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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 3, 1972)
Hangings displayed Blacks favor tax revision WASHINGTON, DjC. - Mutt ol tl» nation's blacks would support adoption of a proposal to d istribute to the public all tax money which thell.S .G ov ernment collects from cor poratlons. This is the projection of a Just completed survey spun soled (7 tl» N a tlo n a lD IV rie iri Foundation and conducted at state und regional conventions of tl« country's D ig e st black secular organization, the Black I Iks, by tlw Black Si lent M a jo rity Committee (BSMC). The history making Black Silent M a jo rity Survey - I« - lleved to 1« tl» firs t national study ol American black opin ion on a subject other than race relations - dealt p rim a rily with the Idea of t e d istrHailing ledcial corporate Income tax collections, lait touclied on black sentiment regarding w elfate, poverty, urban ills , federal d e ficit spending and o tle r concerns. It was carried out at 11) conventions of tl« Black Elks (BPOEWO organ - zatlon dui Uig May, Jut« aid July-) The National D iv id e n d Plan - designed to give every voting American an equal "piece of tl» action'1 in tl« f t e c enterprise system by d i verting federal corporate tax receijxs from tl» U,S.Treas ury aid |>aylng them quarterly on a d ire ct, per capita l« s is , to voters in Congressional elections. Based on recurrent Federal corporate tevenues, yearly payments u id e rtl» l'la n w o u d amount to an estimated $500 or more per person or $ 1000|« r m arried couple free of feder al Income taxes or speidlng re s tric t Ions. 11» Black Silent M ajority group wasfouided in Washing ton, D.C., on July 4, 1970 to fight racial polarization aid black radical extrem ism . BSMC urges blacks to work within tl« American system fo r needed changes aid to re- ixdlate violence a id c lv lld ls order. BSMC National D ire cto r Clay C la lb o n « of Washlt^ton told newsmen at tl« National I'te s s Club that representa lives of his group traveled 11,492 a ir m iles Interviewing 1,202 black men, women aid young |»ople at Elks state con ventlons selected to represent contrasting geographical aid demographic areas. 11« Black I Iks organization Is tie nation's largest and most broadly based Negro secular organization. Dele gates surveyed ranged from heads of households aid wo men to tew ly enfranchised jersons above tie age 18, rep resenting tl« spectrum of black socio-economic strata. I he surveys were carried out in Pennsylvania, New York, M ississippi, Indiana. M ic h i gan, lexas, Maryland. Ohio. Illin o is aid C alifornia, with MM iejiresentat.cn from Washington, D j C„ Delaware aid Wisconsin at m ulti state conventions. P a rtia l results of the sur vey were as follows: - 82% of blacks Interviewed sad they would favor adoption of tie National D iv d e rd Plan. - 48.1', rated tie N a tio n alD lvi- deid Plan as "excellent ' aid 32% as "good.” 5% responded unfavorably. 85% sad tle y would Vote lo r tie National D lv d e id Plan If tle y hod an opportunity in the next g e ie ra l election. - 83% felt tl« National D iv i dend Plan would definitely un prove conditions fo r black people. Following is a summary of the National D iv d e rd Plan: Portland Observer Thursday, August I. 1972 Page 7 Things You Should Know Cloth Hangings by J u d y Cooke, a Traveling Exhibition Award Winner from State- wde Service 2nd A n n u a l Competition held In March of 1971, w ill te on display at PCC Sylvania lib ra ry Aug. 1-31, 1972. M iss Cooke has exhibited w d e ly through out the United States ard l i a s received numerous awards fo r her work which Is described as a iry , free, ard manageable. I his exhibition is brought to P ortlard by the Statewide A rt S e r v ic e s D ivision of tl« Museum of A rt, U niversity of Oregon, and is coor llnated lo c a lly by Robert Hughltt, PCC A it Department C h a ir man. It redistributes federal co r porate income tax collections to all people who vote in U,S. Congressional elections held* every two years. It Imposes a 50 V corporate income tax lim it to create a secure climate fo r business expansion. It ends fe iie ra lia x expansion. It erds federal taxes on stock dividends. e li minating ft« present double taxation ori tl«se earnings and summating tl« average c iti zen to invest in stocks. - It would 1« phased in over a five year j« rio d . K-- ft BECKWORTH... .. . B orn CER OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR Sell it! I ! 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