Correspondence: Letter from leaders of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights on the ADA.
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- Correspondence: Letter from leaders of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights on the ADA.
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- Letter from members of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Executive Director Ralph G. Neas and Chairperson Benjamin L. Hooks, urging the Senate to oppose the Chapman amendment proposed for the Americans with Disabilities Act.
- Date (Dublin Core)
- 1990-06-06
- Date Created (Dublin Core)
- 1990-06-06
- Congress (Dublin Core)
- 101st (1989-1991)
- Topics (Dublin Core)
- See all items with this valueHIV-positive persons
- See all items with this valueFood handling
- Policy Area (Curation)
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Creator (Dublin Core)
- Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
- Record Type (Dublin Core)
- Correspondence
- Names (Dublin Core)
- See all items with this valueChapman, Jim, 1945-
- See all items with this valueHelms, Jesse
- See all items with this valueHooks, Benjamin L. (Benjamin Lawson), 1925-2010
- See all items with this valueLeadership Conference on Civil Rights
- See all items with this valueNeas, Ralph G. (Ralph Graham), 1946-
- See all items with this valueUnited States. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
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- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
- Language (Dublin Core)
- eng
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- https://dolearchivecollections.ku.edu/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=23&q=
- Physical Location (Dublin Core)
- Collection 003, Box 578, Folder 10
- Institution (Dublin Core)
- Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
- Archival Collection (Dublin Core)
- Robert J. Dole Senate Papers-Legislative Relations, 1969-1996
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(Leadership Conference on Civil Rights logo)
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
2027 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20036
202/667-1780
FOUNDERS
Arnold Aronson
A. Philip Randolph*
Roy Wilkins*
OFFICERS
CHAIRPERSON
Benjamin L. Hooks
VICE CHAIRPERSONS
Judith L. Lichtman
Antonia Hernandez
SECRETARY
Dorothy Height
TREASURER
Gerald W. McEntee
LEGISLATIVE CHAIRPERSON
Jane O'Grady
COUNCIL
Joseph L. Rauh, Jr.
HONORARY CHAIRPERSONS
Marvin Caplan
Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr.*
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Owen Bieber
International Union of United Automobile Workers
Kenyon C. Burke
National Council of Churches
Jacob Clayman
National Council of Senior Citizens
Jerome Ernst
National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice
Keith Geiger
National Education Association
Morton Halperin
American Civil Liberties Union
Paul M. Igasaki
Japanese Americans Citizens League
John E. Jacob
NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc.
Leon Lynch
United Steelworkers of America
Sharon Rodine
National Women's Political Caucus
Nancy Neuman
League of Women's Political Caucus
Melanne Verveer
People for the American Way
David Saperstein
Union of Hebrew Congregations
Molly Yard
National Organization for Women
Patrisha Wright
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
Kenneth Young
AFL-CIO
Raul Yzaguirre
National Council of La Raza
COMPLIANCE/ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE
William Taylor, Chairperson
STAFF
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Ralph G. Neas
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Lisa M. Haywood
GRASSROOTS COORDINATOR
Mimi Mager
(*Deceased)
June 6, 1990
Dear Senator:
When the Americans with Disabilities Act comes before the Senate, it is expected that Senator Helms will move to instruct the conferees to accept a food handler AIDS amendment that was narrowly approved by the House of Representatives (the Chapman amendment). We urge you to oppose Sen. Helms' motion. The Chapman amendment would allow an employer to remove an individual suspected of having AIDS from any job involving food handler whether or not that person has AIDS. Your vote against the Helms motion will be an important vote against bigotry and irrational fear.
HHS Secretary Louis Sullivan, the Centers for Disease Control, and the American Medical Association all told Congress that this amendment is unnecessary and inappropriate. The ADA bill already explicitly provides that anyone who poses a direct threat to the health and safety of others is not protected under the bills.
As Congressman John Lewis, so eloquently argued on the House Floor, "The Chapman amendment seeks to divide us, to segregate us, to discriminate against us." A vote for the Helms motion to instruct would be a vote to foster the very type of irrational discrimination that the Americans with Disabilities Act is intended to eliminate.
On behalf of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights we urge you to vote against the Helms motion to instruct.
Sincerely,
(Ralph G. Neas's signature)
Ralph G. Neas
Executive Director
(Benjamin L. Hook's signature)
Benjamin L. Hooks
Chairperson
"Equality In a Free, Plural, Democratic Society" -
(Leadership Conference on Civil Rights logo)
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
2027 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20036
202/667-1780
FOUNDERS
Arnold Aronson
A. Philip Randolph*
Roy Wilkins*
OFFICERS
CHAIRPERSON
Benjamin L. Hooks
VICE CHAIRPERSONS
Judith L. Lichtman
Antonia Hernandez
SECRETARY
Dorothy Height
TREASURER
Gerald W. McEntee
LEGISLATIVE CHAIRPERSON
Jane O'Grady
COUNCIL
Joseph L. Rauh, Jr.
