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THE TRffiUNAL AID
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21,1976
EDITORIALS
‘You're A Part Of The Solution^ Or You’re A Part Of The Problem
THE VIEWS OF TIE WIITEI'S UE HT llWtTS THOSE OF TIE MPEI'S
Point
by Albert A. Campbell
Thanks For The
Memo ry
We, THE TRIBUNAL AID newspaper management
and staff, wish to take this opportunity to give our
“Thank You’’ to all who aided us in our efforts to
publish a memoriam to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(January 14, 1976 edition)
To all who advertised in our special edition: Thank
you. It was your support that allowed us to publish what
we consider to be one of our better efforts.
To President Ford: Thank you for your
was received with great excitement.
ram. It
To Vice President Rockefeller: Thank you for your
personal letter to our readers. We regret that we
received it too late for last week’s edition; however, we
are publishing it in this week’s paper.
To Mrs. Coretta King and Mrs. Frances S. Thomas,
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Social Change;
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey; Congressman Walter E.
Fauntroy; Mr. Floyd B. McKissick, President of the
Soul City Company; Sargent Shriver -- Thank you for
your letters. They were received with great humility
and with our sincerest gratitude.
To Representative Julian Bond: Thank you for your
correspondence expressing support of our efforts to
honor Dr. King.
To Senator Brook: Thank you for your letter, it, too,
was received too late for last week’s edition and is
being published in this week’s paper.
To the Rev. William D. Turner, Salisbury, N.C.:
Thank you for the poem, ‘‘A Tribute to Dr. M.L. King,
Jr."
To Mr. Heager L. Hill, Birmingham, Ala.: Thank you
for your "On-The-Scene-Summation-Alabama”.
To the Rev. James Campbell, Gary, Ind.: Thank you
for your expressions on "What Dr. King Meant to
Me”.
To Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy, Chancellor, A&T State
University: Thank you for your "In Memoriam
Comments".
We hope that we have not been remiss in thanking
everyone who contributed to our efforts to honor Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.: but, in the event that we have,
we're adding a special "Thank You" just for you.
We have received telephone calls and have been
stopped on the streets by people expressing how' much
they enjoyed last week's edition because of the
originality of the material. To these persons, we say
"Thank You". However, we must keep in mind the
man of whom last week's edition was in memoriam of.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A man who led the kind of
life and committed the kinds of acts that made such an
issue possible.
A Sense Of Pride
”/4 RACE IS UKBA MAN UNTIL
IT USES ITS OWN TALENTS,
TAKES PRIDE IN ITlS OWN HISTORY.
amp loves ITS OWN MEMORIES,
IT CAN NEVER FULFILL ITSELF
COMPLETELY,"
. JOHN W. VANDBRCOOK
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TO BE EQUAL
by Vernon E. Jordan/ Jr.
Executive Director of the Nttional Urbin League
Failure Of U.S.
Angolan Policy
H.C. Department Of
Human Resources
“The press is not only free, it is powerful.
That power is ours. It is the proudest that man
can enjoy.”
-BENJAMIN DISRAELI
ALTHOUGH THE EDITORIALS WRITTEN IN
THIS NEWSPAPER ARE NOT INTENDED TO BjET
THE ONLY ANSWERS TO THE PROBLEMS
AND (X3NDITI0NS EXPRESSED, SOME PER
SONS MAY STILL DISAGREE WITH THESE
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RESPONSIBLE PERSON WHO WISHES TO
REFUTE THESE EXPRESSIONS TO DO SO,
AND FREE AND EQUAL SPACE WILL BE PRO
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DON L. BAILEY, GENERAL MANAGER
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Most of us receive at least one phone
call or knock on our door per week from
someone wanting us to contribute money
for some so-called “worthy” cause. Quite
often we make a contribution just to get
them off of our backs only to discover a
few days later that the organization
soliciting money was fradulent. This is
money down the drain, but there is
something you can do about it.
Ed Edgerton, special assistance for
licensing in the Department of Human
Resources, said, “If you are confronted
by door-to-door or telephone sales and
doubt the sincerity of the organization or
the salesman, start asking questions.
