I
contlnu.d from Pag 1
b dget,
ATHA I L THOMA ,
Vice Pre ident of the Union of
'be Homeles aid tbat the city
pollee ill not remove the
demonstr tors because the State
1>laza Building i on state
property.
He added that Governor John
Engler had indicated he would
not send in state police a long
as the buulldlng was not
damaged nd doorways were not
blocked.
A represenative of t�e Union
of the Homeles said that .15
people have been there con­
tinuously ince the sit in began
May 1.
In addition to the Union of
tbe Homeles ,the sit-in has been
supported by Saint P trick'
C-atholic Church, the Cass Com­
munity (United Methodi t)
Church, Local 600 UAW, the
Welfare Rilhts Or anlutlon
- and 25 individua •• ocial orken
in the Department of Social Ser- .
vice, ho joined in the protest.
"We (th� citizen) own this
buHding. We have the 1'ight to
come in. We won't tear down
our own house, particularly
since it would mean more cuts."
Thomas note that people do
not want to be on social ser­
Y ces, but there are too few jobs
In ichigan at living wages.
. ELLISON CHARGES that a
major reason for the problem is
that businesses are leaving
.Mlchigan for other state with
.,rong anti-union rules, where
they can pay lower wages,'
"It is union bu ting," she
uid. Ellison also charges that
pl�na of President George Bu h
for a "free trade zone" with
M�xlco, would further en­
c,ourage employers to leave
Michlgln and place their bu i­
neues where wages are 40 cents
In hour.
Ell110n charged politicians
with "being unresponsive to the
people, noting demon traton
represent "a poor people's
lobby" to counter lobbyists of
large corporations in Lan ing.
"We may not have the money,
but we have the power," she
aid. Engler's office admits the
cutbacks caused severe
hardsbip ,but claims he was not
responsible for this. The House
Democrats opposed the cuts he
originally proposed, forcing the
s'ate under the law to make
9'#2-" cut aero s the board.
EIll on dismissed this.
"Like Pontiu Pilate," she
.aid, "he 'i trying to wash his
bands of the suffering he is cau -
In , placing the blame on
everyone else. However he
tried to wash hi hands, he has
blood on his",hands."
D puttin
the vi nd Loa s 0 -
bud et nd putting he lth-c re
off-bud e t 0 th t every
meric could receive it. "If
it's re pect ble for S L',
hy i n't it r e pectable for
healt c re?," id Cele te.
e id citizen hould a
question 0 th t they c n exert
influence on legislators to ta e
c re of n tion I intere t in-
te d of peci I intere t "Ii e
the S L'."
"Don't let nyone tell you
you c n't do it, there' lw y
off-budget," aid Celeste.
Aloin ttendance t the
conference w Rep. John
Conyer, who introduced
Celeste. He s id a growing
number of people are inter­
e ted in conver ion and etting
new priorities.
Urb n Le gue Pre ident
Charle Anderson nd
NAACP Detroit Chapter Ex­
ecutive Director Joanne Wat­
son were also participants i�
the conference.
Conference workshop
topics were "The Dome tic
. Crisis: How Can We Turn the
Tide," which Ander on par­
ticipated in; "From a Military
to Civili n Economy: Plant
and Base Conver ion;" "De-In­
dustrialization and Rein­
dustrialization: Rebuilding the
U.S. Economy;" and "Military
nd the Environment." Wat­
son did the closing remark for
the conference. "Building a
Movement for Change." ,
In
uranc
Continued from Pig. 1
the full House will not be al­
lowed to amend the bill. there­
fore limiting debate on it.
STALLWORTH SAID her
role on the committee would
entail "give and take" and com­
promise in order to decrease
rate and make car insurance
affordable for everyone. .
She said she was concerned
about how territories are
designated in determining
rates and said there is a need
for more competition in the in-
urance industry to lower
rates.
Rep. Floyd Clack, D-Flint.
and chairman of the Michigan
Legislative. African-American
Caucus, had wrote a letter to
Dodak requesting Saunders be
placed on the committee. .
Dodak had replied that he
would appoint a Black legis­
lator to the com�ittee but had
not decided at the time.
Clack stated last Thursday
he thought it wa extremely im­
portant that a representative
from Detroit was placed on'the
committee and that he was sute
Stallworth would do a good iob
on the committee, although she
does no have a lot of ex­
perience with automotive in­
surance reform.
IN CONTRAST, Saunders
has been on the i ue for al­
most eight years. Clack and
Saunders both expre sed view
that placing the issue in a
closed committee would limit
debate.
Dodak believes the interest
of the entire state, including
Detroit will be repre ented in
the committee.
The committee anticipates
the proce S will go tlirough the
'summer startin with fact find­
ing on rates in the state, he Ith
care liabilities and how the
state i organized, according to
Stallworth.
