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THE CAROLINIAN KALKKIM. N SATUHDAV. JANUARY 2U. 13 Pres May Appoint Apartment Manager H. Crawford Considered, Many Say What's Your Bag? BY REV JEROME LEDOUX DIDN'T YOU KNOW’ It should be (ibvious to you that I am better thatt that ghetto cat walking around in shabby clothes and dirl> sneakers, sponging olf welfare and studiously dodging employ ment. Didn't >ou know that 1 am belter ofl than poor white trash, ignorant hillbillies. dirty blacks, furtive Indians, shiftless Chicanos. clanish Orientals, tacky Spies and stubborn Krauts'! Overweight, bloated speci mens of mankind, laboring under the burden of unbalanced diets and or metabolism, are certainly belov^ me By predis posing Iheniselvr-.s to dialH‘les. premature heart .ittaeks and assorted physical ailments, the obese prove I interior and short-sighted lhe\ are (If course. I am also better than the skmns. undernourish ed unfortunates who either don't ha\e food or don't have the proper chemistrj in their body makeup Operating Irorn a scarecrow frame, they look as helpless as the typical 97 t>ound weakling •I thank \ou. (iod. that I am not like the rest of men who steal and commit adultery." who livi- as gangsters, dirty politicians, dishonest business men and con artists, that 1 am so far above the floozies, professional faggots, pimps, pushers and hustlers. llial 1 am not weak and degenerate like the llouer people who spread what they call peace and love along with VD It goes without saving that I am (ar and aw.iv beyond Ihe drug-ridden junkies who ply the gloomV. forbidding allev ways to barter with dcadlv junk men Likewise, you must know that I am superior t<» Ihe sickly man. sitting on his haunches, shiver ing miserably on a cold night in skid row Throw in for gmid measure all the y million plus alcoholics with alt their feelings of guilt, insecuritv inadequa- v. inferuirii;. and la-ing left out Didn't you know also that 1 am belter than the ignorant who are unaware of what's going down in their community, in their country and across the face of the earth; that I am superior to the uneducated who don't have a precious scroll of pajM*r to prove their compe tency and bolster their confi dence; that my worth is far beyond the '•each of the mentally weak or slow? Of course, you understand that mv value cannot be compared with that of the wretched poor, the sorely op pressed. the habitually depriv ed. the blind who know neither light nor shape In like manner, far behind me are the deaf who cannot hear the wonders of the human voice, of music, of the sounds of nature; the lame who are unable lo propel themselves m comfort and joy; the detormed who dread being notici'd. the defective from birth who leel that life has given them a raw deal from the Ix'ginmng And don i dan- lo compare me to tortured neurotics, struggling through Ihe living death of emotional dram, insecurity, anxiety, loneliness and depres sion Much less can you identify me with the wild-eyed, dis oriented psychotics who cannot discern the real from the unreal ^■ou must see that I am better than the emotionally disturbed urchins, scarred by the trauma of bickering or broken families, by the utter starkness and despair of living conditions, and by lack of attention and human appreciation. Naturally. 1 myself am responsible for my place and circumstances of birth, my racial and national origin, my overall good fortune, my freedom from contamination and crime, my virtues, my position in life and my hopes. Lord. I indeed thank you that I am not likejhe r_es_t of men. l.dward U. Brooke, Senator (KAIuss), on 1076 presi dential candidacy: “I just don’t want to rule myself out . . . I’m going to give it serious thought.” Pope Paul VI. Pontiff of Rome "We all are under an ob scure domination. It is by Satan, the prince of this world, the No. 1 enemy.” Dear Gloria I am a teenage girl of IT. going on 18 I have a serious problem with my mother concerning my Ixiyfriend. I have talked it over and over with her. but still she rejects him. I am a senior in high school, but because my boyfriend is a drop-out and drinks beer, my mother thinks hat I should marry someone with a higher rank. For Christmas, he gave me an engagement ring, but my mother forbids me to wear it. Listen Gloria. I love this boy very much and he loves me. too. He gives me anything I want lo prove it. He has a g<M>d job and makes good money, plus he already has money in the bank The way I feel now . if 1 can't wear his ring and marry him. I don't want anybody else. Mother hardly ever lots me go out with him. I guess she thinks I will gel pregnant, but he uses condoms and anyway, he promised he wouldn't get me pregnant until I was out of school and we are married. Please tell me what to do Miss C Dear Miss (' You and your mother pro bably have a lot more in common than you realize You are ^th concerned over w hut is best for you If your Imi> Inend is a high school drop-out your mother has every reason to worry, no matUT how line he is as u person High schn<il drop-ouls have a very hard time competing in today's job market. You say he has a good job. but is It enough to supiH)rt a family? How much chance will he have for promuiiun or a belter job in the luturt- without a high school diploma'’ If your boy friend love?> you as much as he sa>> he does. 