Seek Anavoers
To Aid Lociil Blacks
Alir««TIAU DO <0U THINK A JUNIOR CITIZENS ASSOCIATION. SIMILAR TO THE JAYCEE'S
llUESTIUN* NEEDED AT THIS TIME? PLEASE GIVE VIEW, WHETHER IN THE
WkWiivn. AEEIRMATIVE OR NEGATIVE.
BY ERNEST L. RAIFORD
YMCA Eitcutiva Director
The CAROLINIAN renders a valuobie community service by
presenting for public commentotion the above question
reloting to one of the outstanding, most highly productive
service organizations in our community - the Joycees. As is
well known, they ore leading young business ond professionol
adults with o real concern for the young victims of our
society who need helping bonds to grow into useful citizens.
The Jaycee's have possed the "talking stage" obout
problems ond reoched the "doing stoge," o factor well worth
considering.
Recently, i colled the local "Jaycee" office ond reqrtsted
on enthusiastic member to list for me a few of the protects
they ore currently engoged In or planning for the near future.
The list of Jaycee projects includes: the Goodfellow Drive, to
raise S10.000 for unprivileged children oges 3*13; support of
the Boys Home ot Woccamore for homeless boys,- o
wolk-o-thon to roise funds for hondicopped children; support
of the Morch of Dimes to help correct birth defects; parties
for youthful offenders ot youth correction centers; ond
sponsorship of football, basketboll, ond baseboll teams ond
tournaments for teenagers.
These projects for which the Joycees contribute time ond
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AROLINIAN
North Carolina's Leading Weekly
VOL. 36 NO. 14 RALEIGH, N.C., THURSDAY. JANUARY 20. 1977 SINGLE COPY 20c
mimington Ten mtneas
SUICIDE FAILS
NAACP More
Determined In
Opposition To AG
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F.ACES TRIAL Ms. Joanne
(hrsiroard, charged by New
Jersey authorities for alleged
crimes connected with her as a
black activist, is scheduled to
go on trial this week. <L'P1)
US Refuses
To Charter
New Bank
National Black .News Service
WASHINGTON. D C. - The
U.S. Comptroller of the Cur
rency hat turned down a
proposal frtHn a local group to
aet up in Washington the
nation^s first federally char
tered women's hank.
The applicants, who include
a numner of Washington
husinesswomen and educators,
were told that as a group, they
lacked the qualifications to run
a hank and failed to show the
economic potential to make the
hank profitable.
The woman who heads the
organizers, Emily Womach,
met with acting Comptroller,
Ri^rt Bloom, who later issued
a statement saying he would
carefully consider the material
the applicants presented to
determine whether there are
grounds to reconsider the
proposal.
The proposal for a Women’s
National Bank here was first
made in late 1974 and a formal
application was filed with the
comptroller’s office a year ago.
The organizers said they were
seeking "to address the unful*
(See BANK. P. 2)
NEW YORK - The National
Asitociation For the Advance
ment of Colored People this
week stepped up its drive to
block the confirmation of
former Federal Judge Griffin
Bell of Georgia as U. S.
Attorney General.
In testimony before the
Senate Judiciary Committee
on Wednesday, Jan. 12,
NAACP Washington Bureau
Director Clarence Mitchell,
declared that "it is incredible
that Mr. Carter would name
Mr. Bell as his choice for the
highest law officer in the
executive branch of govern
ment."
Mitchell's strong testimony
in opposition to President
Carters nomination for the
Justice Department was sup
ported by the NAACP National
Board of Directors, which, on
Jan. 10. adopted a resolution
decrying Bell’s record as a law
officer in Georgia and a
Federal appeals court judge.
On Thursday, NAACP Ad
ministrator Gloster B. Current
followed up these actions by
sending telegrams to key
NAACP bran^es around the
country urging them to de
mand that the Senate Judiciary
Committee and their Senators
rejMt the nomination.
The Board’s action on Jan. 10
was preceded by a meeting of
its executive committee on
Jan. 8, where the sub-body
unanimously voted to rec
ommend to the full M-member
group that it oppose the
nomination.
In comments to reporters on
Saturday following the meet
ing, Mrs. Margaret Bush
WUMn, chairman of the
NAACP Board, said that the
committee had found a "Prima
facie case for oi^>osing the
nomination."
There are, she said, a whole
rang.e of questions regarding
the judge’s performance that
require examination. If, during
the Senate hearing on Bell’s
nomination there are found to
be "mitigating factors" con
cerning his record, she said,
then the "NAACP, in the
interest of fairness," would
alter its pMition.
