ICHIGA
SERVI G 'TRI-COU TV SOUTH ESTER
VOL. 1
0.22
AV 8,1979
writing I u rs to the edi­
tor and tated he h d not
inv tigated hether or
not it legal.
o venport ch rg d
Bolin lying.
earl Bro n, 661 P­
vonn , is n employ of
the Community 0 velop­
m nt Department nd
wrote a scathing letter
critical of Commi ion
ction.
Davenport said he ill
as for n in stigation by
th FBI and the County
Pro cuter's office into
the hou ing slated for th
Flats that has been h Id
up.
h d t 0 poem
publi ed in "Reach" nd
ort tory published in
ccy oung Ambas dor. "
the
ith
an
Duke erer,
d ughter 0 r. nd Mr.
[ac .Du esher of dus,
i pi nning to attend Ander­
son College, Indi na. She
will major in either com-
puter i nce or bu in
dmini tration. She h
received the D ughter of
th Americ n R volution
(DAR) w rd, member of
the ation I Hon r Societ ,
M th Club, student n tc,
ye r boo t ff, blood driv
nd . n alternate on the
BHHS Quiz Bo I tc m.
co- ledi torian
nd lu tori n ill be
ea ing t the Tu d, ,
June 12 commencement at
Fil trup Field. There rc
422 gr du tc in the I of
1979.
out to top EEO
a
Op ration PUSH,
the Chicago based civil
rights org nization, is fight­
ing the rs, Roebuc and
Co. I gal efforts to stop
enforc ment of eq em­
ployment opportunities
la s.
In nu ry of thi
year, Sear , America'
largest retailer, filed hat
. a PUSH spo esman called
"a far-re ching and poten­
tially d vastating clas
tion in its 0 n behalf nd
in behalf of all retailers
in America hiring. more
than 1 5 persons."
Filed gainst 10 ag n­
des of the U.S. go ern­
ment including the Equal
Employment Opportunity
Commission, the suit se s
to stop th enforcement
of equal employm nt
opportunity laws, hether
by injunction or other
extraordinary legal means.
According to PUSH,
some have char cterized th
. Se r's fa uit s, . "frivili­
ous," a "Sears fiasco," and
by som, a "ne Se r
catalog with a I undry list
of claims against the gov­
ernment," nd p rticul rlv,
the enforcement gericies
rcspon ible for equal em­
ployment opportunity
and affirmative ction pro­
grams.
"The very danger in
this I w uit lies in the
fact that hen it s
first fil d, it ch rae­
terized as illy nd it there-
for ,e ped th ttentio
of most civil ri t I ad-
er nd those concerned
ith equal emplo ment,"
th PUSH po esm n id.
The Board of Directors
of Oper tion PUSH, Inc.,
at its quarterly meeting
April 23, authorized PUSH
I g I counsel to" e stand­
ing -in the courts to chal
len this uit by Se rs."
I t is pected that
PUSH ill file motions
and legal briefs to inter­
n as a party and s an
ctiv participant in this
case.
PUSH ne
release
stand Pric 20 c nts
I'
too drastic. E n if r
re minor conflicts nd
imperfect enforcem nt of
e e f I th t this
do not gi rs, a pu
lic corpor tion immunity
rom obey ing th I
_ccTh eff rt b r
to decl r ill gal the pri­
vate b r program is a slap
the indigent nd p r
nd tho I s fortun te
in our soci ty ho c nnot
bear th expen of brin -
ing la uits to prot ct th ir
rights. Therefore, pri te
I yer hould be p rrnitted
to continu to d fend th
rights of th oppr s d ju t
Ii e Sears h ted to
to
explain d, "Operation
PUSH, Inc. has d termin d
that it is morally obf ated
to interven in this suit to
protect the rights of mil­
lions of Ameri n Blac ,
Latinos, the a d, wom n,
the h ndicapped, terans
and others hose rights
to equal employment op­
portunity is threatened by
thi action."
U urther, e fa e th
po ition that PUSH must
intervene be u :
-CClt i unfair to Amer­
ica's h ndicapped, om n,
Blac s, nd others to ha
to uff r economic 10 s
as a result of gross discrim­
in tion until such time
s th p n cea th t ears
s is created, th�t is,
ork force that bal-
nced Sear ould
relief Sear
,_ s i too extreme. To
njoin or top the enforce­
of II equ I employ­
ment opportunity la
'.