o
, uSER VING, THE
a
ce
Black
communities
focus of fight
money to rebuild indu fie
and re ore e ntial program
in education, health care, hou
ing and transportation," id
JWP spa esperson Jill elson
in a phone intervie with The
ich.igan Citizen.
Over t 0 million people in
86 cit and towns have voted
"yes" on te JWP referendum.
"Peop Ii 1 1)()IW'ede11L
trlIHon
S 1 ,000,000,000,000 - dollar
expenditures for military de­
feme.
"The Jobs ith Peace Cam­
p tries to live peop a
IeJlJe of. power, that they can
chanae the seeminIIy impo
le," e "The Cam-
. p is modeled on the ciril
riahts mo ent, Ch e ill
come, but it's up to you to
e the flflt step."
Inten ' voter regiJtrat'
p e . key to JWP
effort hon said that JWp
oes after thole penons 110
have not participated in the
lection proce
She said the JWP organize
amana those hardest hit by the
lop- , ed military spending -
peopl of color, the third world
communitie in this country.
The JWP campaign expect
to re ' er 50,000 new voters
in Los A eles alone. This
follows their 1984 organizing
effort in that city that turned
out 35,000 new voter
In the ca of Baltimore
and Los Angele, the ov. 4
ballot referenda are binding.
Initiative Ordinance V on the
10 ngele city ballot calls
for the creation of "Develop­
ment Council for Job with
Pe ce" to advi the mayor and
City Council on how city funds
mihgt better be inve ed in
order to create local job and
service . Thi ou d include
o ing ith public and private
pen ' n fund board to "diver­
sify our reJional economy"
ay from military production.
STATE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY"
CO DE S REAG
Alexandria, Va. - Durin
a campaign in through th
Wadlington, D.C. suburb of
Alexandria, Virginia, Rev.
Je J c n last ee
rongly condemned Presi­
dent Reagan for failing to
reach an arm reduction
eement with Soviet lea-
der ikhail Gorbachev had
bmitted concrete proposal
to reduce nuclear weapon
but- Re an rejected them in
order to "militarize the he -
ith hi SDI or ' star
ar" plan. J n also
att eked the R� admini-
he label-'
Currently, in LA County, 50%
of all manufacturing jobs are
directly or' irectly connected
to military contractors.
In Baltimore, Que ion 0
ould "establish a development
COJJlJ1liuion to ad' the city
on the imPlCt of military
speodiq and to recommend
eeo policies and practice.
hich • inc.teale number
of �riented jobs".
point to a 68%
d creae in federal aid to Balti­
more and a 50'.' incre .. in
militlfY spendi:n8 from 1980
to i 986 as an inspiration for
the propo initiative.
Chester, PA, the I.. city
County, as
clared the "mo economically
depre city in the country"
by HUD. Voter in are
County ill ha e the oppor­
tunity this ovember to vote
on a non-binding referendum
calling for a reduction in mili­
tary spendinl in order that
more funds be made available
for local jobs and improvement
of local rvice
The tional Jobs ith Po
Campliln has affiliate in over
100 cities ho support a nuclear
freeze, elimination of military
asle and fraud and halting
fund for fore' intervention.
Boren.
TO ED
BALLOTC
ew� J. - F
ith S 10 million la
the Rep lican
Committee ( C) eed in
ral court lut we to
op a lO-CaDed baDot
curity program. The De­
mocratic ational Committee
(D C) had filed suit charging
that the program was actually
abned at keepin Blac s from
voting. Ho ever, C I -
yer did convince the U.S.
District jud e in ewark to
prevent me to the public
of depositions which ob r­
vera belie e ould h e
shown an- anti-Bl ck bias by
the republicans, The C
lawyer argued that the de­
po itions might prove "em-
barrassin" Prior to th
agreement the republicans
had planned to challenge th
right to vote of people
living in predominantly
BI distri ts in at le t
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'j4 nation that continues
year after year to spend more
money on military defen than
on programs of IOcild uplife
is approachill.g spiritual death. "
-Dr. Irtln Luth r Kin , Jr.
Vot rs in Baltimore, Lo
An les d Del are County,
P A h ve the opportunity this
lection day to bepo
, , turn UOIU8Il�.W�faiOlli
death.
Ballot que 'on in those
cities to Ihift federal
spendiol from eapon 0 jo
development.
Th pe ce earned it
place on the ballot becau of
the roots orpDjzin efforts
ill go
for food and
nutrition.
OZ BIQUE
Haware, ozarnbique-
A speculation gro th t
South Africa may have b n
responsible for the airplane
cr hich re Ited in the
de th of ozambique'
charism tic leader Samor
achel, J oaquim Chi 0
appears ready to become
the country' t Ie der.