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EDITORIALS
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by Albert A. CampbeO
THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO FOR OURSELVES...VOTE
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A short while/agova friend and 1 were
talking about sojne ^ the problems of Black
people in this cJin^y. One in particular was,
the difficulty Bl^ks^ are now having with
identity. We 'uoth arrived at similar
conclusions; that being. Black people are
thoroughly confused as to what they are, who
they are, and what role they should play in
this country.
It is commonly felt that if a Black advocates
being a Black first and an American second,
he is more than just a militant. He is a radical
and possibly even a fool. While on the other
hand, most other nationalities, or all 1 would
say, are first from their mother land and
second Americans.
Being confused. Blacks have tried to
amalgamate into the American system, but
most of all in doing so, they’ve also tried to
lose their identity, which is quite
jmpossible-except for those who can “pass”.
Blacks struggle to be everything but what they
really are.
If you look at other nationalities or ethnic
groups, you’ll find that they are first what
they were born to be, and second, adopting
some of the life styles where ever they happen
to be. Jewish people do not attempt to deny
that they are Jewish by melting into a society
and losing their original identity. They simply
strive to harmonize within the society but at
the same time maintaining their identity.
Likewise, the same holds true with the many
other nationalities in this country, except
Blacks. Our strong desire to be a part of this
society influences us to melt into it, thereby
taking on many false identities.
Cultures of other ethnic groups are brought
to this country by them, and very strong
efforts are exerted to maintain them, even in
this country. Large sums of money are earned
while exploiting the different cultures of
foreign lands. Movies makers compell us to
admire the traditional dance of another
country or marvel at customers which are
strange to us. Yet Black culture and customes
have been ignored and in some cases
ridiculed. And because of this. Blacks dislike,
and in some cases are ashamed of their
natural attributes. Consequently, while
struggling to be a part of this society, we tend
to deny some of our natural abilities.
Many nationalities are notorious for certain
natural abilities, and all should be proud.
Germans are known for brain power, while
Japanese are known to be expert machinist.
Right here let me point out, that everybody
cannot be the same. Somebody has to be a
dancer, somebody has to be an athlete, while
others have to be whatever else the world
needs.
There is nothing dishonorable or
disgraceful about being a good anything. If
your natural abilities lean toward athletics,
than be a good athlete, and don’t be mislead
into believing that yours is the talent of a
dummy. Dummies don’t earn upwards of one
hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per year.
Dummies don’t become national, or even
international celebrities. What ever your
talent might be. if properly viewed and used,
the rewards for them can be unlimited
financially, emotionally, and any other way so
desired.
“Black and Proud" has been a popular
saying that I would like to see practiced.
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Vernon E. Jordan,Jr.
Cities—The Hidden Issue
We’ve managed to get this far in the
election campaign without anyone really
pressing the big hidden issue - the fate
of the cities.
Except for the growing metropolises of
the so-called “sunbelt", most major
American cities are experiencing loss of
jobs, deterioration of housing stock, poor
transportation facilities, high rates of
inner-city poverty, and extreme fiscal
crisis.
Large section of some cities look like
bombed-out wastelands as housing
abandonment spreads. Crime makes
many neighborhoods unsake and the
schools are laying off teachers in the face
of the special needs of poor pupils.
Such a situation calls for a Domestic
Urban Marshall Plan that would harness
the vast powers of the federal
government, state and local governments
' and the private sector for a full-scale
effort to save the cities and restore urban
vitality.
But neither candidate has endorsed
such a program, or even come close to it.
Caution seems to be the byword, as both
candidates fear scaring off voters with
proposals for bold new programs.
But this assumes a conservation among
the electorate that's not justified. True,
many public opinion polls show more
people willing to call themselves
"conservative." But at the same time
most people favor social programs like
national health insurance and expanded
efforts to cut unemployment.
One national poll on federal priorities
found only 3 percent concerned about
"excessive spending on social prob
lems." The same people who parrot the
common complaints about Washington
and "big government" also say they
want the government to do something
about jobs, housing and other issues that
affect their lives.
So there's little reason for candidates
to misread the polls and assume they’ve
got to soft peddle the issues that really
concern people. Both the candidates are
being cautious, saying that only a little
tinkering will do the trick and shrink from
programs of the scale of a Domestic
Urban Marshall Plan. Meanwhile,
supporters of both imply that once the
elections are behind us the winner will
take a bolder stance.
But why mistrust the people? Everyone
knows that poverty is eating away at the
cities like a cancer, and that the numbers
of the poor sharply increased last year -
an additional 2.5 million people became
poor, largely through loss of jobs and the
end of their unemployment insurance
coverage.
