’t “listen” to it.
They think that rock music is just a
bunch of junk with no meaning.
This brings out another point which
is very important. The point is “How
well do we see or listen?” “What kind
of an understanding or meaning do
we get from what we see or hear?”
Just like the “old folks’" think rock
music has no meaning; others think
pop art has no meaning when they
look at it. These things DO have
meaning. It just depends on how well
you “listen’’ or how well you “see”. If
we don’t put forth enough effort, then
how do we expect to find an under
standing?
For a better understanding when
listening and seeing, here are a few
hints that I use that may be beneficial
to you:
(1) Focus your attention on one
thing at a time.
(2) When you listen to someone
talk, look them in the eyes.
(3) Don’t try to talk and listen at
the same time.
(4) Ask questions about what you
don’t ^understand.
(5) Don’t waste your time looking
or listening to things that don’t inter
est you.
Uur eyesight and hearing are gifts.
We should use them to the best of our
ability.
thought FOR THIS WEEK: You
will never know how much you love some
thing or someone until it’s gone.
Hungs T(m Shcmid Know
J. B.BaiEY
BUkCK HAITIAN, BORN IN SLAVERY,
WORKED HIS WAY UPTOTHE RANK OF AD
JUTANT-GENERAL IN NAPOLEON'S army!
LATER, HE WAS A DELEGATE TO THE FRENCH
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WHERE HE OPPOSED
THE SLAVERY INTERESTS IN A ST\RRING
AND HI STORY-MAKING SPEECH THAT
STARTECKTHE VOTE THAT ENDED
SLAVERY FOREVER IN HAITI!
THE BETTER WE KNOW US
Bob is sometimes singled out by
autograph hounds but he says its
not really a bother; however, it can
get a bit frustrating when he is trying
to get something done or if he is in a
hurry.
For the past three seasons that
Bob has played with Buffalo, he
and his teammates have got along very
well. He only wishes that the team
had more players. He feels that the
team won’t win a championship
with the few players that it now has.
What the team needs is more help in
the forward and guard positions. Even
though Bob feels that the team needs
more players, he likes being a part of
the present team and hopes to contin*
ue playing for as long as his legs hold
out.
Bob McAdoo, a man with a dream
of playing professional basketball, has
seen his dream come true. How about
that! To start very, very small and
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work his way up to the “big time”!
McAdoo’s success is just a sample
of what we can do if we set a goal,
and prepare and qualify ourselves for
the achievement of that goal.
Bob McAdoo, a good man to know,
for the better we know him, THE
be;tterweknowus.