The Register, 1982-12-03

              economic parity faces greensboro blacks by gina davis staff writer by the controlling power and everything was geared that way there should have been more discussion martin said the task force was created martin used the recent 5-3-1 ward system debate as an ex ample of lack of communica tion talk of unity and diversity can cause confusion for many blacks martin said we can be talking about something different on the surface but underlying it can be unity on the surface we may disagree but we can understand the goals and the objectives of others society martin who was elected to the 31st district and will be the only black senator in the general assembly recently spoke to the political science of communication between blacks in office and black organizations said state senator-elect william martin it is going to become more important to have a great deal staff writer by jamie c ruff said that blacks must vary the type of politics martin during the age of liberalism blacks could go off with the issues not clear but now our ideas and actions must be organized we have to coordinate our efforts to repeal any negative legislation he said representatives martin said that he intends to create a network among black citizens and black we always have to con sider the importance of involv ing the community communication between the black community and its black represenatives is a pro blem because of funds we're going to have to set up better communication with black newspapers and pull together politically educational groups to discuss things as each issue arises we have to assess what will be the best move politically he said martin addressed the impor tance of coordination more in some instances don't deal with the racial aspect sell the community on it and know that blacks will benefit sometimes we should not speak out on a point sometimes we should beat around the bush they use to suit the times in the 60s blacks could be direct martin said things go in cycles now we have to look at the long-range picture and see how something will af fect us i feel comfortable with a&t students their votes a&t students played a significant part in his election he said gist a merchant of exotic coffee and a member of the abc board was recently elected to the general assembly blacks who are in an elected or appointed position should have a commitment to see that we blacks receive economic parity gist said recently in an interview and wherever possible he added they should develop affir mative action policies of their own representative-elect herman gist economic parity is the pro blem facing today's blacks in greensboro said state ' last year greensboro elected an all-white city coun cil votes from a&t could have put a black on the coun cil he said gist said he is looking for ward to a&t students playing a part in next year's city coun cil election their votes can make or break a politician every time the students go to the polls they send a message he said the message is that they are able to play an important role in the benefits they might receive grants money for school perspective gave me greater strength to im part the message of black he said he wants to see a balance in university hiring added that a&t should hire as many whites in significant ad ministrative positions as the university of north carolina see gist page 6 an address by dr ray mar shall former u.s secretary of labor under the carter ad ministration will highlight an economic lecture series at a&t the lecture is open to the auditorium public marshall currently the ber nard rapoport centennial professor of economics and public affairs at the universi ty of texas will speak 6:30 p.m dec 9 in merrick hall ment policy marshall is considered to be one of the most outstanding professionals in the field of labor economics and employ economics department chaired by dr basil g coley from the department of labor through the national economic association the association of black economists the lecture is sponsored by the a&t marshall's visit to a&t is being made possible by a grant and training programs and economic policies his topic will be some reflections on employment a native of oak grove la he was carter's chief adviser on labor matters from 1977-1981 texas and at the university of kentucky he also taught economics at louisiana state university the university of mississippi and san francisco state college before that he was chair man of the economics deoart ment at the university of marshall has written 22 books and monographs in the field of economics including employment discrimina tion the impact of legal and administrative remedies labor in the south and black employment in the south marshall holds the b.a degree from millsaps college the m.a degree from loui siana state university and the ph.d degree from louisiana state university and the ph.d degree from the university of california at berkeley he is president of the na tional policy exchange in washington a member of the naitonal council for employ ment policy and the national policy exchange and the steering committee of the united nations association complete awareness for complete commitment # register bill to pass senate overrides veto class queen sga volume liv , number 17 north carolina agricultural 8c technical state university greensboro nc friday december 3 1982 former labor secretary marshall to lecture at a&t day night's senate meeting and the bill will go in into ef fect next semester however the senate over rode the veto at last wednes staff report at a meeting held earlier this week the sga executive board vetoed the student senate bill that would make class queens the attendants for miss a&t's court the senators say that the bill would eliminate duplication of the role of class queens and at tendants give the class queens more responsibility bring the class queens closer to sga and reduce sga expenses at homecoming comments from davis and her court sparked a heated discussion between the queens and the senators they said that they opposed the bill because some type of screening should be used to select the people miss a&t will have to work with william martin miss a&t robin davis along with her attendents were invited to the meeting to state their views on the matter becoming more communication among blacks important cture richard b harrison auditorium as a part of the lyceum series see story page 3 herman gist