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ACCUSED OF DOUBLE CROSS, CARRIE MAYS
BREAKS AWAY FROM DOUGLAS TEAM
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JAMES BROWN BLVD.
PETITION PRESENTED
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Augusta City Council
chamber was packed Monday
when Ronald Suber, President
of Man to Man, presented a
petition to City Council for the
changing of Gwinnett Street to
James Brown Boulevard.
The petition said that Brown
is “more relevant to the black
community than Button
Gwinnett” whom it recognized
as a member of the Continental
Congress, and a Governor of
Georgia. The petition also
noted that Gwinnett was a
slave owner and said that
present residents of Gwinnett
Street “being direct
descendants of our enslaved
great-grandparents, would take
it as an insult to be the only
people living on Gwinnett
Rader Volkswagen
Gives Bus To Paine
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Paine College President, L.H. Pitts, (left) receives keys for 1971 Volkswagen bus
from Colonel Rader (middle) of Rader Volkswagen while Quincy Robertson, Paine
Business Manager waits to drive the new vehicle back to the campus.
For the many business trips
around town made daily by
Paine College faculty and
administrative staff, the
“burden of running errands”
will be lightened since the
recent gift to the college of a
1971 Volkswagen bus from
Rader Volkswagen of Augusta.
The vehicle is currently
under the operation of the
Paine Security Office and soon
Street, named after a former
slave owner and signer of the
Declaration of Independence. ”
Gwinnett contradicted his
belief in freedom, the petition
said, by virtue of his owning
slaves at the time he signed the
Declaration of Independence.
The petition said “the Black
community needs some
physical recognition of one of
its Black citizens who rose
from poverty and prison life to
become a humanitarian and
constructive citizen of this
city, state and country.”
After hearing the petition,
the Council voted to refer the
petition to the Public Works
Committee for study and a
recommendation. The
Committee’s next meeting will
will be placed into operation
by a licensed student driver,
over the age of 25.
In discussing the Rader
contribution, Paine President
L.H. Pitts said, “This gift is an
indication of the faith of one
businessman in the work and
worth of Paine College. Mr.
Rader’s gift not only provides
us with some basic
930 Gwinnett St. Augusta Ga Phone 722-4555
be held on November 15.
Public Works Committee
Chairman objected to the
action of the Council stating “I
don’t see why its our
responsibility.” He said he has
no opinion on the proposed
change.
John Young, a member of
the Man to Man Executive
Committee said he felt the
Council was “passing the
buck”. He said that petitioners
shoud have been informed as
to the date and place of the
next Public Works Committee
meeting.
Black Applicant
Loses Battle
Deloise Tanksley, black
applicant for a job as a desk
clerk at Holiday Inn lost her
court battle when a U.S.
District Court in Augusta ruled
that she was not discriminated
against on the basis of race.
Miss Tanksley had applied
for a position as desk clerk
after having been referred by
the Georgia State Employment
Office. Holiday Inn hired three
whites for the position after
Miss Tanksley applied, one
with less than a high school
education. At the time of her
application Miss Tanksley was
a high school graduate and she
had finished Augusta Technical
Vocational School and was
told by Holiday Inn that she
was the most qualified. She is
appealing her case to the
United States Court of Appeals
for the Fifth Circuit in New
Orleans. .
transportation, but becomes a
symbol of inspiration for the
administration and the
students of Paine College.
This is a tangible sign of the
continued cooperation of
white and black people in
Augusta in developing a great
enterprise.
THE PEOPLE’S PAPER
DOUBLE CROSS
Second Ward City Council
oman, Carrie J. Mays, told
re News-Review that she is
reaking all ties with all
political organizations.
When asked if this meant she
was breaking ties with
Democratic Executive
(Committee president Charles
Douglas, Mrs. Mays said she
never considered herself tied to
Charles Douglas or anyone else.
“It was Charles Douglas who
gave that impression if that’s
the impression people have. I
assumed we were working for
the same goal which was to
give each voter better
candidates and not controlled
candidates, and not to create
another power structure.”
