, D.C. - "Job P ce
d Fre dom'"I th theme of the 26th
nual con ntion of the Southern
Christian Leadership Convention (SCLC)
to be held here Augu 24-27, at
Bethel Bapti Church.
e m at a crucial time," id
Dr. Jo ph 1.0 ery, SCLC pre ident.
con ntion will focu it ttention
on iob fo Blac ."
The con ntion formally opens ed-
ay, Aug. 24 . a Go 1 Fe and
, om nt with Harriet Tubman and
Frederic Dou Earlie tha d y,
LC board will ho d it luncheon.
m . or highUght of the three-d y
orkin n be an ddr by
the SCLC pr ·dent 0 Thursday fol-
o d by a pre· den ial candidate
forum de· to give the irant
opportunity to address· e of con-
cern to B and the Poor Peop
tfonn.
featured
forum and
01'
op
co
DETROIT - The Re . J
. d re 1 ee he h no
an independent campaign for pre . dent
ye although he ould' prefer
to run Democrat if I choose to run."
In peech to Bl c orority at
Cobo Ar na J c n ccu d the ea-
an dmini tration of cr tin 'three
million more welfare recipients and
thou d more millionaire
tax cuts and budget reductions.
But I c n condemed the
Party for failing to move
gain t elec ion 1 s that
B c from voting in
tty."
J c n told 'reporter he h s made
bout a presi denti bid.
e plor tory committee'
yor d tcher of
tudyin ct of uch
CHI GO - e people of the who
of Latin merica are f ced ith a new
d ei to thei verei nty repre nted
by the curren military naval bu d-up
in Central America ordered by .
dent Re n. The peop of our country
mu ct in our 0 n n tional lf-intere
nd to it th t this danger is remo ed,"
ccording to the Re. J e J ck n
national pre ident of Operation PUSH.
'Central AlDene, . e frica, i
attemping to emerge from centum of
. de opportunity for the ttendee to
interact with variou panels of expert
in specific intere ar
Among cial programs will be an
annual oratorical cont The SCLC
omen's luncheon ill be held at Ho ard
Uni I·ly at noon on Friday.
'Se eral prominent speakers ddre .
the convention will include Congre
alter F auntroy, SCLC Board Chairman
Evelyn 1.0 ery, th Rev. Ralph D. Aber­
thy, Coretta Scott King, Congr an
iUiam Gray, Dick Gregory, the Rev.
J J ck n, ayors Johnny Ford,
arion Barry and Andre Young; Dr.
njamin Hoo Congr Parren
. ch I, L. . g III and Rev. John
ettle .
Registration be vail ble at the
Ho ard Inn and ew Bethel Bapti t
Bap Church. Fo more information,
write Rev. Randel T. Osburn, SCLC
ational Headquarters,334 uburn Ave.,
of -' E., Atlanta, G 30303 or can (404)
522-1420 - (202) 397-4333.
campaign. One wor i over, J kson
id, he must make a personal decision"
with his family.
"If one can explore (running) with­
out the baggage of announcin , why
deal with the baggage until you have
to?" he told reporters. en I y
., really a day-to-day thing, I'm really
being hon ith you. "
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By beny.
Reprinted from the Detroit News
ASHINGTO - Jesse Jackson, ho
still ha n t decided whether to mount
presidential campaign in next year'
Dernocrati primaries may be toying
with the idea of running a an indepen­
dent in the general electio .
so
YS of course an thi
il
should -he-or -shouldn't -he?
ill-he-or-
r
c
colonialism, neo-colonialism and cism
t h left them legacy of poverty,
Illiteracy, poor health and other cial,
economic and political maladies " J ck­
son in prepared tatement to the pre
at the PUSH convention. "They . are
ruggling to overcome hi toric and
continuing external attemp to keep
them b rvient and underdeveloped,
hile at the same time orking on re­
lving their internal development pro­
blems."
on't-he? peculation is beside the point.
Jes Jack n is not going to win the
pre idency or a major party nomination.
He may not even run. But unle I miss
my gue he is going to make a difference
on the merican scene: in the way
is ues get rai ed and re olved, in the ay
the political partie do their bu ine .
And it will happen because J c son­
as much as hi motives are distrusted
by hi fello leaders as much a h i
uspected by them of havin his own
I self-promotion principally t heart -
embodi a peculiar and peculiarly
effective set of talent. He h for
openers the charism th t enables him
to move cro d. He h s een eye
for hat will sell politically in a given
time and place. And he h s the ability
both the engage in sophisticated anaIy .
of i ue and to translate his analy
into terms th t make sen to ophis-
ticat nd nonsophisti te e.
T e the ancient political pl int of
Bl cks, that they ar ignored by the
Republicans and taken for granted b
the Democrat. Until no it ha been
an impotent truism. J ckson may man­
age to give it politic potency.
t e have' he . in a re en
intervi from .. ssippi here he
orking to regi er Blac voter for I
ee ' . primaries "" the combination
of the Democratic Party breaking th
1 and the Republican administration
not enforcing the la . Our lead tp
foe on th Republicans but the
Democrats are failing two m*r te
ell: They are not making room for
BI c ( candidates, tHnllkers
and, in some ca
tv be Democrat
the t of ch
ho ant
and they are failin
ter expeeti B c
to vote for bite candidat but ot
the other way around."
One re ult he said is that in
p rt of the country, more Blac
king offi e indep nden than a
Democrats. They might prefer to be
Democrat, he ·d,' but the party I
pushing them out."
It is by his light rnaior mist e.
"If Bla are disfranchi d, then pro­
gre ive hites can't win either. hat
the party doe about otin right in
places like issis ippi where he helped
to register me 40 000 ne voters this
summer and where he almo . gle­
handedly per uaded the Ju Ice Depart­
m nt to dispatch 3 2 federal ob rver
for the recent primarie is a te t both
for Democrat and dem r v,"
Does hi criticism of the Democr . c
Party ugge that he mi t run s
independent?
'The jury i ill out on the que t-
ions e ha e rai d. The party leader­
ship promi d they ould rai b­
stantial money for Bl c registr tion:
they haven t done it yet. Th y ld they
ouId form group 0 100 t voter
enforcement, that they ould file it
hold hearing con ene tate chairmen:
it hasn t happ ned yet."
s to the charge that pro
J c n candid y ould e the re-
election chance of Pre . dent R
he agree that r. Re an repre nt
threat to Blac progre . "But remo .
Reagan i ju one . de of th equation.
The other . de i for u to chie e po­
litical parity. In the proce of hie·
parity you can de e t R
our lead hip i mist
th t the b nc of "-ClLKaU
ence of parity.
our optio
computer to