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Paine College Library New-winM. W AN OPEN FORUM FOR PEOPLE WHO CARE’ ' ' ? J VI«M I’ P = S? >776-' 9 Vol. 6 Congressional Black Caucus Calls For Support Os N A ACP In Boycott Case Congresswoman Yvonne B. Burke (D-Calif.), chairperson of the Congressional Black Caucus in a news conference recently said that “The Mississippi court decision against the NAACP for a 1966 boycott against Port Gibson, Mississippi merchants shows that some of the worst vestiges of the era of segregation remain, and that we must come together to provide support for those struggling directly against those attacks.” Appearing at the news conference with Congress woman Burke were: Representatives Charles C. Diggs Jr. (D-Mich.), Robert N.C. Nix (D-Pa.) John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.), Ronald V. Dellums (D-Calif.), Walter Fauntroy (D-D.C.), Parren J. Mitchell (D-Md.), and Charles Alabama Ordered To End Jobs Bias MONTGOMERY, Ala. - All of the state’s major agencies have been warned to step up the hiring of Blacks, both in numbers and in meaningful jobs, or U.S. District Judge Frank M. Johnson may order mandatory hiring quotas. Johnson, stopping the agencies from practicing racial discrimination in hiring, said the State Personnel Department can no longer use written examinations to deny jobs to Blacks until the tests have been approved by a federal agency. The order is an expansion of a similar one issued in 1970 against seven state agencies named in a Justice Department complaint. Sixty-three new agencies are now under this order. Johnson said that some of Paine Begins A ’'Threshold Year” I " ' W 1 f fit Mr gHb ’ ■Jg r - ./ ; Photo by Mike Carr DR. JULIUS S. SCOTT By Audrey Frazier “This is a threshold year because of radically new and emerging possibilities,” according to Dr. Julius S. Scott, president of Paine College. Dr. Scott spoke to the Paine College family Monday at Paine’s opening convocation for the 1976-77 school year. “We have no apologies for the quality of teaching P. O, Box 953 B. Rangel (D-N.Y.), Chief Counsel Nathaniel Jones of the NAACP, Washington Bureau Chief of the NAACP, Clarence Mitchell and William Pollard a member of the NAACP board of directors. The Mississippi lawsuit was brought by a group of Port Gibson, Miss, merchants whose stores had been boycotted by Blacks in protest against employment discrimination and other forms of racial abuse. On August 9, a single State judge ruled in favor of the merchants and awarded them 51,250,699 in damages. Under Mississippi state law, it is necessary to post a bond of $1.6 million, 125 per cent of the judgment, just to appeal the decision. Congresswoman Burke, speaking for the 17-m ember the agencies have improved in the hiring of Blacks, but they were given menial jobs. He was highly critical of the State Mental Health Department, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, the State Department of Examiners of Public Accounts and the State Finance Department. However, he did commend the State Board of Corrections by saying “The total number of Blacks in the Department of Corrections has increased from 18 to7B, and the bulk of the new hirees, 46, have been accepted into the two new jobs of Corrections Counselor I and Corrections Counselor Trainee.” Johnson also said the state’s written merit system tests personnel here,” stated Dr. Scott. He continued by making known that 30 per cent of Paine’s faculty have their doctorates. Also for the first time in Paine’s history, they have a visiting IBM lecturer. Dr. Scott pointed out the many improvements made at Paine but stressed that there is much more work to be done. “There are three challenges Congressional Black Caucus, called upon “all persons to join together to provide support for the NAACP at this time of need.” She called the NAACP “one of the most respected institutions in the Black community which has fought tirelessly for decades in defense of the rights of Black Americans in close cooperation with many outside the Black community. ‘‘We believe,’’ Congresswoman Burke continued, “that the Mississippi judgment is quite simply an attempt to destroy the NAACP. It puts an enormous financial burden upon an institution which struggles, like many others, against adverse economic conditions. It attempts to sap the vigor not only of the “have an adverse racial impact.” It has been found that the tests “screened out disproportionate numbers of Blacks applicants.” Those Blacks who did pass the tests, on the average scored lower than whites, and their names were at the bottom of the employment registers. State agencies examine the job registers, and avoid hiring Blacks by requesting certificates of eligiblity when no Blacks are available for certification Johnson explained. He has now ordered that the state can’t use the written test to determine rank of eligibility until it has been validated and approved by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. in this threshold year,” according to Dr. Scott. There is a challenge of planning which must specify goals and objectives, a challenge of relevance in order to keep programs relevant to the students and a challenge of sisal viability. “I’m talking about hard, cold dollars,” stated