Jac
on may t;>e see
ASH GTO - Je Ja son may
ctually be aiming for the vice pre idency
a he campaign for the Democrat"
pre identi I nominatio , n internal cam­
document indicate .
Rev 1 d in the ti naJ Leader
the memo a nt to Gary yor
Richard G. H tcher by J n's pre
rtary Frank at in .
Hatcher served as chairman of a
pre idential exploratory committee be-
fore J c n formally announced hi
candidacy on ov.3.
United to S I'Ve Hamanity - rationalized
that e en if he 10 his quest for the
Democratic nomination, he may still
come out a winner.
'I'm not talking about one man run­
ning for an office," Jackson told a
crowd of 3 000 people, most of hom
h d aited four hour and listened to
16 speakers in the District of Columbi
con ention center before welcoming the
star attraction.
'If I ere to get aero the finish line
fir t and my. gon not hitched
I m y h a gold medal, but I would
be 10 r. If! got ero there 1 but
my w gon was full of regi cars and t
a r and legi tor and boo I
bo d member and judge and governor
and eriffs ... " , Shouting above thun­
derous appl u ,Jac n dd d
about lifting the bo ts that are
at the bottom."
In his attempt to lift those 'boats,'
Jac n 42, become the fir major
BI c le der to e the presidency
since Shirley Chi oIm, the former
Con om n from Brooklyn, ran an
unsucce ful campaign in 1972. In the
p , Chisholm, Georgi State Sen.
Julian Bond nd ctivist Di Gregory
and other le r known Blacks have
ing VP s
atkin wrote h t rno n
ides will not drnit publicly:
"He (J c son oul<1 not run a a
'Teall ic ndidate with chance to in.
yon judgement I that he could not
be nomin ted or electe Presiden in
1984 . .. re li i po ibtliry and goal
hich might be orth bile and realistic
i to try to et on the Democratic tic et
ice pre idential ndid te."
A his uncernent hich s
more like a go I revi al, J c n made
it cle th t hi definition of winning,
. e his did cy, doe not frt tr dition I
de riptions, In fact J c n nation
pre . dent of Oper tion PUSH - "People
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OVE BEA 16 - 22, 1 3 THE CfTIZ
itA 3
ST. JOSEPH - Jim Everett YMCA
Executi e Director, announced the begin­
ning of a Youth Scholarship Program.
, e are looking for young people who
ould benefit from particip tion in one
of our program but who would not be
_ ble to afford to ithout pon rship,"
'verett explained. "The fund i limited
so e an t to limit particip lion to one
program per child and make ure th t
hey will particip te in the program.
on t program to choo from are:
Swimming le son ,Youth rate Gym­
na ic, Youth Ba etb II League and
S im Team.
Criteria for lection, ceordin to
Everett include:
-Re omm nd tion from an adult.
-Financial need your word on this
will uffice.
eans of transport tion to the
Family Center for the program.
illingne to write ? thank you
letter to be nt to individu Is who I
donated to our ponsorship fund so that
they c n hear ho their donation . s
being u d.
-Ages 7 to 17 years old.
e syould be able to accommodate.
between 50 to 80 youn peopl in this
program. It will be on r come first
reb.i and hen the year's fund
run out will have to wait until next
ummer to build the fund ba k up"
Everett ide
All program promote po iti e If-
este m a well teachin ne ill .
Each participant will be treated an
individu J and be m de to feel ood
ut them lves the Director noted .
,
memo say
sought to' hold the nation' high
electi office. . However, J c
candidacy is by far the mo
the campai ns and it .
greate imp ct on
prim