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ACCUSED OF DOUBLE CROSS, CARRIE MAYS BREAKS AWAY FROM DOUGLAS TEAM M- “ ■ l p Nma-Kemm Vol. 1 JAMES BROWN BLVD. PETITION PRESENTED I IB 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 ; j'lllm 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 ■ H /TOOM ; ■ >J 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. November 4, 1971 No. 33 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 Page 4 attend William Robinson, and grades four through seven are housed at Weed. At this time Weed is a oredominantlv black school, SEE WEED Page 4 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.