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Originally Processed With FOIA(s): FOIA Number: S S FOIA MARKER This is not a textual record. This is used as an administrative marker by the George Bush Presidential Library Staff. Record Group/Collection: George H.W. Bush Presidential Records Collection/Office of Origin: Speechwriting, White House Office of Series: Speech File Backup Files Subseries: Chron File, 1989-1993 OA/ID Number: 13728 Folder ID Number: 13728-004 Folder Title: Maurice Turner for Mayor Breakfast 9/10/90 [OA 8315] Stack: Row: Section: Shelf: Position: G 26 20 7 2 DROP-BY AT MAURICE TURNER BREAKFAST/ THE MAYFLOWER SEPTEMBER 24, 1990/ 8:00 AM THANK YOU. // It's GREAT TO SEE MY GOOD FRIEND WALLY GANZI {TURNER FINANCE CHAIRMAN}. // HARRY SINGLETON -- OUR CANDIDATE FOR D.C. DELEGATE, AND JULIE FINLEY -- RUNNING HARD FOR A SEAT ON THE CITY COUNCIL. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO START THIS MONDAY MORNING HERE WITH ALL OF YOU -- AND JOIN YOU IN SUPPORTING THE CANDIDATE WHO CAN DO so MUCH FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: MY FRIEND, // THE CHIEF, // MAURICE TURNER. - 2 - WE'RE HERE THIS MORNING TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR A MAN WHO'S GIVEN ALL HIS ADULT LIFE TO PUBLIC SERVICE. As A PROUD MEMBER OF THE U.S. MARINES -- AS A 32-YEAR VETERAN WHO WORKED HIS WAY UP THROUGH THE RANKS OF THE D.C. POLICE FORCE TO SERVE EIGHT YEARS AS CHIEF OF POLICE. / AND NOW -- AS THE NEXT MAYOR OF WASHINGTON, D.C. // - 3 - MAURICE HAS BEEN OUT ON THE STREETS OF WASHINGTON -- WALKING THE BEAT -- SPEAKING TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY, LISTENING TO THEM TALK ABOUT THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. MAURICE TELLS ME THAT, SINCE APRIL, HE'S WALKED HALF THE CITY -- FROM ANACOSTIA TO WISCONSIN AVENUE. HE'S LOST 35 POUNDS -- AND HE'S GAINED THE FIGHTING EDGE HE NEEDS TO BOOST THIS UNDERDOG OVER THE TOP -- AND INTO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. // - 4 - LISTEN TO THE COPS HE'S WORKED WITH, THE NEIGHBORS WHO KNOW HIM AND HIS FAMILY: THEY CALL HIM TOUGH. HONEST. CONCERNED, COMMITTED, COMPETENT. /// WELL, COME NOVEMBER 6TH, THERE'S JUST ONE THING MORE I'D LIKE TO CALL MAURICE TURNER: 11 MAYOR. // MAURICE HAS BEEN A FIGHTER FROM THE EARLY DAYS, BACK ON GIRARD STREET. A BOY HIS FATHER NICKNAMED LITTLE JOE LOUIS -- WHOSE FRIENDS AND FAMILY STILL CALL HIM JOE TODAY. - 5 - AND JUST LIKE JOE LOUIS, HE'S GOT A STRONG MESSAGE FOR THE CRIMINALS WHO CREATE A CLIMATE OF FEAR AND THE DRUG DEALERS WHO PREY ON OUR KIDS: "You CAN RUN, BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE." //No ONE'S TOUGHER ON CRIME AND DRUGS. No ONE'S MORE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR CHILDREN -- THEIR SAFETY AND THEIR SCHOOLS. No ONE'S MORE DEAD SET ON GETTING THE DEAD WOOD OUT OF CITY GOVERNMENT -- AND PROVIDING LEADERSHIP TO HELP HEAL WASHINGTON -- TO HELP THIS CITY HOPE AGAIN. // 7 - 6 - MAURICE TURNER KNOWS WHAT IT IS To TAKE PRIDE IN BEING A CITIZEN OF OUR NATION'S CAPITOL CITY. HE KNOWS HOW MUCH IT HURTS TO SEE THIS CITY PULLED DOWN -- FROM THE PLAGUE OF CRIME AND CRACK ON THE STREETS, RIGHT UP TO THE CRISIS IN CONFIDENCE THAT GRIPS THE DISTRICT BUILDING. THAT'S WHY IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE -- TIME TO PUT CHIEF TURNER IN CHARGE. - 7 - MAURICE TURNER KNOWS THIS CITY. / Not JUST THE WASHINGTON OF MONUMENTS AND MARBLE. // NOT THE CRUEL WASHINGTON THE WORLD SEES ON THE SIX O'CLOCK NEWS. // BUT THE WASHINGTON OF NEIGHBORHOODS. OF COMMUNITIES. OF CHURCHES -- SOLID CITIZENS, STRONG VALUES. A WASHINGTON FULL OF LIFE, HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY -- FOR EVERYONE WHO CALLS THIS CITY HOME. // THAT'S THE WASHINGTON MAURICE TURNER COMES FROM -- AND IT'S THE WASHINGTON HE'LL FIGHT TO KEEP ALIVE AND FLOURISHING. - 8 - So I ASK EVERY ONE OF YOU TO KEEP WORKING HARD FOR MAURICE TURNER -- AND I ASK EVERY HARD-WORKING WASHINGTONIAN TO GIVE HIM YOUR VOTE. HELP MAURICE TURNER TURN THIS CITY AROUND. // AND ONE THING MORE -- A MESSAGE TO ALL WASHINGTONIANS AS YOU GET READY TO GO TO THE POLLS NOVEMBER 6TH. // - 9 - THIS PAST YEAR -- EVERYWHERE FROM STREETS AND SQUARES OF EASTERN EUROPE To THE SANDS OF SAUDI ARABIA -- WE'VE LEARNED A POWERFUL LESSON ABOUT THE RISKS PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO TAKE TO WIN FREEDOM, AND KEEP IT. / I URGE EVERY CITIZEN IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: GET OUT AND VOTE. DON'T TAKE DEMOCRACY FOR GRANTED. / ONCE AGAIN, THANKS FOR THIS WARM WELCOME -- AND MAY GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. # # # latest copy with acknowledgements- 9-21-90 5pm McGroarty/Cawley September 20, 1990 11:30 am [TURNER] PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DROP-BY AT MAURICE TURNER BREAKFAST THE MAYFLOWER HOTEL SEPTEMBER 24, 1990 8:00 AM Thank you. // It's great to see my good friend Wally Ganzi {Turner Finance Chairman}. // Harry Singleton -- our candidate for D.C. Delegate, and Julie Finley -- running hard for a seat on the City Council. // It's my pleasure to start this Monday morning here with all of you -- and join you in supporting the candidate who can do so much for the District of Columbia: my friend, // the chief, // Maurice Turner. // We're here this morning to show our support for a man who's given all his adult life to public service. As a proud member of the U.S. Marines -- as a 32-year veteran who worked his way up through the ranks of the D.C. police force to serve eight years as Chief of Police. / And now -- as the next Mayor of Washington, D.C. // Maurice has been out on the streets of Washington -- walking the beat -- speaking to the people of this city, listening to them talk about the kind of leadership they're looking for. Maurice tells me that, since April, he's walked half the city -- from Anacostia to Wisconsin Avenue. He's lost 35 pounds -- and 2 he's gained the fighting edge he needs to boost this underdog over the top and into the Mayor's Office. // Listen to the cops he's worked with, the neighbors who know him and his family: they call him tough. Honest. Concerned, committed, competent. /// Well, come November 6th, there's just one thing more I'd like to call Maurice Turner: 11 Mayor. // Maurice has been a fighter from the early days, back on Girard Street. A boy his father nicknamed little Joe Louis -- whose friends and family still call him Joe today. And just like Joe Louis, he's got a strong message for the criminals who create a climate of fear and the drug dealers who prey on our kids: "You can run, but you can't hide.' // No one's tougher on crime and drugs. No one's more concerned about our children -- their safety and their schools. No one's more dead set on getting the dead wood out of city government -- and providing leadership to help heal Washington - - to help this city hope again. // Maurice Turner knows what it is to take pride in being a citizen of our nation's capitol city. He knows how much it hurts to see this city pulled down -- from the plague of crime and crack on the streets, right up to the crisis in confidence that grips the District Building. That's why it's time for a change -- time to put Chief Turner in charge. Maurice Turner knows this city. / Not just the Washington of monuments and marble. // Not the cruel Washington the world 3 sees on the six o'clock news. // But the Washington of neighborhoods. of communities. of churches -- solid citizens, strong values. A Washington full of life, hope and opportunity - - for everyone who calls this city home. // That's the Washington Maurice Turner comes from -- and it's the Washington he'll fight to keep alive and flourishing. // So I ask every one of you to keep working hard for Maurice Turner -- and I ask every hard-working Washingtonian to give him your vote. Help Maurice Turner turn this city around. // And one thing more -- a message to all Washingtonians as you get ready to go to the polls November 6th. / This past year -- everywhere from streets and squares of Eastern Europe to the sands of Saudi Arabia -- we've learned a powerful lesson about the risks people are willing to take to win freedom, and keep it. / I urge every citizen in the District of Columbia: get out and vote. Don't take democracy for granted. // Once again, thanks for this warm welcome -- and may God bless the United States of America. # # # THE WHITE HOUSE washington September 20, 1990 INFORMATION MEMORANDUM TO THE PRESIDENT THROUGH: CHRISS WINSTON W FROM: DAN MCGROARTY DMcr SUBJECT: REMARKS FOR TURNER FOR MAYOR BREAKFAST I. SUMMARY On Monday, September 24, you will deliver brief remarks at a fundraising breakfast for the Maurice Turner for Mayor campaign. The event will be held at the Mayflower Hotel at 8:00 a.m., with approximately 350 attendees. The attached remarks are brief (5 minutes) and will be on speechcards. II. DISCUSSION The attached remarks emphasize Turner's competence as Washington, D.C.'s Police Chief as well as the fact that he is a native of the city and knows it well. Chief Turner has been "walking the beat" in the streets of D.C., talking with people and getting to know them. He can bring pride back to this city's residents and confidence back to the city government. The remarks conclude with a call for all citizens to vote on November 6th. McGroarty/Cawley September 20, 1990 11:30 am [TURNER] PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DROP-BY AT MAURICE TURNER BREAKFAST THE MAYFLOWER HOTEL SEPTEMBER 24, 1990 8:00 AM Thank you. / [Introductory acknowledgements.] / It's great to see my good friend Wally Ganzi {Turner Finance Chairman}. // Harry Singleton -- our candidate for D.C. Delegate, and Julie Finley -- running hard for a seat on the City Council. // Three key members of the D.C. RNC: Ann Heuer -- Chairwoman -- Lois DeVecchio and Mike Gill. // It's my pleasure to start this Monday morning here with all of you -- and join you in supporting the candidate who can do SO much for the District of Columbia: my friend, // the chief, // Maurice Turner. // We're here this morning to show our support for a man who's given all his adult life to public service. As a proud member of the U.S. Marines -- as a 32-year veteran who worked his way up through the ranks of the D.C. police force to serve eight years as Chief of Police. / And now -- as the next Mayor of Washington, D.C. // Maurice has been out on the streets of Washington -- walking the beat -- speaking to the people of this city, listening to them talk about the kind of leadership they're looking for. Maurice tells me that, since April, he's walked half the city -- 2 from Anacostia to Wisconsin Avenue. He's lost 35 pounds -- and he's gained the fighting edge he needs to boost this underdog over the top -- and into city Hall. // Listen to the cops he's worked with, the neighbors who know him and his family: they call him tough. Honest. Concerned, committed, competent. /// Well, come November 6th, there's just one thing more I'd like to call Maurice Turner: 11 Mayor. // Maurice has been a fighter from the early days, back on Girard Street. A boy his father nicknamed little Joe Louis -- whose friends and family still call him Joe today. And just like Joe Louis, he's got a strong message for the criminals who create a climate of fear and the drug dealers who prey on our kids: "You can run, but you can't hide." // No one's tougher on crime and drugs. No one's more concerned about our children -- their safety and their schools. No one's more dead set on getting the dead wood out of city government -- and providing leadership to help heal Washington - - to help this city hope again. // Maurice Turner knows what it is to take pride in being a citizen of our nation's capitol city. He knows how much it hurts to see this city pulled down -- from the plague of crime and crack on the streets, right up to the crisis in confidence that grips the District Building. That's why it's time for a change -- time to put Chief Turner in charge. 1 3 Maurice Turner knows this city. / Not just the Washington of monuments and marble. 11 Not the cruel Washington the world sees on the six o'clock news. // But the Washington of neighborhoods. of communities. of churches -- solid citizens, strong values. A Washington full of life, hope and opportunity - - for everyone who calls this city home. // That's the Washington Maurice Turner comes from -- and it's the Washington he'll fight to keep alive and flourishing. 11 So I ask every one of you to keep working hard for Maurice Turner -- and I ask every hard-working Washingtonian to give him your vote. Help Maurice Turner turn this city around. // And one thing more -- a message to all Washingtonians as you get ready to go to the polls November 6th. / This past year -- everywhere from streets and squares of Eastern Europe to the sands of Saudi Arabia -- we've learned a powerful lesson about the risks people are willing to take to win freedom, and keep it. / I urge every citizen in the District of Columbia: get out and vote. Don't take democracy for granted. // Once again, thanks for this warm welcome -- and may God bless the United States of America. # # # Factcheck copy Factchecked McGroarty/Cawley 9-19-90 September 18, 1990 2:30 pm [TURNER] PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DROP-BY AT MAURICE TURNER BREAKFAST THE MAYFLOWER HOTEL SEPTEMBER 24, 1990 8:00 AM Thank you. / [Introductory acknowledgements.] / It's my pleasure to start this Monday morning here with all of you -- and join you in supporting the candidate who can do so much for the District of Columbia: my friend, // the chief, // Maurice Turner. // We're here this morning to show our support for a man who's given all his adult life to public service. As a proud member of the U.S. Marines -- as a 32-year veteran who worked his way up Turner bio through the ranks of the D.C. police force to serve eight years as Chief of Police. / And now -- as the next Mayor of Washington, D.C. // Maurice has been out on the streets of Washington -- walking the beat -- speaking to the people of city, listening to them every Sira voting of cincts talk about the kind of leadership they're looking for. Maurice tells me he's walked half the city -- covered 2000 miles on foot since April, from Anacostia to Wisconsin Avenue. He's lost 35 pounds -- and he's gained the fighting edge he needs to boost Carl Prophator this underdog over the top -- and into City Hall. // 628-1990 Tirner Campaign Listen to the cops he's worked with, the neighbors who know him and his family: they call him tough. Honest. Concerned, 2 committed, competent. 111 Well, come November 6th, there's just one thing more I'd like to call Maurice Turner: 11 Mayor. // Maurice has been a fighter from the early days, back on urner bio Girard Street. A boy his father nicknamed little Joe Louis -- ** whose friends and family still call him Joe today. And just like Joe Louis, he's got a strong message for the criminals who create carl Prophater a climate of fear and the drug dealers who prey on our kids: sartletist "You can run, but you can't hide." // No one's tougher on crime and drugs. No one's more concerned about our children -- their safety and their schools. No one's more dead set on getting the dead wood out of city government -- and providing leadership to help heal Washington - - to help this city hope again. // Maurice Turner knows what it is to take pride in being a citizen of our nation's capitol city. He knows how much it hurts to see this city pulled down -- from the plague of crime and crack on the streets, right up to the crisis in confidence that has gripped City Hall. That's why it's time for a change -- time to put Chief Turner in charge. Maurice Turner knows this city. / Not just the Washington of monuments and marble. 11 Not the war-torn Washington the world sees on the six o'clock news. // But the Washington of neighborhoods. of communities. of churches -- solid citizens, strong values. A Washington full of life, hope and opportunity - - for everyone who calls this city home. // That's the 3 Washington Maurice Turner comes from -- and it's the Washington he'll fight to keep alive and flourishing. 11 So I ask every one of you to keep working hard for Maurice Turner -- and I ask every hard-working Washingtonian to give him your vote. Help Maurice Turner turn this city around. // And one thing more -- a message to all Washingtonians as you get ready to go to the polls November 6th. / This past year -- everywhere from streets and squares of Eastern Europe to the sands of Saudi Arabia -- we've learned a powerful lesson about the risks people are willing to take to win freedom, and keep it. / I urge every citizen in the District of Columbia: get out and vote. Don't take democracy for granted. // Once again, thanks for this warm welcome -- and may God bless the United States of America. # # # DAN - TURNER ON THE BEAT: FROM ANACOSTIA To GEORGETOWN ; 11 SHEPHERD PK. " POTOMAC AVE, SW; 11 BRENTWOOD, NE "KENILWORTH GARDENS. u Carolyn McGroarty/Cawley FYZ September 17, 1990 2:00 pm Din [TURNER] PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DROP-BY AT MAURICE TURNER BREAKFAST WASHINGTON, D.C. Mayflower SEPTEMBER 24, 1990 8:00 AM Hotel Thank you. / [Introductory acknowledgements.] / It's my pleasure to start this Monday morning here with all of you -- and join you in supporting the candidate who can do so much for the District of Columbia: my friend, // the chief, // Maurice Turner. // We're here this morning to show our support for a man who's given all his adult life to public service. As a proud member of the U.S. Marines -- as a 32-year veteran who worked his way up through the ranks of the D.C. police force to serve eight years as Chief of Police. / And now -- as the next Mayor of Washington, D.C. // Maurice has been out on the streets of Washington -- walking the beat -- speaking to the people of city, listening to them talk about the kind of leadership they're looking for. Maurice tells me he's walked half the city -- covered 2000 miles on foot since April. He's lost 35 pounds -- and he's gained the fighting edge he needs to boost this underdog over the top -- and into City Hall. // Listen to the cops he's worked with, the neighbors who know him and his family: they call him tough. Honest. Concerned, 2 committed, competent. /// Well, come November 6th, there's just one thing more I'd like to call Maurice Turner: 11 Mayor. // Maurice has been a fighter from the early days -- back on Girard Street, Northwest. A boy his father nicknamed little Joe Louis --- whose friends and family still call him Joe today. And just like Joe Louis, he's got a strong message for the criminals who create a climate of fear and the drug dealers who prey on our kids: "You can run, but you can't hide." 11 No one's tougher on crime and drugs. No one's more concerned about our children -- their safety and their schools. No one's more dead set on getting the dead wood out of city government -- and providing leadership to help heal Washington - - to help this city hope again. // Maurice Turner knows what it is to take pride in being a citizen of our nation's capitol city. He knows how much it hurts to see this city pulled down -- from the plague of crime and crack on the streets, right up to the crisis in confidence that has gripped City Hall. That's why it's time for a change -- time to put Chief Turner in charge. Maurice Turner knows this city. / Not the Washington of monuments and marble. // Not the war-torn Washington the world sees on the six o'clock news. // The Washington of neighborhoods. Of communities. Of churches -- solid citizens, strong values. A Washington full of life, hope and opportunity - - for everyone who calls this city home. // That's the 3 Washington Maurice Turner comes from -- and it's the Washington he'll fight to keep alive and flourishing. // So I ask every one of you to keep working hard for Maurice Turner -- and I ask every hard-working Washingtonian to give this man your vote. Help Maurice Turner turn this city around. // And one thing more -- a message to all Washingtonians as you get ready to go to the polls November 6th. / This past year -- everywhere from streets and squares of Eastern Europe to the sands of Saudi Arabia -- we've learned a powerful lesson about the risks people are willing to take to win freedom, and keep it. / I urge every citizen in the District of Columbia: get out and vote. Don't take democracy for granted. // Once again, thanks for this warm welcome -- and may God bless the United States of America. # # # September 14, 1990 MEMORANDUM TO: DAN FROM: CAROLYN RE: TURNER FOR MAYOR WALKING THE BEAT "Walking the Beat" is Turners campaign theme -- he's been walking the neighborhoods of D.C. on "the beat", meeting and talking with people. He has walked 2000 of the 4000 city miles in the last six months -- and lost 35 pounds in the process! (( I need to verify the mileage here. The campaign says these numbers may be a stretch, but they will check and get back to me. )) POTUS knows and likes Turner. Last time he saw the Chief, he commented on the weight loss. Definite humor potential about the Chief doing all this walking and becoming slim and trim in the process. The lean, mean fighting machine. POLL UPDATE *17 ROPER & GALLUP: EDUCATIONIONAL CRISIS IS PARENT'S FAULT Two new national public-opinion polls, Roper and Gallup, indicate that "Americans see family related problems -- such as drug abuse, poor discipline and a lack of parental responsibility" as the major cause of the nation's educational crisis. 69% of those polled by Gallup and 49% of those polled by Roper gave public schools, on a national level, only a passing grade or less. Also, Gallup found that 73% ranked "societal problems above public school performance" as more at fault in determining education's failure. When asked whether letting parents choose their children's school would improve education, the Roper poll found 56% in favor while the Gallup poll found 62% in favor. The Gallup poll also discovered that more minorities (72%) than whites (60%) favored parental choice. Carolyn F41 - Den September 5, 1990 MEMORANDUM TO: DAN FROM: CAROLYN RE: TURNER FOR MAYOR BREAKFAST Date: Monday, September 24, 1990 Time: TBD ((8 am?)) -7:30 am, POTUS speaks about 800am Venue: Mayflower Hotel Audience: 300-400 expected POTUS introduced by: Acknowledgements: Wally Ganzi finance chair of Turner compaign 775-7256 - trangurae chair & govn friend of POTUS; -POTUS seked him to get involved w/ Turner BACKGROUND ON MAURICE TURNER Born: August 13, 1935 Native Washingtonian life long. grew up on Girard St, NW -- announced his candidacy there. Dunbar High School ( (Mrs. Bush just spoke at the graduation. )) FBI National Academy American University/University of Maryland United States Marine Corps Active in the community: Greater First Baptist Church Board of Directors of the Met Police Boys and Girls Club Washington Pigskins Club Ntl Org of Black Law Enforcement Executives Intl Assoc of Chiefs of Police Master Mason/ Mecca Temple Chief of Police at the Washington Metropolitan Police Dept. from 1981 through 1989. commanded 3,880 sworn officers/975 civilians. DC crime rates for several major offenses were drastically reduced. Drug arrests increased by 128% the number of blacks on the force increased by 45%; minority representation increased by 32% received wide recognition for his work as liaison to the demonstrators encamped on the Washington Monument grounds, the site referred to as Resurrection City. He received commendations from business, civic, and political leaders, as well as from the demonstrators. created the Repeat Offenders Project, which targets career criminals and has won national acclaim. He says this is one of his major accomplishments. set up the Neighborhood Watch and Crime Solvers programs. Retired in 1989 after 32 years of active duty on the force. Party Switcher The day he turned in his gun and badge Turner, a lifelong Democrat, switched parties during a White House meeting with POTUS. July 27, 1989 was indeed "a great day for the GOP!" The meeting was held in Turner said: Native Washington: knows the city and its people "He is a voice of change, but a familiar voice, someone with deep local family roots in public service who holds some old-fashioned values." Turner: "we've lost that kind of civic pride and community spirit. That was a time when people stepped forward, not back " (Washington Post: April 3, 1990; p.A18) "He's the ex-police chief, so he knows about what's going on in the streets of D.C., particularly in the black community." (Kenneth Ray, Metro custodian quoted in the Post) Strong family and public service records Turner touts the careers of his five siblings as examples of his family's commitment to public service: two sisters are public school teachers, one brother is a city police captain, and another brother works for the architect of the Capitol. His youngest sister was recently nominated to sit on the D.C. Superior Court. "Turner clearly has the integrity and presence that many D.C. voters seem to be seeking in their next mayor. His career -- as well as those of his four brother and sisters in public education, law enforcement, and the judiciary -- presents a success story for role-model-seeking youth. The Turner clan is like a Norman Rockwell vision of the archetypal, all-American black family." (City Paper: 5/18-5/24/90) Record and experience "Turner has more experience than anybody else in the field, and his reputation as an honest cop will help him with the city's conservatives, both white and black." (Washingtonian: 6/90) Turner has said: "To me it would be like running a larger police department. No other candidate has ever managed anything." (Washington Post: 9/1/90) (N) "WALKING THE BEAT FOR A NEW DIRECTION" "Walking the beat" is Turners campaign theme, harkening back to his day as a police officer. He prefers to walk the neighborhoods and meet people rather than give speeches to the general public. His campaign would really like us to use this slogan, as it is central in his race. "He has spent the year seeking support -- walking the neighborhoods like an officer on foot patrol." (Washington Times: 7/30/90) *** As a toddler, Maurice Thomas Turner, Jr. was so strong that his father took to calling him "Joe" after heavyweight champion Joe Louis. The name stuck. Since then, no one in his family has ever called Turner anything but Joe. Over the years, "Joe" Turner seemed to exemplify the fighting spirit of the Brown Bomber. Like Louis, Turner beat the odds in a predominantly white profession. See Joe (attached.Guite Louis 7g "He can run but he cant hide *** A third generation Washingtonian with a modest education, Turner climbed to the top of a then-mostly white police force. When Turner was a rookie, black officers were not allowed to ride in the squad cars. In his final year as chief, Turner rode in the lead car of the Presidential inaugural parade. TURNER FOR MAYOR FACT SHEET Where Maurice T. Turner Stands on Key Campaign Issues EDUCATION - Because of today's competitive, high-tech environment, candidate Turner's number one priority. He views education as the one vehicle that our city's youth can use to escape the frustrations of unemployment and poverty. It is the key that will open the doors of opportunity. Mr. Turner finds the District of Columbia's present drop-out rate of 42 percent to be totally unacceptable. As Mayor, he will actively advocate a number of significant changes, including the updating of current curriculums to reflect the dramatic technological changes in today's society; the establishment of longer school days and a longer school year; and the development of a decentralized, less-bureaucratic school system that is more responsive to the needs of students and parents. CRIME & DRUGS - The scourge of drugs has affected almost every sector of our city. It can and must be stopped. Maurice Turner will draw upon his 32 years of experience and expertise as a successful police officer and Chief to rid the city of crack cocaine and its related problems. He is quick to point out that "Government's first duty to its citizens is to provide public safety." As Mayor, Mr. Turner will actively implement a four-part plan to deal with the city's massive drug plague. One component of this plan will advocate strong enforcement. The candidate, however, believes that arrest alone is not the answer. He will also implement a program composed of vigorous interdiction, compassionate treatment upon demand, and the extensive education of our youth as to the dangers of drug use. In addition, the candidate and his administration will work closely with and utilize the resources of the federal government in an effort to eradicate drug abuse in our city. TAXES - Maurice Turner feels that the mounting fiscal problems now being experienced by the District of Columbia's city government cannot be allowed to continue. However, the candidate currently believes that the residents of this city do not need additional increases in taxes to offset these financial problems. Mr. Turner strongly feels that the District of Columbia can and must be managed effectively and efficiently within the constraints of the city's current budget. As Mayor, he will critically review the budget for administrative excesses and eliminate them. CITY ADMINISTRATION & SERVICES - Maurice Turner firmly believes that accountability is the key to improving the delivery of services to the residents of the District of Columbia. As Mayor, he will establish a team of strong, responsible managers to ensure the proper delivery of city services. This management team will be measured by and held to the same standards of performance applied to successful for-profit entities. The candidate feels that District residents deserve responsive, high quality services in return for the tax dollars they pay. Long waiting lines, slow service delivery and discourteous city employees will not be a part of the Turner administration. 