
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, July 8, 1995                   TAG: 9507120008
SECTION: SPECTATOR                    PAGE: A-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                 LENGTH: Short

GOP SLATE GROWS

Arthur Fletcher, a Republican member of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, joined the 1996 presidential race Friday, urging his party not to abandon minorities and the working class.

Fletcher, a strong advocate of affirmative action, said: "My party has designed a top-down strategy, which says the wealthy, the rich, the affluent belong to this party. Anybody who doesn't earn $35,000 a year is out of the equation.

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