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Eln AniUwta Nputa-Slptripui WARREN A. CANDLER JHhiV II ■’ Y LIBRARY « R PAINE COLLEGE -9.1973 U W 3 WAlv I NATIONAL BLACK NEWS SERVICE AUGUSTA, GEORGIA \\ MEMBER Vol. 3 Black Affirmative Action Officer Approved ByCouncil-Hamilton Objects The Augusta City Council approved the appointment of Black Sergeant Major Handsel E. Johnson, Jr. to serve as Affirmative Action Officer for the Augusta Police Department Monday. The only objection came from Hugh Hamilton who said he felt that Federal Judge Anthony Alaimo acted illegally in ordering an affirmative action officer and ruling that the police department must reflect the 50-50 Black to white Black Caucus Demands House Move On Nixon Impeachment The Congressional Black Caucus sharing an opinion held by millions of Americans, is dismayed and shocked by recent actions on the part of Richard M. Nixon. In the opinion of the Congressional Black Caucus, the decisions to discharge Archibald Cox and abolish the office of Special Prosecutor were both irresponsible and unconscionable. The totality of recent events culminating in the resignation of the two highest Justice Department officials unnecessarily precipitated a constitutional crisis. The end result to the intelligence of American citizens but also an assault on established governmental • institutions and more fundamentally the Constitution itself. The call for impeachment of Richard Nixon is neither new nor unique. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus introduced impeachment resolutions as long as two years ago, based upon the strong contention that Nixon was carrying on an illegal war in Southeast Asia. Nixon’s adventurism in Indochina was-and is-both illegal and impeachable, and the cascade of ensuing executive crimes-the ITT, Vesco, mild and wheat deals, Watergate and all its associated criminal activities, the shady campaign contributions and payoffs, and Nixon’s bevy of illegal impoundments of critical program funding-only further serve to strengthen the position that Richard Nixon should~and must-be removed from office. The Congressional Black Caucus urges the leadership of the House of Representatives immediately to define and establish procedures and mechancis for dealing with consideration of the impeachment of Richard Nixon. We further urge that these procedures be made known to all members of the House and to the American people without delay. The Members of the Congressional Black Caucus oppose any consideration of Gerald Ford’s nomination for Vice President of the United States. The consensus is that to do so before the question of impeachability of Richard Nixon in resolved constitutes utter misinterpretation of basis priorities. Therefore, the Congressional Black Caucus population ratio. Hamilton, who narrowly missed being elected mayor last year, offered a motion to appeal the judge’s ruling. The motionn died for lack of a second. Hamilton argued that the city had decided to “roll over and play dead.” Mayor Lewis A. Newman who announced the appointment of Sgt. Mayor Johnson Friday said, “In our judgment, we were better off handling this by ourselves recommends that the Democratic Leadership of the House instruct the Judicary Committee to hold in abeyance any consideration of Gerald Ford until a full and thorough determination has been made concerning the pending serious charges of high crimes and misdemeanors against the nation by Richard Nixon. The Nixon agreement to comply with the order of the Court to release the tapes is a complete vindication of Mr. Cox’s insistence that Nixon Incumbents Re-elected Boyles, Roland In Run-off Incumbents John D. Chavous and Mrs. Fred Powell were reelected and Thomas F. Boyles forced a runoff with Mrs. Carl Roland in Tuesday’s Richmond County Board of Education election. Chavous led the voting with a total of 3,561 votes to keep his seat in the 121st District. The incumbent defeated Wayne Collins who received 1,114 votes. Veteran board member Mrs. Powell was reelected in Jimmy Carter Gets Medical College Post James E. Carter, 111 has been appointed assistant director of student affairs for minority students at the Medical College of Georgia. Carter received a BS degree from Paine College in 1960 and earned his M.Ed. degree from South Carolina State College this year. Prior to joining the Medical College, he taught general science, health, and physical education in the Richmond County School System. Carter served as an instructor of science and medical procedures in the United States