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9 the deficit on
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LGrt
Serviu "It b r-iaeo
LA ING - H.iking the (families) more than any other'
tu:besaid.
federal g tax ould .hurt . coaten that the
10 r-income car 0WDeI'S d
II . h· tax, user fee, hould 'be
ma er st tes, IC Igan spent fde the purpose it· 001-
ttansportaboa ofIiciaJs agree. lected. The psolioe tax bel
The federal government' tates fund aDd mainta· their
proposal would raise· gas tax
&om 9 cen to between 30 cents transportation systems, he said.
d $1. The extra funds would "It's DO( an aaoss.the-board
be earmarked fo navino off the burden of deaeasiag the defi .
tiooaI defici r-.1� 'by �ryooe: Martin said. "I
But Lawrence artin, violates the user fee coecept,"
ichi Ro d Builders As- IoaeasiDg the federal gas tax
ociatio executive director, to decrease the deficit also
· d not eYeryODe u1d COD- make· difficuI for states
tr ute to reducing the defi· to raise their fees, Martin said.
because �ryo The oonc:ept could fiDancially
automob· . burden state high .y main-
Les den ely populated te1Wlc:e syste be said.
states would end up paying a cCreefY agreed iacreas-
greater percentage toward . the fedtral gas tax uld
�aeas· the national debt, take y funds from Michigan
· d. for· y maintenance and
William cCreery, deputy CODStruction. -
director of the Michigan "Incre iog the gas tax to
Department of Tr portatioa, decrea e the deficit really
· r·· federal gas tax scates "MacCreery . d. "It
would be '\uy uafair." hurt the It system.
Union m mber
in D troit
ACTIVISTS
CRITICIZE
LEADERS'
ROLE
re Black ke are in the
unions today. and aitique the
e . ling Black union leadership;
and to strengthen the
participan' .
The confereace opened .
• panel on the curren tate of
Black union leadership. The
speakers criticized many of
today' Black leader for not
being responsive to the r and
. fiJe.
Selwyn Rogers, an auto
er and � of the Mid­
Black Rank aad F"tle Ex­
change, said that the Black offi­
cials in the U A W have not
responded to· DeS of concern
to B kt :... .
ReJ1rl1*d from Lobor Nota
Fifty- five Black trade
unionis &0 13 uni and
seYeIl 51 es in Detroi on
ave 12-13 for the Bia
.Workers T .". Conference,
sponsored by the Black Rank
and Yale Exchange and Labor
otes, .
The purpo e of the COD-
� Old: to analyze