Not enough people are aware that the
federal government takes a dispropor
tionate amount of urban resources in
taxes and then redistributes much of it to
other sectors. Hard pressed New York
City, with 7.6 percent of the population
paid 11.4 percent of all federal income
taxes in 1974 and now is shutting down
hospitals, schools and day care centers.
The federal government has been
running an unofficial Marshall Plan
program for the suburbs for years, with
road-building programs, housing mort
gage subsidies, and tax breaks, and the
private sector has cooperated by a
wholesale movement of plants and offices
away from the inner-city.
No one labelled this as a special
program, but that’s the result of a
multitude of federal and private actions.
As the financial magazine. Business
Week, put it: "Restoring the cities to
self-sufficiency" would mean ‘‘the kind
of investment that has reproduced pieces
of the city, including whole business
districts, in the suburbs over the past
several decades. Neither Carter nor Ford
is talking about such investment.
Anything less is not likely to make much
difference to cities."
The candidates know this. They know
that whoever wins the election will have
to deal with an urban crisis that can
largely determine the future of the
nation.
So why not level with us now? Why ask
people to go the polls unsure of how the
candidates will deal with this hidden
issue? The candidate who goes to an
inner-city slum to see first-hand what’s
happening to our cities and uses it as a
forum to unveil his plans for a Marshall!
Plan for urban America will do more than
spark a lacklustre campaign, he'll take a
giant step toward victory in November.
ASHEVILLE
Carl Johnson
258-2521
BURLENGTON
Hurley Patterson
227-5559
CONCORD
George Goodman
782-6986
FAYETITVnXE
John B. Hendersoa
483-6144
GASTONIA
T.M. Walker
867-5690
LEXINGTON
MaLeah Hargrave
249-3618
MOCKSVILLE
Charlie Rivers
N. C. Department
Of Human Resources
State Recruits Physicians
RALEIGH -- Everyday. North
Carolinians are finding it increasingly
difficult to secure the services of a
physician. Quite often the problem lies in
the physician's inability to add new
patients to an already over expanded
practice, or the lack of a physician or
enough physicians to serve a community.
The N.C. Office of Rural Health
Services is trying to ease the problem
through its Physician Location Assistance
Program. According to Paul Harrison,
physician recruitment coordinator, the
program is designed to recruit physicians
and assist them in locating in a place in
which they want to live and work. To his
knowledge. North Carolina has the only
state operated physician recruitment
program in the nation.
Harrison is assisted by Kristina Zipin
and another part-time employee. Since
none of the staff members are North
Carolina natives, each can relate to
interested physicians what attracted
them to the state.
“We are basically interested in
recruiting physicians to communities with
a population of 35,000 or less,” stated
Harrison, "But we will place a doctor in
contact with the proper local authority if
he is interested in settling in a more
metropolitan area."
The physician recruitment program has
been in existence for nearly two years.
During the first year of operation, the
program recruited six physicians to the
state. An additional 32 physicians were
recruited to North Carolina this past year
and the program is currently assisting 60
different communities seeking doctors.
The program recruits physicians
through two different means: by
advertising in national medical journals
and by mail to second and third year
primary care residents. When a response
is received from a doctor, a member of
the state office contacts the physician to
gather basic information. Based on this
data, several communities are selected
and background information on each one
is forwarded to the interested doctor.
Unless the office receives earlier
correspondence, they follow-up with a
telephone call two weeks after the
information is mailed. If the physician
exresses an interest in a particular
community, the physician recruitment
office contacts a community representa
tive and the community issues an
invitation to the doctor for a visit. Once an
invitation has been extended and
accepted, the physican recruitment office
steps in again and makes whatever
arrangements are neccessary.
The physician recruitment office places
its emphasis on recruiting primary care
physicians such as obstetricians/gyneco
logists, pediatricians, internal medicine,
family practice or emergency room
physicians as opposed to dentists,
optometrists, etc.
Last year, the state office had
approximately 1.800 responses to
advertisements and letters. On several
occasions, the physician recruitment
office has been able to recruit
husband/wife teams or a partnership
practice.
If a community changes its mind about
recruiting a physician, the Office of Rural
Health Services has some alternatives to
offer. The community may wish to seek
designation as a rural health clinic site or
receive assistance from the National
Health Service Corps which works closely
with Rural Health Services. In some
cases, the students participating in the
Educational Loan Program for Medical
and Related Studies of the Office of Rural
Health Services wish to locate in rural
areas and the office can direct them to
communities requesting medical care.
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1839 —1893
Born ON THE HAMUN ISLAND OF
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CIVIL WAR; HE COMMANDED SOME OF
FIRST NEORO TROOPS ! IN MARC»^ 1866 HE
BECAME A LEADER OF THE FREEDMAN^
BUREAU./HE FOUICEO HAMPTON BBTmn-E
VA. IN 1868 AND SERVED THERE UNTIL
HIS DEATH /
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