Th commission'
epublicans end or
rule , but pan l's only
Democrat, Edeyna Ander­
n of Flint gave them
nly qualified pport.
poor Und r the ru 10-
incom families could keep
their electri ity and natural
If he g from being shut off as
long they p ·d a fraction
of their yearly utility bill
ch month and ed to
pay th re t of it during
. anner months ..
. ELECTRIC TO DEVELOP
po ten tial to becom p­
p . rs to major corporation.
one-year memorandum
of unde ding
finalized recently in
. ton be een the SBA
d WE's Purchasing and
Transporta . n Division.
I
1979:
ill mea tive
Un on t e economy and
will fall disproportio ely
OD people.
Salter told the group th
bIac people are di turbed
t reports of an increased
defense bud and a possible
decrease in social service
proarams. He said that our
nation m and can have
ns and bu • and
Americ:ans are dedicated to
the fense of this nation
anyone else; but - e also
recopize. that it'll do ery
little good to build the mo
phi' ed � and .
far-r missil if the net
r ult is to protect peop at
bome bo are ' fied,
hunarY, iU-h and u m-
poyed.
"My bi COD
this time," ed Salter, ".
the pe . tent efforts of those
trying to undermine legi la­
tion im - entiJi I e VI of
the 1964 Civil Rights Act as it
rei tes to pupil tran porta­
tion and affirmative ction.
Thi increasin complexity of
Civil Rights enforcement de­
mands th t this ry be
edu ted and re-educated on
the true meanin of affuma­
ti e action-to the true pp
hich e' bet een b
and other disadv ntaged
Americans." He continued
by urging the President to call
a national conference on
Civil Rights in 1 to reaf­
firm the nation's commit­
ment to the fulfill.ment of
rights for all Americans to
on: ' e propaaand
beina used to discredit
fide effo to chi v
equality under the Ia �
This f«lturr is a rom-
pilDt;OIf from more than 100
blac -0 ned lInd orWnted
lie pa�rs in this nation. It
d�als ith hat blac s, ho
an an-too-often little n cog­
nized. are doing to promote
full participation in Ameri­
can Ii by black Americans.
The arrangement·
ntially referr
in hich the SB
periodically provid
with inform tion on mino-
rity companie hich have
tee ully
government contracts.
will revi the infonnatio
d ttempt to identify the
m �t�- �---------------------------------­
ppli n.
en
the
product or
estern has
operated it 0 n in rity
Supplier Development pro­
gram for 12 years. Last
year the company pur-
. ch d about 67 millio
in good and rvice from
730 minority-o ed rums.
The consultation and
, development wor with
minority companie under
the SB agreement is simi­
lar to t rvice offered
to minority romp
part of the program.
e ern's m nt with
th SBA require , though
th t the company provide
follow-up information on
any con tac estern EI c­
tric has with companies
referred to u by that
ency.
riean n lion .
me 7 million friean
been circum­
cised or n ubjected to
"female exci ion"). This is a
practice in 01 in remo al of
th Iatty e ternal ginal ti -
ue, hich i b ed on cultur­
al and tr dition 1 trib t­
tern in e j tence for 0 er
2,000 year ,
Fern circum 1 Ion is un-
oppo ed by the Roman C th­
olic Church and, becau it
included a ternporary and '(
parti clo in of th va inaJ
entrance, it It been an effec­
t' e deterrent to premarital
sex. frican tribal communi- ceptable. U