Buffalo Criterion, 1985-10-24

              rochester niagara region vol 60 - no 43 thursday october 24-30 1985 the buffalo criterion wny's necessary minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation farrakhan threatens the black community by bayard rustin minister louis farrakhan has always been the subject of heated debates and more so since the 1984 presidential campaign detractors denouce him as an anti-semitic demogogue some supporters embrace his racism others overwhelmed by the frustration in the black community ignore his bigotry and emphasize what they say are his valuable economic programs nthout fully realizing their implications then are three basic problems with the farrakhan message his anti-semit ism the destructiveness of his black nationalism and his insistence that black economic renewal can be achieved only through a politically diastr course for black america besides being anti-democratic and morally repugnant farrakhan's anti semitism drives a wedge between blacks and jews groups that traditionally have formed the vanguard in the struggles for civil rights and social i justice he threatens to undermine the coatlllofi of blacks jews organized labor and others essential for social and economic change in our multi-racial society this coalition secured the legislative victories of the civil rights movement in the 1960s and laid the groundwork for major economic and social progress for blacks and other minority groups farrakhan's emphasis on separatism and his position that blacks have no stake in the political system threaten to reverse the progress that resulted from the 1964 voting rights act the increasing number of black elected officials nationwide is proof of that progress historically black nationalist movements in this country have represented emotional outbursts lack ing attainable economic programs while relying on inflammatory rhetoric to generate support they have arisen in times of despair when expectations were dashed or hard own victories were threatened with reversal after world war i black soldiers were confident that having helped win the war for democracy in europe they would find democracy at home instead the 1920s brought a period of lynchings high unemployment and violent raids on the black community from this despair marcus garvey's back to africa movement arose few blacks heeded his call for a return to africa many however responded to his message of black pride and white inferiority during the late 19605 when the dramatic civil rights victories in the south were not followed by equal gains in the north the black power move ment emerged proclaiming that black is beauti ful fiery orators including ii flap brown and stokley carmichael attempt ed to run whites and especially jews out of the civil rights movement to this day no one can describe the concrete economic or social program developed by the back to africa or black power movements faced with massive cuts in social programs an intolerably high rate of unemployment and indifference to affirmative action by the reagan administration many blacks are today responding positively to farrakhan's philosophy that proclaims blacks the chosen people and promises them power forever his agenda whether a separate black nation or merely black economic self-suffi ciency is no prescription for the crushing economic realities facing black america one wonders why when black farrakhan threatens black community fare increase from 75 c to 80c effective nov 1st metro bus announced that effective on friday nov ist only the buffalo lackawanna and niagara falls city fare will be increased from 75c to 80c for adults and children 12 years of age and older the elderly and handicapped rate of fare is also being increased from 35c to 40c one-half the adult fare transfers remain unchanged and cost sc the current child rate of fare of 40c children 5 to 11 years of age remains he same tokens will sell 10 for 8.00 and will ie available at the metro information booth located inside the transpo center it the north division street entrance as veil as at area banks and other further information may be blamed by calling the metro lformation number in buffalo at established outlets commuter cards now commonly referred to as flash-a-pass will go on sale at the metro information booth for the month of november beginning on oct 24th and will also be available for sale at all participating tops friendly markets wilson farms finer food marts and b-quik food stores in both erie and niagara counties flask-a-passes are also available at the niagara falls station at 1410 buffalo avenue in niagara falls the zone 1 monthly card city pass will now sell for 34.20 and the following is a list of commuter card costs for monthly flash-a-passes for zones 2 to 12 855-7211 or in niagara falls at 1-285-9319 echols to keynote awards dinner the third black achievement awards din ner will be held on friday nov ima at the niagara hilton hotel beginning at *> p.m the dinner is sponsored by the area 1 community preservation corporation a non-profit m-'ighhwhmxl igmf the theme tor the awards dinner this year will 1 ' ( finiuniiy prett ervation the guest speaker will be david echols executive director of the municipal housing authority for the city of buffalo tickets for the dinner are 20.00 per person and may be obtained by contacting mrs anna jones at 285-1974 or 2304 tennessee avenue ni agara falls n y all proceeds from the dinner will benefit the area 1 community pres ervation corp these funds will be used to support youth activities cultural activities and corporation activities which are not eligible for city and state funding the public is invited to come out and salute the achievers for more information contact michael brun dt*m interim director at 716 278-8261 . david echols northern region black political caucus to hold annual dinner by june carter friday november ist the northern region black political caucus will hold the fourth annual dinner at the kensington place 377 kensington avenue in keeping with the custom of paying tribute to those who have contribut ed their talents and efforts toward the betterment of our people we take grat pleasure this eyar in focusing on young adults our future depends upon them our hopes and aspirations are with them we need not be nervous about the trasition of power as there are many dynamic young leaders in buffalo on nov ist we will pay tribute to five of these young adults selected by the northern region young adult committee commissioner