A coalition of more than 100
or aniz tion denounced Pre i­
d nt Re an's dr tic cu in
human inve tment program
nd nnounced a major c rn­
pin to chan budget priori­
tie .
ore cut in ocial program
constitut " profound threat to
both our ecurity and our fu­
tur ", tate an op n I tter to
th Pre ident nd Con re th t
alr d b en i ned by mo t
of the Co ition' members.
Th bud et that the Admi­
ni ration propo ed Wednesday
ould cut program that benefit
1 . orne people '9. billion
in fi 1 ye r 1987, cordin to
an analy i prepared by the Cen­
ter on Bud et and Policy Prio­
ririe .
Fourt en 10 incom pro­
ould b eliminated.
Th inc1ud pro r m that
pro ide emergency food and
helter, legal ervice, housing
. tance for f rnilies, the el­
derly and handicapped, rural
hou ing and job training for
Ifare mothers.
pai.gn
aga
"This is a budg t of de pair,
d feati m, nd denial of the
Americ n dream," . d Andre
ott, chair of the Coalition on
Human eeds. "In 0 many
ay th harsh reality of this
budget is in stark contrast to the
upliftin rhetoric Pre ident
Reagan u d in his tate-of- th
union ddre .
" r. Reagan ent on and on
about the n ed to pr p r for
the future, yet hi bud t y
c n t fford to inve t in th
future -- in education, in train­
ing, in job , in adequately feed­
ing our children."
"10 threat to our curity i
children ho can't r d ... , it i
teenager who can't et d cent
job and ho no longer feel th y
are p rt of our oci ty; it i peo­
ple ho don't have shelter and
food; it is old people ho are
afraid that edicare ill refu e
to pay for their health needs; it is
troubled people -- young and
old -- ho can no longer get the
counselling nd support they
need; it· farmer ho have
Continued on pag 3
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ONTH then It' show time
at t. Zion aaptl t Church
In Dowagiac.
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round) pr nlath flrstroyaltycheckfor 50,000 from the"Sun CIty" albumtothe
Afrlc Fund. Ace ptlng on I behalf ar Cor tta Scott King (I It) and Georgia St
nator Julian Bond ( ond from right), repr nt tl of the National
AdvlsoryCouncllforth.Am rlcanCommltt on Africa of hlchTheAfrlcaFundls dlyl­
on. anhatt n R cord., produced th Sun City album.
ENTARY
A we celebrate Black Hi
tory onth and enjoy the
freedom won by the hero
honor, aero the Atlantic
Ocean 23 million Bl ck South
Africans are uffering from the
hac le of le alized raci m
called apartheid. It may eem
difficult to change the inju tice
of another continent but the �4
all- tar m u ician from i c n­
tinent ho p rform on the hi -
toric "Sun City" Ibum have
provided th c taly t to er
apartheid and bring fr dom to
Blac uth Africa.
'Sun City', r cord d nth
anh tten label ha b en d -
cl r d the B t Re ord of 19 5
by veral publicati n includ­
in Time zin. Arti t
United Ag in t Apartheid h v
created a dramatic album bo k
and video whi h potli h th
vii of p rtheid and n bl
th public to become involved
in the extincti n of hat the
United tion calls "a rime
ain t humanity."
ile D vis ona Hendryx,
Herbie Hancoc, B bby
omack, Gil cott- H ron,
Eddie Kendric , David Ruffin
Curtis Blo , Bruce Sprin teen,
Run-D C and th Fat Boy r
amon th artist ho are ex­
po in the hyp risy of the $90
million Sun City re ort c ino
th t attempts to carnoufla e th
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