European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. February 17, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 Hooks Calls for a act Boycott of Shell Oil of Lhasa of 008 me cute Rector of the a act says the civil rights group h stronger than Ever and has called for an Oil company Boycott. A critic says the organization is in disarray and d demanded Hooks resignation. Hooks said saturday at the a act annual meeting that the group had a $2 million budget surplus and had made historic gains in civil rights in 1985.Hooks called on a act members to Boycott All prod of Royal dutch Shell and in subsidiaries including Shell Oil co., because of its business operations in South we came to the conclusion that Energy companies Caput the pressure on South Africa quicker than anybody Royal dutch Shell issued abatement laying the com Pany regrets the decision of the a act to join in the Boycott against Shell. Royal dutch Shell is opposed to apartheid Vav Michael Meyers disrupted the meeting and challenged the organization s policies saying the group is not con trolled by Black americans but supported by White run similar to alcoholics Anonymous  called for Hooks to resign but was booed by Many of the 300 members attending the meeting. He has proven himself to be a lacklustre Leader he has not Given direction or leadership to the organization which is in disarray in terms of membership and philosophy an ideology said Meyers. He was assistant to former a act executive director Roy Wilkins. Membership of the National association for the advancement of coloured people reached an  High of about 530,000 in the mid-1960s, but has declined since. The association claims about 450,000 members but critics say it s closer to 150,000. Hooks said membership dropped when Basic dues doubled two years ago to $10. Meyers lost his Job As a act director of policy an plans when Hooks eliminated the department last year for budgetary reasons Hooks spokesman Jerry m. Guess said. Meyers is now director of race inc., a civil rights think  said in response to Meyers charges that 50 per cent of a act contributions come from membership which is primarily Black and tace rest come from found Lions corporations and direct mail adding that 80 per cent of that comes from the White Community. We make no apologies for what we Jet from the Whit Community Hooks said. We re going to try to get Hooks also said the a act had a 1985 budget surplus of More than $2 million in its $13 million budget. The group had a 1984 deficit of $223,000.in his state of the association speech at the end of the three Day meeting. Hooks said 1985 was a year of unparalleled assaults on the historic gains which have been so painstakingly won. But we will not abandon our fight for integration and first class citizenship. We re going to fight for it until hell freezes  said victories in the past included the a act s role in the court Case against segregated school sin Yonkers n.y., and its lobbying efforts against the Senate confirmation of William Bradford Reynolds the assistant attorney general for civil rights As associate at Torney , a lawyer and former member of the Federal communications commission took Over As the  executive director in 1977 when Wilkins retired. Passengers support groups urged for criminals panicked by let engine tire Jackson Mich. A habitual criminals can be broken of their anti social behaviour in the same Way alcoholics Are weaned off the bottle by using the principles of alcohol he is medical director of Foote memorial is Anonymous a doctor says. Hospital s alcohol treatment program. It works with smokers Anonymous Over eaten Anonymous alcoholics Anonymous George h. Phillip said saturday. Behind bars state and Federal prison population in thousands of prisoners b "1974-76 70. 77 78 79 80 w it just works. You can t argue with  Phillips serves As a medical consultant a Southern Michigan state prison at Jack son. He said he believes the principles of alcoholics Anonymous should be used to treat chronic  know i la be accused of being in the category of a bleeding heart but 1 know that some inmates will do what it lakes to get Well he said. It s like with alcoholics som of them want to be cured and others Don t. Alcoholics Anonymous along with various other addiction treatments modelled after it uses a system of Steps aimed at getting addicts to admit their problem accept it and discuss it with people similarly  their awareness that they have a problem increases they re inspired and motivated Phillips Aid. I have known liter ally thousands of alcoholics who have gotten Well through  Trojanowicz head of Michigan Stan University s criminal Justice depart ment said Phillips idea generally Corre sponds to a recent shift in criminal rehabilitation  the trend in recent years has been to move away from using psychoanalysis to determine Why someone s behaviour is de Viant and toward actual behaviour modification Trojanowicz  thaa people say is if you can Stop the behin or first within the context of a support group people who Are in like  Otto my Nti Ifilla inn mull be i hint he concept does make sense. New York a an engine caught fire on an Eastern airlines Jet As it taxied to a runway at John f. Kennedy International Airport with 256 people aboard and six passengers were injured As they decided on their own to slide Down emergency chutes. Some passengers panicked when the saw flames shooting out of the engine As it was being started. Eastern spokesman Lembright said saturday. He said the fire most Likely caused by Aburn off of fuel built up in the engine s la was a Normal  who Are not aware of what Hap pens when a Jet engine starts up might perceive what happened As a problem he said adding that the Crew did not Call Foran evacuation. The Jet a Lockheed a Iii bound for Miami was carrying 245 passengers and a Crew of 1 1 when flames shot put of the engine under its right Wing he said. About 25 people Slid Down two emergency chutes said police sgt. Kevin Ward and six suffered injuries ranging from a broken hip and a broken leg to sprains. Airport police who also serve As fire fighters extinguished the Blaze hatted the evacuation and took the remaining Passen Gers off the plane using a specially de signed bus that raises itself to the Jet s  passengers were transferred to an other flight that was delayed in leaving new York while baggage was transferred the Federal aviation administration and the National transportation safety Board were notified of the lire. Backers hold love feast for Hormel strikers Austin. Minn. A about 2,500 to Austin for the rally. G ,. Say fight  they joined members of local p-9 of the United food and commercial workers Union in a March through Austin winding up at Austin High school for the rally. The Union had hoped to rally at the Hor Mel Plant but failed to get the required permit. Despite the Hormel company and de spite the likes of William Wynn we do intend to push Ever Forward and get that contract and turn the situation around in the meatpacking Industry and certainly for labor As Well. Local p-9 president Jim Guyette told the crowd. The. Strike is sanctioned by the pfc International but International officials including president William Wynn have condemned local p-9 s corporate Campaign of roving pickets and a National Boycott of Hormel products. We need a congressional investigation into what s going on in the meatpacking Industry Guyette said. We need to find out Why the financial institutions Are doing so Well Why the corporations Are doing Sowell and Why we have to continually give  Marks the six month anniversary of the Union s aug. 17 walkout. Hor Mel which last week rejected what the Union called major revisions in its contract proposal says it has reached its goal of 1,025 employees on the payroll and expects to be Back in full production within several  vice president Chuck Nyberg has said the working employees arc about evenly split Between Union members who have broken ranks and non Union replace ment workers who will not be fired if the strike ends. The Union s latest contract proposal included a demand that All striking workers be Given their Job Back but Hormel officials said that was not possible. The strike began after the company Cut wages by 23 percent in october 1984, Low ering the base wage from $10.69 to $8.25an hour. An arbitrator s ruling increased the base rate to $9.25 an hour shortly be fore the strike began. Workers at other Hormel plants have accepted a new contract with a base wage of $10 an hour but members of p-9 have twice rejected a Federal mediator s proposal for a base hourly wage of $10. Minnesota Public safety commissioner Paul Tschida said Friday about 300 National guard troops were to be at the Hor Mel Plant through monday but could be removed after that