European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday May ?3 1991 the stars and stripes Page 5 rips segregated Senate nation leaders for Blacks plight from wire report w skin it f f it a n unusually Blunt language. For me so Sci Irv c Titford Alexanderjr. Tuesday excoriated a Senate pain i that is studying the plight of Black nun. Calling the Senate a a the most prestigious segregated body in America a in testimony that stunned the packed hearing room Alexander the first Black to Branch of the . Armed senders criticised the senators and the nation at Large Tor a collective failure to move America from its racist history. A during my lifetime no Black person will join your exclusive Senate club run a Fortune 500 company be president Tat Abc. Lbs. Can or Abc Quot Alexander told members of the Senate banking housing and Urban affairs c is investigating an array of problems in Urban communities a you Are determined to Reserve those powerful positions for your own kind a Alexander continued. A yes we nibble at the edges while you enjoy Hearty Alexander who owns and operates a management consulting firm was chairman of the equal employment Opportunity commission from 1967 to 1969 and served As the first Black civilian to head a Branch of the military during the Carter administration. Speaking before three White male senators Alexander delivered a biting commentary on the nations racial attitudes. A w y i i 3 of see us As less to than you he said you think we Are not As smart not As energetic not As Well suited to supervise you As you Are to supervise us that we Are looking for a a something extra a a government program that gives us something we do not deserve. A a a a and yes. If you see a Black Man you think that you had better Cross the Street before something bad happens to his Uin Micius Likely Are to be the opening Volley in a series of speeches and position papers to be delivered Over the next three Days As Black elected officials activists and academics gather in Washington for a National conference to examine the problems of Black males the conference is sponsored by the 21st Century commission on african. American males a recently formed organization co chaired by Virginia gov. L. Douglas Wilder and sen. Terry Sanford . Concerned about the daunting educational social and economic problems afflicting Black men a number the Alexander of policy analysis Ami sociologists have focused on making Yozing Black males More productive As a Kev to addressing some of Urban woes commission leaders note that the social problems lacing Black men a so unemployment. Disproportionate criminal activity and. Imprisonment High illiteracy and Low educational attainment and the nation highest modality and Slot test Lile expectancy rates a ii so Hurt impoverished Urban Black communities and wealthier White suburban taxpayers the commission Hopes to offset prevailing negative stereotypes by pointing out that halt of All Black men have wives or families and that an overwhelming number of Young Black men never encounter Dill cult Vuu lit he Law Alexander directly challenged the Senate accusing at least one member sen. Jesse , r-n.c., of employing negative stereotypes to retain ins seat and others of doing less than they should to promote racial Harmony. Gazing directly at the three senators who were seated in the hearing room at the time Alexander said a it is somewhat ironic that i am speaking to you about this Issue today in the most prestigious in America a a the United states sen. Donald w. Riegle Jid Mich. Chairman of the Senate committee said he was neither shocked nor of fended by alexanders Trank lecture lie said he was surprised to discover that the Senate hearing was tie first held in Congress on the subject of Black . Magistrate orders irishman to return new York up a an Irish nationalist accused of lying on visa forms headed Back to Ireland tuesday after a . Magistrate dropped charges against the Man and immigration officials ordered him to leave the United states. . Magistrate Allyn Ross on tuesday threw out Federal charges against Hugh Feeney 41/who served 17 years in a British jail for a bombing conviction during a bail hearing in u.