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June 6-19
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“Annual Meeting
ACAP Presents Plans
New officers and newprograms were the
talk of the annual meeting of Albany Citizens
Against Poverty, Inc. Tuesday, June 4. In
addition to the election of new officers, plans
for the summer program were outlined by
Betty Jane Mayersohn. Mrs. Olivia Rorie
gave a report on the trip to "Resurrection
City,'' a film on teaching problems in Bed-
ford-Stuyvesant was shown, and a skit pre-
pared by the Junior Socialites was presented.
The AC A P summer program is to in-
clude athletic activities atthe Jewish Com-
munity Center and the two Y's, "arts and
skills instruction,'’ and camping and other
trips. The arts and skills program will be
held at the YWC A. Dramatics, sewing,
painting and musical instruments will be
some of the''courses" offered four nights a
week. Four week-end camping trips. are
planned,
happening in ''Resurrection City," the site
of the Poor People's Campaign. She spoke
of the people living there as "our troops in
the war on poverty," and stated that "it is
our job to support our troops." Mrs. Rorie
told the 100-odd persons present that the
residents of Resurrection City come from
all races and are living and working together
"like brothers and sisters.'' She plans to
go back and hopes to bring food and money
to keep up the campaign.
Brothers Headquarters
Provides New Services
The Brothers celebrated the opening of
a medical clinic, Wednesday, June 5, one .
of the new services which will be available
in their new building at 172 North Pearl St.
Over 25 families brought their children in
for examination the first night of the clinic.
In addition to the medical clinic, the
second floor of The Brothers' Headquarters
will house a legal service which will be
staffed by two fulltime law students and
several parttime lawyers. The opening of
this service will be announced shortly, ac-
cording to Leon Van Dyke. -
The Albany Liberator has moved from
Clinton Avenue to the third floor of the Pearl
St. building. The Liberator is open daily
to visits. Stories can be called in to
463-7788.
Schedules of allevents and services will
be printed in The Liberator. Call 465-3347
for questions on specific problems.
rs. Rorie spoke of the wonderful things ~~ ;
&
The Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, successor to Dr. Martin Luther King as
President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, leads a Memorial
Day Poor People's March.
Youth And Black Power Combined :
In Resurrection City Campaign
"Youth power to go on; black power to
. grow on."" These are the ingredients going
into Resurrection City and providing the na-
tion's poor people with a dream to build a
new life on.
"Those are our troops down there," said
Mrs. Olivia Rorie of the South End Neigh-
borhood Community Action Project.
The frustrations of America's black peo-
ple are coming out in positive action de-
signed to bring a definite end to poverty in
this country. Their numbers are swelled
by other minority groups, which for various
reasons, never have been able to focus at-
tention on their plight.
Now it's finally happening. Black power
leading to soul power, buoyed by youth
power.
Mrs. Rorie was one of 30 Albany resi-
dents who joined the Poor People's Cam-
paign to participate in limited Memorial
Day activities.
She will be one of hundreds of Albany
area residents who will participate in the
June 19 mass-in in the nation's capital.
A number of organizations will join
forces in an effort to make the Albany de-
legation as large as possible. A cam-
paign is also under way to raise money,
food, clothing and equipment to bring to the ©
tenants of Resurrection City.
By that time perhaps there may be con-
siderably more than the present estimated
population of 3,000 inhabitants.
What Mrs. Rorie and her companions saw
on Memorial Day were some 400 A-shaped
wooden tents, some plugged, some draped
by plastic strips to reduce the effects of
heavy rains. Larger shanties served as a
"city hall," a clothing center, an orienta-
tion-recreation facility, the city council
meeting room, a communications center
and sanitary facilities.
The community does not have enough
board walks to keep one's feet dry and free
of the mud which goes on a rampage every
time it rains.
They have set up the community between
the Lincoln and Washington Monuments.
Between the two massive structures thrives
spirit and determination. The hard core
Continued on Page 8
Sa
emands Are Rights
s a threat, Mayor Corning showed how far
Black community.
is obvious to almost everyone except
esteemed mayor that some minimum
ogram is necessary to break the patterns
cism and oppression which exist in this
| other cities.
