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thly j
,mor th run
id it tim f,
y p ovi
in thi country. Si out of
id a e pin ref nn
d.
the f ct
d, th n cited th e -
nt expe involved in Ion
c r f ni ,nd th ri in
of th ir ic tio .
Virtu lly 11 of th nu in th
y th t rever he lth-
pI i even lIy implem nted
by th he dmi tration, it h d to
t nefi ould ffor-
dable and equally available to
every on .
So fu the fundin of he lth-c re
reform i concerned, thr out of four
of the n who responded to the
survey favored r i in x on al­
cohol and to ceo. Two out of three
would incre e corporate taxe .
M ,however, would op rais­
ing either i I security or Medic re
tax .
A OLD
I G "SP D" T-
T? The University of Tex
Lifetime Newsletter reports on
udy in The New England Journal of
Medicine about reconsidering the
practice of withholding ggressive
medic I treatments for the elderly for
such conditions cancer nd heart
di . Doctors worried their older
patients might not be able to
withst nd the rigors of certain proce­
dures, 0 endure the toxic effects of
chemotherapy. However, there is in- .
ere ing evidence that the results of
certain previously withheld treat­
ments (e.g., clot-dissolving drugs in
patients 75 nd older, and aggressive
chemotherapy in women, 70 and
older, with breast cancer) can
'lore helpful than nsky.
T I G A STEP B C -
W RD: As this is being written,
I've learned that one of our states is
considering shift of Medicaid
priorities so that its strained resour­
ces would meet the health needs of
pregn nt women and children first,
nd niors last. I hope this doesn't
go from consideration to implemen­
tation for many reasons.
First, it' cruel to ............... ere
anxieties for people who already
face uncertainties in their lives.
Second, it may well be illegal to
ration health car on the basis of age.
Third, while no one would want to
deny medical care to youngsters or
pregnant women - it shouldn't be
an either/or situation th t jeopardizes
anyone's well-being, including that
of some of our most vulnerable
citizens, the frail elderly. Send your
comments to me at King Features
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ANOTHER.
ETHIOPIAN PROVERB
({ E I J ( ; J( ) �
By LARRY A. STILL
p.c'" to th. Mlchlg.n Cltlnn
Pre ident-ete t Clinton WI
Bapti t nd his wife, Hil­
lary, . Methodist, but the new chief
executive ttended religio rviee
t everal denomin lions in Little
Rock, Ark., while rvin gover­
nor for �elve ."1 unders nd
he wan� the prayer service at a
Black church and he familiar with
our denomination through Bethel
AME church in the tate capital,"
Reverend DeVeaux aid.
Although plans re still being
completed, transition Committee
Chairman Vernon Jordan and long­
time Clinton supporter Em t Green
re active Metropolitan church m m­
bers who first informecHhe p tor of
the President' interest.
B fore William Jeffe on Clinton
t k the oath of office the 42nd
United State Pre ide nt, Janu ry
20th, he will ttend offici I I ugural
Prayer Service at the hi torte
Metropolit n Afrlc n Methodist
Epi copal Church downtown
W hington, D.C., about five bloc
from the White Ho e.
Known a the "N tional
Cathedral" of African Methodism,
the church was founded by members
of the "Underground Railroad"
where lav escaped to freedom, ex­
plains Rev. William P. DeV ux, the
eloquent current p tor. who was per-
onally conta t d by inaugural com­
mittee officials in early December to
arrange for an ecumenical service.
iuden who integrated th city'
Central High School in th turbulent
1950' .
"Thi (Clinton' in ugur I r­
vice) how the import nee 0 th
Black Church in the Black Com­
munity nd the cognition of thi by
Bill Clinton:' Green told reporters.
Mo t pre identi' inaugural prayer
ervic have been e d at St. John'
church aero the treet from t e
White House, except for Pr iden
Jimmy Carter, who heduled hi
ceremony at th city' First Bapti t.
The Right Rev. H. Hartford
Brookins, presiding bi hop of t e
AME Second Ep' copal District
headquartered in ashlngton, is al 0
expected to articipate in the
ceremony w' _ invited prelate from
urc 's 14 other districts.
Bi ho Brookins wa co-chair-
GREEN, A FORMER ass'
secretary of labor, was one
original "U ttle Rock Nine" Back
Reli io t-out-th - Ameri n People,"
church h' tory.
From nti- lavery le dership to
voter re i tration d AIDS edu -
tion, the church h been in the
forefront of purposeful ctiviti for
ett er 150 years, DeVeaux ys,
Metropolitan in the 1920' ,nearly namin Frede.ric ou nd Paul
every American pre ident (an� Lawrence Dunbar members.
ever I Afric n chief e cutlves) Uke th AME' "Mother" Bethel
.h ve either trended ervice or Church founded in Phil delphi in
po e at th church, including retir- 1787, Mejropolit n began re ult ,...
in U.S.Pre ident Geor e B h, ho of t\fri a-American di ti faction
vice-pr ident. with egregated seating arrange­
ments in the Methodi t Epi cop I
H D 0 of Church.
Di ident group formed the 1s­
T I AME Church in 1821 and the
Union B thel in 183 ,which m rged
to form Metropolitan in 1870. TI)e
come . ne was laid in 1881.
etropolitan I" ugge
not only the grandeur of th rich,
bronze- tone edifice, but I 0 the in­
volv ment of the congregation over
the years in civic, cultural, economic
and ocial advancement of African-
Wtite 0 Clinton abou h
outh Afr-ica, ro pug
" By RON SEIGEL
Mlchlg.n Cltlz.n
Bread for the World (BFW),
Christian organization concerned
about problems of the poor, is urging
people to write President-Elect Wil­
liam Clinton about placing greater­
priority on the uffering poor people
face.
BFW state that charity and
stewardship involve . not only usin
your financial good, but al 0 your
intiuences a citizen to help the
poor.
Margaret Weber, a BFW official
urged people to urge Clinton to in­
crease programs sue as WIC
(Women, Infant, and Children).
providing food for pregnant women,
and Head Start, "as well as long range
. programs providing economic con­
version from defense to peaceful usc
of industry, so that people would not
lose job now that the Cold War has
ended. .
Weber ndeed thi would involve
funds for retraining and retooling a
well as economic tax incentives to
businesses that do so.
pcor,
t
A A TIV member il Another Groundwork goal invol-
another religious organization called ve Michigan directly, getting Clin­
Groundwork for a Just rid, be ton to make sure that those he
called for people to write in upport appoints to the international commis-
.of a Groundwork goal, getting" Clin- ion involving the U.S. and Canada
ton to put pre UTe on th white South on the future of the Great Lakes, an:
African government to end violence those who support th goals of en-.
again t the African ational Con- ironmental afety.
gres (ANC). Clinton can b reached through
She aid the gover men" failure hi tran ition office at 105 W.
to top the violence re e ented Capi tol Li ttle Rock, Arkansa
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