'Ahy not ask him to save the money he now sptMid- on piescnts for you and send himself liaek to high school or take night classics .-yfter he has fini>-lu*d high school. h<i will he in u belle: position lo ask you to marry him. Too. you would he older and in a better p'l.iition to know whethe'’ or not he is the ' one you wani to .narry Manv early marriage -hrejk upeiihei because the cootile is t(Hi youi.g lo know what each really wants in a rr.airuige partner, or because financial burdens !.e come too great There is or»‘ more Uiinu I should like to point out. You say that your boyfriend has promis ed you he" will not get you pregnant before you are mar ried Although condoms are a good method of birth control, they arc nol 100 percent effective. Statistics show that if Uk) couples use condoms KYERY TIME they have sex for a year, at least five would still become pregnant. A broken condom could mean a broken promise' Therefore, your boy friend is not really in a position lo make such a promise. Consider the situation if you do become pregnant: Your boyfriend will no longer be able lo go back lo school because he will have to support a family. You w ill nol be able lo get a job because you will have to take care of the child. Your parents will be hurl You will have to give up your role as a teenager and become a wife and mother. You and your young man probably would not be able lo afford to go out much. And the child ■ are you ready, at IB. to give him the time, love and ailention he needs? .Are you ready for all this responsibilily” Is your boyfriend? It's a lot to think about, isn't It? Dear Mrs Riggsbee 1 have been taking the birth control pills for four months now and they work fine. My problem is that I still feel kind of sick lo my stomach after I lake them Is there any other medicine I could take so 1 wouldn I feel nauseated after everv pilP .Miss W Dear Mrs W The women who seem lo have the muM trouble with nausea are those who take the pills on an cmptN stomach. Take, for example, the woman who gets up early i-very morning, takes a pill, then spends several hours getting her children fed, dressed and ready for school By Ihe lime she has a chance lo relax and have some breakfast, she may feel nauseated b<>cause she took the pill on an empty stomach .Many doctors recommend that you take your pills with your mam meal - usually dinner - or at bedtime with a glass of milk For a free booklet on birth comrnl methods, write. Mrs (ili)iia Higgsbee, 214 Cameron Ave ( b.in* I Hill. N.t 27.'.r WASHINGTON -- According to unconfirmed rumors here. II. H. Crawford, a .self-avowed law and order apartment manager. IS being considered by the White Mouse for the post of assistant secretary for housing man agement in the Department of Housing and Urban Develop ment. To dale, the While House has refused to comment on the rumors, but local HUD officials and members of Ihe National Tenants Organization and other housing groups have reported that they heard Crawford would Ih‘ nominated lo the post. In the last two years. Crawford has gained the reputation for being a lough businessman and disciplinari an. The Tenants Organization is critical of the gun-toting manager because of his "law and order attitude, " a descrip tion Crawford has used to describe his techniques in managing his apartment build ings. A Tenants Organization spokesman. John Hampton, said Crawford's appointment would be ”furlher confirmation that the Nixon .Administration is hostile to public housing." Crawford is known for fining residents w hose children run on the grass. Recently, however, he has sent eviction notices to parents after two warnings. In addition. Crawford has had frequent run ins with the tenants of Park Southern, a 360-unit high rise bordering the District Line in Southeast Washington. Apartment dwellers there have charged there is nol enough heal in winter, in sufficient air conditioning in summer, delays in repairs, and inadequate security measures. Crawford has admitted hav ing an aide lake photographs at one tenant meeting. Tenants charged they were threatened with the possibility of the photographs being turned over to the FBI Crawford said, however, he never threatened such action. Nevertheless, he later filed charges of disorderly conduct against some dissident tenants. If named to the HUD position. Crawford would succeed Nor man Watson, a Georgia Re publican who has worked closely with tenants' organiza tions during his two years’ tenure. Crawford, the manager for 12 apartment buildings for low-and moderate-income fam ilies in the Washington area, is a supporter of Rep. Walter Fauntroy (D-D.C.). Some Prisoners Will Receive Their "Rights” National Black News Service Recent action in two southern slates may soon result in impovement of the living conditions for prisoners in those states. In a study made at the request of the state of Alabama, an investigating team from the Medical Association of Ala bama found that the medical treatment of prisoners in Alabama's panel system is "grossly inadequate." The rnedical report upheld in most particulars the findings of Unite States District Judge Frank M. Johnson. Jr., who ruled last October that the slate was violating the constitutional rights of prisoners by denying them adequate medical treat ment In Florida' a Federal judge has ordered an extensive set of rights to be enacted for inmates inolved in jailhouse disciplinary hearings U. S District Judge