We must first show the people of Albany
that thesedemands are reasonable and long
overdue. We must then continue to demand
changes we feel necessary. We can be-
by attending the NAACP meeting, Tues-
ay June 11 to plan further steps. Or we
ean continue to work through the Brothers
id other community organizations to press
.e city for what is rightfully ours.
; ese” men,
In the face of | a domestic crisis propor-
galizes police murders and makes it il-
egal to resist an illegal arrest or assault
"ya cop. Loyalty oaths and incitement to
yreak the law became panaceas for the Le-
sislature, so that it would not have to look
it the real problems.
_ Further, the bills which seem to help the
oor and oppressed turn out to be either
vorthless or really fat handouts to business-
nen. The ghetto insurance bill, for ex-
umple, is probably not too complicated to
set up; but apparently the bill does not give
out enough profits because insurance com-
sanies still haven't figured out how it will
And Rocky's urban redevelopment pro-
gram looks more like an extra pension for
he businessmen who will serve on the Ur-
xan Development Corporation than a pro-
gram to solve the problems of slums and
doverty.
_ What is lacking in this legislature is re-
‘resentation of the 15% Black people of this
state and the 30% poor people. A restora-
ion of Medicaid anda bill of rights for wel-
nands of representatives. -of the people.
2 Albany Liberator
y taking the 67 demands of the NAACP —
re yhe is fromthe poor of Albany and from |
New Party’s First Convention
by Sam McDowell
The Freedom and Peace Party had its
first convention on June | and 2. The guest
speakers included Sam McDowell, Ossie
Davis andothers. The convention started at
about noon Saturday at the Hotel Diplomat :
in New York City. The crowd was large and
seemed to be most concerned with the pro-
blems existing in America today.
Tomy knowledge, the whites and Blacks
there are just a few of the people who want
to stand up in this country and see it
‘changed. As I approached the Hotel Dip-
‘lomat, I was met by Blyder Jackson of the
Black Caucus. Blyder Jackson directed me
to the roof after I signed in downstairs.
Upstairs, there was a caucus going on,
representing all the Black Power organi-
zations present.
First I met John Wilson from SNCC.
John and I had a friendly chat. A few Black
brothers shook hands and we went into the
meeting where we discussed what the new
party stands for. We opened with the con-
vention rules and the preamble, and then
the meeting of the Freedom and Peace Party
of New York State started off with a dis-
cussion of Vietnam. The posers talked
‘about the white man oppressing the dark >
races around the world. The war in Viet-
namisa racist war. They spoke of how the
white man wants Blacks to think that we are
oppressing the Vietnamese. One ofthe Black
Brothers stood up and said: 'We haven't
done a damn thing to the Vietnamese people
It's the damn whites, and we want to clear
the facts that we Blacks condemn the war
because we feel that America is out of its
damn place."
We spoke of health and how the medical —
establishment has failed to do its job to pro-
vide poor people with the right medical care,
This is one reason why Blacks die earlie
than whites. This is becuase of imperisliam
and racism, two ofthethings that the white
stand for.
While I was in the meeting, I felt that
the Freedom and Peace Party would hel
remove things that the racist Democrati
Party never tried to do a damn thing about
Ifeel that you need people in there who hav
respect for the feeling of the Blacks today.
Iwill support the Freedom and Peace Party
and any other Partythat stands up and helps
my Reopic in our struggle.
he "willingly" died, Idowrite. The leaders’
response was outrageous: they couldn't care
less, yet they were seen at the funeral. He
only asked for freedom and justice for all of
"God's children, '' which are, he so plainly
stated, the rightful inheritance of the rich
and the poor. He was like the prophets of
old sent by God to warn the people of evils
that plagued their land and who, in the face
of threats, persecution, and finally death,
did not fail to speak out, thereby fulfilling
God's calling. This manwas Dr. Martin
Luther King. Let us not disgrace his name
by allowing the oppression of the poor to go
on. :
Here in New York State the poor are op-
pressed more each day. ''Taxes'' seems to
be the password. We are taxed and over-
taxed, the worst in the U. S., the record
shows. Taxes on cars, utilities, and pro-
perty are high and will go higher under the
present governor of this state. New jobs
for twenty and thirty thousand a year are
opening for white collars to do nothing, and
who's going to pay them? The taxpayers
_ Letter Writer Chastises Governor
se, although some of us car
3 ant ‘aloaf of bread. 2
Let us not be decaived again! The scheme
is to drive the poor from N.Y. State, and i
is being accomplished. Is there any hope
left? Let us not let thatdeceiving smile con
vince us again. There are those who do not
read papers or know who the instigator is,
but they feel the pressure, too. Let us not
put this present governor into public office
again. It should be that honest tabulators
give the results of the votes, but the tabu-
lators arepaid tolie. For a few dimes they
say, "he won," when in fact he did not.