Douglas, who is also
president of South Atlantic
Mobile Home Builders, has
made it known for more than a
year that he plans to run for
mayor in 1972. About the
same time he allied himself
with Mrs. Mays and Reverend
Arthur D. Sifts and organized
what he called “the team”
(Douglas, Mays & Sims). Many
observers saw this alliance as an
effort by Douglas to gain a
political base in the Black
community.
Another of the team’s stated
goals was to destroy “Mr. Big
Stuff’ - political king maker
John Murray. Douglas’ critics
maintained, however, that
Douglas not only intended to
destroy the Murray machine
but to replace it with his own.
The team ran into a snag just
prior to the recent City
Council election. According to
an official of the Republican
Executive Committee, a deal
was made with Douglas
following the sheriffs election.
In return for the team’s
SI,OOO
From
Sears
Sears Manager, W.M. Wolf,
representing the Sears Roebuck
Foundation visited Paine
College today and presented a
check of SIOOO in unrestricted
funds to President L.H. Pitts.
This contribution was a part
of the Sears grant program of
more than $32,000 for
distribution to 26 privately
supported colleges and
universities in Georgia.
Nationally, private colleges
and universities will receive
SI,OOO in unrestricted grants
and an additional SSOO
through a Sears Foundation
program to assist college
libraries. The library grant
program is designed to
supplement the normal book
acquisition budgets of the
participating institutions.
Paine President Pitts
expressed his gratitude and
appreciation to Mr. Wolf for
the contribution and for the
concern and interest of the
Foundation in the financial
support of private colleges in
Georgia.
support of the Republican
endorsed candidate W.A.
Anderson, Douglas was told he
could name the candidates to
appear on the Rebublican slate
in the predominantly black
lower four wards.
Problems developed over
Douglas’ choices in the second
and third wards. Douglas
named Roosevelt Jones. Mrs.
Mays backed B.L. Dent.
Douglas was reportedly
ready to back Millender in the
third ward. But Millender
refused to make a commitment
to support Douglas for mayor.
Douglas supported John
Whittle in the third ward. Mays
and Sims backed Millender.
With the team unable to
reach an agreement on its
second and third ward
candidates, the Republicans
did not endorse in those two
wards.
On election day, the Unpaid
and Unbought Committee
distributed a slate endorsing
Dent in the second ward and
Millender in the third ward.
The slate also carried a
telephone number to the W.H.
Mays Mortuary. According to
Mrs. Mays Douglas apparently
assumed that she was
responsible for the slate of
Unpaid, Unbought Committee.
Mrs. Mays said Douglas came
to her home where he used
abusive language and accused
her of a double cross.
“Apparently he thought he
could control me, Mrs. Mays
said, “I never intended for him
to think that he could tell me
what to do. However, I had no
knowledge of the ticket that
had been printed. I was as
surprised as he (Douglas) was.”
Mrs. Mays pointed out that
another ticket (Arthur Sims
and Associates) also carried her
phone number for
transportation to the polls.
Referring to Douglas, Mrs.
Mays said, “But nobody talks
to me like that. 1 thought he
was a different kind of man.
But now he has shown his true
colors.”
Equal Time Denied
The News-Review learned
recently that Attorney John H.
Ruffin, Jr., counsel for the
plaintiffs in the Richmond
County school suit requested
and was denied equal time
from Television Station
WJBF-TV Channel 6, after
Board President John Fleming
had been given thirty minutes
to give the Board of
Education’s side of the
desegregation controversy.
Ruffin confirmed that he
had exchanged letters and he
had a conference with the news
director but he was denied
equal time to give the
plaintiffs’ side of the issue.
Ruffin said that the station
offered him a four or five
minute interview that was to
be shown three times with the
news, but that he declined an
Editorial
JUST A BEGINNING
Now that the petition for the changing of Gwinnett Street to Janies &
Brown Boulevard has been presented to City Council, many people Sg
have begun to seriously consider the ramifications of the proposed
change.
