THE CAROLINIAN
RALEIGH. ,N. C.. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30. 973
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"It is the spirit that quickeneth, the flesh
profiteth nothing.*’ In God’s drama, the Pha
risees, representing mundane and time-serving
values, are always His antagonists, while
Jesus, as the Agent of God, is the invari
able protagonist. By placing the attitudes, re
Editorial Viewpoint
The Old “Dodge” Against Mass Busing Won’t Work
We cannot say that one is am ax
ed by the persistence of many white
parents in opposing mass busing.
They even hire attorneys-at-law to
challenge the law enacted to pro
vide total desegregation. At least
we know that lawyers’ pocketbooks
are getting fatter because of this
opposition.
One black educator is of the opin
ion that busing is entering a third
phase.
The definition of busing is sim
ple: “The act of transporting stu
dents from one community to an
other, especially when the one com
munity is not large enough to have
a profitable educational unit.” The
smaller communities usually lose
the school. The larger the school,
the more educational units can be
provided, and the greatest number of
selective units can be provided for
the pupils.
The first phase of busing in the
South’s public schools reveals that
busing was provided to transport
white children to larger educational
units, while the blacks had to be
satisfied with the education pro
vided in their small and inadequate
schools, or move to town and live
with relatives, or take long walks
several miles to school daily. At
one time, South Carolina had 300
buses for white children and one bus
for Negroes.
For many years, white children
rode to school on buses, while many
years had to elapse after buses were
provided for whites before the same
provisions were passed on the black
children, living in segregated com
munities. In many instances, the
well-worn buses from w'hite schools
wei’e handed down to black children
as was nearly everything else that,
was movable. In Chester, South
Carolina, during these times, used
crayons, old shades, erasers, and
desks were placed in black schools,
when no longer suitable for white
children.
At one time, a black community
of citizens were going to purchase
their own bus, only to find out
that no driver would be certified
for it if they bought it. It took
a long, long time before black chil
dren were provided with adequate
bus transportation.
Next, most states in the South pass
ed through a stage of very inadequate
schools for Negro children. At the
time, most black children became
field hands upon completion of the
sixth or eithth grades. Usually these
children went to work at unskilled
Jobs from which they could barely
eke out a living. W’hite people then
got the idea that blacks can live
cheaper than whites.
One of the problems of desegre
gation of schools is the fact that
blacks and whites have traditional
ly lived segregated from one another
as neighbors. The fact has been in
tensified by zoning codes.
City and county zoning for reasons
oi sanitation and other purposes is
necessary and justifiable. However,
one element of city zoning which
needs the scrutiny of society is the
stratification of the population into
areas according to wealth and race,
That this is an aim of much city
zoning seems to be no question.
Zoning to prevent Negroes from
building in areas is no longer legal,
but the rich have almost as much
protection of the same kind through
widespread economic zoning.
After the last: great #» o rthquakfe in
Japan, an American mpany was
hired to rebuild the city of Yoko
hama. However, the plans were re
jected because the Japanese said
the American plan was aimed
at stratifying the population accord
Bible Thought Os The Week
Zoning To Protect Is Ugly
presented by the Pharisees and their op
position, Jesus makes it clear that the art of
living consists in becoming the object through
which subjective guidance passes. Power does
not lie in external things, but in inner vision,
constructively realized through dynamic ac
tion.
When fairly adequate bus trans
portation was provided for black
children, a new era of education'
came into existence. Thus, pro
vision of bus transportation for black
children became the second phase.
The South is entering the third
phase of school busing. Most white
citizens have not accepted the open
forum and group discussion as the
phase of school busing. Most white
citizens have not accepted the open
forum and group discussion as the
means to iron out differences
brought about by so-called mass
busing. They are still clamoring
for the neighborhood school con
cept. We have examined this con
cept and know that it cannot solve
the program of desegregation of
schools, especially in a technolo
gical age,
Black children must be carried to
those educational centers that offer
many choices to students as they at
tempt to locate that nook in which
they will fit as citizens. This calls
for equipment and staff that no neigh
borhood school can afford. If the
neighborhood schools that, we talk
about so much these days, are in
any way akin to those of yester
years, it would mean taking a step
backward to the dual system of
education.