The scheme has its effect also at the
Garden Hospital. Some people were told
that the State was taking them out for a little
drive. Ateach home between Lark an
Eagle Streets off of State Street, the souls
were packed into the State cars and carried
to the Garden Hospital, where their propert
was taken and they were "detained." These
were very old people who had brought up
four generations in their homes.
Wetrust that our leaders can bring thes
facts before the people and let them decide.
Let us not be deceived again!
| --Concerned Citizen
are recipients might. be the minimum de-....,
ge | have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true
meaning of its creed. We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men
are created equal. "'
icone
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Editorial Staff -- Robert Gene Dobbs,
Peter Jones, Sam McDowell, Clarence
Newton, Peter Pollak, Leon Van Dyke,
and Gordon Van Ness.
member of Liberation News Service
and Aframerican News Service
T.A.M.
The Albany branch of the NAACP seems
to have changedits attitude as suggested by
its 67 demands to the Mayor. Is this change
due to pressure from other community
groups or does the NAACP realize its true
responsibility to the people?
The fact remains that it is demanding that
certain changes be made now. For example,
it wants: more black teachers and black ad--
ministrators, the use of multi-racial text-
books at all grade levels, stronger Parent-
teacher associations, human _ relations
courses for all policemen, more black po-
licemen and firemen, enforcement of all
traffic laws in the city, all streets cleaned
at least once a week, and enforcement of all
housing codes.
These are just a few of the demands the
NAACP wants and that the people of Albany
Need, 4.2%:
The people of the ghetto areas in Albany,
by Gordon Van Ness
after reading the 67 demands of the NAACP,
should realize that these demands repre-
sent their problems. In order to pressure
the city of Albany into fulfillment of these
goals, the people of Albany must truly sup-
port the NAACP, They can do this by con-
tacting the NAACP or other community ac-
tion groups, thus adding to their man-
power; or they can writethe mayor or other
city officials and directly ask that these de-
mands be met,
If the city of Albany is truly committed
to the dreams of Martin Luther King, then
it surely must meet these demands. But it
is up to the people of Albany to help the
NAACP to get these demands.
(Note: The Liberator will print letters to
‘the editor supporting the 67 demands and
other demands on the present officials of
Albany - Ed.)
Man on the Street
On Thursday, May 23, Brother Robert
Gene Dobbs questioned residents of Arbor
Hill on the Job Fair which was held in Al-.
bany, April 26 and 27. None of those ques-
‘tioned had received jobs at the Job Fair.
Several people knew of persons who had re-
‘ceived jobs, although most seemed to be
girls.
Both Roger Tiddeman and Turon Timmons
(above left) said they filled out applications
but have not heard from any of the employers.
Larry Miller (above right), who also at-
tended, said he did not get a job, although
he filled out applications.
Ronald Stratton (below left) did not go to
the Job Fair. When Dobbs asked him whether
he knew of anyone who had gotten a job, he
replied, "No." Bill Pennick (below right)
went to the Job Fair to look around, but not
to get a job. He said that he did not know
anyone who had found a job.
One of the persons questioned was only
offered a job as a messenger boy. He re-
fused it. Dobbs concluded that despite the
- amount of publicity, no real opportunity was
available for people to escape poverty level
wages.
Gibson Acquitted
Of Vigil Charges
"I'm happy; but I'm still mad; becaus
the arrest was illegal, "said Brother Willia
Gibson after he was acquitted May 17:
charges of "obstructing" and resisting a)
rest. ''The police story was entirely fabr
cated, '' Gibson stated.
