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P ortla id /D bse rve i August 14, 1972 Page 1 Appeals court to Golden State reaches $1 billion bear Detroit case ATLANTA BRAVES center fielder. Dusty Baker, records a ••Register to Vote** message fo r tie Youth Citizenship Fund (YCF). 1 he Fund Isa non-partisan voter registration agency alined at reg Is to ring the nation’ s 25 m illio n unregistered I» to 25 year olds. Recording tie message is YCF’ s Sand B rim . To Be Equal By Vernon E . Jonlan, J r. 1 le re ’ s a new kind of hack- lash around today. T ie old tyjes are » till with us. of course, fulminating against welfare, (using and ¡sibllc housing. But tie lew , sophis ticated backlash la m o s t clearly seen In some of tie statements and research pro jects coming iu t of tie aca demic world. Peiliapa tie most prom Kent of tie so is tie publication of studies by D r. A rth u r Jenaen that p u q xirt to show that IQ la genetically d e t e r m in e d . Blacks neasure lower on 1 q tests. It Is charged, not le - cause of poverty, lack of edu cational opportunities and other environmental reasons, lu t le cause Intelligence Is p rim a rily a factor of in h e ri tance. This lernlclous theory has teen demolished by Jensen’ s le e rs In tie scientific world, Who have pointed out his meth od« h.gl a i r : : ■ (, p.. | , , that IQ tests are biased In fa vor of the verbal and behavior patterns of the m iddle-class whites who design tle m , aid the fact that w h in /b la ck d if ferences are small enough to te acccxinted for by a variety of o tte r factors. Also, o tte r research demonstrates tliat b la c k s often score higher when environmental factors are In H e ir favor. 'Tie controveisy (le t broke over tills study was lesed on tie dangers of such stands at a time of volatile racial prob lems. We just have to look at tie experience of a nation like Germany under tie Nazis to see where such racial tlieories can lead. I le IQ cent, oversy is lu t une instance to tie kind of aca demic sabotage that sets up roadblocks In the way of end ing racism . Several lew stud ies claim to show that in tegrated education doesn't work. Newlless to say, tie re searchers claim to le all for Integiation aid Isn’t ita shame their figures argue tie otter way. B a s ic characteristics of tlese studies Include lack of souid research methods; tie flim sy use of m aterial from which broad conclusions are drawn, and tie avoidance of relevant factors In approach ing tie problem. Forexamplt. one Harvard study on lusing used outdated m aterial andex- cludetJ cities In which lusing is working out w ell. Another study that got na- tlo ie l attention tile d to prove tliat Head start programs aid sim ilar early schooling does n’ t work and tliat children shouldn’ t s ta ll school until they are older, seveial stud es, including the famous Coleman Report, condemn progiam s ol ’ ’ comiensatory education’ ’ although it actual ly lias yet to le tile d on a scale large enough to judge its worth. Despite tle lr taults, such research is used to argue against more school tuidsand more teachers, so important (Xihllc policy is based on led research lathei than on ex- pertment and exjenence. While tie anti-education re sea re fe rs haven’ t yet re sorted to geneuc arguments, those old faculty geies liave leen used to explain why black children are more likely to te victim s ui lead poisoning tien whites. Why go throughgene- Uc excercises when it is so ob vious Het a fa r greater per centage of blacks tien whites are poor aid live in slum hous ing whose walls are s till cov ered with dangerous lead- la sed paint. It Is the socel and economic d is p a rité s In our society tliat account for tills, not genes. H e re Is no point In pretend ing that most of this kind of re search is value-free, f h e rd s no such thing as "p u re " re search in human a f f a i r s . I lese poorly chosen aid de signed projects, with t le lr liasty and ill-d ra w n conclu sions. serve only to strengtten ti e racism latent in our so ciety and constitute a sophis ticated form of a n ti-b la ck backlash. Such studes are a throw- lack to tie nueteenth century theorists who adopted Social Darwinism - the survival of the fittest - as a means of bol stering the privileged classes ol society. That school of science w ittered In tie more istlonal light of our own time, lu t now this old and ugly tra dition is teing revived. I le - Jieve a more fe rtile new field of study would te of tie racism embodied in tie new, sophis ticated lacklash. Same Old Story... ... Service Excellence! Five years ago, Ray Hall |omed Lew Williams. Three years ago, he won his first Service Management Award from Cadillac. In 1971 he won it again. Mr. J. A. Meine, Cadillac Motor Car Division Zone Service Manager, just awarded Ray his third trophy, for 197?. We expect Ray to win number four in 73, number five in 74, etc. etc. He s that good. Congratulations, Ray Keep up the great service work. U íw W W hhhs Cadillac •>.13 N l. Twrlflh Awnut* * Phnnr 233 6461 JAY HAU Service M anage I ew W illia m s f a d il la r J A MEINE C a d illa c M otor Cor O iv iiio n Zone Service Manage» A fte r almost two years of fe ttlin g In the courts, the D e tro it Board of Education has gone alead with plans fo r a normal school ofiening In tie fa ll—one which would not in volve c ro s s -d is tric t busing of students. I le U.S. 6th C irc u it Court of A[i[«eals ordered a tem porary delay on tie purchase of 295 buses to