,
,
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