\Whether it was by 1,�00
v�es or 7,000, taking he
. ur an vote fo granted c r
BI nchard hi governor ip,
a d Sen. Dav d Holmes, 0-
Dqt.
De trott co
ti ist Ed Smit
H
Dispute erupt over
Black jobless 'figures
Blanchard aide
denl UL
finding
disagree on "The State of
Black Michigan."
Department of L bor
Director Elizabeth Howe
criticized a report called
"The State of Black
Michigan" released by CULE
in July.
Howe id the report a
politically bi sed and it
claimed that Blac un­
employment in Michgan ha
ne rly doubted under
Democr tic Gov. James
Blanchard comp red with
former GOP Gov. William
Milliken's admini tration.
8y Tra n orte
Capilal Ne Se",ke
LANSING - While talk of
another reces ion circulate
around the .Ca p itol ,
Michigan's labor director
and the Council of Urban
League Executive (CULE)
Sine 1983,
BI e
n.
"In fact, you'll find that
the oppo i te i the' case,"
Howe said. "In 1982 when
Gov. Blanchard took office,
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succe Cui BI c 5 in
America, ho have benefited
greatly from the, truggles and
acrifice of past gener lions,
ill be targeted in the coming
eek to do more to help the
le fortunate of their brothers
and sister. AACP Execu­
tive Director Benja�n Hoo
announced.
Hoo ,spea ing in his
capacity a executive ch ir­
man of the newly formed a-
tional As ociation of Black
Organizations aid the group
will target BI c organiza­
tion ,BI c bu ine es, BI ck
celebrities, and other uece -
ful Blacks to help tackle the
ocial problems affecting poor
Blac .
After a no-DO nse execu-
tive committee meeting la t
week - hich focu ed on
BI c self-help and self:
reliance -Hook aid the
c
committee anted to convey a
me sage th t Black America
i ready to finance it own 0-
cial and economic advance­
ment.
"Blac organizations spend
billions of dollars each year
on material good and tem­
poral pleasures, and untold
million annuall y at conven­
tions, meeting , and conferen­
ces, - Hook said. We are
convinced tbat tbey will be
organiza­
operation
committee
h
tory in 1982, Wayne County,
where Detroit i located, was
.the only county he carried in
the tate. In 1986, Blanch rd
earned 36,000 more vote in
Detroi th n he did Tuesd y.
Only about 0 percent of
the people in Mlchig n voted
in the election held on r iny
Tue d y. Some people blame "
the low turnout on the
weather other bl me it on
ap thy ..
"1 kJidn't. vere ," aid
Tyrone Taylor of Pontiac,
"becau e it dian't matter who
won. 1 thought Blanchard
would win it but it really
didn t t matter."
Ev n though the new
governor is a Republican,
Holmes w s optimistic. He
likened Engler' election to
the day of Mililkern.
"We lived 20 ye r under
Milliken and quite frankly we .. J
got along better with Mil­
liken than with Blanchard,"
he aid. •
Smith aid he thin En-
gicr will be good for
Michigan but warned that if
he isn't respon ive to Black
concern then he won't be re­
elected.
"1 think John Engler wilf
be good governor Ior I
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assignment b ed on everal
socio-economic categoric .
Hook said commi ttee
members' exuberance at the
meeting showed that BI ck
Americ is ready to ggres­
sively attac the ocial
problem afflicting the urban
poor. The coalition will
launch a nation ) search for
project director next month
and hope to begin operation
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