People in the South must not let
the issue of busing tear them apart
and create hate in the minds of ci
tizens and their families. We can
not solve our problems in unity,
if we ourselves are divided. We
must protect the tie that binds, and
we cannot afford to let the fires
of hate and prejudice stay alive.
Black people and white people must
remember that we are no more
black or white, rich or poor, east
or west, and north or south. Ra
ther, we are one nation, under God,
seeking liberty and justice for
everybody. If the issues of bus
ing and other problems are to be
solved, it will come as a result
of full participation by all citizens.
Not long ago, we heard a sec
tional white leader urge his com
munity to boycott the public schools.
This is surely unprofessional ad
vice to give a group of parents,
who may not realize that we have
put a man on the moon.
The need for busing of school
children can be traced to housing
restrictions and zoning, segregat
ed living and isolation from one
another. Open housing when gen
uinely put into effect by unified ac
tion of all will pave the way for
harmonious settlement of the bus
ing problem.
ing to wealth and therefore was “un
democratic.”
One city published new zoning laws,
arranging zones according to the
cost of houses. Zone one was $6,-
500 on up to $25,000. In response
to a letter to the City Commission
about zoning in this manner, the
answer was that they were merely
doing what other cities are doing
(Raleigh, included), but not so bold
ly and unashamedly. Justification
was that the wealthy had to be pro
tected.
A schoolroom full of blue-eyed,
white - faced children is beauti
ful in one sense, but if it repre
sents racial discrimination, it is
not considered to be so, morally
speaking. (But who cares about
morally speaking, these days?)
A lone line of $25,000 to $40,000
houses may be beautiful in one
sense, but if it represents what it
does, and what we know it does, it
is morally ugly, and should be so
recognized.
Only li America
BY HARRY GOLDEN
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
In Biblical times, the pun
ishment for an adultress was
stoning. That was indeed a
draconian price for a lady to
pay but one must remember
that the prophets of old did
not have to devise punish
ments for embezzlement,
price-fixing or subversion.
As far as punishments go,
stoning was reasonable for the
law givers thought a man
should not have to work and
sweat for issue not his own.
The crime of adultery victim
ized the husfiand and often pro
duced another victim, too: the
child of an adulterous union
was an outcast.
It is doubtful, of course, if
he who threw the first stone
was throwing it on behalf of
the little outcast, but then
punishment is not always ap
plied to resuscitate victims,
tims.
One of the arguments ad
vanced tor a mult: eii'lcient
system of law and order is
that the police, the courts,
and the prisons cease arrest
ing, judging, and imprison
ing the Demetrators of vic
timless crimes. Drunken
ness, for example, is a vic
timless crime, so is loiter
ing, and homosexuality be
tween consenting adults and
prostitution.
The punishment is hardly
draconian for anyone convict
ed of such crimes, but pro
secution does absorb the en
ergies of policemen and law
enforcers. The San Francisco
Committee on Crime reports
that more than* 50 per cent
of the arrests in that city
were for nonviolent crimes.
In 1969, the San Francisco
cops made 16,500 arrests for
drunkenness, 4,900 for drug
offenses in which no other
charges were Involved, 3,200
for prostitution (one has to
say Frisco has a gay night
life), and 53 for private gamb
ling.
A third of the trials in the
Bay area are convened to judge
the guiu or innocence of a
woman charged with prostitu
tion and 40 per cent of the
inmates in the county jail are
there for drunkenness.
No prostitute goes to jail
A DARK POINT Os VKW
BY “BILL” MOSES
“FREE AND EQUAL*'
Anyone who has looked
through the viewing window
of an obstetric unit at a hos
tital land seen the line up of
brown, black, white, red and
yellow babies in the nursery
cribs, knows that all babies
are born ‘Free and Equal.
This is the one place where
we come nearest to living
up to our “Declaration Os In
dependence*’, and it becomes
“...self-evident, that all men
are created equal, that they
are endowed by their Creator
with certain inalienable
rights, that among these are
Life, Liberty and the pursuit
of Happiness. - ’
However, something happens
to black American babies, once
they leave the confines of the
hospital. Their ‘Freedom and
Equality’ undergo drastic
changes which follow them all
the days of their lives. The
taboos and restrictions placed
upon them, in America, are
more stringent than those suf
fered by any other ethnic group
in the nation; and they are
evidenced in the church, there
schools, the market place, in
jobs and ordinary social ac
tivities. Athletics' seems to
be the only field where a
noticeable let up In these re
strictlons has occurred - and
it still happens there.
