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Judge Orders Police Department
Must Fifty Percent Black
The Augusta Police
Department has been ordered
to hire one “qualified Black”
for each “qualified white”
hired until the ratio in the
police department reflects the
approximate 50-50 Black to
white ratio in the city
population.
The order was filed by
Federal Court Judge Anthony
Alaimo late Tuesday.
The judge ordered the hiring
of an Affirmative Action
Officer. The Affirmative
Action Officer must be Black,
hold the rank of lieutenant or
captain, and must be in a
management decision-making
capacity. The affirmative
action officer must be hired
from outride the Augusta
Background And Platforms
15 Candidates Vie For
8 City Council Seats
In order that our readers may be better informed
about the candidates in the city council election to be
held Wednesday, we are presenting as a public service
the questionaire prepared by the League of Women
Voters. The League prepared the questionaire and the
candidates supplied their responses. The responses of
the candidates are printed word-for-word. The League
does not endorse candidates but urges every citizen to
vote for the candidate of his or her choice.
NON PARTISAN ELECTION INFORMATION
CITY COUNCIL OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
October 10,1973
QUESTIONS ASKED THE CANDIDATES:
EDUCATION:
OCCUPATION:
ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE THAT ADD TO
YOUR QUALIFICATIONS FOR THIS OFFICE:
IN ORDER OF THEIR IMPORTANCE WHAT DO YOU
CONSIDER THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES FACING
THE CITY OF AUGUSTA AND WHAT IS YOUR STAND ON
EACH?
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FIRST WARD
Russell F. Malone
Age 56 WH
103 Fourth Street
EDUCATION: High School Graduate, one year Business School,
one year course in administration.
OCCUPATION: Food Production Director - Medical College of
Georgia
ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE: Nine years a
member of Augusta City Council, served eight years on the
Finance Committee, also served on the Waterworks, Stockade,
and Recorders Court, Cemetery Trees and Parks, Recreation, and
Auditorium, Public Safety Committees. Presently Chairman of
the Public Safety Committee. A Mason Social Lodge No. 1, St.
James Methodist Church, American Legion, Forty and Eight La
Societte, Marine Leatherneck Club, Augusta’s own U.S. Marine
Corps Reserve Unit, Commander Post 3200 Veterans of Foreign
Wars. Served five years during World War Two and one year
during Korean conflict in the U.S. Marine Corps. Active in Civic
and Veterans affairs. Received in 1968 Georgia Recreation and
Park Society Lay Award for outstanding service in the field of
Recreation, for contributing outstanding services to Recreation
Movement.
ISSUES: 1. LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER: I find it almost
unbelievable that the County Commission has declined to
participate in a joint law enforcement center. In doing so they are
passing up an opportunity for Richmond County to have one of
the finest facilities in the country. I will vote for the city to
proceed to plan for a law enforcement center of its own. 2.
REROUTING OF RAILROAD TRACKS: I will work to the best
of my ability with the administration and transportation
authority to have this done as soon as possible. 3.
CONSOLIDATION: This is a must if our county is to progress. It
is just common sense that our county cannot afford two
governing bodies.
Inez R. Wylds
104 Fourth Street
Police Department and must
report to the Court once a
month the names of all persons
who have been disciplined or
demoted.
Judge Alaimo permanently
enjoined (prohibited)
discrimination, intimidation
and harrassment of officers
based on race or sex.
The police department was
also ordered to advertise in all
local minority news media.
Special attention will be given
to qualified minority
applicants.
Persons living outride of
Richmond County may be
hired, they must move within a
30 miles of the police station
upon employment.
Ten days notification must
be given to “minority
organizations and community
agencies” before the end of the
job application period.
“Special attention will be
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EDUCATION: Attended Winthrop College. Graduate of Augusta
Law School.
OCCUPATION: Homemaker
ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE: I have involved
myself in a wide variety of community affairs, also keeping
carefully informed on the operations and activities of city
government. Therefore, I feel I have the interest and appreciation,
plus the drive and enthusiasm to serve our conununity.