Charles R Scott's judgment supported the contentions of a 31-yeur-o)d Black inmate who said he was illegally placed in isolation. John A Sands of Miami, serving the sixth year of a IS-year robbery sentence, claimed he spent 27 days in solitary confinement after be ing "convicted" by a prison disciplinary board at a hearing in which he was not permitted to participate. Sands w rote a habeas corpus petition declaring that this solitary confinement also cost him 127 days of good behavior time which could pussiblv earn him an early release In a 35'page opinion. Judge Scott restrainged Stale Correc tions Director Louie L Wain- wright and other prison officials from taking away Sands good behavior time. He also ordered other rights be «'nacled that would allow inmates a lair hearing, includ ing: Inmates must be pomiilled lo hire lawyers or have other inmates or members of ihe prison stall represent them. Disciplinary commit tecs be esiatilished without regard lo rai'e crei-d. I'olor. )'(>ligious iH'lielS, III ll.l>!'lll ll ■llglll To HUD Post Great Blarks In History BY MISS ELLA L. JACKSON r(H 1 FC;F STUDENTS SET FOR AFRICAN TRIP • Checking points of interest on African map are ilefl lo right) (iwendolvn Gales. Howard University: Larry J. Garland. A4T State I myersily: Bernard lane A&T: Clara I’levo islanding). Clark College: and Deborah A. Aoung. llowaid University. These students will spend a year abroad under a federanvorjestud^rojran First Black Marine Sgt. Major Retires After Yrs. The first black sergeant major in the Marine Corps has retired, bringing to a close one of the most distinguished and unique careers any black has served in the American mili tary. He is Edgar K. Huff, who led the first black Marines into China at the close of World War II. Nearly 25 year later, he was decorated for saving a white Marine half his age during Ihe Tet Offensive in South Vietnam. At retirement, he was the first black lo serve 30 years in the Corps and had been sergeant major longer than any other of his rank in the U. S. Armed Forces. Sgt. Maj. Huff came from modest circumstances to a- chieve high military distinction and accompiisnmenis in tnree wars. He was working the ni^ht shift in a steel plant in his native Gadshen, Alabama, when A- merica entered World War II. His father, now deceased, was a veteran of World War I ahd hoped his son would enter the Marines. Young Huff agreed. *'I read one day in the paper that if a Negro was qualified he could be arcepled," Huff recalls, ‘i always heard them Marine Corps was the best and toughest. I wanted to be a part of it. I still feel that it's the best Armed Force." So on June 26, 1942. he began his remarkable career as one of the first 50 blacks ever chosen for the Marines. The Corps, now fully integrated, has changed markedly from those segregat ed days. But despite the limitations of segregated stat us. Huff went from private lo first sergeant in just 23 months while serving entirely within the U. S. Then he was made the sergeant-in-charge of all train ing of black recruits at Montford Point, North Carolina, near his present home. In the Pacific, Huff and other blacks of the 5lh Marine Depot Company moved supplies lo fighting units that were all- while. In 1946, he led a black unit into Tsien Tsin, the first ever on Chinese soil. Hardly any black has passed through the' Corps since then who has not heard of Sgt. Maj. Huff or been impre.ssed by his massive six-foot-six ■ inch frame, squared away manner, and sense of good humor and fair play. In Korea, he got his chance to fight, serving as a weapons company "gunny" sergeant with the Isl Marine Division, he made sergeant major-his pre sent rank-on December 32, 1955. he had gone as far as an enlisted man could, and many were recommending that he becume a commissioned offic er "I declined it because the pay for sergeant majors was higher than what I would have recoi\ed as a newly commis sioned second lieutenant." he says "But. 1 feel that had I accepted the appointment that by this time I would be a field grade officer. " Hull returned to combat as the sergeant major of the 1st Military Police Battalion in \ioinam When the enemy The accused be given the right lo be heard, lo present evidence and to cro.ss-exainine his accusers, including prison oBicials. There was no immedlale reaction or comment to these rules by the state prison officials In the Alabama situation Attorney General William J Baxley, speaking on behalf of the .stale prison hoard, said Ihe stale had requ«*sled more than $2 5 million in Federal revenue- sharing funds lo correit the medical deficiencies. attacked Danang in the early morning hours of January 30, 1968. Huff ran through an open field of withering enemy fira to reach a young wounded white Marine Round after round kicked up dirt around the Marine. So Huff threw himself over the man and took rounds in his elbow and shoulder, but saving the .Marine’s life. Though wounded. Huff pulled Ihe man onto a stretcher and dragged him to safety. Later the Marine wrote: "Sergeant Major. I thank you for my life.' .Say Huff. "He was one of my men. black or white. I would have done the same even if I got shot to hell in the process." For that action. Huff was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with "V" for valor. When his wounds healed he became the .Sergeant Major of the 3rd Marine Amphibious Force; the largest