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Officials To Address Gov’t. Employees
Ohio's three-term
governor. James Allen
Rhixles is heading a list of
chiei executives from
federal, state and city
go'ernments scheduled to
addiess a mass gathering
of civil servants at the
Third Annual Training
Conference of Blacks in
Government (BIG) to be
held in Washington. D.C.
from August 25-28.
The conference, with
the theme- "Preparedness.
Performance. and
Productivity: Blue Print For
Equal Opportunity" will
also be addressed by
H.U.D. Secretary Samuel
Pie rig and Mayor
f \Blacks Had 7 U.S. Congressmen In 1873
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Ihe VoUjj?~ Education
Project. tncT (VEP) has
released a roster of Blacks
hat e served in the
United States Congress
from 1869 to the present.
The study, done by
VEP’s research department,
shows that the periods of
Southern Black
represenation in Congress
have been those times
when federal laws and
protection were in force.
The federal laws which
inititated significant
southern Black participation
in electoral politics were:
Local GOP
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not going to run against
those (Democrats) who
voted with the president
antL will continue to support
him, we might as well
forget about running
anybody at all,” said David
Sellers, a Marietta Attorney
and unannounced candidate
for the 3rd Congressional
District seat currently held
by Larry McDonald.
He noted that seven
out erf nine of Georgia’s
Democratic congressmen
voted with the Republican
minority on the budget
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James A. Rhodes
Governor Rhodes
became Ohio's 63rd
Governor in 1962. climaxing
a distinguished career as
State Auditor. Mayor of
Columbus, a post he held
the Reconstruction Act of
1867. followed by Black
representatives from 1869
to 1901. and the Voting
Rights Act of 1965,
followed by Black
representatives from 1973
to the present.
The high point of
Southern Black
representation was reached
in 1873 when seven Blacks
served the South.
These
seven made up ten percent
of the region’s 73 U.S.
representatives. In 1981,
cuts. McDonald, a
conservative Democrat
elected in 1972, also
supported the president and i
throughout his career has i
voted with the Republican i
minority mere often than i
any other Democrat in the 1
House. I
“I hope to hell 1
(Richards’ remark) is not <
going to be the position,” 1
he added, laughing a little. <
“We're sure spending a lot t
of damn time on nothing if (
it is.” <
Sellers, GOP chairman (
in the 3rd District, is one of i
several Republicans in the <
state who are already
campaigning hard against <
incumbents who are not I
Maynard H Jackson, Jr.
for 10 years and civic
leader.
Secretary Pierce, who
in a 30-year period served
as an attorney, judge, law
professor, corporate director
the South's two Black
representatives comprise
two percent of the area’s
108 representatives. There
have been no Black Senators
from the South since 1881.
Richard A. Hudlin and
K. Farouk Brimah. VEP
research associates, noted,
"When southern state and
local governments were free
to treat minorities any way
they wished. Blacks had
either no rights or a few
‘token’ rights to actual
participation in the
southern electloral
likely to be easy targets.
Nolan Murrah, a
former Republican national
committeeman, is in charge
of recruiting attractive
Republican candidates to
run for the U.S. House
from Georgia. Despite
Richards’ statement,
Murrah said he has been
assured full financial and
technical support for
Georgia candidates from
the Republican
Congressional Campaign
Committee, an arm of the
GOP which is primarily i
responsible for
congressional races.
He said “a fine group” I
of candidates has already i
been lined up to run in I
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Samuel R. Pierce. Jr.
and civic administrator,
became the first Black
Cabinet appointee to the
Reagan Administration.
Mayor Jackson, who is
now serving a second term
process."
Commenting on the
report. Geraldine G.
Thompson. VEP executive
director, said "This report
shows that during times
when federal interest and
legislation exist to ensure
minority participation in our
nation's political system,
minority participation
increases. It is on this
premise that one could
argue the need for the
reauthorization of the
Voting Rights Act."