ISSUES; I. CONJUi.iEAiIQN: Fd» to Arian? uk
progress due her, city-county consolidation is a must - an
unavoidable must. However, a charter committee able to forsee
the pitfalls as well as the benefits of such a lynchpin move is vital
to a successful consolidation. 2. REVENUE SHARING The city
is the guaranteed recipient of $5 million in government funds to
be received over a five year period. In order to guarantee an equal
amount of benefit for Augusta, long range planning and
identification of needs by priority must be established. 3.
REGIONAL PARK The personal time and efforts of individuals
resulted in the establishment of Oglethorpe Park. Now it is time
for City Council to complete effective negotiations with the state
for the multi-purpose regional park that will benefit Augustans in
years to come.
SECOND WARD
Carrie J. Mays ■
Age 45
1221 Ninth Street x
EDUCATION: Graduated from high school in Lincoln County,
Georgia Public School-System.
OCCUPATION: Licensed Funeral Director. Director of W.H.*
Mays Mortuary.
ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE. I have served
on the city council of Augusta since January 1. 1971. While on
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SICKLE CELL WEEK PROCLAIMED Photo by Frank Bowman
Dr. Titus Huisman (C) director of Augusta Sickle Cell Center, holds proclamation
presented by Mayor Lewis A. Newman proclaiming the week of Oct 1-5 Sickle Cell
Anemia Week, (L-R) Rev. E.M. Miller, Herman F. Harris, Qty Councilwoman Carrie
J. Mays, Mayor Lewis A. Newman, Dr. Titus Huisman, W.B. Bryant, Dr. Justine
Washington, Dr. Karim Kamel and Rev. N.T. Young.
given to minority employees
already possessing higher skills
who show that they can be
advanced to positions
commensurate with their
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ability,” under the promotions
aspect of the order.
A workable grievance
procedure agreeing with the
Personnel Policies and
city council, I have served as the council’s representative to the
OEO Board and the Augusta-Richmond County Planning and
Zoning Commission. I have also served on the following
committees: Stockade and Recorders Court, Waterworks, Public
Safety, Co-Chairwoman of Canals, Rivers and Wharves and
Chairwoman of Cemetery, Trees and Parks (since January 1,
1973). I have been active on the following civic committees:
Y.W.C.A., Chairman of the Phyllis Wheatley Branch of the
Y.W.C.Af? two I't'ars. wmbe» of the Board of Directors of the
Green Street Y.W.C.A. for the past six years. In 1967 I was a
voting delegate to the National Y.W.C.A. Convention in Boston,
Mass. I am a member of Trinity C.M.E. Church. I am also a
member of the Georgia Funeral Service Practitioners Association,
Inc. and the National Funeral Directors and Morticians
Association.
ISSUES: 1. CRIME IN OUR CITY without question, our
community has been victimized by criminals of every kind and
description but what should concern us all is the degree of white
collar criminals that have invaded our community over the past
years. These so called white collar criminals who live beside us,
walk with us, and influence our politicians have injected into a
vital artery of our community organized gambling, prostitution
and drug traffic. These white collar criminals have massed such
numbers and power that one wonders whether or not it is
possible for our public to rise to the occasion and rid themselves
of this criminal disease that has spread like cancer and has caused
some of our elected officials to betray the people they serve in
order to avoid confrontation with this criminal power. So
widespread has crime become in our community that it would
indeed be impossible to single out one particular area for
discussion. It is elementary that in order for organized crime to
survive, it must have protection and acceptance from the highest
sources, therefore, it is reasonable to conclude that our
community as a whole must join hands and demand strict
punishment for all criminals, regardless of their position or rank
in our community. In essence, those who we have elected to do
the job must from this point forward walk in fear of the people -
not organized criminal power. 2. EFFICIENCY IN
GOVERNMENT It is common public knowledge that our local
governments are partly to blame for the embarrassment and
court house inefficiency that our community has seen lately. In
the past our citizens have paid high taxes to pay high salaries to
many who have acquired their job promotions or advancements
as a result of who they knew and not what they knew. I would
like to see a system similar to the County Merit Board established
to protect our city employees from becoming victims of the spoil
system. An efficient government can be enjoyed only when all
segments of the Augusta and Richmond County community are
represented with equal effectiveness. 3. LACK OF COMMUNITY
CONCERN For too long a nucleus of the community has been
running our local government. The citizens of the community are
Procedures Plan filed with the
court must be instituted.
