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Paine Professor Dies Dr. Santiago S. Richart of 312 Gardners Mill Court died Saturday February 16 at Doctors’ Hospital. Dr. Richard was a native of New York Gty, but he had lived in Augusta for 13 years. He received liis Ph.D. from the University of Havana, Cuba and did further graduate studies there. Congressman Andrew Young Urges Citizens Campaign Against Chrome From Rhodesia Washington --Congressman Andrew Young has urged citizens across the nation to call upon Members of the Congress to vote against the imports of chrome in the U.S. from Rhodesia, an African country ruled by a minority white regime. Rep. Andrew Young The issue is expected to come to a vote in the House of Representatives within about a month, and Congressman Young appealed to people to contact Representatives from their states and ask them to vote for legislation banning imports of Rhodesian chrome and its processed product, ferrochrome. , Native Blacks make up 95 percent of the population of Rodesia, but the minority white regime rufuses to agree to effective Black participation in the government. / Although the United Nations has imposed international economic sanctions against Rhodesian products, the U.S. government -- under the “Byrd Amendment” adopted by Congress - has permitted the importation of chrome and ferrochrome from Rodesia since 1972. Last December the Senate voted to repeal the Byrd Amendment and halt these imports, and the House will take up the legislation soon. Young, who is the first Black Congressman from Georgia in a century, said in a statement from his Washington office: “I urge citizens everywhere to contact the members of the U.S. House from their states on this issue. You can write, call or visit these Representatives and ask them to end the U.S. government’s support of the Rhodesian regime by stopping the imports of chrome ana ferrochrome. ‘These imports are said to be worth S3O billion a year to Rhodesia. There are several reasons why America should not be giving this aid. “First, it is bad foreign po’icy to support this racist regime in Africa. Black people here and around the world are opposed to this policy, as are many whites. “Second, America does not need Rhodesian chrome oi ferrochrome. It is available from other nations, including Turkey, and the Phillipines. Even President Nixon has proposed that we reduce the supplies of these products FFRMI974 ... Nma-Srmm ft, Vol 3 He had been a professor of Chemistry at Paine College since 1961. He was also chairman of the Natural Science Division there. He was a member of the American Chemical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Silvia Garcia Richart, Augusta; a which we hate already stockpiled in this country. “Third, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has said that the Byrd Amendment is ‘not essential to our national security, brings us no real economic advantage, and is detrimental to the conduct of foreign relations.’ “Fourth, we cannot expect H.R. Scott, Sr., Honored Recently Augusta Fire Chief J.G. Fitzgerald presented a plaque to Chairman Scott on behalf of the Augusta Fire Department expressing appreciation for the important roll Mr. Scott played during his tenure of service. In 1968 the citizens of Augusta had never witnessed a Black man serving on the Augusta Civil Service Commission. Many Black leaders have encouraged the appointment of a Black on this commission for several years. After years and several meetings the Augusta City Council voted to appoint H.R. America’s Obligations To Blacks 'Unfilled’ 9 AB BBBi Dr. Elias Blake, Paine College’s Founder’s Day Speaker said the Black college is a “life on insurance | NATKMAL BLACK MM tfeAVKX MCIvOCR son, Charles Richart, Augusta; a daughter, Lourdes Mary Richart; and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Maria L. Gongolez, Augusta. Funeral services were held Monday February 18 at 11 a.m. at Platt’s Chapel and Monsignor Felix Donnelly officiated. Burial was in Westover Memorial Park. to continue to have good relations and trade with other African nations if the U.S. supports the Rhodesirn government. About «.nr-fiurth of our oil imports come from Nigeria, 90 per cent of our cobalt comes from Zaire, and Zambia is the world’s largest exporter of copper." Congressman Young Scott as its first Black to serve on the Civil Service Commission, serving a five year term which began in 1969. On December 31, 1973 Scott ended bis five (5) year term on the commission, serving during the year 1973 as its chairman. H.R. Scott, is 2nd vice president, secretary and treasurer °f The Pilgrim Health and Life Insurance Company and is married to the former Betty DuMetz and they are the proud parents of two sons, H. Randolph Scott, Jr., a student at the Medical College of Georgia, and Wayne 14 years old. Dr. Elias Blake nd not decreasing term.” Speaking on the subject “Preventing a Black Backlash P.O. Box 953 Dr. Santiago S. Richart observed that these reasons for stopping import of Rhodesian chrome can be communicated to members of the House by telephoning, visiting, or writing them in W ashingte n or at their District office in their home states. AU House members can be reached at the House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. 