Clearly, though, as the
hearings progressed, the
NAACP's opposition to Bell
was stiffened.
The executive committee's
recommendation was based on
an investigation that had been
led by NAACP General Counsel
Nathaniel R. Jones.
Lending their voice to the
NAACP’s opposition were sev
eral members of the executive
committee who were from the
South. They were Emmitt
Douglas of .New Roads. La.: W.
W. Law of Clarksdali, Miss.;
and Aaron Henry of Garks
dale. Miss.
"This man has compromised
the rights of black people in
every action he has taken,"
Law told reporters on ^tur-
day.
Much of the NAACP's oppo
sition to Bell is based on his
(See NAacP. P, 2)
Rep. Clay
Introduces
Labor Bill
.National Black .Newa Service
WASHINGTON, D C. - Con
gressman William (Rill) Clay
(D-Mo.), chairman of the
House Suheomml'tee on Em-
f 'loyee Political R45hts and
nter^overnmental Pri^grams,
has introduced a hill - the
Federal Service Labor-Man
agement Act of 1977 - that
would establish hy law a
system whereby federal em
ployees may join a labor union,
participate in its management,
and bargain collectively on
matters affecting the condi
tions Ot their employment.
The congressman noted that
since 1962, federal labor-man
agement relations have been
governed primarily by a series
of Executive Orders. "In the
past 15 years." Gay said, "the
(See CLAY. P. 2)
Man Tells
11
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Welfare Payments
Varying Greatly
National oiaca ivevth ocivice
WASHINGTON. D C. - Wel
fare payments across the
coun^ range from a low of
$370 in Wyoming to a high of
$3,033 in Hawaii, according to
an analysis hy a national
magazine. Based on 1976
figures, (he survey said that
average benefits in the North-
Raleigh
Residents
Get Posts
The first black. Harold Kay,
and the first woman. Ms.
Dietra Morrison, while, ever to
serve as probation officers for
• the U.S. Federal Court in the
Eastern District of North
Carolina have been sworn in.
Both are of Raleigh.
Kay and Ms. Morrison were
appointed hy Chief U.S. Judge
John D. Larkins for the pcet
and were sworn in on Dec. 27
hy U.S. Judge Franklin T.
Dupree. Kay grew up in Chavis
Heights in southeast Raleigh
and was educated at John W.
Ligon High and Winston-Salem
State University Both Kay and
Ms. Morrison were parole
analysts at the North Carolina
Parole Commission prior to
their federal appointments.
Charles T. Williams, chief
uhatinn officer for the court,
said Kay and Ms. Morrison
began with annual salaries of
$14,097. Explaining the lack of
blacks and women employed
as probation officers prior to
the pair's appointment. Wil-
iSee POSTS, p, 2)
east were arniui cnpie wnai
they were in the South.
ITie analysis appeared in the
Jan. 8 issue of National
Journal. It was written hy Joel
E. Havemann and Linda E.
Demekovich.
The magazine analyzed the 5
major welfare programs and
found that the federal govern
ment spent $22.1 billion and
state and local agencies spent
$13.8 billion on the programs in
fiscal 1976.
Medicaid, the largest single
welfare program enacted hy
Congress in 1965 to help poor
people pay medical hills, does
not operate in Arizona because
the stale refuses to pay its
share of the cost of m^ical
services to welfare families.
The article said that 22 stales
deny federally aided welfare
money to families with chil-
(See WELFARE. P 2>
Story
Slavery
May Still
Be In NC
DURHAM. (CCNS) — Wil
liam "Bill" Quill, 63, of
Durham, tells a frightening
account of "had luck" and
exploitation he has suffered
since he arrived in Durham on
a Trailwavs hus Sept. IS, 1976.
^tween his arrival and Oct.
11. he was mugged, ripped off
of his entire earnings, recruit
ed into a slave labor camp and
kept in fear of his life.
A Congressional inquiry into
migrant camps may be in the
making. Chairman of the Con
gressional Black Caucus. Pa-
ren Mitchell, mentioned Quill's
account at a banquet in
Durham January and said he
hoped "North Carolinians will
invite a Congressional inquiry
into migrant camps." Mitchell
said little will he done to
change the migrant labor
camps until "the people push
Congress to do it.'^
Quill had lived in Durham
during the early 1950'8 and '60's
at 2706 Hay St., hut had lived
since then in Newark. N.J.,
where he operated a small
appliance shop.
"1 was walking down Petti
grew Street from (he hus
station, looking for a room for
the night, when somebody
mugged me and took all my
money," he said.
