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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1972)
Why do... Representative John Conyers (Michigan) Assemblyman Willie Brown (Calif.) Assemblyman Leon Ralph (Calif.) Assemblyman John Miller (Calif.) Buck Buchanan Mel Renfro Gladys McCoy Robert Hughley Rafer Johnson Deacon Jones Paul Warfield Kermit Alexander Bob Hayes Debbie Warren Cong'aesm an John Conyers announcing N.i’ ■ ■ .1 H i « n.t Im .ltiji s uppO't am) end M cGovern Kathleen Kennedy eldest daughter ot Sena! > R o t e i Km edy on t h e '>Q ht Julian Bond Rev Jesse Jackson Slain Representative Georgia Mrs Coletta S - ,--,r i G eo’ ge It King stand out front with George McGovern? Because he is right... He was the only major candidate to endorse the 61 demands of the Black Political Caucus. He is fighting for a simpler and more liberal food stamp program, one in which children would re ceive food stamps even if parents refuse to work. He was the only member of Con gress besides Rep. John Conyers in the “ March Against Fear" in Atlanta in May, 1970. He is fighting to preserve emer gency food and medical provisions for family assistance, and to ini tia te fe d e ra lly sponsored fam ily planning. He has sponsored every piece of civil rights legislation in the past ten years, including the Omnibus Civil Rights Bill of 1969 to end dis crim ination in jobs, housing and schools. He is fighting for Congressional acceptance of the Health Security Act. which would provide federal physician’s, surgeon's, and hos p ita l insurance coverage for a ll Americans. He has p a r tic ip a te d in a ll the S o u th e rn C h ris tia n Leadership Conference anti-war efforts. woman and child with a $1,000 an nual grant that won't be stopped when a man goes to work, and doesn t e n c o u ra g e fa m ilie s to break up to obtain needed welfare income. He has fully supported Caesar Chavez s drive for equal rights for California migrant workers. He is fighting to stop the Griffin anti-busing Amendment, and to re ta in b u sin g as an in s tru m e n t to w in equal rig h ts fo r m in o rity children 7 I He is lighting |0, equai poli,ical power for minorities in the Demo cratic Party. He is fighting to provide every man, McGovern...right, from the start, Archie Velde, Treasurer. McGOVERN FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE, 905 SW Alder S I, Portland, Ore 97205 r, i (503) ??6-2701