1511 K Street, N.W. Suite 940 Washington, D.C. 20005 202/628-1990 FAX: 202/393-6163 Paid for by Maurice Turner for Mayor Committee ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - Maurice Turner favors the maintenance of a strong, vibrant economy for all sectors of the District of Columbia. He will support the continued growth and development of the city's downtown corridor. He will seek to increase job opportunities and broaden the tax revenue base by attracting additional high- tech and service-oriented firms to the city. The candidate will also actively encourage all segments of the private sector to become more involved in the development and growth of the District's economically disadvantaged sections. HOUSING - As Mayor, Maurice Turner will work to see that affordable housing is available to all of the city's residents, no matter what their income. He will encourage a merging of public and private sector interests to restore the more than 2,000 boarded-up housing units throughout the city. His administration would also work to channel federal funds into existing District programs designed for the administration of distressed properties. HEALTH CARE - The candidate is extremely concerned about the declining condition of the city's health care delivery system. As Mayor, he will create a separate Department of Public Health to improve the delivery of the city's health care services. One major role of this department would be to expand and improve our prenatal education, wellness and treatment programs to address the city's high infant mortality crisis. Mr. Turner would also seek additional public and private funding support to provide treatment for the city's drug- addicted and "boarder" babies, AIDS victims and drug abusers. Additionally, as Mayor, Mr. Turner will actively interact with local hospital officials to find viable solutions to the overcrowding of emergency rooms, the burden of indigent care and the ineffectiveness of the current emergency response system. STATEHOOD - As a third generation Washingtonian, Maurice Turner strongly supports the principle of statehood for the District of Columbia. He believes that the residents of this city need and deserve voting representation in the United States Senate and House of Representatives. As Mayor, he will actively lobby the President as well as Congress to ensure the District of Columbia fully shares in all the same benefits enjoyed by the other 50 states of this nation. In this effort, the candidate will utilize every political and legislative resource available to make statehood a reality. ABORTION - Just as the candidate fully supports the equal rights of all women, he also advocates a woman's individual right to choose whether or not to terminate her pregnancy. THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA'S IMAGE - Maurice Turner is extremely concerned about the city's current negative image and vows to do all in his power to turn this image around. Before there can be a change, however, the District of Columbia's city government will need a strong infusion of honesty, integrity and sincerity. As Mayor, Maurice Turner will provide this infusion and supply the strong brand of leadership Washington, D.C. now needs. 220. SPORTS 113 protesting to the referee about four consecutive everybody around you acts like a kid, too. But on I zigged W low blows when Dempsey threw the final punch, the other hand, you're a superhuman hero that ev. July 21, 1927. eryone dreams of being. No wonder we have such JACK Roi from a kn 17 "How you play the game" is for college boys. a hard time understanding who we are. When you're playing for money, winning is the Ibid. 33 Professiona only thing that matters. Show me a good loser in and vitality of professional sports, and I'll show you an idiot. 25 It's easy to have faith in yourself and have disci- city's image of Show me a sportsman, and I'll show you a player pline when you're a winner, when you're number know it. A wir I'm looking to trade to Oakland. one. What you got to have is faith and discipline and even a losi when you're not a winner. LEO DUROCHER, Nice Guys Finish Last, 1975. mon misery. VINCE LOMBARDI, quoted in Tom Dowling, BILL VEE 18 If you're in professional sports, buddy, and you Coach: A Season with Lombardi, 1970. don't care whether you win or lose, you are going 26 He can run, but he can't hide. to finish last. JOE LOUIS, before his first heavyweight title fight Ibid. with the light-heavyweight champion, Billy Conn, 19 Good shot, bad luck, and hell are the five basic June 19, 1941. Se words to be used in a game of tennis. 27 In this country, when you finish second, no one VIRGINIA GRAHAM, Say Please, 1949. knows your name. FRANK McGUIRE, basketball coach, quoted in I Spring come 20 Anyone who will tear down sports will tear James A. Michener, Sports in America, 1976. All in white down America. Sports and religion have made Where the V America what it is today. 28 Prizefighting offers a profession to men who Loth to go. WOODY HAYES, quoted in Bill Bradley, Life on might otherwise commit murder in the street. the Run, 1976. AMELIA J NORMAN MAILER, The Fight, 1975. Living, 19 21 A race track swarms with sweaty oafs intent on 29 In my book a tennis player is the complete ath- getting something for nothing and sullen if they lete. He has to have the speed of a sprinter, the 2 April is the fail. A fight crowd is exciting and excited, and endurance of a marathon runner, the agility of a Lilacs out of vaguely pathologic. But a baseball crowd, except- boxer or fencer and the gray matter of a good foot- Memory and ing the stray cranks and exhibitionists, is a neigh- ball quarterback. Baseball, football, basketball Dull roots W borly lot. players are good athletes, but they don't need all T.S. ELIOT JOHN K. HUTCHENS, quoted in the New York these attributes to perform well. 3 Daughter of Times Magazine, July 14, 1946. BOBBY RIGGS, Court Hustler, 1973. With sudden 22 We wuz robbed. 30 Win this one for the Gipper. Teaching bar JOE JACOBS, after his fighter, Max Schmeling, lost Attributed to Knute Rockne, exhorting his Notre Painting pict the heavyweight title to Jack Sharkey on a foul, Dame football team before a big game of 1921. Holds a cup June 21, 1932. ("The Gipper" was the nickname of one of Whence a sn Rockne's players, George Gipp, an All-American 23 You've got to win in sports-that's talent-but fullback who had died on December 4, 1920, after RALPH W. you've also got to learn how to remind everybody the end of the football season.) 4 When the tre how you did win, and how often. That comes with experience. 31 As I emphatically disbelieve in seeing Harvard unmask, or any other college turn out mollycoddles instead And the new BILLIE JEAN KING, Billie Jean, 1982. of vigorous men, I may add that I do not in the least The old wine 24 It's really impossible for athletes to grow up. As object to a sport because it is rough. Feels the blo long as you're playing, no one will let you. On the And bursts tl THEODORE ROOSEVELT, in a speech in one hand, you're a child, still playing a game. And Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 23, 1907. Ibid. Joe Louis, 66, Heavyweight King he was to the vast crowds that surged in on him to clutch his every word when he was at the apogee of the boxing world. A simple dignity was characteristic of Who Reigned 12 Years, Is Dead Louis, who never pretended that his sharecropper origins in Alabama were See more than humble. Louis was born Joseph Louis Barrow on By DEANE McGOWEN May 13, 1914, in the cotton-field country Joe Louis, who held the heavyweight son, who had reigned earlier in the cen- near Lafayette, Ala., the eighth child of boxing championship of the world for al- tury. Before Louis retired undefeated as Munn and Lilly Barrow. His boyhood was most 12 years and the affection of the champion on March 1, 1949, his last title one of want and little schooling. American public for most of his adult life, defense had been against Jersey Joe Wal- In his teens, he did odd jobs to help his died yesterday of cardiac arrest in Las cott. Louis knocked him out on June 25, family until the they moved to Detroit. He Vegas, Nev. He was 66 years old: 1948 in New York. worked as a laborer there in the River Mr. Louis, who was champion from As the titleholder, his fights had Rouge plant of the Ford Company. 1937 until 1949, collapsed in the bathroom grossed more than $4.6 million, of which Studied Cabinet-Making of his home at approximately 9:30 A.M. he received about $800,000. The future champion attended Bronson (P.S.T.). Efforts by Noel Larimer, his A fighter who wasted little time in dis- Vocational School for a time to learn cabi- personal therapist, and by paramedics to patching his opponents, Louis's earnings net-making, before turning to amateur revive Mr. Louis were unsuccessful. He per round were extraordinarily high. Of boxing at the request of a schoolmate. He made his boxing debut in an amateur was pronounced dead at Desert Springs the 25 title defenses, only three went the tournament in Detroit, where he was then Hospital at 10:05 A.M. His wife, Martha, full 15 rounds. Tony Galento, for exam- making his home, as a light-heavyweight. was with him at the hospital. ple, survived four rounds in 1939, and He lost the decision, getting knocked Slow of foot but redeemingly fast of Buddy Baer managed one round in 1942. down three times by Johnny Miler in a hands, Joe Louis dominated heavyweight Excluding exhibitions, Louis won 68 three-rounder. However, he persevered professional fights and lost only three. He and, in 1934, won the national Amateur scored 54 knockouts, including five in the Athletic Union light-heavyweight title. first round. After retiring, he continued to That ended his career as an amateur. His appear in exhibitions and in 1950 he de- record included 43 knockout victories in 54 bouts. cided to make a comeback, but was beaten by Ezzard Charles in 15 rounds. On July 4, 1934, Louis appeared as a professional fighter for the first time and His final professional bout took place on knocked out Jack Kracken in one round in Oct. 26, 1951, when he lost to Rocky Mar- Chicago. ciano in New York. His final competition, Much of Louis's success was due to the an exhibition, took place Dec. 16, 1951, in capable manner in which he was handled Taipei against Cpl. Buford J. DeCordova. as a professional. His amateur record The most spectacular victim of Louis's brought him to the attention of Julian Black and John Roxborough, who en- robust punches was Max Schmeling, the gaged the late Jack Blackburn, one of the German fighter who was personally ring's great competitors, to polish the hailed by Adolf Hitler as a paragon of rough spots in the young fighter's style Teutonic manhood. Schmeling, who had and to get the maximum results out of his knocked out Louis in 12 rounds in 1936, tremendous strength and punching was given a return bout on June 22, 1938, power. in Yankee Stadium. He was knocked out Louis had 11 more fights in 1934 and 14 in 1935. By then his prowess had attracted in 2 minutes 4 seconds of the first round. the attention of Mike Jacobs in New Describing the bout in The New York York. Times, John Kieran wrote: Mr. Jacobs was competing against "Well, of all things! It's on and it's Madison Square Garden for the right to over. Just as Joe promised. He stepped in promote boxing. He went to Detroit to see and started a lightning attack. Lefts and Louis fight Natie Brown in March 1935. rights - Bang! Bang! Bang! Schmeling After outpointing Brown, Louis soon reeled into the ropes on the first-base side joined the New York promoter. of the ring and clung like a shipwrecked The New York Times soldier to a lifeline. First New York Fight Joe Louis in 1971 "Swaying on the ropes, Max peered out On June 25, 1935, Louis appeared for the in a bewildered manner. He pushed him- first time before New York fans and was self off and Louis struck like dark light- an immediate success, knocking out boxing from 1937 to 1948. As world cham- ning again. A ripping left and a smashing Primo Carnera in six rounds. He was so pion he defended his title 25 times, facing right. The right was the crusher. Schmel- impressive that fans clamored for a all challengers and fighting the best that ing went down. He was up again and then, match between him and Max Baer. Baer the countries of the world could offer. In under another fusillade, down again. had lost the heavyweight championship the opinion of many boxing experts, the Once more, and barely able to stand, and to Braddock only two weeks before Louis then down for the third and final time." stopped Carnera. plain, simple, unobtrusive Brown Not all of Louis's fights were so savage. Louis and Baer met on Sept: 24 of that Bomber - as he was known with his Many of his adversaries entered the ring year, and the young fighter, already crushing left jab and hook, was probably already quaking and his task of finishing recognized as a punching machine, the best heavyweight fighter of all time. them off was thus a matter of a half dozen pounded Baer into helplessness in four The 6-foot-11/2-inch, 197-pound Louis solid punches at the proper moment. rounds. won his title June 22, 1937, in Chicago, by A Considerate Man Altogether Louis had 14 bouts in 1935 knocking out James J. Braddock in eight and earned a total of $368,037, an almost There was no Joe Louis behind any fa- rounds, thus becoming the first black incredible sum then for a fighter in his cade. He was the same slow-spoken, con- second year as a professional. heavyweight champion since Jack John- siderate person in a close social group as On June 19, 1936, Louis had his first 514 meeting with Schmeling in New York and suffered his first professional defeat, a 12th-round knockout. Schmeling told reporters before the bout that he had seen faults in Louis's style. After the bout, Schmeling disclosed that Louis had a habit of lowering his left shoulder and arm, leaving his chin open for a right-hand counter punch. Floored in Fourth Round Schmeling floored Louis with that weapon in the fourth round, and finally knocked him out with more of the right- hand blows in the 12th. Schmeling was promised a title bout against Braddock after he stopped Louis, but Mr. Jacobs wanted Louis to get the chance. After stalling Schmeling, Brad- dock agreed to meet Louis. They fought in Chicago and Louis knocked out Braddock in the eighth round to win the heavyweight title. In 1938 the new champion had only three bouts, but one of those was his sec- ond against Schmeling. Germany was then expounding its su- perman propaganda. to the world, and Hitler had made it known that Schmeling was one of those supermen. Schmeling made the mistake of believ- ing Hitler and made some disparaging re- marks about Americans in general and blacks in particular. Champion in a Rage When Louis and the challenger met on June 22, 1938, in New York, the champion was in a rage. Louis cut his opponent down with terrific head and body punches. Schmeling went to a local hospi- tal to recuperate before he returned to Germany. The 2-minute-4-second time span was a record for turning back a challenger in a heavyweight title bout. The bout was the first million-dollar gate Louis attracted during his career. After that Louis had things pretty much his own way in the ring. Tony Ga- lento had him on the canvas briefly in 1939, Arturo Godoy's crouching nose-to- the-floor tactics puzzled Louis the full 15 rounds in 1940, and Buddy Baer, brother of Max, knocked Louis out of the ring for a nine-count in 1941 before losing. A Lesson in Boxing That last event came during Louis's SO- called "bum-of-the-month campaign." During it, beginning in December 1940, he met challengers at the rate of one a United Press International month, a performance that no other Joe Louis attending a title fight last year at Detroit's Joe Louis Arena heavyweight champion ever attempted. Louis came close to losing his crown in out with Louis. The move cost him the 21,000 miles and staged 96 boxing exhibi- the first fight with Billy Conn of Pitts- championship. Louis knocked him out tions before two million soldiers. burgh on June 18, 1941, at the Polo with two seconds left in the round. Grounds. Conn, the light-heavyweight Three months later Louis stopped Lou Louis came out of the Army on Oct. 1, king, relinquished his title to meet Louis. Nova, and in January 1942, he defeated 1945, and shortly after signed to defend Buddy Baer again, in 2:56 of the first his title against Conn. The bout was the Before that fight many boxing writers round. That bout in Madison Square Gar- second' million-dollar gate Louis drew had said that Conn would be too speedy den was for the Navy Relief Society, and earned him the largest purse of his and would outbox Louis. The champion which received $47,000. career, $625,916.44. The champion had the perfect answer when he said, "He Two months later Louis knocked out stopped Conn in the eighth round at Yan- can run but he can't hide." Abe Simon in the sixth round of a fight in kee Stadium on June 19, 1946. For 12 rounds Louis received a lesson in New York. The Army Relief society The champion defended his title three boxing from the stylish challenger. How- gained by $36,146. Louis then went into more times after the Conn fight, knocking ever, in the 13th, Conn dropped his suc- the Army as a private. out Tami Mauriello and Jersey Joe Wal- cessful tactics and attempted to slug it As a soldier, Louis traveled more than cott twice. After the second Walcott bout Copyright © 1981 by The New York Times Company 515 on June 25, 1948, Louis officially suffering from paranoia. Because of his Above, from the left: Joe Louis being counted out on March 1, 1949. confinement he was unable to attend a during bout against Max Schmeling in 1936, which He later tried a comeback but failed to tribute to him in Detroit that was at- was his first loss; Louis after taking the regain his championship form. Ezzard tended by more than 8,000 people. heavyweight championship from James J. Charles outpointed him in 15 rounds at Louis disclosed the truth about some of Yankee Stadium on Sept. 27, 1950. A year his problems in 1971 in a book, "Brown Braddock in 1937, and punching Schmeling later Louis's ring career came to an end Bomber, The Pilgrimage of Joe Louis," against the ropes in their 1938 rematch, which when Rocky Marciano knocked him out in by Barney Nagler. He said that his col- Louis won by a first-round knockout. the eighth round of their bout at Madison lapse in 1969 had been caused by cocaine. And he admitted that his hospitalization place in a Harlem apartment just a few Square Garden on Oct. 26, 1951. had been prompted by his fear of a plot to hours before Louis stepped into the ring Although he made a lot of money, it passed through his fingers quickly and destroy him. and knocked out Max Baer. without the sort of accounting that the In- Louis's son once said of his father: "I The couple were divorced in March ternal Revenue Service expects. As a re- couldn't help thinking of Arthur Miller's 1945, but remarried a year later. They sult, the Government calculated that his play, 'Death of a Salesman.' In the play, were divorced a second time in February delinquent taxes after penalties and in- the man's name was Willy Loman, wasn't 1949. A daughter, Jacquelin, was born to it? Well, there's a correlation between the couple on Feb. 8, 1943, and a son, Joe amounted to $1.25 million, a sum that Louis found staggering. "I liked the them. Wasn't Willy a grand guy, just like Jr., on May 28, 1947. my father, and then he started growing Mr. Louis's third marriage was to Rose good life," Louis said. "I just don't know old and losing his customers? He was Morgan, a New York cosmetics manufac- where the money went. I wish I did. I got never really aware that he had lost his turer, on Christmas Day, 1955. 