Quill said he was returning
from Newark where he had
been imprisoned 9 months for
defending himself in a night
intrusion in his radio and
television shop. Quill stabbed
the man and was put in jail for
7 months for murder. Charges
against him dropped, his
busing "gone to pot," he
decided to come back to
Durham, partially to gel away
ft m Newark's violence and
live on his disability check.
IN VAIN! — Washington. D.C, ~ tn anti-death penally A lump on his head from his
demonstrator expresses his views with a large sign in front of the Fettigrew Street mugging, no
U.S. Supreme Court Monday after 1 .stkes Byron White and relatives, and alter nearly 20
Thurgood Marshall rejected last rrioute requests to block the years, no friends to take him
execution of Gary Gilmore. Gilmore was executed at sunrise in. he slept on window sills of
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ti.I.KN liAl.l.
Attempt
Made In
NH Jail
WILMINGTON - After hav
ing recanted his state testi
mony against the Wilmington
Ten defendants. Alien HaF has
now attempted to commit
suicide, accordii^ to New
Hanover County Jail authori
ties.
Hall, according to the offici
als. attempted to hang himself
Sunday after he apparently
tore strips from his shirt. The
23-year-old HaU was found by
sheriff's deputies shortiv after
he had been transferred to the
jail from Central Prison in
(See SUICIDE. P. 2)
For Hit
Deaths
The first week of the North
Carolina Legislature got un
derway with its 6 black
legislators getting chairman
ships and key committee
assignments unprecedented
since the period of Reconstruc
tion in North Carolina.
Four black legislators in the
House of Representativ'.-s were
interviewed on their jebs at the
legislature and most have
already developed their legis
lative agenda.
All hut one oppose the
re-enactment of the death
penalty. All favor creation of a
fair employment practices
commission, and more black
judges and court personnel and
more blacks on the Board of
Governors. All have s«*ved at
least one term in the legisla
ture and three are lawyers, one
a minister and two are real
estate brokers. All represent
heavily populated urban areas,
except Dr. Joy Johnson, who
represents a rural, populous
black and native American
county.
Johnson, a Robeson County
I minister from the town of
I Fairmount, has been appointed
' chairperson of the Human
Resources Committee and is a
member of the Corrections
Committee of the House of
Representatives. Now servir^
his third term, Jtrfinson is
opposed to re-enactment of the
death penaltv. hut thinks it
(.W AGAINST DP. P. 2i
Groups
Lament
Shooting
Several orgamzations and
members of the North Carolina
Coalition Against the Death
Penalty have called the execu
tion of Gary Gilmore "bar
baric” and said that it is
certain to enc(Nirage the worst
in America for blacks, and
other poor people.
Shortly after Gilmore’s exe-
cuUm), representatives of the
groups astemUad in the front
yard (rf PuUen Memorial
Mptist Church in Raleigh,
taking that oppmtunity to
lai ich another attack at the
forces that are organizing to
reenact the death penalty in
North Carolina.
Gilmore was shot by a firing
S uad in Salt Lake Gty, Utah
ondav at 9:45 a.m. EST, after
several a^ais to the Supreme
Court and intermediate state
and federal courts that had
stayed his execution for nearly
two months
(See GILMORE. P. 2)
Pres. Carter Tags
McCree For Post
National Black Newt Service
Monday. (t'PI)
(See MAN. P, 2i
Rev. King Continues
Plain, Go. Fight Here
REMOVING ICE — Washing
ton. D.C. — Troops use
jackhammers and shovels
Tuesday to remove ice that has
accumulated on Pennsylvania
.\\eune • ihe route of the
Inaugural parade Jan. 20.
Elaborate precautions are be
ing taken to keep the route in
good shape. il'PI)
St. Au^.*8 Gets Grant
Si. Auqusfine't College recently received o' gront of
S50 000 from the Pew Memoriol Trust to assist in the
renovotion of the Cheshire Building to house its ropidly
growing Division of Business ond Monogeriol Sciences. This
facility will also house o few selected administrotive
offices.
In commenting on this recent commitment received from
the Pew Memorial Trust, President Robinson stated, thot
’his gront will enable the college to achieve new levels
vitality In its Division of Business for which it is preporing
young people to assume competitive and responsible roles
m the business, commerciol, ond corporate sectors in
Americo. Moreover, this gront includes the increosing
confidence that various publics ore showing in Sf.
Augustine's College. We ore indeed groteful to the trustees
of the Pew Memorial Trust for this contribution."
The Rev. Gennon King has
brought to Raleigh his fight
with the Plains Baptist Church
as he continues his efforts to
become a member of the home
church of President Jimmy
Carter.
