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"We're unemployed wor e ."
Curti i politi I nd union c-
tivist from D Mol ,10 , who i
rving a 2S-year j il ntence on
frame-up charge of r pe and
burglary.
Sch urn nn, who helped or-
ganize protests against mas evic­
tions of Michigan residents who e
welfare benefi ts were cut off, was
Jim Lyle, hop teward nd mem-
LLY W cochaired
by M r Friedm n, a member of
lAM Local 141 nd the Soci u t
. Workers Party; nd Dan McCarthy,
president of United Auto Workers
Local 417, who brought a me
from UA W Internation I Repre-
entative and civil rights activi t
Nathan Head.
Well-known civilliberti lawyer
Leonard man, who repre nted
the defend nts in the Attica prison
rebellion and other cases, aid
Curti 's case i clearly one of politi­
cal persecution.
Oro man recalled the Attica
e, the Eastern Alrlin trike, the
of Leonard Peltier, and other
case of jailed political activi ts nd
asked, "What i the common thre d
that runs through all of thi ? These
are people who are working for a
humane, just world. Curtis deserv
freedom; he's not getting it. He
deserves j tice; he's not getting it."
Gina Aranki of the P lestine Aid
Society compared Curtis' defense
to that of the Palestinian people
against the Israeli government in the
occupied territories. It' as though
. he' a microco m of the struggle
around the world for civil, human,
and political righ for all people,"
she told the rally.
Curtis' persecution j an Indica­
tion of incre ing cJ tensio as
the worldwide economic cris wore
sens, aid J mes Warren, a leader of
the Social� t Workers Party, of
which Curtis Is also a member.
WARREN DESCRIBED how
Curti , at the lime of his arrest in
1988, was involved in a fight to win
his union' upport for immigrant
coworkers victimized in a raid by
immigration cops at the Swift meat­
packing plant in De Moines.
"We face a situation of tensions
Cheryl Nelson (right) of the Bronx, New York and Elgin CI ens of between those who benefit from the
Little Rock, Arkan - the flrst recipients of a major new law school exploitation and brutality of people
cholarshlp program created by the law ftrm of Shearman & SterUng around the world and tho e who
and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund - have begun don't," Warren said. He explained
hlttlng.the books in their first year at New York University' Law School. how the Issue of immigrant workers
The scholarship ru d w created wltb a ,000 dona to e is used by the bos es to divide
NAACP Le I De d Educ t Fund by Sbearman orten and weaken the unio .
_ believed to be don tlon ever by a 'w firm for "You put label on poopl , and
Scholarship will be awarded each y to two prom &hey lop beina part of our cl "
American I w tuden Warren pointed out.
They call people 'homele "
r nam Civil
Commi ioner
In August 1991, Governor John, DECO, Inc., a subsidiary of the
Engler, announced six appointments Detroit Edison Company. She is also
to the Michigan Civil Rights Com- a staff attorney for Detroit Edison.
mission. They are: , Kopack replaces Dorothy Haener
Archie Hyman, a Flint attorney in for a term ending December 31,
private practice who serves as chair- 1994.
person of the NAACP Grievance Arthur Lombard, of Oro se
Commi ion. Hayman h been ap- Pointe Farms, currently serve
oeiJlted to rep ce Pbilip VanDam, . Chief Admirus Uve Officer
for a term ending December 1993. aDd Pro� r of La Detroit
Harry O. Hutchlsion, IV of College of Law.
J me Lyle, lAM lAc 1141.
in
not bees e he' a i 11 t, not be­
cause of what h.e said, but beca be
acted. Beca e he joined in the
fight."
Warren explained how Curti
faces a countercampaign against hi
release that is lead by the Des Moine
police and Iowa t te government,
certain union official ,and an outfit
called the Wor ers League, which
calls itself "socialist."
The Workers League is known
for its attacks on unions during
trikes. The group orients itself to a
layer of workers demoralized by the
employer's strikebreaking attacks
and the default of inadequate leader-
hip on the part of the union official­
dom .
