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NATION, Page 23Grapevine
STANDING UP JESSE? The goal of the African American Summit '89
is to "develop an action agenda for the next four years and out to
the year 2000." But some of the nation's top black leaders,
including Andrew Young, Tom Bradley and Doug Wilder, are leery
about attending the conference, scheduled to take place in New
Orleans this weekend. One turnoff: Jesse Jackson's starring role
at the summit. "A lot of us don't feel like being preached at,"
says one holdout.
BUT NOT HOLLYWOOD. While Wilder, Virginia's Democratic Lieut.
Governor, will skip the African American Summit, he won't miss
making a speech to Hollywood's celebrity-studded Show Coalition on
May 21. Wilder, who locked up the Democratic nomination for
Governor this week, hopes to wangle donations from such Tinseltown
liberals as Richard Dreyfuss and Donna Mills.
AILES BAILS OUT. Roger Ailes, the bare-knuckle media whiz who
helped make George Bush a winner, has dropped out of
megamillionaire Ronald Lauder's campaign for mayor of New York
City. Ailes blames constant turf warfare with Lauder's pollster,
Arthur Finkelstein. Some speculate that Ailes might turn his
talents to Rudolph Giuliani's rival campaign. Asked why Lauder,
heir to the billion-dollar Estee Lauder cosmetics fortune, is
running a race no one expects him to win, Ailes candidly retorts,
"There's a strong incentive to keep him in: he's a cash cow."
ALMS FOR THE POLS. After one of the least edifying presidential
races of modern times, it's not surprising that many Americans are
loath to donate $1 of their tax money to the presidential-election
fund listed on the 1040 form. The system, which began in 1973, hit
a low point last year, with only 21% of taxpayers anteing up a buck
for a total of only $33 million. Some Congressmen have suggested
raising the checkoff donation to $2. An improvement in the tone of
presidential politicking might be more of an incentive.