Buffalo Criterion, 1979-02-28

              why's largest & only accredited minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation rochester niagara **>**. the buffalo criterion vol s3 - ■.<•, 9 wednesday february .• ~ march t ht *. *. iv - aatto m intern'l f&am masons held 5th convention with eastern stars district no.4 pas international fa am maaona and order of r^p"*#*bjwßt*w b*sar--^tytw.ii--ssg^jg)^^ity—-*y ej *- — e\ymj-'**mm m mmmmmf m ammmm baatara stars of district 4 recently held its nth annual raß itloa the ijiatrirt wee eslremely happy to have i ndance be state oread master bra roy t floyd of new york city and its state grant matron dt effle grant also of n.y.c the state head were received by district master bra willie bay pabaset and district matron sis patella coaway la this district there are four lodges aad twelve rßaptsra wader threw greet leadership lite district no * member thin of theroaelve aa no i la buffalo n v new york ***** aad - - - - a the world mm at*»>*_iwr-i saw vjrvr**-i thai event wa fal|pwed by a banquet at the sutler hilton hotel officers shown in the photo era mle conway dm n.i 4 sis sew miner adm no 4 sis mir j..r.«-ft q 8 no 4 hrr roy t floyd (. m n.y.n ray i.rimer 11 m . no 4 albert prince c.j.c.p and rufus rrantly p.d.m other brothers and bisters shown are from various lodges in th western new york area ( rttariaa ptwea founder's day guest speaker the great annua founder's day honoring or w e d isaac founder of th 8.t.u will be held at trinity baptist church 41 spruce st sunday march 11 at 3 p.m rse william buaton pastor of the antioch beptiet church will be the guest speaker mrs emma callahan la chairperson mrs flora h parker is general program chairperson rev joseph davis pastor all are invited to attend rev william 81/l«m>n defense spending and the budget 11/bavabdbuhtin * m 9m 4 m tm \^ m w memawii^§^mawm b_bt d 1 v : ■- ■ a v ... w»»»m t degan woritmg with the satwbp rights movement many tears ago i soon learned that the effective leader needs on apeciaqv important talent th ability to clearly identi real a oppoawd to imaginary — causes of social aama m fg9aaef and poli tical problems without this taker tor discernment it ia all too easy to waste precious time and re sourcaa fighting mirages while allowing the real enemy to slip try l this all con to mind because a liberal friend of mine recently asserted that president carter • proposed budget cuts era tied ilirectly to increase in defease spending every dollar spent by the pasta gag ha said comas from the education budget sift housing budget or the health care budget furthermore he noted that the united slates now vaww sow wuaeo mam bow apend mere on wvapona than every before if all this were true than the proper strategy for challenging president carter's austerity budget would be to attar military spending and call for transfer of a large portion of defense budget to social welfare programs at first fiance this seems like mmm m__i.**w bbßbw m\*e\*ammamw m-mt m attractive suggestion but bsfars adopting such a strategy we must answer a • key question are atkroasee la th defense budg th real reason for president carter'a pro pcesad cutbacks in social peedbc th answer i believe ia no whße b la certainly true that president carter austerity budget in cludes a increase la defense spending ovt>r and above the current inflation ra»ae aha six of th increase aad the magni tude af the current defense badgst hero been vastly exaggerated *" ♦** m^^**flh of assay people __ allow roe to i_u*trau my point according to my old friend president certer proposed defense budget haa increased saonaou*ry but upon checking the facta i discovered that the pro posed mctmmmi amount 4*o only 3 after accounting for inflation further more while thuirrbtag through a report from the congressional budget of flea i found that defense spending haa become a relatively minor eon ponent in terms of our overall economy back in 1068 for instance th military romsumed 44 oaage of every federal dollar in 1990 however it will consume 34 cant twelve years ago we spent 9.6 of our groaa national product on the military whereas in 1960 we will spend about 6 by contrast the soviet union currently spends between 11 and 13 of its gnp on military hard wars in pointing to these acta i am not saying that th mfeaea budget la incon sequential or too smalt rather i am arguing that b la highly dat genius — indeed suicidal - to ptonga into th fray over the budget with a warped eteer of basic realities sam th moat basic reality a i aaa tt la that president carter did not slash social spending in order to bolster the military he lullill social spending