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Return would destroy organization's
fund-raising abilities, attorney says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Benjamin Chavis Jr.
asked a judge Tuesday to order the NAACP to give
him his job back, saying that
by firing him, the civil rights
group ruined his chances of
finding other work in the
only profession he’s known.
But the NAACP responded
that its survival would be
jeopardized, its fund-raising
in tatters, if Chavis returned
as executive director.
“My God, the organization
would be virtually de
stroyed,” NAACP staff attor
ney Willie Abrams said after
the court hearing. “Are there
Chavis
people who would give Dr. Chavis money? I don’t
believe so.”
Chavis’ attorney said some members of the
NAACP board are unfairly painting Chavis as “es
sentially, a crook.”
“The NAACP has a long history of survival,”
Abbey Hairston said. “But what will Dr. Chavis
do?”
Chavis was fired Saturday from his $200,000-a-
year job as executive director of the National Asso
ciation for the Advancement of Colored People, for
conduct the board of directors deemed hostile to
the NAACPs survival.
He filed suit Monday in Superior Court for the
District of Columbia, arguing the group deprived
him of a proper hearing, besmirched his reputa
tion as a civil rights activist and left him unem
ployed when his wife, Martha, is pregnant with
twins.
Chavis asked Judge Herbert Dixon for an in
junction barring the NAACP from “publicly and
privately disparaging (his) good reputation” or re
moving him from office until their dispute is re
solved. Dixon said he would rule today.
NAACP lawyers asked Dixon to throw out
Chavis’ lawsuit, saying it had been filed in the
wrong jurisdiction. The NAACP has its headquar
ters in Baltimore and was formed as a corporation
in New York.
NAACP attorney Lawrence Greenwald said
Chavis failed to get written board permission be
fore committing the group to a debt, as required by
its constitution.
The board voted 53-5 vote to fire Chavis, Green
wald said.
“When a board resoundingly speaks, the court
should not intervene,” he said.
Board members complained Chavis ran up a
$2.7 million deficit, didn’t tell them he had used
NAACP money to settle a sexual discrimination
claim by former employee Mary E. Stansel, and es
tablished alliances with such controversial figures
as Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
The NAACP also faces a lawsuit by
who says Chavis reneged on $2 4 5,000ofi
$332,400 sex discrimination settlement thatslj
was to be paid if the group could not find her a;,
other job.
NAACP lawyers said Chavis had a chancet
defend himself in two meetings of the board’s leg
subcommittee on Friday and Saturday. Chamss
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Dennis Hayes.
Hairston contended the NAACP failed to Mi
many of its own rules. It did not give Chavis [j
mal notice that the board would meet about hist
ture and it did not properly record the vote, si
said.
Hairston produced an affidavit froimboai
member Larry Carter of Des Moines, Iowa,»l
said the board based Chavis’ firing on a variety
issues that were not on its agenda.
The group’s interim administrator, Earl Sli
hoster, attended the hearing, as did Chavis.
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SNELLVILLE, Ga. (AP) —
On the first day of school, Bri
an Bown’s American govern
ment class listened to his lec
ture on the Protestant Refor
mation while the rest of the
school observed a state-ordered
moment of silence.
He was suspended Tuesday
for refusing to comply with the
law, which he says is unconsti
tutional. Legislators pushed
the bill as a first step toward
getting prayer back in schools.
“What I have to say is very
important to say, and they’re
not taking a minute from me,”
said Bown, a teacher at South
Gwinnett High School in subur
ban Atlanta.
Classes started Mopday at
many schools in Georgia, and
that was the first time many
teachers had to order their stu
dents to sit quietly for up to
one minute at the beginning of
the day. The law went into ef
fect July 1, and it was enforced
during summer school in some
districts.
Similar measures are on the
books in other states, although
Georgia appears to be alone in
strictly enforcing a mandatory
moment of silence.
Massachusetts, Tennessee
and South Carolina require a
moment of silence, but they
don’t enforce it. Other states al
low optional moments of si
lence.
“I’m sure very few teachers
do it,” said Alan Safran, a
spokesman for the Massachu
setts Department of Education.
“We don’t monitor it and we’re
not going to.”
Supporters of the Georgia
law said it would help students
reflect on their activities. Oppo
nents said it was an attempt to
circumvent the Supreme
Court’s ruling against orga
nized prayer in public schools.
Most of Bown’s students paid
attention to him during the mo
ment of silence on Monday. One
student, sop
at bek, do wed Per head in
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Gwinnett County Superin
tendent George Thompson told
Bown that he would be fired if
he didn’t comply.
The moment of silence is an
nounced over the public ad
dress system.
“All he had to do was stand
and be silent,” Thompson said
Tuesday. “He interfered with
the students’ rights to partici
pate in the moment of silence. I
think it is divisive when a
American government teacher
openly violates the law ini |
of students. It could enc« j
them to do the same thing
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cipal Delores Hendrix he: L
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thwart a $30 billion anti-crime
bill on a procedural vote, de
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accept changes in the House-
passed measure. President Clin
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cooperation.
Senate Minority Leader Bob
Dole brushed aside Clinton’s call
to “continue the bipartisan spirit
that was established in the
House,” accusing the president of
an “11th hour” bid
for GOP support.
Clinton had ex
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tor, without regard to
party,” to work for
passage of the bill
that had cleared the
House 235-195 Sun
day, with 46 Republi
can votes, after 10
grueling days of be
hind-the-scenes ne
gotiations.
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“We were ignored,” he
groused. “We were never contact
ed by anyone at the White
House.”
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senior administration officials
were making phone calls, seek
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not say how many votes the
White House had lined up. But
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prevail on the procedural |ol
order.
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porting the point of order
senator who signed it saids
seven Republicans, includii
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plan to support the point olf
on the Senate floor.
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who spoke only on ground'
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never contacted by anyone
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opponents stood by their promise
to subject the measure to a bud
getary “point of order” — that fi
nancing provisions technically
violate the Congressional Budget
Act. The threat to throw a proce
dural roadlbock in the way of
passage raised a specter of re
newed political gridlock mirror
ing the battle in the House.
Dole told reporters that he
had warned the White House a
week ago “not to ignore the GOP
senators” in planning strategy to
get the crime bill passed.
she said “we’re hopeful’ of having
the 60 necessary to beat back
GOP opponents.
Republicans led by Sen. Phil
Gramm of Texas argued that the
measure’s language establishing
a trust fund to finance $30 bil
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lates the budget law.
A letter to Dole urging negoti
ations with Democrats on
changes in the measure was
signed by 40 of the Senate’s 44
Republicans, Dole said. His vote
would bring the total to the 41
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talk about it?’ ”
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back on the fat” and and t
“tough on crime provisions
the bill.”
Senate Judiciary Com®.
Chairman Joseph Biden.f 1
said he thought he wotil 1
enough votes to block the/
order.