c
On
of te ta
to 0 to
out the City' ie .
ey 1 f with t any an­
ers.
t the urlday t-
ing, linda Barnes of the
office of t d
budg t, d Vivian Carpen­
ter, deputy te treasurer,
bru ed a' e cC ul y'
city-by-contrac plan
they ttempted to t c­
C Y to r qu tions
b t the s te of city
finance.
The meeting - de ribed
later by yor Joel 'Patter­
son "an emba nt to
me' - began with the city
man dmitting to the
te th t he had no b-
mitted his plan in riting
to the city commission.
cC uley stru a th
h h repeated often to the
,
medi in th 0 ee
when referring to th city'
appli tion for a 1 million
distre d city' I an from
th ta te emerg ney loan
board"
e hav totally run out
of money. e ar caught
be n the demand of th
ichigan uni ipal Finance
Le gue hich will all
them to allo u to bor-
ro � uley "d.
It m.s there might
be a misinterpretation on
your part, , countered
Vivian Carpenter. 'e
want to no here you
are and hy you are there
and plan �o correct the
problem. We ant r-
ance, not number � We
ant a plan that' going
to cornpen te for all the
plans you fail d in the
p t. Let the city make its
J
.�_.,.,. ... tion
ent, Johnson ho i chair-
m of the county' You
epublican Or$anization
d a delig te to the State
Republican Convention,
Schools churche club
and community hoo
De aper m gazines, tel -
vi " n, and dio will be tell-
g e p of the ory
of the Black American dur­
ing the of February
12th.
Dr. Carter G. 00
initiated egro History
ee in 1926 and selected
the period" February that
included the birthday of
f ed abolitionist, or tor
civil rWits leader Fred­
Dou which is Fe�
� 14.
It
Student Go mment,
cannot in good faith P
port the e penditure of
S dent Go mment funds
to bring Shirley Chiso
to e ichigan Co e.
Shirley Chisolm is a product
of the liberal 1960' and
early 1970' .
She" supporter of
liberal polici that have
attempted to bankrupt our
By Bert
properly
cr n him as a f tor in
the early human progre
and m er of modem
sent s to hy it has
fail d . . . and ho it will
correct tho failures.'
cC iuley adrni ted that:
-' ash projection had
not been orked up.
- H did not know ho
much additional revenue th
changes in state assessment
procedure would generate
for th city.
- He did not kno when
th summer tax bill would
go out"
- He could not give
the amount 0 deliquency
in water billings.
- He could no say how
much unemployment co
ould be to the city if hi
plan ere adopted.
- He had not computed
the net co t of implement­
ing his plan.
Linda Bame told c-
Cauley that the state offiials
had come to Ben ton Harbor
rength and th
found tion upon
hich it is built."
An editorial in Lake
ichigan Journal claimed
Johnson' reason 'too
hard to believe, con . dering
r cent contro ersy r­
rounding the Pre idency."
The editorial reminded
read r tut recall petitions
again Johnson had been
circu ted and ere about
to be alidated. ceording
to th editorial, tudents
were angry with Johnson
for: trying to pay him tf
a salary from the sen te
fund; ealing all i e of
th Oct. 23 e ichigan
Journal which contained an
article unf vorab to him"
and stalling in regard to
ppointing a Senate parli­
men rian hich could limit
his po er in Sen te meet-
ings."
great Arne
ignature is the only on
on the Emancipation Pro­
clamation freeing 3 953,940
Bla s orth abo t 4 billion
civiliz tion."
Since the Bl
dollars, ho said concerning
man's historical contributions: 'If
to en" der - a number of
options and it our
assumption we ould h
an opportunity to revie .
plan before doption."
cCauley ot bac , "if
th plan cau this much
problem, I'd be illing to
take it b "
t the point, Vivian Car­
penter told c:C u Y 'the
city does not have a plan."
''Y ou don't like this
plan, ow me another,'
cCauley responded.
'The commission has a
plan before it," Lind
Bames explained.
are responsib to revie
and adopt plan. Th ate
is respon ible to decide
hat role to pi y in that
plan."
At the art of the
Thur ay meeting, cCau­
ley had a ed for a clo d
" n. Benton Harbor bu "­
ssman and city creditor
Ja Kinney, objected, say­
ing, 'I don't under and
hat the chamber of com­
merce is doing in a do d
m ting if private citizen
and the media re exclud­
ed. '
Chamber Vice President
Roger Curry and legislati e
affairs director Ben But­
czbaugh ere both pre nt.
fter fi e minutes, the
meeting a reopened. c­
Cauley explained later he
felt' m n itive issues,"
were going to be discu d,
but poll of tho attend­
in showed none objected
to opening the meeting.
Other "present at th
meeting included Paul How­
land, st te commerce de­
partment; illard er,
state department of labor;
Berrien County Cornrnis-
" oner illie A e ; city
atto ney orri Garin;
acting finance . director
James Cro, c ing City
Clerk argaret Adam" city
commissioners, ichael Go-
to orval e and
Juanita Echols; and itizens
dvisory Board Chairman
ic y Seely.
good.
peopl ho work for the
city and their famille?
The are peop e that hu
in with Benton Harbor
through p yl p yday .
o he cCauley ants
to throw them out.'
r ur Ben - Bent
mOl': 'I beli e e
should give the man' plan
try. Something ha to b
done" ybe uld
fire them all and start 0 er
at
to the employee
family? Som peop h
lot of ye r with ci
Do e 'thro them out to
p sture? '
SHIRLEY
minent Bla Americans by slavery.
civiliz tion . Con qu en tly , the
Thousands of Bl pio- 39 000 Bla pioneer re
the small minority ho
paved th ay for th
right of m 22 000 ()()()
BI c s to enjo this right
today"
student
neer made worthwhil con­
tribution to the growth
of America �er the p
sixte n nerations or 529
year .
Out of m 3,953 940
a es prior to th civil
war, many were able to
read and write. There
were state and local la
at this period of time hich
m de it crim to te ch
Bl s ho to read and
write but many tillleamed
and this led to t stru
against and
e
arrival in Am rica in 1526, you don't know here you
where a Spanish colony came from you don't kno
e tablished at th mouth of here you are going.'
the Pedee River in hat In. light of this quotation,
s later called South Caro- it" possib to enumerate,
lin, there has transpired and the enumerations
some 13.4 eration or occur in many Black schools
about 444 yean of pio r- and colleges during the
. g contnbutions m e to annual February Black Hi
America by B peop tory eek celeb tions. It
It Pr' ent Abra- depicts the man achieve-
bam Lincoln, c men of out 1 160 0-
o at our own
ichgian College t
Student S nate Pre "dent
Bare y John
signed becau h doe not
the rei an y of B1
History ee. His r
ing was th t 'A Pre" n
o th student government
I cann in good fai
pport th e penditure of