>| Kelly Alexander Jr., State President of the
S NAACP; William A. Clement, who resigned af
> hr serving seven years as Most Worshipful
Grand Master of North CavMna and Dr. Beoja*
l min Hooks. Hooks presented the Prinoe HallMa
J eons with a plaque depicting the National Haad
' quarters ofths NAACP located in Baltimore, MdL
Serve
Continued from Page 1A
president for the release of an
American serviceman, to the peace
mission in Cuba when he persu
aded Fidel Castro into releasing
49 captives. It also touched on his
talks with Mikhail Gorbachev and
- his African Nation Tour.
After a simple introduction from
! a young child, Jackson mounted
;! the stage to thunderous applause.
Jackson, wearing a navy suit, light
;! blue shirt and red-stripped tie, be
; gan his speech: "You are here to
; 'give witness' to your desire for a
I new direction for America—an
; America of jobs, peace and justice.
; this is the 200th year of the United
; States Constitution. We've had to
change the formula., .and give new
' legal interpretations. Still unfl
•! nished business remains—to male*
this a more perfect union."
r The title of Jackson speech was
A Chance To Serve." In condu
; sion, he related, "I want to offer the
; highest and best service m our
; highest and most sensitive job. The
J j°b that has the most capacity to
bring justice in our land, mitigate
misery in the world, and bring
peace on earth—The office of
President. Today I offer my ser
vice to our country." v
But even as Jackson's populari
:WProv,a amonS American people,
it appears his supporters have
armed themselves for what they
anticipate will be a hostile reaction
from some factions, particularly ;i'
the white press. Preparing the sup- .
porters, Hatchett commented,
"The winds of controversy will
swirl around the head of our can
didate and people will try to tell
you who Jesse Jackson is. But we
don't need anyone else to tell us
who Jesse Jackson is. As my
grandmother use to tell me, 'It is
the tallest tree that catches the
most wind.’"
And Jackson underscored that
point, admitting, "My candidacy is
a call to service. I have spent the
last 25 years, not as a perfect ser
vant, but as a public servant."
"Win, Jesse win!" shouted the
crowd.
i Davis’s Runoff Bid Comes Up Short
Continued from Pace 1A
advantage in some key precincts
to take 59 percent of the votes
Davis, who has now lost twice
in runoffs in the put four years
said his organization did a good
job of getting out the vote wttui
second primary, but some antici
pated support didn't come through,
especially from the Hidden Val
ley area.
Just 439 voters there cast ballots,
which Davis said is below the 1500
who usually turn out
"Hidden Valley wu the key to
\ my getting elected, just like Eli
; sabeth wu the key to his getting
elected," Davis said, "they' did a
good job of turning out, but had
Hidden Valley voted in their nor
mal numbers, I would’ve been a
'dear winner."
Davis, 69, chairman Of the
Black Political Caucus ancf prin
cipal at Spaugh Middle School,
—said the entire runoff system
> should be scrapped.
• | A candidate must get 60 percent
“ef the primary vote to avoid a run
off. If not, the second-place fin
isher can ask for a runoff.
** Davis's loss Tuesday wU his
second runoff defeat. He wu in a
runoff for an at-large seat on
council in 1989, only to coihe up
.short.
ft "We've got to get rid ofi-that
\ Southern Bell
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ny. It was innovative because it
outlined the need for corporate
leaders to sesk black’s continual
input in company policies.
That, in effect, is what South
ern Bell has agreed to do. Specif
,ks on how thee* innovation* will
take place will be discoseed with
black Southern Bell employees
' October 15, during a second meet
ing at McDonald’* Cafeteria.
"It’s a start,” Evane says of the
proposed plane. ”1 see some
thing* that will taka place imme
diately and others gradually.”
Other outcomes, prsdicts
Evans, may be that other corpora
tions will us* some of the pro
grams put in effect by Southern
Bell to improve race relations.
Finally, the controversy did
point out the need for the forma
tion of Concerned Black Employ
ee# of Southern Bell. Evane de
scribes the group as "a businsss
orientsd, network group with the
purpose of helping u* to speak as
one vo4m. I .
darn thing,? Davis said. “The
second primary is inherently un
fair arrd it should be done away
with.” ■ • , *
C^jfis is the case in Charlotte poli
tics, the voting went alone racial i
lines. Clodfelter did best in pre- a
dominately white precincts while 1
Davis fared better in predomi
nately black precincts. Voter
turnout was better in the white
precincts, with about 17 percent y
going to the polls, compared to
about 10 percent in black pre
cincts. '■* -.y
Even in defeat, Davis kept his
options open as to another run for
office. When asked if he was
through with with politics, he re
plied: ”Not at all. Just like McAr
thur said, 1 shall return'."
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