Dr. Scott. Also during the convocation new appointments were announced and new faculty members were introduced. Dr. Vivian Robinson was appointed the first female to serve as Academic Dean of the college. William Wright will serve as acting chairman of the Division of Humanities and George Brightharp is chairman of the Division of Social Science and coordinator of Religious Affairs and Business Administration. Ruben Kesler will serve as assistant to the Academic Dean and Dr. Canute Richardson is Special Asst, to the President. The new Dean of Student Affairs and his assistant are Larry Sargent and Leroy James. The new faculty included: Moin Ansari. Herbert Ashline, Miss Carol Bagnell. Jack Bates, Dr. Carolyn Bennett, William Brown, Mrs. Judy Carter, William Christmas, Mrs. Agnes Cruz, Dr. Sharon Endleman, George Emeston, Mrs. Viola Evans, Henri Freeman, Dr. Marion Furr, Rev. C.S. Hamilton, John Harps, Timothy Hicks, Mrs. Altona Johns, Ms. Lois Ratliff, Dr. Leonidas Sandoval, Phillip Thomas, Ralph Vickery, Mrs. Josephine White and Roger Williams. Augusta, Georgia NAACP, but of the entire movement for equality justice and civil rights for all Americans.” Congresswoman Burke called upon every Black American to give at least one dollar to the NAACP in its drive to raise the 51.6 million bond by September 28. “Black Americans must not let the forces of racism destroy the institutions upon which our community is built,” she said. “Our responses to adversity must be renewed vigor. All of our institutions - every church, every business, every civil rights, professional, social, civic, fraternal and political organization must rise up and provide support to the NAACP so that it may remain a vital force for justice in the nation.” Claiborne County, Miss., in I I / 1 I W Jrt. ■ * i Ar * i J WOteowsttiAk .■/>" WwWi - Congressman Young And Attorney Hollowell To Receive Top Awards Congressman Andrew Young and Attorney Donald L. Hollowell will be the recipients of two awards to be given by the Georgia Conference of Black Lawyers, Inc. at the group’s First Annual Awards Banquet to be held on Saturday, September 18, at the Atlanta Internationale Hotel. Congressman Young, Georgia’s Fifth District Representative will be awarded the Organization’s Citizen of the Year Award. This award is given to a non-lawyer or a group of non4awyers that has played a significant role in effectuating meaningful changes in a particular community and/or the State of Georgia. Attorney Donald L. Hollowell, Assistant General Counsel in the Atlanta Save The NAACP We urge our readers to thoroughly read all of the page one story concerning the plight of the NAACP. Send a donation and touch bases with someone else and urge him to do likewise. We cannot allow Mississippi to destroy this Guardian of Freedom. DONATE TODAYI which Port Gibson is located, is over three-quarters Black. In 1966, when the boycott began, there were no Black elected or appointed officials, and only 7 persons were registered to vote. The pattern of violence and discrimination against Blacks was intensified as efforts to register to vote began following the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Congresswoman Burke concluded that “We believe that the court decision involving the Port Gibson Mrs. Carrie Mays Qualifies Councilwoman Carrie Mays qualified with the clerk of council to remain the representative from the city’s WALTER JONES Regional Office of General Counsel of the Equal Opportunity Commission, will be given the Georgia Conference of Black Lawyers, Inc. A.T. Walden Liberty Award. This award is named in honor of one of the first Black lawyers in Georgia, if not the first Black lawyer, and is given to the Georgia lawyer who is an advocate of justice, equality and human rights and who is held in high esteem by his fellow lawyers. Attorneys Antonio L. Thomas and J.T. Henry will be the recipients of spcial awards by the organization at the banquet where the Honorable A. Leon Higgenbotham Jr., judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, will be the speaker. 3s. rn September 16,1976 No. 24 boycott will be overturned by a higher court. We do not believe that Mississippi can continue to limit rights of free speech and association. Nor do we believe that it is just or constitutional to require payment of a massive bond simply to exercise the basic right of appeal through the courts.” She called upon the Justice Department to review the matter and for swift action to raise the 51.6 million necessary to save the NAACP. 