'criminal:"
Warren aid the immigration
police raid in De Moine that
brought about the prote ts Curti wa
lnvolved'if w not an isolated inci­
dent. Meat-packing union local had
losta big fight in the Midwe t against
the compani ' attempts to lower the
v lue of meat-packing worker '
I bor power. The raid reflected the
fact that a growing percentage of the
industrial workforce is young and
iriunigrant, Warren noted.
"EITHER WE defend all of us or
we have no union," Warren aid.
"This is what Mark tood for and
why they con idered Mark
dangerous. They framed up Mark
I "
Certain layers of the union of .. :"
ficlaldom feel thrca ned by Curtis
aM other rank-And-file work II e .
him who defend their immigran,J •
co or e , Warren added. "the;"� :
look at Mar and they a threat to
them and to the unions and the y
they are run." ,. • •
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DETROIT CITY council
woman Maryann Mahaffey ent .,.
me ge of upport to the rally.
It read it part: "Mark Curti i a
victim of government and big busi •. -:
ness collusion against people whO" ·
speak out for immigrant rights. ,
Mark Curtis must be freed."
- Reprinted from The Militant '
Frank William ,from the
egr at d OU h to h
Capitol New. Service
HO'" to "'chIRP Cltlz.n
FRANK WILLIAMS, JR., has
done that. He now carries the title
of Chief Financial Officer,
Democratic National Committee
(D C). He w appol 10
I on In June of liD
Chairman nakt
Williams' nalbflf tn-
elude overseeing the management of
fiscal policies, financial, personnel
and administrative ervices for the
ONe and the Democratic National
Convention Committee.
William attended Southern
University in New Orlo. and
received an undergraduate degree in
accounting and later earned a
Ma ter 's degree in Busine s
Management from Manhattan Col­
lege in New York.
Williams began his professional
career as an auditor with Cooper and
Lybrand, one of the eight large t
CPA firms. From 1972 to 1973, he
wa Controller of the Recruitment
and Training Program (RTP), a na­
tional, multi-million dollar non­
profit human re ources development
organization re ponsible for placing
(Etflor'IItd.: 7'IU iI ",."It., ill a $.';'8
t1/ . CHI Afrl � itt polM:y
iIa A.Nric.'.r two ",ajor
• _ will Wy pl�n ;,. tit.
1m �1tlUII .lmiorL)
WASHINGTON D.C. - (CNS)-It
bas been a long and eventful career
for Frank Williams, Jr., from
segregated schools in Louisianato
CbiefFinanci I Officer of one of the
o major political parties in thi
country.
The decisive difference in his life,
Williams says, was the early in­
fluence of hi parents while living in
New Orleans.
"I went to segregated schools,"
William remembers, "but my
paren1s always emphasized the im­
portance of good education. They
reminded me constantly tbat life w
going to be a truggle but in order to
be sucee ful, I would have to work
hard and try to be the best in the field
tI "
Harry Hutchison Archie Hayman
Laura Kopak Arthur Lombard Rev. Vann
nmAttal1a
Lathrup Vill ge, has erved as Assis­
tant Profe sor of Law and
Economics at the University of
Detroit Law School. He replace
Reverend William Holly for a term
ending December 31, 1994.
Laura Reyes Kopeck, of Livonia
is currently vice president of SYN-,
Lombard replace Beverly Clark
for a term ending December 31,
1994.
Hatim Attalla, of Dearborn, cur­
rently serves an attorney in private
practice. Attalla began his term
Commi loner in October 1991
when BeMY Napoleion, of Detro�t
Commi ioners are appointed by
the governor and approved by the
state enate.
The Michl n evil Righ Com­
mI ion w created in 1964 to ad­
minis ter policies for the Department
of Civil righ
p.
in l-t{:;.'.:itfl�
until 1984. rwa ,be d
Assistant Deputy Administrator of :
MedIcare for New York City.
From 1986 he served the .
Director of Finance and Ad inistra-:
lion of the tional Benefit Fund for :
Ho pital and Health C re­
Employees, a ew York City baled :
$3.7 billion pension and $2S0 mil- ·
lion health benefit fund for 85,000 ·
hospital and health care workers in :
the New York, Philadelphia, New
Jersey and Connecucut are ..
•
WILLIAMS SAID HE learned .
early that "you can't eparate your'
personal ca reer from politics."