Buffalo Criterion, 1979-04-04

              wly's largest lltaly accredited minority newspaper - featuring paid egitiiaati circulation the buffalo criterion vol 63 - no 14 wednesday april 4-10 1979 i pc si iv - watiqwat we rochester wiogoro regit cong john conyers was guest speaker the minority faculty staff if the state university of nest york st huflal.a recently presented congressman john conyera of iletrolt at their dr martin luther king and hl history month celebration cong t'«n>era a sealed ranter along with faculty member from u 11 visiting faculty member from buffalo state l liege and the education opportunity enter e.o.c dr edward jenkins is chairman of the m.f.b at 11 ii other atammittee person are mary brawn bsraastrhr ttawkiaa l c i'*che.i and balk br rant shawn are daniel aeket rooaevah rhode carle polite dr edward jenkins ww brown frame 8.0.c . france campbell harkartt allen tea rkhardaoa dr fraah brow a helen strickland mar brown beraadette llawkiaa rath bryant aad i c pachaa — critarioa pheato hud sec’y says teeth needed in housing law proposed changes could strengthen impact of fair housing law housing and urban development secretary patris-ta robert harris urged congress to ms the fair housing amend mania art of 19.9 saying the proposed changes in title vi ft l the civil right art of mm - known a the federal fair housing law — will strengthen significantly the impact of that law in testimony before the senate subcommittee on constitution of the com ****** on the judiciary secretary harris said tha federal housing law was enacted to reflect tha commitment of our gov ernmont to the elimination of barriers to equal ftp portunity in housing unfortunately it la a law without teeth the law as currently constituted identifies and prohibits most forms of discrimination in housing however she said it does not provide tha govern ment with the tools neces sary to address such discrimination effectively or to enforce the prohibi tion against it it is no recent discov err the secretary said that conciliation alone without additional ma chinery to back it up whan it proves inadequate ia scarcely a remedy at all fair housing enforce ment by hud she went on to say is arm by invitation and whan s respondent doesn't accept our invitation the a grievthl pais hftftgoqj the i'te '..!< m . she aaid has a ii,*iu i the tii.i i iuacv nl the present law in his state nl the union megsage the president referied to the law's weakness and char bactertxed i an viii as largely an empty itrnmise because til the lath i an adetiuate enforcement mechanism i ■" here today she told th mil i a-on ii in ii to reinforce that commit ment the ' si housing amendments art 8,ft061 if enacted will fulfill the promise of title ml by providing significant en forcement totals now un available to hud to the dept of juetke and to the private litigant 8.600 would provide hud comprehensive awl ministrative enforcement authority to stop violations and to punish violators through temporary injunc lion cease ana desist orders and assessment of substantial penalties the authority i order temporary rebel before final disposition of * charge said the secretary will be particularly useful to assure that a dwelling la a controversy remain s available to the aggreived parson while his complaint is being heard additionally the pro mlhh(tl\lm,|*tt kemp says answer to inflation is to stop devaluing the dollar wash — congress man jack kemp h-ny charged that the adminls i s mma.m fwlnu if t j red that the adminie ■ la inducting a witch-hunt far business profits which will be kin ally a disastrous a its attempt to hold down real wage president carter's advisers are ailing for carte tan excessive pro fits when the u s dept of commerce figures show thsi retained esmings in 1978 f actually fell more than it's in real term of 1977 kemp said in a house speech if there i anything to be alarmed about in the fight against inflation it s th fart that the profit glft-ili fur capital forma uon - reinvestment to mate oh improve pro ductivity increase output tad raise our real standard f living - dropped 17 in * single year kemp vented kemp was responding ta sasflrtlona by adminis tration official that profit mcresses in the fourth tfawler of vfig ware massive and should fie curbed the administration is tanned over the fact that r honk profits rose • in the last quart of vm saying that if this mm was kept up all year wo would have in tied 44,8 kemp said but they didn't according to the com merce dept profit in creased 18 in 1978 before uses inflation and distribution of dividends lie ssid out of 1202.1 billion in >**.