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Campaign should focus on ~ Marshall Plan for America The presidential candi dates-need to convince the voters that they have a blueprint for change - a road map to make America more productive and more prosper ous. The Urban League's Marshall Plan for America fits the bill, and it's not too late for either candidate to latch on to that landmark pro posal to put America back on track. The time is ripe, for a Those investments can jump-start local economies and create jobs. They would have a positive impact on our beleaguered cities crying for investments that generate jobs and opportunities. Earlier, this year, the U.S. Conference of Mayors did a, survey of public works pro jects that America's cities are ready to go with - projects to build schools and housing, repair roads and parks, improve bridges and water TO BE EQUAL By JOHN E. JACOB confused citizenry is looking for answers to America's deep problems, not another round of finger-pointing, empty rhetoric, or phony issues. And it wants a plan that can put America hack to work. Economic insecurity is the number one issue in this election. Too many people are out of work, and too many are afraid of layoffs to come. The Marshall Plan for America is a long-term pro gram to put the nation on a high-growth trajectory, but it can also serve as a short-term engine to pull us out of the recession. It's a plan for investing in our human resources - the education and training that will give America the world's best workforce. And it's a plan to invest in the physical infrastructure - the bridges, roads and high tec^SP^imunica^jis Jipkjs,,, necessai7 to support a grow ing modern ecopomy. systems. Nationwide, over 500 cities reported they need $13 billion that they don't have to get those projects moving right away. If they got the money, those projects would directly create 420,000 jobs. That's not all. Jobs would be cheated in industries sup ' V plying goods and services. The^ newly hired workers would spend their earnings on food, transportation, and other necessities. So those 420,000 directly created jobs would ripple through the economy to cre ate as many as one and a half million jobs. Look at how some major cities around the nation would be impacted if those ready-to go projects got a green light. In Los Angeles - the city's capital spending plan calls for $186 million for 1992 that it doesn't have. Thc^se capital projects would generate 9,300 jobs -directly, ana a total of over 25,000 new jobs. Atlanta's projects would require $246 million in 1992. They would create over 4,000 new jobs. And the multiplier effect of new spending would create some 12,000 net new jobs. Boston has projects on the boards costing $98 mil lion. They would create 3,000 new jobs, or about 9,000 total. Chicago, even before the flood, needed $141 million in 1992Ssfor unfinanced public projects that ??? would directly create almost 7,000 new _ jobs. And the ripple effect and you get roughly 21,000 new new jobs in a high unemployed city. If those projects were tied to a nation al Marshall Plan for America run by a Cabinet-level Direc tor accountable for targeting them to those most in need - with skills training built into the projects - it would have a tremendous impact on the black economy. Unemployed men and women would be back on jobs, earning money to feed their families. Minority con tractors would be hiring new workers to build sewer lines and repair bridges. The new money pumped into the community would find its way to dry cleaners, grocers, beauticians, and clothing stores, creating new jobs and new business oppor tunities for black entrepreneurs. So voters ought to be asking candidates for all offi cers what they will do to make the Marshall Plan for America a reality. It should be the key issue in the closing \fceeks of this campaign. z An "Amen" for our children Black children and fami- dynamic ministers, the Rev. lies today are facing the Allegra S. Hoots and Dr. worst crisis since slavery. Susan Newman, have joined Did you know that each day, CDF as Religious Coordina CHILD WATCH By MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN among black children in America, 942 infants are born into poverty, 34 infants die, 1,334 teenagers become sexually active for the first time, 827 teenage women become pregnant, 4 children die by firearms, 5 young adults ages 20 to 24 die by firearms, 1 child commits suicide, 125 children are arrested for violent crimes, 3,374 students are suspended from public schools, and 478 students drop out of school. Please, won't you join us in trying to do something about it? I invite you to join in the [992 National Observance of Children's