,
,
ICHIGAN CITIZ .. : rAG .. : II
chool administra or
Score of Detroit Public
School administrators
athered their hats, coats and
umbrellas along i,th tbeir
dedication they left an OA-
r
Co tl ed fro P. 1
ad hospit Is every dollar
the Pentagon .drained to
be t t e Soviets", a car van
le flet ays. "But e on't
get the 'peace ivideDd b "
uale e fllht for it, and
thi car van is a good y to
do it," a letter to P.T.A.'s,
labor unions, churches, aDd
dent continue'.
Congre sional leaders
no indicate that t e peace
saviD t t ould ave oc
curred to United States
citizen ill not occur if the
military build-up in Saudi
Arabia continue aad if the
United Staes military con-
" tin es to inte"ene militari
ly in other "hot spots"
around the globe.
'The carav n also can
upon Conlreumen,
Senators, other elected offi
cials and civil ripts orker
and the public to meet t
press conferences,' public
hearings, demo Itrations
and other eventl to hear
from public housinl ad
ubsidized housing tenant ,
who have been capegoated
going board meeting at
Detroit's Kettering High
School, Oct. 9.
Saying tbey were matini a
statement to boardmembers,
administrators, including
school principal, alked out
of the building ere ing the
caravan
of bo \rd mee in
tc:ndance rec?rd�. . eluded due to a "me too"
T�e �rgaDl2ahon of school provi ion, s id one ad
a�mlnlStrator and super- mini tr tor, who sked not to
visors (OSAS) �ere exclu�ed be identified.
from the Detroit F�dera��on Summing up the district'
of Teachers ne.golallons June perccived posttion the ad-
1?90 when their contract ex- ministrator said no move.
pired. ment h s been made on a
U�ually whatever teachers contract for OSAS.
received a a settlement Primarily the disagree
OSAS member were in- mcnts fall into Superinten-
dent John Porter', propo ed
reorganization plan whi'ch i
to. restructure raff ing
throughout the sy rem.
While apparently jobs are
being cut, OSAS member
are expected to vote on the
superindent's plan when a lot
of details have not been
worked out, the administr tor
explained.
Before OSAS member
left the meeting for good they
were treated tQ peci I
pre entation given by a C ss'
Technical High School ninth
grader. Javon Brooks.
Brooks recited a prize
winning speech he penned
, himself. His me 'sage ncom-
OSAS me bers carry liDS 0 t ide a re ular bo rd
eeli . (P oto by ..... S. Ri g ) I pa 'sed the larc Rev. Dr. Mar-
_-I t.in Luther King. Jr.'s populi r
C '0 Ide�log� of having a dream in
aucus utragectl' which hi work was entitled.
I "The Dream is Still Alive."
� Though Brook' speech
liftedl everyone's p i r it
OSAS member. pre enting
united front. vowed to picket
regularly until a ti factory
agreement ha b,een reached.
a k ou
ame grounds they picketed
moment before the meeting
protestirig the lack of con
tracte.
Detro! t Public Schools
teacher recently reached a
separate contract-agreement
calling for a 10 percent pay
raise over the next t 0 years
plus other perks such as a
monetary bonu for good at-
being the cau e of drugs
and violence in urbaa and
rural reas of the United
States. One leaflet.bulicates
that ten nts round the
country re losinl co titu
tional ript to privacy aDd
freede of speoch d c to
"dope fears·. The tena t
are sayiDs th t job and the
U rb n Le gue proposed
Mar hall plan te rebuild
, imler cities in the United
St tes i the be t i ve tment
to elimiDate dope in cities.
The caravan of vehicles
can be joined by contacting
. anyone of the following or
ganizations: Gulf Coast'
. Tenants Org mzation Ne
Orleans (504) 949-
4919:Southern Organizing
Committee For Social and
Economic Justice, Birmin
gham (205) 652-9676;
Southern Rainbow Educa
tion Project, Montgomery,
Ala: (20S) 288·'5754;
Southern Chri tian Leader-
hip Confer nee, Atlanta
(404) 522-1420; and
Alaba a Tenant Organiza
tion, Birmingham (205) 788-
4429.
u.s. indifference
Continued fro
P. e 2
ticipation in the Summit. Ht
didn' t bother mentioning that
the United States is the only
leading n tion with no na
tional policy on child care.
despite the fact that working
mothers account for the
Iastcs t growi ng part of the
I bor market.
Bush announced at the
Summit a U.S. progr m to
wipe out childhood di ea eSt
. including milaria. tetanus,
hooping cough. mea les,
and respiratory infection.
Ho ever, statistic released
by the U.S. Centers for Dis
ea e Control in Atlanta how
thlt accident, homicides.
nd uicide cl imed more
�hildrens' lives in 1986 (the
Iitest year for hich statis-
tic ere available) than did
all di e e combined.
