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VOL. XV NO. 1 � J\n/fl/Oflll('d I'('oplt'/:. ;1 f t c» P('('I'II' Februat y 14-20. 1993
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Chan y nd the Rev. Jo ph
Lowery, p id nt of th Southern
Chri tian Leadership Conference,
announced a three-day human
righ hearing in J on .,
eginning March 16, to e amine
the dea .
Th tivi will pent evi-
de _Bath red during the hearings
to Congres and will demaOO con-
g ional heari on the ab
well pedal pro ecutor to County S riff Department.
handle po ible c rg ,C Dey Jon, will) w ted for traf-
aid. fie iolations, w fouOO han ing
by hi hoel in a jail 110 er
OT re- . tall, according to a report by Dr.
e a list o· the victims, aylng James Bryant, a Chicago patholo- .
the detai urroundin the d ths gi t who conducted an utopsy.
would be presented at li�. The county coroner ruled the
He did cite the e of Andre L. death a uieide, but Bryant . d it
Jones, who died 1 t August whil w a bomicide. Hi impo ible for
in the custody of the Simp on someone to pick himself up by a
"It' a revi th t
yecus. • exi ted in Mi i ippi prior to
BenCllaney, wbosebrother 1964," Chaney aid t an Atlanta
one 0 three civil righ wor CIl.. � conference Thu y, Febru-
killed near Philadelphi Mis., ill \ ary 4.
1964, aid the 23 were ed on
loc
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By GREGORY JACKSON Detroiter � Jen1cim's resol .
DETROIT-At the ichigan upporting government reparatio
Democratic Party state convention, Blae people [or y of lavery and
rank ani file party members never got legaldiscriminationne rmadeitto
a cbance to vo on veral i tl \1t n r eitber.
coreem people of 00 r l¥1 the hand- or did
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W F. ACOJ'Bl:lfQrId1iQiII'I
In celebration of AfriCan Heritage Day, Chuck D of Public Enemy, Issac The celebration included several viedo presentations, including footage
Hayes, Princess Asie Ocansey of Ghana and Rev. Jim H ey were on from the ·Slave casUes· in Ghana
hand for the recent celebration at Detroit's Uttle Rock Baptist Church.
THE P OBLEM, some membe
of the 14th District (which include •
pornon of Detroit and all of Highland
Park) say, is the party rules that give -.
handful of people" power to bloc
resolutions from going to the floor.
AI though, the policy rules state "Tbo
Democratic Party, on alt leve , ball
upport the broadest possible participa
tion", in fact, resolutions must be
reported out by the Resolutions Com
mittee before being acted upon in the
Democratic convention.
The Resolutions Committee doc:a
not have to tum down a resolution to
prevent it from going to th tloor. In
th case of the three resolutions men
tioned, it imply referred the i lie to the
Policy Commit . .
Since the' Poiicy Comminee dos
not meet during the convention, this bas
the practical effect of delaying the mat
ter until next year. Sources y this I
corsi tently happened to the resolution
on reparations, which has been intro
duced year after year.
Tommy Meadows, head of the
party' Handicapper Caucus, d i
takes two thirds of the distric to over
turn such an action, something that .
nearly impossible to ccomplish, ince
th last meeting of the Resolutions
elin on
ngl rid a
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o ·gnor
By RON SEIGEL
IIlch/Den Citizen
ample on welfare pol!cy.
the Michigan Ci tizen 's pho call at the
time of thi deadline.
However, both Congre sman
Howard Wolpe, who i running for
governor, and U.S. Senator Donald
Riegle said that Clinton had no hare in
picking Engler to draft a welfare reform
proposal. ..
Reigle id the National Conference
of Governor divided into two
group -Demo rat and
Republicans 0 drafta wire reform
propo al was imply chosen by the
Republicans.
M MD OF THE Welfare
Rights Organization (WRO) picketed
Clinton, wh n he cai.ie to the Detroit
area February 10, to bold a town meet
ing at WXYZ 1V7, because of concern
over this i u.
According to Richard Berlin 14th
Di trict Democratic Party repre-
ntati to th Michigan Democratic
Party' Re olution Committee, the
State Democratic Convention held
Sunday February 7 passed a resolution,
cordemaing "Engler's welfare policy
in which government abandons its
responsibility to assist people achieve
self- ufflciency" and called on Presi
dent Clinton to "reject j!ngler's pro
gram as an inappropriate model for
national reform."
Engler's presssecretary could rot be
reached for comment aoo did rot return
. A union representing governm nt
workers and members of a poverty or
ganization want President Clinton to
know that Gov. John Engler' ideas on
welfare are not reform, not worthy of
imitation.
Alarmed by tatements in the media
that Engler may be advising th new
President on welfare reform, activists
are organizing a campaign to enlighten
Clinton n Michigan' welfare me .
Sheila Strunk, Legi lative Chair
man for UA W Local 6000. repre-
enting government employee, said
that Clinton went to the U.S. Con
ference of Governor's asking them f�r
their ideas on welfare reform. Engler
was one of the 16 governors appointed
to draft the proposals.
The union' urging dtizel8 to write
letters to Cinton to ignore Engler's ex-
14TH DI TRI T HAIR
Mildred Stallin said "Everyone says
that you can't believe what you read in
. th new papers, but every so often th y
go after me and call me about some
thing th y read in th papers."
S e IGNORE, Aft
S BLOCK,A3
ow are you
going to
celebrate
lack isto
month?
/
MARK LASTER: 'Teachinq
the younger children the
morals and values that have
been lost.·
.... .
LORENZO BROWNER: ·We
(HPCC Student Government)'
are having a fund-raiser to
help a student with th ir tuition
and books."
TRACEY SENIOR: ·1 am
going to take my children to
see the movie Malcolm X·
..