in oppo ition �o
d fuel on the fire.
e 18 e note t t t Wis-
consi n Conference of Churches
h i ued n urgent pie for
pe cc concerning the con­
trover y over live American
treaty nd fi hing righ . We
upport lhi pie for peace.
o
produce again the student ac­
tivi ts of the 1960's who
declared: Families as usual
on't do; education usual
n't do; politics u
do; economics as usual
do, and business usual
do".
T re olutionaries ( tu-
dent on-Violent Coord in ting
Committee nd Congress of ra­
cial Equ lily members, and
others) ere. willing to give up
th ir live for the cau e of jus­
ti nd equality and empower­
ment.
Yet it h been OUf experience
that peace ithout j tice i no
peace tall. J lice for Native
American nece itie t first
and foremo t, respect for the
right of elf-determination for
alive Americans
o
ered
Allan lichtman a professor
at American Univer ity, said
VRA enactment, ho ever, is
not the cure-all, just as the pas­
sage of ffirmative action
regulation does no mean that
after three hundred years of
brutal oppression, Blac people
no tart out even. Work must
be done to achieve equality and
empowermen .
Dr. Margaret Carey cited
some continuing obstacles to
voter registrations particularly
in the South for Blacks and in
California and Texas for'
Latinos. Gerrymandering
rem in � problem in California
Te , d in the outh c­
ce to voter registration of­
fices. "Indeed, the clo er
election time rolls around, the
harder it· to find regi tration
office open," Dr. Carey ay.
Dr. W lters aid Black people
have yet to form a political or"
ganizational vehicle through
which to me ningfully expre .
their concerns.
J c O'Dell, of the ational
R inbo Coalition, as erted
th many i uesth t vit 1ly im­
p ct American live are not on
the ballot; A erica's war
m ing inv i of Grenada,
Liby , The P nama Canal;
Israel's brut I treatment of
Pale tinians; our support of
reactionary regim and death
squads in EI Salv dor, and sup­
port of Contras against the
legitim te government in
icaragua; and rebels in An-
gol , ell burgeoning social
problems at home.
"Our foreign policy nd our
dome tic policy are two sides of
th am coin which is public
policy," h declared. But the
public has little to say in the e
m tters. True e erment of
the ball t ould gi e American
vo er voice in the e vital area
of decision making, he added.
In order to be
uccessful, you must ac­
complish the amazin feat of
Ie rnin ho t be mo t
motiv ted hen thin are
oing their orst.