Find out where the sponsoring
organization is located, what specific
charitable group the money is going to,
how much the charitable group will be
receiving and where the salesman is
from,” stated Edgerton, “Do not be
fooled by T-shirts with emblems or an ID
card with the salesman’s name printed in
magic marker. Be particularly suspicious
if the soliciting agent is a small child or a
handicapped person. Organizations
sometimes use such agents as a
sympathy appeal,” cautioned Edgerton.
According to Edgerton, solicitation by
and for charitable organizations is the
third largest industry in the United
States. It is a $25 billion operation in the
nation and $347 million business in North
Carolina.
The Council of Better Business
Bureaus indicated that about 10 percent
of the organizations are rip-offs. Half of
the remaining organizations are deficient
in their accountability and the
remainder are operating within the limits
prescribed by law.
North Carolina has had a law
regulating the licensing of organizions
seeking funds for charitable pusposes
since 1939. The 1975 General Assembly
passed another law tightening controls on
these organizations even more. This law
provides for more accountability and
public disclosure of facts, tightens
enforcement procedures, prevents decep
tive and dishonest statements and
conduct in an organization’s solicitation
of funds, and eliminates many of the
organizations previously exempted from
the law. It also defines and regulates
more stringently the professional fund
raising counsel and the professional
solicitor.
A professional fund raising counsel
primarily consults, works on a flat fee
basis and does not participate in the
actual solicitation. A professional solicitor
works on a percentage basis and does
participate in the actual solicitation. To
be licensed, professionals must post a
$5,000 bond and have all contracts with
charitable organizations approved in
writing, A professional solicitor’s
percentage is limited to 15 percent of the
gross amount collected through his
solicitation after cost of goods and
services are deducted.
Those organizations needing to apply
for solicitation licenses include:
1, Nonexempt charitable organizations
which seek to raise more than $2,000 for
religious, cultural, educational, scientific,
eleemosynary (supported by charity) and
other charitable purposes.
2. Religious organizations which solicit
outside of their own membership or seek
to raise money for secular purposes such
as food, clothing, shelter, education,
medical and disaster relief.
Washington’s efforts to intervene in
Angola’s civil war, through a massive
infusion of arms, money and training
support, is doomed to failure.
The reason lies not in the rights and
wrongs of the contending factions but in a
history of neglect of black Africa and
indifference to its paramount concerns.
Our government has little influence in
Africa today because it supported the
European colonial powers up to the bitter
end, and even today follows a conciliatory
policy toward the the racist South African
government that maintains an apartheid
system and oppresses its black majority.
In Angola, despite putting some
nationalist leaders on the CIA payroll,
Washington poured military aid into the
old Portuguese dictatorship, aid that was
quickly funneled into Portugal’s African
colonies, including Angola, to fight rebels
battling for independence.
What makes Angolan mess even worse
is the presence of South African army
fighting in support of the faction we are
backing.
Yes, the Popular Movement forces are
supplied with advanced Russian
weapons, Russian advisors, Cuban
combat troops,and, it is alleged, with
white mercenaries from Katanga. None
of these groups has any business being
there.
But from the African point of view, bad
as these outsiders may be, they can’t
compare with troops from a South African
regime taht condemns its black majority
to sub-human living conditions and strips
them of basic human rights.
So in Angola, the U.S. is allied with
South Africa against a black movement
that has been recognized by many nations
while the side we support has very
limited support.
The point Americans ought to consider
is whether we want to be in a position in
which we are allied with an
internationally-abhored country and
intervening in an African civil war that
could become another Vietnam.
The lesson that must be drawn from
American impotence in Angola is that our
historic neglect of African liberation
movements and support for colonial
powers has left us bereft of the natural
Exempt status is forfeited when reservoir of goodwill that should have
professional fund raising counsels or been ours on the Continent. Many the
professional solicitors are used.
The 1975 law passed by the General
Assembly also designated that Solicita
tion Licensing be served by an advisory
committee appointed by the governor.