Army and the U.S. Army Reserve. He is a member of the Christ United Presbyterian Church and president of the Belair Hills Association. He is married to the former Judy Luchey. They have two sons, James, IV and Mason. They live at 1528 Flagler Road. P.O. Box 953 outside of court.” City Attorney Samuel F. Maguire was more pointed, “We knew we were going to lose ... because it is a point that has been thoroughly litigated ... (it was) better than just fighting for the hell of it... we were wrong.” Maguire said he felt the judge’s order requiring more Blacks in the police department was “overdue”. In announcing Johnson’s appointment Mayor Newman said that there are some 12-13 comply with the Court’s order. The Congressional Black Caucus therefore insists that Richard Nixon now reestablish this independent Prosecutor’s Office and that Mr. Cox be reappointed immediately. Only in this manner will the American people be assured of an honest, objective and vigorous persual of all ramifications of Watereate in the original manner promised by Nixon when he promised an investigation which would be pursued “fully and the First Ward seat with a total of 2,836 votes to opponent Mrs. Roy Lazenby’s 1,994 votes. Less than one-tenth of the total registered voters in Richmond County turned out for the election to seat one-fourth of the Board of Education’s 16 members. Os the 53,384 registered voters in the county 5,129 turned out at the 48 precincts Tuesday. Mrs. Roland tallied 2,083 ' fl > s / JAMES E. CARTER applicants for the position “several of whom were outstanding”. The mayor added that Johnson was one of the “best applicants that I have seen for any position since I have been with the city government.” Johnson is a 28 year army veteran who will retire from active duty by December 1. He will be available on a part-time basis prior to that date. The 43 year old Johnson is a native of Houston, Texas. He fearlessly, wherever it may lead.’ The Congressional Black Caucus strongly recommends that all citizens concerned about this current crisis make their concerns known to the leadership of the House immediately, Contact Carl Albert, Speaker; Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr., Majority Leader; John J. McFall, Majority Whip and Peter W. Rodino, Jr. Chairman, Committee of the Judiciary. votes in election for the 119th District seat, to Boyles’ 1,797 votes. The third candidate in the race for retiring board member Julian Lively’s seat. Mrs. Barbara Allen, finished with 921 votes. Since none of the candidates in the three-way race received a majority of votes, a run-off election is scheduled for Nov. 27, according to Richmond County Election Board officials. arid his wife Elizabeth have two children, Delphine 14 and Tammy 5. They are currently living in Glenville in Tatnall County. Asked for his reaction to the selection Sgt. Major Johnson, Police Chief James G. Beck said he has talked with Johnson on several occasions and “he impresses me ... that he can do the job that we are looking for.” PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! We want to print your news. But we MUST have it by NOON TUESDAY in order for it to be printed that week. There can be NO exceptions. Please co-operate with us so we can better serve you. Detroit Elects Black Mayor Coleman Young was elc:ted Tuesday as the first Black mayor of Detroit. Unofficial returns showed that Young Clyburn First Black On Aiken City Council AIKEN A Black candidate won a seat on the City of Aiken Council by a wide majority in unoffical returns Tuesday night. William Clyburn, an Aiken High School football coach led with 1,384 votes, making him the first Black candidate ever elected in the town’s history. Clyburn is a Democrat. Both Black and white supporters converged on the young football coach following the return of the last box to congratulate him on the win. Between handshakes, the exuberant winner said he has always contended “there is not as much animosity between the races in Aiken as some people have said. “We did a whole lot of work and I had a lot of people Thurmond Joins News-Review Editor-Publisher Mallorv K. Millender announced this week that Paine College’s student chairman, Michael Thurmond has joined the News-Review staff as a reporter. Listed among Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities, Thurmond has served as editor of the student newspaper at Paine, president of the freshman class, and is a member of the Student-Fac ulty Senate. He is majoring in Philosophy and Religion. Thurmond is a junior from Athens, Ga. