Chavis says
Blacks exposed
to toxins
BALTIM RE, MD--NAACP
lead Rev. 801 CbaW recently
renewed charges that "c:nvir6n­
men1al racism" is harming Blcdcs
am other mioority gro . The
occasion . te.stim>ny before
a Sc:nmc I.bcomminee consider-
. of
10 'The
head told the ubcommittee,
"Bl and Hispanics are dspro­
poitionately exposed to toxic
wastesi ."
0laviS wants the Clinton ad­
ministration to study � effects of
toxics was on minoriti . The
Realan administration rejected a
imilar call in 1983.
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By MARCY GORDON
M.oc,.,.d P,.. •• Writ.,
W HINGTON ( P) - Among th
173,700 items that Thurgood Mar­
shall gave th Library of Congr
probably the most p rsonal is a diary
he kept briefly in 1951 while on a
mi sion to the Far E t for the
NAACP during the' Korean War.
j n big WlW.�".
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rel�
ments when he " wapped stori ,
drank whiskey" with reporters in To­
kyo.
The diary shows Marshall's erse
of humor and curiosity about hi sur­
roundings even as he conducted a gru­
eling probe of Army discrimination
against Black. servicemen.
TIle red-covered diary i among
the documents that Marshall, who re­
tired from the Supreme Court in 1 1
and died last January, left to th li­
brary.
IN 1951, Marshall was legal direc­
tor of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
which sent him to the Far East to
investigate numerous complain of
unfair trials and impri onment of
Black oldiers in Korea. Gen.
Douglas MacArthur had ordered an
Mayor accuses
opponent of
racial politics
RUGER, Ml . (AP) - Mayor
Steve Flemming aid hi opponent in
next wee ' eleetion is playing racial
poli tics.
Flemming, who is white, aid
Democratic mayoral candidate Wil­
liam Jackson has wrongly portrayed
white politicians in Cruger as power
hungry.
Jackson, who is Black, told th
Greenwood Commonweal th I t
week that in the 47 years he's lived
in Cruger, Blac have never partici­
pated in elections or held any politi­
cal office because whites have used
deliberate tactics tQ keep them OUl
Jackson aid Blac' are not given
information about election p e­
dures, such as qualifying deadline
or told wh nan el ction will be held.
Cruger, which has about 5 peo­
ple, is about 75 percent Bla k. It i
governed by a mayor and five alder­
men,' who erve at-large. All are
white.
OU BLA'" , eekm
po itions on the board of ald rm n.
Flemming, a farmer who w
elected mayor in 1 89, aid he and
the aldermen are not "power-hun-:
gry," or "money - hungry."
"As mayor, I m 12.5 a
month," Flemming aid. "Out ofth
four years I've served as mayor, l'v
probably lost money."
An alderman's alary i $4 a
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offi ial inv tigation. and h
agreed to give Ma hall a
Army personnel for hi parat
quiry.
been to Korea at lea t once- hall said hi inv tigation w "be-
wapped tori , drank whi key, etc." ginning to hape up." During hi three
And n Jan. 22: "The lot ma- week in Tokyo, he interviewed
hin at P Club are real one- co of impri oned Black soldiers
armed bandi .' wrongly convicted of cowardice and
M hall went to the Army PX other charg by courts-martial.
c mmi ary on Jan. 20: "Converted Th n Marshall flew to Korea to
d partrnent tore-huge plac -. read trial tran crip and interview
everything but what you want." oldiers at th front. Unfortunately for
unday , Jan. 21, when h historians', though the rest of hi di
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THURGOOD MARSHALL
"Cleared Customs with ut diffi­
culty. No on to m t me," Ma hall
wrote of his arrival at the Tokyo air­
port on Sunday morning, Jan. 14,
1951." ked ergeant on duty, who
called hi captain, who called hi ma­
jor, wh lied hi colonel. ... North­
west Airlm ould n t find a hotel."
Finally, Marshall recounted. an
Army 0 i er found him a h t I that
w quiet ut far from the' city' cen­
ter.H haddinn rattheoffi e ' .lub
at the Army b e, where he f und ' 'no
egregan n in club, but segrc ran n
on po t.'
In town, he noted. taxi for Japa­
n e r iden wer old and bum d
char al, wtul th arkcd "Tour­
i t" or "Forci ncr" were F m run­
ning n ga oline. Th re were
"Foreigners Welcome' Ig at a
number f taurants.
On Jan. 17. in a meeting with an
aide to Ma Arthur and other Army
bra • Ma hall aid," Every n
prorm d full c perati nit in allow­
in him t interview la k pri. oners
in the Army t kade near T k and
other matt YS.
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then that exam hould be re­
quired of all graduating seniors.
At thi time, everal exceptions
have been made to this rule.
For example, d tudents
do not have to take the exam,
private school tudents are not
required to take th exam and
tuden who attend two y�
of high school and then go on to
get a Graduate Equivalency Di­
ploma are not required to take
the exam,' t the caucus tate­
ment said.
The caucus al 0 pointed out
that orne chool y terns allow
tuden who failed the exam to
participate in graduation exer­
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