Sabbaths, which" will be celebrated in church es and synagogues through out the nation, October 16 18, 1992. I devoted an earlier col umn to the Children's Sab bath, but now that the date is real, I want to reemphasize the importance of your involvement. This event is born out of the growing religious move ment for children across the range .of denominations. Throughout the week end, congregations across the nation will focus worship services, religious education programs, and related activi ties on the needs of children and how people of faith can help to meet those needs. . Yoiir congregation may already, be involved. Two tors in the Black community. This summer, they attended most of the all-black denom inational annual conventions, organizing , support nationally, and targeting Children's Sabbath services in Baltimore, Boston, Cam bridge, Dallas, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Washington, D.C. Our seven-day devo tional guide for observing the Children's Sabbath has been sent to thousands of black churches, and to the more than 1,000 African American congregations within predominantly white denominations. The kits can be easily duplicated and inserted into each church's bulletin. We've sent general devotional guides to thou sands of Catholic and Protes tant churches and Jewish synagogues. We're asking congregations and religious corrTmunities throughout America to include our chil dren in their prayers. And I am very thankful to those who have agreed to join us in this special observation. Encourage your minister to observe a Children's Sab bath. If not October 16-17, then some other time. Ask your congregation to make a commitment to helping our children overcome the death; drugs, crime, and poverty that is devastating our com munities. Remind your lead ers of the need to contribute to your community's child serving and child-advocating agencies. Challenge your church to join those churches offering such exciting ministries as after-school tutorial pro grams, mentor programs, adopt-a-teen programs, rites of passage min istries, parental support groups, college preparation workshops, and spiritual dynamics for today's youth. Our children's. lives and futures depend on the actions we take today and tomorrow. Government and community agencies have a role to play, but they cannot love a child. AN people in all communi ties ? public and private, sacred and secular . ? must begin to work together to ensure that we leave no child behind. Every child deserves a healthy state, a head start, and a Fair start. Every child Reserved continued prayers. For our children to become strong citizens, parents, and leaders, we must clothe their nakedness, feed their hunger, educate their minds, heal their bodies, and nurture their spirits. Please, won't you join us October 16-18, or when ever you can, in our very spec i at Observance of Chil dren s Sabbaths? To find out how you can participate and receive the Sabbath kit, call (202) 662-3508 or 622-3509 with your name, address, phone number, and the name of your church. . Add your voice to the chorus and help us send a strong message to the nation that the suffering of our chil dren must end. Can I get a Witness? Can T get an Amen? I PONT FOUNT! Al! STVPBUIP*s\ MYSELF. B&NO MARRJEP /WALL. WELL, 1 BET7ER GET ROLUN 7 B/6PA7B TONIGHT! ABSOLUTE# YOU'RE SEE/NG I'M SEEING SOMEONE, SOMEONE! RAY ? ANP SHE'S I FiNE! \ SHE'S HOT FOR ME, WO! SHE SAYS SHE HJANTEP ME FROM THE START! WHICH FROM MY OPENING MAS? PULLOVER." I'M REPORTING YOUGUYS . 50 RAY'S FINALLY GOT A &RLFRIENP? YOUR MAMA READY, PES MONP ? WHO KNOWS, MR. CHIP? XZ CHECK TH \$ OUT-IT'S FROM MY "COP ON MY TAIL 50 1 BAIL j\ 'TIL I POP6E THEM... THEY 1 FINALLY PULL ME OVER AND I LAU6H... REMEMBER ROPNEY "WHAT THE IWUU? YOU POT PROP THEM OR 1ST THEM PROP KXJ! I CHOOSE PROPP/N' THE COP!' ^ SO! )OU'RE INTERESTED IN MUSIC. / mmsAip TO ENTERTAIN yOU. WANNA HEAR IT AGAIN ? _V_ UM...PES? COUU? XXJ7EUY0UR MAMA I'M HERE? / UJHY PONCHA BREAKDOWN HERPOORANP 7EU~HER YOUR self, cop? HEREI AM, BABY. SORRY I TOOK SO LONG. HEY, WORTH THEMIT, SUNSHINE! COME HERB, VO,/F YOU VOUBE GOT GETTIN' IT' BUCKWIU?, I'M ROUT N'! PObTT M/NP HZ Mvi-rrne masa UFEST/ie CHOICE* CHOICE . \ (for new subscribers only) Durable, washable tote bag with a one- or two-year subscription to the Winston-Salem Chronicle Send for yours today! Allow 1 - 2 weeks for delivery of tote bag. Qljp anc) Maj| j send your check or money order to: | Subscription Dept. Winston-Salem Chmnicte PO Box 1636 Winston-Salem, N.C. 27102 Name City, State, Zip- ' 2 years *40 95 , , FREB I I 1 year *30" tote : BAG Add 'S"0 for delivery outside Forsyth County, N.C. Address Phone (_
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