, We Mu; »t Vote Thiis Year
in BlaICR
by Julian Bond
T he 1972
e le c tio n s »
» both the c o n te s t between
R ic h a rd N ixon and G eorge
M cG ove rn fo r the P r e s l-
dency as w e ll as the m any
s ta te , county and m u n ic i
pal ra c e s f o r s h e r iff o r
U nited States
S enator
of St. Louis, all m enders of
o r the hundreds o f o th e r
the board of curators. Facul
e le c tiv e o ffic e s on
the
ty members serving on tie
b a llo t a ll o v e r A m e ric a
search committee Include D r.
on N o v e m b e r 7th - Is o f
M ilton Hardtman, lead nf tie
v ita l Im p o rta n c e to B la ck
Lincoln University
seeks new Prexy
Lincoln U niversity la look
ing (o r i new president.
D r. W alter C. Daniel, the
Incumbent, has submitted his
resignation, effective October
30, to become vice-chancellor
of the U niversity of M issouri
at Columbia.
James A . Randall, 4844
Fountain Avenue, In St.Louis,
president of the board of cu
rators, has been selected as
chairman of the search com
mittee
to
select a new
president.
In an executive session,
September 30, the Curators
established the c rite ria to 1«
used in screemngappllcatlons
fo r ttie position. Ttie success
ful candidate, tt« board said,
must
have
acknowledged
scholatshlp in an academic
discipline, leadership in high
education, adm inistrative ex
perience, knowledge of funding
and fund-raising, and sig n ifi
cant service In graduate aral
undergraduate education.
Other members of tie
search
committee Include
Kansas City C irc u it Court
Judge Lewis C lym er, A tto r
ney C arl Sapp of Columbia
and attorney Joseph McDuffie
department of modem foreign
languages and d ire c to r of tie
summer session; and D r,
Grace M ille r, prolessor of
education. M iss Joyce Hen
derson, a senior student, com
pletes tie panel.
The
search
committee
announced that all correspon
dence with It would be held In
confidence.
J u lia n Bond Is a m em
b e r o f the G e o rg ia House
o f R e p re s e n ta tiv e . T h is
Is one In a s e rie s o f a r
tic le sp on sored
by the
Youth C itiz e n s h ip Fund
In the hopes th a t e v e ry
one w ill vo te th is y e a r.
A m e ric a n s . The P r e s i
d e n tia l ra c e - w hich gives
us a c h o ic e between two
men who d if fe r g re a tly
on a host o f issue s - w ill
decide the fu tu re o f the
c o u n try and w ill d efin e the
fu tu re re la tio n s h ip
be
tween g o v e rn m e n t and the
B la ck c o m m u n ity .
The o th e r c o n te sts - If
the ch o ic e Is as c le a r as
In the ra c e f o r the na
tio n ’ s h ig he st o f f i c e - w i l l
d ecide s im ila r issue s on
a le v e l c lo s e r to each o f
us.
M ore than 8 m illio n
B la cks aren't
reg istered Are you
part of the p ro ble m
or part of the
so lu tio n ?
F o u r little g irls
k ille d in a
B irm in g h a m church
in 1963 w ould have
voted th is y e a r fo r
the fir s t tim e .
Ih c v w on’t.
W H A T ’S Y O l R
E X C IS E '
The o v e r -p ro m is e has
p roduced an under d e li
v e ry . No e le c tio n In A m e
r ic a gua ra ntee s In sta n t
If the choice is between the lesser
of two evils, and you don’t choose,
what does that make you ?
change. What A m e ric a n a
e le c tio n s - lik e th a t set
f o r N o ve m b e r 7 - w ill do
is se t tre n d s in m otio n
and a ffe c t p o lic ie s whose
im m e d ia te r e s u lt m ay not
be c le a r to any o f us at
any g iven tim e .
But those tre n d s and
p o lic ie s do have the a b i
l i t y to g iv e lif e o r death
to the hopes and a s p ira
tio n s we a ll hold.
