October 31, 1990 •The Portland Observer -Page 9
Voters Plan Final Decisions on Civil Rights Act
by L arry A. Still
W ASHINGTON D.C..--CNS-Voters
throughout the country go to the final
polls this week to cast decisive ballots
on such dramatic issues as the govern­
ment’s handling of taxes, war, civil rights,
social welfare and the role of black
political leaders in their communities.
The national election, Tuesday,
November 6, not only decides the future
of President George Bush’s Republican
administration or the Democratic party
dominated Congress, but it should de-
temine whether the new influence of
African-American elected officials is
increasing or declining in the last dec­
ade of the 20th century. Howard Uni­
versity political science professor Ron
Walters has urged activists to plan coa­
lition strategies based upon selected goals.
Independent campaigner Ron Daniels
pursues a Black agenda for President
and another Ron (Brown) seves as chair­
man of the Democratic National Com­
mittee to promote multi-racial populist
influence.
“ What we are doing is way
beyond partisanship,” Brown said after
passage of the Democratic minded budget
reconciliation proposal during the third
weekend debate. “ The Democrats stood
up for the elderly and young
people...against the wealthy in getting
the country going again...(The new leg­
islation) is much fairer for all
Americans...We are working for the work­
ing people of America...” Brown con­
tinued after for the all-night voting.
The most significant political
race is in North Carolina where Demo­
cratic former Charlotte mayor Harvey
Gantt is campaigning against veteran
Republican Sen. Jess Helms to become
the only member of the United Slates
Senate. Recenlty referring to the role of
the church and civil rights in developing
black political leadership, Linda Faye
Willians of the Joint Center for Political
Studies and Kennedy Cneter on Public
Policy told a Harvard audience black
politicians who run for office in major­
ity-white districts represent “ the most
secularly-oriented politicians of all.”
Such politicians will become increas­
ingly common, Willians continued be­
cause “ Blacks have already won in most
of the major majority-black jurisdic­
tions. For the rate of black elected
officials to grow, one has to win in the
nonblack...(districts)”
The modem (post-reconstruc­
tion 1800s) record number of 24 black
members of the House of Representa­
tives should increase to at last 25 or
more in November with an additional
congressman from Louisiana along with
the replacement of senior CBC member
Augustus Hawkins (D-CA) by Los
Angeles Assembly member Maxine
Waters. In New Orleans, either State
Sens. William Jefferson or Jon Johnson
or Marc Morial will be the winner in a
three-way, run-off election to replace
Rep. Lindy Boggs (D-LA) after the
veteran congresswoman voluntarily
stepped aside in the predominantly black
district.
Three African-American Re­
publicans are also seeking new seats in
the House of Representatives, including
former Cincinnati, OH, mayor J. Ken­
neth Blackwell; A1 Brown, Louisville,
KY, management consultant, and W a­
terbury, CT, Gary Franks who is seeking
the congressional post vacated by Con­
necticut Rep. John Rowland. Brown is
challenging 10-term Democratic Rep.
Roman Mazzoli and Blackwell is cam­
paigning in the Ohio First District va­
cated by Democrat Thomas Luken. Grand
Old Party candidates were favored to
win out over incumbents until President
Bush’s antics with the budget and civil
rights caused a tailspin for the GOP.
Supporters have vowed to seek passage
of the affirmative action legislation in
the next session of Congress.
Democratic party chairman
Brown made his claim for solidarity
even after Black Caucus members threat­
ened to ‘ ‘boycott’ ’ the budget reconcili­
ation process to protest the Senate’s fail­
ure to override Bush’s veto of the Civil
Rights Bill. The budget passed 228 to
200 with more than enough votes de­
spite the CBC objections as the 23 vot­
ing members cast 13 votes against the
measure with 61 Republicans and 11
joined 160 colleagues and 47 GOPers to
vote yes. NO votes were cast by Reps.
Ron Dellums (CA), Mervyn Dumally
(CA), Charles Hayes (Chicago), Cardiss
Collins (Chicago), Gus Savage (Chi­
cago), William Clay (MO), Floyd Flake
(NY), Major Owens (NY), Charles Rangel
(NY), Ed Towns (NY), Louis Stokes
(OH), Donald Payne (Newark), Craig
Washington (TX).
Reps. Julian Dixon (CA),
Hawkins (C A), John Lewis (GA), Kwazi
Mfume (MD), George Crocket (Ml),
John Conyers (MI), Alan Wheat (MO),
William Gray (PA), Harold Ford (TN).