20515. L 'ar** Xi H. R. Scott Photo by Roscoe WUBams in High Education”, Blake noted that the nation no longer SEE DEGREES Page 3 THE PEOPLE’S PAPER uj '<4 p. - w-3.il >ll ar The combined choirs of Paine College, Benedict, Voorhees, Claffin, Morris, and Allen University culminated Black effort with the Singing of “Lift Every Voice and Sing”. The program, sponsored by Paine College, saw each choir perform several Negro spirituals then combine for tne finale. An enthusiastic crowd at Bell Audi torium stayed to hear the choirs do several numbers after the program had ended. Former Augustan Honored As "Human Resource” Dr. Captolia D. Newbern, Professor of Sociology and Social Welfare at Lane College, has been designated ‘an important and valuable human resource of the United States of America living during the closing decade of the First American Bicentennium (1776-1976)” by the American Bicentennial Research Institute. The honor, made in conjunction with national ■ preparations for celebrating the Bicentennial in 1976, carries with it inclusion in the A.8.R.1.’s “Library of Human Resources" ano is made "in recognition of Dr. Newbern’s professional and civic attainments within the Community of Man”. The award comes to Dr. Newbern after a long and distinquished career in higher education, social work, and the church. Currently listed in several “Who’s Who”, including Outstanding Educators of America (1970), Outstanding and Distinquished Personalities of the South (1970), Tennessee Lives (1971), Dictionary of International Biography (1971), Two Thousand Women of Achievement (1972), and American Women and World Notables (1974), she has been professor or department chairman at four Southern colleges, administrative assistant to the Presiding Bishop of the Seventh District, The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, social and rehabilitation services consultant to the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and, since 1972, co-director of the Two noted educators will serve as lecturer-consultants for the Research Training Workshop to be conducted at Paine College Monday, February 25, 1974. Dr. Ewa U. Eko, Political Scientist, will be the featured speaker at 11:00 a.m. in the Gilbert-Lambuth Memorial Chapel. Dr. Joseph S. Himes, sociologist, will be the featured speaker at 8:00 p.m. in the Odeum, Music Building. Dr. Ewa U. Eko, Assistant Director, Consortium on Research Training, is Associate Professor and Coordinator of Political Science at Bennett College. He formerly served as Coordinator of the Six Institutions' Consortium on Africa and Afro-American Studies. He is a former Ford Foundation Intern in Higher Education, Washington, D.C., and former Assistant to the President at Ohio University. He has earned the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Political Science and has authored a variety of articles on international and higher education along with fifteen publications on African and Afro-American Studies. Dr. Joseph S. Himes, Program Augusta, Georgia Research Training Workshop " w ***** ■ Dr. Captolia D. Newbern Lane-Lambuth College Undergraduate Scoial Welfare Consortium. Dr. Newbern holds a B.S. degree from Paine College, Augusta, Ga.; A.B. Mus. from Talladega College, Talladega, Alabama; and M.S.S.W. from Columbia University School of Social Work; and an Ed.D. from Columbia University Teachers College. She has been at Lane College since 1962. As part of the Bicentennial award, Dr. Newbern will be expected to serve as lecturer, community organizer, workshop leader, and general consultant to the Bicentennial Institute. The widow of the late Rev. Samuel H. Newbern of the CME Church, Dr. Newbern is active locally as a member and officer of Mother Liberty CME Church. Associate for Consortium on Research Training, holds the Doctor of Philosophy degree from Ohio State University and is currently Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has published more than ninety articles in professional journals, and is the author of two outstanding books. His book, THE STUDY OF SOCIOLOGY: AN