We hear much these days a
bout “Equal Employment Op
portunity.” Many business
concerns, large and small,
display the phrase in their ad
vertisements and other pub
lic relations documents; and
I would guess that some em
ployers actually put the phrase
into practice, rather than use
it as ‘window dressing’ to se
cure or hold a government
contract.
Now that, by federal law, the
schools and colleges can
no longer discriminate be
cause of ‘race, creed, or
color’, and have opened their
doors to black students, some
chauvinistic editorials begin to
appear in our Southern press
(where most predominately
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for a first offense-she pleads
guilty and pays the fine--and
in some states, state trooD
ers hand out tickets for drug
possession in the same way
they hand out traffic tickets.
It would be impossible for the
county to build the jails to
house the people convicted of
drug possession for the first
time.
I hesitate to argue that if
we freed the police from the
weary task of running in
drunks and whores, they would
spend their time rounding
up Russian spies which ap
parently is what every chauf
feur in the local consulate
is. I doubt seriously that any
society will ever control crime
until there are more cops than
there are potential criminals.
This situation obtained In A
merica only hi the early
colonial days when every citi
zens was his brother’s watch
dog, but it cannot obtain to
day.
The dismaying statistic, of
course, is that there are more
people in jail for perpetrating
victimless crimes so-called
than thjere are for perpetrat
ing crimes of violence and
crimes against property.
It would be a boon to socie
ty if the prostitutes would set
up their own regulatory board
as the bootleggers once did
to delineate territories and
fiefs, but I cannot see the
drunks terrorize a subway car
filled with passengers and in
New York, prostitutes have
assaulted and killed men not
anxious to pay for their favors.
If the police never arrest a
naive user they will never
find the pusher.
There is no clear cut answer
as to how to deal with the peo
ple who commit victimless
crimes. But one' step toward
such a program is to ask the
police to set up priorities.
Violent crimes menace socie
ty more than nonviolent
crimes. More violent crimes
menace society more than
nonviolent crimes. More vio
lent criminals should be in
jail than nonviolent. More peo
ple Who have afflicted victims
should be punished than peo
ple who have afflicted them
selves.
black colleges are located), be
moaning the fate of these col
leges - they contend that
because of the lack of white
students and money, many of
them may disappear. Their
further contention is that stu
dents, black and white, will
naturally seek the superior in
stitution, which implies that
the predominately black insti
tution is inferior (academi
cally, that is).
Too many white Americans
think of the black college,
which happens to be located in
their vicinity, as that ‘school
for Niggers,' But this atti
tude doesn’t explain away the
thousands of lawyers, doctors,
teachers, scientists and other
categories, whose basic colle
giate education was obtained in
these same black institutions.
I guess, in the final analy
sis, the quality of a college,
rich or poor, can only be judg
ed by the quality of the stu
dents it has attracted and grad
uated.
Letter To
The Editor:
$l.B MILLION FOR SOUTH
SIDE
To The Editor;
For years, the Blacks of Ra
leigh have mumbled, grumbl
ed, and complained about the
city government’s non-re
sponsiveness and insensitivity
to the needs of the Black com
munity. There is a second
grumbling and mumbling, di
rected toward the self
appointed leaderless Black
leadership in this town for
inflating their-own egos, and
pocketbooks at the expense
of the field-Blacks. It is the
latter, of second grumbling
that needs to be addressed
by the Blacks if happiness and
tranquility are to prevail in
the future.
The house-Blacks have al
ways dealt with the only e
quality the Blacks ever had:
the political bargaining power*
The reason for the continuing
control of the power by the
house-Blacks is due to the old
Black Politicans’ custom of
“keeping the masses Ignorant
and you can control them bel
ter.” Any attempts to edu
cate or enlighten the field
Blacks are considered to be
a challenge to their throne rmd
therefore, not good for the
Black community. 1 strongly
disagree with that concept.
