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Guaranteed Jobs. Carter's problems came to the fore at the National Urban League's annual convention in Washington. The organization's executive director, Vernon Jordan-one of the President's admirers-rebuked him for not working more aggressively to improve housing for the poor and "guarantee jobs for all who can work." As Jordan explained to a reporter: "We expected Mr. Carter to be working as hard to meet the needs of minorities and the poor as he did to get out votes. But so far we have been disappointed. [He] has fallen short...
Adds Harvard Professor Vernon Countryman: "The bar is still dominated by shortsightedness and self-interest. Spotting change there is like watching a glacier move...
...suburb of Newcastle, the President visited the manor where George Washington's forebears lived from 1228 to 1613. After walking to the village green, he planted a tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) seedling that came from descendants of trees Washington himself had planted in the U.S. at Mount Vernon...
...VERNON JORDAN, executive director of the National Urban League. My view of Carter in January-shared by most black people-was hopeful. Today, my opinion of him is high. He has established a definite profile for his Administration; he has introduced important new approaches such as concern for human rights and a hard-nosed energy policy, and has used the symbolic powers of his office to project concern for people's problems. But he has not yet followed with substantive programs...
...Chicago, they were talking about "Haley's comet." To Atlanta TV Executive Neil Kuvin, it was "Super Bowl every night." In New York, Executive Director Vernon Jordan of the National Urban League called it "the single most spectacular educational experience in race relations in America...