50 percent of each purse and all kinds of territory. That's the tragedy of it, just His fourth marriage was to Mrs. Mar- expenses came out of my cut." In the like my father's." tha Jackson, a Los Angeles lawyer. It mid-1960's, an accommodation was Louis's third wife, Martha, said, during took place March 17, 1959, after his union reached with the Government and the her husband's troubles, "Joe's not broke. with Rose Morgan Louis was terminated boxer was able to pay off his obligations. He's rich-rich with friends. If he said he by annulment. In 1965, Dana Latham, the commis- needed a dollar, a million people would Mr. Louis's death came only a few sioner of the Internal Revenue Service, send him a dollar and he'd be a million- hours after he had attended the heavy- informed Congress: "We have gotten all aire." weight championship fight on Saturday we could possibly get from Mr. Louis, night between Larry Holmes and Trevor leaving him with some hope that he can Joe Louis was more than just a boxing Berbick at Caesars Palace where for live. His earning days are over." champion. He also had a role in the social many years he was employed as a "greet- Louis was not officially forgiven by the history of the United States. In a 1970 arti- er." tax collectors, but attempts at getting the cle about Louis in Ebony magazine, Ches- Since 1977, Mr. Louis had been confined money he owed ceased, according to a ter Higgins wrote: "He gave inspiration to a wheelchair following surgery to cor- close friend of the boxer. to downtrodden and despised people. rect an aortic aneurysm. His health over Food Chain Planned When Joe Louis fought, blacks in ghettos the last decade had been poor, beset with across the land were indoors glued to heart problems, emotional disorders and Out of the ring for good, Louis tried to their radios, and when Louis won, as he strokes. An electronic pacemaker was establish himself in a variety of careers. nearly always did, they hit the streets implanted near his heart last Dec. 23 in He wrestled briefly and engaged in vari- whooping and hollering in celebration. Houston. ous sports and commercial promotions. For Joe's victory was their victory, a "He was in a cardiac arrest when he ar- In 1969, he and Billy Conn, who had lost means of striking back at an oppressive rived," said Shirley Brown, the nursing twice to Louis in title fights, set up the Joe and hateful environment. Louis was the supervisor at Desert Springs Hospital. Louis Food Franchise Corporation in the black Atlas on whose broad shoulders "They did everything they could to revive hope of operating an inter-racial chain of blacks were lifted, for in those days, him. He had been ill for quite some time. food shops. there were few authentic black heroes." He had been hospitalized before." In 1969, he collapsed on a lower Man- In 1974 he took time off from his job as a "Mrs. Louis is taking it as well as can hattan street and was rushed to Beek- "greeter" at Caesars Palace in Las be expected," said Harry Wald, the presi- man-Downtown Hospital for treatment of Vegas, Nev., to referee the heavyweight dent of Caesars Palace. "We're very what was then described as "a physical fight between Joe Frazier and Jerry shocked at what happened. He was at the breakdown." Quarry, proclaiming Frazier the winner fight last night. He was really enjoying And in 1970, he spent five months at the after the fifth round because of heavy himself and his pacemaker was working Colorado Psychiatric Hospital and the cuts on Quarry's face. very well. He was looking forward to at- Veterans Administration Hospital in Den- Mr. Louis and Marva Trotter, a 19- tending the Diana Ross Show tomorrow ver. He was hospitalized by his wife, Mar- year-old Chicago secretary, were mar- night at the hotel and then this morning tha, and his son, Joe Louis Barrow Jr., ried on Sept. 24, 1935. The marriage took he just collapsed. It's very sad." 516 Nickname: "The Brown Bomber" Early III munammad S spiendacious reign as neavy- weight champion, he hired Joe as an "adviser" and they ap- peared on television together. "Joe, you really think you coulda whupped me?" Ali said. "When I had the title," Joe said, "I went on what they called a bum-of-the-month tour." Ali's voice rose three octaves. "You mean I'm a bum?" "You woulda been on the tour," Joe told his new em- ployer. During World War II, Joe defended his championship against Buddy Baer for the benefit of the Naval Relief Fund. Wendell Willkie, defeated candidate for President of the Associated Press; United Press International A spokesman for the Louis family said that the former champion's body would lie in state on Thursday at Caesars Pal- ace. Burial will be on Friday morning at a burial site yet to be determined. Joe Louis: A Sense Of Dignity HEN Joe Louis's tax troubles were still making headlines, a man told him: "You were 15 years ahead of your time. You should have been around today to cut in on these multimillion-dol- lar closed-circuit shows." "No," Joe said, "when I was boxing I made $5 million and wound up broke, owing the Government a million. If I was boxing today I'd make $10 million and wind up broke, owing the Government two million." Joe Louis Barrow lived a month less than 67 years. He was heavyweight champion of the world in an era when the heavyweight champion was, in the view of many, the great- est man in the world. He held the title for 12 years, defended it 25 times and retired undefeated as a champion. The New York Times Not once in 66 years was he known to utter a word of Joe Louis during training for a 1935 fight complaint or bitterness or offer an excuse for anything. To be sure, he had nothing to make excuses about. In 71 re- corded fights he lost three times, on a knockout by Max United States, made a resounding speech in the ring. "And Schmeling before he won the championship, on a decision to you, Max Baer," he said, "and you, Joe Louee Earlier Ezzard Charles when he tried to regain the title, and finally that day Harry Markson, then doing publicity on Mike on a knockout by Rocky Marciano when that young man was Jacobs's promotions in Madison Square Garden, offered to on his way to the top. write a few words for Joe in case he was called on to speak. Joe had just celebrated his 21st birthday when he came Joe said no, thanks, he wouldn't be invited. to New York the first time. This was 1935, not a long time To his surprise, he was asked to address the crowd. Un- ago, yet some people still saw any black man as the stereo- prepared though he was, he said a few altogether appropri- type darky, who loved dancing and watermelon. Some news ate words, assuring listeners that we would win the war "be- photographers bought a watermelon and asked Joe to pose cause we're on God's side." Dignity. If memory serves, eating a slice. He refused, saying he didn't like watermelon. Buddy Baer wasn't called on. Before the first round ended, "And the funny thing is," said Harry Márkson, telling he couldn't speak, being unconscious. the story, "Joe loves watermelon." At 21, this unlettered son of Alabama sharecroppers had This story has been told here before but perhaps it will the perception to realize what the pictures would imply and bear repeating. Before Floyd Patterson's second match the quiet dignity to have no part of the charade. Dignity was with Sonny Liston, the one in Las Vegas, a visitor remarked always a word that applied to him. Dignity and candor. to Joe that every time Floyd talked with the press he spoke Copyright © 1981 by The New York Times Company 517 Louis taking punishment from Ezzard Charles in 1950. Charles WOR and retained his title. of losing. "If I lose, if I lose bad, if I'm humiliated," he would start over again at the bottom and work his way back to main events. "A fighter can't think that way," Joe said, "and he can't talk that way." "It seems to me," his companion said, "that any time a man of intelli- gence goes into an athletic contest, he realizes that he stands a chance of losing." "Oh, I think I reckanized it," Joe said. "Especially when I was just starting out and scared. After I won the title I didn't think about it no more. Oh, I knew that if I kept on fighting, some guy would come along and take the title away from me, but not this guy, never tonight." Joe Louis may very well have been the greatest fighter who ever lived. Comparisons with Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney and others are foolish, though there is no shadow of doubt here that he would have caught and de- stroyed Muhammad Ali as he caught Billy Conn and other skillful boxers. At the top of his game he would have outboxed Rocky Marciano and perhaps have taken him out, though after 49 fights without a defeat or draw, Rocky said he had never been dazed by a punch, eventhe punches that floored him. Joe's aging legs betrayed him when he finally fought Marciano. That was his last competitive match, though he boxed a few exhibi- tions afterwards. Marciano knocked him out of the ring in the eighth round, and afterwards Joe lay on his stomach on a rubbing table with his right ear pillowed on a towel. He wore his faded dressing gown of blue and red, with a raincoat spread over it. His left hand was in a bucket of ice on the floor and a handler massaged his left ear with ice. With his face squashed against the padding of the table, newspapermen had to kneel with their heads close to his lips to hear his words. He said the best man had-won. Asked whether Marciano could hit harder than Schmeling, who had knocked him out 15 years earlier, Joe said: "This kid knocked me out with what? Two punches. Schmeling knocked me out with - musta been a hunderd punches. But I was 22 years old then. You can take more then than later on. "Did age count tonight, Joe?" "Ugh," Joe said, and bobbed his head. Red Smith April 13, 1981 518 September 11, 1990 MEMORANDUM TO: DAN FROM: CAROLYN RE: IDEAS FOR TURNER FOR MAYOR REMARKS I know that we are trying to keep these remarks short, but here are some ideas to think about. We can always keep the material for future speeches that include civil rights, empowerment, etc. 1. Read the National Review article about the President's civil rights speech last May 17. (Lange's speech) The author makes some interesting points. Among them: That George Bush really can be the "empowerment President" - - if he vetoes the Kennedy-Hawkins bill, he'll actually win more black voters because he's offering choices in housing, education, etc. and not the traditional NAACP notions of handouts. 2. Note that election day this year falls on November 6 -- the same day that Lincoln was elected in 1860. Possible tie-in to the Party of Lincoln, as related to the National Review article. 3. See the Greenberg article from the Washington Times. Among other ideas, it offers that: "The challenge now is to rediscover Booker T. Washington, who knew that if economic competence comes first, political advancement will naturally follow in American society." Attached to that article are some quotes by Booker T. Washington as well as other historically prominent blacks such as Benjamin Banneker. Also, Joe Louis, for whom Turner was nicknamed, has one great quote: "He can run, but he can't hide." See also the New York Times article (3rd page) : a paragraph on Joe Louis' beating the odds. TURNER STORY FROM CARL PROPHATER --a particular accomplishment by Chief Turner In 1970, President Nixon called for a large recruiting drive to raise the number of uniformed police officers in the District of Columbia. Nixon pushed for this and got Congress to authorize it. The Police Chief at the time was Jerry Wilson. He selected Lieutenant Maurice Turner to head up the recruiting drive -- and Turner was extremely successful. In less than a year, he raised the numbers of officers from 3600 to 5100. + in his as Chief ke brought on imming minorities atc. Saw state. -humor on Turner Chief Wilson had a very small administrative staff. One day, during the recruiting drive, Turner was helping to man the phones. He answered one particular call and said "hold please." He turned to the Chief and said "it's another crank call. Some kook claiming to be the Florida White House!" Chief Wilson, who regularly got crank calls, said "Oh, I guess one more won't hurt" and picked up the line. To his horror, the next thing Lt. Turner heard was "Well, hello Mr. President". Nixon was calling from Florida. Needless to say, Turner has taken a lot of ribbing about this. Now he knows about calls from the White House. SEP-13-90 THU 5:46 P.01 MAURICE T. TURNER CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS 111½ 1511 K STREET, N.W., SUITE 940 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005 FAX (202) 393-6163 Dan 1 Here are some ideas (9/13) Turner presented yest arday at a news conference. FAX COVER SHEET UNITY theme. TO: CAROLINE CAWLEY WHITE House SPEECH WRITING FROM: LON WALLS PRESS SECRETARY 628-1990 # OF PAGES SENT INCLUDING COVER SHEET 9 MESSAGE: IF COPY NOT PROPERLY RECEIVED PLEASE CALL (202) 628-1990 IMMEDIATELY Refer to Administrative Section THANK YOU 5:46 02 1 I want to thank you all for coming here today as we start the final lap in what will be the most important election in the District of Columbia's history. Every election is important to a city whose residents are still fighting for the benefits of statehood, but this election is particularly important. We must be able to say down the road that this election, and the new government which it will choose, launched a new era of unity and progress in the life of the nation's capitol. Too often, Washington's politicians have been high on power and short of sight. This has stymied our progress, stifled our opportunities, smothered our schools in bureaucracy, crippled city hall with corruption, but it has not -- and it cannot destroy our spirit. As a third generation Washingtonian, I know the pride we have in our city, our neighborhoods and in each other. With that pride grows self-esteem and a sense of responsibility -- a desire to achieve. Now we must start again to fulfill our desire to achieve. In that spirit, I want to congratulate Sharon Pratt Dixon for scoring an important victory in the Democratic primary on Tuesday. Sharon has been one of the leaders in our city of over a decade as, indeed, have I. So when I say that our leadership has failed us. I am not saying that our leaders are bad people. There has been no absence of dedication on either Sharon's part or my own. There has been no failure of integrity, to my knowledge, on Sharon's part or, indeed, on my part. Nevertheless, the political leadership in Washington has been more divided P.03 2 against itself than united to produce results. Sharon and I agree one thing: Our next Mayor must be one who can bring this city unity, and through that unity, progress. I believe I am that candidate and today we are launching a general election campaign to make the case to the voters of the District of Columbia that I an that candidate. In that process, I will be drawing distinctions between Sharon and myself, but I will be doing so with none of the bitterness that was seen in the Democratic primary. There will be no bitterness, on my part anyway, because that is no way to build unity. Tough debate, strong differences, hard work, spirited competition -- all of these can contribute to a sense that this election fairly and constructively picked new leadership. So we will see that kind of spirited competition in the coming eight weeks. But I am confident that Sharon and I will emerge friends. When I am sworn in as Mayor, she will be an important ally in the private sector and we will be calling on each other to work together for the future of this city. I asked to have this press conference because I want to start an important facet of this campaign. Today I am going to announce the first planks of the Turner Unity Platform for Washington. The platform which I am beginning to announce today is not just Maurice Turner's platform because the ideas belong to others in addition to myself. It is, as I call it, the Turner Unity Platform for Washington. It is an attempt to draw on the best thinking available. As I've said, no one is born with the ability to become a SEP-13-90 90 THU 5:47 P.04 3 mayor. But I've spent a long time as a lead executive in government and I do know good ideas when I see them. I also know the importance of ideas in the translation of energy into action. The Turner Administration will have as its highest priority a commitment to unify the city behind solutions that will work to solve the problems that press upon us and create the opportunities we so urgently need. This is the obligation and the talent of an executive. Seeking the city's position of Chief Executive, it is the talent I believe I offer and I know it is the obligation which, if successful, I must fulfill. I believe it is also a principal distinction between Sharon Pratt Dixon and myself. Sharon's career has been as a politician and as a utility vice president. Those careers do not disqualify a person from seeking executive office, but they do not particularly qualify one either. So with those comments on the table, let me briefly describe to you the first three planks of the Turner Unity Platform for Washington, which I am introducing today. First, the Turner Administration is pledged to execute the first proposal in this document to bring an orderly end to the bloat in city government. It calls for hiring freeze, a significant reduction in city employees through attrition and an intensive effort to shift employees from unneeded activities to areas of need. Now those of you with good eyesight can see the name at the top of that page and it is not mine. Dave Clarke has spent a lifetime working to improve this city. His ideas may not make as SEP-13-90 THU 5:48 P.05 4 good a slogan as Sharon's plan to fire thousands of people but I refuse to shift either the blame or the burden of the failures of our leaders onto the backs of our civil servants. I endorse Dave's ideas in this regard. As Mayor, I will move swiftly to implement them. Moreover, I will do everything within my power to recruit David Clarke to help in the effort to bring everyone together. That is what unity is all about. That is what the Turner Unity Platform for Washington stands for. And unity is what I can offer this city. In the coming weeks, I will offer other planks inspired by other leaders and thinkers with the same objective in mind. In the same spirit, the Turner Administration will do everything in its power to implement the many important recommendations in this document to help our children. The 64 business, civic, political and educational leaders who worked so hard on the D.C. Committee on Public Education to bring this analysis to us must now be asked to exert leadership along with the Board of Education, the school system and most importantly, parents and citizens, to make these recommendations a reality. They are not ideas of my own creation. I am a product of the D. C. schools. Two of my sisters are teachers in the D.C. schools. I know full well that the education that I received in my home, in my neighborhood and in our schools gave me the opportunities which I've had to achieve personal fulfillment and, hopefully, serve our city with skill and purpose. But I'm no expert in education. My job as Mayor will be to foster the unity, generate the energy, broker the discussions and stop the bickering. I want to P.06 5 build not just a better school system, but build the best school system to meet the challenges which our children face. Finally, I want to talk about crime and the major fuel for crime in our city -- illegal drugs. We are going to unify behind an effort to make this city safe for its citizens. I know what the problems are and I know what the solutions are. These planks of the Turner Unity Platform for Washington are the direct result of 32 years experience in the unending war to keep our city safe. The crime rates in the city of Washington are a symptom of a problem which infiltrates every neighborhood in our city and must be attacked by virtually every department of our city's government. When people are murdered in Washington nearly every day and when millions of dollars in drug transactions are taking place, the citizens have a right to demand action. It is not surprising that they look to the police department for that action. But no one knows better than the Police Chief -- this Police Chief -- that the problems of crime and drugs will not be solved unless the police department is part of a full court press across the city led by an experienced, skilled Mayor to root our the factors that contribute to this plague. As Police Chief and now as candidate, I have consistently said that the end of the reign of crime and drugs in Washington will come through the merger of four initiatives. Arrests alone are not the answer. First, of course, comes law enforcement. The citizens of this city have a right to a police department that is big enough, well equipped enough and skillful enough to protect them from crime and, 5:49 P.07 6 when crime occurs, arrest the criminals and present the criminal justice system with evidence. Under my leadership as Chief and in the years since, the D.C. police department has become, indeed, skillful at making the arrest even though it remains understaffed compared to its challenge. The department makes as many as 43,000 arrests a year -- 15,000 of them are drug related. But relying on the police department alone to rid this city of crime and drugs has not worked, will not work and cannot work. We need a comprehensive approach which only can be forged and led by a Mayor with the experience to understand the problems and the will to bring the three other elements of a solution to bear in addition to law enforcement. The second element is interdiction. We must do a better job of keeping the drugs out of the country in the first instance and out of our city in the second. This is a cooperative venture, of course, with the federal government. I believe that I will have a vastly improved relationship with the federal government than that currently enjoyed by the present administration. Together, we will make interdiction more effective. Third, there must be more capacity in this city to treat those who are addicted to drugs. We actually had a more serious drug problem in this city 20 years ago. At that time, we combined equal parts of law enforcement and treatment. Today , we spend only 15 cents on treatment for every dollar we spend on law enforcement. Since the drug/crime syndrome means that people are literally addicted to their criminal behavior, spending money on arrests and SEP-13-90 THU 5:50 P.08 7 convictions but not on treatment is a sure way to guarantee that the problem will not go away. The Turner Administration will change that equation. Finally, there is education. I don't need to tell you that the messages currently being sent to our citizens, particularly our young people, about using drugs are not likely to contribute to a solution to the problem. I hope I also don't need to tell you that the message sent by the election of a Police Chief, this Police Chief, will change that. But that is only the beginning. Our schools must become better in teaching the danger of drugs. Our churches must become more effectively involved. Our neighborhoods must become more sensitized to the roles that they can play. I've spoken a lot in this campaign about the education that I received in my neighborhood as a kid in an earlier era. I did not grow up in a perfect city. The society was segregated. The opportunities were limited. The leadership was alien. But my Girard Street neighborhood gave me a firm and abiding sense of right and wrong. It taught me self-esteem and taught me self- respect for my fellow man. The District of Columbia was unified in that effort at that time. We have lost that sense of unity, in too many neighborhoods. I intend to restore it. And with a unity of purpose from our people and a unified effort from our government, this city will no longer be safe for pushers and murderers and it will become safe for our citizens and our visitors. That is what the Turner Unity Platform for Washington is SEP-13-90 THU 5:50 P.09 8 about. It is about building a unified city to bring us the progress and the opportunities to which all of us are entitled. Blacks and the GOP BETTING ON BUSH For once, Republicans have a chance to uphold MANDELA CUOMO principle and advance their interests MANDI at the same time: wooing black voters RIGHTSAL back to the party of Abraham Lincoln by defeating a civil-rights bill. CLINT BOLICK A MONTH or so ago, during a common-sense principles that most Administration's benign neglect of op- conversation about the Ken- Americans can easily support. portunities to fashion a genuine civil- nedy-Hawkins civil-rights bill, By definition, the bill's sponsors rights strategy based on individual I made two bets with Arch Parsons of cannot satisfy those principles. The rather than group rights. the Baltimore Sun. First, that Presi- heart of the bill-provisions overturn- I urged the White House to shift the dent Bush will veto the bill if it is ap- ing six Supreme Court decisions of terms of the debate. I suggested that proved without significant changes. last year, especially the Wards Cove the President immediately appoint a Second, that he will win 18 per cent of decision-violates all three. The mo- highly credible commission on eco- the black vote in 1992 if he does. tive behind it is to induce employers to nomic mobility, headed by someone Washington pundits would assure adopt quotas "voluntarily" by rig- like Tom Kean (who received over half Arch that he'll soon pocket a crisp dol- ging the rules against them in statis- the black vote when he won re-election lar bill from the first bet, and a second tics-based employment-discrimination as governor of New Jersey in 1985). In one too if his memory hangs in for two cases. Under Wards Cove, plaintiffs terms of strengthening civil-rights years. Moreover, most pundits would may use statistics to prove discrimina- laws, he could add compensatory and insist that my first bet is inconsistent tion, but they bear the burden of proof punitive damages for victims of egre- with my second. If Bush vetoes this every step of the way. Under Ken- gious discrimination (as an alternative civil-rights bill-or any civil-rights nedy-Hawkins, statistics by them- to quotas, which help not known vic- bill-he's doomed among black voters. selves would establish a presumption tims but a whole class of presumed The reason I'm bucking conven- of discrimination, with employers victims). Finally, and most impor- tional wisdom is that I sense that bearing the burden of proving their in- tantly, he could urge legislative action something important is happening be- nocence. Facing that threat, employ- on educational choice, economic op- neath the surface in the debate over ers would almost always seek the safe portunity, and anti-crime measures the civil-rights bill. That leads me to harbor of informal quotas. No middle aimed at helping minorities. believe that if Bush plays his cards ground exists: to modify or overturn As it turned out, Bush had plenty of right, he will in fact double the black Wards Cove is to create an irresistible time to devise such a strategy if he vote he received in 1988-a develop- impulse for quotas. Of course, anyone had wanted to, since it took Ted Ken- - ment that would make him invincible who has read the newspapers lately nedy and Ralph Neas, a top lobbyist in 1992. And-again contrary to popu- has every right to be skeptical about for the civil-rights establishment, over lar wisdom-playing his cards right Bush's resolve. half a year to come up with a bill to requires him to veto the bill if Con- overturn the six Court rulings. But gress passes anything resembling the Scooping the Democrats Bush did nothing, announcing that no original version. action was necessary with respect to At a Rose Garden ceremony on May for acceptance of a civil-rights bill: it J UST AFTER the Supreme Court the recent Court decisions. 