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vice pre
hit male
n and th re is Bla
her ith Of an
ddition P SH
charg only eight of th
nation' 3,000 b rd'­
tributorship are Black­
o ned, and only S I million
nt in B ne-
paper and magazine of
th 307 uilllio spent
annually in the print medi
by th . uor industry .
one of th n tion's 2�OO
pop bottlin franc' or
3)72 hoi e hou - 90
fun- percent of hich are 0 ed
on by 600 ho
firms - .
j b
e prty t
emu t renego . te
rporate Ameri
ur fair
The mini er are to
d the council's ctiviti s
SOlar e t American
cially tho
B c popul tion is
Th program's
o not only open
. up manuf turing and
man gement job in the
be er e indu try to Blac
but to m edly incre
th goods d rvi es
r e firms buy from
Bla uppli r .
e are determin d to
ttain
id.
La
blu -
oll r a renegoti te the c ntract for
ye r' to a mutually benefici econo-
in ere a number 0 rnic rel tionship - to
Bl c in m na rial po it- get r fair share Rev.
i n from five p rent t Ja n vo ed 'or chop
12 five- ff the limb that e tend
off the c rporate tre over
the Blac c mmunity."
nati n are
yet one-qu rter of
e -0
The AACP' ill wag furti e.
a rna ive battl t to prevent "The Justice Department
the Internal Revenue S r- . guilty of in our opinion,
vice (IRS) from b 'dizin gro dereliction of duty,
r . di rimination, I d charg d Dr. Hooks. "Th
of the civil rights organiz - civil rights rollb c ha
tion declared 1 t e. bee steamroll r m -
AACP Board Chairman ing b ward.
argaret Bu ilson and Dr. Ho and rs. il-
ecutive Director Ben- n mad it clear they
jamin L. Hoo s were re - ould n t stand by 'and
ponding to th I all a retreat from th
announcement that tax- principles of justice and
e ernpt statu ould b quality which the majority
gi en to educational in- of Am rieans Blac a nl
titution hich discrimi- white hold cred by
n te gainst Bla s and who pr tice rank raci
oth r rninoritie . di rimination.
pressing anger anft Anoth r civil rights
concern r th issue group the Lawyers' C om
rai d by the announce- mittee for ivil Ri
men t Dr. Ho ed it Under La has a ed a
, devious deceptive and federal di trict judge in
shington t bar t
Reagan dministration fr m
carrying out tn ne ly­
ann un d policy.
Th group contended the
licy put the adrninistra-
. n in ' iIlful nd c n-
temptu u di Ji ard t of
court rder th t
affirmed by the Suprerre
ourt in 1971 and that i
still binding
ment.
G
p nel
district judg
th t grantin t e mpt­
. n to racially d' rimin-
tory in tituti n violat d
the unc n tituti n 1. Th
filed paper
L. H rt
ean CP
said it
Suprem Court in pend­
ing ca involving Bob Jon
Univer ity in Gr nville
S .. , to ru that the n
polic is uncons ituti nal
a well a contrary to tax
laws.
Both gr up said they
er far from satisfi d ith
Pr 'dent Rea an' an­
nouncement made three
days after the original on
that he wanted ongre
to 'enact legislation hich
ill prohibit t exempt-
ion for or nizations that
discriminate on th basi
of race.
Bu t after the pre . den t s
statem nt Tu sday Trea­
sury Department offici
said that un le ongre
acted th IRS must grant
t e empti ns to ell
ho 1 in cordance ith
th policy announ d F ri­
day by Tre sury and Justice
Dept. official .
Th dmini tra tion
of grantin
to pri t
h I unle
Harold
pr -
to 1970.
contrary to
fi federal
of them in
since 1971.
construed r
natory pri te
not entitl d to th feder
t e empti n n r are th .
contributor entitl d to
deduction .
Jud e Le nth al
id that any ef: ort
grant e emptio
ch hools ould' .
riou
ion:
to grant
of this de-
an
. , not
c uld b
min' tr tion, r
perception of
retion. '
. 'on
affired
m­
b th
1971
bind'
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