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‘We Believe In The Heritage Os Black Institutions” HOUSTON-- “The Administration’s budget for Black * colleges and universities is not simply being maintained but in creased during the the coming year,” Vice “Republicans? Democrats? Neither Os The Above?” Do Blacks Need A New Political Strategy? Black have for decades been, and still remain, traditional Democrats in spite of years of unfulfilled promises by unresponsive presidential candidates. The Republican Party, con sidered to be racist because of its conservative platform, has left a voting Black America at a political dead end. On this edition of Tony Brown’s Journal, Host and Executive Producer Tony Brown examines the political posture of the Black voter and discusses with his guests, possible solutions to this dilemma. “It has become in creasingly clear that Blacks must reassess the nature of CORE Future Nears Court Hearing NEW YORK • The future of the Congress of Racial Equality, once one of the nation’s top civil rights organization, may be in fluenced in court here. During the 20th an niversary period of one of CORE’S major civil rights triumphs, the 1961 Freedom Rides, New York is taking CORE to court to determine if thousands of dollars have been misused. CORE’S disputed leader is Roy Innis, who was elected national director in 1968 during the convention in St. Louis. CORE founder James Farmer, , j( who was at the helm of the then-respected organization during the Freedom Rides, /left CORE to take over a new group in Washington. The late George Wiley anil then Floyd McKissick led CORE for a time before Innis, former chairman of the Harlem chapter, assumed the leadership. In recent years the standing of the group has plummeted. There have been unanswered questions about the civil rights role it was playing as well as what was happening to money raised through what some considered less than proper means. For a time there has been a leadership feud with Waverly V. Yates, a former northeastern regional director, insisting he was elected last November at a convention held in Columbia, S.C. That convention, the first in some time, was called by the four regional chairs and hosted by the Rev. W.T. Lewis, chairman of the southern region. In South Carolina a federal court threw out an Innis suit that grew out of suspensions aimed at preventing the Charleston chapter from attending the convention. A similar court action is pending in Kentucky because Innis objected to the Lexington chapter's participating in Racist Denies Shooting Blacks FORT WAYNE, IND.— Racist and accused killer Joseph Paul Franklin says he's the victim of an “-amazing chain of coin cidences.” Franklin, in a telephone interview with the Fort Wayne News- Sentinel, denied respon sibility for a series of deadely sniper attacks on Blacks. He also said he is innocent of the shooting or Urban League Executive Vernon Jordan, wounded by a sniper in Fort Wayne a year ago. "It's just an amazing chain erf coincidences,” Franklin said from a jail in Salt Lake City, where he iswivicted on federal President George Bush disclosed as he delivered the recent spring com mencement address at Texas Southern University’s graduation exercises. their participation in the political process, both in terms of a two-party system and a potential Black in depdendent movement,’’ says Tony Brown. Featured on the program is Dr. Ronald Walters, a professor of political science at Howard University and an advocate of an independent Black political party. “The power is gravitating toward the personal organization of the candidates," explains Walters. "Now in that situation it seems to me we have a tremendous obligation to make up our minds whether or not we the convention. While the leadership fight is being waged, Innis finds himself facing another round in the court over CORE’s finances. Nathan Riley of the Attorney General’s Office in Manhattan says the State of New York has decided to determine what has hap pened to monies collected by CORE during Innis’ leadership. CORE reportedly owes New York City $460,003 in back rent. The state is seeking to determine if Innis, Mary Dennison and Wendell Garnett, both of CORE, have misappropriated organization funds. Since 1977 CORE reportedly has not filed the annual report required of non-profit organizations in New York. An audit of the CORE bixiks and records for 1976 led the Attorney General’s Office to conclude that $301,382.21 in CORE funds were diverted and misappropriated fir per sonal use by Innis, Den nison and others. Another $152,840.86 reportedly went fir highly questionable purposes. The upcoming court hearing may reveal what happened to a S7O,(XX) "slush" fund the Attorney General's Office repirted uncovering. On August 12, 1975. CORE opened a sax ings account No. 105974208 at the 34th St. Branch of Central Savings Bank. The authirized signatures on the account were Roy Innis as president of CORE, Mary Dennison as vice president. and Pearl Osbourne as secretary. lip until March 22. 197 b, there were no with drawals from the account. Then, on that date, tellers checks payable to CORI were issed totaling $‘3,894.08. On April 6. 197(>. the balance of the account S9(X). 