hecau ha sincerely be lieves that fiscal conserva tism ia the solution to oblation and economic inattbfiuy therefore a campaign against military pending wt directed against the mirage • peinido-problem while 7j ua ww the root cause — an antiquated farm of ace dept commander and president to make official visit new york stat com mander of the american lesion prank s oiaabra ad n.y.b president of the amer__n legion avai hey mrs peter aaa k maaasea will make their official vwt to erie county « set mar 3 at the ojorfao s m *** *>. s-a-ja dei wmmsi 111 a taatt menial dntner-dsace bri he held hi their honor starting st 6:30 p.m commander giambis of the town of tooawaada and president moejrwa of sayvtue n v . was elected at the annua department convention hew in syracuse on july 15 14/7 kemp blacks afl-cio's court challenge against wage & price controls wash - cong jack kemp haa aaafin of mad other mere-re td ciaajaniii arm fits a frtead of th court brief m support of th atl-cio s court dußaisge to a administration s er.fut-.e meni of wage aad pnea car—rota th afl-cio mmc t-aaae to stand a * bulwark against seteespu to bring about a iiiagiiaiii economy i have wired georga msaay that other concerned member of congress aad i intend to euppart hi union'a peas tion kemp said with con clarence j brown ib-ohioi dave stockman b-lasrh l lade williams r^otuol pea t^wlßw'^p r-lad.l i m*tßaß*i^^a*b^bw guyer r-ofeio mm baeeaasot r-cal } and ml whitehurst ir-v • and sen h has haa 10 ib pcs i laßveasa-saeted attorney to prepare art amicus curiae brief we are seeking bipartisan support of the afl-ck)*e challenge to what we consider an unconstitu tkmaj violation of the separation of powers be twesn c*3bgt sod the presi-e-t kemp said messy annouaced ra ce thai th afl-cio mm atm sua ._ m a h w«w b_*v 4__b mm cakw-m-^kamej th a_a*__*trat-bi s c tiry _**._ denying faowaj cotstracta to fcrt which tad to comply ah the ad-_nistr_ua wags and pnr program the a«__-_sttaijon'a wag aad price program attach th svmraorns not th cause of mfutioa tbe program is aimed aquareiy et labor tafia a—b is not caused try workers working or bu ckttng business th set that inflation is caaaed by rising wages and praps is like baying wet atreats cause rain kemp said biflatioa is the govern merit's failure or refusal to maintain the value of it currency inflation means tear la too much money created by the govern merit for the amount of goods produced ir fist ion cannot be cured by the grnrern rrftprtt making a scapegoat out of the workers who produce goods kemp said racism check-mates w.l jones br abdullah u mw an otiyi construction & e^uiamrni corn mem the birthright of walter l jonea sotae citixems feel onya construction is not doing the work that * l jonas bid on but it shows how racism systematkellv steals the hart-imfht of minorities it >. seal fag a passed a law as that all american could ahare the bounties as we a th respoxisibililies of c—iaenshtp in a country where the currency at not becked by gold wrvat or any other tangible mam the word of the govamment should be bond enough to tact the money of the united states is only backed by the word of the govern ment the government aaid that 10.4 of all government contract must be done by minority rorstratßor walter jones we the only minority contractor with enough gut to put this american lew to the test racism in the form of bonding i being owed to circumvent th law wfcaea with an inven tion can describe the concept to a bank and get millions of dollar so aa__________l the product sw*—*—a art proavtct minorities must either seal their idea to while or have them stolen white as hers with a story idee can go the bank and tret a loan to research and writ the story minorities get laughed out the building when 1 wan a boy we could go to the bank with 15.00 and get enough gold to make * wedding band and a pair id earring \* a young man couplea would lake money to the bank and exchange money for stiver then melt it into a ball inset egg today you'll get is day in jail trying to get something from the bank you would be charged for disturbing the peace congress said give minorities 4 but racism take the 10 and gives 4 to uncle toms and calls it justice black companies support insurance designed for less wealthy the organization that represents 37 black-owned ufa insurance companies has spoken out sharply in rapport of insurance de signed for lees wealthy families following several recent criticisms of that form of businexs black people fall pri manly into low income brackets below tlo,oof and they and southern whites are the principal buyer of home service or industrial life insurance atty j mason davis