17, Bush laid down three conditions issued its Wards Cove ruling, the White House called me to ask for can't require or encourage racial quo- ideas for a "Civil Rights Act of 1989." Mr. Bolick is director of the Landmark tas, it can't be absurdly complex, and Amazingly, the Bush Administration Legal Foundation Center for Civil Rights in it can't reverse the due-process princi- Washington, D.C., and author of the forth- wanted to scoop the Democrats. Hoo- coming Unfinished Business: A Civil ple that a person is innocent until ray! I thought; our time has come at Rights Strategy for America's Third Cen- proven guilty. These are refreshing, last, after eight years of the Reagan tury (Pacific Research Institute). AUGUST 6, 1990 / NATIONAL REVIEW 33 Meanwhile, several House Republi- with constituency groups ranging from other pirouette and sign the bill. His cans got themselves into trouble by minorities to feminists to labor unions, Rose Garden reversal, apparently the signing on to a bill by freshman Repre- all focusing on different objectives result of a last-minute blitz by Attor- sentative Tom Campbell, a bright and which Neas had to put into a single, ney General Richard Thornburgh and ambitious California Republican who saleable package. Once introduced, other top advisors, may prove little wanted to establish his civil-rights the bill failed to generate much enthu- more than a negotiating ploy. He credentials. He convinced several con- siasm. Until the inexplicable decision clearly still wants to sign a bill and servatives to join him, but when they by Senator Jack Danforth (R., Mo.) on subsequently has negotiated with realized they had been co-sponsoring a May 17 to join the bill, sponsors in- Kennedy, leading most commentators quota bill, they abandoned Campbell cluded only liberals and the usual to suggest he'll sign the bill with and demanded the White House pro- maverick Republicans. Southern Dem- merely cosmetic alterations. But I vide an alternative. ocrats were lying low, perhaps haunt- don't think so. The Administration obliged, but the ed by the quota specter, which could If George Bush caves in on quotas, product did not quite meet the stand- bleed away white votes. By mid June, he will risk losing support among ards of a viable alternative. The Ad- the bill had fewer than fifty Senate white voters and creating additional ministration bill proposed to overturn sponsors, a very low number for a constituencies for the likes of David two. of the six decisions targeted civil-rights bill. Duke. So Bush needs to appear firm. by Kennedy-Hawkins, while keeping But if he vetoes the bill, won't he write Wards Cove intact. But the way the Re-Enter the President off any chance of increasing his share Administration sliced it, the law of the black vote? Here's where the would make monetary damages avail- E NTER the President again. On pundits have it wrong. able to victims of racial harassment May 14, he announced through Ben Hooks and his allies have de- but not sexual harassment. No one his spokesman, Marlin Fitzwa- clared the civil-rights bill a "litmus -liberals, conservatives, or the busi- ter, that he wanted to sign. a civil- test" for Bush, and threaten he'll get ness community-liked that alterna- rights bill, and that his differences no black votes if he vetoes it. Ronald tive. The point man for the bill, Don with Kennedy-Hawkins were minor. Reagan capitulated to such threats on Ayer, couldn't defend it, a factor that He scheduled three days of meetings several occasions (such as housing and may have contributed to his recent de- with civil-rights leaders, along with a voting rights), and he still didn't end parture from the Justice Department. sprinkling of dissenters. The Washing- up with many black votes. Richard But the other side was having its ton Post reported that he was ready to Nixon tried a different approach-out- liberaling the liberals on minority set- asides and the like-and he didn't get MANDELA FOR many black votes either. Maybe Pres- CUOMO ident Bush has learned something MANDELA AND from this. RIGHTSAC The answer may lie in the second half of his Rose Garden speech-the half the media didn't report. Bush called for a new vision on civil rights based on individual "empowerment," consisting of efforts to help poor people. help themselves. He spoke specifical- ly about education vouchers, tenant management and ownership of public housing, and day care. It was just a sketch, but it could turn into a real strategy, and one that could finally break the sixty-year Democratic lock on the black vote. If COATTAILS this seems a bold prediction, consider problems too. After the Court's deci- sign the bill, sending conservatives the objective: we're not talking about sions came down last June 16, the and the business community into de- competing for a majority of black NAACP's Ben Hooks threatened wide- spair. votes, at least not initially, but rather spread civil disobedience and an- Both sides were invited to the Rose for a mere doubling of the 9 per cent nounced a mass march on Washing- Garden ceremony on Thursday of that of the black vote that Bush received in ton. When the troops failed to heed the week; but when the rhetorical smoke 1988. That's only about one out of call, Hooks was forced to reclassify the had cleared, it was the bill's support- every ten blacks who didn't vote for mass rally as a more modest "silent ers who were devastated. Instead of him the first time. Assuming Bush can vigil," which registered barely a blip endorsing the bill, Bush reiterated his hold onto most of his white voter base on the evening news. opposition to quotas and implied that (and a quota-bill veto would help), this It also took considerable effort by he would veto the bill if his core prin- modest increase in black support is all Neas and his allies to satisfy the di- ciples were not satisfied. he'd need virtually to ensure his re- verse strands of the civil-rights lobby, Of course, the President could do an- election by a wide margin; if Republi- 34 NATIONAL REVIEW / AUGUST 6, 1990 cans generally could duplicate the tor, and The New Republic, all of whom she'll support in the upcoming feat, it could lead to control of the them sympathetic to civil-rights gubernatorial campaign. Senate. aims, have each editorialized against Some in the Bush Administration the bill or its underlying logic. Like- (such as Housing and Urban Develop- A Nod to Hooks wise, the moderate Democratic Lead- ment Secretary Jack Kemp, Equal ership Council, meeting this spring in Employment Opportunity Commission T HIS WOULD represent a New Orleans, explicitly endorsed the Chairman Evan Kemp, and EEOC major shift in approach. Bush goal of equal opportunity as opposed to Vice Chairman Rosalie Silberman) would continue to give occa- equality of outcomes, thus rejecting and their supporters in Congress sional nods to Ben Hooks, avoiding the premise that lies at the heart of (Representatives Steve Bartlett and the remoteness, hostility even, of the Kennedy-Hawkins. Newt Gingrich) have taken note of Reagan era. But Bush-or at least his Meanwhile, this skepticism is mani- the political potential of empower- advisors-seems to realize that Hooks festing itself at the grassroots. The ment. My bets with Arch Parsons needs him more than vice versa. The NAACP's membership rolls are hem- are based on the premise that Bush civil-rights establishment responds to orrhaging-it lost a hundred thou- has noticed it too. every problem with a new bill, and if sand over the past ten years. Were it Though any civil-rights bill has im- it can't get one passed, it has nothing not for ever-increasing corporate con- portant symbolic value among blacks to offer its constituents. tributions, the venerable organiza- and therefore carries significant veto Likewise, if Bush merely meets tion would have to close up shop. risks, this bill, because of its complex- Hooks's present demands, he's got Self-help groups, on the other hand, ity, simply won't set the grassroots on nothing over the Democrats, who will are flourishing. Though typically non- fire. If Bush ends up going toe to toe always be able to offer more in the ideological, they are passionately com- with Ben Hooks in the inner city, for way of government regulations and mitted to individual autonomy and are once it will be the Republicans who handouts. Hence, Bush should take therefore potentially ripe for Republi- offer the tangibles (vouchers, tenant his case directly to black voters, offer- can courtship. Exemplified by Robert management, etc.) while the civil- ing them policies that will really make Woodson's National Center for Neigh- rights establishment argues about ab- a difference to their lives. borhood Enterprise, these groups re- stractions (burdens of proof, statistical As with many political shifts, this ject welfare and quotas in favor of in- inferences, and so on). one started with the academics. Schol- dividual and community initiative. A Thus far, many civil-rights groups ars such as Thomas Sowell, Walter new civil-rights bill means absolutely are ambivalent about empowerment Williams, and Charles Murray all' con- nothing to these people, but such ini- initiatives. The head of the Milwaukee demned the welfare state and race- tiatives as enterprise zones, tenant NAACP chapter, for instance, has conscious affirmative action as doing management, and education vouchers joined the teachers' unions in taking nothing to help blacks make economic can mean a great deal. Polly Williams's education-choice pro- advances. Their indictment of race- My own organization, the Land- gram to court-a lawsuit my group is conscious measures was echoed by mark Center for Civil Rights, is a actively resisting on behalf of black converts-James Coleman, Nathan legal arm of the empowerment move- parents and their children. This leaves Glazer, Morris Abram, Glenn Loury- ment, challenging regulatory barriers the road clear for Bush to emerge as and later by others, including William to entrepreneurial opportunities and the "empowerment" President. Julius Wilson and Harvard law profes- defending empowerment efforts where sor Randall Kennedy, who remain un- they are attacked by entrenched inter- No-Lose Issue abashedly liberal. ests. After two years in this business, In particular, Wilson's The Truly I am struck by the potential for at R EPUBLICANS in recent years Disadvantaged (1987) demonstrated least modest political realignment. have run away from this issue, that race preferences helped mainly Bertha Gilkey, a tenant-manage- which is odd since it is a no- those who didn't need the help, while ment activist in St. Louis, used to be lose issue. For once, Republican prin- leaving unaddressed problems of eco- a Black Panther. Now she sees liber- ciples and interests are coinciding, nomic mobility and development of als as her principal adversaries and and that offers the prospect for a con- human capital. Wilson's book made it Republicans as allies. In Wisconsin, siderable change in the political land- acceptable for thoughtful liberals to black state Representative Polly Wil- scape. question race-conscious strategies as a liams recently pushed through the My own objective is to promote a solution to problems of minorities. nation's first-ever education-voucher new agenda; my principal venue is the Kennedy-Hawkins has run head on program, which (if it survives legal courtroom, not the legislature. The po- into this burgeoning skepticism. Com- challenge) will provide one thousand litical ramifications are secondary to mentators across the political spec- poor Milwaukee children the chance me. But if George Bush decides to trum are recognizing the bill as a to attend high-quality nonsectarian carry the empowerment banner, it turning point, presenting a clear private schools. Mrs. Williams, Jesse might just advance the cause by choice between continuing down the Jackson's Wisconsin campaign coordi- twenty years or so-and quite possibly road of quotas or embarking on a new nator, joined forces with conserva- bring America closer to making good direction for civil rights. William tive Republican Governor Tommy on its commitment of opportunity for Raspberry, Charles Krauthammer, Thompson to overcome efforts by all Americans. Edwin Yoder, Stuart Taylor of Legal white liberals to defeat the vouch- That's fine with me-and besides, Times, the Christian Science Moni- er proposal. She leaves little doubt I'll be two bucks richer. AUGUST 6, 1990 / NATIONAL REVIEW 35 INSTANT ALMANAC of Events, Anniversaries, Observances, Quotations, and Birthdays for Every Day of the Year Leonard and Thelma Spinrad PARKER PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. West Nyack, N.Y. [November 6 ] = Election Day 248 November November The day in history: NOV 1860-Abraham Lincoln was elected President. 1869-First intercollegiate football game was played by Princeton Zodiac sign for the day: Scorpi and Rutgers at New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers won 6-4. Zodiac birthstone for the day: 1 1926-Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini banned all opposition. The day in history: The day's birthdays: 1793-The Louvre, great Paris I Composer-band leader John Philip Sousa 1854, Washington, D.C.; 1889-Montana admitted to U. writer James Jones 1921, Robinson, III.; basketball's inventor James 1923-"Beer hall putsch" by Naismith 1861, Ontario province, Canada. against Germany's Weimar Re₁ failure the next day. Hitler, jail Quotation of the day: 1942-U.S. and British forces "I knew once a very covetous, sordid fellow, who used to say, 'Take battle with Axis forces in Worl care of the pence, for the pounds will take care of themselves.' The day's birthdays: Earl of Chesterfield, November 6, 1747 Actress Katherine Hepburn, H Lytton 1831, London. NOVEMBER 7 Quotation of the day: Zodiac sign for the day: Scorpio, the scorpion. "It is SO much pleasanter and Zodiac birthstone for the day: Opal, tourmaline. when you can, than by a fir The day in history: 1850 1837-Abolitionist editor Elijah P. Lovejoy was murdered by a mob NO while trying to defend his newspaper in Alton, Ill. 1916-Jeannette Rankin of Montana became first woman elected to Zodiac sign for the day: Scorp U.S. House of Representatives. Zodiac birthstone for the day: 1917-Bolshevik Revolution against provisional democratic govern- ment of Russia led to establishment of Communistic dictatorship. The day in history: 1929-Museum of Modern Art opened in New York City. 1906-President Theodore R 1942-Marine Corps Women's Reserve established. the Panama Canal Zone and t 1944-President Franklin D. Roosevelt elected to fourth term. while in office. 1967-Act establishing Corporation for Public Broadcasting was 1918-Germany's Kaiser Wilh signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. the Netherlands and Germany 1923-Adolf Hitler went to ja The day's birthdays: 1953-Cambodia declared its Evangelist-minister Billy Graham 1918, Charlotte, N.C.; scientist 1965-Electric power failure Marie Curie 1867, Warsaw; writer Albert Camus 1913, Mondovi, northeast U.S. Algeria; singer Joan Sutherland, Sidney, Australia. The day's birthdays: Quotation of the day: Writer Ivan Turgenev 1818, "Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at Lovejoy 1802, Albion, Me.; home."-William E. Gladstone, November 7, 1879 Baltimore. our own sources? Why pur- une freest possible market Yet we have been headed down the sue offshore drilling and open un- na- place for realizing mental potential. same route with subsidies for syn- tapped Alaskan fields? tic Conversely, this means the worst en- thetic fuels, corn alcohol and a host it ergy policy would be one designed of other experimental projects. The There may well be other strategic de- by politicians and bureaucrats. multibillion-dollar Tokomak fusion justifications for what we are doing, all Since bureaucracy by definition is energy project is more than 30 years but oil prices alone are not enough. the enemy of ideas and creativity, it old and is yet, to produce more en- Saddam Hussein's depredation is the all-out enemy of energy gen- ergy than it consumes. against his oil sheik neighbors was um eration. Does anyone really believe that obscene, but then so is the power we th- Today's stalled-out U.S. nuclear smart Washington planners, scien- have given those sheikdoms over our and power industry is an illustration. tists and economists working out- economic future. Why protect the an- From the beginning, it was man- side of the market place will do bet- status quo? Why not let OPEC self- ed? aged, promoted and insured by gov- ter than this? Have we learned destruct, as most cartels eventually ted ernment. The result was predict- nothing from Eastern Europe? do, and remind ourselves where our he able: Excessively large and costly In the last analysis, this is why our real energy comes from? PATRICK BUCHANAN PAUL WASH Checkmate GREENBERG 9/5/90 Across or stalemate? the bias n his great chess game with 1930s, and our "freedom" and "way I Saddam Hussein, President of life" being in mortal peril. Bush continues to move his Last week, National Security Ad- pieces with consummate skill. viser Brent Scowcroft went further: frontier His latest gambit: the Helsinki sum- "We can't necessarily solve all of the mit. But even this will only tempo- problems relevant to Saddam Hus- rarily distract the world from the sein, some of which go back a num- homas Sowell. Shelby Steele. emerging stalemate in the Gulf. ber of years, like his possession of T William Julius Wilson. Who Why did Mr. Bush call this sum- chemical weapons and so forth. Not are they and why are they mit? necessarily do they have to be solved making such good sense? New York Timesman Andrew at this time." So the dismantling of Thomas Sowell is an economist Rosenthal has it about right: "[T]he Iraq's military machines is not a non- and, more than that, a reliable font day of talks in Helsinki comes as the negotiable demand, either. of good sense about any number of Bush administration is seizing every other subjects. He started out as an possible opportunity to escape po- see BUCHANAN, page G4 oddity - a contemporary black litical pressure at home and abroad writer with a conservative perspec- tive - and turned out to be a one- to use the American forces in Saudi Arabia for offense rather than the man advance guard for ideas so old stated mission of defense against and obvious they now are recog- Iraqi forces." nized as the latest thing. What Mr. Rosenthal is saying is Shelby Steele professes English that Mr. Bush does not want war; at San Jose State University when he that the George Bush of September isn't teaching the rest of the country is hastily cooling the war fever common sense through his essays. William Julius Wilson, a sociolo- stirred up, in large measure, by the George Bush of August. And as the gist at the University of Chicago, doesn't come from the same side of TV cameras record the U.S. buildup, the administration has been care- the political spectrum as Mr. Sowell; fully climbing down from the pres- his ideology might be described as ident's rhetoric. standard-left. Yet he appears to have seen the light on at least one issue Ten days ago, Defense Secretary Richard Cheney said it was not U.S. policy to bring down Mr. Hussein, a see GREENBERG, page G4 surprising statement in light of Mr. Bush's talk of a new Adolf Hitler, the Paul Greenberg is editorial page editor of the Pine Bluff (Ark.) Com- Patrick Buchanan is a nationally mercial and a nationally syndicated syndicated columnist. Saddam Hussein columnist. sasters, my picl GREENBERG could be relied on to seek greater other side of the rights for all. It has transformed the From page G1 sian Gulf, wher Democratic Party, which used to be ests are at stak to judge by his contribution to the a great machine for the advance- the whole Weste premier issue of a new quarterly, the ment of that most uncommon type, ardy, just as th American Prospect. the Common Man, into little more east and Indian All three of these luminaries have than a båttleground of warring eth- because of Iraq' been writing about affirmative ac- nicities. Social programs in general, The Pacific C tion and why it has become a bad he points out, are now hostage to eth- and political fal word in American society - a high- nic jealousies. the Philippines. sounding synonym for the quota sys- At one point Mr. Wilson moves much today ab tem. Affirmative action started out beyond political stratagems to sim- but its fate has b as a good idea: Take extra pains to ple principle. He notes that "a soci- United States fo recruit members of minorities for ety without racial preference has, of It should be I jobs and schools lest they be over- course, always been the long-term pines is descend looked or discriminated against. goal of the civil-rights movement." The reasons ar Now it has become a rank form of Hey, somebody remembered. munist insurg discrimination itself. And it may The official line of the black es- based, incompet have hurt most those it set out to help tablishment may not have changed, ship, and a stea - by branding them as incapable of any more than the dormant dogmas nomic condition competing without special favors. of knee-jerk liberalism. But certain million people. Thomas Sowell saw it coming as ideas are beginning to percolate. See that a fundamen early as 1970. "I predicted back then," he recalls, "that when these Thomas Sowell, Shelby Steele and regime is prep William Julius Wilson. Or little mag- United States ou programs failed, the conclusion would be not that they are half-baked azines like the Lincoln Review. The bases at Subic B curious notion that inequality can be These bases 1 programs, but that blacks just don't have it." Sure enough, affirmative ac- eliminated by more inequality isn't ern Pacific rea: on the run yet, but it is beginning to safe for 40 yea tion has become a euphemism for lose some of its fatal attraction. Asians want the reverse discrimination. The term re- The balance of W verse discrimination never has been Naturally enough, the incom- will shift in the satisfactory. Discrimination is dis- petents of all races and creeds will dian Ocean - ai crimination, and it will usually set prefer a quota system by a nicer sian Gulf - i off the reactions now reported on name - like affirmative action. deployed facilit American campuses and in the They have a vested interest in ad- because of the workplace: envy and resentment. vancement by government decree Americanism of The result is that all blacks may be rather than competence. So it was of President Cora caricatured as unfair beneficiaries when racial segregation was still the After election t of a tilted system. law. True believers may think that 1986, Mrs. Aquin Shelby Steele writes about the competence itself is an illusion - deal of celebrity i most insidious effect of such dis- another name for the favor of those as the charming crimination - the effect on those it in control of the system. Or even threw her predec ostensibly favors. "Under affirm- more frightening, they may actually determined anti- ative action," he points out, "the qual- believe they're competent and train long-established a ity that earns us preferential treat- up others in their image. On campus the U.S. bases, S. ment is implied inferiority." That can after campus, courses in Western and feted by gove be psychologically devastating, just civilization give way to vague but Washington. The as racial segregation was, for it was ideologically satisfying substitutes. doubtedly wishful based on the same implication. The see quotes attached be an improvemen result of racial privilege, Mr. Steele Ferdinand Marco: notes, is a "debilitating doubt, so that the doubt itself becomes an unrec- T he time for W. E. B. Du Bois, In the four ye with his emphasis on political bency, she has gor ognized preoccupation that under- rather than economic power, mines [the] ability to perform." has come and gone. The challenge Of this trio of thinkers, Mr. Steele now is to rediscover Booker T. Wash- may have drawn the most fire from ington, who knew that if economic BUCHAI those who think a little discrimina- competence comes first, political tion, or maybe a lot, is a good thing. dvancement will naturally follow in From page G1 They claim he doesn't pay enough American society. In his day, inde attention to the history of racial bias pendence meant having a trade: Friday, Gen. I that makes this kind of counter- bricklayer, tailor, farmer. Now it kopf, U.S. commar discrimination necessary. Mr. Steele means having enough education and ther: "There's no knows his history, all right, but he training to fit into a fast-changing war unless the Ira isn't willing to have a whole genera- economy in which those skills and Remarkable. ] tion use it as a crutch and so never arts that don't change (reading, writ- uncontradicted by find its own strength. He knows his- ing and thinking) seem rarer than walked U.S. policy tory can be disabling as well as en- ever and thus all the more valuable. way from the virti abling. To use it as an excuse, as a Bush issued the SE The great danger, perhaps even basis for claiming privilege rather gust. Together, the tragedy, is that after 25 years of af- than equality, is only to continue that U.S. policy: Defei firmative action so many of those history of discrimination, not end it. but, as for getting 1 responsible for educating and lead- Over the past quarter of a cen- of Kuwait, that is t. ing others have been placed in their tury, what began as a struggle for embargo and bloc positions for reasons other than equality has been transformed into a Nations, not the U. demand for inequality. The favorit- their fitness for responsibility. They Mr. Bush is no have been promoted on grounds of ism given whites in the Jim Crow era the American peop didn't do much to encourage excel- race or sex or whatever category the national outcry to I next wave of discrimination favors. lence among them; why would any- launch a frontal a: one think it would help blacks This is just the danger that the orig- Iraqi troops dug in inal definition of affirmative action achieve? back on his thron was going to eliminate The The official line of the black es- based, incompetent political leader- have hurt most those it set out to help tablishment may not have changed, ship, and a steady decline of eco- - by branding them as incapable of nomic conditions in this nation of 62 any more than the dormant dogmas competing without special favors. million people. The final straw is of knee-jerk liberalism. But certain Thomas Sowell saw it coming as that a fundamentally anti-American ideas are beginning to percolate. See early as 1970. "I predicted back regime is preparing to throw the Thomas Sowell, Shelby Steele and then," he recalls, "that when these United States out of its naval and air William Julius Wilson. Or little mag- programs failed, the conclusion bases at Subic Bay and Clark Field. azines like the Lincoln Review. The would be not that they are half-baked These bases have kept the West- curious notion that inequality can be programs, but that blacks just don't ern Pacific reasonably stable and eliminated by more inequality isn't have it." Sure enough, affirmative ac- safe for 40 years, and most East on the run yet, but it is beginning to tion has become a euphemism for lose some of its fatal attraction. Asians want the U.S. forces to stay. reverse discrimination. The term re- The balance of world military power verse discrimination never has been Naturally enough, the incom- will