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Thurmond. ’Sillar Kelly Day” Sillar Kelly Day was held at Gracewood Elementary School on October 31. The affair was held to honor Mrs. Sillar Kelly upon her retirement. Students, faculty and friends gathered on the school basketball court for the presentation of an engraved silver tray, a corsage and a cake. Mrs. Sillar Kelly was born January 10, 1910. She has lived in Richmond County all of her life. Augusta, Georgia Police Chief James G. Beck, Sgt Major Hansel E. Johnson and Mayor Lewis A. Newman. NAACP MEETS The Augusta Chapter of the NAACP will meet Monday at Tabernacle Baptist Church at 7:30 p.m. won 51% of the vote. His opponent, white former Police Commissioner John Nichols received 41%. v L WILLIAM CLYBURN working for me. I think when people like and trust you they will vote for you.” V MICHAEL THURMON Mrs. Kelly came to Gracewood Elementary School as a maid in February of 1948. She has served under several principals, Mr. Hom, Mr. Robert Dixson, Mr. W.G. Oellenigh, Mr. W.M. Dixson, Mr. H. Grady Ward, and at present Mr. W.H. Odom. Through the years she has endeared herself to the many students, and the members of the school faculties she has served. i; | " -* ( w g k‘ ' I % In the aftermath of Federal Judge Anthony Alaimo’s order that the Augusta Police Department be fifty per cent Black, there has been much talk about the “unfairness” of racial quotas that guarantee a certain number of positions for Blacks. It is very important that Blacks are not taken in by the hypocritical use of such terms as “fairness, justice” and the “most qualified”. We must recognize that America has always used a racial quota system. The only difference is that until recently our quota has been zero. We must not be misled by racists calling for fairness after they have historically dealt unfairly with us. This point is important because oi all oi the good sounding deceptives phrases bigots use, such as, I can t see color” or “two wrongs don’t make a right. That is not necessarily so. No one can deny that slavery existed in America for hundreds of years and that racial injustice and discrimination still exist throughout this country'. Slavery and discrimination have been brutal and are necessarily wrong. But what whites should understand and Blacks MUST understand is that these wrongs can never be righted by treating the people who have been historically denied the same as you treat those who have historically been given unfair advantages. You cannot let one team cheat for three quarters then play by the rules during the final quarter and call the game FAIR. If the game is to be called “fair”, the team that was cheated against must have its three quarters with advantages and THEN both teams can play by the rules during the final quarter, and then the game may be said to have been fair. What we have to keep in mind when we hear people “deploring” racial quotas is that these people realize that conditions and opportunities between Blacks and whites have never been equal. They also realize that with whites having almost a 400 year head start. Blacks will never catch up if Blacks and whites are treated equally from this point on. And they don’t intend for us to catch up. Therefore, they can come out with a lot of good sounding phrases like “equal opportunity” and "fairness” and keep us behind from now on. We must keep in mind that we, as a people, have never had justice. We as a people have never known fairness. And if that which is called justice is to have any validity where race is concerned, it must embody the concept of “corrective” justice. When a judge orders Black representation in proportion to our percentage of the population, this is an attempt at CORRECTIVE justice. We must understand this and support it. Even the quotas will not repay the centuries of injustice and enslavement suffered by our people, but racial quotas do represent a start in the right direction. We must learn not to be afraid of the word race. Our whole social order is based on race. And it is only when that social order begins some semblance of justice that racists get upseL But we must recognize who the enemy is and recognize them as the enemy when they try to impede corrective justice. Mrs. Sillar Kelly (R) is presented with tray by Gracewood Elementary School principal William Odom and Mrs. Adeline Sconyers. October 31 was designated “Sillar Kelly Day” at the school. Mrs. Kelly taught at the school for 25 years. November 1973 No. 34 EDITORIAL KNOW WHO THE ENEMY IS