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The historic March inWashington on August28, 1963 was about morethan a dream of MartinLuther King Jr.T titl of

1963 dmontation, T Gat MaWaington fo Job and Fdom. r.rtin Luther King Jr. once said, In ourious ght for civil rights, we must guardnst being fooled by false slogans, as right-

work. It provides no rights and no works.purpose is to destroy labor unions and thedom of collective bargaining... We demandfraud be stopped.T nd fo job andd onomi popity main a ugntomplling a it wa 47 ya ago.

I av watd ow t mdia, tougatil and illutation, av lowlytd a gim pitu to t ad wokingpay tat t ddiatd, ad wokingvi wok and union a to blam

ig tax at and govnmnt onominfall. Ty want to poil t ad mindgat t uppot to v any and alllation tat pott wok igt andt.W av t gatt wok in t woldu of labo igt; but now t igt and

nomi tngt of Amia middl laik. Ti i a ytmati aault touglation by politiian tat ampaignuually uppotd by big buin andwalty. Lgilation to ang funding

eduation, Inaation, halta,soial svi a now fai gam. T

and middl la annot donat t bigny to t politiian tfo ty avm no btt tan it mn fo lgilation

aaination and t ollatal damag at many poo and middl la famili inAmia.

T a aon w av olltivbagaining in ti ounty bau w knowtat wok av a igt ould av aigt to bond togt to impov t

wokpla, to impov t woking ondi-tion, and wn ty do, to igt ow tot t of middl la woking famili in tiounty. To attak labo and labo igt i toultimatly attak vy pon ivil igt.

Unfortunately the silence of Unionleaders collectively has been a sad disap-pointment to those union members who

without question pay union dues for

representation. Unions standing up andspeaking truth to power in the past haveaccomplished victories for every worker.

Tat wy you av an igt-ou day. Tatwy you av vaation tim. Tat wy youav alt a. Tat ow you aivdovtim wt in t union o not. Nowty want to tak away t igt of unionto oganiz in t wokpla and t igt of

wok to oganiz. Wil t popl fail toaliz, wn ty tak t igt away fomoganizd labo ty ultimatly will tak tigt away fom t pivat to mploy.

Will union leaders still give politicianstheir money and not openly hold themaccountable for their failure in protectingthe rights and benets of Americas middle

class? Labo union will not b abl to go toti mmbip and ay lt vot fo tion o tat on again. T mmbip willpond; wat av ty don fo u? Andunion lad will look blank fad. Politial

ativ will lgy fa t am dilmma aunion lad pially blak lgy. how

will ti onggation follow ti lad touppot a andidat tat only viit t uaound ltion tim wn family mmb

a out of wok, pooly duatd, omland inaatd? Wn vot a divdabout t atual polii a andidat plan tonat, dmoay i undmind jut a ulya if ty a pyially pvntd fom atingti ballot.

I it tim fo a nw typ of politial paty?If t moat do not want o annottongly tand up fo t igt and bnt,pv lgilation of t poo and middlla, tn it tim fo t union, middl laand ommunity lad to pull ti monyfom t moati Paty. It tim to topaiing mony fo tm and oganiz to ndou own andidat to un fo opn politialpoition. If don otly, it will fo t

moati Paty to at on ou iu likt Ta Paty a fod t rpublian toadd ti iu and ti agnda.

Ti i wa wat Matin Lut kingJ. Poo Popl ampaign wa all about. TPoo Popl campaign wa to add iuof onomi juti and ouing fo t poo

in t nitd stat, aiminAmia iti. Matinlabld t Poo Popond pa, of t itting goal u a ga

lobby cong fo an rigt, . King alo aonfont a cong tait otility to t poo ,tay fund wit alaity apoviding povty fundnfotunatly, in 196any lvant ang on poo in Wtt a wnitd stat.

If t middl la anolltivly w an nd tmdia and out of tou tat it labo fault fo tof t ounty and tat. Tmiddl la an ay: o no

of o b ltd if you daountability and balanfo t middl la to dtoppd. Matin dam m

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artins Dream was about Jobs and FreedomBy DAMON K. JONES

I watd t igtrpublian andidat dbatamong tmlv lat wk.Many of t opinion-mak

of ou ounty, aly on didd to attak manyof t andidat, mot of wom it atmlv ad-aying mmb o ad-nt of t Ta Paty a wll a mmb of trpublian Paty. All a king rpublianPaty uppot wil advoating Ta Patypoition on majo iu, .g., duing oliminating ntitlmnt pogam u asoial suity, Mdia and Mdiaid andlaing fdal govnmnt xpnditu.

candidat lik congwoman MilBamann (r-MN) and congman ron

Paul (r-TX) av bn dibd by omobv of t politial n a wako oazi. I tink to viw a now anging.I mut admit tat I av ud to wodin dibing t viw of om andidat,but I wont anymo. T igt patiipant int dbat andld tmlv xtmly wll.

Wil I wa not puadd by ti agumntand viw and main a moat uppotingmany moati pogam, I an wll und-tand wy ty and ti uppot dmandang in fdal pogam along t linadvoatd by Ta Paty piloopy. Mil

Bamann won t Iowain on pntag point

Tim Pawlnty am in tdawn fom t a.

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viw tat my mom oftn pnd mony you dont

viw wn I wa mayo ofin my ponal lif. I aI av nv paid ag

ov and abov my atual of to utom t ni at and may lo mdpndnt on t uuioty iv fom to ua a to bank loan.

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ED KOCH COMMENTARY

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