shift in the Pacific and the In- satisfactory. Discrimination is dis- petents of all races and creeds will dian Ocean - and even in the Per- crimination, and it will usually set prefer a quota system by a nicer sian Gulf - if these forward- off the reactions now reported on name - like affirmative action. deployed facilities are scrapped American campuses and in the They have a vested interest in ad- because of the deep-seated anti- workplace: envy and resentment. vancement by government decree Americanism of the administration The result is that all blacks may be rather than competence. So it was of President Corazon Aquino. caricatured as unfair beneficiaries when racial segregation was still the After election to the presidency in of a tilted system. law. True believers may think that 1986, Mrs. Aquino attained a great Shelby Steele writes about the competence itself is an illusion - deal of celebrity in the United States most insidious effect of such dis- another name for the favor of those as the charming woman who over- crimination - the effect on those it in control of the system. Or even threw her predecessor. Despite her ostensibly favors. "Under affirm- more frightening, they may actually determined anti-Americanism and ative action," he points out, "the qual- believe they're competent and train long-established antagonism toward ity that earns us preferential treat- up others in their image. On campus the U.S. bases, she was welcomed ment is implied inferiority." That can after campus, courses in Western and feted by government officials in be psychologically devastating, just civilization give way to vague but Washington. They had hoped, un- as racial segregation was, for it was ideologically satisfying substitutes. doubtedly wishfully, that she would based on the same implication. The be an improvement over the deposed result of racial privilege, Mr. Steele Ferdinand Marcos. notes, is a "debilitating doubt, so that T he time for W.E. B. Du Bois, In the four years of her incum- the doubt itself becomes an unrec- with his emphasis on political bency, she has gone back to business ognized preoccupation that under- rather than economic power, mines [the] ability to perform." has come and gone. The challenge now is to rediscover Booker T. Wash- Of this trio of thinkers, Mr. Steele may have drawn the most fire from ington, who knew that if economic BUCHANAN those who think a little discrimina- competence comes first, political tion, or maybe a lot, is a good thing. advancement will naturally follow in From page G1 They claim he doesn't pay enough American society. In his day, inde- pendence meant having a trade: Friday, Gen. Norman Schwarz- attention to the history of racial bias that makes this kind of counter- bricklayer, tailor, farmer. Now it kopf, U.S. commander, went still fur- discrimination necessary. Mr. Steele means having enough education and ther: "There's not going to be any training to fit into a fast-changing war unless the Iraqis attack." knows his history, all right, but he economy in which those skills and Remarkable. These statements, isn't willing to have a whole genera- uncontradicted by Mr. Bush, have 1 tion use it as a crutch and so never arts that don't change (reading, writ- find its own strength. He knows his- ing and thinking) seem rarer than walked U.S. policy back a long, long ever and thus all the more valuable. way from the virtual ultimatum Mr. tory can be disabling as well as en- Bush issued the sècond week of Au- abling. To use it as an excuse, as a The great danger, perhaps even gust. Together, they add up to a new d basis for claiming privilege rather tragedy, is that after 25 years of af- U.S. policy: Defend Saudi Arabia; f than equality, is only to continue that firmative action so many of those but, as for getting the Iraqi army out a history of discrimination, not end it. responsible for educating and lead- of Kuwait, that is the business of the c Over the past quarter of a cen- ing others have been placed in their embargo and blockade, the United J tury, what began as a struggle for positions for reasons other than Nations, not the U.S. Marine Corps. o equality has been transformed into a their fitness for responsibility. They Mr. Bush is now exactly where B demand for inequality. The favorit- have been promoted on grounds of the American people are. There is no cl ism given whites in the Jim Crow era race or sex or whatever category the national outcry to have our Marines didn't do much to encourage excel- next wave of discrimination favors. launch a frontal assault on 160,000 lence among them; why would any- This is just the danger that the orig- Iraqi troops dug in in Kuwait, to put cl one think it would help blacks inal definition of affirmative action back on his throne an emir whose bl achieve? was going to eliminate. The idea was own army did not fight 24 hours to Ir William Julius Wilson's objection to encourage excellence by banning keep him there. to the New Favoritism seems more racial preferences and so open soci- But, if journalists have limned CO tactical. He points out that issues ety to merit. But in the Age of Af- the new lines of U.S. policy, they have di like affirmative action have splint- firmative Action, that is still a revo- not been missed in Baghdad. Iraq, st ered the grand coalition that once lutionary notion. too, can fairly translate Gen. 34. BLACK AMERICANS 102 103 expected to leave America and go back to our own can crucible. We are to be tested in our patience, 1 The cov homeland empty-handed. After four hundred years our forbearance, our perseverance, our power to AMBR of slave labor, we have some back pay coming, a endure wrong, to withstand temptations, to econo- quote bill owed to us that must be collected. mize, to acquire and use skill; our ability to com- pete, to succeed in commerce, to disregard the su- 8 There ai MALCOLM X, in a speech, December 1, 1963. perficial for the real, the appearance for the use of bool 22 The common goal of 22 million Afro-Ameri- substance, to be great and yet small, learned and yet have they cans is respect as human beings, the God-given simple, high and yet the servant of all. This, this decoration right to be a human being. Our common goal is to is the passport to all that is best in the life of our PEAR obtain the human rights that America has been Republic, and the Negro must possess it, or be Hele denying us. We can never get civil rights in Amer- debarred. 9 Books a ica until our human rights are first restored. We BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, in a speech accepting who will will never be recognized as citizens there until we an honorary Master's Degree from Harvard are first recognized as humans. University, June, 1896. spiritual P race. MALCOLM X, "Racism: The Cancer that Is WIL Destroying America," The Egyptian Gazette, "Sel August 25, 1964. 35. BOOKS 10 It is cl 23 Racism is a human problem and a crime that is See also EDUCATION; LITERATURE; POET; course wi absolutely so ghastly that a person who is fighting POETRY; WRITERS means of racism is well within his rights to fight against it by the best 1 any means necessary until it is eliminated. most pre MALCOLM X, in a speech, December 12, 1964. 1 A good book is fruitful of other books; it perpetu- ours. ates its fame from age to age, and makes eras in the 24 One of the things that make a Negro unpleasant Ibic lives of its readers. to white folks is the fact that he suffers from their A. BRONSON ALCOTT, Tablets, 1868. 11 Would injustice. He is thus a standing rebuke to them. In th H.L. MENCKEN, Minority Report, 1956. 2 Books are the most mannerly of companions, And, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declar- Know 25 The economic situation of the Negroes in ing the author's mind, without offence. America is pathological. An A. BRONSON ALCOTT, Concord Days, 1872. Ve GUNNAR MYRDAL, An American Dilemma, 1944. 3 That is a good book which is opened with expec- 12 Book tation, and closed with profit. 26 If ever America undergoes great revolutions, nothing A. BRONSON ALCOTT, Table-Talk, 1877. forth in they will be brought about by the presence of the black race on the soil of the United States; that is 4 One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and reason : to say, they will owe their origin, not to the equal- well. individu ity, but to the inequality of condition. that sid Ibid. only gu ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE, Democracy in 5 Where is human nature so weak as in the book- America, 1840. M store! L 27 Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segre- HENRY WARD BEECHER, "Subtleties of Book gation forever! 13 He Buyers," Star Papers, 1855. H GEORGE WALLACE, quoted in Martin Luther 6 A library is but the soul's burial-ground. It is the He King, Jr., Why We Can't Wait, 1963. land of shadows. I 28 During the next half century or more, my race HENRY WARD BEECHER, Star Papers, He must continue passing through the severe Ameri- 1855. . [Y THOMAS FORTUNE BOOKER TALIAFERRO WASHINGTON 89 Why should the people have a king, Marianna, Florida When every man a king should be! Every Man a King (s. 1) [c. 1904] alist of the late 1800s ost Fortune joined the [385] Such power has love-a potion dread That kills or cures the heart and head! , publish articles until ys, Black and White: Filling the soul with glorious light Of darkness of the fearsome night! ook of poetry, Dreams It lifts to heaven's fruition fair, Or dashes down to hell's despair! e eyes of a candid and It leads through valleys where the blooms government, Are ripening for the mills and looms, n the one hand, and By streams that oaks and cedars shade, ssin and the lawless While wildly rushing through the glade! ide, walking abroad It toils o'er rugged mountains steep, f the damned. Where snows in wakeless slumber sleep! , Address, Colored The Bird of Ellerslee, Canto III (s. 20) [1905] C. [June 27, 1882] o, Address, Colored BOOKER TALIAFERRO WASHINGTON C. [June 27, 1882] (1856 1915) Hale's Ford, Virginia abnormal public = core. Educator, lecturer, and controversial statesman, Booker T. Washington , Address, Colored was internationally acclaimed during his lifetime. He was an organizer of C. [June 27, 1882] the National Negro Business League and founder of Tuskegee Institute, one of America's oldest black colleges. Volume 8 of a projected fifteen- volume edition of the Booker T. Washington Papers was recently published. Politics in the South [386] One problem thoroughly understood is of more value than a score poorly mastered. ;, but for man to Address, The Alabama State Teacher's Association, Montgomery, Alabama [April 11, 1888] Politics in the South [387] The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what the man or woman is able to do Address, The Alabama State Teacher's Association, Politics in the South Selma, Alabama [June 5, 1895] [388] We can feel more in five minutes than the white man can in a day. Address, The Alabama State Teacher's Association, Selma, Alabama [June 5, 1895] 90 BOOKER TALIAFERRO WASHINGTON CHARLES WADDELL [389] Nobody cares anything for a man that hasn't something that [399] Let us hold u somebody wants. manfully f Address, The Alabama State Teacher's Association, following : Selma, Alabama [June 5, 1895] [390] No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. Cotton States Exposition Address, Atlanta, Georgia [400] No race can [September 19, 1895] [391] It is in all things pure and social we can be as separate as the fingers, [401] If I have lear yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress. Cotton States Exposition Address, Atlanta, Georgia [September 19, 1895] [402] I used to be : the white [392] No race can wrong another race simply because it has the power to do so without being permanently injured in morals. Democracy in Education, Address, Institute of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, New York [September 30, 1896] [403] We must no [393] A sure way for one to lift himself up is by helping to lift someone else. Daily Resolves [1896] [404] At the botto bottom o [394] do a common thing in an uncommon way. foundati Daily Resolves [1896] [395] A great deal of prejudice against the Negro exists in this country, but it stops when it comes to buying. Solving the Negro Problem, Address, Central Presbyterian CHARLES WA Church, Denver, Colorado [January 26, 1900] (1858 1932) [396] you can't make a good Christian out of a hungry man. Charles W. Chestn Solving the Negro Problem, Address, Central Presbyterian Church, Denver, Colorado [January 26, 1900] to teach, establishe the bar exam, ana [397] Every individual and every race that has succeeded has had to pay three novels: The H the price which nature demands from all. (1901), and The Co National Negro Business League Address, Boston, Massachusetts [August 24, 1900] [405] Time touch [398] A race is not measured by its ability to condemn, but to create. The Rights and Duties of the Negro, Address, National [406] W'ite folks Afro-American Council, Louisville, Kentucky sometim [June 2, 1903] CHARLES WADDELL CHESTNUTT 91 [399] Let us hold up our heads and with firm and steady tread go manfully forward. No one likes to feel that he is continually following a funeral procession. The Rights and Duties of the Negro Address, National Afro-American Council, Louisville, Kentucky [June 2, 1903] [400] No race can accomplish anything till its mind is awakened ... The Negro's Part in the South's Upbuilding [1904] [401] If I have learned much from things, I have learned more from men. My Larger Education [1911] [402] I used to be a hater of the white race, but I soon learned that hating the white man did not do him any harm Address, Fourth American Peace Conference, St. Louis, Missouri [May 1, 1913] [403] We must not become discouraged. What Cooperation Can Accomplish, Address, Negro Organization Society, Norfolk, Virginia [November 12, 1914] [404] At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion itself, there must be for our race economic foundation, economic prosperity, economic independence. National Negro Business League Address, Boston, Massachusetts [August 19, 1915] CHARLES WADDELL CHESTNUTT (1858 1932) Cleveland, Ohio Charles W. Chestnutt never finished grade school, yet he prepared himself to teach, established a legal and stenography business, studied law, passed the bar exam, and wrote over fifty short stories, numerous essays, and three novels: The House behind the Cedars (1900), The Marrow of Tradition (1901), and The Colonel's Dream (1905). [405] Time touches all things with destroying hand. The House behind the Cedars [1900] [406] W'ite folks has deir troubles jes' ez well ez black folks, an' sometimes feel 'em mo', 'cause dey ain't ez use' ter 'em. The House behind the Cedars [1900] 681 Shaw - Washington 1 When two people are under the influence of 17 The Jews generally give value. They make the most violent, most insane, most delusive, you pay; but they deliver the goods. In my and most transient of passions, they are re- experience the men who want something for quired to swear that they will remain in that nothing are invariably Christians. excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition Saint Joan [1923], SC. iv continuously until death do them part. 18 One man that has a mind and knows it can Ib. always beat ten men who haven't and don't. 2 The whole strength of England lies in the The Apple Cart [1929], act I fact that the enormous majority of the En- 19 I have defined the hundred per cent Ameri- glish people are snobs. Ib. can as ninety-nine per cent an idiot. 3 You don't learn to hold your own in the Remarks on Sinclair Lewis receiv- world by standing on guard, but by attacking, ing the Nobel Prize [1930] and getting well hammered yourself. Ib. 20 An American has no sense of privacy. He does not know what it means. There is no 4 Religion is a great force- the only real mo- such thing in the country. tive force in the world; but what you fellows Speech at New York [April II, 1933] don't understand is that you must get at a man through his own religion and not 21 You in America should trust to that vol- through yours. Ib. canic political instinct which I have divined in you. Ib. 5 I like a bit of a mongrel myself, whether it's a man or a dog; they're the best for every day. Misalliance [1910], episode I Louis Henri Sullivan 6 If parents would only realize how they bore 1856-1924 their children! Ib. 22 Form ever follows function. 7 Women upset everything. When you let The Tall Office Building Artisti- them into your life, you find that the woman cally Considered. From Lippin- is driving at one thing and you're driving at cott's Magazine [March 1896] another. Pygmalion [1912], act II 8 I have to live for others and not for myself; Sir Joseph John Thomson that's middle-class morality. Ib. V 1856-1940 9 Independence? That's middle-class blas- 23 From the point of view of the physicist, a phemy. We are all dependent on one another, theory of matter is a policy rather than a every soul of us on earth. Ib. creed; its object is to connect or coordinate 10 All great truths begin as blasphemies. apparently diverse phenomena, and above all Annajanska [1919] to suggest, stimulate and direct experiment. The Corpuscular Theory of Matter 11 You see things; and you say, "Why?" But I [1907] dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?" Back to Methuselah [1921], pt. I, Booker Taliaferro Washington act I 1856-1915 12 The nauseous sham goodfellowship our 24 In all things that are purely social we democratic public men get up for shop use. Ib. pt. II [black and white] can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things es- 13 Everything happens to everybody sooner sential to mutual progress. or later if there is time enough. Speech at the Cotton States and Ib. pt. V International Exposition, Atlanta 14 Silence is the most perfect expression of [September 18, 1895] scorn. Ib. 25 No race can prosper till it learns that there 15 The worst cliques are those which consist is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writ- of one man. Ib. ing a poem. Up from Slavery [1901] 16 Assassination is the extreme form of cen- 26 You can't hold a man down without stay- sorship. The Rejected Statement, pt. I ing down with him. Attributed 74. EDUCATION 210 85 The gains of education are never really lost. 92 I have thought about it a great deal, and the Books may be burned and cities sacked, but truth, more I think, the more certain I am that obedience like the yearning for freedom, lives in the hearts of is the gateway through which knowledge, yes, and humble men. love, too, enter the mind of the child. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, in his acceptance ANNIE SULLIVAN, in a letter, March 11, 1887, speech at the Democratic Party National quoted in Helen Keller, The Story of My Life, Convention, June 27, 1936. 1903. 86 The turgid style of Johnson, the purple glare of 93 Scholars are wont to sell their birthright for * Gibbon, and even the studied and thickset meta- mess of learning. phors of Junius are all equally unnatural, and HENRY DAVID THOREAU, A Week on the should not be admitted into our company. Concord and Merrimack Rivers, 1849. BENJAMIN RUSH, A Plan of a Federal 94 What does education often do? It makes a University, 1788. straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook. 87 There is but one method of preventing crimes, HENRY DAVID THOREAU, entry written in and of rendering a republican form of government October, 1850, Journal, 1906. durable, and that is, by disseminating the seeds of virtue and knowledge through every part of the 95 We do not learn by inference and deduction and state by means of proper places and modes of educa- the application of mathematics to philosophy, but tion, and this can be done effectually only by the by direct intercourse and sympathy. interference and aid of the Legislature. HENRY DAVID THOREAU, Excursions, 1863. BENJAMIN RUSH, The Influence of Physical 96 Soap and education are not as sudden as a massa- Causes Upon the Moral Faculty, 1788. cre, but they are more deadly in the long run. 88 The great difficulty in education is to get experi- MARK TWAIN, "The Facts Concerning the ence out of ideas. Recent Resignation," 1867. GEORGE SANTAYANA, The Life of Reason, 1905. 97 Training is everything. The peach was once # bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage 89 True education makes for inequality; the ine- with a college education. quality of individuality, the inequality of success; the glorious inequality of talent, of genius; for ine- MARK TWAIN, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar," quality, not mediocrity, individual superiority, not Pudd'nhead Wilson, 1894. standardization, is the measure of the progress of 98 In the first place God made idiots. This was for the world. practice. Then He made School Boards. FELIX E. SCHELLING, Pedagogically Speaking, MARK TWAIN, "Puddn'head Wilson's New 1929. Calendar," Following the Equator, 1897. 90 Education is a private matter between the per- 99 There is no defense or security for any of us son and the world of knowledge and experience, except in the highest intelligence and development and has little to do with school or college. of all. LILLIAN SMITH, "Bridges to Other People," BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, in an address at the Redbook magazine, September, 1969. Atlanta Exposition, September 18, 1895. 91 I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it 100 On the diffusion of education among the peo- were possible to find an efficient teacher. ple rest the preservation and perpetuation of our GERTRUDE STEIN, "Q.E.D.," published in free institutions. Fernhurst, Q.E.D., and Other Early Writings, DANIEL WEBSTER, in an address in Madison, 1972. Indiana, June 1, 1837. PN6081 K5 WH QUOTATIONS IN BLACK Compiled and Edited by VLINV KING 11 G GREENWOOD PRESS P Westport, Connecticut London, England * just died 2 weeks ago.) PEARL BAILEY 191 [930] Every man has a place in this world, but no man has the right to designate that place. Interview, The New York Times [November 26, 1967] [931] There are two kinds of talent, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given talent, you just touch it up once in a while. Newsweek [December 4, 1967] [932] The prejudiced people can't insult you because they're blinded by their own ignorance. The Raw Pearl [1968] [933] No one can figure out your worth but you. The Raw Pearl [1968] [934] Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be first. and Maurice Turner wants to help The Raw Pearl [1968] this city WARKS Is first in line, etc ctc. [935] It's hard to accept strength and goodness together in the same person. The Raw Pearl [1968] [936] You never find yourself until you face the truth. The Raw Pearl [1968] [937] We have to face the uglies to admit our errors, and even if we repeat them, we ought not to excuse them. Hurry Up America, and Spit [1976] [938] There is a way to look at the past. Don't hide from it. It will not catch you if you don't repeat it. Hurry Up America, and Spit [1976] [939] We look into mirrors but we only see the effects of our times on us-not our effects on others. Hurry Up America, and Spit [1976] [940] We must change in order to survive. Hurry Up America, and Spit [1976] 152 EDWARD KENNEDY "DUKE" ELLINGTON LOUIS ARMSTRONG [731] My father was a slave, and my people died to build this country, [737] When face-to-face wi and I am going to stay and have a piece of it just like you. Music I. Statement made before the House Un-American Activities Committee [June 12, 1956] [738] People do not retire. Music I. [732] I heard my people singing-in the glow of parlor coalstone and on summer porches sweet with lilac air, from choir loft and [739] There is hardly any n Sunday morning pews-and my soul was filled with their will be here when Γ. harmonies. Music I. Here I Stand [1958] [740] Music is my mistress, [733] Freedom is a hard-bought thing Music I. Here I Stand [1958] [741] Love is indescribable things that it is not Music I. EDWARD KENNEDY "DUKE" ELLINGTON [742] Gray skies are just cl (1899 1974) Washington, D.C. Music I. Duke Ellington was a jazz musician without peer and a legend during his [743] You can't jive with th lifetime. Ellington's innovative musical genius influenced many, and his Comme legacy is preserved in the hundreds of works he composed over a long and productive career. Ellington completed his autobiography, Music Is My [744] Love you madly. Mistress, in 1973. Turner "Walking The Beat" ?? Greetin [734] Freedom is sweet, on the beat, Freedom is sweet to the reet complete. It's got zestness and bestness, LOUIS ARMSTRONG Sugar and cream on the blessedness, (1900 1971) No more pains, no more chains, To keep free from being free. Louis Armstrong was one O. Freedom is sweet fat, and that's for me. artists. His success as a solois It's Freedom from "Sacred Concert" [1965] musical force worldwide. H Orleans, was published in 19. [735] It's harder to defeat [745] [On playing trumpet Than it is to spell, Revenge is not sweet, We never had to look It's bitter as Hell. the same thing. Don't Get Down on Your Knees to Pray Until You Have Time [F Forgiven Everyone from "Sacred Concert" [1965] [746] Music is either good - [736] Nobody knows what a square is-it's just nobody wants to be one. have balance. Music Is My Mistress [1973] New Yo ALEXANDER SERGEYEVICH PUSHKIN 37 ALEXANDER SERGEYEVICH PUSHKIN (1799 1837) Moscow, Russia Alexander Pushkin, grandson of the Afro-Russian general Ibrahim Han- Al, was one of Russia's great writers. Among his best known works are cugene Onegin (1823), Boris Godounov (1831), and Queen of Spades (1834). The following quotations have been translated from the Russian. [143] Blessed is the man who to himself has kept honest cop The high creations of his soul; integrity Who from his friends as from the grave, Expected nothing of esteem! Who sang his songs alone, obscure, And did not wear the crown of fame That rots so soon, its laurel torn And trampled by the senseless mob That quickly flouts a former choice. For what is fame, that it deceives More than the glittering dreams of hope: A lover's whisper? The abuse of boors? Or the lean, worthless rapture of the fool? Fame [1823] [144] Marriage castrates the soul. Letter to Peter Andreevich Vyazemsky [May, 1826] [145] Beneath