transport stu dents from D e tro it's predom- li.aritly black schools to schools in 52 predominantly white su’ uiban d is tric ts . l i e Apieals .ourt scleduled a tearing o. oral aiguments for August ’4. D e tro it School Supt.Charles J . Molfe sari tie court's action " te lL us to go a cad now to do our planning fo r Fall open ing in te r m s of r e g u l a r scho is.” "W e have waited tuget some firm direction to move in and we can't wait any longer,” Wolfe said. We’ ll go right ahead with regular planning. If something Is changed Aug. 24. tlien we’ ll have to consider it at that tu n e ." The Appeals Court, acting on Hie request of tie State of Michigan, w ill review rulings by U ^ , D is tric t Judge Stephen Roth which laid the ground work fo r implementation of tie c ro ss-d istrict Integration plan on a lim ited tests this fall and on a full-scale lasts ui Septernler 1973, Roth ruled last septernler that D etroit's schools were deliberately segregated. He certified his finding as final Thursday so tie case could le appealed. The Appeals court said it would perm it a special II- mamber desegregation pane! created by Roth to continue its work on tie details of the Integration plan so that ’ ’ there w ill te no unnecessary delay In the ultimate steps contem plated in the orders of the D is tric t Court in the event tie decision of tie D is tric t Court Is affirmed on appeal." Court asked to halt redistricting move The Department of Justice today filed suit to halt re - d lstrlctin g and reapportion- ment of the school toardw ar is lii St. M ary Parish In Wes tern Louisiana. Attorney General Richard G. kleindier.st said the c iv il a n t was filed in I .s. D is tric t Court In Shreveport against St. M ary Parish School Board and Ogden E , Stansbury, its president; 14 board members; the s t. M ary Parish Demo cratic Executive Committee and its chairman, FJJ. Win chester; and, the St. M ary Parish Republican Committee and its cliairman, Howard E. Whitney, J r. The suit charged tliat changes in voting procedures proposed by Hie school board to re d is tric t and reajiportlon tlie school board warJs vio late provisions of tlie Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Justice Department liad twice objected to tie proposed re d istrictin g and reappor tionment plan, tie second time on January 12, 1972. The com plaint said tie plan "would . . have tie effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race.’’ The Justice Department said that despite its objec tions, the school board, through a May 11. 1972 re solution, proceeded with the re districting measure pre paratory to a prim ary elec tion scheduled fo r August 19, 1972. Requesting a "speedy and expeditious hearing" be cause of tie short time re maining le lo re election day, the suit asked that the de fendants he enjoined from: — implementing tie St. Mary Parish School Board reap- portionment; and, --implementing any voting procedure different from those previously in effect un less such procedure had not leen objected to by the U.S, attorney General, or unless a favorable declaratory judg ment liad been obtained from the L'.S. D is tric t Court fo r the D is tric t of Columbia. According to tie suit, no action has leen instituted in tlie L’Jj. D is tric t Court fo r the D is tric t of Columbia and without it the Justice Depart ment contends the school b o a r d 's reapporiionment "le g a lly unenforceable.’ ’ The suit asked tie Federal court in Shreveport to direct the board to adopt a reap- portlonment plan conforming to the 14th and 15th Amend ments and meeting the L'JS, Attorney General’ s objec tions. A lternatively, tlie suit re quested that tlie Court devise a reapportionment and re- d istrlctin g plan through ap pointment of a Special.Master. Such a plan would be e f fective on an interim basis fo r tlie 1972 elections o r until the next decennial census. Black, Chicano win NASA contract Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company, a 47- year - old corporation head quartered in Los Angeles, has become the second black- owned insurance organization to reach $1 b illion in life in surance in force. The West Coast firm , cur rently licensed to operate in 20 states, moved i to the b illlo n -in -fo rce class with tie awarding last week of $30 m illio n of group insurance to tlie firm by the American Can Company of Greenwich, Conn. Ivan J. Houston, FLM I, president of Golden state, said tie achievement also makes his company the firs t m inor ity-founded life insurance firm to reach the 10-figure in-force mark " d u ri g tie lifetim e of its founders." Norman O. Houston, chair man of tie board, and George A, Beavers, J r., a d ire cto r and form er chairman, were two of the company’ s original organizers in 1925. Both w ere present to witness the formal presentation of American Can’ s commitment at Golden State's home office. W illiam Nickerson, J r „ who headed tie founding trio , died in 1945. American Can’ s decision to grant the black firm a portion of its employee group life insurance was based in pert on the Connecticut company’ s concern fo r "corporate re sponsibility in a period of rapidly changing social stan dards and accompanyi g op portunities,’’ according to its chairman, W illiam E. May. Golden State has fo r tie past two years teen engaged in a concentrated e ffo rt to at tract group life insurance business from m ajor indus tria l firm s, which, according to Houston, have traditionally looked past black companies when considering c a rn e rs fo r th e ir group coverage. May, responding to a pro posal from Golden State’ s senior vice president and agency d ire cto r, Ernest Shell. Maurice M ost rea s o n a b le shop in town Carlos 2 8 7 -8 5 2 9 SHO P Electricity is 20 years behind the times: I n price W hilv p r i m for must every thing h .n c riven, the iver- .ige cost of .1 unit of residential eleeirieils is .ictu.iiL less today than it w as 2«l years ago R eally ' l l i . i n i„i> ,» 'ek e• Incity one of Ihe greatest household values sou II hnd But. (hough H e behind the lim es in priee. elect m i l s '■> as m odern as today in convenience. Ih e typical hom e now has twice as many w ork-saving appliances as it did - 0 years ago. 