Any inquires concerning the licensing
of an organization seeking funds for
charitable purposes and the legitimacy of
such an organization should be directed
to Mr. Ed Edgerton, Division of Facility
Services, Post Office Box 12200, Raleigh,
North Carolina 27605, 919/829-4510.
The lesson that must be drawn from
American impotence in Angola is that our
historic neglect of African liberation
movements and support for colonial
powers has left us bereft of the natural
reservoir of goodwill that should have
been ours on the Continent. Many
African leaders were educated here, and
many more admire the principles of
democracy. But that potential goodwill
has been thrown away by one
Administration after another that refused
to recognize African rights to
independence and necessary economic
aid.
The Russian and Cuban intervention
should be condemned too. It holds the
threat of turning the African continent
into a field of cold war rivalry, and
African .differences must be settled by
Africans themselves, not by the new
imperialists in Moscow or their hired
guns.
The near-hysteria surrounding the
prospects of Russian domination of
Angola’s resources if the Popular
Movement wins is impractical from many
points of view. The nationalist fervor that
led freedom fighters to resist the
Portuguese for so many years will also
operate to frustrate the Russians in any
power grab they may attempt.
An American policy of non-involve-
ment, assistance to African groups
seeking a political solution, disavowal of
South African intervention, and open
diplomacy to establish ties of mutual
respect with the government that
emerges from the fighting is bound to do
us a lot more good in the long run than
being drawn into an affair that is none of
our business.
Such a policy would win respect for our
country throughout the continent and is
bound to result in a backlash effect that
resents Russian intrusions. The Russians
are ahead now simply because they’ve
never been bogged down by supporting
colonial powers, but that lead is of
necessity short-lived.
The African policy of our government
has been one of having no policy. The
conflict in Angola points up the dangers
of that stance. But it also provides us with
an opportunity to construct a sound policy
toward Africa, a Continent that is of
growing importance and one that has no
use for either the CIA or the KGB, but
looks for understanding and friendship.
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Ibmgs Tm Should Know
THE BETTER WE KNOW US
Continued from Page 1
four-month-old consultant, security firm
presently employees ten security officers
and has handled such large contracts as .
Food World, Columbia Food Market,
High point Mall, The Mahasco
(Furniture) Company and has done
seasonal work at the Southern Furniture
Market Center.
Mr. Graves, himself has put together
all of his 22 years of law enforcement and
trained his security people. Strict
requirements dealing with temperance,
behavioral patterns, attitude, honesty,
drinking habits, with special emphasis on
neatness, are closely checked out. Each
morning before any one of the security
guards goes to work he is inspected; and
periodically, each security guard is
observed while on assignment. The
supervisory part of Security Consultants
is carried out by Lt. Frank Watley, a
retired Air Force officer. The consulting
aspects of the company are handled by
Mr. Graves, himself.
Mr. Graves has won awards from the
Carl Chavis Y.M.C.A., Membership
Award; Policeman of the Month, High
Point Police Department; and the
Certificate of Achievement from the
American Legion. He is a member of
Memorial United Methodist Church,
High Point; a member of the Masons; and
President of the Collective Civitans, the
only all-Black Civitan organization in the
world. He enjoys hunting, fishing, rock
hunting, dog training and most building
trade skills.
Mr. Graves feels that his company is
giving the best service possible. And, to
make the job easier, he asks for
understanding from the public. For with
this respect and understanding he feels
that his company can prevent people from
having needless law enforcement
experiences.
Mr. Graves’ concern for his
community’s safety makes him a good
man to know. For the better we know
him, THE BETTER WE KNOW US.
PIAR
1782-1817
Born in curacao,dutch west
INDIES, OF MIXED PARENTAGE;HE BE
CAME A WORLD-FAMOUS GENERAL,
NOTED AS SIMON BOLIVAR'S GREAT
EST RIVAL ! MOVING TO VENEZUELA
IN 1810, HE BECAME A GENERAL AND
DEFIED ALTTHORITY BY FIGHTING FOR
NEGRO RIGHTS,/he STIRRED NEGRO
OFRCERS AND MEN TO REBELLION — FOR THIS BOLIVAR HADillM
KILLED.^BUTNOTHINg COULD KILL THE MOVEMENT/