The Voting Rights Act guarantees your sacred right to vote. Dr. King died for it. John Kennedy fought for it. Lyndon Johnson signed it into law. Governor Clements supported renewing the law. Attorney General Mark White testified against it. The Governor also supported the creation of a black congressional district in Dallas. Mark White opposed that, too. JOBS CLEMENTS • Created 800,000 new jobs in Texas. • Improved our sound economic climate. • Stopped all new taxes in the last four years. • Supports the Texas Right-to-Work Law. • Sponsored trade fairs to encourage minority-owned businesses. WHITE • Wants a state property tax. • Favors an increase in the oil and gas severence tax that could increase your utilities by $150 per year, per family. DRUGS AND CRIME Governor Clements passed more anti-crime and anti- drug laws than any governor in history. • Clements' "War on Drugs" committee passed tough new laws to stop the masterminds of illegal drug traffic and the pushers who sell to children. • His anti-crime package included new penalties for rape and crimes against children. • Voluntary oral confessions can now be used in Texas courts to get convictions in murder cases. APPOINTMENTS Governor Clements appointed more blacks to state boards and commissions than any previous governor. He appointed the first black executive assistant to the Governor. EDUCATION CLEMENTS The Governor knows that without quality education, the children of Texas face a difficult future. That's why he passed new laws to: • Return schools to the basics of reading, writing and arithmetic. • Get discipline problems out of the classroom. • Form a new summer school program to assist stu- dents who need extra help. • Require competency tests for new teachers, to make certain our children are taught well. Governor Clements was personally involved in strength- ening Prairie View A&M and Texas Southern University with increased funding. WHEN CLEMENTS TOOK OFFICE PRAIRIE $10.2 million VIEW TSU $13.4 million TODAY $25.5 million $25.3 million INCREASE $15.3 million ( + 150%) $11.9 million ( + 88%) He has pledged not to merge TSU with the University of Houston. The Governor is organizing a private development board to raise $1 million in the first year to support these private UNCF black colleges: Bishop, Huston- Tillotson, Paul Quinn, Wiley, Jarvis Christian and Texas College. Pictured are (left to right) Rev. E. Stanley Branch, Governor Bill Clements, Mr. Mack Hannah and Dr. Leonard Spearman (TSU President) and Mrs. Leonard Spearman. WHITE Failed to issue an opinion requested by a black legislator on construction needs at black universities.
