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SAb -Clafdu Vol. XXXI Nola An ATLANTA UNIVERSITY CENTER Institution November 5, 1979 Young Returns To Atlanta BY MICHAEL H. COTTMAN Panther News Editor Former U. N. Ambassador Andrew Young Tuesday told a gathering of students, faculty members, and city officials, that his controversial resignation occurred because a black man “jumped out of Africa into the Middle East.” Young was the keynote speaker at Morehouse College’s homecoming con vocation in honor of Young’s return to Atlanta. The famed, and yet con troversial Young, before a capacity crowd, discussed a few perplexities" surrounding his resignation. The former ambassador chose to resign from his international position after be ing under fire from the Carter administration for conducting unauthorized talks with a Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) represen tative which violated IJ. S. policy. “I spoke to PLO officials because I was interested in peace for the people in the Mid- dle East,” Young said. “This was a moral issue and this was one step I had to take in the interest of my country.” Young, who said “a policy had to he challenged,” added he felt it was necessary to take this action, despite a United States policy which dictates strict guidelines in dealing with foreign affairs. “I did it (PLO talks) because mv conscience told me to do what was right, and let the order to initiate a noticeable change in the power structure, one must take certain decisions. “I tried to uphold what this country stands for,” Young said. “It takes a controversial act to make changes.” “/ tried to uphold what this country stands for — It takes a controversial act to make changes — Andrew Young chips fall where they may,” Young added. He said his contact with PLO officials came shortly after the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s wife returned from Lebanon where she displayed pictures of a school that had been bombed by Israeli planes. “I began to realize that those bombs were bombs that you and I paid for,” Young said. “They were not paid for by us for Israeli expansion. They were paid for by us for Israeli security, and Israeli security does not go halfway up into lehanon.” Young suggested that in Young, a long time advocate of the Carter administration, said he attempted to “identify with the suffering in the world, and a struggle for justice that never ends.” That statement was made in reference to Young’s deep concern over Israeli an security, and a fight for peace in the Middle East. He said despite problems he has had in the past concerning decisions he has made, being black and discussing international politics with other nations caused friction within the . Carter ad ministration. Continued on page 12 Troopers Removed BY KATRINA JONES Panther Staff Writer A plan for a phased withdrawal of state troopers was worked out in detail Tues day by three Atlanta officials. Colonel Hugh Hardison, commissioner of the department of Public Safety, Tom McGreevy, deputy direc tor of the GBI and George Napper, director of the Bureau of Police Services devised a plan to gradually withdraw the state troopers from their assigned jobs. The state troopers were as signed to help answer police calls, aid with traffic accidents and to help direct traffic at special events, freeing Atlanta police to investigate more serious crimes. “By the state troopers aiding the police officers, more policemen were able to patrol areas for criminals,” .said Morris Redding, deputy direc tor for the Atlanta Police Department. “The state troopers were a tremendous asset to us and we really appreciate the help that they have given us,” said Red ding. With the holiday season ap proaching the state troopers are needed back on the highway to aid and prevent traffic accidents and fatalities. “The gradual withdrawal of state troopers will begin after a class of Atlanta police recruits . have completed training,” said Governor George Busbee, in a recent press conference. The Governor said the state patrol visibility will be main tained on the streets of Atlanta until new Atlanta police of ficers are given their as signments. “The first state troopers to be removed from their post will be those normally assigned in Southwest and Southeast Georgia. The troopers from Continued on page 12 Photo by Roger Tyson Ford Holds Forum BY KATHY MOORE Panther Staff Writer “Our plans for cars by 1985 is to make them much smaller and to hold only four passengers at a time,” said Thomas C. Page,, vic-e- president of "diversified products operations at Ford Motor Company. Page spoke before a group of more than 200 college students from eight colleges and universities in Atlanta that were participating in the Ford College Roundtable Program at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. The College Roundtable was established in 1956 by The Ford Motor Company to en courage an understanding between the communities of education and business by exchanging ideas. Ford had more than 164 college roundtables with more than 30,000 students participating, said Bryce Russell, Ford’s manager of educational affairs. The colleges and universities in the Atlanta area that participated in the college roundtable were: Atlanta University, Clark College, Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology. Georgia State University, Morehouse College, Morris Brown College, and Spelman College. The program was set up so that administrators and faculty from the. colleges and universities participated in the morning session of the college roundtable discussion and then students, participated in the afternoon session. “We’re not here to sell Ford products, to recruit employees, nor to sell you on private enterprise," said Page. "But we’re here to communicate with faculty, administrators, and students of major colleges and universities in this area.” "Students and faculty are interested in how a company that has about 500,000 em ployees and produces seven million vehicles a year operates,” Page went on to say. “We want to talk about the decision making process of a large business,” he added. Continued on page 12