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The Augusta News-Review
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Going Places
By Philip Waring
Recognition For Distinguished
Elders
The Augusta Black
History Committee will
present its second annual
induction onto the Roster of
Distinguished Living Black
Augustans September 27 at
3:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s
Episcopal Church.
Again, focus of this
program is to identify,
highlight and honor each
year a group of elderly and
retired persons. Through
- their service, leadership
and hard work over the
years they have helped
“Build Augusta.’’
They are men and
women, comprised of
planned cross-section, from
various career' sectors and -
religious feand civic £
backgrounds who have been
in the vanguard of
community betterment.
They are twenty in number.
FOUGHT IN
WORLD WAR I
Several of them are
combat war veterans who
served in the 1918 and
1941-45 conflicts to protect
our nation. One, now age
87, fought with the 92nd
Infantry Division in France
during combat in 1918. Two
others were in the last
major war and both won
outstanding combat
decorations. One is a high
leader in the Masonic -
Shriner fraternal units. Two
other inductees gave many
years of solid professional
Letter To The Editor:
Dear Editor:
The date August 26th
is an important one in U.S.
history. On August 26,
'1920, the 19th Amendment
was ratified giving women
the vote. And that’s the
way you always see it
written in the history books
- chat women were gives
the vote. But the fight to
win this fundamental right
took decades.
Susan B Anthony and
Elizabeth Cady Stanton,
.who organized the first
women’s suffrage
association in 1869, both
lived long lives - but not
long enough to see the
cause for which they
worked so hard succed.
In 1913 another
generation of suffragists led
by Alice Pahl staged a
massive parade in
Washington, D.C. on the
day of President Woodrow
Wilson's inauguration. The
marchers were jeered, spat
on and pelted with lighted
cigar butts. Three years
later Alice Paul organized
the National Woman’s
Party, and in 1917 she and
her followers began
picketing the White House.
Hundreds were arrested
and imprisoned. Alice Paul
and others went on hunger
strikes and were force fed.
But they refused to give up
the fight and in the end
their determination won
women the right to vote.
leadership at Paine College.
Another honoree was
the first Black city
councilwoman elected in the
Southeastern States. She
left a great record of social
activism prior to retirement.
Some are business
executives, owe of whom
founded and operated a
large beauty salon ’lhe
other was “Funeral
Director ot the Year”.
There are several educators
who shared most of their
lives teaching the children
of Richmond County. One
held a national position
with the National Education
AMOCtalitvf, AjujtiM*~was
, -K- plyout
;Br fir. rlity C? Laneys
'■ portrait in the state Capitol
building Augusta's first
Black policeman, who
retired after 30 years
service, will be recognized.
STABILIZED THE
AUGUSTA NAACF
One 1981 inductee is a
person who has served
continuously fa - 22 years as
branch secretary for the
Augusta NAACP, helping
keep accurate records, etc.
The selection precess has
not forgotten civil and
social rights activists either.
One is now a legend who
developed a meaningful
community center tn her
grassroots neighborhood
and never fails to speak out
publicly for civil rights.
In 1923 Alice Paul
drafted the Equal Rights
Amendment, which reads:
"Equality of rights under
the law shall not be denied
or abridged by the United
States or by anv Stale on
account «4 sex.’’ It was
submitted to Congress by
two Republicans from
Kansas: Charles Curtis in
the Senate and Daniel
Anthony, a nephew of
Susan B. Anthony. in the
House.
The Equal Rights
Amendment .vas introduced
into every Congressional
session front 1923 to 1971,
when it was finally
approved by the House b
a resounding vote of 3‘E
24. In 1972 the ERA was
approved by the Senate, M
-8. Since then the ER a has
been ratified by 35 cf the
38 states necessaiy to make
it part of the U.S.
Constitution three tuoie
states aie needed before
the June M». 1982 deadline
for ratification and Georgia
is one of them
When fl>e campaign for
the right to vote was being
waged, the anti suffrage
forces claimed that giving
women the vote would
cause the downfall ot the
family. They also argued
that good and decent
women would not want to
vote. These same
arguments are being used
today against the ERA. It b
time for Americans to turn
a deaf ear to these
misrepresentations and to
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Walking With Dignity
By Al My
Relations Commission
Is Embattled
The White Press in its
Sunday lead editorial layed
down what was equivalent
to an ultimatum for the
HRC director to resign.
Charles Walker, the
embattled director has
continually refused to allow
bis organization to be
completely audited. Top
Black leaders are saying
Walker doesn't ask for
advice, and remains
adamant. The director has
tost his odd and has *
Jttetome hysterical on
television. The boys on the
street" are asking if the
managers of Walker’s
several convenience stores
failed to turn their records
over for checking, what
would he do? By the time
this column goes to press,
we hope there will be an
acceptable solution that
both sides can live with.
IHE PERSONAL AGONY
OF BLACK NEWSMAN
MIST ENDURE
1 have respect and
affection for the Richmond
County Human Relation
Commission, but if my
friends ask me not to write
as ! see the picture, I can’t;
because I cannot betray the
"Hall Mark” of Forthright
Journalism. Barbara
Reynolds, a courageous
Urges Support Os ERA
learn the facts.
