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SEPTE SER 13 - 19, 1987 THE ICHIGAN CITIZEN
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ep. Croc e t raise un s 0
he ps
o lege
on behalf of Stroh Brewery
Company, from Jack C.
Barthwell, Stroh's vice presi­
dent for corporate comunica­
tions and government affairs.
Morehouse was founded in
Atlant in 1867 as a private
college for Blac men. One of
its most illustrious graduates
was the Rev. Dr. Martin
Luther King. Jr.
pea
,� d
T..J. Chro
DETROIT - The Soea.kCl'
of the U.S. Ho
Representatives
Detroit I Week to
good words abo
gressman George
Core ett, Jr., and to help -
scholarship funds for
ett's alma mater, MOrellOUliC
. College in Atlanta.
I had to come to
for sending a man the caliber
of George Crockett to eo.
gress," Speaker Wright told
audience of about 150 per-
sons, including
Coleman Young. "And to
mend you also for malri. a
contribution to and an .
ment in the educatio of
young."
Wright, a Texas �
w the honored gu
recep . on, which hosted
by friends and supporte
Congressman Crockett
held at the Stroh River P
o e
o
se
Proceeds from th $100-­
tic et affair are to go to the
endowed scholarship fund that
Croc ell, a member of the
class of 1931, established at
the college.
Wright said that he had
many requests to participate
in political fundraiscrs, but
this was his first occasion,
since becoming Speaker "to
participate in an event to raise
funds for such a worthy cause."
"I don't ned to tell you how
important education is, and
how great the need is for
funds to help those who might
not attend school otherwise. I
was able to take advantage of
the G 1. Bill of Rights, one of
the best this
country ever - Wright
declared.
Congressman Crockett,
who celebrated - 78th
birthday last .._ thanked
the attend 'Teaching
down in their -
He was pam-aII3uty
to receive a dOlUIbJ.
arties · g ore the peop e, candidate
says
C tinued from 1
port a National Health Ser­
vice, no aid to the contras,
n ear disarmament, � and
civil, women's and gay rights.
B the two major parties are
"parties of war", said the
er of two and a develop­
ntal psychologist .
"Millions of people want
decent jobs and services," said
Fulani "But we have had no
party to vote for, which stands
for that. Until now. Until we
d America's third party.
The National New Alliance
Party will support Jesse J ck-
son during the Democratic
primaries, Fulani said. If he
loses, she will run as an inde­
pendent candidate.
The New Alliance Party
has a petition drive underway
nationally to put the party on
the ballot in all 50 states.
New Alliance Party volun­
teers were circulating petitions
on the northwest side of
Detroit last week to guarantee
the Party's place on the
Michigan ballot.
Fulani told the convention
in Atlanta that she and J ac -
son disagree on the strategy of
. date, didates to get on the ballot in
door federal elections.
The two-day convention
was caUed by the Executive
Board of the ew Alliance
Party, a Black-led multiracial
electoral party founded in
1979 with 15,000 members.
In 1986, Fulani, the party's
candidate for Governor of
New Yor scored 26,000
votes, the largest vote total of
any independent progressive
candidate for that office in
ovel"l30 years.
I
se vi ce of ce sea g
lnation at State De artme
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Deputment
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and promotion
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... no
p ogress."
Last September, in respo to a Croc tt request.
OOIRS:lUn1IlD Dan Mica (D-Florida ) had his In r­
nallODli Operations Subcommittee hold a hearing on
the I98S EEO progress reports of the State Depart-
, the U.S. InfOrmation Agency (USIA) and the
Agerw:y for International Developmen (AID). At the
neaJru'lR, the panel reviewed statistics provided by the
deputmenfs EEO offICer tha were described "dis­
aDl)()UlllUta ,.
Of more that 4� career foreign service office
t the S Department, only 257, or 6 percent, are
B k. The 636 member senior foreign rvice from
hic:b top diploma are c n includes only 12
Blae than two per cent.
C man Croc ett observed in his opening
ment that the number of Blac mbassadors had
been reduced from a high of 14 during President Cart­
er's administration to a total of five today.
"Six Black career foreign service officers who
had served as ambas ors, were forced to retire be­
tween 1980 and 1985 because they were refused as-