Brother Gibson had been arrested Apy
5, after an all-night vigil held the night
the assassination of Martin Luther King
Academy Park. The charge of 'obstructirz
the administration of government" we
based on an accusation that he placed a sis
on a prowl car, reading ''King Died Fo
Non-Violence/Did You Leave Us A Choice?
Defense Attorney George Harder showe
during the trial that the sign which Gibsc
was supposed to have attached to the ca
door had neither tape nor glue nor an
means by which it could have been attache
Gibson had been held on $1000 bail fo
thetwo misdemeanors. It was the third ar
rest and third acquital for Gibson since h
joined the Brothers. An all-white, all mal
jury returned the verdict after a two da
trial. :
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A County Health Center should be more
than merely available; it should be readily
accessible.
And, according to Albany County's Com-
missioner of the Department of Health, Dr.
John J.A. Lyons, the new County Health
Center is “within walking distance for
13,000 people."' It is located in Albany's
South End, at the intersection of South Ferry
and Green Street.
A health center should alsodo more than
provide the best medical facilities that
science has to offer. ''The key to providing
good health is often maintaining quality re-
cords,'' said Dr. Lyons. Records are cri-
tical in pointing out what's been done for an
individual.
Much of the work of the center is ''para-
medical,'' continued the commissioner. In
other words the work of the center goes be-
yond testing for various diseases, immuni-
zation, and chest X-rays, although it does
that too. The work of the center includes
social counseling as well.
The new center has been open since
March, and is part of a complex that will
include a shopping center and other facili-
ties, tobe called the South End Pearl Plaza.
The overriding aim of the center is to
provide preventive and diagnostic services,
explained Dr. Lyons. Thus the new ser-
vice supplements the medical services pro-
vided. by area hospitals and clinics.
os a seb oaue is maintained for
‘branches in Cohoes, Watervliet, Ravena
and in Arbor Hill. Those services include
V.A. Hospital Discussed in
Most people think that the Albany V.A.
Yospitalis about the best placeto work, and
o some degree this is the truth. However,
this hospital has a big problem but doesn't
recognize it. Or they are not ready to face
it.
This is agovernmentrun hospital and as
such is trying to pay better wages than other
hospitals in this area. Butpeople don't stay,
even with the high wages they pay. This is
due to many reasons. Here are just a few
of them. :
Blacks make up better than 85% of the
Nursing Service Department and about 80%
of the Kitchen Staff. In the Nursing Service
alone, there are about twelve black nurses.
and about 125 black nurses' aides, yet there
has never been a black supervisor of any
kind on the V. A.'s nursing staff. Why?
There has never been a black head nurse.
Why? They do, however, have some super-
visors in the Dietetic Service.
The present nursing and kitchen admin-
istrators are not aware of the problem of
the V. A. 's black employees, nor do they
_ truly represent them. They are only geared
to understand one problem, that a hospital
has to be kept running. However, in order
4 Albany Liberator
County Health Center
| y of the various vices provided by —
the County Health Department and its
“Teresa Gamble of 8 Myrtle Ave. :
looks on.
temporarily at the new health center in the South End.
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Opens in South End
Albany, receives her baby shot as her niother
The immunization is given by Dr. Roy Shaffer of the State Health Dept. ,
chest X-ray, diabetic screening, immuni-
zation, and orthodontic and orthopedic cli-
nics. Schedules are posted, and can be ob-
tained at the center.
A staff of some 40 nurses is available
forhome care. Last year they made "about
12,000" home visits.
The County Health Department is still
| experiencing a shortage of staff personnel, |
though with the addition of five dentists, as
many as 120-130 physicians are contributing
their services. ._The only fulltime medical
doctors on the staff are Dr. Lyons and De-
puty Commissioner, Dr. John E, Gainor,
The budget for this year is $1.5 million,
to be financed by state and county moneys,
Eventually the federal government will par= ~~
ticipate.
Dr. Lyons explained that services will
be expanded at the new center to provide”
increased services for persons who fall be=3 *
tween the very young and the very old.