For ten months, a few
Blacks have been fighting to
give *he control of the Black
community to Blacks In gen
eral. Because of that, all kinds
of statements have been made
about thse Blacks by Black
City Hail. Due to the diffi
culty that may develop if the
masses become knowledge
able o* the works and goals
of Black City Hall it is un
derstandable why St is im
portant that they spread the
word among their white
As the Inequities become more vivid, resentment follows • • •
*THE NEGRO LIVING IN THE GHETTO IS MADE
PAINFULLY AWARE OF HIS ISOLATION WHEN
TELEVISION, AND MAGAZINES SHOW HIM HOW
DIFFERENT THE WHITE MAN'S WORLD IST
_ JOECOVELLO,
black star
ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
What to do about strikes that tie up vital
public services and whole industries Involving
the employment of hundreds of thousands of
people and immeasurable inconveniences to the
public has become a crucial national issue.
The October, 1971, Reader's Digest contains
an article on this subject by a long-time ob
server of the labor scene, Mr. O, Glenn Stahl,
director of the Civil Service Commission’s
Bureau of Policies and Standards, until his re
tirement in 1969. Mr. Stahl does a highlv
impressive job, of refuting the widely-held
presumption that any form of negotiation, other
than collective bargaining, is synonymous with
antiunionism.
While noting that the strike was born as
“...a necessarv counterweight to capital’s ec
onomic power, it is now often used for pur
poses foreign to its original intent.” He lik
ens present-day strike tactics to civil rebell
ion in which large groups exercise mere stra
tegic power to impose their will on the pub
lic. He recalls the strikes of government
workers in recent tears -- strikes by sub
way employees, sanitation workers, school
teachers, nurses, social workers, even police
and firemen and air - traffic controllers.
He asks, "What great cause is served by these
explosive rebellions against the people as a
whole? Must you be delayed in reaching a
dying parent’s bedside because airline pilots
strike? Must your wife deliver her baby at
home because telephone service is curtailed
or taxis are on strike... Must thousands of
employees be put out of work because a small
group of specialized workers seizes an oppor
tunity to bring giant industries to a halt?”
Mr. Stahl does not consider such interrup
tions to community life necessary. He believes
the strike is an outdated method of settling
legitimate employee complaints, public or pri
vate. Surprisingly, his belief that strikes no
longer have a place in labor-industry rela
tions is supported by prominent labor leaders.
He notes that I.W. Abel, head of the 1.2-
WISE VIGILANCE ATTRACTS RESPECT
Sometimes, it is all too easy to wishfully
think ourselves into a state of blind compla
cency over international affairs. With all
due regard for the constructive possibilities
of improved relations with China—and other
communist countries—certain tiard facts must
be kept in mind. Admiral John S. McCain,
chief of the U. S. Pacific Command, is among
the latest, military leaders to warn of the
growing military strength of communist nations
in the western Pacific. Here, as elsewhere,
Soviet sea power is rapidly expanding. Not
ably in nuclear powered, ballistic missile sub
marines.
Naval forces, however, are but part of the
sea power picture. Another important capa
bility alone, but in terms of the means and the
will to exert a commanding influence on com
merce and trade, the status of a nations’s
merchant fleet is a fair gauge of its long
term ability to do business with the rest of
the world. By this gauge, the United States,
until comparatively recently, had little to of
fer the realist in any contemplation of fu
ture relations with China, Russia or any of
the other aggressive expansionist countries.
Until the present Nixon Administration’s ship
building program was launched, in cooperation
with U.S. shipping lines, the American merchant
fleet was headed for oblivion. A turnaround
came with the announcement of a ten-year
program for the construction of 300 new,
high-technology merchant vessels. The new
fleet will include tankers as w-ell as cargo
ships.
friends to avoid, and not to
cooperate with any individ
ual who is Black and working
for Black people, or who is
white and working for Black
people, it can no longer be
assumed because a man’s skin
is Black that he is biacK.
Black must be defined as one
who thinks Black and works for
the Black cause.
Raleigh’s Black problem is
that there are too many Black
skins in Black City Hail con
trolling the Black political
bargaining power. These same
Black skins give no indica
tion that they are interested
in producing tangible results
that could possible benefit the
Black community. Their game
plan is to jgncre the Black
community at sUi times when
it is for the good of the Black
cause. However, if there are
RAYS OF HOPE
votes to be gotten, then one
will find them active, telling
half ti utiis that would favor
their image and widen the gap
between South Raleigh and Ra
leigh.
