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Kwame Nkrumah
VOL. NO. 3
The Clark College
ENIHER
CLARK COLLEGE
Young Speaks On Economics
Congressman Andrew Young
(Young was reelected
by a 40,000 vote
ma rgin.)
By Diane Arnold
“Economics is going to
be the religion of the next
decades,” prophesied
Congressman Andrew
Young when he spoke on
campus Oct. 21. Young
spoke to a sparse crowd
of students and faculty
members in Davage Audi
torium. Young’s speech
centered around the na
tional political scene and
its impact on Atlanta.
Young chided, “I’ve al
ways said that Atlanta was
a city too busy to hate be
cause it was too busy mak
ing money.” Young cited
several examples in the
city of Atlanta to show that
this principle was slowly
dying out. “Companies
which were once making in
the $100 millions are now
only making in the $10 mil
lions.
According to Young, the
economic situation should
not get too bad in Atlanta.
“Fortunately Atlanta has
had an economy separate
from the national eco
nomy,” Young said. This
separate economy has been
the development of the
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid
Transit Authority (MAR
TA). MARTA insures us of
about 2 billion dollars a
year,” stated Young.
Congressman Young
cited MARTA as a contri
buting factor in attracting
investors and builders to
Atlanta. He implied that
MARTA influences the
building of high-rise mo
tels and restaurants in
down Atlanta.
Young felt that Atlanta
would be able to make it
through the inflation “fair
ly well”. He cited, how
ever, that the people on the
national level have
“neither the courage or the
brains” to deal with the
national economy.
Despite the dismal look
of this country’s economy,
Young said that “on a
worldscale, we are still in
a very good position.” He
listed West Germany and
Japan as countries with
more severe economic
problems.
Young blamed the South
Boston incidents on the
condition of the national
economy. The riots in
South Boston were a result
of the high unemployment
rate in that area. According
to Young, if those people
had jobs, they would not be
on the streets. “When peo
ple stop making money they
begin to panic. South Bos
ton is an example of the
“national climate of panic
over the economy,” said
Young.
Vietnam was given credit
for the causing of the
present inflation problems.
The cost for the Vietnam
war was over $100 billion
dollars.
“We did not tax the peo
ple for the war,” said
Young. “It was an un
popular war so if we had
taxed for it, there would
have been some trouble,”
explained Young.
When Nixon came into
office, he “didn’t have the
guts to cut the military
budget, Young asserted.
Thus some other item of
the budget had to be cut
in order to finance the war.
Young gave the cut in fed
eral housing funds for the
poor as one area where
the budget was cut to fi
nance the Vietnam War.
In addition to his asser
tion that the Vietnam War
contributed to the inflation,
Young drew attention to the
fact that “people in the
third world are beginning
to demand a fair share for
the natural resoruces they
possess.”
“Something has started
in the third world which is
going to force this country
to pay for what it gets,”
Young said. Even though he
stated that he felt the Arab
oil crisis was “essentially
a political move”, he said
that the “people in the
their world have gotten
their share.
In conjunction with his
thoughts on the rising of
the third world, Young also
mentioned the responsibil
ity that U.S. blacks have to
their African brothers.
“America has no policy
toward Africa. We have a
particular role in the
formulating of such
policy.” He exhorted, “I
hope you’re not here just
shucking and jiving.”
Young attacked the
wastefulness of the Ameri
can people. He stated that
Americans are wasting a
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CC Band'Footin’ It!’
By Rita Camp bell
The marching band of
Clark College is doing it
on the good foot. There are
110 members marching
strong in the Panther band.
The band is under the di
rection of Alfred Wyatt,
assistants are Robert Wil
liams, and James Patter
son. The lovely ladies
marching in front of the
band are: Marilyn Price-
Captain; Sharon Crute-Co-
Captain; Rita Campbell;
Robin Lewis; Lorine Dor-
sey;Lyndia Abbot; Connie
McDaniels;Penelope Greer;
Cynthia Cotton; Beverly
Ingrem.
The drum major is
Joseph Paschal, known to
everyone around campus as
“Slouch”.
The band plays songs like
“Skin Tight” , “Hang
Loose”, “Love Theme”,
“Chameleon”, and many
more.
Clark College’s band has
coine up with something to
keep the band organized.
They elected a leader from
each section, who will rep-
represent them. The sec
tion leaders are Quinton
Jackson-drum section;Eric
Arnold and Ralph Pres
ley-trombone section; Ray
mond Strickland - saxaphone
section; Wanda Jefferies-
clarinet section; Gregory
Mayfield-trumpet section;
William Boddie-horns ;Mic-
key Wyatt-melephone sec
tion; and Lee Herman T.
Swanson II-tuba section.
The Band has received
acclaim from Channel i5} (
television station. They
were filmed while at prac
tice on October 17 and pre
sented on Saturday, October
19, 1974 on the 6 and 11
o’clock news.
In an effort to communi
cate better and establish
some type of unity, Clark
College band agreed to per
form in the Morris Brown
homecoming parade.
In appreciation for the
many blacks who have con
tributed so very much to
music, the Clark College
band has played songs in
memory of the late “DUKE
ELLINGTON”. This seem
ed to emotionally arouse
crowds.
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Red Machine
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