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Legislative

Report

Joseph Summers

KICKOFF BLACK EXPO ‘7?: It’s still months off, but this year’s Indiana Black Expo 77 committees are hard at work getting things together for the annual summer event. Pictured during a press conference last week are [from left] Jerry

Chambers, vice-president; Indianapolis Mayor William H. Hudnut III, and Ed O’Rea, ^president. Booth space is now available and may be purchased by contacting the Black Expo office. [Recorder photo by Marcell J. Williams]

IE A COMMITTEE; Pictured are members of the Indianapolis Education Association’s Human Relations Committee, sponsors of the lEA’s Human Rights Awards Dinner and Dance. From left are Robert Williams, Lula M. Neal, publicity chairperson; Marilyn G. Blackmon, Mable Beasly, June Murray,

Shirley Carter, president of IE A; Billie Breaux, Anne Hale, general chairperson; Hazel Tribble, Kay Rowe, board liason; Marge McKeon, secretary of District 2; Gail Overpeck, Edie Atwell, Betty Gittins, and Alonzo Beasley. [Recorder photo by Richard A. Gaither]

H.B. 1049 Pari-mutuel betting bill passed the House January 19 by a vote of 56 to 42. The bill was amended in committee to provide for distribution of a portion of the income for all public schools in the state. If one track is operated in the state, it is estimated that the Indianapolis Public School system would receive $250,000.00 per year; if the state operates four tracks the income would be in access of $500,000.00.

Thomas Combs excellent choice

for Chamber of Commerce Board

the first black businessman in Indiana to receive a loan from Motor Enterprises,Inc., a General Motors-owned investment firm. He probably could talk without end of the headaches suffered since being loaned that $70,000 seed money, but Combs Tool has sustained, a prime consideration leading to his C-of-C post. It is expected he will add new dimensions as far as black input is concerned, input backed with experience. From newspaper delivery boy to stock broker--that was Comb’s work experience before venturing into business for

THOMAS A. COMBS

’ If anyone can speak first hand on the problems of black business, it is Thomas A. Combs, elected last week to a one-year term on the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Board. Combs, president of Combs Tool Company at 526 S. Alabama, started his small machine shop in 1970 after becoming

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himself. He carried the paper route from 1939 to 1940 and ended his career as a broker with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith in May 1970. In between, the 1944 Attucks High School graduate earned money as a market delivery boy, warehouse worker,truck driver, Kingan Meat Packing Company worker, RCA Corporation machinist, dump truck driver. Also during this time. Combs managed to serve in the Navy and get in engineering study at Purdue University. Back in 1970, as he presented the loan checks, GM vice-presi-dent and general manager of the Detroit Diesel Allison Division. noted: 'we know that the free enterprise system can continue to work only if all the people... black as well as white... receive their rightful share of the action.’ Combs is proof positive.

I am author of H.B. 1718 which would create the position of assistant trustee who would be appointed by the trustee and would serve at this pleasure. The assistant would become trustee should the office become vacant for the duration of that term.

PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS: These are but a few of the key participants in the lEA’s Human Rights Award Dinner last Saturday at Stouffer’s. From left are Rev. Henry Williamson, pastor of Phillips Temple CME Church and president of Indianapolis PUSH; Ms. Ira Mai Steele, guest speaker Dr.

Therman E. Evans, president of the Washington [D.C.] school board and national health director for Operation PUSH; IEA representative Ms. Billie Breaux, and State Representative William [Bill] Crawford. [Recorder photo by Miircell J. Williams]

The following is a report from the minority members of the Housing Aging and Aged Committee, printed in its entirety, which I felt would be of interest to senior citizens: The House Aged- and Aging Committee held its second meeting of the session on January 20, 1977 and heard testimony on H.B. 1206, popularly known as the Older Hoosiers Act. Actually, four Older Hoosiers Acts have been introduced this session. All of these measures are identical, except for an appropriation of $3.5 million to be used as a match for federal funds for senior citizens programs. The appropriation is not a part of .the bill heard in committee and the Chairman, Representative Jeff Espich (RUniondale), has stated that no other bill concerning the Older Hoosiers Act will be heard.