A black minister from
Albany, Ga., was in Raleigh
Jan. And tried unsuccesfully to
meet with Governor Jim Hunt,
but he did not have an
appointment. He met with Dr.
John Larkins, who said the
minister is trying to gather
support to revoke the lax
exempt status of the Plains
Baolisl Church.
Two Readers
mnners Of
SIO Checks
Two readers ol The CARO
LINIAN won la.st week’s
Appreciation Money.
Mrs. Margaret Herndon, of
724 S. Bloodw’orth. was pre
sented a $10 check after she
reported to The CAROLINIAN
that she had found her name in
the Granny's Old Fashioned
Donuts advertisement on the
.Appreciation Money Page.
Also, Rev. William A. Mor
gan. of 701 Fitzgerald, was
presented a check, for $10 after
'See APPHETIATION. P 2(
Larkins displayed a letter to
the director of the Internal
Revenue Service from King
which said that Carter's
church is "operated exactly as
some country club, or any
other private social organiza
tion."The letter.dated Dec. 20.
1976, asked for cessation of the
church’s tax exempt status
“before the sup^-powerful
members which it represents
lake over the reins of this
national United States of
.America Government.”
The Plains Baptist Church
was founded before the Civil
War, reportedly as an inte
grated church which became
segregated in 1871 during the
birth of Jim Crow when blacks
were then encouraged to have
their own church. In Plains,
this became known as the
Lebabon Baptist Church,
founded that same year.
Lebanon exists today as the
only other Baptist church in
Plains.
King's attempt to join the
church before the presidential
election last November was not
the only time in which a
controversy has been created
in (he community over church
membership. Jack Singletary,
a white man. was deni^
membership in 1962, allegedly
because he was a member of
an integrated church in Plains
and had close association with
blacks.
Sources say that King plans
(See KING. P. 2^
WASHINGTON. D C. - Pre
sident-elect Jimmy Carter is
making good on his promise to
place blacks in key spots in his
administration. Judge Wade H.
McCree. Jr. - now a member of
the United States Court of
Appeals for the Sixth Circuit -
has been tapped fur the
Solicitor Genfral's slot - the
number three post at the
Justice Department.
McCree was actually named
hy Attorney-General designate
Griffin B. Bell, whose own
nomination is opposed hy the
NAACP and others.
If confirmed hv the Senate as
Jews Calling For
End To Apartheid
NEW YORK - Upon the
urging of David K. Mann,
president of the South African
Jewish Board ot Deputies, the
Governong Board of the World
Jewish Congress (WJC) re
cently adopted, by unanimous
vote, a statement calling for an
end to apartheid in South
Africa, according to the Black-
Jewish Information Center
here.
The WJC acted after Mann
stated;
"I believe that there is a wide
consensus today that attitudes
and practices bearing upon the
relations between our various
racial groups — the heritage of
Sn- .IKWS P 2>
Solicitor General. McCree
would he the second black to
serve in that post. Associate
Justice Thurgood Marshall
was the first, before his
elevation to the Supreme
Court. Last May. Judge Mc
Cree became the first black
federal judge to sit in the deep
south when he filled in for
Judge Bell.
McCree boasts a distinguish
ed academic and professional
career He graduated from
Boston Latin ^hool; a summa
cum laude graduate from Fisk
University in 1941. and from
Harvard Law School where one
of his classmates were King-
man Brewster, Jr., now presi
dent of Yale University ; Elliot
L. Richardson, the current
Secretary of Commerce, and
William T. Coleman, Jr., now
Secretary of Transportation.
Judge McCree was the first
hiack to he elected to a
judgeship in Mirhican. the first
to serve as a Wayne Coun’y
circuit judge; the second (in
1961) to be appointed a federal
district judge.
He has served 10 years on the
appellate court and has nation
wide reputation in the legal and
(See CARTER, P, 2)
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
HKN FRANKLIN STORES
"Caraloigh Furniture Is Your Furniture"
K\E( I TION SCENE — .Salt l^ke fUv — ArlisCs conerpt based on iaiesi titfoniiuiioii lioni
«Uin-ss. >. depuls I (ah Slate Prison firing squad killing (iary Gilmore with four shots ihiough (he
I i hesi shiiiil v after sunrise Jan. 17. TWp bullets lore through the cundenmed man’s Imm1\ . through the
L sii .iH lilled leather lashion and Hooden back of the captain’s chair, through a threi-fourlhs iiuh
sh -et ol pIvuiHKl and into a pile of sandbags. (I'PI)