INTRODUCTION, is a widely used textbook, and his latest work is RACIAL CONFLICT IN AMERICAN SOCIETY. He has held visiting professorships in Canada, Finland, and India. He is a former president of the Southern Sociological Society and contributed immeasureably to changing the image of that professional group. Paine College is one of 20 colleges participating in the Consortium on Research Training, which is funded by the U.S. Office of Education under the provisions of Title 111 of the Higher Education Act of 1965. The purpose of the Consortium is (1) to encourage participating colleges to assign to research and its concomitant acitivites a higher priority on their o February 21,1974 No. 49 EDITORIAL Our Fair Share Federal Judge Anthony Alaimo’s decision last fall to make the Augusta Police Department reflect the approximately 50-50 Black-to-white ratio of the city’s population was monumental. He saw discrimination and called it that. Then he took steps to correct it. While many whiles did not agree with Judge Alaimo’s order, they reluctantly accepted it. The Black officers who filed the suit very properly named the City of Augusta, the Augusta Police Department, and the Civil Service Commission as defendants. So far, only the police department has been found guilty. But the blame goes much further than that. The Civil Service Commission is responsible for the composition of the police and fire departments. The Civil Service Commission is responsible for hiring, promoting and firing in these departments. So that the discrimination which ie«ulted from hiring, promoting, firing has to be attributed to the Civil Service Commission which tolerated the discrimination if not originated it And the fire department’s Black-to-white ratio is far worse than that of the police department. Augusta mayors must also share the responsibility for this condition because the mayor appoints the persons who serve on the commission. If it is true that the police department had about 20% Blacks on its force when found guilty of discrimination in hiring, then it is equally true that Civil Service Commission is equally guilty. This year, a Black, Rev. C.S. Hamilton was appointed to succeed H.R. Scott who was the first Black appointed to serve on the commission in 1968. Since there are five members on the Civil Service Commission and only one is Black, the Civil Service Commission is only 20% Black, and reflects the same disproportionate white-to-Black representation as the police department. The majority of Augusta’s citizens are Black Then why shouldn’t that majority be reflected in the composition of the Civil Service Commission and other decision making bodies of this city? While it’s true that the first Black was appointed to the Civil Service Commission only six years ago, we cannot settle for more token representation. W’e are the majority and we should settle for no less. Mayor Newman cannot be blamed for the failures of previous mayors. But he now has the opportunity to correct the unjust imbalance in the racial composition of the Civil Service Commission. We are not asking that the years of Black exclusion from the Commission be reversed to exclude whites. But we are asking for our fair share from now on 50% and no less. campuses; and (2) to generate a research stimulus and growth factor for both teachers and students. One of the requirements of consortium membership is that each college hold workshops in order to acquaint its campus with the work of the Consortium and to encourage the development of research projects. Tlie following topics will be considered in the workshop, among others, “Relationship of Research to Scholarship and Teaching,”; ‘‘Steps in Research”; “Guidelines for Writers of Research Proposals’’; and Methodological Sources for Researchers in the Social Sciences and Humanities.” The full program of the workshop for Monday, February 25 is as follows: AFJAJKFHAFJK I this I I Issue g David Mosley In Critical Condition Following Shooting Page 6 Two Men Charged With Aggravated Assault With Intent To Murder Page 6 Bandits Get $2,500 In Robbery At Anderson's Bar Page 6 11:00 a.m. -- Address by Dr. E.U.Eko, Paine College Chapel Remarks by Dr. Joseph S. Himes. 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. - Workshop Session on Research Training - Odeum. 6:30 - 7:45 p.m. - Workshop Session on Research Training - Odeum. 8:00 p.m. - Major Address by Dr. Joseph S. Himes - Odeum. The general public is invited to all sessions. Dr. Vivian U. Robinson, chairman of the Division of Humanities at Paine College, is coordinator of the Campus Consortium on Research Training. Mr. George Brightharp and Mr. William Candley are research participants.