the deep blue sky of her own native land, She weary grew, and, drooping, pined away. She died and passed, and over me I oft-times feel Her youthful shadow fondly hovering; And all the while a gaping chasm divides us both. In vain I would my aching grief awake: From tongue indifferent I heard the fatal news, With ear indifferent I learned her death. And yet 'tis true, I loved her once with ardent soul, My heart of hearts enwrapt in her alone; With all the tenderness of languor torturing, With all the racking pains of fond despair! Where now my love, my pains? Alas, my barren soul For her, so light and easy of belief, For memory of days that nothing can recall, To song or tears is dead and voiceless now. Elegy [June 29, 1826] MARIA W. STEWART 43 MARIA W. STEWART (1803 1879) Hartford, Connecticut Mari W. Stewart was one of the earliest Afro-American women to speak in i ,lic. A selection of her speeches, Productions of Maria W. Stewart, was published in 1835. [163] it was asserted that we are "a ragged set crying for liberty." I reply to it, the whites have so long and so loudly proclaimed the theme of equal rights and privileges that our souls have caught the flame, ragged as we are. Address, Franklin Hall, Boston, Massachusetts [September 21, 1832] other candidates tack. Turner [164] Talk without effort is nothing. backs his w/ proven effort. Address, African Masonic Hall, Boston, Massachusetts [February 27, 1833] [165] The unfriendly whites first drove the native American from his much-loved home. Then they stole our fathers from their peaceful and quiet dwellings and brought them hither, and made bondmen and bondwomen of them and their little ones. They have obliged our brethren in labor, kept them in utter ignorance, nourished them in vice and raised them in degradation; and now that we have enriched their soil and filled their coffers, they say that we are not capable of becoming like white men, and that we can never rise to respectability in this country. They would drive us to a strange land. But before I go, the bayonet shall pierce me through. African rights and liberty is a subject that ought to fire the breast of every free man of color in these United States Address, African Masonic Hall, Boston, Massachusetts [February 27, 1833] BOOKER TALIAFERRO WASHINGTON 89 Why should the people have a king, When every man a king should be! Every Man a King (s. 1) [c. 1904] [385] Such no er has love-a potion dread Th kills or cures the heart and head! Filling the soul with glorious light Of darkness of the fearsome night! It lifts to heaven's fruition fair, Or dashes down to hell's despair! It leads through valleys where the blooms Are ripening for the mills and looms, By streams that oaks and cedars shade, While wildly rushing through the glade! It toils o'er rugged mountains steep, Where snows in wakeless slumber sleep! The Bird of Ellerslee, Canto III (s. 20) [1905] BOOKER TALIAFERRO WASHINGTON (1856 1915) Hale's Ford, Virginia Educator, lecturer, and controversial statesman, Booker T. Washington was internationally acclaimed during his lifetime. He was an organizer of the National Negro Business League and founder of Tuskegee Institute, one of America's oldest black colleges. Volume 8 of a projected fifteen- volume edition of the Booker T. Washington Papers was recently published. [386] One problem thoroughly understood is of more value than a score poorly mastered. Maurice Turner thorought Address, The Alabama State Teacher's Association, understands this city Montgomery, Alabama [April 11, 1888] the only condidate"/ administrative [387] The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is experience... what the man or woman is able to do - Address, The Alabama State Teacher's Association, Selma, Alabama [June 5, 1895] [388] We can feel more in five minutes than the white man can in a day. Address, The Alabama State Teacher's Association, Selma, Alabama [June 5, 1895] FREDERICK DOUGLASS 57 [223] Human law may know no distinction among men in respect of rights, but human practice may. Address, Louisville, Kentucky [September 1883] [221 Woman knows and feels her wrongs as a man cannot know and feel them, and she also knows as well as he can know, what measures are needed to redress them. The Woman's Sufferage Movement, Address published in Woman's Journal [April 14, 1888] [225] A government that can give liberty in its constitution ought to have the power to protect liberty in its administration. Address, Republican National Convention Chicago, Illinois [June, 1888] [226] It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part. Interview, Anacostia, Washington, D.C. [January, 1889] [227] The only excuse for pride in individuals or races is the fact of their own achievements. Address, Bethel Literary and Historical Association, Washington, D.C. [April, 1889] [228] A nation within a nation is an anomaly. Address, Bethel Literary and Historical Association, Washington, D.C. [April, 1889] [229] No man can point to any law in the U.S. by which slavery was originally established. Men first make slaves and then make laws. Address, Bethel Literary and Historical Association, Washington, D.C. [April, 1889] [230] The price of liberty is eternal vigilance. Address, Bethel Literary and Historical Association, Washington, D.C. [April, 1889] [231] A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people Address, Colored High School Commencement Baltimore, Maryland [June 22, 1894] BENJAMIN BANNEKER 19 one Robertson Mumford, steward of said vessel, for four gallons of rum and a piece of calico and called Venture, on account of his having purchased me with his own private venture. Life and Adventures of Venture, A Native of Africa [1798] [79] Though once straight and tall I am now bowed down with age and hardship. But amidst all my griefs and pains, I have many consolations. Meg, the wife of my youth, whom I married for love, and bought with my money, is still alive. My freedom is a privilege which nothing else can equal. Notwithstanding all the losses I have suffered by fire, by the justice of knaves, by the cruelty and oppression of falsehearted friends, and the perfidy of my own countrymen whom I have assisted and redeemed from bondage, I am now possessed of more than one hundred acres of land, and three hospitable dwelling houses. It gives me joy to think that I have and that I deserve so good a character, especially for truth and integrity. Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa [1798] BENJAMIN BANNEKER (1731 1806) Ellicott's Mill, Maryland Benjamin Banneker, a self-taught astronomer and mathematician, wrote and published his own almanacs and was also a member of the survey team that planned the city of Washington, D.C. The Life of Benjamin Banneker by Silvio Bedini was published in 1972. [80] I heard the discharge from a gun, and in four or five seconds time the small shot came rattling about me, one or two of which struck the house, which plainly demonstrates that the velocity of sound is greater than that of a cannon bullet. Notes [August 27, 1791] [81] the color of the skin is in no ways connected with strength of the mind or intellectual powers. Preface, Banneker's Almanac [1796] [82] When fleecy skies have Cloth'd the ground With a white mantle all around Then with a greyhound Snowy fair are not enough; unless NATO nations are willing to put soldiers on the new front line, the U.S. will speed its NATO drawdown. Will Powell Run 4. Soviet double-gaming: Mr. Bush should tell Mr. Gorbachev to choose sides. A thousand Russians are even now teaching Iraqi troops how to use With Bush in '92? the most modern Soviet equipment to kill Americans; not only should they be withdrawn forthwith, but the larg- est army in the world should partici- vides particularly vivid contrast to By Ted Van Dyk pate actively in the world police ac- the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who contin tion. ues to chase television cameras, fron WASHINGTON the U.S. visit of Nelson Mandela to th How's that for burden-sharing? To he only certain thing coffee table of Saddam Hussein, while the extent that freeloaders defect, beg off and goldbrick, we can grum- T about the Persian Gulf disdaining to risk the workaday task crisis is that it will trig- of elected office. ble and retaliate - but not lay down the burden. That is because our vital ger many unintended Vice President Quayle, unless he i consequences. One in- national interest lies in keeping a unexpectedly recalled to active serv creasingly possible ice with the Indiana National Guar proven aggressor and poison-gasser consequence: the replacement of and wins a Medal of Honor in th from becoming a nuclear power. Vice President Dan Quayle on the Persian Gulf, seems doomed to th Now we can address a trio of opti- 1992 Republican ticket by Colin Pow- místic assumptions that afflict the political discard pile in 1992. Almos ell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of self-negotiators of C.C.I.: two years into the Bush Presidency Staff. Such a historic development 1. Saddam Hussein can be per- he still comes across as a putting could result in the return of black suaded to leave Kuwait. If only we green lightweight, dominated by hi American voters to the Republican give him a fig leaf - like knocking wife and father, unqualified to dea Party they abandoned in 1932 to vote with the war and peace issues of th over the Kuwaiti rulers, with a per- for Franklin Roosevelt in the New manent payoff from Kuwaiti oil prof- Presidency. The gulf crisis only un Deal. its - doves hope he will be a reason- derscores his inadequacy. A chasm has been growing between President Bush no doubt will con able fellow. blacks and the Democratic Party for But he has burned his bridges in tinue to pledge loyalty to his Vic at least 20 years. Blacks complain giving back his Iranian waterway President. But it won't mean a thing that their issues and agenda are less conquest. Without Kuwait, he has no important within the party year by gulf outlet; this is not only a matter of year. And they resent the charge, by "face," but plain power and money. white Southern Democrats in particu- He won't budge. lar, that the party's overidentifica- 2. A blockade will make him rea- tion with black issues and candidates The general sonable. He put his people through accounts for growing Republican eight years of privation in war with strength. could bring Iran for no gain and remains in President Bush, with no particular power. As we starve Iraq, he will credentials to attract black votes black voters starve our hostages on TV; the other than a benign, avuncular pres- crueler side will win, and that is not ence - and despite a 1988 media back to our side. campaign that subtly capitalized on 3. Patient squeezing will get him to racist fear did much better among the G.O.P. close his poison-gas plants and stop black voters than did President Rea- building nuclear bombs. gan four and eight years before. This notion, at the base of every Data show that younger black C.C.I. editorialist's proposed deal, ele- voters in 1988 were more likely to Every Presidential candidate, going vates wishful thinking to world-class vote Republican than those over 50. into the convention, carefully meas self-delusion. Why on earth should he One suspects that, among other ures the strengths and weaknesses 0 give up the fearsome power that has things, younger-generation blacks running mates. When weaknesse made him the most dangerous man in (like their white counterparts) have overwhelm strengths, a Vice Presi the world? When has a despot bent on tired of both the rhetoric and agenda dent is easy to toss. No less a vote-get dominance ever voluntarily emascu- of older black leaders who continue to ter than F.D.R. won four Presidentia lated his source of terror? stress racism as the cause of, and elections with three different running Incredibly, Secretary of State Federal Government benefits as the mates. For Dan Quayle, 1993 wil Baker encourages daydreams of a cure for, the deep troubles besetting bring another line of work. tamed Saddam Hussein by proposing the American black community. Given current black-Democrati an open-ended sojourn a Gulfo, or Younger blacks also surely have tension and given the strong blacl regional Persian Gulf organization had enough of patronizing "limousine and red, white and blue appeal 0 patterned on to "contain' liberals" within the Democratic General Powell - black voters woul rather than defeat the Iraqi dictator. Party, whose identification with move strongly into the Republica Westerners would sail about in air- black issues goes no further than column in the event of a Bush-Powel conditioned warships while neighbor- their own need for a feeling of moral ticket. Loyal to the party of Lincoli hood troops would patrol his borders superiority. from the Civil War's end until 1932 for décades. Enter Colin Powell. they could return for a long time. The Gulfo notion is as divorced General Powell, now omnipresent Is this a certainty? Of course not from-reality as the Concerned Isola- in the national media thanks to the For one thing, President Bush or hi tionists' dream that peaceful squeez- gulf crisis, is a living example of a advisers may not be imaginative ing will cause the aggressor to regur- self-help, individual-opportunity enough to choose General Powell 0 gitate Kuwait and disarm. credo. It would never occur to him to abandon G.O.P. platform planks of Gulfo is being advanced to conjure begin a speech with blame for whites fensive to blacks. But a historic politi a vision of a deal that fails to deal or to embrace an agenda of quota or cal opportunity is there for the Presi with Mr. Hussein's nuclear buildup entitlement. dent if he chooses to take it. a false promise of "all sharing the He is a strong, independent man As a lifelong and committed Demo burden" of containment forever. who made it on his own and who now crat, I do not wish for such a realign The typesetter rightly recognized sits at the President's side. He pro- ment. Deeply shared values and ob this as wimpish mush. Either the jectives have and should continue t Butcher of Baghdad will be defeated, Ted Van Dyk is president of Van Dyk bind the Democratic Party and blacl or he will give new meaning to "the Associates, a public-policy consulting Americans together. But that is not t nuclear club." firm. say that they will. what day did he switch partier 1-27-89 personal anecdotes what did he say upon switching? where was wts? Walkington Beatron du Sept. 24 200 time: TBD - 8am place: Mayflower big 300-400 audience: puteic-donors - 60%Rep+ gen public dais lock: intro: datcbook who else speaks: what else happened on 7-27-89? theme/slogan theme /slo gan personal anec: statement on why switch? where was mtg w/ POTUS? oval? Dons Turner Thorn sister big bro? family / friends: Joning Turner care things we need to stress bro/beatfrience Care Praphater starm@ DCPD THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON TO: Carolyn FROM: BRUCE STEBBINS Associate Director Office of Political Affairs Hope this ! will help Thanks ! "Walking the Beat" TURNERMayor Par a new Direction) Backup to be given to Speechwriters WHO: -- Who will Pres be addressing -- history of group -- has he spoken to them previously -- What other Presidents have addressed them -- Who will introduce the President -- Who will be on stage or dais with the President -- Who else will be speaking at the event -- Who needs to be recognized WHAT: -- What is the event type (rally, briefing, swearing-in, etc). -- What is the format (lunch, dinner, informal meeting) -- does the President speak before/after meal -- What is theme of event? -- Is this an annual event? -- Is this an event created as Presidential forum -- Is President just taking part in existing program? -- Is there a theme of the day or expected sound bite? WHEN: -- Time of day -- Check in book of days for date in history -- What else has the President done (or expects to do) that day WHERE: -- What is the history of place/site -- Example: if it is a school, what is the mascot, band name, how is the football team doing, who are their arch rivals, etc. -- Has he been there before? -- What famous people are from there? OTHER INFORMATION: -- Relevant subject files -- Speak to Speechwriter to see what he/she needs -- Do you have ideas for themes, anecdotes, stories -- Past speeches on the same theme are always invaluable -- Check library for relevant books -- What think tank work on the issue -- Call scholars -- What agencies within the Gov't are involved in issue -- Be Creative!!!! Services of Mead Data Central PAGE 2 2ND STORY of Level 1 printed in FULL format. Copyright (c) 1990 The Washington Post September 1, 1990, Saturday, Final Edition NAME: MAURICE THOMAS TURNER JR. SECTION: FIRST SECTION; PAGE A1 LENGTH: 2052 words HEADLINE: Turner Hopes to Walk the Beat to Mayor's Office SERIES: CAMPAIGN '90: CANDIDATED IN D.C., Occasional BYLINE: Sari Horwitz, Washington Post Staff Writer BODY: Last of a series on D.C. mayoral candidates. As a toddler, Maurice Thomas Turner Jr. was so strong that his father took to calling him "Joe" after heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis. The name stuck. And since then no one in his family has ever called Turner anything but Joe. Over the years, "Joe" Turner seemed to exemplify the fighting spirit of the Brown Bomber. Like Louis, Turner beat the odds in a predominantly white profession. A third-generation Washingtonian with a modest education, Turner climbed to the top of a then-mostly white police force. When Turner was a rookie, black officers were not allowed to ride in squad cars. In his final year as chief, Turner rode in the lead car of the presidential inaugural parade. Now, Turner has thrown his hat into a much different ring - with the odds against him even greater -- as he mounts a Republican campaign for D.C. mayor in a city that is overwhelmingly Democratic. The challenge seems even more improbable in light of Turner's long-held antipathy toward politics. Before he retired in July 1989, he told friends of his interest in opening a McDonald's franchise. A chain of events led to his decision to seek the Republican mayoral nomination in the Sept. 11 primary, beginning with a falling out with Mayor Marion Barry over the mayor's conduct and over police staffing issues. As the city became swept up in controversy over a skyrocketing homicide rate and Barry's suspected involvement with illegal drugs, members of Congress, the White House and the public grew more effusive in their praise of Turner as an "honest cop" and trustworthy public official. Wooed and flattered by Republican officials who were looking for a prominent figure to challenge Barry as his legal problems mounted, Turner finally decided to take the plunge. The day he turned in his gun and badge he switched his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican in a ceremony at the White House with President Bush. LEXIS® NEXIS® LEXIS® NEXIS® Services of Mead Data Central PAGE 3 (c) 1990 The Washington Post, September 1, 1990 "He's not a seasoned politician," said Ann Heuer, chairman of the D.C. Republican Committee. "That's what I like about him. He's just 50 honest, open and aboveboard. He's a very warm and strong person who cares deeply about this city." One of his closest friends, Carl V. Profater, a former assistant police chief and now a campaign volunteer, said that Turner became "disgusted and frustrated" with conditions in the District and "truly believed that he could make a difference by running for mayor." Polls have indicated that Turner's best hope for a victory would be a head-to-head battle with Barry in the November general election. But with Barry out of the race and awaiting sentencing on a misdemeanor cocaine possession conviction, Turner's prospects of defeating the Democratic nominee have greatly diminished, according to many political experts. What's more, Democratic strategists say that Turner will be held accountable for many of the city's drug and crime problems when the general election campaign heats up this fall. Turner caused a stir shortly before his retirement when he told reporters that nothing could be done to eradicate drug-related violence until drug dealers had finished carving up the turf. But Turner, who has added some polish to his performance with help from Republican consultants and strategists, dismisses the gloomy forecasts as he works the streets of Washington seeking support. Last week, as he handed out campaign literature at Waterside Mall in Southwest, Turner was instantly recognized by many and was enthusiastically greeted with shouts of "Hey, chief!" Grinning, the tall, broad-shouldered candidate was quick with a hug, a handshake or a "You live in D.C., darling?" "I've admired and always wanted to meet you, chief," said Yvette E. Smith, a federal employee. Betty Barrett, a longtime employee at Peoples Drug Store, hugged Turner and said she knew him years ago, "when he walked the beat." Turner is counting on voters to remember him as the police chief when they go to the polls. To bolster that image, he campaigns by "walking the beat" in neighborhoods across the city. His radio spots feature a snappy jingle to remind voters of his roots. "He's the chief/ Maurice Turner is his name," a woman sings. "On the street/ He's concerned/ He still cares/ He's walked the beat through the years/ He served us well, I'm 50 happy to say/ Because of him, things are better today." Turner, 55, the oldest of six children born to federal government workers Elizabeth and Maurice T. Turner Sr., grew up on Girard Street NW and attended the then-segregated Dunbar High School. "I wanted to be a dentist," Turner recalled recently. "I thought that would give me the ability to take care of myself and have a comfortable income." LEXIS® NEXIS® LEXIS® NEXIS® Services of Mead Data Central PAGE 4 (c) 1990 The Washington Post, September 1, 1990 After high school, Turner joined the Marine Corps. "The Marines had a lot of history and tradition," he said. "And I liked the dress blue uniforms." Turner spent three years in the service, one of them stationed in Korea. When he returned home, he got married. In need of work, Turner took the D.C. police exam. In a photograph of his police recruit class, the thin, lanky Turner stands out. He was one of a small number of black officers admitted that year. Because he wasn't allowed to ride with white officers, Turner began his police career by walking a beat. He steadily rose in the department, serving as a sergeant in the old 5th Precinct on Capitol Hill, as a recruiting lieutenant and as a deputy chief in the youth division. Turner also handled presidential security and riot and crowd control. He was widely praised for maintaining peace when civil rights demonstrators camped out on the Mall and created a "Resurrection City" in 1968. As assistant chief, he commanded the department's field units. In 1981, Barry appointed Turner the department's 24th police chief, a post he held until his retirement last year. Turner says that his ascension and his management of the complex and highly visible police department qualify him to be the next mayor. "To me it would be like running a larger police department," Turner said. "No other candidate has ever managed anything." His major accomplishments, Turner said, include increasing the recruitment of minorities and women and creating the Repeat Offenders Project, which targets career criminals and has won national acclaim. He also set up the Neighborhood Watch and Crime Solvers programs and takes credit for lowering crime rates for offenses such as rape, robbery and burglary. "He was a good chief, and there's not a mean bone in his body," said Deputy Chief Edward Spurlock, commander of the 3rd Police District. "He cared a lot for the individual; he called you by your first name, and when you made a good case, he always found a way to get word to you that you done good. That's difficult in a large organization." Others take a more critical view of Turner's eight years as police chief, noting that it was on his watch that the District was dubbed "the nation's murder capital." "It's true -- I don't deny that," Turner said. "We arrested a record 43,000 people in 1988. There is no candidate that knows the drug war better." Critics also say that Turner knew or should have known about the conduct of the mayor's security detail, which, according to testimony during the mayor's trial, may have turned a blind eye to Barry's drug activities. "He's a nice guy, easy to get along with, friendly, affable," said Gary Hankins, chairman of the Fraternal Order of Police labor committee. "But he was not a good police chief as far as standing up for the department, making sure LEXIS® NEXIS® LEXIS® NEXIS® Services of Mead Data Central PAGE 5 (c) 1990 The Washington Post, September 1, 1990 it got its share of resources and manpower, and standing up to the mayor when the mayor tried to interfere with the department." Turner defends his record as chief and said that, in 1982, he asked the mayor to open a police district on Capitol Hill with 280 additional officers, but was turned down. The General Accounting Office recently released a report critical of some of the practices of the D.C. Police Academy when Turner was chief, including his decision to allow five recruits to graduate after the academy's director recommended that they be fired because they had failed too many exams. Profater points to that incident as revealing Turner's character. "This guy's a compassionate person," Profater said. "Someone else would have let those kids go. But he really looked into it and found out things the GAO never reported and decided to let them graduate. "He stuck his neck out for those five police recruits," he added. "They are all doing fine on the streets now." Since Turner's conversion to the GOP last year, the president and Republican National Committee officials have continued to lend their support to his campaign. Turner was invited to the White House six months ago for dinner. The political scene is all new to the career police officer, and for months various advisers have been grooming him for the race with speech lessons, strategy sessions and issue briefings. Turner also was put on a strict diet and cut back on alcohol to shed 35 pounds. As he has gained confidence, Turner has begun to