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ble to B c
v. J pri-
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r. Ro an is
to U America from
mere R ." Why? B c people
did not vote him in. Voting President
R out does t mean that the
national enda would ch , ju tha
pre 0 ent ould be different per ill.
I ha been on . earth for c 0
50 year nd I ha n' r seen a tbne
when B c attempted to Change di-
rections, RSPO ·bility, and e
charge of their destiny, that hites did
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y.
- The chief Hou
sponsor of a in Luther King Jr.
national holiday y e' "not going
to rest" after the bill' first legislative
victory in I 5 Y rs, but ill immediately
begin 00' Reagan dministration
and the te for support.
Rep. K tie Hall, a freshman Democrat
from Gary Ind., a floor m nager for
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chosen becau of its history as gre t
freedom trail. Bet een 1818 nd 18 1
b litionists helped to move pproxi-
mately 40 000 ve on thi networ
of e pe route in Ohio which pro­
vided cce to ''free territory" in
C n da.
Fourt en of the ci tion' youth
m mber will rve a cor group of
m rcher repre nting uthem BI c
b t een the a of 18 nd 24 ho h ve
the po re toter p rticipation rate in
e country 0 Joe dison tional
Director for the CP' Voter Edu-
tion Pro am will coordin te the
m ch.
Ohio became the fourteenth t te in
,
not bristle ". . e porcupines ready to
ch . That s been and al y will be
for m time to corne, there will
never be a RlGIJI' time for Blac to
ire for th pr . dency. It ju mu be
done.
Whites never em to remember that
there are B c s in this country until it
. time for pport. I believe that if the
unemployment rate ere high among
hite among Black the national
end would be different, for the Demo­
crat , congressmen and nators, would
be voting different. I belie e th t if then­
yoral candidate on th Democratic
ticket, Harold ashington, ere white,
Sen. Ro enko . ould not h . d
t he ould"have a conference with
the candidate" before he ould be ble
to support him in his que for mayor
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from Sept. }-5 will help to the
importance of the b doDar to the
tiooal conomy.
. Byrd, and eIly
AJexand , Jr., tional Chairman of the
AACP Operatio F air will tour
the foDo d durina Auau to
promote the demoNtration:
PbiJadelp . , Bo on, Atlanta, em-
, Orleans, ernp , Hou on/
umont J>aIIas/Fort orth, Lo Aoge-
San F 0 -0/0 St. Louis,
Ind' ashingtonl
. hmond,
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fair share of the profits" and to "trade
in our w oes for prot money,"
should contact their local bnnches of
the AACP for further information.
"American Blae mak a great deal
of money in this COUIltty - more than
S 1 SO-billion a year ," slid Kelly
exand Sr.J Vice Chairman of the
Board of the MCP. "Thi amount
to a co derable amount of potential
po er. The MCP' tional B c
DoDar Days . on of our attempt at
thi potential power
arid makin& it more effectively
for our 0 n � -interest,"
under id,
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the bill when the Hou voted 338-�
last eek to make the third onday in
January a legal national holid y in
King' honor ..
Pr 'dent Reagan' spo esman, Larry .
Speakes id Wednesday that Reagan
think King should be honored "and e
ould explore ay to do it but
Reagan has oppo d creating govern-
ment holiday for th t purpo .
, e're going to vie the current
leg' ation and ee" what po ition to ta e,
Spe es said dding that ''we ill tch
it clo Iy it goes through the Senate."
Every year since the civil rights leader
wa inated April 4 1968 legisla-
d
tion has been introduced in both hou
to ree te new nation I holid y.
But the Senate never pa d the
me ure nd neither did til Hou until
Tuesd v, when Hall 'called upporter
to th Hou "1� rophone nd they re-
pond d ith often emotion ,
tim eloquent remar f bout
dream of equality.
Opponent po e, t u ally
silent ch mber, contending
be honored - but n t ith nother
co tly p id holid y for the 'federal or
force. State nd 10 al overnment nd
many priv te busine likely ould
follo the feder ex mple they 'do
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the U.s. la t month to adopt a law hich
allo high h I drninistrator to
regi ter voter. The APi or ing
to have this kind of bill pa d in every
ate so th t more 18 year Id c n
regi ter and vote.
The i tion i ned up 850 000
voter 1 t year and spent half million
dollar in re ent month to tep up
voter registration ro the country .
E ecuti e Director Hoo urns up the
n tiona! voter project this ay 'the
CP has the b ckup unit f 1 00
br nch and tr ng rna member hip
to m e UTe people are registered. Our
attac on voter p thy ill go far beyond
the drama of th march!'
of Chi go.
I ALSO DO OT believe that 350,000
to 450 000 Republican voters just tood
around for 50 years and did not vote for
their Republican' candid tes for m yor
in tho 50 years. I also do not belie e
that Blac people have anything on
people of communist countries, for they
e a ed to st nd in line for what they
want and e are constantly a ed to
" tand in time" for ha e ant.
Bl ck people cannot allo another
dream to be deferred. 'Black people
mu not aDo their �egitimate aspira­
tions to be aborted. There is a po ibility
th t a Blac candidate ould not get
the democratic nomin non, but it mu
be sought a this time in history. A
Btac candidate probably ould not be
supported to any great degree by the
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HOO
white m s but h t is ne bout
that? Any time p pIe mu et
ial law to wor in certain place
vote, buy home etc. one cannot help
but kno here one t nd in thi
ciety. So I c of support' not me-
thing that Bl people do not no
about.
So r. Ro an I do kno e actly
t you �re ying but if th gend is
to b changed, if whate are to n-
itized to the conditions th t exi in
America and sensitized to Black people
"not taying in their place," Rev. J c -
son' th only per n ho articu-
te tho thing today.
ILBUR BOGGS - 683-
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