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not
n te to ap­
I Con­
th
care.
.ro: t
Am .rrc an
and e thni
ticular live ith ub- land rd
he It c re and the infant
mortal ity rate for fr ican
American children continue
to ri e.
T e Summit
adopted of action"
ich et I for reducin
infant mort lity nd poverty
mon chidren, e p nding
prenat I care and increa ing
cce to mily pi nning er-
i m ire
imp rtant than reducin J in­
fant mortalu . in America.
e have learned, ho ever,
that i hc Bus h
dmiruvuauon ': oppn iuon
to the rau t ication of t e Inter­
nuuonal o nvc ntro n on the
Ri ht 01 i hc Child o c s
b yond bud et or Iis al con-
idcn nons. Ther re some
r
d
ro
c deliver more mail in
one ce s than United P reel
S r icc deliver, ppar el the
B nJamln
Ch y.
CIVIL
RIGHTS
in the White Ho e who op­
po e lhi Ire ty olely for
political not economic
re on. For example, cur­
rently the Bu h Admini ira­
tion f vor capital
puni hment for youth under
18 if convicted of certain
crime '.
The ight of the Child
Convention would outlaw ex­
ecution of children under 18
ye r of gee There re I 0
poliucat que lion con erva­
tive have r i ed in objection
to thi treaty bee u e it does
not explicitly t te hen the
life of a child begin nd doe
not peak g in t bortion.
Politici n in Congre
and the White Hou se hould
uop pi ying g rnes with the
health of children in the
Untted St res.
U rCEF, the United a-
nons children' upport fund,
e tim te 40,000 children die
each day f m preventable
di e nd ub- tandard
living condition. Athough
l( ) nation have .igned the
Right of the Child convert­
uo n, the United State' has
not.
o I: Tin: time for the
United St te .. to join the
o rl d co mmunu y. not in
another arm' build-up out in,
hclprn J the chrldcn of this na­
tion and the orld . Support
thl� treat and coma t your
me rnbcr of Con zrc ·S. The Iu­
t u re 0 I' 0 u r chi I d re nat
ua ·C.
country literally never clo e.
We receive, di p tch and
proce '. mail 24 hour - -day,
J6) dayx-a-ye ar, on' uaran­
teed, trike-free ba i .
Hu n d r c d s of thou 'and� of
po s t a l c rnp l o y cc s or
ec ends and holiday' to
pro ide itu ervice.
I 0 t'orgou n .. part of
th "Ser icc" choolchildren
arc told to 10 for po. tal
or er on the � tr et if they
need help (in the event they
don', . cc a police officer).
The po tal or cr may
al 0 find n elderly per on in
ne d during the regul r
cour of delivery of hi Iher
route. S vcre either condi-
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