HONORARY CHAIRPERSONS
Marvin Caplan
Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr.*
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Owen Bieber
International Union of United Automobile Workers
Kenyon C. Burke
National Council of Churches
Jacob Clayman
National Council of Senior Citizens
Jerome Ernst
National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice
Keith Geiger
National Education Association
Morton Halperin
American Civil Liberties Union
Paul M. Igasaki
Japanese Americans Citizens League
John E. Jacob
NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc.
Leon Lynch
United Steelworkers of America
Sharon Rodine
National Women's Political Caucus
Nancy Neuman
League of Women's Political Caucus
Melanne Verveer
People for the American Way
David Saperstein
Union of Hebrew Congregations
Molly Yard
National Organization for Women
Patrisha Wright
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
Kenneth Young
AFL-CIO
Raul Yzaguirre
National Council of La Raza
COMPLIANCE/ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE
William Taylor, Chairperson
STAFF
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Ralph G. Neas
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Lisa M. Haywood
GRASSROOTS COORDINATOR
Mimi Mager
(*Deceased)
June 6, 1990
Dear Senator:
When the Americans with Disabilities Act comes before the Senate, it is expected that Senator Helms will move to instruct the conferees to accept a food handler AIDS amendment that was narrowly approved by the House of Representatives (the Chapman amendment). We urge you to oppose Sen. Helms' motion. The Chapman amendment would allow an employer to remove an individual suspected of having AIDS from any job involving food handler whether or not that person has AIDS. Your vote against the Helms motion will be an important vote against bigotry and irrational fear.
HHS Secretary Louis Sullivan, the Centers for Disease Control, and the American Medical Association all told Congress that this amendment is unnecessary and inappropriate. The ADA bill already explicitly provides that anyone who poses a direct threat to the health and safety of others is not protected under the bills.
As Congressman John Lewis, so eloquently argued on the House Floor, "The Chapman amendment seeks to divide us, to segregate us, to discriminate against us." A vote for the Helms motion to instruct would be a vote to foster the very type of irrational discrimination that the Americans with Disabilities Act is intended to eliminate.
On behalf of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights we urge you to vote against the Helms motion to instruct.
Sincerely,
(Ralph G. Neas's signature)
Ralph G. Neas
Executive Director
(Benjamin L. Hook's signature)
Benjamin L. Hooks
Chairperson
"Equality In a Free, Plural, Democratic Society" -
(Leadership Conference on Civil Rights logo)
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
2027 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20036
202/667-1780
FOUNDERS
Arnold Aronson
A. Philip Randolph*
Roy Wilkins*
OFFICERS
CHAIRPERSON
Benjamin L. Hooks
VICE CHAIRPERSONS
Judith L. Lichtman
Antonia Hernandez
SECRETARY
Dorothy Height
TREASURER
Gerald W. McEntee
LEGISLATIVE CHAIRPERSON
Jane O'Grady
COUNCIL
Joseph L. Rauh, Jr.
HONORARY CHAIRPERSONS
Marvin Caplan
Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr.*
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Owen Bieber
International Union of United Automobile Workers
Kenyon C. Burke
National Council of Churches
Jacob Clayman
National Council of Senior Citizens
Jerome Ernst
National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice
Keith Geiger
National Education Association
Morton Halperin
American Civil Liberties Union
Paul M. Igasaki
Japanese Americans Citizens League
John E. Jacob
NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc.
Leon Lynch
United Steelworkers of America
Sharon Rodine
National Women's Political Caucus
Nancy Neuman
League of Women's Political Caucus
Melanne Verveer
People for the American Way
David Saperstein
Union of Hebrew Congregations
Molly Yard
National Organization for Women
Patrisha Wright
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
Kenneth Young
AFL-CIO
Raul Yzaguirre
National Council of La Raza
COMPLIANCE/ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE
William Taylor, Chairperson
STAFF
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Ralph G. Neas
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Lisa M. Haywood
GRASSROOTS COORDINATOR
Mimi Mager
(*Deceased)
June 6, 1990
Dear Senator:
When the Americans with Disabilities Act comes before the Senate, it is expected that Senator Helms will move to instruct the conferees to accept a food handler AIDS amendment that was narrowly approved by the House of Representatives (the Chapman amendment). We urge you to oppose Sen. Helms' motion. The Chapman amendment would allow an employer to remove an individual suspected of having AIDS from any job involving food handler whether or not that person has AIDS. Your vote against the Helms motion will be an important vote against bigotry and irrational fear.
HHS Secretary Louis Sullivan, the Centers for Disease Control, and the American Medical Association all told Congress that this amendment is unnecessary and inappropriate. The ADA bill already explicitly provides that anyone who poses a direct threat to the health and safety of others is not protected under the bills.
As Congressman John Lewis, so eloquently argued on the House Floor, "The Chapman amendment seeks to divide us, to segregate us, to discriminate against us." A vote for the Helms motion to instruct would be a vote to foster the very type of irrational discrimination that the Americans with Disabilities Act is intended to eliminate.
On behalf of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights we urge you to vote against the Helms motion to instruct.
Sincerely,
(Ralph G. Neas's signature)
Ralph G. Neas
Executive Director
(Benjamin L. Hook's signature)
Benjamin L. Hooks
Chairperson
"Equality In a Free, Plural, Democratic Society"
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