2nd ward. Mrs. Mays, who has fought back from a grave illness, is looking fine and is ready to sustain her seat on the council of the city of Augusta. Chef Walter Jones Retires After 52 Years At Hospital Walter Jones, who started at the University Hospital at age 13, retired recently after 52 years of service as chef of the hospital. A native of Mayfield, Ga., Jones began work at the hospital by helping his uncle wash dishes. In 1926 he became second cook and was promoted to chef in 1929. In 1968, Jones was named the University’s first “Employee of the Year”. Later in 1974 “Walter Jones Day” was proclaimed at the hospital to honor Jones’ 50th year with the hospital. Black VFW Post Fights For Survival By Stan Raines Waiter J. Jackson Post 3887 American Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States is fighting for survival. The post building which is located at 1516 15th St., is in dire need of repair but to do so will cost more than the present structure is worth. The building was purchased in 1963 for 516.000. The adjoining lot was purchased at Judge William Alexander’s Historic Win Earned With Majority Os White Support Taken From Atlanta Constitution Journal Sunday, Aug. 29/76 In becoming the first Negro ever to win a countywide political contest in Fulton County, Criminal Court Judge William H. Alexander also drew what undoubtedly is the heaviest white-community support ever accorded a Black here. An analysis by Atlanta University’s Dr. Clarence Bacote of votes cast in the August 10 Democratic Primary shows Alexander received 60.5 per cent of the votes cast by EDITORIAL Ed Mclntyre Harrassed By Conniving Colleagues On Local Coliseum Authority By Al Irby Tiller, Neal and Simowitz, “the three musketeers of intrigue and double-cross” have inaugurated their clandestine attempt to outst Mclntyre from the chairmanship of the Richmond County Commisson. By scurrilous subtlety, Commissioner Tiller, Peck’s proverbial bad boy, and leader of the unholy Triumvirate, has set his greedy eyes and heart on the chairmanship, come hell and high water. Neal for his part is already discredited, and should retire himself into abominable oblivion. And Simowitz, for his part, is nothing but a semi-“lame duck” who tried to push Mclntyre off of the Authority, when in truth, the Authority at the beginning was Mr. Mclntyre’s idea. The action of these three rebels has caused Mr. J.W. Weltch to quit the Authority. This is the type of political pussy-footing that prevents Augusta from growing out of its provincialism. The Augusta Chronicle in its lead editorial Tuesday morning, ”A CRYING SHAME”, was indeed appropriate for this chic infamy. t Actually Jones’ association , with the hospital goes back to i 1914 when his father worked , as a bricklayer on the old University Hospital. Jones was only 3 years old at this time. ■ In 1942 Jones received ■ training at Tuskegee Institute i in Alabama. While there he taught pastry classes. Later he traveled to New York and Florida for cooking ideas. Jones was selected by the late President Dwight D. Eisenhower as their cook while visiting Augusta in 1953. He continued to cook for the the same time for 56.000. Since that time approximately 525,000 has been spent for repairs and remodeling. It is estimated that it would cost approximately 540.000 to remodel the existing building to a worthwile condition. Due to lack of membership support the post has not raised enough money for either remodeling or purchase of a new building. Through the whites in his particular contest. And by drawing 91.6 per cent of the Black votes cast, Alexander cinched his victory over a white opponent, John D. Varnell. Varnell drew the bulk of his See “ALEXANDER” Page 5 Housing Discrimination Suit Filed The Department of Justice filed a civil suit and obtained a consent decree recently forbidding the owner of a trailer park in Oak Harbor, Wash., from refusing to rent to Black persons and single woman. Attorney General Edward H. Levi said the housing discrimination suit and the decree resolving the issues were filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle, Wash. The suit charged John F. Hoffelt, owner of Hoffelt’s Town and Country Trailer Park, with violating the Fair Eisenhowers for several years. Jones has trained approximately 50 young men, many who are successful chefs today. He credits his success to his parents and family background of “do-power”. “1 put my heart and effort into being the very best that I could be,” commented Jones. A reception was given by the administration, employes and medical staff in the hospital cafeteria honoring Jones. As for the future, Jones plans to travel and fish. years membership has not flourished, in fact the present membership is 198 members after having started in the present building with a membership of 139. Lowery stated that only about 30 are active, the rest are card-carrying members only. The latest plan for survival is an appeal to the public which the VFW has helped throughout the years, to aid the post in its fight for survival. It is seeking to raise 560,000 to build a new building. Fund raising projects to raise this amount include a raffle in which three cash prizes will be given away. The first, 5500: second, 5200; and third prize 550. The post will also appeal to individuals and organizations to help them in their fight for survival. Anyone desiring to contribute may do so by mailing checks to: Walter J. Jackson Post 3887 VFW Building Fund, 1516 15th St., Augusta, Georgia. All contributions are tax deductable. Housing Act of 1968 by refusing to rent trailers and trailer spaces to an interracial couple and to single women. The consent decree, which Hoffelt signed, permanently enjoins him from refusing to rent trailers and trailer sites on the basis of race or sex. The decree requires him to send monthly lists of vacancies to the housing referral office at nearby Whidbey Island Naval Air Station and to use objective, nondiscriminatory standards in determining rentals. 25<