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Show Page 2 Panther EDITORIAL On | Friday, October 30, Mr. Charles Smith appeared at the Howard Driggs School for what the Salt Lake Tribune said was to be a free lecture on the civil rights movement and a film on the Watts, California riots. In stated a real Communist. His insists the Black Student Union’s “most important job is to stir up racism among white students.” the article it was also that Smith was a Racism either exists in a person or self-proclaimed Marxist and editor of a Watts newsletter. As a citizen vitally interested in civil rights and formerly involved in the Watts situation, or reference to Martin Luther King, Jr. as inciting the riots which have occurred since 1964 is an insult to a man who was dedicated to peace and brotherhood. Mr. Smith further | invited my journalism an institution or it does not. If it does, it will make itself known and felt with or without. agitation. | outside 3 He maintains all Negroes are class to join me in attending this justifiably antagonistic toward event. Mr. Smith turned out to be a Jewish people because of a long puppet for the John Birch Socity history of business dealings with and spent the evening donouncing all prominent Americans and American institutions as Communists. He also stated that the entire civil rights movement is a Communist conspiracy to divide the people of this nation. Had he been a white man, one could simply ignore his rantings as those of a confused and ignorant man, but Mr. Smith is a Negro. It left a very bad taste in this journalist's mouth to hear a man sell his people down the river. He encouraged people not to - get involved in civil rights, not to support candidates who are Involved in race issues, not. to support institutions or Organizations fighting for equal rights for all Americans. His entire presentation raises some questions — first, | failed to see how such a man could live and work in Watts, California and after investigating, found his newsletter uses a post them. Mr. Smith of this righteous that many gives as evidence. hostility the fact bars are owned by Jewish proprietors, creating martial and personal problems for the black people. Using this example, we could conceivably blame all bar owners as the cause of alcoholism and personal failure. Fortunately, Mr. Smith did not draw a very large crowd but it is sad to think that those white middle class Americans who did attend, believed they were listening to a concerned representative of the Negro race instead of a Judas )one who betrays under the appearance of friendship) being paid to destroy his people. Apprenticeship Program Works For Equality successful in finding men and providing training through union apprenticeships and Outreach ‘programs. On the other hand contractors and governmental units such as the Employment Security Office fail to provide their end of aggreements in far too many cases either through intent or red tape and generally fail to live up to the intent of the program in which they agreed to participate. A survey and statistical report put together by the government of all the various OEO programs in the area listed the Apprenticeship Outreach Program in this way: “This program has proven highly successful in clearing the way for entry into union apprenticeship Joseph programs. The 1969 document continues, “86° disadvanteged are now working in the building trades, 54 Black, 15 Chicano, 4 Indians. . . The section figures do not match and more importantly sub-listing which says, this is a ‘‘the program is weak because the placements in union apprenticeships outnumber the placements in jobs on a continuing basis, as apparent discrepancy in the report body. These are the very issues of bureaucratic red tape which are hurting the program according to Maynes and Geter. Both men hop — _that by continuing their efforst the government will finally work into a smoother operation of its end and Don Mayne, Director the contractors will have to respond to the constant pressure. This pressure can be. that of by Joseph Blecha page bulletin carries the naine of Bigotry and bureaucracy were more men applying and going thru “Voice of Watts’, but of course, characterized as the biggeststumblingthe program. Apprenticeship - does not represent or speak for the blocks to an otherwise effective Outreach is open to all people living there. Second, why program desig ned to provide disadvantaged youth from 16 to 26 did the local newspaper fail to minority representatives with years of age. It provides such report the organization behind this training and jobs in the various supportive services as GED speaker and more truthfully inform building and industry trades preparation and testing for rhose the publc — for instance, the according to the Director and with no high school, tutoring, ‘lecture’ was not free but cost Co-Director of the Apprenticeship counseling, testing and part-time $1.00 per person. Third, why does Outreach Program. : placement until the client can our School Board allow this kind of Don Mayne and Joe Geter gGuality. for entry. Lato rhetoric and not that of a Black explained that the program is very apprenticeship activity. otras won ageres. The “WORDPOWER” 4 Wordpower is published every other Thursday by Wordpower, Inc. a non-profit organization. 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