attend more candidates' forums. He appears more poised and knowledgeable than in his first rocky days as a candidate, when he used cue cards. It was the week of Turner's 55th birthday recently, and he was taking a break from the campaign to relax at home on 16th Street NW in the Crestwood neighborhood. Dressed casually in a T-shirt, jeans and bedroom slippers, he leaned back on a couch stroking his tiny Yorkshire terrier, Sebastian. He kept an eye on a boxing match on television while explaining to a visitor why he is running for mayor. Nearby was a cabinet filled with police memorabilia and scores of birthday cards from friends and relatives. Magazines were arrayed on a table, including a copy of Playboy. Turner was divorced 14 years ago from Andree Taylor, after 19 years of marriage, and never remarried. He has dated Veronica "Ronnie" Randall, a nursing assistant, for 11 years. Recently, he turned up in the "Washington D.C.'s Top 100 Bachelors 1990" directory. Turner has two daughters: Jeannine, a member of his campaign staff who recently graduated with a communications degree from Howard University, and Andree, a registered nurse. LEXIS® NEXIS® LEXIS® NEXIS® Services of Mead Data Central PAGE 6 (c) 1990 The Washington Post, September 1, 1990 Turner also has a 19-year-old son who was born out of wedlock. The son, who was brought up by Turner's sister-in-law, is a D.C. police cadet. Turner said he is running for mayor because the District "needs a change in leadership to address crime, drug abuse, poor education, rising taxes and a tarnished image." He said that, as mayor, he would improve the education system, provide additional resources for police and drug treatment, and improve prenatal care and education. Turner and his backers hope that the popularity and goodwill he enjoyed as police chief will enable him to breach party barriers to attract large numbers of D.C. Democrats. He has differed with the national Republican Party by supporting the drive for D.C. statehood and by backing the use of District tax money to pay for abortions for the poor. He takes a more conservative stand on gun control, saying that the District's stringent gun law should be relaxed to allow residents to protect themselves. Although many anticipated that Turner's campaign would receive substantial financial backing from Republicans, it has raised a total of $ 267,912 and is $ 52, in debt. James Ray, a consultant to the Republican National Committee and an adviser to Turner, said that fund-raising will pick up substantially after the Sept. 11 primary. As he campaigns throughout the city, Turner is urging District residents to vote the man, not the party. He hands out cards to voters explaining they don't have to be registered Republicans to cross over to vote for him in November. In at least a few cases, the effort seems to work. "See, that's a crossover vote," Turner said recently after approaching Charles Merriwether outside a Safeway where he works. "Considering the other candidates, I have to vote Republican," Merriwether, a lifelong Democrat, told a reporter. "I don't think he has an allegiance to the old power structure. He has a good track record as police chief. He has a better chance than most people think." GRAPHIC: PHOTO, MAURICE TURNER SAYS, "THERE IS NO CANDIDATE THAT KNOWS THE DRUG WAR BETTER. LUCIAN PERKINS; ILLUSTRATION, TWP TYPE: DC NEWS, BIOGRAPHY SUBJECT: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS; MAYORS NAMED-PERSONS: MAURICE THOMAS TURNER JR. LEXIS® NEXIS® LEXIS® NEXIS® MONDAY, JULY 30, 1990 ene washington Times MONEY STARTS ON PAGE B5 METROPOLITAN 11 a.m.: At District Cable Vision, Pamela Flowers shows Maurice Turner photos of her daughter, 3 p.m.: Back at his office, Mr. Turner, a lifelong Democrat until announcing his candidacy, has an who was saved by a police officer who later received a medal of honor from Mr. Turner. elephant sitting prominantly on his desk. He differs with the GOP on statehood for the District, however Ex-chief walks beat in dogged race for mayor This is the sixth in a series pro- Slogan on campaign Walking The Beat' filing a day in the campaigns of can- A PROFILE didates for D.C. mayor. Age: 54 By Vincent McCraw Background: Native THE WASHINGTON TIMES Washingtonian and first of six children born to Elizabeth and Don't tell Maurice T Turner Jr. Maurice T. Turner Sr. Dunbar High that winning the District mayor's job School graduate Later studied as a Republican is impossible. law enforcement at American After switching from lifelong University. Graduate of FBI Democrat to Republican, Mr. Turner National Academy. intends to prove he is a kindred spirit Career: Marine Corps, 1954 to of many in the city, including loyal 1957. Appointed officer, Democrats. Metropolitan Police Department. "You might just win this race," de- 1957; promoted to supervisory veloper Jeffrey Cohen, political sup- sergeant, 5th District, 1965; porter and friend of Mayor Marion promoted to lieutenant in charge Barry's told Mr. Turner Wednesday of recruiting. 1969; transferred to as the former police chief spent the Special Operations Division, 1970, handling presidential day walking along 14th Street NW security, riot and crowd control. and H Street NE meeting with cam- Received commendations from paign advisers, speaking to senior civic and political leaders for citizens and participating in a may- maintaining peace at site of oral forum. Resurrection City. In 1971, After 32 years with the Metropol- promoted to captain and assigned itan Police Department - eight as to 5th District; later promoted to chief - Mr. Turner thrust himself inspector. Promoted to deputy onto the city's political landscape chief in command of youth division in 1976; promoted to with a highly publicized party assistant chief, 1978, heading change in a White House meeting administrative services bureau: with President Bush last summer later transferred to field and his bid for mayor. operations bureau to command all He has spent the year seeking department field units. Appointed support - walking neighborhoods C's 24th chief of police in 1981. like an officer on foot patrol as the Retired in 1989. GOP's nominee for the November Other interests: Member Greater general election, where he'll meet First Baptist Church in Northwest, the winner of the Sept. 11 Demo- his childhood church. Member cratic primary. board of directors of Metropolitan "I'm going to do better than peo- Police Boys' and Girls Club; member of the Washington ple think. I'm not going to get all the Pigskins Club. A master Mason, votes, but I'm going to get 50 percent Fellowship Lodge 26 and member plus one," Mr. Turner said. of Mecca Temple 10, Shrine. Only two Republicans, the Rev. Marital status: Divorced with Jerry Moore Sr. and Carol Schwartz, three children: Andree, a have won elected office in the 16 registered nurse at D.C. General years of home rule. Both served as Hospital; Jeannine, a at-large D.C. Council members. communications student at Mrs. Schwartz garnered 30 percent Howard University: and Maurice of the vote in a 1986 mayoral bid E., a police cadet with against Mr. Barry. Metropolitan Police Department. Mr. Turner said, despite beliefs that national Republicans are heav- The Washington Times ily funding his candidacy in an at- Republican.' They welcomed me and tempt to gain control of city politics, we have diversity," said Mr. Turner, he is not the party's pawn and dis- who is also pro-choice on the abor- agrees with its opposition to state- tion issue. hood. Out in the neighborhoods, Mr. "I'm not anybody's puppet. They Photos by Sharon Washington Times didn't say, 'Maurice, you can't be a see TURNER, page B3 8:30 a.m.: The candidate meets Haywood Brooks and his three children while campaigning along 14th Street NW. TURNER From page B1 Turner, 25 pounds lighter than the 200 he weighed before retiring, re- ceives few, if any, inquires about his party affiliation. In forums his performance is de- scribed as lackluster except on crime issues. He deliberately chooses to attend only a few, But claims, "I can hold my own with all of them." "He's not the world's greatest pub- lic speaker," admits Lon Walls, cam- paign press secretary. "He won't be elected on his speaking. That's not what voters want. It's better for him to be on the streets. He's most com- fortable in this environment." Voter willingness to consider his candidacy stems primarily from Mr. Turner's name recognition and rela- tionships fostered during his 54 years here. "Way to go, Mo! Mo for mayor!" shouts the driver of a garbage truck along H Street. "The difference between the chief and the others is he cares about peo- ple. The others just want to meet budgets and cut," said Richard Flem- ing, a security guard at Oxford Manor apartments in Southeast. Mr. Turner grew up on Girard Street NW and was nicknamed "Joe" by his parents, Elizabeth and Mau- rice T. Turner Sr., who were ardent fans of former heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis. A graduate of Dunbar High School, he joined the police force in 1957 and worked as a foot patrol of- ficer in Southwest. In 1965, he was Photo by Sharon Kuck/The Washington Times promoted to sergeant in the old 5th 6 p.m.: Maurice Turner is joined by Juanita Jackson, a friend for more than 30 Police Precinct. In 1969 he was pro- years, as he makes a campaign tour along H Street NE. moted to lieutenant. As lieutenant, Mr. Turner headed ers, one brother is a city police cap- drug dealers finish carving up the the recruiting branch, commanded tain and another brother works for market. the 5th District and later the youth the architect of the Capitol. His He maintains that belief. "The po- division. He was promoted to assis- youngest sister is an assistant U.S. lice department can't settle turf tant chief and headed the Admin- attorney, recently nominated to sit wars," he says. istrative Services Bureau and later on the D.C. Superior Court. Mr. Turner said he became frus- all of the department's field units In his last year as chief, Mr. trated with the management of city under then-Chief Burtell Jefferson, Turner exercised some political government under Mr. Barry three the city's first black police chief. He muscle. He broke ranks with Mr. years ago. became the second black police Barry on the issue of police man- "I was embarrassed. I didn't think chief in 1981, managing 3,800 offi- power, stating publicly that his de- things were run right, and I wanted cers, 915 civilians and a $217 million partment needed more officers. to see a change. I thought I could budget. He also endured a barrage of crit- work within the system, but I He also touts the careers of his icism after an appearance on WETA- couldn't," he said. "We need leader- five siblings as examples of his fam- TV's "Metro Week in Review" in ship, and I don't need to be mayor for ily's commitment to public service: which he said police can do little to life to provide that. One term is Two sisters are public school teach- stem the homicide rate until area enough." METRO Turner Stalks A New Beat Chief-Turned-Campaigner Espouses Populist Themes By R.H. Melton Washington Post Staff Writer Lorraine Carr, 60, a lifelong Democrat from Northeast Washington, marched up to Repub- lican mayoral candidate Maurice T. Turner Jr. Ma recently, clasped his right hand in hers and said, "God bless you. I hope you win. We need a change in there-we need some change Turners right away." Turner's face lit up in a wide smile, for Carr's is the kind of frustration he hopes to tap in his first campaign for public office. For Turner to win a general election in a city where Democrats outnumber Republicans by a better than 8-to-1 ratio, he needs every Lor- raine Carr there is-and then some, he said. BY JOHN McGONNELL-THE WASHINGTON POST "People are fed up, they're tired of the im- Republican mayoral candidate Maurice T. Turner Jr. hugs Dollie Hardy, of Southeast Washington. age the city's receiving," Turner, 54, said last month as he shook hands with afternoon com- muters at the Fort Totten Metro station in world of elective politics. His goal for Novem- many GOP strategists as a nearly perfect foil Northeast Washington. "Now, you've got to be ber, a difficult one to achieve to begin with, be- for Turner and his law-and-order themes. realistic: 100 percent of the people aren't go- came even more complicated on June 13 when Turner is all but assured of winning the Re- ing to vote for you. But a lot of them will." Mayor Marion Barry took himself out of the publican mayoral nomination in his party's Best known to District residents as a career race for the Democratic mayoral nomination. Sept. 11 primary. police officer who served eight years as chief Barry, who is standing trial on drug charges Early polls in the mayor's race, including before his resignation last year, Turner is try- and whose administration has been rocked by Turner's own, showed the former police chief ing today to get accustomed to the disorderly corruption over the years, was viewed by See TURNER, D3, Col. 4 Turner Gradually Raising His Profile TURNER, From D1 ticated enough to look at the indi- about the host of issues confronting vidual," not the party, Turner said. the next mayor. Sometimes, Turner running well ahead of Barry but Kenneth Ray, 30, a Metro cus- states the obvious, as he did in re- trailing other Democratic candi- todian who was at the Fort Totten sponse to a question about bilingual dates. By abandoning the race, the stop, said Turner's affiliation made education that was posed at a re- mayor may have erased Turner's no difference to him. cent Junior League forum at Amer- most compelling single issue: Barry "He's still a politician," said Ray, ican University. himself. who has generally voted for Dem- "Obviously, the language barrier "It was the worst thing, speaking ocratic candidates. "As long as he's is a big inhibitor to communication," doing the right thing, I don't care Turner told the crowd. electorally, that could have hap- pened to him," said Alvin Thornton, whether he's a Democrat or a Re- Turner on the stump has voiced a Howard University political sci- publican." an ardently conservative brand of entist. "If I were in Turner's camp, Ray said he liked Turner for his populism, railing against the "cor- I would have wanted the Barry law enforcement experience. "He's rupting" influence of the welfare the ex-police chief, so he knows system and complaining that too problem to remain as an Achilles' heel for the Democrats." about what's going on in the streets many people settle for life in public of D.C., particularly in the black housing when their goal should be Turner, who switched parties to community," Ray said. ownership of a single-family house. the GOP last year before Barry's Turner's tenure as chief is likely "Public housing and public assist- arrest, said it made no difference to come under scrutiny as the cam- ance ought to be assistance of short whom the Democrats nominated paign heats up, in part because the duration," Turner said. Noting that because he did not view his own District's homicide rate reached rec- some of his own relatives have been candidacy as an "alternative" to ord levels during that period. In ad- welfare recipients, he added: Barry in the first place. dition, there was testimony in Bar- "We've got to change those atti- "I think I'm strong against any of ry's trial that D.C. police officers in tudes. We've got to reach down and the candidates," Turner said. "I the mayor's security detail may have help them up." don't care who they run." turned a blind eye toward some of Turner has been gradually raising However, some analysts believe Barry's alleged criminal activities his profile-he has started attending that without Barry's presence, par- during part of the time that Turner the candidate forums he used to ty identification will assume a was at the helm of the department. skip-and has collected one-tenth of greater role in the election, hurting For now, with much of the city's the $2 million he says he needs for a Turner. "The party label becomes attention turned to the Barry trial, campaign that will include expensive important because there's no other Turner is taking his campaign to television air time. competing consideration like there the streets and neighborhoods of President Bush and officials of would have been in the Barry case," his native city. He is in many ways a the Republican National Commit- natural campaigner, quick with a tee, who were involved in Turner's Thornton said. Some Republican strategists dis- hug or a handshake for the many well-publicized switch to the GOP, pute that view, saying that as long Washingtonians he knows or who have continued to lend their sup- port to his mayoral campaign. as Barry's court proceeding contin- recognize his face. ues, both he and the city's Demo- In more formal settings, Turner Turner has met with Bush several cratic establishment will be on trial. has not fared quite as well. Uncom- times, and his campaign manager, fortable as a public speaker, he uses James King, was one of the RNC's "Eventually the Democrats get the cue cards in forums where more most senior black political opera- blame because Barry is one of them polished candidates talk with ease tives. and not one of us," said one senior adviser to the Turner campaign. Nevertheless, Turner is handling the issue of his adoptive party gin- gerly. The literature he hands to potential voters at campaign ap- pearances does not mention the word "Republican," and Turner does not bring the subject up at can- didate debates or in conversation with people he meets on the streets. Nor does he shy away from it. "Do they really believe that every black in America ought to be a Democrat?" he said. "If people are concerned that I'm in the party of Lee Atwater, I say to them that I used to be in the party of George Wallace, the party of Les- ter Maddox. "Voters in this town are sophis- The THE GAY WEEKLY OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL Washington Blade NEWS Turner stands by his record Continued from page 4 when the police ordered the park to b Turner said he "would support any closed after dark. bill" that overturned the District's current anti-sodomy law and would lobby for the "As the chief of police, I don.t thin bill during its review period in Congress. we should have done that," Turner said When asked how he would insure that "I don't care who you are, you don't tel Congress would not overturn such a people that." repeal, as it did in 1981, Turner said, "the He added that what the police and th: only thing you can do is lobby and tell court system really should do is "loc) Congress what your position is." those individuals up who are committing On other issues, Turner said he those crimes." supports sex education in public schools Turner also noted that he appointed 3 hv DATE that directly instructs students how to police liaison to the Gay community and avoid AIDS and unwanted pregnancies. reserved time during police academy He also said he opposes cuts in AIDS training to discuss issues of sexual funding and instead said the city orientation. Maurice Turner said he "would support any bill" that overturned the District's government needs to be "more prudent" While Turner offered few specific current anti-sodomy law. in all of its expenditures. When pressed programs and sometimes meandered about a specific plan to insure better while answering questions, he voiced Turner stands by record of health care for city residents, Turner support for most of the issues brought up mentioned that he would like Reed by GLAA members during the meeting. Tuckson, former D.C. Commissioner of support for Gay community He pledged that he would look into the Public Health, to "come back and serve issues raised and other city concerns and on the Turner team." address them in position papers. by Robin Kane when he said, "I believe in some of the GLAA member Barrett Brick Turner is also scheduled to speak at Former D.C. Chief of Police Maurice conservative family values [my parents questioned Turner regarding police the July 9 meeting of the Capital Area Turner told a meeting of the Gay and instilled in me." GLAA member Crai response to a series of muggings and Gay Log Cabin Club at 8 p.m. at 1638 R Lestian Activists Alliance on Tuesday Howell pointed out later in the meetin bashings in P Street Beach two years ago Street, N.W. that, as police chief, he had "a record of that the words "conservative famil, working with [the Gay] community," and values" are often used by groups that he invited GLAA members to continue oppose Gay rights to exclude Gays. that relationship by working on his Howell asked Turner whether his family mayoral campaign. values included equal benefits for Turner is one of four announced domestic partners of D.C. employees. candidates vying for the Republican "When I say 'conservative family nomination for mayor and the latest to values,' I'm talking about right from appear at one in a series of GLAA wrong," Turner said. "My father kicked candidate's forums. my ass if he caught me doing something Turner outlined his history as a D.C. wrong. Those are the values I'm talking native, U.S. Marine, and D.C. Police about." officer, saying that he has a strong Turner's response drew chuckles, commitment and pride in the city of apparently assuaging the concerns about Washington. A lifelong Democrat, Turner his choice of words. Turner then said he switched parties last year before was "not that familiar" with the issue of launching his mayoral campaign. domestic partnership, though he said that While discussing his background, "if it happens, I'm not opposed to it." Turner provoked some raised eyebrows Continued on page 16 July 13, 1990 Vol. 21, No. 28 75c Outside of D.C./Baltimore Areas The THE GAY WEEKLY OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL Washington Blade NEWS Turner, Singleton pledge to be strong backers of Gay rights by Lou Chibbaro Jr. the primary. D.C. Republican mayoral candidate In response to club members' ques- Maurice Turner and Republican delegate tions, Harrison said, Turner ack- candidate Harry Singleton told D.C. Gay nowledged that D.C. Police officers may Republicans Monday night that they have overreacted when they donned would be strong advocates of Gay rights bright yellow gloves to arrest AIDS ac- if elected to office. The two candidates, tivists at a White House civil dis- appearing before the Capital Area Log obedience demonstration two years ago, Cabin Club, D.C.'s Gay Republican when Turner was chief. According to group, urged Gay Republicans to join Harrison and club member Scott Minos, their efforts to remove D.C. from the grip Turner reminded club members that, as of the Democrats by making it a two police chief, he initiated sensitivity train- party town. ing for all police recruits on Gay issues at Turner, the District's former chief of the city's police academy. Harrison and police, and Singleton, an attorney and Minos said Turner also promised to push former assistant secretary for civil rights for the hiring and promotion of Gay at the U.S. Department of Education, said police officers. they support a repeal of the city's Johnnie Mae Rice, a campaign official sodomy law, passage of domestic for former. D.C. Republican Council- partnership legislation, and increased member Carol Schwartz and Singleton's funding for AIDS education and treat- campaign manager, said Singleton will ment programs. campaign aggressively for the Gay vote. "They were very positive on Gay is- "I believe he will run a very strong sues," said Jim Harrison, president of the race against Betty Ann Kane or Eleanor Log Cabin Club, which was formerly Holmes Norton," Rice said, referring to known as Capital Area Republicans. Har- two of the seven Democratic candidates rison said the club will decide Friday running for the nomination. whether to endorse candidates before or Harrison said the Log Cabin Club after the September II Republican plans to take an active role in the fall primary. campaign by urging Gays to consider the Turner is running unopposed in the Republican Party as a "viable alternative" primary. Singleton is being challenged by to the Democrats, despite the fact that the longtime D.C. Republican Jim Cham- overwhelming majority of D.C. voters pagne. Singleton has been endorsed by are registered Democrats. local and national Republican leaders and Harrison said about 20 people turned is considered the odds-on favorite to win out for Monday's meeting. Bar for Dancing Potato Chips Delicatessen Most Hated Opponent 1. Sutton Place Gourmet 1. Deja Vu 1. Redskins: New York Giants 1. Utz 2. River Club 2. Tie: Lay's, Cape Cod 2. Giant Gourmet 3. Tracks 2. Capitals: Philadelphia Flyers 3. 