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electio t
cordin to y r 1
r ntly by the
p rtrnen t of Com­
merce' ensu Bure u. By
compari n, 61 percent of
bite of votin d 30
HO
ovember el ction, noted
decline 0 ce 1964 in re-
ported voter turnout in th
orthe orth Central
tate and the e t. Th
riously threatened by an ti­
affirm tive action program
d federal budget cut-
b njamin Hoo S,
1,
terans
for­
bmit
of ere in B oter
. d p 0 ip tion, from 44 per-
cent in 1964 to 48 percent
. 1980.
The reported voter turn-·
out in 19 0 reflec d the
tern of re' ration, the
rvey 0 ed. In all 67
percent of the voting age
population reported having
regi teredo For Bla s, the
rate w 60 percent for
lte it a 6 percent;
and for Hispanic 36 per­
cent. Among those J1 is­
ter d, 84 percent, of the
Blacks 8 percent' of the
White and 82 percent of
Ute Spani population
they ted in 1980.
in pr vious voter
particip tion surveys the
percentag of tho who
say they voted is mew hat
higher th official
count.
execu . e director of t
MCP, ld S turday in
Detro' and reported .
the Detroit e .
m ian come of
the family 0 only
59 percent that of white
famille ," he id. If
we don't realize that B
America..' aim t at a
point where concerted
effo t . being made to
ron b oar ri ts, then
e need a ne pair of
speech,
compri
cent of
the
ted?"
He id that tatus is
further threat d by erie
of "rever discrirni ation. '
"There is a stran
about this n tion,' h
"I t been blind to the
n ds d iraticn of
B peop. Every no
and then, there' brief
period of time when Ameri-
an applicat· n to the DO
e Re' <is.
They ill retain the right
to ppeal to r gosem­
ment pel, but experts
the' 10 wiD be
e tremely significant.
Po ten tial pplicants· Can
blain, f ,w -
Federal Com­
loner
from
ce
neheon in Cobo Hall .
. The event, spo red by
the Detroi A ociation of
Bl Organizatio
(DADO), Id to
the gains and future
direction of Ameri-
cans.
t behind
Lou' ,
up or e
run f ter. And, Ameri t
I've run f my e
are urning d my feet
are on fire. I d 't ant
to e replay of 18 3 in
1981. '