By refusing to i n the
truty, hich require na·
tions to au rantee the sur·
vival of children; their
protection, development, and
freedom of thought and con
science, Bu h insures the
present tate of childhood
Ilect and buse continues,
child care dvocates char e.
Parents speed up their hunt
for big bucks. abandoning
kid to d y .car and drop off
center, if nOI leaving' them
lone to fend for themselve ,
to their own pcril. Somc
warn; "A generation or social
and sexual mi 'fits caused by
the I ck of a nurturing family
life will be to no one" d
vantage."
MANY CHILI) CARE ad-
Blae
Co tlaued fro
'P ae 1
Gabon to discus African
American relations following
the clo ing awards dinner ae
dressed by Rep. Ronald Del
lum (D-CA) CBC Ch irman.
Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-MD)
was chairman of the Annual
Legislative Weekend. Sep
tember 26-30.
Earlier in the week, Del
lums cancelled a scheduled
CBC meeting with visiting
South African President F. W.
de Klerk because, hc isaid ,
Black member' of Congres
did not wish to be "used" by
the head of thc all-whitc
government to provide
"crcdibility" for his visit.
"Nothing has changed in
South Africa, not one de
gree ... The only difference i
that elson Mandela is free.
It i no less violent •. no Ie s
humane. It is no less apart
heid. no Ie s oppre .ive ....
DeHum declared.
voc tes agree the price of
r ising a happy child i to p y REP. WILLIAM GRAY
the child some quality allen- (D-PA) did meet with de
tion. However, the Bu had. Klerk as a member of the
ministr tion continues to Hou e Foreign Affair Com
Coster pOlicie an� program millee and Rep. Mervyn M.
makin it les expensive for Dymilly' office relea cd a
parent and caregivers to 10 e talemenl ayingthe Los An-
their offsprin beneath. a el Congres man "que -
flood of Barbie dolls and tioned de Kler on hi
Robo cop , accord into lovernment' involvement in
Phyli Fratke, a Grand e�coura in the intra.Bla�
Rapids 0 y Care Director. Violence between I�katha
"A 'a ocicly we mu I get ' s�pporter a t Afncan �a-
erious aboul our kid, about lIonal Congress; the Ill·
human intimacy," she said, lir:n.ed, counter"rodu�ti�e
insistin that ho erina our indictment of Mr . Winnie
children ith hiah-tecb toy Mandela (and), the
and electronic babysi tcrs oveinment' failure to
does nothinl to feed their repeal the- ( egre ationi t
hunger for clo eness and at- like apartheid) Group Areas
tention. Act ... "
Dellums' officc also
rete sed a leucr ent to Pre i
dent George Bush "on behal f
of the CBC" 10 communica e
10 you our outrage and di -
may over recent racist sta: -
me nrs made hy Japanese
Ju rice Ministcr Seiroku edlcald
Kajiyama and, in it wake. the I I
silence which ha enveloped
the White House. It is our' Continued fro P e 14
belief -that the leader of the treated dental di. ea c ...
free world cannot electively Pa rtici pan IS a Iso Ie Itt he
challc ngc racism. higotry. Iaiure M a national guidance
and anti-scmitism in Ea. tern was exemplified hy :
Europe. and other parts of the " ... a lack oj definition and
world and fail to speak out consi tcncy of unWillingness,
when citizen' of the United of States to pay for the scr- -
States are ma li gnc d by vices."
government official' from al- OTA's study di rector P m
lied nations." Simerly noted. the study was
These latcs: action came purposely narrowed focu .Ing
during tbe five days of some on only on a ,mall part of the
50 i sue forums. work hop'. health care � vt c rn . Ye t ,
"braintru ·t" hearings, cor.. rai�ed �ome dbturhing quc�
por te cxhihits and social tion� about thc y�tem anu
events. The Rt. Rev. John the priority It gives to oral
Richard Bryant. African heallh of low income
Methodi t Epi copal Bishop children. Ms. Simerly ·late. :
in Liberia and Wc t Africa. "AI though Slatc' arc ul-
poke 8t thc annual prayer timalely re. pnnsihie for
breakfa t before the closing defining thclr packages of
dinner. dental 'ervicc� for children,
Making his fir t ap- Federal reguJatwn. pccify
pe'lrance a a CBC gue t the provision 01 cert in er-
peaker. Nation of I lam vicc. Non lhcles • ome of
Mini ter Loui Farrakhan It- the e req ui reu de nt I e r
'racted mass following of vice re not availi ble to
the predomin' ntly middle children und r Medicaid.
clas p &rons Ii e a pied piper It al 0 ppear thait the
he poke at ses ion on Federal goverrunent h. not
raparation and hara men of taken action to en ure th t
public B.lack ornc_al in ur· State provide lhc. c dental
ging a combined cultural of- ervice. Which rai e con
fen ive again t rlci m and cern .. bout accountability of
-oppres ion before the well- St te progr m: and al 0
groomed, W hington Hilton Feder I enforcement of it.
Hote I audience. own policic� afld regula
tion' .tt