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Doreen Gen- Brinkley, ABC tzler, Channel 4 3. Inside Washington, Channel 9 National Newscast 1. ABC World News Tonight With Peter Jennings 2. NBC Nightly News With Tom Brokaw 3. The MacNeil/Lehrer News- Hour, PBS Radio Station 1. WMAL (AM 630) NATE : FINE 2. WHFS (FM 99.1) 3. WAVA (FM 105.1) She also has drawn the ire of many in have made a mistake, but while the other er will emerge fresh and well financed the business community, who complain candidates are exhausting themselves for November. that she is "brutal" when soliciting cam- and their finances trying to win the Dem- A political novice, Turner will have paign contributions. ocratic nomination in September, Turn- several handicaps to overcome, including Jarvis's Best Chance: Shake every the fact that Democrats outnumber Repub- hand in town-twice. licans in the District 9 to 1, and that many residents can't imagine pulling the lever Sharon Pratt Dixon may be laboring un- for a Republican. Others resent the idea der the biggest handicaps of all: She is that "outsiders" are being called on to almost out of money; she has suffered a help Turner get elected. "Turner does not lot of staff turnover; and she has not have political people around him who attracted any significant endorsements. know the community," says Democratic And she is a woman. political consultant Bill Sweeney. "A But Dixon, until recently a top execu- bunch of yellow-power-tie blond profes- tive with PEPCO, has one great advan- sionals from the Republican National tage: She is the only person running who Committee is not going to elect Turner bears no responsibility for DC's current mayor of this city." condition. "I'm not part of what you've Nor have people forgotten that Turner got," she likes to say. "And I won't was police chief when drug use and mur- continue what you've got.' der in the District soared to unprecedent- Dixon has managed to separate her- ed heights. At the labor forum in April, self from the pack by calling for cuts in he was heckled on this point. He also the city's swollen bureaucracy, and she needs to bone up on local issues; he projects a boldness that some of her made a poor impression that evening by competitors lack. But she is not a glad- reading answers from prepared notes hander. Like Jarvis, Dixon comes from when the topic shifted away from drugs a prominent family with deep roots in the and law enforcement. District. But Dixon is more aloof, lead- If the race is really about men, as ing some blacks to dismiss her as a Annette Samuels says, Turner has a leg "bourgeois elitist"-a label that the MAURICE TURNER up. His commanding physical presence more outgoing Jarvis has managed to Switch Hitter and easy personal style inspire confi- escape. dence. Turner also has more manage- Dixon, who knows how to deliver a ment experience than anybody else in the rousing speech, looks best in front of a field, and his reputation as an honest cop crowd. At a labor forum, according to Birthdate: August 13, 1935 will help him with the city's conserva- Joslyn Williams, head of the DC Demo- Birthplace: Washington, DC tives, both white and black. Family background: one of six children cratic party, many people were favora- He should get help from the national of federal government workers bly impressed with her. Republican party-his campaign chair- "She maximized her 60-second an- Education: Dunbar High School; FBI man was paid for a while by the Republi- swers better than anyone else there," he National Academy; coursework at can National Committee-and he gets a says. "People left that night knowing American University and University boost from the fact that President Bush who she was. If she didn't capture their of Maryland has a high approval rating among blacks. Family: divorced; three adult children: support, she at least captured their "George Bush is a decent guy," says Andree, Jeannine, and Maurice imagination." Herbert Barksdale, a community activist Dixon's Best Chance: The voters fall Residence: Crestwood in Upper in Ward 7 (Far Southeast) who turned Northwest in love with her fire. Republican a year and a half ago and who Church affiliation: Greater First Baptist supports Turner. "I think the Republican Church A Barry-less primary likely would boil party is reaching out to see how they can Former occupation: 32 years in the DC down to a battle between three strong, get black folk involved, and it would be well-known candidates: Walter Faun- Police Department; chief for last eight good for the District to have a two-party Civil-rights activity: affirmative action troy, John Ray, and David Clarke. A system. Then the Democrats would have proponent who greatly increased num- plurality candidate will emerge, similar ber of blacks and other minorities on to stop taking us for granted." to the 1978 mayor's race (Barry squeak- ing ahead of Sterling Tucker and Walter police force The question is: Who is Turner going to Administrative experience: eight years Washington) and the 1982 DC City run against? His best opponent would be Council chairman's race (Clarke nos- as police chief; commander of groups Mayor Barry, who would forfeit most of ing out Arrington Dixon and Sterling within department over sixteen years the white vote along with many blacks Legislative experience: none Tucker). who feel it's time for a change. Prediction: With Barry out of the State of campaign: few issue papers de- Let's assume the mayor is not exoner- race, Fauntroy ekes out a razor-thin vic- veloped and few staff members hired; ated by the trial-many observers are tory in September. needs better grasp of non-crime issues; predicting a hung jury-but he runs a will rely on national Republican party surprisingly vigorous campaign, be- The only given about the general elec- for funding, staffing; handicapped by cause he is always at his best when his tion in November is the presence of weak local party organization back is against the wall. Maurice Turner, who shocked Washing- Personal: espouses traditional family Even so, there are too many people ton last July when he announced, in the values; powerful presence; at this out there saying, "Anybody but Barry." company of President George Bush, that early stage, looks uncomfortable While polls at this early stage are unreli- he was switching to the Republican par- campaigning able, the Arlington research firm of ty. At first it looked as if Turner might Frank Luntz directed a survey in early 80 The Washingtonian/June 1990 April and found that Turner would best hazardous to make predictions of the out- Barry 51 to 38 percent. come-including those made above. Only Prediction: In a Turner-Barry contest, one thing is certain: It's going to be a long. Maurice Turner would be the next may- hot summer and a long, hot race. or of the District of Columbia. And if Barry does not run? Predictions: In a Turner-Fauntroy match-up: Fauntroy in a landslide. In a Turner-Clarke race: Turner wins. In Turner versus Ray: A toss-up. The possibility of a Turner-Jarvis or Turner- Dixon vote seems highly unlikely. Surveying the candidates in the current race, one is struck by the incestuous quality of DC politics. The intertwined relationships go deep: Sharon Pratt Dixon and Charlene Jarvis are two upper-middle-class wom- en from the same neighborhood who travel in the same elitist black circles. When Dixon's ex-husband Arrington became DC City Council chairman in 1978, Jarvis took over his Ward 4 seat. That same year, when Marion Barry became mayor, John Ray was appointed to his at-large council seat as the mayor's hand-picked candidate. It is generally acknowledged that Dave Clarke was able to bump off Dixon WALTER FAUNTROY in 1982 largely through the help of Mar- The Possible Dream? ion Barry. Maurice Turner was Barry's person- ally selected chief of police, serving Birthdate: February 6, 1933 eight years. Birthplace: Washington, DC There have been through the years no Family background: one of seven chil- stronger allies than Walter Fauntroy, dren; first in family to go to college Marion Barry, and, until recently, Dave Education: BA, Virginia Union Universi- Clarke-the triumvirate at the top of the ty; bachelor of divinity, Yale University DC leadership ladder. Family: wife, Dorothy; one adult son; in Never before have the voters been process of adopting boarder baby called upon to choose one of these lead- Residence: Crestwood in Upper ers over the other (with the minor excep- Northwest tion of Jarvis's abortive mayoral run in Church affiliation: New Bethel Baptist 1982). Church So this election represents a wat- Occupation: minister ershed-the most significant, terrain-al- Civil-rights activity: extensive; deeply tering DC election since 1978. Gone involved in Southern Christian Lead- A FRESH SCHOOL from the scene will be at least two of the ership Conference; March on Selma; triumvirate of Clarke, Barry, and Faun- OF THOUGHT Poor People's Campaign of 1969 troy. Jarvis and Ray will be around no Administrative experience: eleven Now at Trader Vic's light matter what, but there will be a new DC years as director of Washington office City Council chairman-probably the preparations of international of SCLC unopposed John Wilson-and new coun- recipes made from the world's Legislative experience: nineteen years cil members, those replacing Wilson and as congressional delegate finest, freshest seafoods. Betty Ann Kane, who is giving up her at- State of campaign: has inherited many Experience for yourself the large seat to run for Fauntroy's seat in of the workers and key supporters of widest variety of fresh seafoods Congress. Marion Barry; entered late and thus from the oceans, lakes and rivers The bench strength of DC politics has has not worked out positions on many of the world available in always been weak; the main characters issues; rusty campaigner, not having Washington all prepared in this year's mayoral race have all been had a serious race in years to order. on the scene for at least twelve years. Personal: affable but garrulous, given to And there is some indication that the rambling on the stump; deeply religious voters are not satisfied with the choices TRADER VIC'S and committed; diminutive size con- put before them. trasts with physically imposing oppo- WORLD OF SEAFOOD Dissatisfied or not, the voters will be nents such as Clarke, Barry, Jarvis, and 16th and K Streets: N.W. paying attention. For the first time in 1978 Turner Call 347-7100 for reservations. there is a real race for DC mayor. The situation changes almost daily, and it is June 1990/The Washingtonian 81 WASHINGTON LOOSE CityPaper 5/18-24/90 LIPS Voters in many parts of this DEAD DEMS, country long LIVE have clung to the belief that a REPUBLICANS Democrat dead and in the ground three days is still preferable to a live Republican. Judg- on compared Turner to fabled Dodge City ing from previous elections, that has certain- Marshall Wyatt Earp because of Turner's op- ly held true in D.C. Although the local Re- position to the city's strict gun-control law, publican party has tried different combina- which he claims has put the unarmed citi- tions at the top of the mayoral ticket-from zenry at the mercy of gun-toting drug deal- a Jewish woman with strong appeal to the ers and criminals. city's sizable gay community to a Chinese- But before all you concerned voters write American to a prominent black businessman Turner off as just another "dumb cop," LL -it has never mustered more than about a suggests that you catch The Chief at a neigh- third of the vote. Except for a couple of City borhood meeting near you-meetings where Council flukes-the perennially elected Jerry he's been spending much of his campaign Moore and Carol Schwartz-District voters time. Although his performance was ragged over the last 20 years have treated Republi- in the only free-for-all mayoral candidates' can candidates about as kindly as Alaskan forum he has thus far attended, Turner is fishermen would treat the president of Exx- impressive in these smaller gatherings. His on. disarming candor, ease, and intelligence in- But 1990 could be the year of the GOP duce even skeptics to leave the meetings breakthrough in D.C., thanks primarily to pondering the possibility of voting Republi- Mayor-for-Life Marion S. Barry Jr. and his can for the first time in their lives. entourage of sultry women, drug users and During his appearance May 9 before the dealers, and other all-around unsavory char- 16th Street Heights Civic Association in acters-the kind of people, Hizzoner claims, Northwest, Turner was asked by neighbor- that Jesus liked to hang out with 20 centuries hood resident Larry Goodwin how he could, back. LL has predicted repeatedly that the in good conscience, join the party of Ronald mayor's fall would eventually bring down Reagan and North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms both the city and the local Democratic party, -a party historically hostile to blacks, mi- because D.C.'s Democratic leaders have al- norities, and the poor. But The Chief un- lowed Barry to make his personal and politi- flinchingly replied that when he changed po- cal welfare synonymous with the party's in- litical registration last summer, he left the terests and future. Ironically, one of Barry's party of such racists as Lester Maddox and more damning legacies could turn out to be George Wallace to join the party of Abraham that he fostered the empowerment of the Lincoln. District's minority Republican party. Eventually "reasonable people" prevailed GOP hopes in this city are riding on the in the Democratic Party, Turner said; he ex- broad shoulders of former D.C. Police Chief pects the same thing to happen in the GOP. Maurice Turner, who switched political par- His switch was sincere, he insisted, and not ties last summer in preparation for his run merely a maneuver to assist his run for may- for mayor. Turner clearly has the integrity or. "I was frustrated," Turner said. "I saw and presence that many D.C. voters seem to the Democratic Party taking me for grant- be seeking in their next mayor. His career- ed." He predicted that blacks will achieve as well as those of his four brothers and sis- economic empowerment only through "a ters in public education, law enforcement, strong, viable, two-party system." and the judiciary-presents a success story The Chief's main issue is the city's trou- for role-model-seeking city youth. The bling crime rate. "Government's first re- Turner clan is like a Norman Rockwell vi- sponsibility is public safety," he said. "If sion of the archetypal, all-American black you don't have public safety, nothing else family. Had he not given up his lifelong works." He argued that the city's current, membership in the Democratic Party-a de- crack-driven crime wave is not nearly as bad velopment many voters regard as an act of as the heroin-driven crisis D.C. suffered 20 treason-"The Chief" could have emerged years ago. There were 55,000 crimes in D.C. as the front-runner in his former party's pri- last year, Turner said, compared to around mary. 80,000 a year during the late '60s and early The seriousness of the Republican threat '70s. All types of crime have decreased-ex- was evident early on in this election year cept for murders and shootings, which to- when Democratic mayoral contender Sharon taled nearly 2,000 last year. Pratt Dixon-in a rare act of political courage D.C. tackled the previous crime wave by for a D.C. Democrat-warned that contin- beefing the police force up to 5,100 men and ued political support for the mayor in the women and fostering greater cooperation face of his mounting legal and personal with federal law enforcement agencies, problems would drag down the Democratic Turner said. But during his 10-year tenure as party and turn the city over to a George police chief, Turner charged, his proposals Bush-Lee Atwater-Maurice Turner cabal. Dix- to add personnel were rejected by the mayor a turnaround for tary Jim Brady rolled by, nodded hello, and WASHINGTON the meager GOP. left without saying a word-was quickly 016. ertaken by events. Or rather, The Event: the CityPaper arrest of Mayor Barry at the Vista Hotel. Since then, Champagne has been waging a 5/18-24/90 media campaign just to get his name men- tioned in articles on the possible contenders for Fauntroy's seat. So far, Champagne has settled for a mere listing of his name among the candidates, hoping that a fuller explana- tion of his candidacy will come later. He jumped into the race armed with a de- Darrow Montgomery tailed analysis of Fauntroy's failures in Con- gress and with the knowledge that there is a sizable segment of the electorate that votes against Fauntroy each time he runs-a fact often overlooked by potential challengers to the incumbent. But Champagne's strategy and City Council. For instance, Turner said, was shredded two months ago when Faun- although the City Council authorized the po- troy made the stunning announcement that lice department to maintain a staff of around he would give up his seat at the end of this 3,800, Barry's office insisted on keeping the year to seek another calling. Since then, size of the department below 3,500. Champagne has been carrying his campaign The Chief appears on shakier ground to downtown business groups, restaurants, when he ventures from law enforcement is- and bars-all familiar habitats to the candi- sues into other areas, such as the homeless date-and to union leaders whom he is problem and the "corrupting influence of trying to persuade to endorse both Republi- the liberal welfare system." Here he begins can and Democratic primary candidates. to sound more like the Republican that vot- "At some point, this city will have to come ers tend to dread. Turner claims that the to grips with its runaway budget," Cham- city's law guaranteeing overnight shelter to pagne said in a speech last month to restau- the homeless has encouraged people to move rant owners. "After 14 years of home rule by out of their homes and apartments and into the Democrats, we are almost broke as a the shelters, where they can live at taxpayer city. And what do our political leaders— expense while saving up for other things. those same Democrats who have been in of- (Yes, he really said that.) And he claims that fice for nearly two decades-say we need to the homeless have been flocking to D.C. do? They say we should demand statehood. from other cities for the very same reason. "I believe that, at best, statehood is a rally- Never mind that many homeless people on ing cry for those politicians who have no so- the streets refuse to go to the shelters be- lutions for us, and, at worst, is a job oppor- cause they consider them too dangerous. tunity for political hacks who are tired of Problem is, to write Turner off in this race their current position in life." is to blindly embrace the D.C. Democratic Instead of statehood, Champagne advo- Party, a party that during the last decade has cates full voting rights in the House for the come to stand for little else but corruption city's lone delegate there. He claims that this and cowardice. Consider the current crop of could be accomplished quickly because it Democratic candidates for mayor. The last has the backing of the Bush administration time Ward 4 Councilmember Charlene Drew and Republican National Committee chair Lee Jarvis ran for mayor, she was fined $10,000 Atwater. for filing false campaign finance forms. Jar- Champagne's primary opponent is Harry vis, amazingly enough, is running on an eth- Singleton, a former Reagan administration ics platform in 1990; LL can't help but mar- official in the commerce and education de- vel at her chutzpah. At-Large Councilmem- partments. Singleton's original intent was to ber John Ray, through his conduct on the run for mayor, but he was dissuaded by lo- council, has gained a reputation as the best cal and national party leaders who wanted to candidate campaign money can buy. D.C. spare Turner from a primary fight. "The Congressional Delegate Walter Fauntroy was party wanted to push a Turner candidacy," under investigation for misuse of his office Singleton conceded. "I had no problem payroll accounts when he announced in early switching gears. It was no big deal." March that he would give up his 19-year Singleton, who advocates a more active House career to run for mayor. The Justice role for the delegate in local and constituent Department subsequently dropped its investi- affairs, criticized Fauntroy for constantly gation. And then there's candidate Barry, trying to stay out of the political fray. And whose legacy of administrative corruption he's right. Although the post is theoretically and personal peccadillos are so well known the highest elective office in the District, they need no recitation here. Fauntroy avoided his oversight responsibili- Not exactly a stellar, high-minded bunch ties over D.C. matters because such actions from which to choose. By the time Septem- would have brought him into confrontation ber's Democratic primary is history, we may with Mayor Barry. And, as has become ob- all relish the Turner option. vious from his performances in the mayor's race, Weepy Walter wants a confrontation Republican po- THE OTHER with Hizzoner about as badly as he wants a litical consul- root canal. tantand GOP Before this year, D.C.'s would-be politi- speech writer CONTENDERS cians seemed to view the delegate's job as an Jim Cham- office on par with a seat on an Advisory Neigh- pagne, running for Fauntroy's congressional borhood Commission. This year's election seat, may get this year's worst-timing award. should restore some of the stature to the Champagne's mid-January announcement at congressional office that Fauntroy so suc- the National Press Club-during which his cessfully diminished. CP A18 TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1990 The Washington Post AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Enter Maurice Turner W HATEVER ELSE Maurice Turner may that kind of civic pride and community spirit. accomplish in his run for mayor, the That was a time when people stepped forward, former police chief entered the race not back. And the people who sit at the head yesterday with a refreshing combination of inde- of our government, they too have a responsibili- pendence, experience and awareness of chal- ty We need leaders who serve for the public lenge. His pitch is an intriguing contrast of good, not personal gratification. We need leaders perspectives-at once strongly critical of Marion who surround themselves with people of integri- Barry's legacy, yet steeped in inside experience ty, not people who merely want a city contract. as a key player in that administration. He is a We need leaders with a vested interest in seeing voice of change but a familiar voice, someone that Washingtonians have a city we all can be with deep local family roots in public service who proud of, not a city that is constantly ridiculed for holds some old-fashioned values. mismanagement." How any of this-coming from a just-recruited Exactly how Mr. Turner would fill this bill is Republican, conspicuously courted and supported apparently still to be shared with the voters. So, by GOP heavyweights-will play in this Demo- too, is how he will make distinctions between his cratic domain is unclear. But Mr. Turner's offi- role as commander of the police in the city's war cial overture sounded the right note. For creden- against murder and drugs and that of Mayor tials there was more than a badge with a man Barry. Still to come also is evidence that Mr. behind it: this is a third-generation Washingto- Turner's skills as administrator of the force equip nian distressed by the reputation that his city and him to run a huge bureaucracy. But in helping to its government have these days. Recalling earlier stir up an important race that has been too shaky times, Mr. Turner concluded that "we've lost until now, Mr. Turner is a welcome player. MAURICE T. TURNER, JR. Biography Maurice T. Turner, Jr., was Chief of Police at the Washington Metropolitan Police Department from 1981 until 1989. During his eight years in charge of the department, Chief Turner commanded 3,880 sworn officers and 975 civilian employees. He managed an annual budget of $217 million. Under Chief Turner's leadership, District crime rates for several major offenses were drastically reduced between 1981 and 1988. These include the crime rates for rape, robbery, burglary, larceny and arson. As an indicator of Chief Turner's response to the huge influx of crack cocaine in the District, drug arrests increased by 128 percent between 1980 and 1988. Mrs B. just spoke there Chief Turner also took significant steps to improve management, community involvement and affirmative action at the Police Department. During his tenure, the number of blacks on the force increased 45 percent; and minority representation on the command staff of inspectors and above increased 32 percent. Maurice Turner is a native Washingtonian. He was born August 13, 1935. Turner attended D.C.'s Monroe Elementary School and Benjamin Banneker Junior High. He is an alumnus of Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C., and the F.B.I. National Academy. He also attended criminal justice courses at The American University and the University of Maryland. day Turner, a former Democrat, switched his registration to the Republican Party onJuly 27, 1989, during a meeting at the White House with President George Bush. for Turner's retirement from the Police Department in 1989 follows 32 years of active duty on the force. First appointed as a police officer in 1957, his career was marked by distinguished service and promotion. In 1968, he was promoted to lieutenant, and later placed in charge of the Recruiting Branch. In the next two years, Turner was the key individual responsible for recruiting and hiring 1,500 new police officers. In 1970, Lieutenant Turner was transferred to the Special Operations Division. He received wide recognition for his work as the liaison to the demonstrators encamped on the Washington Monument Grounds, the site referred to as Resurrection City. For his distinguished service throughout this situation, Turner received commendations from business, civic and political leaders, as well as from the demonstrators. In 1971, Turner was promoted to Captain and assigned to the Fifth District. Later, in 1974, he assumed command of that district after his promotion to Inspector. Within two years, he was again promoted, this time to the rank of Deputy Chief and was transferred to command the Youth Division. Turner was appointed as the twenty-fourth Chief of Police on July 1, 1981. Chief Turner served in the United States Marine Corps from 1954 to 1957. Chief Turner is a member of the Greater First Baptist Church in Washington; the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Police Boys' and Girls' Clubs; the Washington Pigskins Club; National Organization Black Law Enforcement Executives; International Association Chiefs of activity in Police; and, the Metropolitan Police Black Officials Organization. He is also a Master Mason, Fellowship Lodge No. 26, and a member of the Mecca Temple No. 10, Shrine. Maurice Turner has three children: Andree, who is a registered nurse at D.C. General Hospital; Jeannine, who is a communications student at Howard University, and; Maurice E. Turner, a police cadet with the Washington Metropolitan Police Department. To Carolyn Date 8-22 Time 11:50 WHILE YOU WERE OUT M Bruce Stebbins of Phone 207 967 5200 Area Code Number Extension TELEPHONED PLEASE CALL CALLED TO SEE YOU WILL CALL AGAIN WANTS TO SEE YOU URGENT RETURNED YOUR CALL Message M 00000000MZ Operator AMPAD EFFICIENCY@ 23-023 CARBONLESS To Time - WERE OUT Bruce X6512 Jim King campaign - 628-1990 mgr. [Lisa] abigaie Peareman finance Director "Walking the Beat" personals : 628-1990 Daris Turner Thorn -sister ganine Turner - daughter at campaign care Turner ero/ best friend care Prophater - right arm @ PD

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