The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, October 6, 1987- Page 5 NAACP's efforts may By STEPHEN GREGORY If the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee votes against federal Judge Robert Bork's appointment to the Supreme Court today, the University's NAACP chapter may have played a part in the decision. Matthew Leitman, a member of the University's National Association for the Advancement of Colored People chapter, said the group collected roughly 270 letters from University students, urging senators to vote against Bork's appointment. The chapter mailed the letters to selected senators last Friday. Leitman, chair of the the chapter's Anti-Bork Committee, said the group has worked in conjunction with NAACP chapters nationwide to defeat the Bork nomination. Last summer, NAACP members agreed that blocking Bork's appointment was the group's top concern at its national convention in New York City. Althea Simmons, NAACP Anti-Bork lobbyist in Washington, D.C., said chapters across the country have been "extremely helpful" in gathering support against Bork. Leitman said the letters were targeted at three senators - William Cohen (R-Maine), Howell Heflin (D-Alabama), and Arlen Specter (R-Pennsylvania) - who have yet to choose sides on the Bork debate and Senate Majority Leader and judiciary committee member Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia). Letters were also sent to Sen. Dennis DeConcini (D-Arizona) who yesterday broke weeks of silence on his decision and threw his weight against the nomination. Cathy Guest, a spokesperson for Cohen, said that the estimated 3,000 to 4,000 letters he has received from all over the nation "will be important in his decision," but will only be one of the factors involved. She said Cohen will also consider his personal study of Bork's rulings and essays, as well as the ,lp can Bork. opinions of a majority of his constituents. Guest said that at last count, the letters opposed the nomination by a two-to-one margin. An assistant for Heflin said the senator has received "a lot of letters and phone calls" concerning the nomination, but she refused to reveal either the margin of support or the stance the majority of the letters took. She said, however, the letters and phone calls flooding into his office will "weigh into his decision." Leitman said the chapter gained most its support through minority organizations in the dormitories. NAACP's Simmons said that aside from encouraging letter-writing, a number of chapters nationwide have worked together to compile a 99-page report on how the ideology of potential justices has been a consideration in making appointments since: the high court began. She said a copy of the report was given to all members of the U.S Senate last Wednesday. De Conceini ... says he'll oppose Bork Undecided senators join anti-Bork camps; vote today (Continued from Page 1) option is being considered." The decisions by Byrd and DeConcini also will affect the Senate Judiciary Committee vote Tuesday on the type of recommendation the panel will make to the full Senate. They became the seventh and eighth .awmakers on the 14-member panel to innounce opposition to Bork. Cranston said the vote "would likely turn out to be a negative recommendation" although a decision of "no recomendation" is still possible.-: Both sides have said the nomination should be sent to the full Senate, no mater how many committee members oppose confirmation. Five Republican members of the committee favor Bork, and Sen. Howell Heflin (D-Ala.) is to make his decision known today. Byrd said he would vote against Bork because of concerns about privacy, the right of Congress to sue the president in federal court, and because the nomination is "too controversial to go forward with." The Supreme court has already acted this year in: -Turning down an appeal aimed at scuttling the prosecution of Michael Deaver, the former presidential aide charged with lying to a grand jury about his lobbying activities; -agreeing to consider broadening the remedy for workers who claim to be victims of sexual harassment in a North Carolina case. ..... . ..... . . " - - - " - " - - " - .. .._. ... - - <- - - .. ._. ......._...................................._...._.._.._._._._._._._.._._._._._....._...... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............................. ............ """""...."" *....""" r~ ~r ' irr r Huiron High parents r ally o ver racial slur By EDWARD KLEINE A group of Black parents of children ittending Ann Arbor public schools is lanning a rally tomorrow night to demand hat a teacher who made a racial remark last nonth be fired. The Black Student Parent Support Group vill ask that Ann Arbor Huron High School iology teacher Dale Greiner be removed and ransferred to a job where he will not have Greiner was trying to quiet a group of students last month and made a comment to the effect of the students "growing up to be dumb niggers," according to Zakiyyah Ali, a parent of one of the students and facilitator of the parents' group. Greiner was suspended for one day with pay for the remark. Group spokesperson John Philpot said Greiner's apology is not sufficient to mend the "We want Mr. Greiner removed from all contact with children," Philpot said. Both Philpot and Ali had children in Greiner's class when he made the remark. Ann Arbor Public Schools Deputy Superintendent Hayward Richardson defended the day-long penalty, saying it was based on Greiner's past record, which showed he "has been very supportive of black students in the past." But Richardson added, "the remark was very severe, and we said it was inexcusable." The parents group has arranged for a hearing with Public Schools Ombudsman LeRoy Cappaert to appeal the action taken against Greiner. Richardson said that since the incident, the Ann Arbor Board of Education has asked administrators to draw up a policy regarding disciplinary action for teachers who make racist remarks. 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Although businesses say the revenue created by Sunday's hungry students is not essential to their continued survival, it does mean that Ashley's can remain open on Sunday during the school year. There is not enough customers on Sundays during the rest of the year to warrant doing business, said Ashley's manager, Keith Hunt. He attributed the restaurant's increased turnover largely to Sunday dinner specials targeted specifically towards dorm residents. Dorm residents also patronize the Ann Arbor's finer restaurants. Jennifer Krolik, a Residential College sophomore and a waitress at Bicycle Jim's Restaurant and Pub observed, "Although students do not tip as well as the business crowd we get during the week, the money is still there because of the high turnover rate caused by underclassmen. In other words, you work your ass off but in the end it's worth it." 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