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REVENGE
Mr. Ray . (Recall Leader)
has had electri contracts with
the Detroit d of Education
amounting to million, but
bad to be take to court by the
Board and a took the Board
to court beca be did DOt want
to hire Blacks. . angered Me.
Litt and might be �
word and moti tion.
senteei m ea
. iUecl seems
word for him.
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EQUALOPPO
The Detroit ard of Educa­
tion gave Slack law farms their
first opportuni to do .bond
work. In the t, under other
Boards these were never
hired by Detro' Public Schoo .
AD racial groups are entitled to ,
• opportunity and perso
� with serving the inter­
ests of Detroit, should out
that belief. We provideeq
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CONJUSED
Mr. S. Martin Taylor- ( ew
Detroit Inc.) is an appointed
member of the Task orce
selected by Detroit Public
Schools to help solve the
dropout problem. He is a mem­
ber of the Pre-School T3Sk
Force, but be has n ver attended
any meetinp with eith r group.
Nor has he presented any ideas
to any responsi>1e perso . His
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to:
Ich gan Cltlz
P.O. Box 3560,
HI land Park,
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uninformed comments reported
recently, are confusing. Either
he feels e is somehow able to
solve the problems alone or he
must feel incompetent to work
with others. He is confused and
OBI_d' his word
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INEFFECTIVE
Mr. Tom Turner (AfL.CIO)
has never sat down with the
Detroit Board of Education to
discuss anything. His role with
the skilled trade unions' one
issue that I would like to discuss
with him. Clearly, the record of
1m organization. in hiring Blacks
and other minorl . es does little
to encourage our students to
see careers in that field. For in­
stance, 90% of the folb in the
skilled trades were whi en
he too office and today, 90% of
the folb in the skilled trades are
still white. Per he hired
to maintain the status quo. In
any case, i seems the
appropriate rd for him and
his record
The above action words have
found their mark, and ingenera�
well fi the order of.1M Mystic
Knights of the SelL In other I
words, those above should stop I
playing AmoS tIIId Andy &lmu
so that eprsoas with good inten­
tio can come together to k
to im .. ove educational services
for 0 chil en and youth.
Within this context, the
Detroit Board of Education ac­
knowledges the necessity of
academic exceUence for social
equity and mobility pr .
dimensions for aD students of
Detro' Public Schoo
As Board Chairman of Per­
soanel and Board OWrman of
AltematiYe Schoo and A
Education, I am con tantly
a are of the need for all
employees to do more in a bet­
ter fasbioa.
Our children need staff and
a curriallum that are realistic
and which help the dent UD-
derstand himself in r . n to
society.
Tb you have always known"
me to � to get the best for our
students. If expect th� be of
our students, we must provide
the best for them. If our students
eed the to be the best, Lon-
nie Bates Win see to it that they
get the best It is my way.