"We're trying to reach those who don't :
qualify for Medicare or Medicaid," Dr. ~
Lyons added. To do that, the center hopes __
to expand and increase its services.
to do this, they must understand more than
that. They are dealing with two kinds of
people: the patient and the employee. What
is of concern here is the problem of the
employee.
There appears tobe race discrimination
interms of employee benefits; that is, black
employees have more problems in taking
sick and annual leave. There also appears
to be discrimination in promotion practices;
there are few blacks intechnical positions.
With this in mind, it is easy to see why
there is a strong feeling of tension and why
the V.A. has alarge turnover of employees.
The V.A. Administration's attitude to-
Letter
ward the working personel is a poor one.
The working person (mostly blacks) is not
thought to be a responsible person, to have :
intelligence, or to be able to endure pro-
blems. Whites are a minority but tend to
feel superior to Negroes.
The main reason that most Negroes get
job promotions is to prove that there is no
discrimination in the hosptial. The promo=
- tions are jobs that most white people don't
want.
It is time that the Albany V.A. Hospital
changes its present attitude and gives black
people better jobs and jobs with some author-
ity.
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Stamps For snccl old Hustle Just Won't Work
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee has asked support for a nation-
wide trading stamps drive through which it
hopes to equip its Atlanta, Ga., garage.
SNCC has recently been able to obtain,
through redeeming such stamps, three
mini-buses as well as several battery
chargers, and tire-changing, wheel-bal-
ancing and other equipment which enables it
to keep its cars operational.
All kinds of trading stamps can be used,
SNCC says, but most helpful are S&H
Green, Blue Chip, Top Value, Holden Red
and Gold Bond. It asks that stamps be sent
to Marin County Friends of SNCC, P.O.
Box 210, Mill Valley, Cal. 94941.
Spock and Mrs. King
Chosen by New Party
The Freedom and Peace Party of New
York State, on June 2, nominated Benjamin
Spock, Coretta King and Herman Ferguson
to run for President, Vice President and
U.S. Senator. |
Benjamin Spock, world renowned baby
doctor, is currently on trial for charges of
"conspiracy to aid and abet'' draft resistance
and refusal. —
Coretta King, the widow of the Rev. Dr.
Martin Luther King, is a member of the
Executive Boards of the S: the
Leadership Conference the Wc
International League for Peace ‘and Free
dom.
Herman Ferguson, a local leader in the
Black liberation struggle, particularly ac-
tive in the fight for community control of
schools, faces 63 years imprisonment for
alleged "incitement to criminal anarchy."
Mr. Ferguson, former administrator of the
IS 201 governing board in New York City is
the recipient of the First Annual Malcolm X
Brotherhood Award for his efforts in behalf
of the Black Freedom movement.
The nomination of candidates was by ac-
clamation of the 327 votingdelegates, Black
and white, present at the founding convention
of the Freedom and Peace Party.
tion climaxed a weekend of activity which
included adoption of a platform and formal
structure.
Candidates will seek positions on the
ballot this November on the Freedom and
Peace tine.
State University
Of New York
Troy
Washington & Front. Sts.
Telephone _ 273-1200
The ac- __
Albany
80 Central Avenue
Telephone 462-6516
On nationwide TV recently cracker bar-
rel philosopher Eric Hoffer proudly pro-
claimed that the Negro was "proving" him-
self in Vietnam--"earning a place in our
democracy."
Afro - Americans have been "proving"
themselves since the American Revolution-
ary War. Whenever the white man needed a
job done that was too big or too dirty for
him to dig it, he called on the black man.
Before World War II, black men were
not taken into the armed forces. If they got
inatallitwasas a cook. Factory jobs were
not to be had. But when the U.S. needed
manpower for their factories and armies to
win the war, Afro-Americans were called
into the ranks.
Like Malcolm said: "Uncle Sam only lets
the black man take a step forward when he
himself had his back to the wall."
Today in Vietnam the burden of fighting
falls largely on black men and poor whites.
Those who profit from the war, those who
are keeping one of the world's richest raw-
material countries from its people, are not
fighting it. The men who run America's 400
principle corporations which control 60% of
the world's natural resources are not doing
the fighting.
