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The Augusta News-Review June 1,1984 Mallory K. MillenderEditor-Publisher Paul Walker Assistant to the Publisher Theresa Minor Administrative assistant/Reporter Juanita Real. .l Office Manager Rev. R.E. Donaldsonßeligion Editor Mrs. Geneva Y. Gibson Church Coordinator Charles Beale*Jenkins County Correspondent Mrs. Fannie Johnson Aiken County Correspondent Mrs. Clara WestMcDuffie County Correspondent Mrs. Been Buchanan Fashion & Beauty Editor filbert Allen Columnist Roosevelt Green Columnist Al IrbyColumnist Philip Waring Columnist Marva Stewart Columnist George Bailey. Sports Writer Carl McCoyEditorial Cartoonist Olando HamlettPhotographer Roscoe Williams Photographer "THE AUGUSTA NEWS-REVIEW (USPSBB7 820) is published weekly for sll per year in the county and sl2 per year out of the county. Second-class postage paid at Augusta, Ga. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to THE AUGUSTA NEWS-REVIEW, IR.Q. Box 2123, Augusta, Ga. 30903-2123.” ,(404) 722-4555 AMALGAMATED National Advertising Representative PUBLISHERS, INC. Ml Civil Rights Journal Assault on the elderly by Dr. Charles E. Cobb President Reagan’s assault against the elderly, the disabled and others receiving Social Security benefits has been receiving wide publicity. In fact, the Administration got such bad press from its “baby with the bath water” approach to budgetcuuting, that it was forced to reinstate many thousands of disabled people who had been axed from the rolls. Unfortunately this reinstatement does not apply to former recipients who are now in court to wil back their benefits. This is where the extent of President Reagan’s lawlessness becomes all too clear. Recent news reports now reveal that those who are suing to retain their benefits are being forced by the gover nment to, in effect, re-invent the wheel. If a recipient wins his or her benefits back through a favorable federal court ruling, the Social Security Administration simply refused to recognize or to apply that ruling to other similar cases —even within the same court jurisdiction. For example, a north Dakota woman had been thrown off the rolls because the Social Security Administration claimed that her back injuries no longer prevented her from working. The Ad ministration refused even to con sider the debilitating pain which sh continued to suffer. They refused to consider this even though several earlier federal court decisions, in similar cases, had mandated that pain be taken into account. The North Dakota Sexual dysfunction One of the increasing problems that people want to resolve is the problem of sexual dysfunction on the part of themselves or a spouse. Sexual dysfunction, also known as impotence, increases with the in crease of stress in society and leads inevitably to marriage failure. What is sexual dysfunction? S.D. refers to the inability to reach orgasm or even experience the responses normally associated with foreplay. S.D. may have physical or pyschological origins. At first awareness of a problem the victim should consult a competent physician to determine if any organs are inured, diseased or inadequately developed. If such a discovery is made; the doctor will use his expertise to help resolve the problem. But suppose the problem is not due to physical deficiency. In such a case, it is probably psychological and most psychologically inititated dysfunctions can be traced to per sonal feelings of inadequacy that induce stress. Stress, in turn, causes the malfunction. This is the usual scenario: two people marry (even though one need not be married in order to have a sexual dysfunction) and things seem to work fine initially. Then, one of the mates becomes angered, argumentative or critical of the other. The troubled mate begins to question his/her self as a person. Am I good enough to succeed in life? Am I good enough to fulfill the needs of my spouse? These questions become nagging remin ders of one’s inadequacy. The questioner usually has a predeter- woman won her case, but again, her victory will not apply to any similar cases because the Social Security Administration refuses to recognize any extension of the court’s ruling. It is this total disregard for federal court rulings which has many judges up in arms. Judge Harry Pregerson of the California Court of Appeals said it very well. He likened the Social Security Administration’s illegal actions to “the pre-Civil War doctrine of nullification, whereby rebellious states refused to recognize certain federal laws within their boun daries.” Not only that, but when Social Security loses a case, they also refuse to appeal it. This mean that the case has no chance of reaching the Supreme Court whose rulings the Administration would be for ced to obey. Another federal judge, the Honorable Valdemar Cordova of Arizona, said that the Ad ministration’s actions were “con trary to law” and indicated “a conscious and willful decision” to flout the rulings. This country is supposedly governed by the rule of law. Cer tainly President Reagan, ever the proponent of law and order, should at all times abide by this. Yet, when it comes to giving economic assistance to the disabled and the elderly, he seems to look for every opportunity—illegal or not—to pull the legs out from un der those least able to defend themselves. by Marian Edelemen mined answer which is “no.” Because of the intense desire to provide satisfactory sexual com panionship, the victim becomes self-conscious and begins to try hard to do something that should be natural and occur without ab normal effort. After repeated failures, the victimized mate starts to anticipate failure: “I know that things will be the same tonight as they always are. I really want to make my spouse happy but maybe I never will be able to. ” Unfortunately, in many instan ces, the spouse begins to indicate displeasure at a lack of fulfillment through argument or some other subtle action. Thus, sexual in volvement becomes a stressful con test for both mates. The victimized mate feels the stress of inadequacy. The other mate feels the stress of being unfulfilled. They both find the sexual encounter unfulfilling and engage in it less and less. The resolution of this unpleasant situation is expressed in both in dividuals seeking satisfaction out side of the marriage. Then, separation and divorce. Space does not allow me to provide detailed methods of resolving the problem but here briefly are some helpful aids: 1. Remain calm and affectionate regardless of the extent of the problem. 