Mike Espy (MS) voted yes with the
Democratic leadership. House speaker
Tom Foley (WA) later congratulated
Gray as the “ best Majority Whip in
history” after the Pennsylvania minis­
ter accurately predicted that 180 party
members would support the bill (one
less than voted). White House picket
Dick Gregory who single-handedly pro­
tested the veto, also told a Harvard Uni­
versity Foundation dinner for television
commentator Tony Brown that “ all the
CBC should have voted against the budget
because “ They wouldn’t give us what
we wanted. We shouldn’t give them
waht they wanted...” Gregory was the
first balck man to stage a joke against
the system by seriously running for
President.
Retiring congressmen Hawk­
ins and Crockett and District of Colum­
bia Congressional Delegate Walter
Fauntroy are the latest politicians to
leave the active scene. Fauntroy gave
up considerable influence, power and
seniority in an ill-fated effort to succeed
convicted Mayor Marion Barry who is
appealing a six-month sentence for drug
possession. Voters will make a final
decision on Barry’s future when they
vote on his campaign to remain on the
D.C. City Council.
The ranks of former civil rights
leaders turned politicians continues to
grow as former Atlanta Congressman-
Mayor Andrew Young leaves office as
others seek mainstream goals like Gov.
L. Douglass Wilder of Virginia. How­
ever, Rev. Jesse Jackson continues his
quest for symbolic leadership as the
unpaid, non-voting Senator for D.C. State­
hood.
CONGRESSMAN
Dr. Sabesin Proves His Success
The happy news is th a t there
seems to be ever more democracy in
the world these days.
Voting may be an increasingly
popular activity around the world.
One example: Austrian citizens
living in the U.S. are eligible for the
first time to cast their vote in par­
liam entary elections, in elections of
the Federal President, as well as in
plebiscites. A law to this effect
became effective on March 15.
According to the Austrian Em­
bassy in W ashington, Austrian citi­
zens age nineteen or older are eli­
gible. They m ust have their names
entered in the “W aehlerevidenz”
( voters’ roll I in Austria. This is done
through the proper Austrian repre­
sentation (Embassy, Consulates
General or Honorary Consulates)
depending on the person’s place of
residence.
A ustrian representations will
provide applications with forms as
well as with detailed instructions
on how to apply for inclusion in the
“Waehlerevidenz". They will also
give guidance on the technical pro­
cedures of casting the ballot.
Some 400,000 Austrians, approxi­
mately eight percent of the elector­
ate, currently live abroad. 20,000 to
30,000 live in the U.S. “The next
parliam entary election will take
place October 7th,” A ustria’s Am­
bassador in the U.S., Friedrich
Hoess, said. Therefore, the Ambas­
sador urged, Austrians living abroad
should apply for registration as soon
as possible to ensure their partici­
pation in the forthcoming poll.
For more information contact the
Austrian Embassy 2343 Massachu­
setts Avenue, N.W., W ashington,
DC 20008, (Tel. 202-483-4474) or
one of the Austrian Consulates
General in New York (Tel. 212-737-
6400), in Chicago ( 312-222-1515) or
in Los Angeles (Tel.213-444-9310).
Dr. Sabesin is Dyrenforth Professor of Medicine at Rush Medical College
and Director of the Section of Digestive Diseases at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s
Medical Center in Chicago, he received his M.D. degree from New York University
College of Medicine, was a resident in internal medicine at New York Hospital-
Cornell Medical Center, and was a clinical and research fellow at the National In­
stitutes of Health. He was also a fellow in gastroenterology at the Massachusetts
General Hospital, and a research and clinical fellow of Harvard Medical School fac­
ulty. Dr. Sabesin was Professor of Medicine and Director of Gastroenterology at the
University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences before assuming his current
position.
Author of more than 150 original scientific publications. Dr. Sabesin has
focused his research on lipid and lipoprotein metabolism, intestinal lipid absorption,
hepatic lipoprotein metabolism, and experimental liver injury. He has served in gas­
troenterology research review groups for the National Institute of Digestive Dis­
eases and the Veterans Administration and on numerous committees of the Ameri­
can Gastroenterological Association, the American Association for the Study of
Liver Diseases, the American College of Gastroenterology, and the American
College of Physicians. He has also been on the editorial boards of Gastroenterology,
Hepatology, the American Journal of Physiology, and Lipids. Dr. Sabesin is a
fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology and a member of many
scientific and medical societies. For the past ten years he has directed a national
postgraduate course in gastroenterology sponsored by the American College of Phy­
sicians.
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