Industrialists who want "underdeveloped"
countries to stay under the Fascist dictators
the U.S. supports so that raw materials can |
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leader of a white motoreyele eee: 1
He said: "You know, 2
my stomach to be someplace and
well~ dressed dude ask me if T've Ss
a patriotic young boy. i What does | : h |
He wasn't there. That war is not
anybody free, I know. It's to keep
him rich! The ex-G.I. added: '
college kids pointing a finger at.
friends calling us filthy murdere
sick too. be don't know what
either."
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ucation, the cops" club, the A 0=0e
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But things are changing. - ne old
doesn't work any more. _Pper white
Southern Education Conference = Bulletin
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Four black stu-
dents who spent seven weeks in jail because
police were unable to solve a murder have
- been released on bail.
The young men were arrested on unre-
lated charges after A.J. Boruff, a white
cab driver, was found slain on the campus
of Knoxville College. This followed a pro-
test demonstration against the arrest of one
of the students. _
Police apparently investigated the slay-
ing under the theory that a student did the
killing. Capt. Bernard Waggoner, chief of
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Pete Tigner, Gary Reel: ae
sing marijuana.
Every time friends raised auonge no
to post bond for them, the amount of
was raised by officials. The four we
kept in jail from March to May.
Tigner, Keel, and Scott won a mist
when arraigned in Criminal Court. Allw
then freed under bond. No date has be
for a new trial, and the whole matter
be dropped by authorities. =
A defense committee headed by Cu
Johnson aroused local and nationwide
tests against treatment of the stu
They were aided in this by the St
Committee Against Repression (SCAR),
Law Center for Constitutional Rights,
the Southern Conference Educational
(SCEF).
Employment Service
aoe you need a job or want job training?
_ Have you tried the New York State Employ-
ment Service? In Albany call GR4-4293
ask for Henry Bryant. In Troy call 274-
_ 0800 and ask for Brian McCarthy.
Male Fashion Show
_ An all male fashion show will be held
Sunday, June 9 at the Petit Paris Restau-
- rant, 1060 Madison Ave., at 5pm. The
_ program is sponsored by the Mrs. Club.
_ Mrs. Gladys Underdue is acting chairman
_ of the club. Mrs. Jodye Holmes will act as
_ commentator at the show.
ACTION Meets
ACTION, the new community organiza-
tion of the South End, will discuss plans for
arecreation building for the summer with
_ Irving Kirsch of Albert and Kirsch Realtors
of Troy, at their next meeting, Tuesday,
June 11. For information on time and lo-
_ cation, contact Mrs. Hood, 465-9912.
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Children’s Nature Course
The New York State Museum and Science
Service will conduct its second summer pro-
gram of General Nature Study for 5th through
8th grade children.
The course will be held from 9:00-11:00
a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays from July
9to August 2. To enroll in the course, send
the name of your child, with your address,
and telephone number and the grade he is
attending to: Museum Education Office,
N.Y. State Museum and Science Service,
Albany, N.Y. 12224, or call 474-5843.
Museum Films
Free movies on nature and history will
be shown at the New York State Museum in
the Education Building every Monday through
Friday at 11:00 a.m. and3:00p. m. through-
out July and August. The films being shown
July 1- 5 are "Seal Island," and "Oregon
Tratic"
“For poverty to go, the ghetto prison must 90,
for segregation to go, the ghetto walls must gol”
Senator McCarthy calls for an
OPEN AMERICA
THE RIGHT TO A LIVABLE LIFE.
THE RIGHT TO A DECENT JOB.
THE RIGHT TO A DECENT HOUSE.
THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE HEALTH CARE,
THE RIGHT TO FULL EDUCATION AND JOB TRAINING.
TO TAKE PART IN MAKING
THE DECISIONS THAT MAKE ONE'S LIFE.
Ralph Boyd
Pee EUGENE McCARTHY
YOU CAN VOTE FOR GENE McCARTHY ON JUNE 18th
(N.Y. STATE PRIMARY) BY ELECTING McCARTHY PLEDGED
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§ With primary time hard upon us, it seems
| a good time to discuss some questions that
| may arise.
