HE H TI mili ry
troika, made up of Army Com­
mander Lt. Gen. Raoul C r ,
Brig. Gen. Phillippe Biamby,
who is army chiefof ff, nd Lt.
Col. Michel Francois, h poli
chief of Port-Au-Prince and that
. region's military command rs,
- have olidified th ir hold on th
rmed for and ha v no pla
to giv in or t p ide, ccording
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to diploma and sour among
the relief a nci till in th
: country.
In nt weeks, in addition to
ordering out th civilian mi ion
to monitor and document human
1
Black C ucu
hairm n Kw i Mfume i call­
ing Clinton' policie "inconsis-
tent," nd although White
Hou dvisor on H iti, William
Gray, y that "Th military op­
tion is still on the table," CIA
naly have made it clear that
ny ion that h th go I of
r t bli hing .Iean B rtrand
Ari tid pr id nt nd intro­
ducing tru dem racy will re­
quir a long-term commitment of
roop in Haiti.
,
""
". TH T, HE A ,repre-
: sents "the struggle for dem -
., racy in a capitalistic system."
"That' whe the powerful
: few meet many that have less
v- resources, but mor clout," he
: said.
According to his office, his-bill
• . would allow all U.S. citizens and
legal r idents coverage for all
medically ne ary tr atm nt
., including inpati nt and outpa-
tient care, p cription drugs,
long-term care mental health­
and substan abuse treatment,
vision, dental nd p ventive
..
care.
Cony
cost Ie than
including th
caus th m
paperwork r
moun
by In ur-
continued from A 1
Th r uc dpa
sys m, his offi
d ors to cal for
than push paper."
Cony rs d ni char s that
th singl -payer plan would 1 ad
to rationing of health ,d ny­
ingn ry t tm nt to tho e
with handic p ; on h basis
that th ir condition could not
"cured," or individual with ter­
minal illn s .
'I'hi would b pr nt d, he
id, ca th progr m would
dminist red by th s tes
und r tandards s t by a bipar­
tisan Nation I Health Security
Board.
"The worst form of rationing
o curs when' a per on d sn't
h ve insuran (for economic
reasons) hid. "What we're
trying do i to pr nt r tion­
ing."
m-
In my view this po is a
clear indicator that Black Amer­
ica is ready and eager to support
the n leadership and new di­
rection of the NAACP.
Herein may lie a clue about
how to maintain the momentum
oft Summit.
In my opinion, Dr. Chavis
should take his vision and mes­
sage directly to the masses of
Black people beginning at th
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th' '" Th
ding up for B
'118 ,
oci I,
and political nda hieh d
mand equity and parity for t
m of BI people . . . In
pursuing th go nd obj -
ti the NAACP i ching out
to work ith all leaders within
the Black community ... There
are fo outsid the Black com­
munity and ome within the
Blac community who are fear­
ful of this ne found inde­
pendence on the part of the
NAACP and Black America ...
They want to deter the NAACP
for charting a new and more
militant course.
They are determined to dic­
tate who we can meet with and
on what terms ... They want to
whip the NAACP in line by
threatening to cut of their finan­
cial support for the association
These individual , group
and corporations do not believe
that Black people will rally to
the defense of the NAACP , , .
Black America must ri up to
meet this challenge. Black pe0-
ple must be bold and audacious
enough to support our own free­
dom struggle.
This kind of "m ge to th
grassroots" would galvanize
massive support for Dr. Chavis
and the AACP. There is a defi­
ant mood in Black America.
I AM CO VINCED that
Black people will not allow
forces outside of the Black com­
munity to crush our oldest and
largest civil rights organization.
Coming out of the NAACP
Convention Dr. Chavis should
hold mass unity rallies all aero
the country to sign up new mem­
bers, raise money to liquidate
the NAACP's deficit and pro­
mote the mobilizing/organizing
of local Summits.
Well know local, regional and
national leaders, artis ,enter­
tainers and athletes should be
invited to play visibl rol in
th e ralli . Th word should go
out from th e rallies that Blacli
people are willing and abl to
protect Dr. Chavis and the
NAACP. And, corporate Amer­
ica should be put on noti that
the powerful Black consumer
dollar will be used to punish any
corporation that withholds
funds from the NAACP.
The response world be elec­
tric. The membership rolls of the
NAACP would swell by the thou­
sands and millions of dollars
would be raised to make the
NAACP more selfsufficient.
Equally important, the mo­
rale of Black. America would be
lifted and the moral and political
will of Black people would be
fortified by such a fighting cru­
sade.
"Too long have others spoken
for us" and controlled our d s­
tiny. Dr. Chavis the masses of
Black people are r ady to throw
down.
Ron Daniel . eroes as E utui DL'
r tor of th Center for Con titutional
Rights Ln N IV York At. He ma ·b
contacted 'at (71 ) 89 -3753.
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Vall y is a lush
By Bernice Powell Jackson
lmon lla and
way
a proposed design for a water
treatment plant which may feel
is wholly inadequat .
Bu now two n w dev lop­
m nts ha brought hope to th
resid nts who live n r th New
Ri r and to th state of Califor-
action in Mexico. And th t it will
then issue subpoena 0 he
m quiladora and or er the
Mexican plant manufacturers to
pay for th much-n s udy
of th New Riv r pollution.