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VoUX No. 47
Serving the StIlII!'s African American Community
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October 18-24, 1987
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Congressman George W.
Crockett, Jr., (D-Mich.), a
prominent critic of, the
Reagan Administration's
policy on South Africa and
Central America, has been
named a member of the
United States delega 'on to
the 42nd General Assembly of
the United Nations.
Congressman Crockett, the
chairman of the House
Foreign Affairs' Subcommit­
tee on Western Hemisphere
Affairs, is one of two Congres­
sional delegates who will at­
tend the sessions of the
General Assembly and repre­
sent the United States on
several Assembly committees.
The other Congressional
delegate is Representative
Doug Bereuter, (R-NEB).
In a recent interview,
Crockett said his selection as
a delegate had been
automatic, explaining it was
his tum as a senior member of
the House Foreign Affairs
Committee to receive the
U.N. assignment.
The House committee and
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee alternate in send­
ing the delegates, who are
routinely apprroved by and
processed through the Senate
Department
Congressman Crockett, one
of the two Blac members of
the House Foreign Affairs
Committee, has been quite
vocal in his opposition to the
Administration's "construction
engagement" policy in South
Africa and its support of the
contra" forces in icaragua.
He has also frequently
criticized the State Depart­
ment for its failure to recruit
and to promote more Blacks
and other minorities in the na­
tion's foreign service.
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"1 believe it's expected by
the House committee and the
State Department that I can­
not, with my feelings and coon­
victions, be a strong and con­
sistent supporter of the depart­
ment's positions at the U. .,
Co inued on e 16
Young
Blae
ou voti g
whites
W ASHINGTO - Accord­
ing to a just-released Census
Bureau report, for the first
time in history young Blac
turned out in higher propor­
tions than young whites t
vote in last ovember's elec­
tions.
The study found that 25
percent of young Blacks voted
in the ovember elections
compared to only 22 percent
of young whites.
The bureau defmed young"
as pers�ns aged 18 to 24.
Political analysts credit the
voter registration efforts of
Jesse L. Jackson and a back­
lash to the conservative
policies of the Reagan ad­
ministration with encouraging
more young Blacks to rgister
and vote.
The study also substan­
tiated the belief that Black
votes played the critical role
in enabling Democrats to
reta e control of the
Senate during the off-year
elections .
The Blac v t particul rl
pivotal in the Dem cratic vi -
tories in Alabama, Georgi
Florida, orth Carolin nd
Loui iana.