$. District court. Feeney arrested by Fri agents monday As he answered telephones at the Irish people newspaper in Manhattan was charged with lying about his arrest record on a visa form when he applied to enter the United states. A the magistrate turned Feeney Over to department of immigration and naturalization agents Wei ordered him to return immediately to Ireland Quot Feeney s lawyer Brian of Dwyer said that Feeney planned to apply to return to America. Feeney was placed on a Dublin bound flight that left new York at 7 p. A tuesday of Dwyer said. A the Irish Community was delighted to have him Here while he was heir. We Aie Sony to see him go a of Dwyer said. A it he measure of ins Ell activeness with a us was that lie was singled out Lor . The arrest Yas prompted by a warrant issued by live charging Feeney with saving on a visa used to enter the United states oct. 29, that he had a. Clean criminal record Loi the . Attorneys Olliee said. Feeney was convicted in England nov. 15, 197tof three counts of conspiracy to cause an explosion and causing an explosion in London,.the spokeswoman said. In the stars and stripes 10years ago May 23, 1981 a rioters and snipers unleashed a torrent of bullets hand grenades and firebombs on British troops and police after a fourth imprisoned Ira hunger striker died at the Maze prison near Belfast. 20yearsago May 23, 1971 the United states suffered casualties in what Field officers called Quot a Fluke shot one in a million a when a 100-Pound rocket fired by North vietnamese forces bored through a crowded . Bunker used As a club for gis. 30yearsago May 23, 1961 a the Alabama National guard was called out to Back martial Law in Montgomery Ala. Ambulances driven by Whites refused to service injured Freedom riders and mobs gathered outside a Church meeting attended by the riders. 40years ago May 23, 1951 a archbishops and Bishops throughout Italy posted. Electoral orders for catholics in their churches warning that a vote for communists in the upcoming administrative elections would be a a mortal judge s ruling allows boy scouts to bar Gays from scoutmaster jobs from wire reports los Angeles the boy scouts of America can bar an openly Gay Man from becoming a scoutmaster a judge ruled tuesday. Making Timothy Curran a scoutmaster would interfere with the private Organiza Tiona a constitutionally protected Freedom to Tell its members that homosexuality is wrong Superior court judge Sally g. Disco ruled. The Irving Texas based organization s National policy statement Calls homosexuals poor role models. Curran a free Lance television editor and former Eagle scout said a i am disappointed but i will not give up my fight to have the same Kinc of opportunities As everyone else in this country and not to he judged differently be cause of whom the american civil liberties Union which brought the Long standing civil rights lawsuit on behalf of the former Eagle scout forced to quit scouting after lie acknowledged his homosexuality immediately condemned the ruling. Quot i think Many people Are going to be surprised with the judges conclusion that part of the Mission of the boy scouts is to. Be anti Gay a said Jon Davidson the Acle attorney. The Acle said it would Appeal the ruling. In her opinion disco said she Wasny to deciding whether the groups View on homosexuality is Correct. But she said the supreme court has recognized the right of a group to exclude unwanted members. George Davidson the. Boy scouts attorney was satisfied. Quot i ill confident the decision is Well grounded in fact and in Law and will lie upheld a Davidson said. Curran 29, was asked to leave the scouts in 19x0 when lie took a Young Man to his senior prom. A he filed his lawsuit in i9xi when his bid to ret Rii As an adult rejected. In november disco cleared the Way for Curran to proceed with his lawsuit when she ruled that the boy scouts Are a business and subject to the state s civil rights act. I hat Law forbids businesses from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation race religion Ami other factors. A Buffalo a. Apr thieves used a stolen front end loader tuesday to steal a 1,700-Pound automatic Teller machine from a Concrete enclosure outside a Bank police said. State police said the front end loader which was taken from a nearby municipal garage was used to pull the machine from its mooring and Load it into the Back of a pickup truck. The truck was last seen heading South on state route 356, with the Teller machine in the Back police said. No arrests Hud been made. Investigators and Bank officials declined to disclose How much Money was in the machine when it was stolen around 3 35 . From a Branch first Seneca Bank. Jett Kim Hull a spokesman for the Fri in Pittsburgh said police Are investigating the possibility that the thieves got the idea from a newspaper article on Friday that detailed a new Breed of Bank robbers who steal Teller machines remove the Cash and dump the machines. A we May have an educated thief who is taking his clues from the Wall Street journal a said Linda Mason a spokeswoman for integral financial corp., which owns first Seneca. A it hat certainly would be a bizarre new
