Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 148, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 22, 1989 Page: 6 of 14
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Mayors take stand on court rulings, semi-auto weapons
Whitmire, from Bush’s Texas, has
said she is ofximistic about the new
adnaistnttw.
*T don’t dunk this is tune for
mayors to sit back and just go
along, to say everything’s all right
in our cities. Everything is not all
right in our cities.” Flynn said.
The contest for advisory commit-
tee chairman was thrown to the full
conference when two Democrats
sided with the Republicans and
deadlocked a nominating commit-
tee that for 57 years has settled
such matters in private
The meeting, where partisanship
is often submerged in discussions
of common urban needs, saw party
bickering flare when Lee Atwater,
the GOP national chairman, spoke
Monday..
Even some Republicans com-
plained about his blunt partisan
CHARLESTON. SC (AP) —
The nation's mayors Wednesday
adopted a statement deploring
recent Supreme Court decisions
that they say weaken affirmative
action.
The U.S. Conference of Mayors
also called for higher federal taxes
and a ban on possession of semi-
automatic weapons.
Before wrapping up their annual
conference, the mayors also settled
an unprecedented contested race for
the conference’s future leadership,
choosing Democrat Ray Flynn of
Boston over Republican William
Althaus of York. Pa
The mayors overwhelmingly
voted down an effort by some Flor-
ida mayors to soften the language
of their resolution on anti-dis-
crimination m employment
Mayor Cecil Bradbury of Pinel-
las Park, Fla., argued that whites
have been victims of discrimination
through efforts aimed at encourag-
ing minority employment
But the mayors sided with Re-
publican William Hudnut of In-
dianapolis, who argued that without
affirmative action, “the good ol'
boy network” wilt favor whites.
The mayors said recent Supreme
Court decisions are "making it
more difficult to ensure equal op-
portunities in employment for all
Americans.”
Among the other statements, the
mayors called for higher federal
taxes to cut the deficit and allow
more urban aid. and urged a ban on
possession of military-type semi-
automatic assault weapons.
The five-day meeting of mayors
from around the nauon neared an
end one day after the session erup-
ted into partisan name-calling, with
New Yoik's Ed Koch launching a
bitter tirade against the Republican
national chairman.
Flynn was elected chairman of
the organization’s advisory commit-
tee, an ung I amorous title but a job
that puts him in line to be president
of the conference in 1991.
The vote was cast largely along
party lines, 67-35, although
Houston’s Kathy Whitmire, a
Democrat and incoming president
of the group, sided with the Repub-
lican.
Flynn said the issue was whether
the mayors wanted an outspoken
critic of President Bush who would
challenge Republican policies.
Arriving Tuesday. Koch
denounced Atwater as 'amoral”
and a “pathological” bar. He said
Atwater bore responsibdky for the
Republican memo that attarkrd
House Speaker Tom Foley with
homosexual innuendo and had tied
in denying it
“He may be the best hired gun m
the world, but he carries with him
all of the things that Amenca hates,
which is low-level, disgusting tac-
tics ... vile things.” Koch said of
Atwater.
Democratic National Chairman
Ron Brown, who previously called
for Atwater's resignation, also ad-
dressed the group Tuesday and
laced his speech with Masts at At-
water. Brown accused Ms Republi-
RepuMicaa Mayor Bob Isaac of
Colorado Springs. Cola, has the
job and is scheduled to be president
in 1990, following Mrs. Whitmire,
who was to assume the presdency
Wednesday after a year as vice
president.
The mayors were ending their
meeting having barely mentioned
the scandals revolving the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Devel-
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Keys, Clarke. Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 148, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 22, 1989, newspaper, June 22, 1989; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth823761/m1/6/?q=%22~1~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.