* profits 21 was mm illusion caused by inflation and our outdated tag laws — paper profits on inventory appreciation and understatement of capital consumption out of what was left taxes took 63 and dividend pay ments another 11 kemp said in other words busi nesses only retained 13 of their book profits and that mm billion was 7 lower than in 1977 i 17.1 lower after at a hunting for the dollar decline in value kemp said tha admini.stnation is deliberately irving 1 slow down the economy a it anwer to inflation '^ kemp declared he said the answer to inflation is not to blame business far trying to make profits or workers for trying to earn wage the way us stop inflation is to get the government to stop devaluing the dollar by excessively inflating the money supply rochester-criterion minister of the week othkstfr - team iw*t mantes pastor pi temple first *** church 1 psrseli **»-. rochester s v j d*d her traditional ™* «** plunged into the ****** field with a hprate<i antr-reat an l«"chesti 9 sr s ffl rev manley vaew the number of blacks in the ghetto confined in hopelessness and despair a having increased not ing however that blacks have made some gains in the political and various occupational fields ska adds that the masses of blacks have benefitted from the economic struc ture of the church the manley temple first born church has put into action the funda mental directives of christian ethics to feed the hungry to clothe the naked to offer shelter to the homeless to heal the rick and to comfort the grieved and the da tressed such orogtram has lead to an increased number of committed fol follower who began us thomas b hall 66 of to hamlin rd . died v inrz mam fy services held for thomas b hall sr spread the good new in the rochester area rev manley's message to christians a that they must make greater com mitments and efforts to help change and improve the circumstances of the wretched and outcast of this earth the churches of the land and especially the black churches of rochester might wall emulate the commit of manias temple w_w—am——_____mr________m march 27 1979 in dea coness hospital following a brief illness a mass of christian burial was held for mr hall at a frances de sales church friday march 30th mr hall retired in 1977 as an inspector at the harrison radiator division after 2-1 rears with general motors the hall family mover to buffalo from richmond va . while he was an infant he era the first met graduate "' sacred heart school was a graduate of foadick-mas ten high school and he also attended shaw uni versity in relei-rh _ c he was an army cor poral during world war ii and * member of the jesse clipper post amen can legion active an '*••** i lajt and ymca activitiea mr hall recalls d recognition for hi youth activities the ymca of buffalo and erie county presented him with its friend of youth award in 1977 he also received the m**ti-r boys club award thomas hill int’l masons to hold 8th annual ball the l.'tecuttv board of dtractor ail international masons and 0 i s will ba holding then eirhth an mmml hall on saturday april 7th h p.m at th eiarutiv inn 4243 gene ane -« the program for lb evening include a v«*ry fine dinner the ana 13*1 aapeajiea will be the s.g.m tie mathews of nia gar alls n y.j with music provided by on of buffalo *. i ana a.i * disco's the public is cordially iiasiii-al to hill-mi this ill,ui a t.vliil etenui is in store for you for more iiil.niii.itia.il t'tnlecl mi-wit imanaitt |\ watts ,* chairman itnlwn hawkins co-chnnman mill hufu h.asa l.-s pro gram chairman kufus brantley robert hawkins st m t.mhti.l mathews blue shield elected officials reviewed plan at its annua mooting msrch 28th blua shield of w.n.y inc lacteal dt rectors and officers and tests*wed th 197*1 opera tint of th not for profit health insurance plan john t mansa.ia hint shield president ssid i*j7k was the most important year in the history of our plan the decision by the federal government's medicare bureau to combine tt upstate new york coun ties into a single adminis trative unit for their medicare b prugrsm ant tin series of events that letl t-a blue shield of w.n.y being chosen to sdminister the medicare iii i mill-1 plan build convention to convene april 20-22 tha wart fadarauoa build will hold a 13th annual convention april 20-23 at tha buffalo convention center tha key richard i pord • past build president will return from california to officially open this year convention other past presidents returning to take an active role in the convention are rev 8 prank emmanuel and rev andrew whitted . the rev milton a william will be the permanent chairman of lha convention also current president rev charlie 11 fisher 01 will be stepping down after a commemorabla two-year term as the youngest president of the build organization scheduled events dur ing the convention include the president's breakfast at 0.00 a.m saturday morning workshops from 10 a.m to 3 p.m the annual business meeting installation of new off cers a convention hall and on sunday april 22nd a gdancai concert this year the league of women voters stall be conducting the election of officers to take place from 11:30 a.m us 6:30 p.m at the build town hall on saturday april 21st during the weeks of april 10-19 the district repre tentative trill be meeting to hear all candidates seeking office members in the midst of campaign ing