presented at the meeting; “These figures speak for themselves. Indiana has allowed itself to become a wasteland for the elderly. All of our neighboring states provide matching funds for direct services to their senior citizens, except Indiana and it is time for our notoriety in this area to end.” One source of funding for aged programs is Title XX. Title XX is a federal social services program signed into law on January 4, 1975 and administered in Indiana by the State Department of Public Welfare. Title XX is based on a

four to one match.

A state appropriation of $339,000 would provide the following services propsed by the Aging Commission: l.( Personal Care Assessment for the Elderly ($1,000,000). 2.( Friendly Visitors ($300,000), and 3.( Preventive Legal and Consumer Education for the

Elderly ($56,000).

At the present time, the State Budget Agency has not recommended any appropriation for the Commission to fund the above programs. This bill was voted out of committee January 25, but without monetary appropriation. I will attempt to garner support among my colleagues to provide appropriate funding to ascertain the effective implementation of

this measure.

Booth space now on

sale for Black Expo

Booths are now on sale for Indiana Black Expo 77, which will be in the Indiana Con-vention-Exposition Center July 9 and 10. Price tags for booth space will read $350 until Feb. 28, when the price will go to $400. Jerry Chambers, sales veep, said.

Indianapolis Power & Light Company has issued a warning to its customers to be alert to individuals posing as company employees in order to gain access to homes to “inspect wiring.” These persons usually attempt to persuade the homeowner to sign a contract for rewiring, the utility said. IP&L said it has no employees making such solicitations, that it does not inspect wiring or perform a rewiring service. If a customer has any doubt about the identity of an IP&L employee, please ask to see his plastic-encased Company identification card which bears a color photograph of the employee.

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In an effort to alleviate the critical legal problems facing - „,> . landlords and tenants in Indl ‘ / iana, the Indiana Housing Coalition has planned a statewide meeting to work on the Unform Residential Landlord Tenant Act (URLTA). Landlords and tenants are asked to participate in a workshop Friday,February 4, at the ISTA Building, Suite 518, 150 W. Market St. The program begins at 9:30 a.m. with an URLTA Update followed by strategies; a walk to the Statehouse and a meet ing with legislators.

URLTA has been filed in the House of Representatives, zh.B. 1321, and is sponsored by Representative John Day (D. Indpls.) and Representative John Thomas (R. Brazil). Senator Patrick Carrol (D. Bloomington) is the Senate sponsor. The purpose of URLTA is to modernize, clarify and revise the law governing the rental of dwelling units, including sec urity deposits, repair and deduct. and landlord remedies. The last m^ijor amendments to landlord tenant law in Indiana were adopted in 1909.

A great deal of testimony was given at the committee meeting and all of it pointed toward the need for state funding of the Act. The needs of the elderly were put into harsh reality by Mr. Purlee, Director of the Area 15 Council on Aging. Mr. Purlee’s testimony indicated that in Area 15, 38 percent of the aged population is handicapped, 68 percent live in a home built before 1939, 55 percent have little or no plumbing facilities, and 34 percent lack complete kitchen facilities. Information provided by the Indiana Center on Law and Poverty, Inc. showed that in 1970, 20 percent of all Hoosiers over the age of 60 live below the poverty line, are isolated from the balance of the population and have a high incidence of physical handicaps. Dennis Avery (D-evansville), also a member of the Aged Committee, commented on these and other statistics

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AWARD WINNERS: The lEA’s “Leadership in Education” Award went to Dr. Joseph Taylor by Kay Rowe [top photo]. Dr. Taylor is presently dean of liberal arts at IUPUI. In bottom flick. State Representative John J. Day is awarded the “Leadership in Legislative and political Activity” Award from Robert Williams. Day is serving his second term in the legislature and has proven himself a friend of education by voting on bills to improve the quality of education in the state. [Recorder photo by Richard A. Gaither.]