douglas white of the new york state division of human rights has agreed to come and share with us his ideas on the importance of leadership arcara endorsed by polish-american congress the american congress of western new york has announced the endorsement of district attorney richard j ar cara for reelection in the november sth election bronislaus durewicz president and irene dra jem chairman issued the endorsement of mr arcara who is completing his first term as erie county district attorney group sets annual event by mamie garrett nypirg citizens alli ance will hold their annual dinner on sunday nov 4th at the polish union hall 761 fillmore aye near broadway the event starts at 5 p.m a buffet dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m george k arthur buffalo common council president will be the keynote speaker tickets are 10.00 for tickets and informa tion call mrs mamie garrett dinner chair person at 832-9892 geobge k arthur civil rights exhibit at buff-erie county historical society the afro-american his torical association is work ing in a cooperative ven ture with the buffalo-erie county historical society to exhibit civil rights movement in buffalo which will open in the buffalo historical so ciety's museum in jan 1986 community persons and organizations with photo graphs and memorabilia related to participation in civil righto - housing affiliate here to aid poor habitat for humanity buffalo seeks ist family shown in the photo is the honorable mayor andrew young helping to carry the habitat banner in the new habitat for humanity/buffalo is the 101 st affiliate in international habitat ministry this ecumenical christian housing ministry works in partnership with the economically poor to build or renovate houses which they buy on a no-interest no-profit baaia the houses are built mainly by volunteers and are financed by donations and no-interest loans from churches individuals and foundations former president jimmy and mrs rosalynn carter have spent a week for the past two summers working on the new york city project he participated in the dedication service of the six-story tenement on oct 12th york city habitat march the mayor is shown in the center of the picture atlanta mayor andrew young board member preached at mm ecumenical service prior i the new york city tenement dedication anil i l„-,l in tha parade v the atta *~ habitat/buffalo la nkin x it i family flrat house contributiona and volunteer an update meet inn ..,„.,, i the public will be held on sun nov i4th from 7 to 9 p.m at the anbury delaware and first hispanic united methodist churches delaware at tupper in buffalo a speaker's bureau is available for further information call ronald talboys president at 741-3079 reflections on a presidential visit by brian d rusk the director of public affairs at daemen college 4380 main st am herst and district coordinator for citizens for america a grass roots lobby effort boosting president reagans programs last wednesday i was extremely fortunate to attend a meeting with president ronald reagan in the white house accompanying dr robert s marshall president of daemen college dr marshall has previously been a keynote speaker for the new york state erie county and other conserva tive party events he also has received a distinguished service award from the new york state conservative party dr marshall and i met with president reagan in the white house along with john szelest northeast united states director for citizens for america and lewis e lehrman national chairman for citizens for america this visit was both and exciting and enlightening experience boosting my personal feelings of patriotism and confidence in our u s government the following essay will entail comments made by dr marshall and myself during our conferences with reagan's closest advisors along with a personal reflection on being with reagan's closest advisors and a personal reflection on being with president reagan in the white house jack hume the founder of citizens for america pushed reagan to run for governor in 1965 and for president in 1968 hume stresses that the reagan revolution must outlive his adminis tration hume notes that reagan turned around california from poor judges parks and operations to one of the best states in the country hume wants the citizens for america to prevent destruction of reagan's programs reagan's programs lew lehrman mentioned that citizens for america will provide a month-long program for national security before the u s./soviet summit meeting lehrman feels that reagan's tax reform will provide more jobs and help to tax less middle income people on foreign affairs lehrman said that president reagan proved for the first time that with grenada communism can be stopped jack kemp our local congress man also met with our group kemp feels that he stands for a global revolution of ideas kemp says that it is fun to see populist or conservative thoughts take hold and mentioned that tax reform is at the center of the reagan revolution kemp further added that tax reform is pro-family pro-labor and pro-capital and that entrepreneurship is the word * the too of the reagan revolution ". a new and lively face on the national political scene also appeared before us this live wire is newt gingrich georgia congressman who discussed grenada and the soviet threat to our freedom gingrich informed our group how sophisticated terroriata have become with their manipulation of our electronic media he feels that the president and his policies are important when the washington post covers our non-activity gingrich insists that 1984 was the end of the great society debate between goldwater and kennedy with the death of the welfare state one of the highlights of the day in washington for dr marshall and myself was to listen to robert c " bud mcfarlane national security advisor to president reagan mcfarl me shows a calm systematic bright approach to complex challenges facing the u s reflections brian d rusk see page 21 see page 71 see page 7 80 fare child fake ewd flasu-a-vass flash-a-fass co zone 1 _ ► 40 40 34.20 zone 2 1.00 50 50 36.00 zone 3 1.05 55 50 37.80 loot 4 1.10 60 55 39.60 zone 0 1.15 65 55 41.40 zone 6 1.20 70 60 43.20 zone 7 1.25 75 60 45.00 mmm 1.30 80 65 $ 46 zun 9 1.35 85 65 48.60 zone 10 1.40 90 70 ... 50.40 zone 11 1.45 95 70 52.20 zone 12 1.50 1.00 75 54.00 serving working leading in wny inner cities since 1923 m_^m~a^aaa^a m -^_^_^^_ m _ mm __ m price only 20 per 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