19 was with- civil rights charges for the slayings of two Black joggers. "Fm a racist and that's why I'm being charged with this. The FBI wants to keep a clean record," he said in the interview published V 5 ednesday. Franklin, born James Clayton Vaughn on April 13. 1950. at Mobile. Ala., is awaiting trial f«r murder in the Sall Lake Cits slayings. He also is siispi>i in the slayings of Blacks in Indianapolis and Oklahoma City and in the May 29 wounding of J ord an in Fort Wayne. “1 never heard of Vernon Jordan until 1 heard about the shooting," Franklin said. Budget For Black Colleges To Increase, Bush Says Awarded an honorary doctor of humane letter degree that was conferred by TSU President Leonard H.O. Spearman, the Vice President payed tribute to the critical role played by follow the party downhill, or construct a new sense of our own politics.'’ Joint Center For Political Studies Director Eddie Williams. whose organization monitors and analyzes the Black par ticipation in voting elec tions. predicts a shift in policy of Black organizations in general: "1 think there's going to be some rethinking of Black organizations generally. Some rethinking of Black leadership. political and civic. And I think this is good. Our issues have changed substantially, but we’ve never made a substantial change in the drawn in cash on a slip signed by Mary Dennison. The Attorney General’s Office traced the checks to a new bank account entitled Bronx CORE in the Chemical Bank branch at 170th St. and Jerome Avenue on the Bronx. Banks records show that account was opened on Sept. 4. 1974 by Morton Van Allen as director and ■ Sragrans ■ ■ Extra ■ ■~ I ; •. - - < 9SIIItiRSCO*^tIIj^.WIWX.ftSnUEDWVGIN DISTU.LEO FROM GRAIN . -/:• this country's Black colleges and universities in American higher education. He also lashed out against mindless violence, lawlessness and terrorism and spoke of the worth of means bv which we were going to trv to accomplish our objectives. " Powers in the Reagan administration, reading the need lor this shift in Black leadership, fostered a new coalition ol Blacks leaders with new solutions to old problems. An example is Arthur Teele. the newly elected Administrator of the ( rban Mass Iransportation Administration. ' Il there are Blacks or whites or browns who want to be a part of this system, that don't want to work and earn their place in this society. 1 suspect that they will be very uncomfortable and suspect that they will the sole signatory. The Attorney General’s report, signed by Aaron Rubin, an associate ac countant. states in part: "The examination disclosed that of the $73,894.08 that had been transferred from the aforementioned unrecorded Central Savings Bank account to the Bronx CORE account at Chemical Bank, over $44,000 was human dignity. Bush said. "We believe in the heritage of our country’s Black in stitutions of higher lear ning. And we are also perhaps call President Reagan a racist. " says Mr. leele in talking about the Administration's policy. W e e m b a r r a s s c d ourselves in D> - o by supporting a man who ’rd used to reward us anil followed the losers into the losers' circle in the NbU presidential svv eepslakes. concludes Tony Brown. It does not have to be that way in I MM. Tony Brown's Journal, the longest running national Black television series, is sponsored by Pepsi-Cola Company. It can be seen in the Augusta area on Sunday on channel 12 at 12:30 p.m. disbursed by means of checks in large amounts drawn to cash, endorsed by the sole signatory. Morton Van Allen, and in most instances immediately cashed. "In addition, SIO,(XX) in checks could not be located by the bank and could conceivably have covered other checks payable to cash.” committed to the principle that graduates o' historically Black in stitutions. along with Blacl Americans at all social am economic levels, must b< protected in their con stitutional right to equa opportunity to every phast ol American life.'' Continuing. Vice President Bush declared. "They are institutions that represent a heritage as unique and important tc American Blacks as Notre Dame and Duquesne are to American Catholics, and Baylor and Wake Forest are to Amecrican Baptists. "Each represents an integral part of the diverse tapestry of American higher education. That has been true in the past. It will remain true in the future. "And for those in this audience who may have questions regarding the position of our new ad ministration in Washington at this point, let me say that we are absolutely committed to the principal that America's Black Colleges and universities represent a unique nationa resource that should be maintained and strengthened in the year; ahead." The Commitment ....Subsequently, the vice B£ -Rnard Johnson 2823 DEANS BRIDGE RD. Ask About The Low Faymen Plan Available Through FHA kVe Sell Wall to Wall Happiness Equal Housing Opportunity PHONE 790-5353 The Augusta News-Review-June 13,1981-1 president told his audience that the administration's commitment "is clearly indicated by the fact that in a difficult economic periixl when government spending is being reduced in order to stem the tide of inflation, the administration's budget lor Black colleges and universities is not simplv being maintained but being increased during the coming vear." 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