What is a Primary Election?
It is a''party" election--that is, achance
: for the voters enrolled in a political party
3 (Republican, Democrat, Liberal or Conser-
k vative) to have a voice in who runs the
party.
; There are two state committee members
' chosen from each Assembly district. When
_there is a contest for these positions the fi-
nal selection is made by the voters in the
primary. The Committee Members in turn
select state-wide candidates for office--
Governor, Senator, Congressman. Candi-
dates can also be places on the primary
ballot by petition. In this case the final se-_
' lection of the candidate to run on theparty's
| ticket in November is made by the voters at
| the primary.
Do! have a say in who is running on my
party's ticket for President?
_ Also selected in the primary electionare
ree delegates from each Assembly dis-
trict to the National Convention. In New
| indicate which candidate they are support-
ing. The ballots will lump the delegate-can-
didates in groups of three; each group for
one specific presidential candidate. You
will have an option of voting for an entire
' three- -man slate or for any one of the three
: | people on any slate. It is up to the voter to
| know ahead of time what the delegate's pre-
| ference is.
4 There are blanks provided for writing in
| your own candidates if you have a special
| preference.
| Is there acontest this year for Senator and/
or Congressman?
a Yes. On the Republican and Democratic
| ballots will be the delegates for the presi-
| dential nominating conventions. In addition,
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Committee Against Repression
Demands Amnesty For Prisoners
Southern Education Conference Fund Bulletin
May 13 -- The:
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.,
Steering Committee Against Repression
(SCAR), an informal working coalition of
civil-rights and peace groups from through-
out the South, met here and drafted a set of
demands to be presented to the federal gov-
ernment,
SCAR asked leaders of the Poor People's
Campaign to present these demands along
with others from poor people throughout the
nation. The demands are:
"We call upon the federal government to
end repression of people and groups invol-
ved in the struggle for social change. To-
ward this end, we demand that the following |
first steps be taken immediately:
1. "Amnesty be granted to all political
three men are running for Senator on the
Democratic ballot (Eugene Nickerson, Paul
O'Dwyer and Joseph Resnick).
The Conservatives have two contestants
for US Congressman and the Liberal Party
_ has two men running for senatorial nomin-
ation (Jacob Javitts and Murray Baron).
What is meant when itis said that New York
State has a ''closed primary system?"
It means only enrolled party members
can vote in the party's election. You enroll |
in a party when you filled out your perman-
ent personal registration for
York State there is nothing on the ballot. se Sala Sales.
day.
I'd like to change my party enrollment be-
fore the primary. Is that possible?
Only by personally going to the Board of
Elections office before June 8th and so re-
questing. Your registration will then be
changed as you request.
But I haven't registered yet. Is there still
time?
If you register before June 8th you will
be eligible to vote in the primaries.
If you register after that date you may
not vote in the primary, but you'll be set
for the November Election!
I hear about other political parties in the
state, but I can enroll in only one of the
four -- Republican, Democrat, Liberal or
Conservative. Why can't I enroll in any o-
ther? :
A political party to be recognized by the
State of New York must have polled at least
50,000 votes in the previous gubernatorial
election. Another party can be put on the
November ballot by special petition, but it
does not have primaries.
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.year's uprisings and this year's rebellions:
hich cues i they choose’ on steer: 3
- -has been initiated. The city has announced
for recreational activities. $95,100 will be
prisoners --including black militant lead- %
ers, draft resisters, and other anti-war .
activists, and all facse arrested in last
following the murder of Dr. Martin Luther
oe Jr. ,
. "An end to the denial of bail and ihe
ak of high bonds in cases involving dis—
senters; instead, the establishment of anew
uniform bail system--not based on money
but Fae on people.
3. "The abolition of the House Un-Amer-
ican Activities Committee (HUAC); the Sen-
ate Internal Security Subcommittee (the
Eastland Committee); the Senate Permanent
Investigations Subcommittee (the McClellan
Committee), and all other inquisitorial gov—
ernment bodies, state as well as federal.