For example:
.Sixteen states have
passed state equal rights
amendments and by locking
at them we get a good idea
of what life would be like if
a federal ERA were
instituted. In 1971
Pennsylvania adopted a
state ERA with the same
wording as the proposed
Constitutional amendment,
and since then some 140
discriminatory laws have
been repealed, helping to
break down barriers for
worsen and men. According
to former governor Milton
’. Shapp, Pennsylvania's
sate ERA has had ae
effect on sex segregation in
prisons or restroom, on
abortions, on homosexual
marriage or on family
stability.
The Equal Rights
Amendment has been
endorsed by 450 national
organizations, including the
League of Women Veters,
National Education,
Association, NAACP,
American Association of
University Women, National
Bar Association, AFL-CIO
and the National Council on
Aging.
Religious groups such
as Church Women United,
Young Women’s Christian
Association, B'nai B'rith
Women and National
Coalition of American Nubs
support the ERA. Thai-
Religious Committee for the
ERA is a coalition of more
than 40 rnainr
Black reporter for the
Chicago Tribune said it
best of the fearies Black
news people of the past.
“When at the turn of the
century Dr. Booker T.
Washington was at the
height of his power; Black
writers such as Ida B.
Wells (Memphis Free
Speech), William Monroe
Trotter (Boston Guardian)
and W.E.B. Dubois checked
and balanced his awesome
ptJWtr. Robert “Xbbotf~
Defendefcjgk kept?
Martas Garvey an A
in turn, Garvey in his
(Negro world) kept Dubois
challenged and
accountable.”
TO ALL OF MY READERS
AND FRIENDS--DON’T
FORGET SEPTEMBER
17TH. IS "BUY A BLACK
NEWSPAPER DAY.”
REBELS ROUTED
IN GAMBIA
The little sliver of
a nation is where the
author of “Roots” found
his African roots. Millions
of dollars of damage caused
by looting, one of the
unprogrammed offshoots of
an aborted coup d’etat that
plunged this tiny West
African country into 10
days of chaos beginning at
dawn July 30.
denominations representing
Protestants, Catholics and
Jews.
Fewer than 20 male
state legislators have kept
the Equal Rights
Amendment from becoming
part of the U.S.
Constitution. But opinion
polls have consistently
shown that the majority of
Americans -• men and
women, Democrats and
Republicans -- favor the
ERA.
The Georgia state
legislature didn’t get
around to officially ratifying
the 19th Amendment
granting women the right
to vote until 1970. But we
now have a chance to lead
the entire nation by making
Georgia the next state to
ratify the ERA when the
legislature goes back into
session on Jan. 11, 1982.
We, the people of Georgia,
must write our legislators
and tell them that we want
to see equal rights for all
r ,hpen and women written
/into the bedrock of the U.S.
Constitution. Now, in our
lifetimes.
Alice Paul died in 1977
at the age of 92. She did
not live to see her Equal
Rights Amendment become
the law of the land. Will
we?
Georg ene Hatcher Seabrook
Prances Butler
Mary Steinberg
Beth Benson
Linda Platt
Addie S. Powell
Marian Barnes
Auditors Reported No Fault With HRC
’ DAVID J. ROLUHS
HHHHHT internal Auditor
am _ 724-7M4
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ROOM «B I INTERNAL AUDIT DEPARTMENT
city-county municipal aioa
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA 30902
May 14, 1981
Mr. Travis S. Barnes, Chairman
* yt r.hmond County Board of Commissioners
County, Georgia
■ De&r Travis:
We have completed our audit of the Human Relations Com
mission for the years 1977 and 1978. Our audit included such
tests, reviews and inquiries as was demraed necessary. We have
determined that the funds given to the Human Relations Commis
sion by Richmond County have been adequately deposited and dis
bursed. We have also received, reviewed and accepted the ex
ternal auditor's report for 1979 and 1980, on the Human Relations
Commission.
Enclosed are our findings- and recommendations pertaining
to our audit, that we feel would be beneficial to the Boar.debf
Commissioners and to the Human Relations Commission.
1. We.-requested information-pertaining to the source
and nature of HRC funding,- and the number, and location
of HRC bank accounts. (This is standard information
requested during, an audit )’ We were informed that
HRC received-City, County some. CETA funds-and that
the banic account was with the Georgia Railroad Bank.
If is our understanding that there is apparently another
checking account for the handling of EEOC monies.
2. The budget submitted by HKC to Richmond County did not
include any funds from the Federal government for con
tract work as an EEOC deferral agency. Other agencies
receiving additional funding other than County funds,
reflect these funds on the budget request. We recommend
that all future budget, requests submitted by HRC to Rich
mond County include all sources of funding, actual and
anticipated.
3. Federal regulations require that employee travel al
lowances be reflected on employee W-2 forms, unless an
accounting is made by th,e employee to the employer for
their expenses. Based on the information made available
to us, travel allowances are apparently, not reflected on
employee W-2 forms, nor is an accounting made by the
employees to their employer (HRC)
We recommend that any and all necessary corrected W-2
forms and or other reports be filed with the appropriate
federal and or state agencies, and that for the year 1981
and beyond,, federal regulations be followed concerning
travel allowances.
4. We recommend the establishment and use of a seperate
payroll account using voucher type checks that reflect
employee withholdirgs.
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5. We recommend that the Human Relations Commission approve
all budgets and that they review the external auditor's
report, complete with any management letter.
6. Currently, HRC is not filing a monthly financial statement
with Richmond County, as are other agencies that receive
County funding. We recommend that a monthly financial
report be filed with the Internal Audit Department.
David J. riollins
Internal Auditor
R i clunond Cou ;i i • . GA .