I f two Beats a re e x
changed on the Suprem e
C o u rt, It m ay becom es a
a m ilita n t d efender o f the
rig h ts o f m an o r a sup
p o r te r o f the s ta tu s quo.
An a s p ira tio n Is voted
fo r
the D e p a rtm e n t o f
H e a lth , E ducation
and
W e lfa re , and o u r c h ild re n
get fiv e glasses o f m ilk
a week Instead o f tw o .
An a g g re s s iv e C ongress
tr ie s to r e s tr a in the new
P re s id e n t, and he e ith e r
w ins and s ta rts w a r anew
o r acquiesces and b rin g s
o u r boys hom e. Those de
c is io n s -
and o th e rs -
rea ch in to each o f o u r
liv e s and pocketbooks.
They a re too Im p o rta n t
to be le ft to p o litic ia n s
alone. Thev m u s t be made
In c o n c e rt w ith what It Is
you w ant, and If you do not
c a s t y o u r vote N o ve m b e r
7th, they w ill be made
w ith o u t you.
T h a t Is why B la c k votes
a re so v ita l th is y e a r. O v
e r the past few y e a rs ,
we have voted m o re , but
we seem to enjoy It le s s .
Porrland/Ob.erver Thursday,
B -s s s -i
Indeed, even as
B la c k
v o te r r e g is tra tio n fig u re s
have In cre a se d In
the
South, B la ck v o tin g to ta ls
have decreased In N o r
th e rn c itie s .
P o litic s has
enjoyed
a re ce n t vogue In the na
tio n a l B la ck c o m m u n ity .
T he e le c tio n s o f
C a rl
Stokes, R ic h a rd H a tc h e r
and Kenneth Gibson gave
som e sense o f hope to
B la cks a ll o v e r the coun
t r y . The h is to r ic c a m
paign of U. S. Rep. S h ir
le y C hisholm fo r the P re
sidency in 1972 opened
d oo rs fo r fu tu re such ef
fo r ts , and the G a ry Con
vention in M a rc h o f th is
y e a r b ro ug ht to g e th e r a
fo r m e r ly non - p o litic a l
section o f B la ck A m e r i
ca w ith p o litic ia n s o f the
o ld e r, m o re re g u la r typ e.
But In the weeks fo llo w
ing the two m a jo r p a rty
co nve ntio ns B la ck e x c ite
m ent has d im m ed . Black
r e g is tra tio n to ta ls
fe ll
below le v e ls p re d ic te d by
v o te r r e g is tra tio n p ro
fe s s io n a ls . An
a n ti- in
te lle c tu a l apathy arose
among the ebony and Iv o ry
to w e rs w here o u r young
people p re s u m b a b ly p re
p a re th e m se lve s tor a
lif e of s e rv ic e to
the
B la c k n atio n . " P o lit ic s
Is w h ite fo lk s b u s in e s s "
1 becam e the cru d e slogan
o f th is new kn o w -n o th in g
ness, ig n o rin g a h is to ry
w hich showed us that we
have re c e iv e d the b u s i
ness fro m w hite
fo lk s
p re c is e ly b e c a u s e o u rp o
lit ic s a re so u n -to g e th e r.
They a re u n -to g e th e r fo r
rea son s w hich w ill not
be re m e d ie d between now
and N ove m b e r 7th, re a
sons w hich have a h is
to r ic a l base, but
the
chances o f any re m e d y
a n y tim e a re dem ln lshe d
by the in c re a s in g B la ck
apathy to w a rd the p o li
tic a l p ro c e s s .
The o r ig in fo r m uch o f
th is apathy is found In the
p o litic a l r h e to r ic
w hich
p ro m is e s heaven on e a rth
in re tu rn f o r a c itiz e n s
vo te. As that has been
d e m o n s tra te d tim e
and
tim e again to be an e m p ty
p ro m is e , the a u to m a tic
e le c tio n day d e liv e ry o f
the vo te has become m o re
re lu c ta n t.
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