although the deadline far persons to register to be eligible to vote trill be april u during the convention build of western new york aad other corpaara taions win b announced to the public according to mr fi*her asrsisaijaai of build the organixatx-n is still moving on use bottle is aron and *** are winning the war the build organization aa acronym far build l'tufty independence liaberty wwam dignity began in v,**a when soma buffalo at tens concerned » public issues relating to tha black community received ma riatanca from tha indus trial areas rotiwatatiiaal 1 a.f.i than headed by saul alinsky build consists of tear wots.il nigssiisstiiiai with mora than 1,000 members and haa earned the reputa tion a the moat radical outspoken ami moat un predictable black farce in the city of buffalo fan major accomplish ments during build's first ii years in operation are • build was able to secure the build acad emy after many attacks on the buffalo public school system '• the skills assessment center was opened to recruit counsel evaluate and refer minorities to construction industry training and employment • the 1973 build gamed ownership of new skate land and opened the build half-way house for inmates on work release build mr fisher said has proven to be an organization of survivors fat survival and will continued to survive rochester nanbpw to cite leaders ruchestkry •>*- annual h-a-hs-satf t m valley ctai of the sat'l a*aor td ne^to i '* - - & l '•--.. uumc-ra club list hstrtor t-taiununits bu nr and ;•••-....--..: i gavia r3 at '.-"* .-' strftaumer truth awartl crletiratwn this year's rrtarbratiann will tie a luncheon held on april 7th at i*a parts house 356 buffalo rd ril aan at ami mas be mad by contacting mrs gloria hudsheatan ■ m \ or ihe club president mr betty m ' art-t.-asatfi 473.3 a the award are sn-our-ser truth - ellen ntubb bustnem yetta gamsurt professional hppspui mcdowell man of tabs year • david hutkueston community ia.,3 . mac ller.r'r r s appreciation • june tsylor other swards are presented as well as a scholar abas to an ares youth the highlight of the *•-.., in the sojourn er truth award presenta tion h is tradkktnally ffiven to * woman whose life paraliaa that of the club patron sojourner truth -***** kaarrttsssa fageewtlve director of the national conference of black mayor fncbmi and mayor menard jackson atlanta's top city official meet to discuss plana far ncbm * up-coming fifth towel convention which will be held in atlanta april 19 21 mayor jackson is the former chairman of the board of director of ncbm ncbm convention slated atlanta - mayor maynard jackson and the * city of atlanta trill host the fifth annual convention of the national conference of black mayors ncbm april 19-21 at the share ton - atlanta hotel the convention theme municipal development v priority for 1980 sets the stage for a wealth of informsttve convention workshops with many top level business and political leaders ncbm presi dent richard hatcher mayor of gary ind will open the convention at the general session at 9 a.m on fri april 20 and welcome mr william pea cock director of inter governmental relations — united states dept of energy who is the guest sneaker for this occasion the fannie lou hamer freedom award is ache duled for presentation to he honorable a j cooper mayor of pri chard ala at the awards luncheon on the same day jam r singer secretary of the united states dept of energy ha been invited to be the speaker for the luncheon sat april 21 is another day of significant work shops featuring speakers from the united nations the dept of housing and urban development hud and the economic development administra tion u s dept of commerce the highlight of the day will be the tribute to a black american dinner award which will be presented posthumously to berry pop gordy sr and accepted by his son berry gordy jr yoruba announces fish fry & spaghetti dinner sale the yoruba found.at.ion in directed by lyalode vinni ajtjaye ax a mr vactona preston announces its annual fund raising fish fry sand spaghetti sale x be held friday april th at li glenwood aye 12 noon to » p.m dinner are 3 00 for deliveries phone hs6-2m2 or m-*v7aft ,„ edsarare the menu include rrtfd fish n*agh«-tti nth s*i*-e cole slaw kalian bread and carrot cake or spaghetti w-aih chili mack sauce tossed salad hahan bread and carrot cake the yoniba foundation in as pre worting to raaar fund for the maintaining of rt african fashion wort shop bew daily from 12 noon to ft pffl.it.ml jlenteood a until word is heard from *-** dept of heakh education and welfare n*g*rding the afrtran fa«ht«sn w'r>rti«kasfs's peo pts to be trr-apawirivnt.'srt into tb buffs fsit.i sa ba»s 3 via-t's ; ' ■> .. continued on page 7 i ontinucd osa p 2 j icnrttiniti'if tin !'.,.- «,( 1923 1979 criterion press and still the no 1 wny central cities largest press our office haa heea open every week of ever year ainre our eta*tear serving our rttmmanitie 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