In 1989. the state Insurance·
. Commissioner reported that
in urers wer.e overcharging in
27 out 'of 42 areas acro s the
tate. According to Saunders,
since that time rate have in­
creased from 10 to 110 per­
cent. The Detroit NAACP ha
I wsuit against AAA In­
urance for alledged di -
crimination of rates.
q 11 ed omen Ind minor t e
to hi h level po ition , but ch r-
e t t i judicial appointm nt
h ve been 0 er helmin Iy
hite, con ervarive , ealthy
nd m le.
The Bu h dmini tration'
continuin in i t nee on "color
blind" tandards, the report
y ,fail to ddre the dev t-
in modern-day impact of the
Ie acy of r cl m. Thi le acy,
. I reported in LOST OPPOR-
TUNITIES. include:
- ore than two in five
Bl c children live in poverty;
-Two in fiv BI c 'and
Hi paniC children are born to
mothers ho have h d no pren -
t I care;
-The He d St rt pre- chool
pro ram are erving ju t 20%
of eligible 10 -income children;
-The wa e ap bet ee n
Bl ck and white h not im-
proved in the I t dec de;
-Minoritie compri e more
than three in five public hou ing
occupan ; and
-Life expectancy for Blac
American i dropping.
THE TRUE mea ure of the
Bu h dmini tration," Comml -
ion Vice Chair William L.
Taylor aid,"i not whether its
record i margin lIy better than
that of it predece or, but how
it addre se the e dtstre ing
disparitie ."
The report charges th t the
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission still takes three
times longer to process a dis­
crimination charge than it did a
decade ago.
"President Bu h's veto of the
Civil Rights Act of 1990 wa a
bitter disappointment," St.
Louis-based Commissioner and
attorney Frankie Freeman said.
"Not only did Bush become just
the third Pre ident in history to
veto civil right legislation, but
he employed the politics of
divi ion and recrimination in the
process. _
By mislabelling as a 'quota
bill' a measure that would have
restored long tanding principle
of equal employment and once
again aiven discrimination vic­
tims effective avenues of
redre s , President Bush fell
back on the callous strategies of
his campaign.
THE COMMISSION strong­
ly urge the President to drop hi
opposition and support the Civil
Rights Act of 1991."
The report notes that Bush's
education. initiatives have vir­
tuall y ignored barriers faced by
minorities, students wi.th dis­
abilities, and the growing num­
ber of students with limited,
proficiency in English.
Brutality·
contlnu.d from Page 1
South Haven resident Darcey
Blackmon, who witnessed the
disturbance aid children ages
12-16 were treated roughly by
police who were reportedly.
trying to break up a disturbance
Invplving 80-100 disorderly
people. Police say the distur­
bance was the result of a group
trying to trying to "crash a
party. "
Blackmon said he wilne sed
two people' 'being slammed
against pOlice cars by arresting
officer. One was a teenaged
lirl and the other an older
woman, .
He also said parents were �r-
rested' for asking' the
whereabouts of their cbildren.
. ONE OFFICER had an as­
sault complaint filed again. t
him by someone who WIS' not
ar1e ted by the police. To date,
no one who w s arrested has
flied a complaint.
Blackmon said he thinks the
wly the police handled the situa­
tion could have been avoided
and attributed their behavior to
racism. All of South Haven's
police officers are white, said
Blackmon, except one Black of­
ficer who works dispatch. The
people involved in the di tur­
bance were Black, according to
ource .
South Haven City Manager
Al Van4erberg defended the
police department by aylng the
incident wa "a minor im-·
propriety." �
Bennett Mickle of the South
Haven NAACP chapter y the
incident is going to be inves­
tI Ited by the agency. The state •
civil rights department is also
Invcstiliting the CI e,
f
I
Gov. Douglas Wilder
read' the
Michigan Citize·n
"W APP AL TO the Pre i­
dent once gain," Flemming
sid, "to ere te Cabinet-level
t k force on inter-group ten-
ions charged with re pon-
. ibility for submitting to him
within·60 day coordinated c­
lion plan for de ling with the
cau e and con equence of ra­
cial conflicts and ten ion. A
n e of urgency should charac­
terize the President's approach
to this issue."
Among the other recommen­
dation to President Bush in
LOST OPPORTUNITIES are to:
-Refrain from mi labelling
the Civil Rights Act of 1991 a a
"quota bill" and obtain inde­
pendent legal advice on the im­
pact of the legi lation;
-Support the National Voter
Registration Bill and the Family
Medical Leave ct and
su pend the employer sanctions
provision of the Immigration
Reform and Control Act of 1986
whilc the law is being
reexamined;
Seek greater diver ity in judi­
cial appointments by selectin
qualified women and minorities;
-Implement the American
with Disabilities Act broadly by
providing the agencie charged
with enforcement sufficient
resources to adequately monitor
and enforce compliance;
..:_Withhold support from
"choice" program until their
impact on desegregation and on
educational opportunities for
children from low income
families is fully asses ed; and
-Direct he Department of
Education to undertake initia­
tives to better address he need
of language minority students.
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