To be sure, there is strong support for the change. And the fact is
that prominent streets should have been named for blacks as a matter
of course throughout the history of this city. There should be little
wonder that there would be strong support for a move that seeks to $:•
change the course of history.
But there is also opposition to the proposed move. There are whites g:-:
who feel that Gwinnett has earned a permanent place in our history.
There are blacks who feel that there are other blacks more deserving to cW
have a street named after them than James Brown.
Few people would disagree that prominent, deserving blacks should :g:j
have streets named for them. And everyone has his personal choice for
this honor. But there are enough streets in this city for every deserving
black to have a street named for him.
It would be tragic if the James Brown Boulevard movement failed to
materialize. And it would be no less tragic if we became content with gg
the changing of the name of one street. Whereas we fully endorse lames
Brown Boulevard, we think that Dr. King merits a street in Augusta as
well as many of our local citizens.
It is true that none of us is to blame for the sins of our forefathers.
But we are responsible if we do not correct their wrongs. We have an
opportunity James Brown Boulevard should be just a beginning.
Mclntyre Says That
Democracy is Unreal
Here in America, we have a
nation within a nation
undeveloped, said Edward
Mclntyre, Director of Public
Relation Pilgrim Health and
Life Insurance Co. and County
Commission of Richmond
County. Mclntyre was the
guest speaker Monday,
November 1, 1971 at Paine
College.
He told the Paine College
Assembly that the undeveloped
nation within America is the
Black nation. He further stated
that “America is in serious
trouble because of her
synthetic democracy which
says that all people are equal,
but this democracy America
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abbreviated interview when
Fleming was given thirty
minutes of prime time.
Although not basing his
request on a legal ground,
Ruffin said that he appealed to
the station on the basis of
fairness in airing the issue. He
said he is considering filing a
complaint with the Federal
Communication Commission in
Washington, D. C.
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talked about all these years is
unreal.”
“She cannot even go into
foreign land and teach of
something which she believes
but does not practice.”
This democractic society of
America still has people who
believe that Blacks are
subhuman Mclntyre said.
These same people even believe
that Blacks are hostile, but yet
Blacks do not harm the white
man that comes in their
community to collect money
for various things such as rent,
insurance, and furniture
payments.
Mclntyre indicated to the
Weed PTA To Look
At First Year
Os Integration
“INTEGRATION: ONE
YEAR LATER” will be the
topic for a panel discussion by
parents and teachers at the
Weed Elementary School PTA
meeting on Tuesday night,
November 9. The meeting will
begin at 8 in the school
auditorium, 2403 Mt. Auburn
Street.
According to Mrs. Daisy
Williams, PTA president, the
topic will be explored “with
honesty” and is expected to
hold great interest not only for
Weed parents and teachers but
for the wider community as
well. Weed, formerly an
all-black elementary school,
was “paired” in the fall of
1970 with William Robinson,
until that time a
predominantly white
elementary school in the same
neighborhood. Children in
grades one through three
American
assembly that today the Black
nation needs leaders. These
leaders need to practice
leadership that will unite and
broaden their brothers and
sisters inorder for them to
accomplish something in life.
Mclntyre indicated to the
assembly that today the Black
nation needs leaders. These
leaders need to practice
leadership that will unite and
broaden their brothers and
sisters in order for them to
accomplish something in life.
He also further stated that
these leaders can be acquired
from Paine College.
“It is about time that we
see Mclntyre
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attend William Robinson, and
grades four through seven are
housed at Weed.
At this time Weed is a
oredominantlv black school,
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Business
League
Banquet
The CSRA Business League
will hold its first banquet on
November 19,1971 at 7:30
p.m. at the Ramada Inn.
The Featured speaker will be
Mr. Charles Reynolds,
President of Citizen & Trust
Co. Bank, Atlanta, Georgia.
The Public is urged to attend
this historical event. Tickets
are $3.75 per person and
maybe obtained at the CSRA
Business League Office- call
722-0822.