of birmingham president of the national insurance assoc , said if this form of insurance which is sold at the nor and collected at the home was not avail able millions of american families would be without means of meeting the cost associated with death davis said his statement waa prompted by the recent television program ia which three aissatined policyholders were inter viewed aad by a report prepared by a staff mem ber of the federal trade commission both at tacked the typically mod est policies sold and serviced at the home as being costly other insurance trade associa tion also defended home service insurance in the wake of these criticisms davis emphasized that there is no substitute insurance available far most of the low income people for whom its home service insurance was de signed as to heine costly davis said the price of labor involved in weekly or special education conference to be held at geneseo on march 9 & 10 the gerneseo chapter of the council for exception children will hold its 3rd annual special education conference at the geneaeo state college campus thi year s topic is coun seling workshops sad speak er will discuss such topics m therapy parental in volvement drug usage and the teacher as a counselor the sessions wiu be held in the oaneaeo state college student union the be-not speaker la dr robert stagle state program coordinator children and youth ser vices tennessee dept of mental health and re tardation speaking on the possible dream reaching and teaching the difficult child on friday march 9 there will be an awards dinner and disco dance in the ballroom of the gene see state college student union the price for the dinner and dance is 56.50 per person th dinner will begin at 6 p.m and dance at 10 p.m supt w l williams passes services ware held for the late superintendent walter lee william monday feb 5 1979 at the pentecostal temple church of god in christ rev george l harris officiated elder williams was born on july 15 1898 in river falls ala to mr and mrs morgan mary wil liams he married genevieve miller on jan 16 1916 and to this union one daughter ruby waa born she was the roy of then live until she passed away elder williams called to the ministry was ordained by the late bishop r r booker is madiaonville ky in hi early evangelistic years he became a well traveled minister carrying the gos pel throughout the south ern mid-western sad eastern states in 1046 elder william began pastoring the faith temple c.0.0.1.c 501 clinton st in buffalo he remained at that site until urban renewal cam through the arse and the church moved to it present location 480 hickory st this indeed was a very memorial event for tbe pastor and mem bers of faith tempi when the new church waa purchased it was don with the support of the assistant pastor elder george l harris dea cons trustees and loyal members sunt h'.'diam served in w.n.y for many years under the leadership of the lata bishop w h «*« man and mother maydie pa yum and continued with the present state leader bishop c m mccoy and mother fhsaheth walker as long as his health newwejierleewwtam society seeks to promote goodwill • new york - former manhattan borough pre sident percy sutton a leading figure in new york political circle haa been elected chairman of lb nigerian-american friendship society aa organization founded at 1977 to develop strong education cultural and business ties between the two nations th society widely diversified membership - including academic com mercial diplomat cult ural and gin si bails leaders from both coun tries — is planning ma first major nigeria american conference and exhibition to coincide with nigeria * transition to a civilian government ft will be bald in october 1979 at the new york hilton hotel fettcy sutton friendship to present concert the friendship baptist church will present it anniversary concert on sunday march 4 at 6 pea this affair will tab place in the sanctuary of the friendship baptist church located at 408 clinton st the program wiu as elude special guests th a jaa xm^mmmmmmmmejawmy choir and also the balis of st i.-hr the public is invited to attend this ***_■»**___. ■___■_____! affair please *—__■* in the general chair person of th event ,— ne'stwop m yew t*vvm •• robert vamer • tamtot mr rachel wake « miniate of musk wad ihiblicftv hatrvaeeaaa ii mrs shirley persoa raw v . t carles war la pastor defense spendino tcisaesiioapaastl i insurance — see page 7 elder williams 1 continued on page t j 1923 1979 criterion ft-ia-ft ft—rt c press and still the no 1 why central cities large »*••«*, our f_e has haea amem ***** ***** 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