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LANSING - The Michigan
Legislative Black Caucus
turned up the heat on State Lot­
tery Commissioner Michael
Carr during a hearing here,
June 22.
Caucus Chair Rep. elson
Saunders pushed Caucus
demands for more African
Americans in executive posi­
tions and more lottery advertis­
ing dollars for the Blac media.
"Commis ioner Mich el
Carr, if you cannot present a'
proposal to us hen we meet
fo nder
cond mn
upreme
COU . ruling
DETROIT-"America is
not going to solve its youth
problem by killing its young
people;" (said Clementine Bar­
field in n interview June ?:I, fol­
lowing the Supreme Court
ruling allowing states to con­
demn to death youths as young
16 year old.
Barfield's on was hot to
death by a teenager. Because of
this trag dy, she formed the or­
ganization dedicated to
preventing youth violence
c lied ave Our Son and
Daughters ( 0 AD).
h g ntly but emphatically
oppose the recent upreme
Court decision which would
all slates to impose the death
penalty for minors like the one
who kill d her on.
eeing other youth penal­
ized does not deter others. e
can't eep warehousing people
and illin peopl . We mus in­
ve t more in prevention, she
. d. "Giv children something
to live for. An environment safe
to live, work and play in."
v rybody has to put their
arms around the children, not
'11 the children. Embrace th m
ith love and a sens of
e ted.
again in two week, I'll call for
the Black community to boycott
lottery ticket purchases and I'll
personally call for your resigna­
fion and you will be removed
from your present position as
Commissioner," Saunders
warned. .
The Daily 3 game is the most
popular legalized gambling
game among the Lottery offer­
ings, and Blacks are the prin­
cipal players. The Caucus wants
a fair return to the Black com-
munity on its lottery pendings.
b en 'Of Af . c n
Americans from the top
echelons of the lottery bureau
also concerns the Cau . No
Black has ever held the position
of Deputy Commissioner
. during the Lottery' 17-year his-
tory. .
"I'm willing and will be more
than happy to meet with the
committee intwo wee s, and I
hope can work out thi situ -
tion and come tosome positive
conclusions," Carr told the
Caucus. "I thought we were
going to be able towor this
thing out today at this meeting. I
didn't expect this thing to go this
far."
The Lottery has committed .
$1 million of its $12 million ad-
. vertising budget to marketing -
Blac events, such as concerts,
Carr told the Caucus.
Though pleased with that
committment, the legislators
were concerned with how
Blac would have access to the
remaining $11 million.
"I want minority media to
have access to that remaining
$11 milion for use in minority
advertisng," said Rep. Carolyn
C . .
The Lo tery b
tisin decisio on surveys con­
ducted by W.B. Doner and
Company, its. ad agency. Carl
told the Caucus that Doner
evaluates nd selects media
based on audience delivery,
cost efficiency, programming or
. format, individually or in com­
bination with other media to ef­
fectively re ch the maximum
number of lottery players.
Riegle d ci e
anc ions Bill
by .A.Abay
. WASHI GTO • D.C.- • A of
Thursday June 22, Senator
Donald Reigle has become a
co-sponsor of S.507, the com­
preheo ive sanctions bill
against outb Africa".
The e were the words �f
J on Steinbaum, an assistant to
Senator Riegle at his office in
th nation's capital on June 26,
in regard to Riegle's position on
the new sanctions legislation in­
troduced in the Senateby Paul
Simon of Illinoi .
Riegle had en th target of
critici m by the � ashington Of­
fice on Africa (WOA) for his
lack of supp rt of S.507.
This bill would further ex­
pand the restrictio placed on
U.S. inve tment and trad with
the white-minority government
in outh Africa. Ho ever, it still
on
allows for the conduct of tr de
in strategic minerals deemed in­
dispensable by the president of
the United Sue ...
Riegle who is Chairman of
the Senate Banking Comitee
could be i trumental in secur­
ing firmly orded clauses hich
would prevent the circumven­
tion of th nctions bill by U.S.
corporation and their South
African trading partners.
Representatives from the
WOA, who had criticized
Riegle for oot taking a public
stand on the Bill initially, ex­
pressed satisfaction that the
ichigan eoator was now a co­
SPOn or of the legislation.
Hearings on th Bill before
the enate Foreign Relations
Comitee are cheduled to begin
later this month under the
chairmanship of Paul Simo of
Illinois.