Finally a non-discriminatory
clause will go on all purchase
orders, leases and contracts
Augusta, Georgia
Laney/Walker
Boulevard
Meeting Slated
For Wednesday
A meeting will be held to
continue discussion of the
proposal to re-name Gwinnett
St. Laney/Walker Boulevard on
Wednesday at 6:00 pan. The
meeting will be held at Saint
Mary’s Parish House at 1115
Pine St.
According to J. Philip
Waring, author of the proposal,
many people have expressed
concern that the effort did not
have a broad enough base and
objected to such things as the
numerous names along the
street. Waring told The
News-Review, “The proposal
LANEY/WALKER
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issued by the police.
Alaimo, in the order, said he
would retain further
jurisdiction on the complaint
and would enter further orders
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going to have to sacrifice their free time and attend their
government meetings. Not only should they attend when they are
protesting an issue, they should be in attendance to show the
elected officials their concern for their community welfare. When
politicians do not take the time to feel the pulse of the
community, they cannot satisfactorily fill the prescription to cure
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EDITORIAL
Our View Os The
Candidates For City Council
In observing the candidates for city council, we
sought to examine their qualifications as well as their
sensitivity to the needs of Black people and Augusta in
general. We looked at the candidates primarily* with
interest in their ability and willingness to deal with
concerns ,of W • ks. As a newspaper we feel •hat
our concern must be first .inti foremost for the interest
of Black people. But even more important is the fact
that the majority of the people in Augusta are Bl ack.
We urge all of our readers to go to the polls and vote.
Vote your convictions, but please vote.
Here is our analysis of the candidates.
First Ward
Russell Malone: Well qualified having served 3 terms
on city council. However, many Blacks feel that he does
no more than he HAS TO DO for the Black community.
Inez Wylds: Appears to be well qualified and eager to
serve. Some Blacks question her affiliation with the
Republican Party.
Second Ward
Leo Cotter: Appears to be capable, but his opposition
is Augusta’s most valuable citizen.
Carrie J. Mays: Her re-election is, in our opinion, a
most important safeguard for our community. Her
leadership and courage have been without parallel. She,
more than any person in local government, has led the
fight for social justice and she has led the fight against
crime and corruption.
Her demands for investigations into the Lamar Felton
case, the District Attorney race, and more recently, the
DOI investigations into gambling, prostitution, and drug
traffic are but a few examples of her outstanding
leadership. She has our whole-hearted endorsement
Third Ward
R.E. Edwards: Conscientious and sincere; however,
his voting record has too often been against the interests
of Black people.
Willard Prior: Seemingly few people in the Black
community know him; the few we talked to who did,
generally gave him a favorable recommendation.
Fourth Ward
Aaron Tappan: Although he is unopposed, the Black
community has generally been disappointed with his
performance during his first term. We feel that we have
too few Blacks on city council for them to be less than
aggressive in their leadership.
Fifth Ward
Loyal G. Hutto and Albert J. Washington: We see
little difference in these candidates, and nothing that
would recommend them to the Black community.
Sixth Ward
E.G. Edwards, Jean Raburn and C.E. Bearden: Same
as above.
Seventh Ward
Bernard Mulherin and W. Penland Mayson: Both
candidates appear io be well qualified in terms of
educational preparation. In our conversations with these
candidates, Mayson appears to be more sensitive to the
needs and aspirations of Black people.
Eighth Ward
Sam O. Maguire: Some Blacks see Maguire as too
closely attached to the Old Establishment to give the
progressive leadership that is needed at this time. We,
however, believe that by virtue of his influence with the
Establishment, he can bring about more significant
change than perhaps any other candidate. Maguire has
no opposition and is assured of victory. We believe that
he can and will bring to council the kind of positive
leadership that Augusta so desperately needs.
“as may be appropriate”.
The Judge’s action came as a
result of a discrimination suit
against the police department
filed by 11 Black officers.