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Wednesday, April 14,1982
TS»e Red and Black
Aiding unemployed
Last December Atlanta businessman
Dillard Munford proposed a plan to involve
the city's black churches in helping fight the
unemployment problem among black
youths. Munford had seen the strength and
influence of the black churches in the
November mayoral race and thought their
enthusiasm and organizational skills could
be applied to alleviating the unemployment
problem. He proposed that each black
church sponsor five to 10 applicants, who
would otherwise find it difficult to get a job,
and be responsible for their employment for
six months. White business leaders and black
ministers alike criticized the proposal at the
time, calling it "impractical" and an undue
criticism of black churches.
Four months later, after a month in opera
tion, the Church-Business Jobs Network has
provided 30 blacks with jobs in Majik Market
stores, with one promoted to store manager
and two in training to become store
managers The program has been acclaimed
a success, and Munford is considering asking
30 companies in the hospitality, fast food and
convenience store industries to join the net
work.
In 1979 the Private Industry Council of
Atlanta, one of three currently in the Atlanta
area, began as a voluntary organization of
business, labor and community represen
tatives working to develop entry-level jobs
for low income individuals who find getting a
job difficult. Funded under the Comprehen
sive Employment and Training Act, PICs na
tionwide are now looming as an important
alternative since the CETA program is
scheduled to expire on Sept. 30 of this year.
The Reagan administration has drafted a bill
introduced by Sen. Dan Quayle, R-Indiana,
proposing a $2.4 billion jobs program focus
ing on active, local decision-making PICs as
the principal planning agencies for
unemployment training at the local level.
The Atlanta PIC has placed 254 people
through February of the current fiscal year,
while placing 492 in jobs in the last fiscal
year. The council hopes to be placing 200 in
dividuals a month by the end of this year. So
far the council has made but a small dent in
the Atlanta unemployment pool, but has had
difficulties due to the recession and the lack
of involvement of small- and medium-sized
companies.
While the nation's unemployment rate bit 9
percent last month to tie a 40-year high, some
are tempted to ask the federal government to
do something, to provide some jobs for these
nearly 10 million jobless people. In recent
years, Keynesian economic theory has dic
tated that when economic growth is slow, as
it definitely is now, the federal government
should step in to lower taxes and increase
government spending and get the economy
moving again. The argument went that the
additional money would stimulate demand,
the economy would grow and more jobs
would be provided.
That theory has overlooked the basic
economic principle that inflation occurs
when too much money is chasing too few
goods. Pursuing this policy has only led to
higher inflation and unemployment as
former British Prime Minister James
Callaghan of the Labor Party recognized in a
speech before a party conference in Septem
ber 1976. He said “I’ll tell you, in all candor,
that that option no longer exists; and that in
sofar as it ever did exist it only worked by in
jecting bigger doses of inflation into the
economy followed by bigger levels of
unemployment as the next stop. ’’
The federal government’s primary role in
fighting unemployment should be in securing
favorable economic conditions for noninfla
tionary growth. High unemployment is a side
effect of reducing inflation, but, as the
economy begins to recover and grow, as
predicted for the last half of this year,
unemployment will begin to level off and
gradually decline. The private sector must
gradually assume the role of job training and
finding jobs for those who cannot find them
easily. This will take a cooperative effort on
the local level between business, labor and
community groups since those on the local
level best know the needs of their com
munities and can most efficiently train and
place people into permanent jobs.
A comforting recent effort was the negotia
tions between the United Auto Workers and
the major auto companies. The union agree
to give up some benefits such as paid
holidays and to delay cost-of-living increases
in return for promises not to close plants and
to institute profit-sharing plans. The negotia
tions are an example of how business and
labor can work together to preserve jobs
without dooming the worker to significantly
lower wages
Establishing a CETA program will not
solve the complex problem of unemployment
in the long run. What will solve it will be a
cooperative between business, labor and the
community that has been lacking. Instead oi
marching on Washington to demand jobs,
community leaders and social leaders need
to march on the local chamber of commerce
or corporate headquarters. And the business
leaders need to listen.
Jack Threadgill is a staff writer for The Red
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‘Help stop English socialism ’
TO THE EDITOR:
I used to feel very secure.
From the time I can
remember, somewhere, I’ve
been warned of the immi
nent and threatening “red"
scare, flying a bantering
American flag from my
serene front porch challeng
ing the communists to dare
take away my secure pro
perty. Things seem to be dif
ferent now. I'm scared
The fact that Marxist-
Leninists peer around each
dark corner that I approach
bothered me little for safety
came from the knowledge
that the western hemisphere
was duly protected by the
NATO alliance and that no
harm would befall me for
their ideally rigid regard for
my personal safety but now
.. now what am I to think, I
ask, I wonder.
Normally I don’t read the
paper, why should I, I mean
I’m safe, right? I perused
the profound Atlanta Journal
when I found the resurrected
British empire has sent out
her naval armada to protect
the threatened, potentially
oil-rich, Falkland Islands
(I pondered the geographic
distance from her "ma
jesties" throne to the
Falkland Isles inconclusive
ly.) Too much. Here comes
the righteous lady Thatcher
to shake my southern
neighbors with military con
flict and guess what — it's an
economically based war, not
a philosophically based one
... what a mind bender, can
you even imagine? Once
again, too much!
So now I’m shaking as I
write this vital message and
wonder how long can it be till
England (a socialist coun
try) begins its northern trek
from their conflict with the
Argentinians, and starts to
spread a socialist control
over the entire western
hemisphere, one country
after the other toppling over
till it's too late. Will you
let it happen? I hope not —
get up — run out the door —
enlist in something I have
seen the enemy and it’s us
HELP!
JEREMY PORTER
Junior. ROTC
‘We're obliged’
TO THE EDITOR .
I enjoyed reading John
O'Brien’s article regarding
the draft in the March 31
issue of The Red and Black.
My argument for the draft
is simple: Since we all enjoy
the fruits of our system, we
are all obliged to contribute
to its protection It is not fair
or adequate to purchase the
services of our armed forces
with tax dollars because
essentially only a few are
providing defense for what
we all enjoy. The fact that
the armed services are
voluntary does not forego the
obligation of the rest of us. I
am not suggesting that all
draftees serve in the army,
navy or air force because
there are other ways to pro
tect and defend the Constitu
tion than by carrying an
M-16 My suggestion is that
we rethink our relationship
to our economic and political
system
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Editorial comment
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yearbook: Academics editor, Greeks editor,
Organizations editor, Sports editor, Classes editor,
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Friday.
Pre-registration per
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