ts
tr Ie, In the
1 1 Lo I P. a d Enlyn
S It lr t mend eat
Award by tbe ord H II
orum t a tribute to ber,
eld at ortbea ter
U Inr Ity In Do ton, M ,
May S. Mn. Par wa
onored for her lifetime
of ervlee to tbe principle
of free peee . She I
joined he re by Elma
Le I (I) artistic director
of the National Center
for tbe M sen of
Afrlun-A eric b Artl ts
and local children after
t e award ceremoDY.
(pboto: (c) DOD West).
U ba . Leag e eports
acts behi nd race gap
by DCC. LEWIS
Staff Writer
pri ed 22.S percent of the job
les population. Unemploy
ment mong the Bl ck popula
tion wa 11.7 percent.
Accordin to the NUL's
Hidden Unemployment Index
(HUI), ctu I unemployment
continued to urpass that
reported by the Department of
Labor (DOL). Discour ed
nd involunt ry part-time
worker, omitted from offici I
calculations, brin the NUL's
•• BLACK, Page 1.
Only 56.3 percent of all
wor ing ge African
Americans were employed
during the I t four month of
1990, ccording to the N tion
al Urban League' (NUL)
Ou rterly Economic Report
on the African American
Worker relea ed in March.
Almo t 1.6 million Blacks
were offici lly unemployed in
the fourth Quarter, which com-
hi uranc
uddy r
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shes industry 'wish list'
tlrrn
form
by DERRICK c. LEWIS
Sf:DIf Writtl'
policyholders. "
Bailey also indicated that
former Senate Republican
Doug Cruce may have been in
volved in the preparation of
the report, saying that it was
very detailed and lengthy, and
clearly not prepared overnight.
BAILEY SAID the advance
preparation of the report and
the fact that it came with a
Senate Fiscal Agency analsis,
"give us great concern that ex
Senator and Commerce Com
mittee Chairman Cruce had a
major role in developing and
writing it."
. If so, this would constitute a
possible conflict of interest be
cause Cruce is now the presi
dent of the Michigan In
surance Federation (MIF).
While a member of the
Senate, Cruce was very in
volved in policy making
decisions concerning auto in
sur ance regulation and he
played a role in placing the
issue in a conference commit
tee.
Rep. Nelson Saunders, D-
S. INSURANCE,Pag.1.
The presentation of draft
conference report by Senate
Republicans at the organiza
tional meeting of the con
ference committee for auto in-
urance reform, brings into
question the influence of spe
cial interest groups in prepar
_ing the report.
According to Jane Bailey,
excutive director of the
Michigan Trial Lawyer As
soci tion, the adv nee
preparation of the report runs
ceunter to the reason the con
f rence committee was
formed, which was "t'l begin
debate with a clean sl» .e and to
develop a report that carefully
gnsidered the ramifications
of the various proposed
reform on consumer rights
and benefits."
Bailey called the report an
_ "insuranc industry wish list,"
which wa being forced onto
the consumers. She added,
. "It's yet another demonstration
of the clout that the insurance
industry as in Lansing, to the
: detriment of consumers and
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