Special T» The Post Deltas - "I have declared war oo iaa that are harmful to " said Dr. Edith Irby Jooee, «f the natton's hlack doctors as " : of the National Medical “The first lifestyle choice on the list is smoking You shouldn’t smoke *mokelnyom^SSS,"SSdto both applause and embarrassed laugh*—i . -R£' “The next thing is we eat too much,’’said Jones to more laughter, adding that she needn’t elaborate on that. Jones, of Houston, also said exercise too little oat too much salt. All of these poor life style choices created the ominous statistics she dted, such as the fact that Macks die five to seven years ■ than whites. Blacks also have higher percentages of infant deaths and heart disease, among other health problems, she said. “We can change ow lifestyles... Children catch our behavior before they hear what we say. How can wo tell our children not to smoke mari juana when we smoke. It won’t • work,’’ she said. Jones was the drat Mack graduate of the University of Arkansas School of Medicine. Her remarks came during the na tional issues forum of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority 38th National Convention, being held here in Dal las recently. Other members of the panel were: Stephanie Lee Miller, assistant secretary for public af " fairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.; Glendora Putnam, president, National YWCA, Boston, Mass. , and Atty Arthenia Joyner, immediate past president. National Bar Asso ciation, Tampa. Fla. All are Deltas. While youm enJoying^ourTHnH^ vacation?"I Jpst relax and let the Post keep jfou jpfhrmed. I __ Joyner urged the Deltas to write their Senators and Representatives in Congress to support bills in Con gress which relate to funding far . historically black colleges, vote fraud, abortions far poor women, and sanctions against South Africa. "The Reagan Administration has adopted a policy called ‘construc tive engagement’ with South Afri ca. Essentially they’ve sakl to South Africa, ‘You’ve been a bad child, stripping blacks of their righto. But we’re going to work with you and pray with you until you decide to change on your own," Joyner said facetiously, adding that the policy it unacceptable. ••V'vy* Those in the audience were told to write their Senators to urge sup port of the conference report on South Africa, bill HR 1460 which the House overwhelmingly adopted a few weeks ago- The legislation would limit computer and nuclear exports and ben the South African Krugerrand in the United States, among other sanctions. Joyner expressed concern that civil rights gains far which blacks have fought so hand to achieve are being loet. ' ■As a bar association colleague so aptly put It, we are moving in a circle. When we are at the top of the - circle, we call it program. When we f are at the bottom of the circle, we call it regression. But we are moving on the tame ground all the time.” "The nation’s soul is up for grabs," said the YWCA’s Putnam. In making a strong case for the continuation of affirmative action, Putnam said, “Affirmative action helps everybody and that’s the story we need to ten." doiu mmiuduve Mcuun legislation, upheld by the Supreme Court SI years ago, helps every body in the workforce because It struck down use of discriminatory testa, tmjob-related academic re quirements, or of arrest records or garnishments and bad credit records, and the buddy system, among other items that helped eli minate certain white workers from the workforce as much as they discriminated against blacks. “The buddy system had not worked for all .because some don’t have baddies in all compan ies,’’she said. , “Affirmative action is not the job of EBO (equal employment oppor tunity) professionals alone," she continued “Affirmative action is everybody’s business. 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