2. Encourage the spouse with confidence-building statements. Try to avoid having the mate become self-conscious. Let the mate know that sexual fulfillment involves more than the sexual see Dysfunction page 2 Page 4 IM praying for YOU TO RESTORE YRE CUTS YOU MADE IN FEDERAL AID TO education / IF* JQL fff b>lac< ikl. Going Places Jacksons to hire more Blacks by Phillip Waring A recent feature story in the Augusta News-Review, and other Black publica tions, high lighted the problem of the Jackson Family and Lionel Richie in not using sufficient Blacks in their I yt** '9 4 Jt forthcoming national conceert tours. The New York Amsterdam News pointed out that Rev. Al Sharpton, head of the National Youth Movement, indicated that there was much concern and disappointment on this around the contry and promised that the tours would be boycotted. Afterwards, however, the mother and father of the Jackson musical group appeared at a national press conference. Mrs Jackson admitted that it was an "oversight” that so few Blacks had been included in support operations. She promised that this situtation had already changed and nationally famous promoter Don King was on hand for the press conference. This again brings forth the advice seldom comes without protest. It is good that more Blacks will be able to share in this tremendous African women and adversity by Al Irby A numoer of researchers in the 1970 began to look more closely at the status of women in Africa. Achola Paia Okeyo was initially struck by the erosive influence of colonial rule ■IB on the continent’s overwhelmingly rural Black female population. When commercial agriculture was first introduced, Dr. Okeyo ex plains, the effect on society was literally to push men and women in different directions. Men were encouraged to become laborers or petty white-collar of ficials in towns and cities, while women stayed behind in their villages to rear children and raise food. Men, from countries such as Lesotho, were away from their families for as much as nine mon ths of the year, working in the mi nes of South Africa. The education system of colonial times likewise tended to divide families, the loquacious Dr. Okeyo says. Men were sent to school first, and only after it was thought that these educated men needed educated wives were women given an opporunity to become literate. But as Achola Okeyo listened to the individual stories of rural women in her native Kenya and piece of pie which will involve literally thousands of people all over the nation in the Jacksons’ 40- city tour. Black Americans pur chase millions of records, attend entertainment programs of all kin ds in great numbers, and listen to television, radio and read publications which lead to the pur chase at the American marketplace billions annually in goods and ser vices. Yet, there appears to be a fall-off in the use of Black support aides for many nationally famous entertainers. There are, however, hundreds of experienced and able Black promoters, agents, lawyers, ticket bureaus and agents, publictists and others handy and available. Over the years the Black press has carried feature stories and pictures of Black entertainers. Many of our civic groups such as NAACP, Urban League, UNCF and SCLC give to them recognition awards from time to time. So we are glad that the Jacksons admitted to a paucity in the use of Black support assistan ce, which we hope will also include the Black media. Still another angle: The NAACP reports very little news coverage on the shortage of Black support per sonnel for the Jackson tour, and also of their mother admitting to this unfortunate situation. Yet, this situation-the denial of equal neighboring countries, she became convinced that certain innate feminine strengths were also emerging. “I said to myself, there must be another way of looking at this. I mean, women are not just living in squalor ana teeiing miserable. They recognize the dangers and difficulties they’re in, and they are trying to develop strategies for dealing with them.” The conclustion Dr. Okeyo has come to is that the great majority of African women are now ex periencing what she calls “develop ment by contradiction.” “The policies that were introduced (by colonial powers) often produced one kind of change which initially looked negative but which later could be translated into a positive force”, she explained. “Even though their was a marked deterioration of women’s economic position, for example, their sense of self and their sense of independence, and their energy to go on increased. They had to face up to the tasks that men used to do and they had to take on more responsibilities, and that generated a certain initiative and strength. To me this is the edge of the future.” The knowledgeable lady chooses her words carefully jn her second language. But sets them in melodic, softly turned phrases. But the conviction behind each obser vation rings like a blacksmith’s hammer on tried metal. “People in rural African societies are not just economic opportunity to minorites—was a major news event in the Black press and Bklack communities around the nation. This again shows the mettle and awareness of our Black press. It has stood forthright for 157 years and gives us plenty of need