In honor history month, The Chicago
Tn une ran a of intervie ·th notable Chi-
ea 0 Blacks ho could recall n . . . The following
. from an intervie ith r. Lovelyn Evans, 85,
ho recounted her experi nee a journalist for The
ip, a Bla De spaper. Sh recalled the election of
Os r De rie t to the u.s. Ho of Representatives.
H the flr B from Illinoi to rve in the
of.
Chairman,
Department ofTr ry
unicipal Finance Comm.
4th Floor,
Steve T. n B g.
Lansin 148922
I
Three months go I
ppeared before you regard­
ing the City of Bent
Harbor's loan requ t. It
'. not po ible for me to
spe . th you in per-
in. Ho ver, I do
have me co cern I wi
to share ith you.
Before you con' der
granting y further loan
to th City of BH ill
you pie give th fol-
lowing poin rio con-
iderati n.
If you approve BH'
400,000 1 reque t re-
member this ould put
the city 750,000 in debit
during th FY 8()"81 hie
will m an more cut in
rvices and aff.
If the citizens of BH re­
ject the reque t fo 10
mills in prop rty taxe ho
will the city repay the
4000007 .
ere is the city's FY
78-79 bud t audit? Ho
much money doe the city
owe 1 the general em­
ployees pen ion fund 2
the BHAS, 3 th St.
Joe-BH Joint Swag Treat­
men t Authority, 4 the t 0
township for ter billin
5 the Berrien County
Landfill uthority, and
other local venors.
If you add up th
city's overall financial pi -
ture it m viou that
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a
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0,
his head up and we ne that he going to take
care of him If. e kne that. Becau he a't afraid
of anybody.
" sa ick Lon orth, ho then the Speaker
of the Hou . He married Alice Roo elt. Longworth
s flying all over the floor, buttonholing Congre •
men.
"Finally Long orth came up and id, "Since
e have uch a large number of Congre en to be
inducted, e have decided to swear them all in -en
m ." They couldn't iogle out 0 car DePT" st. They'd
have to take all of them or none of them.
"And you can ju tell them that it w lchola
Lon orth ho did that. Everybody breathed - igh
relief, nd so all the congre men came 0 er and
put their arms around DePrie t and welcomed him,
and there he tood, just like a lion with that hair all
up ... and we were 0 proud and dear, little rs.
DePrie t, was just as gentle and quiet as he was
trong and forceful.
Oscar DePriest learn d from ic Longworth
ho to operate. You know, you can get out on the
eet and have big sign 'e ant this, e want
that and what do you repre nt? othing. But when
you have th po er structure behind you, well, those
peopl kno ho to operate."
in
Crisi
n this nation has
ho re willing to
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BH' c
Attorney
retainer fee?
hire a persoane
for .
d
rvices.
In cl sing I hope you
ill give the poin ts Y ur
con ider tion you t
wtih BH city offi ial .
Repre