comoat force ever under Marine command It also was one of three limes in his career lhal Huff had served as sergeant major to General Robert E. Cushman, now commandant of the Corps. Huff recommends officer training to young blacks today. "There is no better wa> to become the best, well-disciplin ed. mean-and-lean men,” he savs. "Or to see the world. For A ^ SGT MAJOR HUFF the past 30 years I have seen more of the world than most men dream about ' To learn more about becoming an officer, he advises young men to call or write their local .Marine recruiter Sgt. Maj- Huff now confines his exercise to fishing and small game hunting or barbecuing at his home in Hubert, North Carolina. He is married to the former Beaulah May MaUa- skiil. and they have one son. Edgar. Jr . now 14 Now Sgt. Maj. Huff plans tu see America. "I plan to visit every state in the Union with plenty of hunting, fishing and relaxing, ” he says. ".And I look forward to watching the new breed we have progressing in the Marine Corps.' Let Our Experts Keep Your Cor In Top Shope! • TIKE.S • BATTERIES • AUTO AC'CES.SORlES • WASHING • LUBRIC.ATION OFFICIAL Licensed Inspection Station Credit Cards Honored DIJXN’S Exxon SERVICEWTER See L/s For Complete Car Care DIAL 735-9993 m S. BLOODWtiRTH ST. DR. BOOKER TALIAFERRO WASHINGTON, 1456-1915. Educator, Statesman, and iirst black lo be placed in the Hall ot Fame for Great .Amcrican.s. Dr Biioker V. Washington was Frederick Douglass' suc cessor. who was the greatest .ibolition leader against slavery ot his day. Unlike Mr. Douglass. Dr. Washington was an ofliciai fed eral office be cause he pre- le: red nol lo but he m a nag e d. nonetheless, lo exert consider- able influence upon sever- yjiss Jackson al areas of pub lic aliairs in particular, civil rights. He was one ot the most misunderstood and beloved leaders of his day. Booker’ T Washington was born a slave in Hale's Ford, Virginia, reporlctlly in April 1856 ll is known that he entered Hampton Institute in 1872 and graduated four years later. Alter leaching for a short while, he continued his studies at Wayland Seminary in Wash ington. D. C. He founded Tuskegee In stitute in 1881. at the same time becoming its first president. In sharp contrast to his famous predecessor. Dr. Wash ington was intent on setting forth a less militant and more conciliatory policy with respect lo civil rights. These are the major con tributions lhal Dr. Booker T. Washington made lo our American way of life: He shaped the lives of the newl> freed slaves when he founded Tuskegee Institute and through it developed a program of industrial w orld-wide attention. He used this project to build greater wjll between North and Southern, while and black. He organized the .National Negro Business League; The National Negro Teacher As sociation; The National Medical Association; Negro Health Week; The Tuskegee Annual Negro Clinic; and The Tuskegee Negro Farmers’ Conference. He was a trusted adviser of Presidents on all matters pertaining to the welfare of the Negro He was counselor to other men in high places and particularly to heads of or ganizations that wielded large educational influences, such as the General Educational Board, WE APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS! THIN FAT BACK lb. 25 f KRAFT PURE GRAPE lELLY 2 lb. Jar 59' PIG FEET OF PIG TAILS lb. 39f FRESH PORK NECK BONES lb. 25' RIB STEW BEEF lb. 59' PURE LARD 2 lb. 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He secured a Negro Buildiiig at the Atlanta dre.s.^ which pointed the way for black and white Americans to work together for the building of a stronger, belter America for each group and a Negio Building at the World's Fair Exposition at Jamestown. \ u. In 1909. he instituted the movement to induslrahze the Republic of Liberia. He wrote a large number of books setting forth the dignity, beauty, and civilizing power of intelligentiv directed labor, and containing programs of race adjustment and race development built along sane, fundamental lines. The most inspiring book that he wrote was Up From Slavery. It has been translated into ten different languages. He was one of the grealed Black leaders of all times. National honors which came lo him In 1940 the federal Government placed his picture upon a United States Postage Stamp. A World War II Liberty Ship was named after him. He was the first Black person to be selected and placed in New York University’s Hall of Fame among America's Great Americans in 1945. Mrs. Rosa Hazard Hazel, a former teacher at Tuskegee Institute sums up his life in a portion taken from her poem A quiet man, he walked an untri^ path beset with danger darkness and the wrath m friend as well as foe. .Mute as" Sphinx, he hid his inmost thoughts, We only knew he wrought, and why, the watchful worm now knows, who saw him die. Ah, lowly poor, for you he built, for you, the open door, that you might learn with him how to be free and to free your brother. He had a vision.- This was one supreme beautitude He saw anci worked for that; and from the crude unform^ and helpless mass, he saw again the winged vision live on earth in men.An so he dwelt in proud humility. MECHANICS & FARMERS bank HAS NEW CAR LOANS If you don’t get your loan from Mechanics & Farmers Bank, then you are throwing your money away. We have low new automo bile loan rates. 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