for our support and faith in it today. May They Rest In Peace Two of the Jason brothers passed during the past month. They were older brothers to our Mrs. Juanita Hollis, and both had been in the national spotlight for many years. Dr. Robert Jason, dean emeritus of the Howard University School of Medicine, passed in New York City after a long illness. He held a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and was a summa cum laude graduate in Medicine from Howard University. He was widely hailed for his leadership role in the building and expansion of the Howard University Hospital and Medical Center. Dr. Howard Jason, professor emeritus of languages and also administrator of Savannah State College, died suddenly after a brief illness. A graduate of Lincoln University (Penn), he earned his doctorate at Columbia University. A researcher an specialist in foreign languages he helped to build and expand that department at Savannah State where he taught for several years. May they rest in peace! sitting there passively, being ban ded about by transformative for ces, she adds. They are not mixed up about whose rights are at stake, and the women are very clear about what they need. The men do not question the women too much either, because the women do not lie about these things. When somebody is pursuing a line of truth, people recognize it for what it is.” Her own pursuit of truth has taken Achola Paia Okeyo from a small village in western Kenya to conferences throughout the world where she has presented papers on the impact of socioeconomic change on women, the family, culture, and society at large in Africa. After graduating from the University of East Africa, and completing postgraduate work in education and anthropology at Harvard. Dr. Okeyo represented her country as a member of the Kenya delegation to the United Nations. In Cambridge, Mass., recently she delivered the keynote lecture at a Redcliffe College colloquium on the prolems of women in developing countries. Although she is a research fellow at the institute for development Studies at the University of Nairobi Kenya, she is living this year in New York with her husband, who is a diplomat at the UN, and their three children aged 5,3, and 156. To Be Equal Testing the youth subminimum by John E. Jacob Congress is considering new legislation that would allow em- ft ployers to pay young people below the minimum wage for their labor Many people believe that unskilled youths are priced out of the labor market by the minimum wage law, which now mandates $3.35 per hour. They say lower rates for young people vulnerable to high unemployment would create more jobs. But that’s just a theory. It may look good on paper, but in the real world it just doesn’t work that way.There are already laws on the books providing for employer sub sidies for hiring the disadvantaged. And the labor standards laws are so weakly enforced that millions work for below the minimum wage. In addition, the power of the argument in favor of cutting the minimum wage loses force bv the i inroads of inflation —the real pur chasing power of the minimum wage is much less than the $3.35 set some years back. And em ployers can always take advantage of legal exemptions to hire youngsters at lower rates. Few do. But the myth persists that we won’t be able to make a dent in Black youth unemployment unless a youth subminimum is established. Every proposal to create jobs for youth, such as a new Conservation Corps, is met with the flat assertion that it’s not necessary to do anything other than cut the minimum wage. Do that, supporters of the idea say, and the youth unemployment problem will be solved. So the time may be ripe to finally settle the question of the youth subminimum, if only to remove it as an obstacle to more realistic methods of cutting the disastrous unemplyment rate among our young people. Black youth, for example, suffer unemployment rates in the 68 per cent range. While some 20 or so years ago both Black and white youth had similar low unem ployment rates, today both have high rates and the Black rate is well over double that for whites. Under the bill, the youth sub minimum would only apply during the summer months. It is hoped that would safeguard against em ployer substitution of cheaper youth labor for more expensive adult labor—the “fire the father, hire the son” syndrome feared by most people familiar with the real world labor marketpalce. There’s plenty wrong with some provisions in the bill: It would change the current law in away that the outcome is unpredictable. Congress is being asked to weaken the wage base of all workers without any proof that it would indeed create new jobs for disad vantaged youth. And minority youngsters could become stigmatized as second-rate workers earnig second-rate wages. the proposal before congress would also allow a subminimum for people up to age 22, although many have family responsibilities and even the $3.35 per hour minimum provides below poverty level wages for year-round workers. Before jumping into so sweeping an action, congress should replace the bill with a small, tightly con trolled pilot experiment. A few cities could be selected for a test in which the subminimum would go into effect for teenagers. the young workers should be further protected by exemption from taxes and social security payments, so that some of the gap between what their employer pays them and what he would have had to pay them under the standard minimum wage would be replaced. But the purpose of the ex periment would be to study what happens in the labor market where a youth subminimum is in effect. This temporary experiment must precede any permanent change in the law. After the results are all in we’ll finally know whether the youth subminimum actually does what its supporter say it will do. Until we know for sure, we shouldn’t blin dly embrace a youth subminimum.