She continued. “In our
nation, peaceful progress
nine out of 10 congressional <
districts in Georgia. I
Republican Newt Gingrich <
in the 6th District will be 1
seeking re-election. i
Murrah said the early ]
slate, which includes two
Republicans in some
districts, is an example erf
how well organized and
how serious the state party
is about the election, still
some 15 months away.
However, he declined to
identify the candidates,
saying “it’s just too early
to do that.”
State GOP Chariman
Fred Cooper agreed that
the party will field as many
candidates as possible in
the 1982 elections. But he
conceded that financial help
from the RNC would be
targeted at only those
races where Democratic
incumbents are considered
vulnerable. Those will likely j
involve liberal to moderate j
Democrats, and that focus
has increased the concern ,
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CAPRI CIM M A
COMMUNITY MEETING
ON POVERTY
DATE: Tuesday, August 25, 1981
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
PLACE: C.T. Walker Elementary School Auditorium
1301 Wrightsboro Road
Augusta, GA
PURPOSE: To discuss poverty-related problems of low
income neighborhoods with your elected officials
AGENDA: Presentation of poverty problems by a coalition of
Richmond County neighborhood associations from low
income neighborhoods
Discussion of problems with local, state, and federal elected
officials
Presentations by federal and state resource agencies
Open forum for neighborhood residents to ask questions of
their elected representatives and to voice opinions oh problems
in your neighborhood
TOPICS: Housing, Unemployment, Community
Development, Citizens’ Participation in Government Decision-
Making, and Particular Problems in Your Neighborhood
This meeting is being sponsored for the residents of Richmond
County’s low-income neighborhoods by the CSRA Economic
Opportunity Authority and a coalition of low-income
neighborhood associations. This meeting is an opportunity to
let your elected officials know what you think about the
problems in your neighborhood that affect you and to let your
elected officials know what you think should be done about
them. Don’t let this opportunity pass. Your presence can make
a difference.
ENTERTAINMENT AND REFRESHMENTS
WILL BE PROVIDED
as Mayor of Atlanta was
an attorney to the U.S.
National Labor Relations
Board, and president of th'.
National Conference of
Democratic Mayors.
"These speakers are
expected to bring a wealth
of wisdom and inspiration
to the conference,” said
Norman R. Seay,
conference chairperson and
BlG's executive vice
president.
BIG, a national non
profit organization with
several chapters across the
country, was formed in
1975 to address the
problems of Black
employees at all levels of
Federal. State and local
governments.
occurs under the protection
of effective laws and
legislators. Wg
in some way this study will
inspire both."
The Voter Education
Project is a nonpartisan,
nonprofit, tax-exempt
organization working since
1962 to increase minority
political participation in the
eleven southern states.
VEP
is supported by
contributions from
foundations, corporations
and individuals.
of some state Republicans
that races against
conservative Georgia
Democrats will go largely
unnoticed at the national
party level.
King’s
Holiday
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the U.S. Capitol -a bill
that has gained support in
both houses of Congress.
Holiday bill s upperters say
members of Congress may
support the statue bill,
then vote against the
holiday legislation.
"People use all kinds
of dodges and
rationalizations around
here," Conyers said.
“Someone is probably
going to say, “I voted fcr a
bust, so I don’t want a
holiday.”
Opposing the holiday
legislation in the U.S.
Senate is Chairman Strom
Thurmond (R-S.C.) of the
Senate J udiciary
Committee.
“On the national level
only two people from the
earliest days of our history
have been so honored:
Christopher Columbus and
George Washington,”
Thurmond said. “Martin
Luther King does not
deserve the honor a
national holiday brings. He
did not do enough for the
nation.”
One prominent Black,
musician Stevie Wonder,
disagrees. “King was a
man who gave not only his
time on this earth, his
energy, his soul, his heart
and sensitivity, but his life,
and looked beyond all
culture and race boundaries
to make for a better
tomorrow,” Winder said in
an interview.