By JACQUELYN R. ARTl
THE LIBERI delegate,
Cain p icipated in numero Inter-'
national Conferen including Labor,
Non- ucl r Weapo Sta ,Inter­
national Bureau of Education, Trad
nd De lopment, all held in Geneva,
and the Major Probl ms on UN Tech­
nical Assistance conferen held in
Geneva, Paris, Rome, Wa hington
D.C. and e York.
Caine' a u ful Oak Park busi-
n man. His wife of 36 years, Estelle,
accompanied him to the Operation
PUSH meeting. They have van chil­
dren.
After a recent trip home and wit­
nessing th devastation of his country,
From 1960-1970, Caine served as
Director of the Division of Interna­
tional Organizations Affairs in the
Augustu Caine decided it was time for
him to provide leadership to guide Li­
beria into a proce of Nation building
and unity. He said he knew as a youth
W ASIDNGTO (AP) - Poverty
and raci m are no excuse for ur­
b n crime, Supreme Court Jus­
tic Clar nce Thomas aid
Monday,
"A system that d s not hold
indi viduals accountable for th ir
harmful a t ts them as less
than full citizens," Thomas said.
"In such a world, people are re­
due to th status ofchildren or
even wors , treated as though
they were nimals without a
sou}."
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two cons rv tive groups, the
Federalist Society and the Man­
hattan Ins itut .
"An effective criminal justice
system, one t hat holds people ac­
countable for harmful conduct,
simply cannot b su tained un­
der conditions where there are
boundless excuses for violent be­
havior and no moral authority
for the state to punish," he said.
Inner-city problems such as
poverty, sub tandard education,
pli ing families and unem-
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havior," said Thomas, who in
three years on the high court has
built a reputation as one of its
most conservative members.
"Many began questioning
whether th poor and minorities wrongdoing as victims of up­
could be blamed for the crimes bringing and circumsta , " he
they committed," said Thomas, said.
who is Black. "Our legal institu- Expansions of the rights· of
tions and popular culture began . th poor and minorities in recent
identifying those accused of d des had a noble purpo ,h
aid. "But th revolution mi
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changing h ir sta us from invis­
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