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Carter’s

Cabinet

BY CARL T. ROWAN

Well. Jimmy Carter has filled out his cabinet. You may be disappointed that the only black member is Mrs. Patricia Roberts Harris, who will be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Then, of course. Rep. Andrew Young will have cabinet status as Ambassador to the United Nations. The major question now is not why Barbara Jordan or some other black wasn’t included in the Cabinet; it is: what can we expect from the people Carter named? Here is my personal assessment. Cyrus Vance, who will be Secretary of State, is one of the most decent men 1 ever worked with — and I got to know him well during the Kennedy-Johnson years. Vance is intelligent and secure enough that he does not wallow in arrogance. I shall be sorely disappointed if Vance does not recommend blacks for at least two sub-cabinet posts at State. Ill be even more disappointed if he does not bust up the recent pattern of giving blacks ambassadorships only in Africa and the Caribbean areas. I also expect Vance to give genuine attention to the needs and problems of Latin America and Africa — right from the outset, whereas Henry Kissinger didn’t discover until near the end of his tenure. Rep. Brock Adams, who will be Secretary of Transportation, is a longtime tennis foe and personal friend. He has been a staunch supporter of home rule for the District of Columbia. And I know that he has a sensitive understanding of this nation's problems and needs, especially our troubled cities.

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America in cabinet sessions.

Mrs. Harris will quickly disabuse the cy nics of any notion that Carter chose her because he got both a woman and a black in one move. She succeeds a woman. Carla Hills, who silenced early critics by performing excellently in a nightmarish job. arid Mrs. Harris will

quickly squelch her few critics.

The lady is not only intelligent: she is tough. This Washington attorney also is

acutely aware of w hat needs to be done to revitalize our cities. And she ll not bite her tongue when the time comes to tell Carter what she thinks federal pol-

icy ought to be.

Dr. Ray Marshall, the choice for Secretary of Labor, is a new face to me. but I like the direct, honest style he has shown in answering newsmen's questions. He wants to encourage the private sector to hire and train people, but to the extent that this doesn't work he favors public employment for people who want to work. He hasn't been snowed by all the “reverse discrimination'’ malarkey. so he supports affirmative action” to help victims of racial, sexual and religious bigotry. Harold Brown, the nuclear physicist who will head the Defense Department, is a riddle. He is viewed by some as a hawk. by others as a dove: by some as a sensitive liberal, by others as arrogant and indifferent. Let us see if he is aware that throughout history blacks have been denied any input into Pentagon affairs — and whether he tries to do anything about it. Since blacks go to the front lines of our wars in dispropor-

tionate numbers, isn't it time some black helped decide whom we fight;, and for w hat reason? A black man. Clifford Alexander, Jr., is slated to become Secretary of the Army. Joe Caiifano is a good choice for Health. Education and Welfare. He is the architect of many of the Great Society programs of the Johnson era which were closing the gap between w hite family and black incomes — till Richard Nixon reversed the trend. Look for Caiifano to try to prove that the failures of the last eight years resulted from the fact that Republicans wanted the Great Society to fail. Carter's selection of Judge Griffin Bell to be Attorney General is his most disturbing appointment. Unless something more serious is turned up than Bell's membership in clubs that bar blacks and Jews. I expect the Georgian to be confirmed. Hell. 99 per cent of U.S. cabinet members have belonged to bigoted clubs. Bell is the first I know of to resign from such clubs as a condition of gaining office. Look for Carter to ease the pain by naming a black as Deputy Attorney General or to the number 3 post of Solicitor General. My hunch is that Bell is going to try harder to prove that he is not a racist and that the Justice Department will be more responsive to the cries for justice in black America than ever before. In fact. I still expect a lot from the Carter Cabinet. You can be sure that I'll be watching it — and writing and talking about it.

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