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Dawkins, Two minority-owned con T ie tra in e r hardware sup struction firm s liave pooled port fa cility now being built th e ir resources to qualify for by RO&AS is an addition to a Small Business A dm inistra a building housing instruments tion (SBA) award. The award used in theCenter's simulated is fo r construction of a trainer flights, conducted In a large hardware support fa c ility at fa cility opposite the construc the National Aeronautics and tion site. T ie new structure Space Adm inistration (NASA) w ill serve as a storage faci Manned Spacecraft Center lity fo r the delicate electronic (MSC), Houston. Tex. Black- instruments used in the si owned Roy i>wens Interests. mulated space flights. Inc., and Mexican-American Garza said both firm s had firm , Advance Systems Con done work under the 8(a) pro struction, ln c „ both Bouston- gram before, tu t nothing of Ivised firm s , formed RO&AS this magnitude. He said that Joint Venture In order to win RO&AS Joint Venture is an the $200,IKK) award. It marks experiment in working to tlie firs t time in NASA’s ex gether fo r the two companies, perience that two m inority and if it proves successful, lusinesses liave joined forces the firm s may use it fo r other In a contractural e ffo rt. business engagements. "R oy Owens and Joe Hau- CUja, owner of Advance Sys tems. had never form ally met before," said Carlos Gai a, an o fficial at MSC’ s M inority Business Enterprise Office, "and when we met to discuss tlie joint venture possibility they had less than 48 hours to make a decision.** A fte r the prelim inary ne gotiations tlie owners con ferred with their attorneys and agreed to Hie plan. NASA engineering and technical of ficia ls approved of it and tlie SBA undertook negotiation of Hie contract. Garza said Hie joint ven ture agreement combined tlie Mexican - American fir m ’s managerial experience with tlie black firm 's ability to as * (III S K Milwaufe.e 14 h A S t M u r i «son semble Hie proper work force * S * ‘ h A l a s t B u rn s id e -11’ «t A N t ‘ veneet k Th« Friendliest * 12 2n d A N t O liv a n to take on the job. NASA ’ N L o m b a r d a t SO tau ri«* l*» h A S t D iv .s .u n Stores In Town officials said Hie project Is * N a 'e .q h H ills F ia t a Ì I ’ d A W e s t Be ••• J . 1 » i? n d at S t D .v s L. k e O sw esio ■» ) B A currently two weeks ahead of Since 1908 • MEM b IR or UNITED GROCERS schedule and tliat the work Is top quality. Serving Real Oregonians Since ,887. Body and Fender Repair Executive Vice-Chairman of OIC of America addressed Hie Republican Party P latform hearings in M iam i, Florida and delivered a message on behalf of Reverend Leon H. Sullivan, Founder and C h a ir man ot the Board of the OIC movement. Reverend sullivan, who is also the firstB la ckm e m h e ro f the Board of General Motors, challenged the Republican leadership to he aware of the dangers of expanding unem ployment t) at has doubled in the Black communities from the general rate of 5.5 per cent. D r. Dawkins quoted Rever end Sullivan’ s declaration H>at. "P resident Nixon has done more than any President in the history' of the United States to assist Black A m eri cans and other m inorities enter the mainstream of busi ness e n te rp rise ." He then went on in his testimony to call the Republican Party to draft a plank in the platform that would give equal p rio rity and make a m ajor e ffo rt in the field of job development and job training, with specific plans to expand O lC intoevery city that is strivin g to get pov e rty stricken citizens off of welfare ro lls and onto f>ay- ro lls . Real Orëéotl ^Banl^ C LU , stressed American Can’ s willingness to p a rti cipate in "Golden state Mutual efforts toward tie achieveme t f competitive equality I ,r minority-owned enterprises m me economic mainstrea: r - our country,” Ivan Houston welcomed American Can's action as "another positive step in the development and expansion of economic opportunity fo r black business.’ ’ American Can is one of tie country's largestproducersof metal containers and paper products. Golden state, one of the nation’ s largest black-owned financial enterprises, ended 1971 with $957.2 m illio n of insurance in force as me fastest growing of the 40 black-owned companies which comprise the National In surance Association. Sullivan asks jobs D r. T he M A IL ORDER MART DEPT 12 2701 Sterlington Rd., Suite 237 Monroe, Louisiana 71201 Please send me the quantity of Sport Glasses checked belcw (lim it two). If not fully satisfied I will return the merchandisi within ten days for a full refund □ Send ONE only. I enclose $9 95. □ Send TWO at the bargain price of $14 95 Address City, State. Zip