The most recent Battle cry
of the Black City Hall Is that
there is no support ror the
Tone opposition in the wish
to have a say; neither, are
they dissatified with the re
cord of Black City Hail. II
one examines the record of
the Black City Hall, he will
find that they have been in
terested in solving the prob
lems outside of Black Ra
leigh and not inside Black Ra
leigh.
Black Raleigh hasproblem*
and need your help. It is verv
disheartening to see so many
Blacks not involved. Remem
ber, these are your problems.
million-member AFL-CIO United Steelworkers
of America, has said that the strike Is “out
moded.” And that AFL-CIO President George
Meany has said, "We believe that it is es
sential to devise an impartial and orderly
procedure to settle unresolved disputes in the
federal service which can be an effective sub
stitute for the right to strike.” As a matter
of fact, nine states have already provided for
compulsory arbitration as the final step ln
settling issues between municipalities and
municipal employees, such as police or fire
men.
In the view of Mr. Stahl, mandatory third
party arbitration is the only answer to the
nullification of the principle of collective bar
gaining. He says that in the adjudication of
differences among men such arbitration has
long been a tried and tested method of reach
ing fair settlements. He declares, “We would
never think of permitting two property own
ers to settle a boundary-line disagreement by
allowing either on his own authority to deny
access to mutually claimed territory until one
is forced through economic necessity to ca
pitulate. We would not allow public utilities
to completely withhold electric power until
granted a higher return on their investments...**
Contrary to the widely accepted notion that
mandatory arbitration would weaken voluntary
bargaining, Mr. Stahl reasons that knowledge
of the possibility that third-part y judgment may
ultimately be called upon “...should be an in
ducement to reach agreement.*' He also em
phasizes that arbitration procedures must in
no way be permitted to Infringe upon setting
the terms of their employment. In conclus
ion. he observes, “Thev must be assured
promptly comparable with the market.
Employees, Individually and collectively,
are entitled to this much. And, with their
having it, the public is entitled to absolute
assurance of continuity of service.” The Read
er's Digest piece makes some provocative
points on labor, Industry and government re
lations that deserve the thoughtful consideration
of every citizen.
One of the most encouraging aspects of the
shipbuilding program is the evidence it pro
vides that the American people are heeding
the warnings of such men as Admiral McCain
to remain vigilant even while offering the hand
of friendship to other nations. Naval sea
power, backed by a U.S.-flag merchant fleet
second to none, is concrete evidence of the
kind of vigilance that attracts respect as well
as friendship,
A DANGEROUS AGE
Figures released by the National Transporta
tion Safety Board, covering a study of 15-
to 24-year-old auto drivers, are enough to
make parents regret, that cars were ever in
vented. Among 17,700 youth fatalities in 1969,
there were 7,400 more youthful driver deaths
than would have occurred if their fatality rate
had been the same as that of drivers 25-years
of age and older. The disproportionate loss
involves “predominantly the young male.” The
Board finds that, “Driving and riding with
other young drivers constitute the greatest
hazard to survival which American youth must
pass successfully to reach adulthood.” No
one knows the loss of life inflicted upon other
age groups as a result of the suicidal care
lessness of the 15-to 24-year-old drivers.
The National Transportation Safety Board
makes a number of recommendations aimed
at young drivers. These include; licensing,
driver education and improvement, alcohol
safety action and vehicle Inspection, Those
who wonder about the high insurance rate on
youthful drivers can find their answer in the
carnage youth commits everyday on the na
tion’s highways.
Southside Is every Black’s
problem.
There Is $l.B million for
Blacks in "Southside that
Black City Kali and the City
do not want them to have.
Since January, 1971, they haVe
known that $l.B million will
be made available for South
side Black homeowners and
tenants when and if the cltv
will appropriate matching
money of $600,000. Black City
Hail has not solicited support
for Southside. If Southside is
to be helped, then you and I
must join together and let it
be known that $43.3 million
was needed to solve the coun
ty problem. What about $l.B
million for Southside.
Let’s get involved brothers
and sisters. We need each
other.
Ed, Carson
Raleigh. North Carolina