4, ''The repeal of all current repressive
legislation such as the McCarran Act and
the federal anti-riot statute, and the defeat _
of pending repressive legislation, particu- _
larly S. 2988 (the Eastland bill)." ete
The purpose of SCAR is to counter gov- _
ernmental attacks on thepeace andfreedom
movement with legal and political actionand —
educational campaigns.
Summer Recreation
places to look for it. A variety of pr jer
plans to build two portable swimming pools,
one in the South End, the other in Arbor
Hill. The total cost of the 26 by 40 foot
pools will be $60, 000. age
$247, 000 ($136,412 of which is provided ©
by the state)is being spent to renovate sev-
en Albany parks. The renovations and im-
provements include open playing fields, —
basketball and tennis courts, a spray pool, __
story-telling area, shuffleboard lanes, and Ay
shaded sitting areas. .
The Recreation Task Force of the Stim
mer Youth Program has outlined its plans
needed to finance their plans, which include
block parties, two dances a week, a teen
center, day camps, evening activities at the
Boys Club, and the like. $23,000 will be
provided by the federal government through ~
ACOI. The remainder will come either 2
from the city or the county Meg
Chest. 7
A somewhat unique project, in hak
youths themselves are taking part in the
planning and organizing, is being sponsored ae
by the South End Neighborhood Community
Action Program. A group of South End mer- —
chants, members of various community a-
gencies, and neighborhood teen-agers met >
recently to discuss the formation of ateen-
center, a place, as one boy explained, ~
"where we can go to let off steam, to play a
ping-pong, dance, plan trips and picnics, —
where we can get together ‘and have fun." _
Albany Liberator = 7
Gregory Demands
Presidential Briefing.
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 24 (LIBER-
ATION News Service) Black candidate for
the Presidency Dick Gregory filed a com-
plaint in U.S. District Court today de-
manding an injunction against Dean Rusk,
Nicholas Katzenbach, and Lyndon Baines
Johnson to halt their preferential treatment
of candidates for the Presidency.
Gregory alone among the major candi-
dates has not been allowed a State Depart-
ment and White House briefing on "issues
of national security.'' Such briefings have
been offered to Kennedy, McCarthy, Nixon
Rockefeller, Harold Stassen and George
Wallace.
The action, filed by attorneys James O.
Porter and Richard J. Hopkins inGregory's
behalf, seeks to ''enjoin the Defendants from
continuing to brief six selected candidates
for the Presidency of the United States with
information of a national security nature
while refusing to so brief Plaintiff, alsoa
candidate."
Rusk, Katzenbach, and Johnson, who are
conducting the briefings, have refused ad-
mission to Gregory, the action states, "'on
the basis of the race andcolor...and on the
basis of the creed and political beliefs of
Plaintiff."
Gregory sent atelegram tothe three de-
fendants on May 17, andhastodate received
no.reply. The telegram stated in part: _
"T have long been an announced candidate
for President and have actively campaigned
across the country with coverage by all na-.
tional news media...My serious candidacy
has been the subject of much international
attention. The selection of all the six can-
didates, all of whom are white, for official
briefings is discriminatory to me as ablack
man, for in no other qualification can I be
legally excluded from the right and advan-
tages of the other candidates. Unless pre-
ferential treatment is rectified by an im-
mediate offer of equal campaign status af-
forded other candidates, I will initiate legal
action."
2 Poor People
From Page |
say. Posters proclaim: ''The mud won't
turn us around."
The Washington police have shown little
sympathy for the campers. They menace,
they provoke, they intimidate anyone with.
long hair or beards or work clothes.
"We have no place to go,'' some of them -
residents of Resurrection City intend to stay
put, despite the threat of a permit with a
time limitation. ; :
Meanwhile, the Poor People provoke at-
tention to their cause --- the elimination of
poverty. They do it through demonstrations.
They warn the Congress to pay heed and do
something.
Their ranks mount steadily and by June
19 they expect a population explosion for |
the mass protest.
must get it.
8 Albany Liberator.
They expect it ... they
Mud and rain have made up much of the troubles of Resurrection City as Mrs. Olivia
Rorie, SENCAP worker, experienced during her Memorial Day visit to the community.
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